J.C. Penney disclosed that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission asked for information about the retailer’s finances, including a stock sale in September that it’s using to fund an attempted turnaround.

A letter from the SEC on Oct. 7 requested “information regarding the company’s liquidity, cash position, and debt and equity financing, as well as the company’s underwritten public offering of common stock,” Plano, Texas-based J.C. Penney said yesterday in a quarterly filing.