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Hedging Proposed Regulation

A&O Shearman

New Year, New Rules: Arrival of the Final Hedging Disclosure Rules

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On December 18, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved long-awaited final rules implementing Section 955 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Consistent with the proposed...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Derivatives In Review - August 2018

On July 12, ISDA initiated a market-wide consultation on technical issues related to new benchmark fallbacks for derivatives referencing certain interbank offered rates, or IBORs, in response to the expected discontinuance of...more

WilmerHale

CFTC Updates Position Limits Rule

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On September 22, 2015, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) unanimously approved the publication of a “supplemental” proposed rule on position limits. The supplemental proposal would modify the...more

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SEC Proposes Rules Mandating Executive Compensation “Clawback” Policies

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On July 1, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) proposed new rules that would mandate U.S. stock exchanges to establish and enforce standards requiring listed companies to adopt compensation recovery...more

Allen Matkins

Email Notice Without Consent Is Not Notice

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The California General Corporation Law unequivocally authorizes the giving of notice of stockholder meetings by electronic transmission. Section 601(b) provides “Notice of a shareholders’ meeting or any report shall be given...more

Perkins Coie

SEC Proposes Dodd-Frank Hedging Policy Disclosure Rules

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently released long-awaited proposed rules, as mandated by Section 955 of the Dodd-Frank Act, that would require a public company to disclose whether the company permits its...more

K&L Gates LLP

SEC Proposes Rules Requiring Disclosure of Hedging by Employees, Officers, and Directors

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On February 9, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued proposed rules to implement Section 955 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, requiring disclosure of whether an...more

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SEC Proposes Rules for Disclosure of Hedging by Employees, Officers, and Directors

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Boards of Directors of companies subject to the federal proxy rules should take note of proposed rules released by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 9, 2015 that would enhance corporate disclosure of...more

Smith Anderson

SEC Proposes New Rule Requiring Disclosure of Equity Hedging Policies

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On February 9, 2015, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a long-awaited rule under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that would require public companies to disclose certain...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review

SEC Proposes Rules for Disclosure of Hedging Policies - On February 9, the SEC issued proposed rules that are intended to enhance disclosure of company hedging policies for directors and employees, as mandated by...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

SEC Proposes Rules for Disclosure of Companies’ Hedging Policies

On February 9, as mandated by Section 955 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act), the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed new rules requiring disclosure by US public...more

Blank Rome LLP

SEC Proposes Rules for Hedging Disclosure

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On February 9, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission, as required by Section 955 of the Dodd-Frank Act, issued proposed rules requiring enhanced proxy disclosure of a company’s hedging policies for its directors,...more

Allen Matkins

Does The SEC Have Hedging Backwards?

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Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it is proposing new rules requiring “disclosure about whether directors, officers and other employees are permitted to hedge or offset any decrease in the...more

McGuireWoods LLP

SEC Proposes Rules for Hedging Disclosure

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently released proposed rules to implement Section 955 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank), which calls for disclosure of whether...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

SEC Proposes Long-Awaited Hedging Disclosure Rules

The SEC recently proposed rules to implement Dodd-Frank-mandated disclosure regarding permitted hedging by officers and directors. If you have been following the post-Dodd-Frank rulemaking saga, you know that this is one of...more

Bracewell LLP

SEC Proposes Rules for Hedging Policy Disclosure

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The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed rules to implement the disclosure of hedging policies as required by Section 955 the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. ...more

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SEC Proposes Disclosure Rules on Hedging Policies

On Monday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) proposed rules requiring disclosure of companies’ policies with respect to hedging transactions, in order to implement Section 955 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - JOBS Act

Proposed Hedging Disclosures to Apply to EGCs

The SEC recently proposed amendments to require disclosure of whether employees and directors of public companies are permitted to hedge or offset any decrease in the market value of equity securities granted to them as part...more

Cozen O'Connor

SEC Proposes Rules for Hedging Disclosure; Staff to Review Rule 14a-8(i)(9)

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SEC Proposes New Rules Regarding Disclosure of Hedging by Directors, Officers and Employees - On February 9, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed for comment new corporate disclosure rules...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

SEC Proposes Rules Requiring Hedging Disclosures

On February 9, 2015, pursuant to the mandate in Section 955 of the Dodd-Frank Act, the SEC proposed new rules that, if adopted, would require public companies to disclose in their proxy or information statements relating to...more

Orrick - Finance 20/20

SEC Proposes Rules for Disclosure of Hedging Policies

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On February 9, the SEC issued proposed rules that are intended to enhance disclosure of company hedging policies for directors and employees, as mandated by Dodd-Frank. The proposal would require disclosure about whether...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

SEC Issues Proposed Rules for Director, Officer and Employee Hedging Disclosures

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On February 9, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed rules to implement Section 955 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which requires annual meeting proxy statement disclosure of a...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

SEC Proposes Hedging Disclosures Regarding Directors, Officers and Employees

The SEC has proposed rules to implement Section 955 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, as codified in Section 14(j) of the Exchange Act, which requires annual meeting proxy statement disclosure...more

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