On August 8, 2024, the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) submitted a proposal to amend its rules regarding penny stocks (i.e., stocks trading below a $1.00 minimum bid price) to make it easier for Nasdaq to delist them....more
This article focuses on complications arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”), relating to de-SPACed public companies that may restrict foreclosing lenders from selling shareholdings pledged...more
1/14/2022
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Holding Periods ,
Public Offerings ,
Resales Agreements ,
Rule 144 ,
Securities ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholders ,
Shell Corporations ,
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs)
Amid intense focus on investor liquidity (and paths to potential liquidity) in private companies, we provide an update on developments around direct listings as an alternative to traditional IPOs in the United States.
On...more
9/4/2020
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Direct Listing ,
Exit Strategies ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investors ,
Nasdaq ,
NYSE ,
Popular ,
Private Company Shares ,
Privately Held Corporations ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholders ,
Underwriting ,
Venture Capital
As the world continues to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic, many companies are assessing their liquidity position, general balance sheets, near-term interest payments and debt maturities. One way companies with outstanding debt...more
As the world continues to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on humanity as well as economics and finance, market participants are increasingly focused on potential liquidity issues and debt incurrence capacity of...more
On July 10, 2019, Blockstack Token LLC (“Blockstack”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Blockstack PBC, a Delaware public benefit corporation, became the first company to have an offering of digital assets qualified by the U.S....more
On February 19, 2019, the SEC proposed a rule and related amendments under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), that would permit issuers to engage in oral or written communications with potential...more