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Exemption/ Registration Provision Maximum
Offering
Amount
--
Filing Fee
Limit on
Number of
Investors
Footnote (1)
Timing
of Filing
Filing Form Required Limitations Disclosure Requirements (2) Statute
Footnote (3)
--
Rule
Footnote (4)

Pre-
organization
Subscription

N.A.
--
N.A. (except
$10 per item fee
on filed
advertising)
N.A. N.A. N.A. No commissions
--
Offers only
--
No sales
--
No advertising
unless permitted
by Division
None
specified
551.23(9)
--
7.01(4)(b)
Solicitations
of Interest

(Testing the Waters)
N.A.
--
None
N.A. Filing rec'd
by Division
prior to 1st
solicitation
Form SOI
(Solicitation
of Interest
Form)
Offers only
--
No sales
--
Footnote(5)
Form SOI
(Solicitation of
Interest Form)
551.23(18)
--
2.027
9.01(1)(c)
25 Security
Holders
None
--
None

25 Total
Investors
after Offering
Footnote(7)

N.A. N.A. Footnote(6)
--
Must have
WI principal office
None
specified
551.23(10)
--
2.02(5)
Offers to 25
Persons
None
--
See
"Limitations"
Offers to
25 Persons
in a 12-month
period
Footnote (8)
See
"Limitations"
Footnote(9)
--
See
"Limitations"
Footnote (5)
--
Footnote (6)
--
Notice req'd
when triggered
by 2.02(5)(d)1.
None
specified
551.23(11)
--
2.02(5)
Sales to
Existing
Security
Holders
None
--
$200
Existing
security
holders
Filing rec'd
by Division
10 days prior
to offers
Footnote (9) Stand-by
commissions
only
None
specified
551.23(12)
--
Sales to
Existing
Security
Holders
+10 Others
None
--
$200
Existing
Holders
+ 10 other
WI residents
Filing rec'd
by Division
10 days prior
to offers
Footnote (9) Stand-by
commissions
only
None
specified
551.23(18)
--
2.02(9)(c)
Reg D
Rule 505
$5,000,000
--
$200
35 total
non accredited
investors
Filing rec'd
by Division
prior to 1st
offer in WI
Form D Footnote (5)
--
Footnote (6)
--
No general
solicitation
Federal
requirement,
Reg D
Rule 502
551.23(19)
--
Reg D
Rule 506
None
--
$200
35 total
non accredited
investors
Filing rec'd
by Division
15 days after
first sale
in WI
Form D Footnote (6)
--
No general
solicitation
None
Specified
551.23(19)
--
Wisconsin Issuer $1,000,000
--
$200
100
Wisconsin
Investors
Filing rec'd
by Division
prior to 1st
offer in WI
Footnote (9) Footnote (5)
--
Footnote (6)
----
Must have
WI principal office
Satisfies
federal
Reg D
Rule 502
or SCOR
(for small
company issuer)
551.23(18)
--
2.028
Registration
by Qualification
Reg D
Rule 504:
$1,000,000
Reg A:
$5,000,000
Other offerings:
None
--
$750
Reg D
Rule 504:
federal
limitations
Allow
30 days for
review by
Division
Uniform
Application
(U-1) Uniform
Consent to
Service of
Process (U-2)
--
Reg A
offerings only:
per Form 1A
Otherwise
see DFI-Sec
3.03(3),
Wis. Adm. Code
551.26
--
Registration
by
Coordination
None
--
$750
None Allow
10 days for
review by
Divison
Uniform
Application
(U-1) Uniform Consent to
Service of
Process (U-2)
-- Federal
Requirements
551.25
--

(1) In general, the limit does not include institutional investors (see 551.23(8), Wis. Stats.).

(2) Statute prohibits making untrue statements or omitting to state material facts. Violations may be prosecuted as a felony offense (see 551.41 & 551.58, Wis. Stats.).

(3) Statute cites are from chapter 551 of the Wisconsin Statutes.

(4) Rule cites are from the DFI-Sec section of the Wisconsin Administrative Code.

(5) "Bad Boy" disqualifier applies (see 551.23(19)(c), Wis. Stats.).

(6) No commissions, finders' fees, or other forms of remuneration may be paid for soliciting investors in Wisconsin, except to securities broker-dealers or agents who are licensed in Wisconsin.

(7) Does not include persons or entites listed in 551.23(8).

(8) Does not include persons or entites listed in 551.23(8), but does include any offers made pursuant to the 15-security- holder exemption in the same 12-month period.

(9) No specific form is required, but, in general, a notice should include offering materials, a $200 filing fee, and a letter explaining how the requirements for use of the exemption are met (see section DFI-Sec 2.03, Wis. Adm. Code).