Life Sciences Quarterly: A View From Washington: What to Expect From the SEC
Spurred by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, the SEC has adopted final rules easing the way for smaller U.S. and Canadian companies to raise capital. These rules build on current Regulation A and are sometimes...more
Section 401 of the JOBS Act directs the Securities and Exchange Commission to adopt rules exempting offerings of up to $50 million of securities annually from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as...more
The SEC last month proposed Regulation A+ rules, which provide for capital raises of up to $50 million without a full-blown registration statement. Summaries of the proposed rules abound (e.g., here), but a few high points of...more
On December 18, the SEC proposed rule amendments to Regulation A implementing Section 401 of the JOBS Act directing the SEC to exempt annual offerings of up to $50 million from registration. The comment period will close 60...more
In the last of its major rulemaking proposals under the JOBS Act, on December 18, 2013, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to publish proposed rules to modify and develop Regulation A, the so-called (and...more
Regulation A currently permits issuers to conduct a limited-scale public offering and subjects issuers that use it to a lighter compliance burden as compared with larger public offerings. However, because of the costs of...more