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Shareholder proposal rule
Who may be interested: Investment Advisers - Quick Take: The SEC recently proposed amendments to modernize the internet adviser exemption in Rule 203A-2(e) under the Advisers Act, which allows specific investment advisers...more
Today, the Securities and Exchange Commission, by a vote of 3 to 2, approved amendments to Rule 2a-7 and other rules that govern money market funds under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (Amendments). Among other things,...more
As we reported previously, on 25 April this year the UK Government introduced the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (“DMCC Bill”). Many of the headlines about the DMCC Bill have understandably related to the new...more
On May 16, 2023, the Delaware State Senate passed a bill proposing several amendments (the "2023 Amendments") to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), including an amendment to Section 242 that...more
On September 23, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved amendments, originally proposed in November 2019 and discussed in a prior blog post, to Rule 14a-8, which governs the process for a shareholder to have...more
On July 10, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 3-1 to approve proposed rules that, among other things, would raise the Form 13F reporting threshold for institutional investment managers (managers) from...more
The SEC proposes a welcome and significant increase in the 13F reporting threshold from US$100 million to US$3.5 billion. On July 10, 2020, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a proposed rule amendment...more
On July 10, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced that it has proposed to amend Rule 13F-1 and Form 13F to raise the reporting threshold for institutional investment managers from $100 million to $3.5...more
On December 18, 2019, the SEC proposed to amend its definition of “Accredited Investor” with hopes to expand access to private capital markets to a wider range of investors. The proposed changes create two new categories of...more
The CFPB has proposed several amendments to its remittance rule. Comments on the proposal must be filed no later than January 21, 2020. The proposed amendments are...more
Key Takeaways - Proposed amendments to Rule 14a-8 of the Exchange Act would significantly tighten the procedural and substantive requirements of the “shareholder-proposal rule.”...more
On November 5, 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments to Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in response to changes in the markets and recent shareholder proposal trends....more
On November 5, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), by 3-2 votes, issued two releases proposing a number of amendments to the federal proxy rules. The first release proposed changes to certain procedural...more
During the previous quarter, the SEC proposed new rulemaking to reduce the number of smaller companies that become subject to enhanced reporting requirements through “accelerated filer” and “large accelerated filer” status....more
The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or "Commission") recently proposed a number of changes to Regulation S-X and related rules and forms that could significantly streamline the requirements for filing financial...more
SEC/CORPORATE - SEC Proposes Amendments to Update the Accelerated and Large Accelerated Filer Definitions - On May 9, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed amendments to the accelerated filer and large...more
The SEC today voted to propose amendments to the definitions of "accelerated filer" and "large accelerated filer," which are used to determine, among other things, the filing deadlines for periodic reports and the requirement...more
The Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Act 2018 (Act) which passed both Houses of Parliament on 28 November 2018, and is due to commence the day after it receives Royal Assent, amends section 115A of the Copyright Act...more
The SEC voted to propose new amendments to Rules 3-10 and 3-16 of Reg S-X intended to streamline the financial disclosure rules related to registered debt offerings that involve guaranteed or collateralized securities. The...more
On June 28, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to the definition of “smaller reporting company” (SRC) to increase the number of companies eligible to comply with certain scaled disclosure...more
The proposed amendment to entrepreneurs’ relief (“ER”) in Finance Bill 2019 is designed to address one of the outstanding issues with the current law when dilution of a company results in the loss of ER. Under the current...more
Since my last blog post about SB 1121, the California Senate voted to send SB 1121 to the state Assembly. The on May 30 vote was very close, 22-13, only one above the 21-vote threshold for passing the bill and strictly along...more
On October 19, 2016, the New York State Department of Labor (“NYSDOL”) announced proposed amendments to the state’s minimum wage orders (“Proposed Amendments”) to increase the salary basis threshold for executive and...more
On August 5, FINRA proposed amendments to its gifts rule (Rule 3220) along with new rules to replace the current provisions governing noncash compensation (new Rule 3221) and business entertainment (new Rule 3222). These...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently issued proposed amendments to increase the financial thresholds in the definition of a “smaller reporting company” that, if adopted, will increase the number of issuers...more