The Capital Market Report is prepared by the capital market analysts and are of various types. They are the financial statements of a company's performance in the capital market. The are four different kinds of capital market reports. They are 10-K Reports, 10-Q Reports, Form 8-K Reports and the Proxy Statements . Each of these reports may be discussed in detail under the following heads:
• 10-K Reports
The companies that are publicly traded are supposed to maintain the 10-K report each year. This is a kind of annual report of the company that contains information of the company's business,finances and management . The type of capital market report also inform about the bylaws of the company , other legal documents and the lawsuits that the company may have a hand in. If one is keen on learning about anything about the company that is not mentioned in the annual report may find them in the 10-K Reports.
• 10-Q Capital Market Reports or the Quarterly Reports
The quarterly reports are nothing but the abridged forms of the annual reports. They are issued at an interval of three months. They consist of financial statements and list the material events that have occurred in the company. By material event we mean any stock split or acquisition.
• Form 8 -K
The companies that are publicly traded are required to maintain the Form 8-K where they record any material event that might have affected the financial status of the company. The material events that occur include stock splits, mergers and acquisitions, management changes and the secondary stock offerings . Although such informations would be finally filed in the 10-K Report, even then the 8-K is easier to access when one needs to know about these events.
• Proxy Statements
Each year the publicly traded companies call a meeting where they discuss the issues like company business situation. The shareholders nominate the Board of Directors by way of votes. Before such a meeting is conducted the company distributes a proxy statement to the shareholders. This proxy statement consists of business issues that need to be discussed in the meeting and a ballot for voting for the purpose of forming the new Board of directors. The Proxy Statement also gives authority to someone in the management team to vote on his behalf.
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