Lodging prospectuses and other disclosure documents
You must lodge your disclosure document with ASIC before it can be used to raise funds. For more information see Regulatory Guide 254 Offering securities under a disclosure document (RG 254).
You should lodge your fundraising disclosure documents with ASIC through the ASIC Regulatory Portal.
Applications for relief should also be submitted through the ASIC Regulatory Portal. Fees will apply to an application and details about payment options are provided in the portal. For more information see, how you apply for relief.
The portal features structured online transactions with mandatory fields and questions that make it easier for you to provide the information ASIC requires. Links to the relevant ASIC regulatory guidance are included.
You can no longer use ‘OFFERlist Entry’ to record summary information about your offer for exposure to the public.
Details of your offer will be shown on the public Offer Notice Board, as part of the portal lodgement process.
Offer Notice Board was formerly known as ‘OFFERlist’.
Unless you are otherwise notified that ASIC has refused acceptance pursuant to s1274(8), your document is taken to have been lodged with ASIC at the time we receive your portal transaction and the required attached documents. The ASIC Regulatory Portal User Agreement has more information.
Can I lodge documents outside of business hours?
You may lodge documents at any time through the Regulatory Portal.
Where a prospectus is subject to an exposure period, we will generally extend the exposure period where the offer has been lodged over the weekend or on a national public holiday (or there is a national public holiday within the first seven days of the exposure period: see RG 254 at paragraph 159).
Can I lodge documents while ASIC’s offices are closed in December?
You may lodge documents through the Regulatory Portal even when our offices are closed in late December and early January each year. However, ASIC Corporations (ASIC Close Down Period) Instrument 2018/1034 may extend (without any further notice from us):
the time period in which we must register managed investment schemes under s601EB of the Corporations Act 2001 from 14 to 21 days; and
the exposure periods that apply to disclosure documents offering securities and Product Disclosure Statements under s727 and 1016B of the Corporations Act 2001 from 7 to 14 days.
You should check that instrument and consider its effect in your circumstances, if you lodge:
an application for registration of a managed investment scheme, from 5 pm on the last business day before 11 December until 9 am on the first business day after 1 January of the next calendar year; or
a Product Disclosure Statement or a disclosure document offering securities, from 5 pm on the last business day before 18 December until 9 am on the first business day after 1 January of the next calendar year.
Which documents can I lodge through the portal?
The documents listed in the table below can now be lodged through the ASIC Regulatory Portal.
