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.