Insiders and Forms 3, 4, and 5
Track reporting persons, record transactions, and draft Section 16 forms filed under each insider's own CIK.
The insider roster
Add directors, officers, and 10% owners on the Insiders page, or accept suggestions pulled from your company's actual recent Section 16 filings during onboarding. Each insider carries roles, an officer title, share holdings, a became-insider date, and their own EDGAR CIK.
You can edit or remove insiders anytime, but insiders with recorded transactions cannot be deleted because their filing history must be preserved.
Filed by the insider, not the company
EDGAR requires Forms 3, 4, and 5 to be submitted under the reporting person's own CIK and CCC. The EDGAR column on the roster shows each person's readiness: No CIK, Needs codes, or Ready to file.
The CCC is stored encrypted and used only for that person's Section 16 submissions. The address fills the form's Name and Address of Reporting Person box.
- Edit the insider on Insiders to enter their CCC and mailing address.
Drafts and exports fail with a clear message rather than producing an invalid filing when codes are missing.
Recording a transaction
The acquired or disposed indicator defaults from the transaction code and can be flipped when the default is wrong, such as a gift that is received rather than given. Ambiguous codes require choosing it explicitly.
TakePublic updates the running share balance, creates the Form 4 draft, and puts the two-business-day deadline on the calendar.
Form 3 drafts come from the insider's became-insider date and holdings. An insider who was already on board when the company first registered under Section 12 owes their Form 3 by the registration's effective date; set that date in Settings and due dates adjust automatically. Form 5 covers year-end reporting, and a Form 5 check lands on the calendar 45 days after fiscal year end.
- Open Insiders and record the purchase, sale, grant, exercise, gift, or other coded transaction.
On the Monitor plan, the transaction and deadline are tracked without a draft, and your filing agent handles submission.
Review and filing
Section 16 drafts go through internal review and counsel sign-off like every filing; they skip auditor review because they carry no audited financials. The generated ownership XML includes the reporting person's CIK, relationship flags, transaction coding, footnotes where needed, and the signature block.
D&O questionnaires
Send annual director and officer questionnaires from the Insiders page. Each recipient needs an email on file and receives a single-use link. Responses are stored with the insider and can inform proxy and Part III drafting.
Official sources
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