[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: 17CFR232.501]

[Page 646]
 
              TITLE 17--COMMODITY AND SECURITIES EXCHANGES
 
             CHAPTER II--SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 
PART 232--REGULATION S-T--GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR ELECTRONIC FILINGS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 232.501  Modular submissions and segmented filings.

    An electronic filer may use the following procedures to submit 
information to the EDGAR system for subsequent inclusion in an 
electronic filing:
    (a) Modular submissions. (1) One or more electronic format documents 
may be submitted for storage in the non-public EDGAR data storage area 
as a modular submission for subsequent inclusion in one or more 
electronic submissions.
    (2) An electronic filer shall be permitted a maximum of ten modular 
submissions in the non-public EDGAR data storage area at any time, not 
to exceed a total of one megabyte of digital information. If an 
electronic filer attempts to submit a modular filing which would cause 
either of these limits to be exceeded, EDGAR will suspend the modular 
submission and notify the electronic filer by electronic mail. After six 
business days, the modular submission held in suspense will be deleted 
from the system.
    (3) A modular submission may be corrected or amended only by 
resubmitting the entire modular submission.
    (b) Segmented filings. (1) Segments of a document intended to become 
an electronic filing may be submitted to the non-public EDGAR data 
storage area for assembly as a segmented filing.
    (2) Segments shall be submitted no more than six business days in 
advance of the anticipated filing date and are not limited in number or 
size. They may be submitted from several geographic locations by more 
than one filing entity. Segments may be included in only one electronic 
filing. Once used, segments will be removed from the non-public EDGAR 
data storage area. The assembly of segments into a segmented filing 
shall be effected pursuant to the applicable provisions of the EDGAR 
Filer Manual. If segments are not prepared in accordance with the EDGAR 
Filer Manual, the filing will not be constructed. The filing date of a 
segmented filing shall be the date upon which the filing is assembled 
and satisfies the requirements of Rule 13(a) of Regulation S-T 
(Sec. 232.13(a)).
    (3) Segments may be corrected or amended only by resubmitting the 
entire segment.
    (c) A modular submission or segment shall not:
    (1) be publicly available;
    (2) Be deemed filed with the Commission for purposes of Securities 
Act section 11 (15 U.S.C. 77k), Exchange Act section 18 (15 U.S.C. 78r), 
Public Utility Act section 16 (15 U.S.C. 79p), Trust Indenture Act 
section 323 (15 U.S.C. 77www), or Investment Company Act section 34(b) 
(15 U.S.C. 80a-33(b)) prior to its inclusion in a filing; or
    (3) Be deemed to constitute an official filing prior to its 
inclusion in a filing under the federal securities laws. Once a modular 
submission or segment has been included in an electronic filing, the 
liability and anti-fraud provisions of the Securities Act, the Exchange 
Act, the Trust Indenture Act, the Public Utility Act and the Investment 
Company Act shall apply to the electronic filing.

[58 FR 14670, Mar. 18, 1993; 58 FR 21349, Apr. 21, 1993, as amended at 
65 FR 24801, Apr. 27, 2000]

             Foreign Private Issuers and Foreign Governments