---
kind: "section"
citation: "17 C.F.R. § 230.134b"
title: "17"
number: "230.134b"
heading: "Statements of additional information."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/17/230.134b"
---

# §230.134b. Statements of additional information.


For the purpose only of Section 5(b) of the Act ([15 U.S.C. 77e(b)](/usc/15/77e.md?p=b)), the term “prospectus” as defined in Section 2(a)(10) of the Act ([15 U.S.C. 77b(a)(10)](/usc/15/77b.md?p=a-10)) does not include a Statement of Additional Information filed as part of a registration statement on Form N-1A ([§ 239.15A](/cfr/17/239.15A.md) and [§ 274.11A](/cfr/17/274.11A.md) of this chapter), Form N-2 ([§ 239.14](/cfr/17/239.14.md) and [§ 274.11a-1](/cfr/17/274.11a-1.md) of this chapter), Form N-3 (§§ [239.17a](/cfr/17/239.17a.md) and [274.11b](/cfr/17/274.11b.md) of this chapter), Form N-4 (§§ [239.17b](/cfr/17/239.17b.md) and [274.11c](/cfr/17/274.11c.md) of this chapter), or Form N-6 (§§ [239.17c](/cfr/17/239.17c.md) and [274.11d](/cfr/17/274.11d.md) of this chapter) transmitted prior to the effective date of the registration statement if it is accompanied or preceded by a preliminary prospectus meeting the requirements of [§ 230.430](/cfr/17/230.430.md).


## Notes

### Amendments

[67 FR 19868, Apr. 23, 2002]

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 77b, 77b note, 77c, 77d, 77f, 77g, 77h, 77j, 77r, 77s, 77z-3, 77sss, 78c, 78d, 78j, 78 l, 78m, 78n, 78o, 78o-7 note, 78t, 78w, 78 ll (d), 78mm, 80a-8, 80a-24, 80a-28, 80a-29, 80a-30, and 80a-37, and Pub. L. 112-106, sec. 201(a), sec. 401, 126 Stat. 313 (2012), unless otherwise noted. Section 230.151 is also issued under 15 U.S.C. 77s(a). Section 230.160 is also issued under Section 104(d) of the Electronic Signatures Act. Section 230.193 is also issued under sec. 943, Pub. L. 111-203, 124 Stat. 1376. Sections 230.400 to 230.499 issued under secs. 6, 8, 10, 19, 48 Stat. 78, 79, 81, and 85, as amended (15 U.S.C. 77f, 77h, 77j, 77s). Sec. 230.457 also issued under secs. 6 and 7, 15 U.S.C. 77f and 77g. Section 230.502 is also issued under 15 U.S.C. 80a-8, 80a-29, 80a-30.

### Amendments

[55 FR 18322, May 2, 1990, as amended at 62 FR 53954, Oct. 17, 1997; 63 FR 9642, Feb. 25, 1998]

### Amendments

[67 FR 19868, Apr. 23, 2002]