[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 17, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 17CFR229.502]

[Page 420-421]
 
              TITLE 17--COMMODITY AND SECURITIES EXCHANGES
 
             CHAPTER II--SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 
 PART 229--STANDARD INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILING FORMS UNDER SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 AND ENERGY POLICY AND CONSERVATION ACT OF 1975--
REGULATION S-K--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart 229.500--Registration Statement and Prospectus Provisions
 
Sec. 229.502  (Item 502) Inside front and outside back cover pages of prospectus.

    The registrant must furnish this information in plain English. See

[[Page 421]]

Sec. 230.421(d) of Regulation C of this chapter.
    (a) Table of contents. On either the inside front or outside back 
cover page of the prospectus, provide a reasonably detailed table of 
contents. It must show the page number of the various sections or 
subdivisions of the prospectus. Include a specific listing of the risk 
factors section required by Item 503 of this Regulation S-K (17 CFR 
229.503). You must include the table of contents immediately following 
the cover page in any prospectus you deliver electronically.
    (b) Dealer prospectus delivery obligation. On the outside back cover 
page of the prospectus, advise dealers of their prospectus delivery 
obligation, including the expiration date specified by Section 4(3) of 
the Securities Act (15 U.S.C. 77d(3)) and Sec. 230.174 of this chapter. 
If you do not know the expiration date on the effective date of the 
registration statement, include the expiration date in the copy of the 
prospectus you file under Sec. 230.424(b) of this chapter. You do not 
have to include this information if dealers are not required to deliver 
a prospectus under Sec. 230.174 of this chapter or Section 24(d) of the 
Investment Company Act (15 U.S.C. 80a-24). You may use the following or 
other clear, plain language:

                  Dealer Prospectus Delivery Obligation

    Until (insert date), all dealers that effect transactions in these 
securities, whether or not participating in this offering, may be 
required to deliver a prospectus. This is in addition to the dealers' 
obligation to deliver a prospectus when acting as underwriters and with 
respect to their unsold allotments or subscriptions.

[63 FR 6383, Feb. 6, 1998]