Consistent with the rule adopted by the New York Stock Exchange in 2018 in order to facilitate direct listings, the Securities and Exchange Commission recently approved a similar Nasdaq rule for the Nasdaq Global Select Market, Rule IM-5315-1. Although prior to the effectiveness of the rule, the Nasdaq had permitted companies to undertake direct listings,
Direct Listings
Improved Corporate Governance as a Result of Listing
By Anna T. Pinedo on
A paper titled, “The Impact of Exchange Listing on Corporate Governance Evidence from Direct Listing,” written by Dan French, Andrew Kern, Thibaut Morillon, and Adam Yore, considers the impact on corporate governance policies attributable to the listing of a class of securities on a national securities exchange. The authors focus on direct listings…
Guidance on Direct Listings: NYSE Memo and FINRA Notice 18-11
By Martín M. Estrada on
On February 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) approved the New York Stock Exchange’s (the “NYSE”) proposal to permit qualifying private companies to use “direct listings” to list their shares on the NYSE so long as the direct listing is accompanied by a concurrent resale registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933. To…