RR Donnelley offers a selection of reference publications to help make it easier for you to meet SEC filing requirements. Simply click on your selection in the list of publications below to view the PDF file.

2008 Editions

2008 SEC Calendar

The RR Donnelley Financial Services Group is pleased to provide our 2008 SEC Calendar to assist you in preparing for EDGAR filing deadlines, peak periods, and SEC and market holidays.

Annual Meeting

Every public corporation in the United States is required by its charter documents, the corporate law of its state of incorporation and the federal securities laws to hold a meeting of shareholders at least once each year.  The Annual Meetings Handbook provides a general overview of the Sate and Federal Laws and Stock Exchange Rules related to these required annual meetings of shareholders.  The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Latham & Watkins LLP or any other person

Corporate Responsibilities of Public Companies

This publication has been written to acquaint public companies in the United States about:

• Obligations under the corporate governance regulatory scheme that exists after the enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
• SEC reporting obligations, the restrictions on trading in the companies’ stock, and the rules related to document retention

Process of going private or going dark in the event of a determination that the costs and burdens of being a reporting public company listed on an exchange or NASDAQ outweigh the benefits of being a reporting company

SEC Handbook

The SEC Handbook two volume set contains the basic federal securities laws, as well as the principal SEC rules and forms under those laws and other related laws and regulations, and are intended to serve as a basic reference source for lawyers, securities professional, corporate officers, and others who have occasion to deal with questions of securities laws. This completely new and updated two-volume set, edited by Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, includes the following:

• Securities Acts of 1933 and Securities Exchange Act of 1934
• Rules and regulations of general applicability and the principal forms under the 1933 and 1934 Acts
• SEC's Rules of Practice, Rules on Informal and Other Procedures and Rules Relating to Investigations
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

This book is only available in print. For a copy, please contact your sales representative.

2007 Editions

Executive Compensation Disclosure Handbook: a Practical Guide to the SEC’s New Rules

The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted comprehensive amendments to its executive officer and director compensation disclosure rules. The substantial changes to the rules will likely increase the attention and scrutiny the SEC, investors and the public apply to proxy statements and annual reports during ongoing proxy and annual reporting seasons. This revised handbook provides an overview of the most significant changes and requirements through mid-February 2007 under the new rules and guidance and offers practical advice to help companies understand, and comply with, the new disclosure requirements.

The Public Company Primer: A Practical Guide to Going Public, Raising Capital, and Life as a Public Company

This manual provides companies with a step-by-step guide to the process of becoming publicly held. It also details compliance obligations and strategic and management systems imperatives that are, among other things, required in order to reliably and repeatedly access public capital as a company progresses from newly public to a mature issuer. This manual can help companies, whether based in the United States or overseas, anticipate the substantially increased challenges of a more demanding investor community and rigorous regulatory environment and plan accordingly.

XBRL Reference Guide: Investment Markets

This reference guide is intended to give you some background on XBRL for the investment markets and has been prepared to show you how you can implement XBRL in your company.

2006 Editions

XBRL Reference Guide: Capital Markets

This reference guide is intended to give you some background on XBRL for the capital markets and has been prepared to show you how you can implement XBRL in your company.