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Takeover Panel Consults on Narrowing Scope of Companies Subject to Code

Overview- The City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (the “Code”) contains a number of traps for the unwary, not least that it can extend to unlisted companies or companies with overseas listings, with seemingly limited nexus...more

Allen Matkins

Reverse Stock Splits And The California Corporate Securities Law

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Meredith Ervine recently wrote about reverse stock splits and Nasdaq listed issuers.  A reverse stock split is the "go to" solution for many listed issuers whose share prices fall below the minimum continued stock exchange...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Securities Snapshot: 1st Quarter 2024

NEW CLIMATE-DISCLOSURE RULES SUBJECT TO HEAT OF LEGAL CHALLENGES - While your winter blues are hopefully melting away, recent rule making from the Securities and Exchange Commission is feeling the heat of several lawsuits....more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Public Companies Required to Adopt Clawback Policies by December 1, 2023

All companies that have securities listed in the United States, including foreign and domestic companies, are required to adopt an executive compensation recoupment (a.k.a. “clawback”) policy by, in most cases, no later than...more

Holland & Hart - The Benefits Dial

With a Little Help From My Friends … New Clawback Rule Requires Coordination of Finance, Securities, HR, and Benefits Personnel

by Elizabeth Nedrow Many aspects of benefits and executive compensation require coordination between a company’s benefits, HR, finance and securities compliance personnel. One topic currently responsible for many such “all...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Effective Date of SEC Clawback Rule Finally In Sight

On June 5, 2023, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) filed Amendment No. 1 to its proposed listing standard related to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Rule 10D-1 (the “Clawback Rule”), extending the effective...more

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Temporary Relief From Certain Shareholder Approval Requirements for NASDAQ-Listed Companies Affected by COVID-19 Pandemic

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NASDAQ continues to propose and enact temporary rules to provide relief to the NASDAQ-listed companies affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting market uncertainty. To streamline such companies’ access to capital,...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

NYSE Revises Exceptions to Shareholder Approval Rules

On March 20, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved an amendment to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) requirement that listed companies obtain shareholder approval for certain share issuances. The...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Capital Markets Alert – Public Market Advocacy Groups Release Guidance

On April 27, 2018, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Nasdaq, along with certain technology and biotechnology groups, released a policy paper titled “Expanding...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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The recent US rejection of the TPP will have wide-reaching effects in Asia. Among them is the strong likelihood of 80s-style trade warring between Japan and the US....more

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Outcomes of Investing in OTC Stocks

The Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA) of the Securities and Exchange Commission published a study recently that reviews, among other things, the performance of and the returns of investing in OTC stocks. The...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your daily dose of financial news - The Brief – 8.15.16

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More details have emerged from the February cyberheist that resulted in the theft of more than $81 million from Bangladesh’s account at the NY Fed, including a pretty significant lack of critical concern from the bank itself....more

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New Nasdaq Staff FAQ on the 20% Rule

Recently, the Staff posted this FAQ and response relating to the issuance by Nasdaq-listed companies of warrants with cashless exercise features. See below: FAQ – Do Nasdaq’s listing rules limit or restrict the issuance of...more

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

Glossary of Important Securities Regulation Terms and Definitions

This Glossary is designed to provide law students taking Securities Regulation with a tool that will assist them in learning the basic language of securities law and achieve a working knowledge of the fundamental principles...more

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April 2015 IPO Market Review

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The pace of the IPO market moderated in the first two weeks of April before gaining momentum to end the month with 14 IPOs—the highest monthly tally since the 21 IPOs in November 2014, although short of the monthly average of...more

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Really? Requiring Someone To Use Information “Fairly And Lawfully” Can Be Illegal?

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Companies have lots of very good reasons for adopting codes of conduct. These reasons include: - Ensuring compliance with applicable exchange listing rules (e.g., NYSE Rule 303A.10 and NASDAQ Rule 5610); -...more

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Finders Bill Finds Some Forward Transaction

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Finders in securities transactions are common but their legal status is uncertain at best. Last year, I wrote that Assembly Member Donald P. Wagner had introduced a bill, AB 713, to statutorily homologate the status of...more

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Revised NASDAQ Rules Relating to Public Disclosure by Listed Issuers Following Receipt of Notification of Non-compliance with...

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or the “Commission”) has approved a NASDAQ proposed rule change that revises disclosure requirements following a listed issuer’s receipt of notification from NASDAQ that the...more

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