Brochures
| 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).
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