Corp Fin continues its project of updating CDIs. This new tranche relates to effectiveness of Form S-3 relative to timing of filing of Forms 10-K and proxy statements, allowing non-automatically effective Forms S-3 to be...more
With the annual reporting season coming up for calendar-year companies, we wanted to remind you that companies subject to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reporting requirements are now required to: (i) disclose...more
There have been a number of notable recent developments in SEC regulation of foreign private issuers (FPIs), including disclosure trends and rule changes that impact the annual report on Form 20-F for fiscal year 2024. In...more
White & Case's Public Company Advisory Group has conducted a survey of publicly filed insider trading policies to assess emerging trends with respect to key insider trading policy terms. Starting with Form 10-K/20-F annual...more
A number of notable developments over the past year, including disclosure trends and rule changes that impact the annual report on Form 20-F for fiscal year 2023, have updated the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission...more
Beginning with quarters ending on or after October 1, 2023, most US-listed issuers will be required to make more extensive disclosures on their share repurchase programs and insider transactions proximate to a program’s...more
A divided SEC on July 26, 2023 approved new requirements for reporting of material cybersecurity incidents in real-time current reports on Form 8-K or 6-K and disclosure of cybersecurity risk management, strategy and...more
As we near June 30, 2023, companies are advised to get a jump start on disclosure changes and possible updates to upcoming Form 10-Qs (or Form 10-Ks in the case of non-calendar year companies). The SEC recently updated the...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance recently released updates to several Compliance & Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) related to the SEC’s recently adopted rules directing...more
Foreign private issuers (“FPIs”) with a calendar year end must file their annual report on Form 20-F with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) no later than May 1, 2023....more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final amendments to its rules on December 2, 2021 to implement the requirements in the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act of 2020....more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted final amendments that, in conjunction with final rules adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) earlier this year and the recent...more
The SEC has proposed amendments to disclosure requirements regarding repurchases of an issuer’s equity securities that are registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. ...more
The SEC has adopted interim final amendments to Form 10-K, Form 20-F, Form 40-F, and Form N-CSR to implement the disclosure and submission requirements of the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, or the HFCA Act....more
Companies May Extend Disclosure Deadlines and Implement Changes to Annual Meetings; SEC Reminds Companies of Disclosure Obligations - The Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced that it is providing...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to the accelerated filer and large accelerated filer definitions, which impact the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002....more
The SEC has adopted amendments to the accelerated filer and large accelerated filer definitions. The amendments exclude from the accelerated and large accelerated filer definitions an issuer that is eligible to be a smaller...more