A prospectus , in finance , is a disclosure document that describes a financial security for potential buyers. It commonly provides investors with material information about mutual funds , stocks , bonds and other investments, such as a description of the company's business, financial statements , biographies of officers and directors, detailed information about their compensation, any litigation that is taking place, a list of material properties and any other material information. In the context of an individual securities offering , such as an initial public offering , a prospectus is distributed by underwriters or other financial firms to potential investors. Today, prospectuses are most widely distributed through websites such as EDGAR and its equivalents in other countries.
16-601: [REDACTED] Look up PPM or ppm in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. PPM may refer to: Business in general [ edit ] Planned preventive maintenance Project portfolio management Public performance measure , UK measure of rail punctuality Procurement Performance Management Organizations [ edit ] Mauritanian People's Party Parry People Movers , UK flywheel vehicle manufacturer Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), also known as
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48-917: A measurement of printing speed Perl package manager , for software packages Planted partition model, a special case of Stochastic block model Portable pixmap format, a Netpbm format Prediction by partial matching , a data compression technique Medicine [ edit ] Permanent pacemaker Persistent pupillary membrane , an eye condition Physician practice management Online advertising [ edit ] PPM ( Pay per 1000 impressions ) Other uses in science and technology [ edit ] Parts per million , ppm Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere , CO 2 ppm Peak programme meter , measuring audio level Planned Preventative Maintenance of equipment PPM Star Catalogue of 378,910 stars' positions and proper motions Proton precession magnetometer , measures small magnetic field variations Pulse-position modulation of
64-564: A regulated market. In the United Kingdom, the only regulated market is London Stock Exchange full list. The Alternative Investment Market (AIM) does not constitute a regulated market, nor does the Professional Securities Market ("PSM") for issues of debt securities. There are numerous exceptions to the requirement to publish a prospectus, although an exempt company may still be required to publish listing particulars where it
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96-560: A signal Other uses [ edit ] Pepsi Venezuela Music Awards ( Premios Pepsi Music Venezuela ) Peter, Paul and Mary , American folk group Portable People Meter , to measure radio and TV broadcast audiences Precision Performance Motorsports , an American auto racing team Prince Philip movement Private Placement Memorandum , offering document for private placements See also [ edit ] Temperature coefficient , in parts per million per Kelvin (ppm/K) or per degree Celsius (ppm/C) Topics referred to by
112-662: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages PPM [REDACTED] Look up PPM or ppm in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. PPM may refer to: Business in general [ edit ] Planned preventive maintenance Project portfolio management Public performance measure , UK measure of rail punctuality Procurement Performance Management Organizations [ edit ] Mauritanian People's Party Parry People Movers , UK flywheel vehicle manufacturer Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), also known as
128-540: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Private Placement Memorandum In a securities offering in the United States, a prospectus is required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as part of a registration statement . The issuer may not use the prospectus to finalize sales until the registration statement has been declared effective by
144-705: Is seeking admission of its shares to the full list or an admission document where it is seeking admission of its shares to AIM. The prospectus must be approved by the competent authority in the United Kingdom, which is currently the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in its capacity as the United Kingdom Listing Authority. If the purpose of the prospectus is to induce people to engage in an investment activity, it will also need to be issued or approved by an 'authorised person' or it will constitute an unlawful financial promotion under section 21 of
160-662: The Pashtun Protection Movement (PPM), a human rights movement in Pakistan for the Pashtun people Partido Popular Monárquico (People's Monarchist Party), Portugal Persekutuan Pengakap Malaysia , the Scouts Association of Malaysia People's Progressive Movement (Cayman Islands) Progressive Party of Maldives Science and technology [ edit ] Computing [ edit ] Pages per minute ,
176-430: The Pashtun Protection Movement (PPM), a human rights movement in Pakistan for the Pashtun people Partido Popular Monárquico (People's Monarchist Party), Portugal Persekutuan Pengakap Malaysia , the Scouts Association of Malaysia People's Progressive Movement (Cayman Islands) Progressive Party of Maldives Science and technology [ edit ] Computing [ edit ] Pages per minute ,
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#1732844124862192-542: The SEC, meaning it appears to comply on its face with the various rules governing disclosure unless the sale of securities is exempt from registration. If a company has been filing Form 10-K with the SEC for a certain period of time, has a market capitalization above a certain threshold, and takes certain procedural steps, it is permitted to offer securities using a simplified prospectus that incorporates information by reference to its SEC filings . In certain situations, such as when
208-597: The assistance of the underwriter acting as issue manager (also called a bookrunning manager or " bookrunner "). Publication of information in relation to the issue of securities in the United Kingdom is governed by the Prospectus Rules, which implement the European law Prospectus Directive. A prospectus must be published where certain types of securities either are offered to the public or are requested for admission on
224-506: The offering is not required to be registered with the SEC, a prospectus is instead referred to as an " offering memorandum " or " offering circular ", but there are numerous industry standard terms and methods on how to write prospectus. In the case of municipal securities offerings, which are generally exempt from most of the federal securities laws, municipal issuers typically prepare an analogous form of disclosure document known as an "official statement." Prospectuses are generally prepared with
240-403: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title PPM . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=PPM&oldid=1240506622 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
256-403: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title PPM . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=PPM&oldid=1240506622 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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