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The Securities Act of 1933 is a United States federal statute enacted in response to the stock market crash of 1929 and the ensuing Great Depression. The Act has two primary purposes: 1) to give investors better access to material information prior to investing 2) ensure that transactions are not based on fraud. In order to effectuate its dual goals, the Act requires that any offer or sale of securities is registered with the SEC. less -

Litigation developments: federal forum provisions

SEC Proposes Relaxed Registration, Communications and Offering Requirements for Business Developments Companies and Registered...

Dechert LLP on 5/15/2019

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 20, 2019 proposed a package of reforms to the securities registration, offering and communications requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, applicable to business...more

Removing the Delaying Amendment – An Example

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 1/8/2019

With the government partially shut down, the SEC is following its operations plan during a shutdown, which entails an extremely limited number of staff members available to respond to emergency situations involving market...more

SEC Expands Nonpublic Draft Registration Statement Processing Procedures

Fox Rothschild LLP on 8/30/2017

Beginning July 10, 2017, the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will permit all companies to submit draft registration statements relating to initial public offerings (IPOs) for...more

Get Ready for Mandatory SEC Exhibit Hyperlinks Beginning September 1

Perkins Coie on 8/22/2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s final rules requiring hyperlinking of exhibits to SEC filings will be effective for most public companies on September 1, 2017. This update summarizes the final rules, answers the top...more

Reminder: SEC Exhibit Hyperlink and HTML Format Rules Become Effective September 1

Goodwin on 7/26/2017

Beginning September 1, 2017, rules adopted in March 2017 by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will require companies to include active hyperlinks to exhibits in most reports filed with the SEC under the Securities...more

SEC to Allow Issuers to File Draft Initial Registration Statements on a Nonpublic Basis

Orrick - Finance 20/20 on 7/14/2017

On June 29, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC“) announced that it would begin to allow issuers to file draft initial registration statements under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act“) on a...more

SEC Confidential Submission Procedures Expanded Beyond Emerging Growth Company Issuers Beginning July 10, 2017

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 7/8/2017

Last week, the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that, beginning on July 10, 2017, the SEC will accept voluntary draft registration submissions from all issuers for nonpublic review. This...more

Blog: Corp Fin Posts FAQs Regarding Extension Of Process For Confidential Submission Of Draft Registration Statements

Cooley LLP on 7/7/2017

On June 29, Corp Fin announced that it was extending the process for confidential submission of draft registration statements, currently available only for IPOs of emerging growth companies, to IPOs of companies that are not...more

SEC to Permit All Issuers to Submit Confidential Draft Registration Statements

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 7/6/2017

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on June 29, 2017, that the staff (staff) of the Division of Corporation Finance will accept draft registration statement submissions from all companies for nonpublic...more

SEC’s Corp Fin Extends Confidential Review of Draft Registration Statements and Provides Guidance

Locke Lord LLP on 7/6/2017

On June 29, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) announced that the Division of Corporation Finance (the “Division”) will permit all companies to submit draft registration statements relating to initial...more

SEC to Require Hyperlinks to Exhibits in Registration Statements and Exchange Act Reports

Baker Donelson on 4/11/2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted amendments to its rules and certain forms that will require registrants to include an active hyperlink to each filed exhibit as identified in the exhibit index of a...more

SEC Requires Public Companies to Hyperlink Exhibits Beginning September 1, 2017

Mintz - Securities & Capital Markets... on 3/30/2017

Public companies will soon be required to include an active hyperlink to each exhibit to all registration statements filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all periodic and current reports filed under the...more

Corporate and Securities Alert: New SEC Rule Calls for Hyperlinks to All Exhibits Filed with Registration Statements and SEC...

Fenwick & West LLP on 3/7/2017

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 1, 2017, adopted rules requiring reporting companies to include in their 1933 Act registration statements and 1934 Act periodic and current reports and registration...more

Exhibit Hyperlinks and HTML Format

Morrison & Foerster LLP - JOBS Act on 3/2/2017

On March 1, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) adopted amendments that require that registrants that file registration statements under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) and the...more

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