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Lapides Asset Management, LLC

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13F filer, CIK 1357993, GREENWICH, CT

Lapides Asset Management, LLC reported $175,547,000 across 53 holdings for the quarter ended 2022-09-30, in a 13F-HR filed 2022-10-27. Its ten largest share positions make up 36% of the portfolio.

Filed (acceptance time not in the bulk data set), ingested 13F-HR 0001357993-22-000005

Period
2022-09-30
Reported value
$176M
Holdings
53
Top 10 weight
36%
New
2
Sold out
9

Largest buys vs the previous quarter

SecurityShares changeApprox. value
KNadded+204,100$2.48M
ITGRadded+28,100$1.75M
DXCadded+48,100$1.18M
VYXadded+60,700$1.15M
CSGSadded+21,100$1.12M

Ranked by the share change valued at this quarter's implied price (value over shares in the 13F). A position sold out is valued at the previous quarter's price, its last report.

Largest sells vs the previous quarter

SecurityShares changeApprox. value
CVSAexited-133,400-$4.8M
SMGexited-22,100-$1.75M
GRFSreduced-273,200-$1.68M
RXTreduced-387,200-$1.58M
PLANTRONICS INC NEWexited-35,184-$1.4M

Ranked by the share change valued at this quarter's implied price (value over shares in the 13F). A position sold out is valued at the previous quarter's price, its last report.

Holdings, Q3 2022

Share positions as resolved from 13F-HR 0001357993-22-000005, largest first. % of portfolio is the value over $175,545,000, the sum of the share positions whose value is usable for ratios (method).

SecurityHistorySharesValue% of portfolioChangeLatest eventTimeline
ADTNADTRAN HOLDINGS INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: not reported; 2021Q4: not reported; 2022Q1: not reported; 2022Q2: 392,300 shares; 2022Q3: 392,300 shares 392,300$7.68M4.38%0Timeline
AVDAMERICAN VANGUARD CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: 398,000 shares; 2021Q4: 355,200 shares; 2022Q1: 415,300 shares; 2022Q2: 410,400 shares; 2022Q3: 410,400 shares 410,400$7.67M4.37%0Timeline
CHANNELADVISOR CORPCHANNELADVISOR CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: 27,100 shares; 2021Q4: 27,100 shares; 2022Q1: 181,900 shares; 2022Q2: 371,300 shares; 2022Q3: 325,200 shares 325,200$7.37M4.2%-46,100
ADTADT INC DELQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: not reported; 2021Q4: not reported; 2022Q1: 205,100 shares; 2022Q2: 860,300 shares; 2022Q3: 860,300 shares 860,300$6.44M3.67%0Timeline
LRNSTRIDE INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: 176,600 shares; 2021Q4: 176,600 shares; 2022Q1: 176,600 shares; 2022Q2: 157,500 shares; 2022Q3: 152,156 shares 152,156$6.39M3.64%-5,344Timeline
EEFTEURONET WORLDWIDE INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: 47,500 shares; 2021Q4: 79,600 shares; 2022Q1: 79,600 shares; 2022Q2: 79,600 shares; 2022Q3: 82,000 shares 82,000$6.21M3.54%+2,400Timeline
CRTOCRITEO S AQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: not reported; 2021Q4: not reported; 2022Q1: 146,200 shares; 2022Q2: 192,700 shares; 2022Q3: 203,200 shares 203,200$5.49M3.13%+10,500Timeline
XPERI HLDG CORPXPERI HLDG CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: 418,026 shares; 2021Q4: 420,726 shares; 2022Q1: 420,726 shares; 2022Q2: 420,726 shares; 2022Q3: 382,326 shares 382,326$5.41M3.08%-38,400
HANESBRANDS INCHANESBRANDS INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: 350,800 shares; 2021Q4: 350,800 shares; 2022Q1: 456,100 shares; 2022Q2: 621,600 shares; 2022Q3: 760,100 shares 760,100$5.29M3.01%+138,500
UEICUNIVERSAL ELECTRS INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: 123,700 shares; 2021Q4: 173,700 shares; 2022Q1: 230,300 shares; 2022Q2: 256,100 shares; 2022Q3: 266,000 shares 266,000$5.23M2.98%+9,900Timeline
VYXNCR VOYIX CORPORATIONQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: not reported; 2021Q4: 133,000 shares; 2022Q1: 149,200 shares; 2022Q2: 206,300 shares; 2022Q3: 267,000 shares 267,000$5.08M2.89%+60,700Timeline
KNKNOWLES CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: 127,800 shares; 2021Q4: 157,400 shares; 2022Q1: 157,400 shares; 2022Q2: 179,000 shares; 2022Q3: 383,100 shares 383,100$4.66M2.66%+204,100Timeline
CBOECBOE GLOBAL MKTS INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: 53,400 shares; 2021Q4: 53,000 shares; 2022Q1: 53,000 shares; 2022Q2: 44,700 shares; 2022Q3: 39,600 shares 39,600$4.65M2.65%-5,100Timeline
VERINT SYS INCVERINT SYS INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: 166,800 shares; 2021Q4: 153,800 shares; 2022Q1: 139,500 shares; 2022Q2: 136,700 shares; 2022Q3: 133,800 shares 133,800$4.49M2.56%-2,900
DXCDXC TECHNOLOGY COQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: 51,600 shares; 2021Q4: 40,000 shares; 2022Q1: 77,300 shares; 2022Q2: 134,400 shares; 2022Q3: 182,500 shares 182,500$4.47M2.55%+48,100Timeline
FCFRANKLIN COVEY COQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: 147,700 shares; 2021Q4: 123,300 shares; 2022Q1: 99,600 shares; 2022Q2: 99,600 shares; 2022Q3: 98,400 shares 98,400$4.47M2.54%-1,200Timeline
SUMMIT MATERIALS INC CLASS ASUMMIT MATERIALS INC CLASS AQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: 208,366 shares; 2021Q4: 179,866 shares; 2022Q1: 179,866 shares; 2022Q2: 179,866 shares; 2022Q3: 179,866 shares 179,866$4.31M2.46%0
AUDCAUDIOCODES LTDQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: not reported; 2021Q4: not reported; 2022Q1: 152,700 shares; 2022Q2: 207,600 shares; 2022Q3: 195,000 shares 195,000$4.25M2.42%-12,600Timeline
LOPEGRAND CANYON ED INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: 23,000 shares; 2021Q4: 39,600 shares; 2022Q1: 45,800 shares; 2022Q2: 45,800 shares; 2022Q3: 50,200 shares 50,200$4.13M2.35%+4,400Timeline
WESTROCK COWESTROCK COQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: 135,500 shares; 2021Q4: 135,500 shares; 2022Q1: 135,500 shares; 2022Q2: 128,400 shares; 2022Q3: 128,400 shares 128,400$3.97M2.26%0
BBSIBARRETT BUSINESS SVCS INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: 5,700 shares; 2021Q4: 30,400 shares; 2022Q1: 51,200 shares; 2022Q2: 50,100 shares; 2022Q3: 50,100 shares 50,100$3.91M2.23%0Timeline
NTAPNETAPP INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: 61,200 shares; 2021Q4: 59,500 shares; 2022Q1: 59,500 shares; 2022Q2: 63,100 shares; 2022Q3: 63,100 shares 63,100$3.9M2.22%0Timeline
XRAYDENTSPLY SIRONA INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: 48,400 shares; 2021Q4: 48,400 shares; 2022Q1: 48,400 shares; 2022Q2: 98,200 shares; 2022Q3: 136,900 shares 136,900$3.88M2.21%+38,700Timeline
BTRS HOLDINGS INCBTRS HOLDINGS INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: 16,100 shares; 2021Q4: 19,700 shares; 2022Q1: 256,500 shares; 2022Q2: 410,700 shares; 2022Q3: 410,700 shares 410,700$3.8M2.17%0
HUNHUNTSMAN CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: 165,800 shares; 2021Q4: 165,800 shares; 2022Q1: 147,000 shares; 2022Q2: 147,000 shares; 2022Q3: 147,000 shares 147,000$3.61M2.05%0Timeline
ARWARROW ELECTRS INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: 38,100 shares; 2021Q4: 36,700 shares; 2022Q1: 36,700 shares; 2022Q2: 36,700 shares; 2022Q3: 36,700 shares 36,700$3.38M1.93%0Timeline
ITGRINTEGER HLDGS CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: 25,100 shares; 2021Q4: 25,100 shares; 2022Q1: 25,100 shares; 2022Q2: 25,100 shares; 2022Q3: 53,200 shares 53,200$3.31M1.89%+28,100Timeline
CSGSCSG SYS INTL INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: not reported; 2021Q4: 27,500 shares; 2022Q1: 43,600 shares; 2022Q2: 39,600 shares; 2022Q3: 60,700 shares 60,700$3.21M1.83%+21,100Timeline
STSENSATA TECHNOLOGIES HLDG PLQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: 38,200 shares; 2021Q4: 38,200 shares; 2022Q1: 38,200 shares; 2022Q2: 75,400 shares; 2022Q3: 81,500 shares 81,500$3.04M1.73%+6,100Timeline
PUBMPUBMATIC INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: not reported; 2021Q4: not reported; 2022Q1: not reported; 2022Q2: 158,100 shares; 2022Q3: 167,700 shares 167,700$2.79M1.59%+9,600Timeline
MTXMINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: 55,200 shares; 2021Q4: 50,400 shares; 2022Q1: 50,400 shares; 2022Q2: 50,400 shares; 2022Q3: 50,400 shares 50,400$2.49M1.42%0Timeline
FTDRFRONTDOOR INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: not reported; 2021Q4: 41,600 shares; 2022Q1: 108,000 shares; 2022Q2: 135,000 shares; 2022Q3: 113,800 shares 113,800$2.32M1.32%-21,200Timeline
ANGOANGIODYNAMICS INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: 177,200 shares; 2021Q4: 139,700 shares; 2022Q1: 111,400 shares; 2022Q2: 111,400 shares; 2022Q3: 111,400 shares 111,400$2.28M1.3%0Timeline
MGMISTRAS GROUP INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: 324,800 shares; 2021Q4: 331,500 shares; 2022Q1: 392,400 shares; 2022Q2: 486,800 shares; 2022Q3: 486,800 shares 486,800$2.17M1.24%0Timeline
GRFSGRIFOLS S AQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: 492,600 shares; 2021Q4: 561,200 shares; 2022Q1: 623,800 shares; 2022Q2: 623,800 shares; 2022Q3: 350,600 shares 350,600$2.16M1.23%-273,200Timeline
PRPLPURPLE INNOVATION INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: 153,600 shares; 2021Q4: 291,700 shares; 2022Q1: 480,400 shares; 2022Q2: 523,000 shares; 2022Q3: 527,200 shares 527,200$2.13M1.22%+4,200Timeline
ESIELEMENT SOLUTIONS INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: 136,100 shares; 2021Q4: 130,000 shares; 2022Q1: 130,000 shares; 2022Q2: 130,000 shares; 2022Q3: 130,000 shares 130,000$2.12M1.2%0Timeline
CIENCIENA CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: not reported; 2021Q4: not reported; 2022Q1: not reported; 2022Q2: 25,700 shares; 2022Q3: 49,100 shares 49,100$1.99M1.13%+23,400Timeline
RNGRINGCENTRAL INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: not reported; 2021Q4: not reported; 2022Q1: not reported; 2022Q2: 32,200 shares; 2022Q3: 41,200 shares 41,200$1.65M0.94%+9,000Timeline
CUTERA INCCUTERA INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: 29,700 shares; 2021Q4: 29,200 shares; 2022Q1: 29,200 shares; 2022Q2: 35,200 shares; 2022Q3: 36,000 shares 36,000$1.64M0.94%+800
LEVILEVI STRAUSS & CO NEWQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: 75,500 shares; 2021Q4: 75,500 shares; 2022Q1: 105,900 shares; 2022Q2: 105,900 shares; 2022Q3: 105,900 shares 105,900$1.53M0.87%0Timeline
TTEKTETRA TECH INC NEWQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: 13,300 shares; 2021Q4: 11,900 shares; 2022Q1: 11,900 shares; 2022Q2: 11,900 shares; 2022Q3: 11,900 shares 11,900$1.53M0.87%0Timeline
ARAYACCURAY INC DELQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: 779,900 shares; 2021Q4: 759,600 shares; 2022Q1: 759,600 shares; 2022Q2: 787,000 shares; 2022Q3: 722,300 shares 722,300$1.5M0.86%-64,700Timeline
RXTRACKSPACE TECHNOLOGY INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: 770,000 shares; 2021Q4: 640,200 shares; 2022Q1: 858,700 shares; 2022Q2: 719,200 shares; 2022Q3: 332,000 shares 332,000$1.35M0.77%-387,200Timeline
HSICSCHEIN HENRY INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: not reported; 2021Q4: not reported; 2022Q1: not reported; 2022Q2: not reported; 2022Q3: 16,100 shares 16,100$1.06M0.6%newTimeline
FMCFMC CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: 16,900 shares; 2021Q4: 16,900 shares; 2022Q1: 9,600 shares; 2022Q2: 9,600 shares; 2022Q3: 9,600 shares 9,600$1.01M0.58%0Timeline
IMAXIMAX CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: 151,800 shares; 2021Q4: 151,800 shares; 2022Q1: 137,500 shares; 2022Q2: 71,600 shares; 2022Q3: 71,600 shares 71,600$1.01M0.58%0Timeline
BALLBALL CORPQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: 13,600 shares; 2021Q4: 13,600 shares; 2022Q1: 13,600 shares; 2022Q2: 13,600 shares; 2022Q3: 19,100 shares 19,100$923K0.53%+5,500Timeline
AMBPARDAGH METAL PACKAGING S AQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: 139,700 shares; 2021Q4: 169,300 shares; 2022Q1: 245,600 shares; 2022Q2: 257,900 shares; 2022Q3: 149,000 shares 149,000$721K0.41%-108,900Timeline
Nexxen International LTDNexxen International LTDQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: not reported; 2021Q4: not reported; 2022Q1: not reported; 2022Q2: 80,300 shares; 2022Q3: 84,800 shares 84,800$588K0.33%+4,500
CMTLCOMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: not reported; 2021Q4: not reported; 2022Q1: 11,400 shares; 2022Q2: 47,900 shares; 2022Q3: 47,900 shares 47,900$479K0.27%0Timeline
VIVINT SMART HOME INCVIVINT SMART HOME INCQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: not reported; 2021Q4: not reported; 2022Q1: not reported; 2022Q2: not reported; 2022Q3: 39,800 shares 39,800$262K0.15%new
ATENTO S AATENTO S AQuarterly shares; oldest to newest; scale is this security's eight-quarter maximum; 2020Q4: restricted; 2021Q1: restricted; 2021Q2: restricted; 2021Q3: 161,774 shares; 2021Q4: 126,400 shares; 2022Q1: 67,100 shares; 2022Q2: 32,300 shares; 2022Q3: 31,200 shares 31,200$126K0.07%-1,100

Sold out in Q3 2022

Positions in the previous quarter's report that this quarter's report no longer lists.

SecurityShares beforeValue beforeType
CVSACOVISTA INC133,400$4.8Mshares
SMGSCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO22,100$1.75Mshares
PLANTRONICS INC NEWPLANTRONICS INC NEW35,184$1.4Mshares
SHCSOTERA HEALTH CO67,600$1.32Mshares
VRTVERTIV HOLDINGS CO158,300$1.3Mshares
HYDROFARMS HLDGS GROUP INCHYDROFARMS HLDGS GROUP INC372,000$1.29Mshares
SSPSCRIPPS E W CO OHIO88,600$1.1Mshares
DRTTFDIRTT ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS649,200$705Kshares
BASFYBASF SE COMMON STOCK11,700$127Kshares

How Q3 2022 was built

Available 13F filings of this filer for the quarter and their roles: the base report is the latest original or restatement, NEW HOLDINGS amendments filed after it are added (method).

FilingRoleAmendmentFiledAcceptedIngested
13F-HR 0001357993-22-000005 base2022-10-27acceptance time not in the bulk data set