Integrating paper-based information for Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 compliance: The eCopy™ solution for document imaging

The major corporate governance issue for publicly traded US companies today
is compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). Although the SEC has recently
extended the compliance deadlines for Section 404 of SOX, this doesn’t mean the regulation is going away.

Under the new compliance schedule, for companies with a market capitalization over $75 million and at least one annual report filing with the SEC, the deadline to begin to comply with the 404 requirements has moved out from June 15, 2004 to November 15, 2004. For all other issuers, Section 404 compliance is required for fiscal year ending on or after July 15, 2005, as opposed to the original date of
April 15, 2005.