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Ed Francis

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · TX · May 31, 2018 → May 31, 2018

1deal (issuers)
$35.2Mreported sold
10investors
1Form D filing
2018year on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:41 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: not yet

The short version

Ed Francis is listed as a director on 1 SEC Form D filing by 1 issuer in May 2018: HM DUNN AEROSYSTEMS, INC. (Euless, TX — industry reported as "Other" — 2018; $35.2M reported sold to 10 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC, filed May 2018. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment — it is a notice, not an approval.

Listed alongside EUGENE P. CONESE, JR. (1 shared filing), GEOFFREY SPILLANE (1 shared filing), JAMES E. FULTZ (1 shared filing), JEFF LANDRETH (1 shared filing), Jeff Peterson (1 shared filing) and 5 others.

What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around Ed. Each name links to their own page.

Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), state securities regulators (AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA) — none found. Not yet searched: SEC enforcement releases.

What this means Nothing turned up where we looked (2 sources). That does not prove there is nothing — it means none was found in those sources on that date.

What the community is saying

Nothing found on Reddit, BiggerPockets or community forums for high-net-worth investors (searched Oct 24, 2026) — search queued; this line updates when it has run.

Community comments are quoted as written by their authors. Sources searched: BiggerPockets forums (via DuckDuckGo, Brave, Bing and BiggerPockets search) and Reddit (search feed + public archive).

Key records

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1. Lawsuits

None found in sources searched

What was searched

Sources searched: CourtListener bulk data (RECAP dockets as of 2026-09-30; recall-first rule 10-24) — federal district + bankruptcy courts; live RECAP re-check pending. State courts: not yet searched. PACER: not searched. · Last checked Oct 24, 2026, 2:41 AM ET.

State courts: not yet searched. No state offers a lawful automated statewide source PartnerFacts can use today. Texas (re:SearchTX) terms prohibit storing results in a database open to third parties; New York (WebCivil) and Massachusetts (MassCourts) require a browser check that blocks scripted queries; California has no statewide index (58 county portals; Rule of Court 2.503 grants name-based access case by case); Florida, Utah and Illinois offer paid or partial access whose terms for automated use are unverified. Washington (dw.courts.wa.gov; bulk index reports under a JISC data-dissemination agreement), Delaware (CourtConnect; Court of Chancery not included) and Arizona (apps.azcourts.gov/publicaccess, which has an official channel to request high-volume access) are the candidates; PartnerFacts will request written permission before any automated search. Federal courts are searched through CourtListener / RECAP.

2. Regulatory actions

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What was searched

SEC enforcement searched: SEC litigation releases and administrative proceedings — respondent names in the sec.gov index titles (30,205 releases, 1995-09-19 to 2026-10-23); release text is read only to confirm a candidate. Names that appear only in the body of a release are not found. — not yet searched.

State securities regulators searched: AZ (Corporation Commission Securities Division), CA (DFPI — 16 of 12,159 DFPI respondent pages read so far; sponsor-name matches are read first), DE (DOJ Investor Protection Unit), TX (State Securities Board), WA (DFI) — last crawled Oct 23, 2026, 9:57 PM ET. Other states: not yet searched.

No SEC search has run yet for this person.

3. Bankruptcies

None found in sources searched

What was searched

Sources searched: Federal bankruptcy courts via CourtListener / RECAP archive (federal district courts, federal bankruptcy courts). State courts: not yet searched. PACER: not searched (RECAP only). · Last checked Oct 24, 2026, 2:41 AM ET.

State courts: not yet searched. No state offers a lawful automated statewide source PartnerFacts can use today. Texas (re:SearchTX) terms prohibit storing results in a database open to third parties; New York (WebCivil) and Massachusetts (MassCourts) require a browser check that blocks scripted queries; California has no statewide index (58 county portals; Rule of Court 2.503 grants name-based access case by case); Florida, Utah and Illinois offer paid or partial access whose terms for automated use are unverified. Washington (dw.courts.wa.gov; bulk index reports under a JISC data-dissemination agreement), Delaware (CourtConnect; Court of Chancery not included) and Arizona (apps.azcourts.gov/publicaccess, which has an official channel to request high-volume access) are the candidates; PartnerFacts will request written permission before any automated search. Federal courts are searched through CourtListener / RECAP.

4. Differences between public sources

Not made for individual people — comparisons cover issuers and sponsor groups

5. Money to insiders

None reported on 1 offering — no sales commissions, finder's fees or proceeds to insiders

Per-offering detail
Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
May 31, 2018 D
HM DUNN AEROSYSTEMS, INC.
File 021-313579
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗

Counts come from Form D Items 12–15 on the filings in our index (latest filing per offering; one offering = one SEC file number; an amendment updates its offering rather than adding one). "To insiders" = gross proceeds used for payments to executive officers, directors or promoters. "—" = not reported on that filing. Amounts marked (est.) were reported as estimates. "Paid to sell it" = sales compensation recipients named on that filing (Item 12), each linked to FINRA BrokerCheck when a CRD number is reported.

Counted across every filing this person is listed on (latest filing per offering, per issuer).

Deals 1

Every issuer that named Ed Francis on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

Other

HM DUNN AEROSYSTEMS, INC.

Euless, TX · May 31, 2018
  • May 31, 2018 · D · $35,187,500 sold of Indefinite · 8 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $35.2M from 10 investors as of the latest filing. Ed is listed as director.

Sources

Every row is a Form D or D/A on which the issuer listed this name as a related person. Amount sold and investors are the maximum reported on any filing for this issuer. "Similar" = offerings in the same industry claiming the same exemption, filed in the last 5 years: Other / 506(b) (18,678 filings); ranges are the middle half (25th–75th percentile). Computed by PartnerFacts from SEC EDGAR Form D data as of Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET. Rows without a range: fewer than 30 comparable filings, or not a Rule 506 offering. No ranking or score.

People around Ed 10

Officers, directors, promoters and management entities named on the same filings, as of Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET.

Person

KEVIN M. JACKSON

Executive Officer, Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 16 other issuers

KEVIN M. JACKSON is on 17 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

Person

EUGENE P. CONESE, JR.

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 11 other issuers

EUGENE P. CONESE, JR. is on 12 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

Person

GEOFFREY SPILLANE

Executive Officer, Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 1 other issuer

Listed on the same filings as Ed Francis. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

ROBERT REDING

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Ed Francis. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

JEFF LANDRETH

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Ed Francis. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

JAMES E. FULTZ

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Ed Francis. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

Jeff Peterson

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Ed Francis. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

Jeffrey Jabara

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Ed Francis. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

Philip F. Milazzo

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Ed Francis. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

Philip Anderson

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Ed Francis. Their page shows their other deals.

Registrations and other filings

Adviser registration (Form ADV)

Not yet searched. Sources to be searched: SEC Investment Adviser Information Reports — Form ADV data for SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers (file dated 2026-10-02); SEC Investment Adviser Public Disclosure (IAPD) firm search — registered and exempt reporting advisers · Search queued. Results are added automatically; check back later.

Other offering types (Regulation A and Regulation Crowdfunding)

None found in sources searched.

Sources searched: SEC Regulation A Data Sets (Forms 1-A, 1-K, 1-Z; 2015 Q2 → 2026 Q3); SEC Crowdfunding Offerings Data Sets (Form C family; 2016 Q2 → 2026 Q3); EDGAR form index for 2026 Q3 → 2026 Q4 · Last checked Oct 23, 2026, 8:41 PM ET.

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