Electronic Filing For Form D

Till September 15, 2008, the companies were required to file the prior Form D with the SEC in paper form. This was the only option available to the issuers. But in the transition period from September 15, 2008, through March 15, 2009, companies were made available with another option to file either the older version of Form D with minute changes (such as the number of copies to be filed) on paper or the new adaptation of Form D on paper or electronically. Electronic submissions are made through the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval (EDGAR) filing system.

From March 16, 2009, the SEC no more accepts paper filings and also does not accept previous Form D. All the issuers are thus required to submit the new Form D electronically. On March 16, 2009, SEC launched a database of Form D information, which lets SEC staff examine the Data in the aggregate and produce management reports.