Any security
may be registered by qualification. A registration statement
under this section shall contain the following information and be
accompanied by the following documents, in addition to payment of
the registration fee prescribed in RCW 21.20.340, and, if
required under RCW 21.20.330, a consent to service of process
meeting the requirements of that section:
(1) With respect to the issuer and any significant
subsidiary: Its name, address, and form of organization; the
state or foreign jurisdiction and date of its organization; the
general character and location of its business; and a description
of its physical properties and equipment.
(2) With respect to every director and officer of the
issuer, or person occupying a similar status or performing
similar functions: His or her name, address, and principal
occupation for the past five years; the amount of securities of
the issuer held by him or her as of a specified date within
ninety days of the filing of the registration statement; the
remuneration paid to all such persons in the aggregate during the
past twelve months, and estimated to be paid during the next
twelve months, directly or indirectly, by the issuer (together
with all predecessors, parents and subsidiaries).
(3) With respect to any person not named in RCW 21.20.210(2), owning of record, or beneficially if known, ten
percent or more of the outstanding shares of any class of equity
security of the issuer: The information specified in RCW 21.20.210(2) other than his or her occupation.
(4) With respect to every promoter, not named in RCW 21.20.210(2), if the issuer was organized within the past three
years: The information specified in RCW 21.20.210(2), any amount
paid to that person by the issuer within that period or intended
to be paid to that person, and the consideration for any such
payment.
(5) The capitalization and long-term debt (on both a current
and a pro forma basis) of the issuer and any significant
subsidiary, including a description of each security outstanding
or being registered or otherwise offered, and a statement of the
amount and kind of consideration (whether in the form of cash,
physical assets, services, patents, goodwill, or anything else)
for which the issuer or any subsidiary has issued any of its
securities within the past two years or is obligated to issue any
of its securities.
(6) The kind and amount of securities to be offered; the
amount to be offered in this state; the proposed offering price
and any variation therefrom at which any portion of the offering
is to be made to any persons except as underwriting and selling
discounts and commissions; the estimated aggregate underwriting
and selling discounts or commissions and finders' fees (including
separately cash, securities, or anything else of value to accrue
to the underwriters in connection with the offering); the
estimated amounts of other selling expenses, and legal,
engineering, and accounting expenses to be incurred by the issuer
in connection with the offering; the name and address of every
underwriter and every recipient of a finders' fee; a copy of any
underwriting or selling group agreement pursuant to which the
distribution is to be made, or the proposed form of any such
agreement whose terms have not yet been determined; and a
description of the plan of distribution of any securities which
are to be offered otherwise than through an underwriter.
(7) The estimated cash proceeds to be received by the issuer
from the offering; the purposes for which the proceeds are to be
used by the issuer; the amount to be used for each purpose; the
order or priority in which the proceeds will be used for the
purposes stated; the amounts of any funds to be raised from other
sources to achieve the purposes stated, and the sources of any
such funds; and, if any part of the proceeds is to be used to
acquire any property (including goodwill) otherwise than in the
ordinary course of business, the names and addresses of the
vendors and the purchase price.
(8) A description of any stock options or other security
options outstanding, or to be created in connection with the
offering, together with the amount of any such options held or to
be held by every person required to be named in RCW 21.20.210
(2), (3), (4), (5) or (7) and by any person who holds or will
hold ten percent or more in the aggregate of any such options.
(9) The states in which a registration statement or similar
document in connection with the offering has been or is expected
to be filed.
(10) Any adverse order, judgment, or decree previously
entered in connection with the offering by any court or the
securities and exchange commission; a description of any pending
litigation or proceeding to which the issuer is a party and which
materially affects its business or assets (including any such
litigation or proceeding known to be contemplated by governmental
authorities).
(11) A copy of any prospectus or circular intended as of the
effective date to be used in connection with the offering.
(12) A specimen or copy of the security being registered; a
copy of the issuer's articles of incorporation and bylaws, as
currently in effect; and a copy of any indenture or other
instrument covering the security to be registered.
(13) A signed or conformed copy of an opinion of counsel, if
available, as to the legality of the security being registered.
(14)(a) The following financial statements:
(i)(A) Balance sheets as of the end of each of the three
most recent fiscal years; and, if the date of the most recent
fiscal year end is more than four months prior to the date of
filing, (B) a balance sheet of the issuer as of a date within
four months prior to the filing of the registration statement.
(ii)(A) Statements of income, shareholders' equity, and cash
flows for each of the three fiscal years preceding the date of
the latest balance sheet or for the period of the issuer's and
any predecessor's existence if less than three years and (B)
statements of income, shareholders' equity, and cash flows for
any period between the close of the last fiscal year and the date
of the latest balance sheet.
(iii) If any part of the proceeds of the offering is to be
applied to the purchase of any business whose annual sales or
revenues are in excess of fifteen percent of the registrant's
sales or revenues or involves acquisition of assets in excess of
fifteen percent of the registrant's assets, except as
specifically exempted by the director, financial statements shall
be filed which would be required if that business were the
registrant.
(b)(i) If the estimated proceeds to be received from the
offering, together with the proceeds from securities registered
under this section during the year preceding the date of the
filing of this registration statement, exceed one million
dollars, the balance sheet specified in (a)(i)(A) of this
subsection as of the end of the last fiscal year and the related
financial statements specified in (a)(ii)(A) of this subsection
for the last fiscal year shall be audited.
(ii) If such proceeds exceed one million dollars but are not
more than five million dollars, the balance sheet specified in
(a)(i)(A) of this subsection as of the end of the most recent
fiscal year and the financial statements specified in (a)(ii)(A)
of this subsection for the last fiscal year shall be audited.
(iii) If such proceeds exceed five million dollars but are
not more than twenty-five million dollars, the balance sheets
specified in (a)(i)(A) of this subsection as of the end of the
last two fiscal years and the related financial statements
specified in (a)(ii)(A) of this subsection for the last two
fiscal years shall be audited.
(iv) If such proceeds exceed twenty-five million dollars,
the balance sheets specified in (a)(i)(A) of this subsection and
the related financial statements specified in (a)(ii)(A) of this
subsection for the last three fiscal years shall be audited.
(c) The financial statements of this subsection and such
other financial information as may be prescribed by the director
shall be prepared as to form and content in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles and with the rules
prescribed by the director, and when applicable, shall be audited
by an independent certified public accountant who is registered
and in good standing as a certified public accountant under the
laws of the place of his or her residence or principal office and
who is not an employee, officer, or member of the board of
directors of the issuer or a holder of the securities of the
issuer. An audit report of such independent certified public
accountant shall be based upon an audit made in accordance with
generally accepted auditing standards. The audit report shall
have no limitations on its scope unless expressly authorized in
writing by the director. The director may also verify such
statements by examining the issuer's books and records.
(15) The written consent of any accountant, engineer,
appraiser, attorney, or any person whose profession gives
authority to a statement made by him or her, who is named as
having prepared or audited any part of the registration statement
or is named as having prepared or audited a report or valuation
for use in connection with the registration statement.
[1994 c 256 § 16; 1979 ex.s. c 68 § 13; 1973 1st ex.s. c 171 § 1; 1959 c 282 § 21.]
NOTES:
Findings -- Construction -- 1994 c 256: See RCW 43.320.007.
Effective date -- Construction -- Severability -- 1973 1st ex.s. c 171: See RCW 21.20.800 and 21.20.805.