SEC filing deadlines - I just posted this from the EDGAR site:
With EDGAR, what are my deadlines? When can filings be transmitted to the SEC?
Current day filings must be submitted to the SEC via EDGAR between 6:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. (Eastern Time zone). No current day filings will be accepted after 5:30 p.m. (Eastern Time zone) and receive a date stamp of that particular date – except filings submitted pursuant to Rule 462(b), Section 16 Forms 3, 4 and 5 and Correspondence filings.
The SEC has extended hours. Other than the exceptions listed above, filings submitted after 5:30 p.m. and until 10:00 p.m. (Eastern Time zone) receive the next business day's filing date.
At 10:00 p.m. (Eastern Time zone), the SEC’s computer system shuts down, and will abort any ongoing transmission to EDGAR.
How do we know that the SEC has received the document? When does the document get posted to the SEC's EDGAR web site?
At the completion of the EDGAR transmission, the SEC sends a message indicating the submission is complete. Please keep in mind that this does not mean the filing has been accepted – only that it has been received. You can go to the SEC's secure EDGAR website almost immediately after the transmission and, using your security codes, check the status of your filings.
Filings submitted prior to 5:30 p.m. (Eastern time zone) will be publicly displayed on the SEC website within moments of its acceptance.
Filings submitted after 5:30 p.m. (Eastern time zone) will be disseminated at 6:00 a.m. the following business day. Exceptions include filings pursuant to Rule 462B (MEF filings) and Section 16 Forms 3, 4 and 5, which will be disseminated within moments of acceptance, regardless of what time the filing was submitted.
