SEC Filings by Document Type

The definitions of the forms below were provided by the SEC. See "Guide to Corporate Filings" for more details on form definitions.

These forms are required by the Securities Act of 1933, which is one of several laws that requires companies making a public offering of securities to disclose material business and financial information in order that investors may make informed investment decisions.
     Form S-2 Filings      Form S-3 Filings      Form S-4 Filings

These forms are used to file prospectuses pursuant to Rule 424.
     Form 424(a) Filings      Form 424(b)(1) Filings     Form 424(b)(5) Filings

Schedule 13G is a much abbreviated version of Schedule 13D that is only available for use by a limited category of "persons" (such as banks, broker/dealers, and insurance companies) and even then only when the securities were acquired in the ordinary course of business and not with the purpose or effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer.   

Proxy Solicitation Materials (SEC Edgar Archive)

     Regulation 14A Filings      Schedule 14A Filings

State law governs the circumstances under which shareholders are entitled to vote. When a shareholder vote is required and any person solicits proxies with respect to securities registered under Section 12 of the 1934 Act, that person generally is required to furnish a proxy statement containing the information specified by Schedule 14A. The proxy statement is intended to provide security holders with the information necessary to enable them to vote in an informed manner on matters intended to be acted upon at security holders' meetings, whether the traditional annual meeting or a special meeting. Typically, a security holder is also provided with a "proxy card" to authorize designated persons to vote his or her securities on the security holder's behalf in the event the holder does not vote in person at the meeting. Copies of definitive (final) proxy statements and proxy card are filed with the Commission at the time they are sent to security holders. For further information about the applicability of the Commission's proxy rules, see Section 14(a) of the 1934 Act and Regulation 14A.  Certain preliminary proxy filings relating to mergers, consolidations, acquisitions and similar matters are non-public upon filing; all other proxy filings are publicly available.

Form 8-A Filings
This optional short form may be used by companies to register securities under the 1934 Act. All companies whose securities are registered on a national securities exchange, and, in general, other companies whose total assets exceed $10 million with a class of equity securities held by 500 or more persons, must register such securities under the 1934 Act.

This registration establishes a public file containing material financial and business information on the company for use by investors and others, and also creates an obligation on the part of the company to keep such public information current by filing periodic reports on Forms 10-Q and 10-K, and on current event Form 8-K, as applicable. 

In addition, if registration under the 1934 Act is not required, any issuer who conducts a public offering of securities must file reports for the year in which it conducts the offering (and in subsequent years if the securities are held by more than 300 holders). 

Most Swift documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) since 1995 are on line in the EDGAR database. Swift Energy's EDGAR identity code is 0000351817. To create your own EDGAR search, click here.  

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