1.   After the registration statements are effective, Maxxam said it will be able to initiate securities offerings.

2.   AltaVista delayed its IPO in April and Wednesday, in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, requested a withdrawal of its registration statement.

3.   Although meVC.com has filed a registration statement with the SEC for its first venture capital mutual fund, the review and approval process could take several months.

4.   And the companies that made these filings may indeed find that they have to wait a while before the SEC approves their registration statements.

5.   As in the corporate world, the basic fund document is a registration statement.

6.   As Verisign acknowledges in its registration statement, its technology is not unique.

7.   At the same time, the company is asking the SEC to make Affordable Access withdraw its registration statement.

8.   Bankers Trust filed a registration statement for the shares issued to the Wolfensohn executives.

9.   Barclays is expected to file a registration statement and prospectus for its new products this fall.

10.   A company that withdraws its registration statement can expect to sit out for a while before it tries again, Sussman said.