Compliance Into the Weeds-Episode 37- House financial regulatory reform
Key Takeaways - ..The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted amendments to eliminate the paper filing option of several forms, including Form 144 and “glossy” annual reports, and to require such forms to be...more
The SEC has proposed amendments to disclosure requirements regarding repurchases of an issuer’s equity securities that are registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. ...more
During the past year, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a number of amendments to its rules and regulations and issued additional guidance that will impact the Form 10-Ks and proxy statements that public...more
Our preliminary list of important planning considerations for the 2020 proxy season is set forth below. Directors’ and Officers’ Questionnaires; Committee Charters - We have identified only a few possible changes to...more
In March 2019, final rules amending Regulation S-K and related rules and forms were adopted. Included in these rules were requirements that registrants use Inline XBRL, a machine-readable computer code, to tag certain...more
Corp Fin has posted some new CDIs on Inline XBRL summarized below: Question 101.01 In the Exhibit Index, Interactive Data Files required under Rule 405 of Reg S-T should be identified as exhibit 101 and any Cover Page...more
Note: We updated this post (originally posted last week) to add new frequently asked questions about when to reference Exhibit 104 in Form 8-Ks and about the phase-in schedule for all companies....more
As some clients are continuing to finalize their 10-Qs, we are answering a frequently asked question about the new Exhibit 104 requirement in Form 10-Qs for large accelerated filers in light of recent questions on this topic....more
In March 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted final rules amending Regulation S-K and related rules and forms to modernize and simplify disclosure requirements for registrants. These amendments follow from the...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently adopted rule amendments to modernize and simplify certain disclosure requirements in Regulation S-K and related SEC rules and forms under the Securities Act of 1933, as...more
Although the SEC was closed during the first few weeks of the year, they came back strong to close out the quarter with a flurry of final and proposed rulemakings. Over the first quarter of 2019, the SEC adopted additional...more
On March 20, 2019, the SEC adopted amendments to existing rules that, among other provisions, permit the omission of certain confidential information from material contracts without separately requesting confidential...more
On March 20, 2019, nearly a year and a half after proposing them, the SEC adopted amendments to disclosure requirements for reporting companies, as mandated by the 2015 Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (the “FAST...more
SEC/CORPORATE - SEC-Proposed Amendments to Modernize, Simplify and Increase the Accessibility of Required Disclosure - As previously reported in the October 13, 2017 edition of Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest, on...more
The SEC has proposed amendments to Regulation S-K and related rules and forms. The proposed amendments are based on SEC staff recommendations in a report that was required by Section 72003 of the Fixing America’s Surface...more
This past spring, the SEC issued final rules designed to make it easier to access and retrieve exhibits to company filings through the use of hyperlinks. For most companies, this new requirement becomes effective for filings...more
“For any person using the internet, it is nearly unthinkable for a web page to indicate that more information is available and not to include a hyperlink to such information.” While it seems unthinkable to today’s internet...more
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
On March 1, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) approved rule changes that are designed to facilitate easier and more efficient access to documents that are listed as exhibits to certain SEC filings. For...more
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
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
On March 1, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published for comment a proposed rule requiring the use of the Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) format for the submission of operating company...more
On March 1, 2017, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules that will require registrants that file registration statements or reports subject to the exhibit requirements under Item 601 of...more
On March 1, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted rule and form amendments that will require issuers that file registration statements or reports subject to Item 601 of Regulation S-K, or foreign private...more
On March 1, 2017, the SEC adopted final rules requiring companies to begin including hyperlinks to each document listed in exhibit indices to registration statements and reports filed with the Commission. The new requirement...more