Welcome to the latest edition of Fenwick’s Securities Law Update. This issue contains news on...more
In our previous alert, Paying for Buy-Side Investment Research: Will the FCA’s Third Way Ease the US-UK Divide?, we discussed the consultation issued by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on proposed rules on payment...more
The Hong Kong Listing Rule amendments relating to People's Republic of China ("PRC") issuers came into effect on August 1, 2023....more
The proposed amendments reflect changes in PRC regulations recently announced by the State Council and the CSRC. On 24 February 2023, The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Stock Exchange) published a Consultation...more
On August 6, 2021, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the listing rules proposed by The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq) to advance board diversity and enhance the transparency of diversity statistics...more
London’s recent notable technology IPOs prove that European markets offer tech companies opportunities to achieve multibillion-dollar valuations and to meet their founders’ requirements. In an attempt to increase the number...more
Late last year, Nasdaq submitted for approval to the Securities and Exchange Commission the proposed listing Rule 5605(f) and Rule 5606 requiring all, with a few exceptions, of Nasdaq’s roughly 3,249 listed companies to have...more
On May 19, 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved Nasdaq’s proposal to permit companies to issue shares and raise capital in primary direct listings conducted on the Nasdaq Global Select Market without...more
On December 1, 2020, Nasdaq proposed new listing rules with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that would require companies listed on Nasdaq’s U.S. exchange to disclose diversity information about their board...more
On December 1, 2020, the Nasdaq stock exchange filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) a proposal to adopt new listing rules concerning the diversity of Nasdaq-listed companies’ boards of directors. Under the...more
On December 1, 2020, Nasdaq proposed new listing rules that, if approved by the SEC following a public comment period, would require Nasdaq-listed companies either to have, or explain why they do not have, at least two...more
Nasdaq on December 1, 2020, filed a proposal with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) to adopt new listing rules that relate to diversity of board composition and disclosure of statistical information on...more
The current proposal, which was submitted by the NYSE on June 22, 2020, would, like the prior proposal, allow a private company seeking to raise capital through a direct listing to satisfy the NYSE's market value requirement...more
Less than a week after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") rejected a proposed rule change to permit primary capital raising in direct listings, the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") submitted an updated...more
On December 6, 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rejected a proposed New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") rule change that would allow companies to raise capital in a direct listing...more
Yesterday, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) filed a revised proposal with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to allow companies to sell shares on their own behalf in direct listings. Last week, as discussed in our...more
The Situation: Direct listings, through which a company lists its shares on a national stock exchange without conducting a traditional initial public offering ("IPO"), have received significant attention from the media and...more
In April, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced that it is soliciting comments on a proposed rule change submitted by The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (the “Nasdaq”) that will impose additional requirements...more
Nasdaq has proposed a rule change that will require companies listing in connection with a Regulation A+ offering to have a minimum operating history of two years at the time of the approval of the initial listing...more
On July 26, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) denied an application for a rule change that would have allowed the Bats BZX Exchange, Inc. to list and trade shares of the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust, primarily...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on July 26, 2018 formally disapproved the proposed rule change by Bats BZX Exchange, Inc. (BZX) seeking to list and trade shares of the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust (Trust). In...more
On October 11, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published for comment a proposal by NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq) to modify its initial and continued listing requirements for special purpose acquisition...more