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Item 402(x) of Regulation S-K, introduced by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Dec. 14, 2022, and effective for 2024 proxy statements, requires that public companies disclose detailed information about...more
As public company issuers prepare for the 2025 reporting season, issuers should be reminded (or made aware) of the new executive compensation-related disclosure requirements. On December 14, 2022, the Securities and Exchange...more
This memorandum summarizes key U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and stock exchange regulatory filing deadlines, new disclosure requirements and general tips and guidance for both U.S. domestic issuers and for...more
New SEC disclosure requirements take effect soon. Together with recent accounting guidance, it’s timely for companies to review their equity grant practices and any vulnerabilities to criticism for “spring-loading” or...more
On November 2, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the adoption of amendments to Form N-PX and related rules to extend public company stockholder vote disclosure filing requirements beyond...more
On December 19, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated the Share Repurchase Disclosure Modernization rule (Repurchase Rule) that was adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in May...more
On August 25, 2023, the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Division of Corporation Finance issued guidance to address certain open questions on the amendments to Rule 10b5-1 and related disclosure...more
In May 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) amended its rules to significantly increase the disclosures public companies must make about repurchases of their equity securities. The recent amendments are the...more
No Next-Business-Day Reporting Requirement - On May 3, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved final rules governing disclosure of repurchases of issuers' equity securities that are registered under the...more
On May 3, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to Item 703 of Regulation S-K which were proposed in December 2021 as part of the SEC’s goal of “improving the quality, relevance and timeliness” of...more
Given the significant decline in the stock prices of many companies over the past several months of 2022, a number of companies are reassessing their equity programs and considering repricing outstanding employee stock...more
On December 15, 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a new rule “intended to improve the quality, relevance and timeliness of information related to issuer share repurchases.” Specifically, the new rule...more
On December 15, the SEC proposed rules to address two stated priorities for the agency under Chair Gary Gensler: modernizing disclosure of share repurchases and curbing perceived abuses around Rule 10b5-1 and insider trading....more
Last week, the SEC announced the adoption of Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 120 (SAB 120), which provides guidance for companies as to how they should recognize and disclose the cost of providing “spring-loaded” awards to...more
Some time ago, in 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission had issued a concept release requesting public comment on possible amendments to Rule 701 and Form S-8. The concept release followed after the SEC Staff had...more
The SEC recently amended Securities Act Rule 701, which provides a registration exemption for securities sold by non-reporting companies to their employees and other covered persons under compensatory arrangements. The...more
On July 18, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a concept release soliciting public comment on ways to modernize Rule 701 and Form S-8 of the Securities Act of 1933 to account for recent developments...more
Last week, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) (i) approved the increase of the threshold at which private companies must provide financial disclosures in private company compensatory Rule 701 offerings...more
The Congressionally-mandated amendment aims to ease the disclosure burdens of private companies that grant compensatory stock to employees. Grants of securities to employees, including stock options, restricted stock and...more
Increased 701 Disclosure Threshold - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission unanimously voted on July 18 to adopt final amendments to Rule 701, which provides private companies an exemption from registration for...more
Rule 701 under the Securities Act of 1933 provides an exemption from registration for securities issued by non-reporting companies pursuant to compensatory arrangements. ...more
Potential disputes involving unicorns have been a hot topic for the last several years. We predicted that would continue this year in in our webinar and related blog post: The Top Ten Regulatory and Litigation Risks for...more
On March 12, 2018, the United States Securities & Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) fined a late-stage private company $160,000 as a result of its failure to comply with the enhanced disclosure requirements of Rule 701 in...more
On March 12, 2018, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought an action against Credit Karma, Inc., a Silicon Valley-based fintech company, for issuing stock options to its employees in violation of US securities...more
Subject to its limits, Rule 701 permits non-reporting companies to grant employees equity without registration under the Securities Act of 1933. ...more