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Business Citation Guide: Company Filings

This guide provides examples for citing business resources in APA, MLA, and Chicago citation styles.

Company Filings

Type Example
Works Cited List Citation

"Title of Filing." Website Name, Corporate Author/Publisher, Day Abbreviated Month Publication Year, Filing URL. 

Example:

"OpenText Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2021 Financial Results." OpenText, OpenText Corporation, 23 Apr. 2021, s23.q4cdn.com/197378439/files/doc_financials/2021/q4/OpenText-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Fiscal-Year-2021-Financial-Results.pdf

Note: If a corporate entity is both author and publisher, only include once as publisher.

In-Text Citation Example

(Corporate Author Name Page Number)

Example:

(OpenText 5)

If using more than one filing from same author:

(Corporate Author Name, Shortened Title Page Number)

Example:

(OpenText, 2021 Annual Report 17)

 

Type Example
Works Cited List Citation

Corporate Author Name. Title of Filing. Name of Filing Website, Day Shortened Month Publication Year, URL. 

Example:

Barrick Gold Corporation. Barrick Gold Annual Information Form for the Year Ended December 31, 2019. SEDAR, 25 Mar. 2020, www.sedar.com/FindCompanyDocuments.do

In-Text Citation Example

(Corporate Author Name Page Number)

Example:

(Barrick Gold Corporation 8)

If using more than one filing from same author:

(Corporate Author Name, Shortened Title Page Number)

Example:

(Barrick Gold Corporation, 2019 Annual Information Form 8)