Forward-looking statement safeharbor

Refers to a provision in the PSLRA that protects corporations and their directors and officers when making written or oral forward-looking statements. Pursuant to this safeharbor, no liability exists with respect to a forward-looking statement that, when made, is identified as forward-looking and is accompanied by meaningful cautionary statements identifying important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the statement. Alternatively, the statute also provides that a person making a written or oral forward-looking statement will not be liable for that statement unless a plaintiff proves that the person made the statement with actual knowledge that it was false or misleading. The safeharbors do not apply to various types of forward-looking statements, including such statements in GAAP financial statements, in an IPO registration statement, in connection with a tender offer or a partnership, in certain change-in-control disclosure statements, in a going private transaction, or by a non-SEC reporting company.

Forwarder / Freight Forwarder / Foreign Freight Forwarder

An independent business that dispatches shipments for exporters for a fee. The firm may ship by land, air or sea or it may specialize. Usually it handles all the services connected with an export shipment; preparation of documents, booking cargo space, warehouse, pier delivery and export clearance. The firm may also handle banking and insurance services on behalf of a client

Forwarding charges clause

Institute Cargo Clause 12. Where, as a result of an insured peril, the transit is terminated short of the destination, the underwriter will reimburse the insured for any extra charges incurred in unloading, storing and forwarding the goods to their destination. The clause does not apply to general average or salvage. Forwarding charges due to insolvency or financial default are excluded.

foundation for medical care (FMC)

Organization of physicians sponsored by a state or local medical association concerned with the development and delivery of medical services and the cost of health care. Two types of FMCs exist: (1) comprehensive type of foundation, which designs and sponsors prepaid health programs or sets minimum benefits of coverage; and (2) claims-review type of foundation, which provides evaluation of the quality and efficiency of services by a panel of physicians to the numerous fiscal agents or carriers involved in its area including the ones processing Medicare and Medicaid. Also called foundation or medical foundation .