The SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance recently published a new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation (CD&I) 103.12 regarding shareholders’ engagement with issuers’ management in the context of eligibility to report on...more
In January 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved rule changes proposed by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NYSE American that impact companies utilizing reverse stock splits to regain compliance...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently approved rule changes proposed by The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC that impact companies utilizing reverse stock splits to regain compliance with Nasdaq’s minimum bid-price...more
Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated the SEC’s approval of Nasdaq’s board diversity disclosure rules. While the SEC has not yet indicated if it will appeal,...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted rule and form amendments that will require institutional investment managers who file Form 13F to use Form N-PX to report how they voted proxies on executive compensation (or...more
6/18/2024
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has amended the rules governing beneficial ownership reporting under Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act). Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the...more
On October 10, 2023, the SEC (apparently without a meeting) adopted rule amendments governing beneficial ownership reporting under Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Among other things, the...more
The SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance published guidance on their operations around a shutdown, particularly with respect to registration statement acceleration of effectiveness and related topics: ...more
A good reminder that the SEC pays attention (at least occasionally) to late Form 4s, 13Gs etc.: https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2023-201?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery...more
On July 26, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted rules imposing significant new disclosure requirements regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy and governance and incident reporting by public...more
8/1/2023
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The SEC today adopted rules requiring registrants to disclose material cybersecurity incidents they experience and to disclose on an annual basis material information regarding their cybersecurity risk management, strategy...more
7/27/2023
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The SEC today adopted amendments to modernize the disclosure requirements relating to repurchases of an issuer’s equity securities, including:
- requiring issuers to provide daily repurchase activity on a quarterly or...more
On December 13, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission unanimously adopted amendments to Rule 10b5-1, imposing new limitations on the ability of insiders to utilize so-called “10b5-1 plans.” 10b5-1 plans are plans to...more
12/20/2022
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The SEC adopted amendments (https://www.sec.gov/rules/final/2022/33-11138.pdf) today to Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as well as related amendments regarding disclosures about insider trading...more
The SEC adopted long-pending rules requiring the recovery of erroneously awarded compensation as required by Congress in the Dodd-Frank Act. The rules will, among other things, require securities exchanges to adopt listing...more
On August 25, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission finally adopted amendments to its rules mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act in 2010 and first proposed in 2015 that will require public companies to disclose information...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted final rules implementing the pay versus performance requirement as required by Congress in the Dodd-Frank Act. The rules will require registrants to disclose, in proxy or...more
8/31/2022
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On June 3, the SEC adopted rules and form amendments to mandate the electronic filing or submission of certain documents that currently are permitted to be filed or submitted in paper, most notably "glossy" annual reports and...more
The SEC proposed amendments to its rules to enhance and standardize disclosures regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incident reporting by public companies. ...more
Yesterday, the SEC proposed rule amendments governing beneficial ownership reporting under Exchange Act Sections 13(d) and 13(g)....more
What public companies need to know about environmental disclosures, including recent climate risk and ESG disclosure initiatives -
In fulfilling disclosure obligations under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities...more
The SEC today proposed rule changes regarding the disclosure of share repurchase plans. The proposed rules would require an issuer to provide a new Form SR before the end of the first business day following the day the issuer...more
The SEC today proposed a number of rule changes including, among others (at the same meeting the SEC also proposed reforms for company share repurchase plans, money market funds and securities-based swap transactions, which...more
As part of the SEC Division of Corporation Finance’s focus on climate-related disclosure in public company filings, and as a follow up to guidance on this topic issued in 2010, the Division posted an illustrative letter...more
Yesterday, the SEC announced that, effective October 1, 2021...more