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NYSE Changes Rules on Initial Period Fees, How It Evaluates Listing Applications from Companies Outside North America

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The New York Stock Exchange (Exchange) has recently adopted two rule changes, one to reduce fees for the initial period of a company’s listing on the Exchange and another to formally expand the universe of holders that will...more

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New Texas Stock Exchange Aims at Nasdaq and NYSE

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On April 4, the Texas Stock Exchange's (TXSE) Form 1 application for registration as a national securities exchange was publicly released by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The application contains a wealth...more

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SEC Approves NYSE and NYSE American Rule Changes Regarding Minimum Price Criteria Compliance Periods and the Use of Reverse Stock...

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In January 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved rule changes proposed by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NYSE American that impact companies utilizing reverse stock splits to regain compliance...more

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NYSE Adopts New Reverse Stock Split Rules

In January 2025, The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) adopted an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the reverse stock split rules and procedures in Section 802.01C of the NYSE Listed Company Manual (the “NYSE Manual”).  The...more

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SEC approves Nasdaq and NYSE revisions to reverse stock split rules: What public companies need to know

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n January 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved amendments, both of which are now effective, to The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq) and The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) listing rules that will...more

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SEC approves NYSE proposal to limit the use of reverse stock splits to regain compliance with price criteria

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In October last year, the NYSE proposed, like Nasdaq, to take on the challenge of repeated reverse stock splits by limiting the circumstances under which a listed company could use a reverse stock split to regain compliance...more

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SEC Approves Nasdaq Rule Change on Reverse Stock Splits and Minimum Bid Price Compliance Periods; NYSE Proposes a Similar Rule...

On October 7, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved a rule change proposed by The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC that impacts companies utilizing reverse stock splits to regain compliance with Nasdaq’s minimum...more

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SEC Approves Amendments to Nasdaq Phase-In Schedules and Cure Periods

On August 26, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an order granting approval of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC’s (Nasdaq’s) proposed rule change, to Nasdaq Rules 5605, 5615, and 5810. These amendments...more

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Securities Law Update - August 2024

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Welcome to the latest edition of Fenwick’s Securities Law Update. This issue contains news on...more

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NYSE Receives Approval to Limit Reach of Shareholder Approval Rule

On December 26, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) approved an amended proposal submitted by the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) that narrows the scope of the NYSE’s shareholder approval requirement for a...more

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NYSE Updates Shareholder Approval Rule

The NYSE amended its shareholder approval rules to make it easier for listed companies to sell securities to passive existing shareholders without obtaining shareholder approval.  The SEC approved the change on an accelerated...more

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Learning Hertz – Best Practices for Public Corporations Implementing or Updating Clawback Policies

As public corporations adopt clawback policies for incentive payments before the December 1, 2023 deadline in adherence to the NASDAQ and NYSE listing requirements following implementation of SEC Rule 10D-1, a recent Federal...more

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SEC Approves NYSE and Nasdaq Clawback-Related Listing Standards

On June 9, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published notices and orders granting accelerated approval of the amended clawback-related listing standards proposed by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)...more

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SEC Extends Period to Act on Exchange Clawback Rules

On April 24, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission extended the time period to take action on proposed listing standards to implement the Dodd-Frank “Clawback Rules.” As discussed in a previous blog post, the SEC...more

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NYSE Receives Approval for Rule Change Providing More Flexibility for Direct Listings with Capital Raise

On December 15, 2022, the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) received approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to modify certain pricing limitations for companies undertaking a direct listing involving sales...more

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SEC approves executive officer incentive compensation clawback rules

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On October 26, 2022, the SEC – by a 3-2 vote – approved final rules directing the NYSE, Nasdaq and other stock exchanges to adopt requirements for listed companies to develop and implement clawback, or recovery, policies that...more

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NYSE Proposal Addresses Abstentions in Definition of “Votes Cast”

Section 312.07 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual provides that, where shareholder approval is a prerequisite to the listing of any additional or new securities of a listed company, or where any matter requires shareholder...more

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NYSE Revises Related Party Transaction Approval Rule

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Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange should review their policies on related party transactions and related processes to confirm they are consistent with recent revisions to the applicable NYSE rules. ...more

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Nasdaq Permits Primary Direct Listings and Proposes Relaxation of Pricing Limits

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

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NYSE Direct Listing Rules Approved; Nasdaq Proposes Substantially Similar Rules

On December 22, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved a proposal by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) that allows companies going public via a direct listing to issue new shares and raise capital...more

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SEC affirms NYSE rule changes allowing primary capital raises by issuers in direct listings

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Yesterday, by another 3-2 vote, the SEC approved changes to NYSE listing rules relating to primary direct listings after conducting a “de novo” review following objections raised by certain investors and commentators. In...more

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SEC Approves NYSE Plan to Allow Direct Listings with a Concurrent Primary Issuance

On December 22, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) approved the proposal submitted by the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) that allows companies to conduct concurrent primary offerings as part of a...more

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Blog: SEC approves NYSE proposal for direct listings

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On August 26, the SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets took action, pursuant to delegated authority, to approve a proposed NYSE rule change that would allow companies going public to raise capital through a primary direct...more

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Capital Markets: The Nuts and Bolts of a Direct Listing

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Direct listings have been gaining traction as an alternative to the traditional IPO approach to going public. A direct listing is the registered sale of a company’s stock and the listing of that company’s stock on an exchange...more

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SEC stays approval of NYSE rule changes allowing primary capital raises by issuers in direct listings

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On August 26, 2020, pursuant to delegated authority by the Commission, the SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets approved changes to NYSE listing rules to allow companies to raise capital in connection with a direct listing...more

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