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Beyond EDGAR
While EDGAR is a powerful tool that can be easily leveraged by companies looking to meet
the minimum requirements of SEC regulations, other companies choose a richer path. By
reining in the design of the display of their SEC filings, businesses can provide their
investors and readers with a reading experience more entrenched in the corporate brand,
and avoid having readers leave their site. The major downfall, of course, is that keeping up
with SEC filings can be full-time job for large companies.
Listing all SEC filings is the first step. From here, you can choose what formats and related
documents to display next to each entry. Take a look at Figure 6-10, which shows a fictional
listing of SEC forms.
Figure 6-10. A listing of SEC filings can comprise a number of documents related to
each filing, depending on how big of a deal the company treats the announcements.
As you can see, each SEC form can carry several related documents with it. The larger the
company, the more emphasis is going to be put on earnings statements, and quarterly
earnings announcements can become minor media events requiring dedicated support
material like press releases.
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