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• ACCELERATION REQUEST
  
  (USA) A letter (or in some cases, oral communication) to the SEC from both the issuer and the managing underwriters of a public offering, requesting that the SEC declare a registration statement effective. The SEC's policy, often waived, is that the acceleration request be received at least two business days prior to the date the registration statement is to become effective.
  
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