regulatory filingnoun [ C ]
ukusLAW, GOVERNMENT, MANAGEMENTin the US, a set of documents, for example financial accounts, that a company has to send to the organization that regulates its activities (= checks that its activities are honest and legal):
According to a recent regulatory filing, 25% of their business is in the retail sector.
Details of the acquisition were revealed in a regulatory filing on Tuesday night.