Electronic signatures: E-SIGN consent

Effective date
October 8, 2026
Applies to
Signatures made through TakePublic
Contact
hello@takepublic.com
Version
Current

A person who signs through TakePublic a document the federal E-SIGN Act governs agrees, before signing, to the consent statement below: a sign-off on a filing by counsel or the company's designated reviewer, by emailed link or in the TakePublic workspace, and an insider's power of attorney or broker letter. The statement and its version are stored with the signature. The federal E-SIGN Act (15 U.S.C. 7001) and state electronic signature laws govern those signatures. This page is the public record of the statement.

Signatures on SEC filings are different. A reporting person's or attorney-in-fact's signature on a Form 3, 4 or 5, a signature-page signature and an officer's certification each authenticate a typed signature in the filing. They are authentication documents under Rule 302(b) of Regulation S-T, and the SEC's position is that the E-SIGN Act does not apply to them (Release 33-10889, 2020). Before signing one electronically, the signer signs in ink the one-time attestation Rule 302(b)(2) requires, and the signing process is designed to meet the requirements of the EDGAR Filer Manual.

Shown at the consent checkbox, labelled "I agree to sign electronically", before the signature. The statement names the document signed and ends with where the signer gets a copy. Quoted in full as each page shows it:

  • Counsel sign-off by emailed link: I agree to sign electronically and to receive the records of this sign-off electronically. I intend my typed name to be my signature, with the same effect as my handwritten signature. Under the federal E-SIGN Act and state electronic signature laws, a signature may not be denied legal effect only because it is electronic. I can download a copy of what I sign from this link for 30 days.
  • Counsel sign-off in the TakePublic workspace: I agree to sign electronically and to receive the records of this sign-off electronically. I intend my typed name to be my signature, with the same effect as my handwritten signature. Under the federal E-SIGN Act and state electronic signature laws, a signature may not be denied legal effect only because it is electronic. I can download a copy of what I sign from this filing in TakePublic, and I can ask TakePublic for a copy.
  • Power of attorney: I agree to sign electronically and to receive the records of this power of attorney electronically. I intend my typed name to be my signature, with the same effect as my handwritten signature. Under the federal E-SIGN Act and state electronic signature laws, a signature may not be denied legal effect only because it is electronic. I can read and download a copy of what I sign from this link for 30 days, and I can ask TakePublic for a copy.
  • Broker letter: I agree to sign electronically and to receive the records of this letter electronically. I intend my typed name to be my signature, with the same effect as my handwritten signature. Under the federal E-SIGN Act and state electronic signature laws, a signature may not be denied legal effect only because it is electronic. I can download a copy of what I sign from this link, and I can ask TakePublic for a copy.

A company's own power of attorney form

A company may send its own power of attorney form instead of TakePublic's standard one. Its signing page shows the same power of attorney statement quoted above, and that statement and its version are stored with the signature. A power of attorney signed earlier on a company's own form under a consent sentence the company's counsel approved keeps that sentence in its record.

What is recorded with a signature

The signer's typed name in the SEC's conformed form ("/s/ Name"), the statement the signer adopted, the SHA-256 hash of the exact document signed and the signed document itself, the signing time in Eastern Time and UTC, and, for a signature made without an account, the email address or mobile number the one-time code went to, the IP address and the browser, or, for a signature made from an account, the account it was made from. A signature under this consent also keeps the consent statement and its version. Every record is on the company's append-only audit chain.

An attorney who signs off by emailed link can download a copy of what they signed from the same link for 30 days and receives a confirmation email carrying the document hash. An attorney who signs off in the workspace downloads the signed copy from the filing. A person who signs a broker letter downloads it from the letter's link, and a person who signs a power of attorney reads and downloads the signed copy from the same link for 30 days. Anyone who signed may ask hello@takepublic.com for a copy. Consent applies to the signature it is given for; to sign on paper instead, or to withdraw consent before a later signature, contact the company that sent the request or hello@takepublic.com.

Questions? Contact hello@takepublic.com.