The phrase "confidentially submitted" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when indicating that a document or information is being provided in a confidential manner.
Example: "The report was confidentially submitted to the board for review."
Alternatives: "submitted in confidence" or "submitted confidentially."
"We've confidentially submitted an S-1 to the SEC for a planned IPO.
It made the announcement on Twitter, naturally: We've confidentially submitted an S-1 to the SEC for a planned IPO.
First, the tweet that launched a thousand more: We've confidentially submitted an S-1 to the SEC for a planned IPO.
The listing plans came to light with a tweet published on the company's official account: "We've confidentially submitted an S-1 to the SEC for a planned IPO.
"We've confidentially submitted an S-1 to the S.E.C. for a planned I.P.O.," Twitter declared publicly on Sept. 12 in a not-so-secret message sent on its own network.
Since that time, nearly 1,000 emerging growth companies or EGCs have confidentially submitted draft registration statements for IPOs, and EGCs represent about 85% of the IPOs that have gone effective since the JOBS Act was enacted.
When Twitter announced yesterday afternoon (via tweet, naturally) that it was planning to file an I.P.O., the company said it had started the process by "confidentially" submitting an S-1 prospectus to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
By James Surowiecki September 13 , 2013When Twitter announced yesterday afternoon (via tweet, naturally) that it was planning to file an I.P.O., the company said it had started the process by "confidentially" submitting an S-1 prospectus to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
For example, it would permit companies to confidentially submit offering statements to the staff of the SEC for review before filing, introduce electronic filing and the "access equals delivery" delivery model to Regulation A offerings, and would allow issuers to engage in "testing the waters" communications with potential qualified investors before and after the filing of an offering statement.
Elastic, the provider of subscription-based data search software used by Dell, Netflix, The New York Times and others, has unveiled its IPO filing after confidentially submitting paperwork to the SEC in June.
Harvard has also set up its own site to allow survivors to confidentially submit stories and comments.
