SEC Tweaks Fees for 2026: Companies, Brace for Slightly Different Wallet Hits
Published Date: 8/27/2025
Notice
Summary
The SEC is updating the fees companies pay when registering securities for Fiscal Year 2026. These fee changes affect anyone offering or buying certain securities and will help the SEC meet its budget goals. The new rates kick in soon, so businesses should get ready to pay a bit more or less depending on their offerings.
Analyzed Economic Effects
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Registration fee set at $138.10/million
If your company files a registration statement to offer securities, the SEC fee rate will be $138.10 per $1,000,000 of aggregate maximum offering price. This fee rate becomes effective on October 1, 2025.
Fee applies to certain securities purchases
The $138.10 per $1,000,000 fee rate also applies to fees collected under Section 13(e) for specified purchases of securities. This adjusted fee rate is effective October 1, 2025.
Fee applies to proxy solicitations and tender offers
The $138.10 per $1,000,000 fee rate also applies to fees collected under Section 14(g) for specified proxy solicitations and specified tender offers. This adjusted fee rate is effective on October 1, 2025.
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