{"data":{"id":"us/17-cfr-240.12b-3","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"17 CFR 240.12b-3","heading":"b-3 Title of securities.","body":"Wherever the title of securities is required to be stated there shall be given such information as will indicate the type and general character of the securities, including the following:\n(a) In the case of shares, the par or stated value, if any; the rate of dividends, if fixed, and whether cumulative or noncumulative; a brief indication of the preference, if any; and if convertible, a statement to that effect.\n(b) In the case of funded debt, the rate of interest; the date of maturity, or if the issue matures serially, a brief indication of the serial maturities, such as “maturing serially from 1950 to 1960”; if the payment of principal or interest is contingent, an appropriate indication of such contingency; a brief indication of the priority of the issue; and if convertible, a statement to that effect.\n(c) In the case of any other kind of security, appropriate information of comparable character.","path":["Title 17—Commodity and Securities Exchanges","CHAPTER II—SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION","PART 240—GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS, SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-17.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:31Z","sha256":"c42e3c063ff0c5eca3a8a1f92ba104b21c1c96f327c511630d9b89c61f7f6d4b","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/17-cfr-240.12b-2","next":"us/17-cfr-240.12b-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}