shelf registration

shelf registration definition - business

shelf registration

A simplified method of registering securities that permits corporations to file a relatively uncomplicated registration form with the SEC and, during the next two years, issue the securities. Shelf registration is supposed to provide more flexibility for corporations when they are raising funds in the capital markets.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Business Terms Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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