On August 25, 2023, the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission posted five new compliance and disclosure interpretations (“C&DI’s”). Three of the new C&DIs related to the recent amendments to Rule 10b5-1 and two related to disclosure of insider trading arrangements.
C&DI 120.29 clarified that the filing date of a Form 10-Q or
On May 25, 2023, the staff of the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance released three Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (“C&DIs”) on the recent amendments to Rule 10b5-1 regarding insider trading arrangements and related disclosures. Specifically, C&DIs 120.26 and 120.27 identify the dates by which companies must first include the new disclosures
The Securities and Exchange Commission will hold an open meeting on May 3, 2023 at 10 a.m., which will be available to via webcast, the link will be posted shortly before the start of the meeting on the SEC website.
The Division of Corporation Finance will present on share repurchase disclosure modernization. The Commission will
Amendments to Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are effective today, February 27, 2023.
Unanimously adopted by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) December of last year, the Rule 10b5-1 amendments, among other things:
In this MB Microtalk video, Mayer Brown partner, David Schuette, discusses the recent amendments to Rule 10b5-1, which will become effective on February 27, 2023, and impose additional conditions on the availability of the affirmative defense, changes to section 16 filings and issuer disclosure obligations.
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January 19, 2023 Webinar
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In December 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted significant amendments to Rule 10b5-1, which provides, under certain conditions, an affirmative defense to insider trading claims. Issuers and their boards or directors, large stockholders and investment banks that administer trading plans should
January 11, 2023 Webinar
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The Securities and Exchange Commission recently approved amendments to Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”). The SEC had proposed extensive amendments in January 2022, which were the subject of significant comments from market participants. Rule
On December 14, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) unanimously adopted amendments (the “amendments”) to Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and related disclosure obligations for public companies. The amendments (i) add new conditions to the availability of the affirmative defense to insider trading liability contained in Rule
At today’s open meeting, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted to approve amendments to Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The SEC had proposed extensive amendments in January 2022, which were the subject of significant comment from market participants. The final amendments take into account some of the commenters’ concerns—in particular by
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced an open meeting to be held on December 14, 2022 to consider a number of matters, including the final amendments to Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act. Late last year, the Commission proposed amendments to Rule 10b5-1 and related disclosure obligations for public companies (see our alert available