On March 21, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed expansive and controversial climate disclosure rules. Two years and 24,000 comment letters later, on March 6, 2024, the SEC voted 3-2 to adopt its...more
On March 6,2024, in a 3-2 vote, the US Securities and Exchange Commission adopted final rules requiring registrants to disclose certain climate-related information in registration statements and annual reports....more
Beginning with quarters ending on or after October 1, 2023, most US-listed issuers will be required to make more extensive disclosures on their share repurchase programs and insider transactions proximate to a program’s...more
In this blog post, we highlight five reminders that may be useful for issuers preparing and filing quarterly reports on Form 10-Q in the coming weeks....more
On May 3, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved new final rules after an extended period of public comments and review, requiring public companies to: •Disclose information regarding executed corporate share...more
On May 3, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to modernize the disclosure requirements relating to repurchases of an issuer’s equity securities. The amendments are intended by the SEC to “improve...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) will soon have the tools necessary to enforce its longstanding rules regarding share repurchases. On May 3, 2023, the SEC adopted new rules to “modernize” its repurchase...more
On May 3, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to its rules that will require additional detail regarding the structure of share repurchase plans or programs and share repurchases by...more
Summary - On May 3, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules to modernize disclosure requirements relating to the repurchase by issuers of equity securities that are registered under the...more
Rulemaking Background - On Dec. 15, 2021, the SEC proposed amendments to the disclosure requirements regarding purchases of equity securities made by or on behalf of an issuer or any affiliated purchaser....more
On May 3, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to increase disclosures for issuer repurchases of shares or other equity securities that are registered under Section 12 of the Securities...more
On May 3, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted new rules and related amendments regarding disclosure of share repurchase programs by corporate issuers and their affiliated purchasers. These...more
On May 3, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), by a vote of 3-2, adopted amendments to modernize the disclosure requirements relating to issuers’ repurchases of their equity securities that are registered...more
On May 3, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), in a 3-to-2 vote, adopted1 amendments significantly increasing disclosure requirements for public companies and certain investment companies with respect to...more
On May 3, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) adopted amendments that increase the amount of disclosure an issuer must provide regarding its repurchases of its equity securities that are registered under...more
On May 3, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments requiring disclosure related to issuers’ share repurchases. Item 703 of Regulation S-K currently requires issuers to disclose information about...more
On May 3, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted rule amendments regarding disclosures about repurchases of an issuer's equity securities, or issuer stock buybacks. The final rule and fact sheet can be found...more
On May 3, 2023, in a 3-2 vote, the SEC adopted amendments to significantly increase the disclosure required about issuer repurchases of their equity securities that are registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934....more
On May 3, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted at an open meeting to adopt final rules to require enhanced disclosure about issuer share repurchases under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended....more
On May 3, the SEC adopted new rules for disclosure of company repurchases of equity securities. The amendments are intended to improve the information investors receive to better assess the efficiency of, and motives behind,...more
The SEC has adopted final amendments requiring disclosures related to issuers’ share repurchases. The amendments will require domestic issuers to...more
Key Points - ..The SEC’s amendments to Rule 10b5-1 and new rules mandating insider trading disclosures take effect at the end of next month. ..The changes raise significant interpretive issues, including ambiguities...more
As part of the SEC's broader rulemaking initiative, on March 9, 2022, the SEC proposed amendments to enhance and standardize disclosures regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incident reporting by...more
On December 15, the same day it proposed amendments to Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act) that may blunt the use of the affirmative defense for insider trading, the Securities and Exchange...more
The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, or FAST Act, required the SEC to consider ways to streamline SEC regulations. Accordingly, the SEC adopted final amendments to its rules that are intended to modernize and...more