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General Rules and Regulations
promulgated
under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934





Rule 15c1-9 -- Use of Pro Forma Balance Sheets


The term manipulative, deceptive, or other fraudulent device or contrivance, as used in Section 15(c)(1) of the Act, is hereby defined to include the use of financial statements purporting to give effect to the receipt and application of any part of the proceeds from the sale or exchange of securities, unless the assumptions upon which each such financial statement is based are clearly set forth as part of the caption to each such statement in type at least as large as that used generally in the body of the statement.


Regulatory History


41 FR 22826, June 7, 1976



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