It's typically done so that the SEC can look at the situation and see that nothing crazy is going on and everything is on the up and up. Say some clever scammer get a stock to skyrocket based on some scam and it goes from .04 to $1.25, would you want to find out it was just a scam after you just bought at $1.15. You don't need to answer.
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