On August 11, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance issued new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) on topics including the availability of Form S-3 for issuers filing shelf registration statements in reliance on General Instruction I.B.6 (limited primary offerings) of that form, the incorporation of information required by Part III of Form 10-K from proxy statements and foreign private issuer status.

The SEC’s guidance included the following....