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SEC OKs Nasdaq's Changes to Initial Listing Reqs

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The SEC recently approved Nasdaq’s proposed changes to the initial listing requirements related to liquidity. Nasdaq proposed to change Listing Rules 5405 and 5505 to...more

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Nasdaq Amends Proposal to Modify Rule for Initial Listing Liquidity Requirements

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In December 2024, the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC submitted a proposal to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to modify its requirements for calculating the minimum Market Value of Unrestricted Publicly Held Shares in...more

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US de-SPAC & SPAC data & statistics roundup - HI 2022

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US de-SPAC M&A deal value has contracted significantly during the first half of 2022, sliding from US$231.31 billion during the buoyant H1 2021 period to just US$26.29 billion for H1 2022. A wider M&A slowdown as a result of...more

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SEC Approves Nasdaq Rule Change Allowing Direct Listings with a Capital Raise (Update)

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[Editor's Note (1/25/22): This article includes an update regarding the amended rule proposal Nasdaq filed with the SEC in January 2022.] [Editor's Note (6/1/21): This article includes an update regarding a proposed rule...more

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SEC Approves Nasdaq Rule Change Allowing Direct Listings with a Capital Raise

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In our prior article on the latest and greatest in direct listings, we noted that we were expecting that Nasdaq would follow the NYSE’s lead to allow for capital raising concurrently with a direct listing. On May 19, 2021,...more

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SEC Reviews and Approves NYSE Rule Changes to Permit Capital Raising in Direct Listings

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The Situation: In August 2020, the Division of Trading and Markets ("Division") of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") approved proposed rule changes by the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") to permit primary...more

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Primary Direct Listings

What you need to know about this IPO alternative - On December 22, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved a NYSE rule that permits an issuer, at the time of an initial listing on the NYSE, to conduct a...more

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The Latest and Greatest on Direct Listings: Direct Listings + Capital Raise, Lock-Up Agreements, COVID-19 and More

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Our last in a series of articles on direct listings noted that we were expecting significant regulatory developments to give companies more flexibility to pursue alternatives to a traditional initial public offering. Those...more

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SEC Rejects NYSE Proposal to Allow Primary Direct Floor Listings

Last week, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) filed proposed rule changes with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to allow companies to sell shares on their own behalf in direct listings. Currently, direct listings...more

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