SECTION 13(a) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                                                         15 U.S.C. § 78m(a) (1988)

 

            (a) Every issuer of a security registered pursuant to section 12 of this title shall file with the Commission, in accordance with such rules and regulations as the Commission may prescribe as necessary or appropriate for the proper protection of investors and to insure fair dealing in the security-

            (1) such information and documents (and such copies thereof) as the Commission shall require to keep reasonably current the information and documents required to be included in or filed with an application or registration statement filed pursuant to section 12, except that the Commission may not require the filing of any material contract wholly executed before July 1, 1962.

            (2) such annual reports (and such copies thereof), certified if required by the rules and regulations of the Commission by independent public accountants, and such quarterly reports (and such copies thereof), as the Commission may prescribe.  Every issuer of a security registered on a national securities exchange shall also file a duplicate original of such information, documents, and reports with the exchange.