21.   Current regulations generally forbid companies from soliciting interest in their IPOs until they have filed a formal registration statement with the SEC.

22.   Current regulations forbid such activities until the company has filed a registration statement with the SEC.

23.   For that reason, it should have filed a registration statement before selling them, the commission said.

24.   General Nutrition has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the proposed offering.

25.   Green was interviewed before the filing of the registration statements for the secondary offering.

26.   He says the SEC reviews nearly every initial public offering as well as samples of other registration statements and annual reports.

27.   However, the company is seeking to expand that figure through several initiatives, according to the registration statement filed today.

28.   If companies determine there is enough demand, they would then file a registration statement with the SEC giving full disclosure of their financial condition and business risks.

29.   In a private placement, companies issue stock to sophisticated investors without filing a registration statement with the SEC.

30.   In contrast, Selectica, which disclosed the warrants in a few sentences in its book-length registration statement, explicitly linked the warrants to the licensing deal.