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Here, I’m going to walk you through the process of establishing an account in DCAF.
During the process, you’ll see how easy it is to set up working groups for collaboration.
And you’ll see how simple and efficient it is to satisfy any reporting requirements
you may have to other stakeholders. The set up process is simple, and allows you
to customize the experience by adding your company’s logo and getting access to real-time
stock quotes and news. Once your account is set up, you’ve got the option to add Section
16 insiders or reporting persons to your account. Adding reporting persons instantly makes your
life so much easier every time you need to file a Section 16 form.
Next, we’ll add users to the account. Adding users lets you establish a working group,
and provides members of that group with access to filings you may be working on. This feature
naturally facilitates collaboration. In this example, we’ll add outside counsel as a
user. Whenever you add a user, you’ll assign them with what SEC Connect calls permissions.
In this example, we’ll designate outside counsel as a Limited Access User. This will
give him permission to view and edit documents, as well as test file reports, but not live
file. Once you’ve designated permissions, you’ll specify what notifications outside
counsel will receive. In this case, he’ll have access to all notifications, including
notices from the SEC and notice of user comments. The last thing you’ll want to do before
you complete the account set up process is set up a list of filing recipients. You’ve
got the option of adding individual recipients, or groups, for example, members of your board
of directors. And they’ll receive copies of filed documents via email in real time,
at the same time they’re live filed with the SEC. You can even customize a message
to each filing recipient, or members of a group and each email that includes a filed
document will include the customized message. This feature will make you life so much easier,
since you won’t have to remember to distribute required copies of filed reports.
Now that your account is established, you can immediately begin using DCAF to file reports
with the SEC. It’s that simple. As you can tell, setting up an account doesn’t
require a complicated tutorial. To see how you can use DCAF to simplify your reporting
obligations for some of the most commonly filed reports, click on the applicable tab
to the right, or contact our sales group by sending an email to sales@secconnect.com.