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SEC Announces Proposed Amendments to MD&A and Guidance on Key Performance Indicators and Metrics; Commissioners Debate Addition of Sustainability Disclosure Requirements

February 7, 2020 | Posted by Hillary H. Holmes; James J. Moloney; Peter Wardle Topic(s): Audit Committee; Corporate Governance; Securities Regulation

​On January 30, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) issued proposed amendments to simplify the requirements of Regulation S-K and an interpretative release relating to Management’s Discussion and Analysis (“MD&A”).

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SEC Releases Statement on Key Reminders for Audit Committees

January 6, 2020 | Posted by Michael Scanlon Topic(s): Audit Committee; Corporate Governance; Securities Regulation

On December 30, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) released a statement (the “Statement”) from Chairman Jay Clayton, Chief Accountant Sagar Teotia and the Director of the Division of Corporation Finance, William Hinman, addressing the role of the audit committee in financial reporting and highlighting key reminders regarding oversight responsibilities (available here).  The Statement is intended to “assist audit committees [in] carrying out their year-end work, including promoting efficient and constructive dialogue among audit committees, management and independent auditors.” 

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SEC Proposes Revised Resource Extraction Rules, Again!

December 28, 2019 | Posted by Hillary H. Holmes; James J. Moloney Topic(s): Audit Committee; Miscellaneous; Securities Regulation

 

[Updated January 18, 2020]

On December 18, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) released proposed rules (available here) relating to the disclosure of payments by resource extraction issuers. The SEC’s release sets forth the tortured more-than-seven-year history of this rulemaking (see previous Gibson Dunn posts regarding this topic in 2015, 2013 and 2010). The SEC is proposing these rules by mandate pursuant to Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) after having earlier adopted versions of the rules vacated in 2012 by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, a ruling which the SEC declined to appeal, and disapproved in 2016 by Congress pursuant to its authority under the Congressional Review Act. While Congress disapproved of the adopted rules in 2016, it did not repeal Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Act, so the SEC’s rulemaking mandate remained in place. Revised rules cannot be substantially similar to the ones disapproved by Congress under the Congressional Review Act. As such, the newly proposed rules substantially differ from the previously adopted rules, and the differences are discussed in more detail below.

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Direct Listing Update: Revised Proposal for Primary Offerings

December 13, 2019 | Posted by Hillary H. Holmes Topic(s): Corporate Governance; Miscellaneous; Securities Regulation

 

On December 3, 2019, Gibson Dunn published A Current Guide to Direct Listings discussing, among other things, a proposal submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)that would permit a privately-held company to conduct a direct listing in connection with a primary offering. On December 6, 2019, the NYSE withdrew its proposal (as reported in An Interim Update on Direct Listing Rules) and was expected to submit a revised proposal consistent with past proposals related to direct listings. On December 12, 2019, the NYSE submitted the revised proposal. 

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An Interim Update on Direct Listing Rules

December 11, 2019 | Posted by J. Alan Bannister; Hillary H. Holmes Topic(s): Corporate Governance; Miscellaneous; Securities Regulation

​On December 3, 2019, Gibson Dunn published A Current Guide to Direct Listings discussing, among other things, a proposal submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on November 26, 2019 by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) that would permit a privately held company to conduct a direct listing in connection with a primary offering, potentially creating a new on-ramp to the public capital markets in the United States. 

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A Current Guide to Direct Listings

December 4, 2019 | Posted by J. Alan Bannister; Hillary H. Holmes Topic(s): Corporate Governance; Miscellaneous; Securities Regulation

 

Direct listings have increasingly been gaining attention as a means for a private company to go public. In our most recent memo available here, we provide a summary of the current requirements for direct listings on the NYSE and Nasdaq and of NYSE’s recent proposal to amend its direct listing rules to allow primary offerings through the NYSE in conjunction with direct listings. We also explore the potential benefits and risks associated with direct listings.

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EDGAR Updates Change Filer Password Requirements and Increase Character Length of Certain Cover Page Tags

October 10, 2019 | Posted by Ronald O. Mueller; James J. Moloney; Michael A. Titera Topic(s): Miscellaneous; Securities Regulation

​On September 30, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC") went live with EDGAR Release 19.3 (announcement available here) and made related changes to the EDGAR Filer Manual (announcement available here).  Two notable changes are summarized below. 

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Everyone Jump In! All Issuers Will Be Allowed to “Test-the-Waters”

October 3, 2019 | Posted by Andrew L. Fabens; Hillary H. Holmes Topic(s): JOBS Act; Securities Regulation

On September 26, 2019, the SEC announced (available here) that it has adopted a new rule, Rule 163B (available here) under the Securities Act of 1933, that allows all issuers to “test-the-waters." This accommodation, which had previously been available only to emerging growth companies (EGCs), allows issuers and authorized persons (e.g., underwriters) to engage in discussions with, and provide written offering material to, certain institutional investors prior to, or following, the filing of a registration statement, to determine market interest in potential registered securities offerings. Rule 163B will become effective 60 days after publication in the Federal Register.

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SEC Staff Announces Significant Changes to Shareholder Proposal No-Action Letter Process

September 9, 2019 | Posted by Elizabeth A. Ising; Ronald O. Mueller; Michael A. Titera; Aaron K. Briggs Topic(s): Corporate Governance; Proxy Statements and Annual Meetings; Securities Regulation

On September 6, 2019, the Division of Corporation Finance (the “Staff") of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC") announced[1] two significant procedural changes for responding to Exchange Act Rule 14a-8 no-action requests that will be applicable beginning with the 2019-2020 shareholder proposal season:

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SEC Issues New Guidance for Proxy Advisors and Investment Advisers Engaged in the Proxy Voting Process

August 23, 2019 | Posted by Elizabeth A. Ising; James J. Moloney; Ronald O. Mueller; Brian J. Lane; Lori Zyskowski Topic(s): Investment Act/Investment Advisors Act; Proxy Statements and Annual Meetings; Securities Regulation

​​On August 21, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) issued two releases (the Releases) regarding two elements of the proxy voting process that are influenced by proxy advisory firms: proxy voting advice issued by proxy advisors (available here) and proxy voting by investment advisers who use that proxy voting advice (availablehere).  The guidance, in the words of Commissioner Elad L. Roisman, “reiterate[s] longstanding Commission rules and positions that remain applicable and very relevant in today’s marketplace."

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