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Blind Pool REIT IPOs: Real Estate Sponsors Are Getting Ready To Jump Back In

Coming out of the Great Recession, there was a rush by real estate sponsors to raise “blind pool” capital to take advantage of displacement and distress in the real estate market. From 2009 through 2010, 30 new public real...more

Regulation A+ SEC Developments - Recent SEC Enforcement Proceedings and SEC Comment Letter Trends

In March 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to Regulation A, which expanded the Regulation A exemption from the Securities Act of 1933 (the Securities Act) registration for public offerings...more

A Better Liquidity Feature for Non-Traded REITs: Share Repurchase Plans and the Next Frontier

In recent periods, a number of prominent non-traded real estate investment trusts (REITs) disclosed that repurchase requests from stockholders under their share repurchase plans exceeded monthly or quarterly repurchase limits...more

REITs Should Review Disclosure of Non-GAAP Financial Measures Based on New SEC Staff Guidance

On December 13, 2022, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the “staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) published seven new or revised Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (“C&DIs”)...more

SEC Publishes New Non-GAAP Financial Measures Guidance as 2022 Year-End Reporting Season Approaches

On December 13, 2022, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the “staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) published seven new or revised Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (“C&DIs”)...more

Goodwin REIT Alert: REIT Disclosure Requirements When Acquiring or Disposing of Real Estate Operations

When a public REIT acquires or disposes of real estate, the transaction may trigger financial disclosure requirements under SEC rules and guidance. Specifically, Rule 3-14 of Regulation S-X (“Rule 3-14”) sets forth the...more

SEC Amends MD&A and Other Financial Disclosure Rules

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has adopted amendments to several of the financial disclosure requirements in Regulation S-K. Continuing the SEC’s efforts to modernize and streamline its disclosure...more

The Past, Present and Future of the Non-Traded NAV REIT Structure

More than 15 years ago, on behalf of an internationally recognized financial services firm, Goodwin created the first open-ended non-traded REIT structure that allowed for regular sales and redemptions at net asset value...more

Inline XBRL Interpretations Issued By SEC Staff

The staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has published nine Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) relating to the Inline XBRL rules adopted in June 2018 and...more

SEC Adopts First Steps in Disclosure Simplification

After several years and a number of studies and related actions, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted a series of amendments to its rules and forms that deal with requirements that have become “redundant,...more

Planning for the Approaching CEO Pay Ratio Disclosure Requirement

It appears likely that the CEO pay ratio disclosure rule adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2015 will require companies that are subject to the rule to begin including CEO pay ratio disclosure for 2017...more

SEC Begins Accepting Nonpublic Draft IPO Registration Statements from All Filers

On July 10, 2017, the SEC will begin allowing all filers to voluntarily submit nonpublic, draft registration statements for initial public offerings and certain other registrations. This expands a popular provision of the...more

Proposed NYSE Amendments: Dividend Notices and non-IPO Listings

The NYSE has recently proposed two notable amendments to its rules. The first proposal would require listed companies to notify the NYSE at least 10 minutes before the company announces any dividend or stock distribution,...more

SEC Staff Reiterates No-Action Position on Proxy Access Amendment Proposals

The staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission has issued three additional responses to company no-action requests to exclude shareholder-proposed amendments to proxy access bylaw...more

Nasdaq Adopts “Golden Leash” Director Compensation Disclosure Requirement

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq) has adopted a new rule that will require each Nasdaq-listed company to publicly disclose compensation or other payments by third parties to any current director or nominee for director in...more

SEC Non-GAAP Guidance: Impact on Earnings Releases, SEC Reports and Other Disclosures

As discussed in our recent client alert “SEC Issues Important Non-GAAP Interpretations” (May 19, 2016), the SEC recently released a series of new C&DIs on the use of non-GAAP financial measures by reporting companies and new...more

SEC Permits Immediate Resale Under Rule 144 of REIT Shares Issued in Exchange for OP Units

On March 14, 2016, the SEC issued a no-action letter permitting holders of shares of common stock of a publicly traded REIT, or REIT shares, received in exchange for privately placed units of the REIT’s operating partnership,...more

House Passes Act to Codify Section 4(a)(1½) Exemption for Resales of Restricted Securities

On October 6, 2015, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved the Reforming Access for Investments in Startup Enterprises Act of 2015 (H.R. 1839), also known as the RAISE Act of 2015. The RAISE Act has been...more

SEC Issues New Guidance on Excluding Shareholder Proposals under Rule 14a-8

On October 22, 2015, the staff of the SEC Division of Corporation Finance issued Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14H (SLB 14H), which provides significant guidance for companies about the Staff’s views on the scope and application...more

NYSE Amends Rules for Release of Material News

Changes to Notification Requirements - Notifications During Pre-Market Hours. Currently, Rule 202.06 requires listed companies to notify the NYSE at least 10 minutes before they release material news “shortly before the...more

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