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Did You Check The Right Box? New SEC Guidance on Clawback Disclosures

April 16, 2025 | Posted by Gina Hancock; Krista P. Hanvey; James J. Moloney Topic(s): Corporate Governance; Disclosure; Securities Regulation

On April 11, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) published six new Compliance & Disclosure Interpretations (“C&DIs”) relating to the Form 10-K restatement and clawback analysis check boxes and the related disclosures under Item 402(w) of Regulation S-K available here.

As a refresher, the cover of Form 10-K includes two check boxes—the first one indicates when the financial statements included in the Form 10-K reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements and the second one when those error corrections are restatements that required a clawback recovery analysis under Rule 10D-1(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (i.e. pursuant to the registrant’s mandatory clawback policy). In addition, Item 402(w) of Regulation S-K requires registrants to include narrative disclosure regarding the clawback policy analysis in the event of a restatement that covers how the recoverable amount was calculated, the value of any recoverable amount that remains outstanding and whether the registrant is relying on the impracticability of recovery exception (and the justification of such reliance).

Below is a summary of the new C&DIs:

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Updated Summary of Director Education Opportunities Now Available

April 15, 2025 | Posted by Hillary H. Holmes; Lori Zyskowski; Ronald O. Mueller; Elizabeth A. Ising Topic(s): Audit Committee; Corporate Governance; ESG; IPOs; Securities Regulation; Shareholder Proposals

Gibson Dunn’s summary of director education opportunities has been updated as of April 2025. A copy is available at this link. Boards of Directors of public and private companies find this a useful resource as they look for high quality education opportunities.

This quarter’s update to the summary of director education opportunities includes a number of new opportunities as well as updates to the programs offered by organizations that have been included in our prior updates. Some of the new opportunities are available for both public and private companies’ boards.

Thank you to associates Jason Ferrari and To Nhu Huynh from our Houston office for their assistance with this quarter’s update.

Additional Helpful Updates to SEC’s S-3 Registration and Foreign Private Issuer C&DIs

March 31, 2025 | Posted by Hillary H. Holmes; Andrew L. Fabens; Peter Wardle Topic(s): Capital Markets; Corporate Governance; Disclosure; Securities Regulation

On March 20, 2025, the Division of Corporation Finance (the “Division”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it has updated certain Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (“C&DIs”) related to Securities Act forms, Exchange Act forms, Regulation S-K and Securities Act Rules.

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Things To Do This Week: Validate EDGAR Codes

March 19, 2025 | Posted by Michael A. Titera; Mellissa Campbell Duru; Julia Lapitskaya; Ronald O. Mueller; Lori Zyskowski Topic(s): Capital Markets; Corporate Governance; Disclosure; Securities Regulation

Those lucky individuals who are responsible for EDGAR codes (for companies and Section 16 filers) are strongly encouraged to confirm this week that those EDGAR codes, specifically the CCCs (CIK Confirmation Codes) and Passphrases, are both (1) valid AND (2) current. EDGAR codes are valid if they are correct and are current if they have been established or reset since September 2019. Valid and current CCCs and Passphrases will be required to enroll in EDGAR Next via the EDGAR Next dashboard, and after Friday, March 21, the process for obtaining valid and current codes will be more tedious.

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SEC Expands Accommodations for Draft Registration Statements

March 10, 2025 | Posted by Andrew L. Fabens; Hillary H. Holmes; Peter Wardle; Harrison Tucker Topic(s): Capital Markets; Disclosure; IPOs; Registered Securities Offerings; Registration Statements; Securities Regulation

On March 3, 2025, the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced that it is further expanding existing accommodations to allow more companies to confidentially submit draft registration statements for nonpublic review.  These accommodations provide more flexibility for certain companies to initiate registration of their securities, spin-offs, and other offering processes without making the process initially public.

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SEC Corp Fin Staff Updates Guidance on Lock-Ups, Written Consents and Financing Matters in Tender Offers and Business Combination Transactions

March 7, 2025 | Posted by James J. Moloney; Tull Florey; Mellissa Campbell Duru Topic(s): Corporate Governance; M&A; Miscellaneous; Securities Regulation

On March 6, 2025, the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) published several updates to its Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (“C&DIs”) relating to merger transactions and tender offers.  Key updates are set forth below.

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Proxy Reporting of 5% Shareholders’ Beneficial Ownership Based on 13G Filings

February 21, 2025 | Posted by Elizabeth A. Ising; Lori Zyskowski; Ronald O. Mueller; Stella Kwak Topic(s): Disclosure; Proxy Statements and Annual Meetings; Securities Regulation

Among the many new rules and considerations affecting proxy season disclosures this year, one of the more subtle changes affects beneficial ownership disclosure pursuant to S-K Item 403(a). That rule requires companies to report the beneficial ownership of their greater than 5% shareholders “as of the most recent practicable date,” with beneficial ownership being determined in accordance with Exchange Act Rule 13d-3.  In years past, all Schedule 13G filers were required to file amendments within 45 days after the end of the calendar year to report any change to their previously reported holdings.

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SEC Signals Potential Strategy Shift in Climate Disclosure Rule Litigation

February 14, 2025 | Posted by Lauren M. Assaf-Holmes; Ronald O. Mueller; Lori Zyskowski; Thomas J. Kim; James J. Moloney Topic(s): Corporate Governance; Disclosure; Environmental/Climate Change; ESG; Securities Regulation

On Tuesday, Mark Uyeda, Acting Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), issued a statement signaling potential updates to the SEC’s position in the ongoing legal challenges to its climate disclosure rule. As previously reported, the SEC stayed its climate disclosure rule last year pending the outcome of the related consolidated litigation before the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.

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SEC Lawsuit Against Elon Musk: Late is Late . . . Whether You Report on Schedule 13G or 13D

January 31, 2025 | Posted by James J. Moloney; Brian J. Lane Topic(s): Disclosure; Securities Regulation

In an interesting development in the week leading up to the 2025 inauguration of President Donald Trump, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced a legal action against Elon Musk. In its complaint filed with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (the “Court”) on January 14, 2025 (the “Complaint”), the SEC alleges Musk failed to timely file a Schedule 13D after acquiring over five percent of the outstanding shares of common stock (the “Shares”) of Twitter, Inc. (the “Company” or “Twitter”). The late filing resulted in a violation of Section 13(d)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and Rule 13d-1(a) thereunder, both of which impose strict liability for such reporting failures. The SEC is seeking permanent injunctive relief, disgorgement of any ill-gotten gains, prejudgment interest, and civil penalties.

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Updated Summary of Director Education Opportunities Now Available

January 14, 2025 | Posted by Hillary H. Holmes; Lori Zyskowski; Ronald O. Mueller; Elizabeth A. Ising Topic(s): Audit Committee; Corporate Governance; ESG; IPOs; Securities Regulation; Shareholder Proposals

Gibson Dunn’s summary of director education opportunities has been updated as of January 2025. A copy is available at this link. Boards of Directors of public and private companies find this a useful resource as they look for high quality education opportunities.

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