SEC form glossary

Form 3: initial statement of beneficial ownership.

Form 3 is the first ownership report a company insider files. It lists the securities the person beneficially owns on the day they become a director, officer or 10% holder.

Filed by
Officers
Deadline
Within 10 days after becoming an insider (and by the effective date of registration for an IPO)
Observed filings
163
Volume rank
#15 of 162 forms

Who files Form 3

Officers, directors and holders of more than 10% of a class of registered equity securities (Section 16 insiders).

When it is due

Within 10 days after becoming an insider (and by the effective date of registration for an IPO).

What it contains

  • Non-derivative holdings (Table I)
  • Derivative holdings such as options (Table II)
  • Footnotes explaining indirect ownership

Recent Form 3 filings we observed

Newest 12 filings with form 3, 3/A in our collector’s record (through 2026-11-09). Each links to the filing index on SEC.gov.
FiledCompanyFormAccession
2026-11-09Immuneering Corp30001790340-26-000101
2026-11-09Bogle Grant C.30001790340-26-000101
2026-11-09Edmonds Franklin S. Jr.30001738827-26-000073
2026-11-09KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc.30001738827-26-000073
2026-11-09Oconnor Julie Allison30002162389-26-000010
2026-11-09MVB FINANCIAL CORP30002162389-26-000010
2026-11-09ROIZEN GOTTLIEB RICARDO30001104659-26-124506
2026-11-09Fluence Energy, Inc.30001104659-26-124506
2026-11-09Winslow Lauren Ferretti30001437749-26-035841
2026-11-09Guerrilla RF, Inc.30001437749-26-035841
2026-11-09Bubble Holdings, LLC30002162656-26-000004
2026-11-09GP Cash Management, Ltd.30002162656-26-000004

Variants in the sample: 3 (157), 3/A (6).

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Questions

What is SEC Form 3?

Form 3 is the first ownership report a company insider files. It lists the securities the person beneficially owns on the day they become a director, officer or 10% holder.

When is Form 3 due?

Within 10 days after becoming an insider (and by the effective date of registration for an IPO).

Who files Form 3?

Officers, directors and holders of more than 10% of a class of registered equity securities (Section 16 insiders).

Does a Form 3 report a trade?

No. It is a holdings snapshot at the start of insider status. Changes after that are reported on Form 4, and certain exempt changes on Form 5.

Related forms

Definition and deadline: SEC form instructions or rule release. Examples: our record of EDGAR’s latest-filings feed and daily indexes, last observed 2026-11-09.

Plain-text version for agents and LLMs: /sec-forms/form-3.md

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