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Qualified Institutional Buyers Securities Act of 1933 Proposed Rules

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Proposed Rule Would Allow Expanded Solicitations of Interest Prior to a Registered Public Offering

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On February 28, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed a new rule under the Securities Act of 1933. The new rule 163B would expand the availability to follow-on and other registered offerings and to all issuers of...more

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SEC Solicits Comments to Expand Pre-Filing Communications of Offers to Sell Securities

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On February 19, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to propose a new rule under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Securities Act), and amendments to Rule 405 (together, the Proposed Rule), to expand the...more

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"Test-the-Waters" Accommodations Could Be Coming to a Company Near You

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A proposed rule change would provide increased flexibility to issuers seeking to communicate with institutional investors earlier in the offering process. On February 19, 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission...more

Fenwick & West LLP

SEC Proposes to Expand “Testing-the-Waters” Accommodation to All Issuers

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On February 19, 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to propose Rule 163B under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (Securities Act), that would expand the “testing-the-waters” accommodation —...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

SEC Proposes to Expand “Test-the-Waters” to All Issuers

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This week the SEC proposed to expand the “test-the-waters” accommodation—currently available to emerging growth companies (EGCs)—to all issuers, including investment company issuers. The proposed rule and related amendments...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Testing the Waters for All? Proposed New Rule Would Expand Accommodation to All Issuers

Since the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act was enacted in 2012, emerging growth companies (EGCs) have benefited from the opportunity to test the waters with investors and gauge interest in a potential offering....more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

SEC Proposes to Expand “Test-the-Waters” Communications to all Issuers

The SEC has proposed new rules that would permit all issuers to solicit investor views about potential offerings to be taken into account at an earlier stage in the process than is the case today....more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Proposes to Expand “Test-the-Waters” Modernization Reform to All Issuers

The Securities and Exchange Commission took the long-awaited step of proposing rules for comment that would extend the ability to test the waters beyond emerging growth companies, or EGCs. ...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

SEC Proposes to Expand "Test the Waters" to All Issuers

Background On Feb. 19, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) voted to propose a rule and related rule amendments under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act)...more

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