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Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Fifth Circuit Vacates SEC Share Repurchase Rules

On December 19, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) share repurchase modernization rules. The court had previously ordered the SEC to correct certain...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

SEC Share Repurchase Disclosure Rule Vacated

On December 19, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated the Share Repurchase Disclosure Modernization rule (Repurchase Rule) that was adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in May...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Requirement for Enhanced Share Repurchase Disclosures in Periodic Reports Delayed

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On November 22, 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an order postponing the effective date for the new share Repurchase Rule (88 Fed. Reg. 36002 (June 1, 2023)) pending further SEC action. The SEC’s...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

SEC Postpones Share Repurchase Modernization Disclosure Rules

On November 22, 2023, the SEC issued an order postponing the effective date of rules that would require issuers to include detailed disclosures in periodic reports related to their share repurchases (the “Repurchase Rule”)....more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Turkeys Pardoned – New Share Repurchase Rule Delayed – Is It That Simple? (What About Those Issuer 10b5-1 Plan Disclosures?)

Yes – a Thanksgiving tradition continued last week when President Biden pardoned turkeys Liberty and Bell from what would otherwise have been an unpleasant Thanksgiving experience....more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

SEC Postpones Share Repurchase Rule

As previously reported, on October 31, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit concluded that the process used by the SEC in adopting its share repurchase modernization rules violated the Administrative...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

[Webinar] 5th Annual Corporate & Securities Counsel Public Company Forum - December 12th, 11:00 am - 3:00 pm CST

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Please join us for our 5th Annual Corporate & Securities Counsel Public Company Forum. This virtual half-day program will feature panel discussions focused on timely and practical guidance related to the latest developments...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Stays Share Repurchase Final Rule

On November 22, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it has issued an order to postpone the effective date of its final share repurchase disclosure rule (the “Share Repurchase Final Rule”).  The Share...more

A&O Shearman

SEC Postpones Effective Date of New Stock Buyback Disclosure Requirements

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced today that it has issued an order postponing the effective date of its Share Repurchase Disclosure Modernization rule and, as a result, the rule is stayed pending further...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

SEC Stays Share Repurchase Disclosure Rules

On November 22, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it issued an order postponing the effective date of the share repurchase disclosure rule (Repurchase Rule).[1] The Repurchase Rule was...more

A&O Shearman

SEC Announces $25 Million Enforcement Action Over Company’s Use Of Stock Buyback Plans That SEC Alleged Failed To Comply With Rule...

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On November 14, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced a settled enforcement action against Charter Communications, Inc. (“Company”) imposing a $25 million civil penalty over allegations that the Company had...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Fifth Circuit Requires SEC to Revisit Share Repurchase Disclosure Rules

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On October 31, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Fifth Circuit) issued an opinion finding that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) violated the Administration Procedure Act when adopting recent...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

SEC Share Repurchase Rule Suffers Legal Setback

As previously reported, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments earlier this year to modernize existing disclosure requirements relating to companies’ repurchases of their equity securities. For...more

Allen Matkins

Court Finds That The SEC Acted Arbitrarily and Capriciously In Adopting Share Repurchase Rule

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When the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed to adopt a rule a rule requiring issuers to report day-to-day share repurchase data once a quarter and to disclose the reason why the issuer repurchased shares of its own...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Prepare to Comply with SEC’s Share Repurchase Disclosure Rules

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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

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Jump Start on Disclosure Changes and Updates for Q2 2023 SEC Filings

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As we near June 30, 2023, companies are advised to get a jump start on disclosure changes and possible updates to upcoming Form 10-Qs (or Form 10-Ks in the case of non-calendar year companies). The SEC recently updated the...more

Troutman Pepper

New Disclosure Requirements for Public REITs' Share Repurchases

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On May 3, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final amendments that call for certain quantitative and qualitative disclosure requirements with respect to repurchases of an issuer’s equity securities that are...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

SEC Adopts Amendments to Modernize Share Repurchase Disclosure

On May 3, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to modernize existing disclosure requirements relating to companies’ repurchases of their equity securities that are registered under Section 12...more

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Preparing for New Issuer Repurchase Disclosures

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In May 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) amended its rules to significantly increase the disclosures public companies must make about repurchases of their equity securities. The recent amendments are the...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

SEC Sued Over Newly Adopted Share Repurchase Rules

On Friday, May 12, 2023, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced that it had filed a lawsuit against the SEC to prevent implementation of the SEC’s new Share Repurchase Disclosure Modernization rules, which KMK has recently...more

BakerHostetler

SEC Adopts Amendments to Share Repurchase Disclosures

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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

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

SEC Adopts Final Rules for Additional Disclosure of Share Repurchases

No Next-Business-Day Reporting Requirement - On May 3, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved final rules governing disclosure of repurchases of issuers' equity securities that are registered under the...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

SEC Amends Share Repurchase Disclosure Rules

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

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The SEC's New Disclosure Requirements for Share Repurchases

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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

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Disclosure Implications of the SEC’s Stock Repurchase Amendments

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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

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