On March 12, 2025, the Staff of the SEC Division of Corporation Finance (the Staff) provided guidance in response to a letter requesting interpretive guidance (the No-Action Letter) to clarify the verification requirement of...more
On March 12, 2025, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance through a no-action letter and Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) provided clarity on verifying “accredited investor” status under Rule...more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently issued a new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation, Question 103.12 (C&DI), that may significantly impact how public companies engage with their shareholders....more
On February 11, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Corporate Finance (Corp Fin) posted two Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs): revised Question 103.11 and new Question 103.12 related to a...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: As reporting companies prepare their Pay Versus Performance (PVP) disclosures for their upcoming proxy statements, they should take into consideration the most recent guidance on the topic in Securities...more
In the October edition of our Public Company Watch, we cover key issues impacting public companies, including the SEC adopting rules modernizing beneficial ownership reporting and short sale reporting, and issuing new C&DIs...more
On December 13, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued seven new or revised Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) on topics regarding the use of non-GAAP financial measures in SEC filings....more
On December 13, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance staff (the staff) updated its Compliance & Disclosure Interpretations (CD&Is), concerning the use of non-generally accepted...more
On Tuesday, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance posted updated Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) regarding Non-GAAP Financial Measures. A summary of the specific changes is set out below, followed by...more
On March 22, 2022, the staff (Staff) of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued six compliance and disclosure interpretations (CD&Is) impacting mergers and acquisitions. Two of the new CD&Is relate to Item 1.01...more
The new year is well underway, and calendar year filers are knee deep in Form 10-K and proxy planning and drafting. Highlighted below are some of the key issues and changes that companies should consider as they continue work...more
The Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission released a new Compliance & Disclosure Interpretation, 139.13, relating to equity lines, and has withdrawn several C&DIs. ...more
On Sept. 21, 2020, SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance (Corp Fin) posted a Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation (CDI) regarding restrictions on Form S-3 eligibility for private companies that go public via merger into a...more
The Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Corporation Finance provided guidance regarding evaluation of whether a benefit provided to a company’s executive officer is a perquisite or a personal benefit. ...more
In the News. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) proposed rules to modernize the regulations that implement the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA); the Conference of State Bank Supervisors...more
Given the proliferation of SPAC IPOs (about which we have previously posted) and de-SPACing transactions, and the complexity of the SEC rules related to former shell companies, like SPACs, it is no surprise that practitioners...more
The SEC Division of Corporate Finance yesterday issued new Regulation S-K guidance, CD&I 219.05, to help public companies determine whether benefits provided to executive officers because of COVID-19 should be disclosed as...more
Extension of COVID-19 Regulatory Relief - On March 25, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) extended regulatory relief... for certain Exchange Act reports (including Form 10-Ks and Form 10-Qs) with an...more
On August 20, 2019, the Division of Corporation Finance (Corp Fin) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) regarding the Inline XBRL rules. eXtensible...more
On February 6, 2019, the staff of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued two identical Regulation S-K compliance and disclosure interpretations (C&DIs)...more
A recent enforcement action by the SEC against ADT, Inc. shows that compliance with Non-GAAP financial measure regulations still needs some work and that the SEC is still closely watching the area. The SEC has been very...more
On September 25, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) Division of Trading and Markets released Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (“C&DIs”) to frequently-asked questions regarding Regulation...more
On August 17th, the SEC adopted amendments updating and simplifying disclosure rules. See our prior summaries here and here. The rules have finally been posted today in the Federal Register, which makes them effective...more
As discussed in more detail in our QuickStudy (available here), on August 17, 2018 the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted numerous amendments to its disclosure requirements that were intended to simplify...more
We recently noted a shareholder proponent had been making aggressive use of Notices of Exempt Solicitation on EDGAR. ...more