Corporate Governance, New Guidance, Filing Requirements

SEC Adopts Amendments to Beneficial Ownership Reporting Rules for Schedules 13D and 13G

Winstead PC on 7/3/2025

In 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted amendments and issued guidance to modernize the rules governing beneficial ownership reporting under Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the Securities Exchange Act...more

A New Chapter in Shareholder Engagement? What the SEC’s Revised Schedule 13G/D Guidance Means for Public Companies

Maynard Nexsen on 6/4/2025

Under Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), shareholders that beneficially own more than five percent of an issuer’s outstanding publicly traded voting equity...more

New SEC Guidance Eases Form S-3 Registration Process for More Public Companies

BCLP on 3/24/2025

The new registration statement guidance will make capital raises by non-WKSI companies filing on Form S-3 easier, as they can proceed with offerings during periods before their proxy statements are finalized – a privilege...more

Update on the beneficial ownership regime in the Cayman Islands - New Technical Guidance for corporate services providers

Walkers on 3/20/2024

On 15 March 2024, the Ministry of Financial Services and Commerce (the "Ministry") issued Technical Guidance for corporate services providers ("CSPs") to facilitate changes to internal processes in support of the transition...more

Virtual and Hybrid Shareholder Meetings in the Era of COVID-19: What Public Companies Need to Know

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/10/2020

With annual reports on Form 10-K publicly filed and first quarter earnings releases getting underway, proxy season – the annual practice of filing and distributing proxy statements, reserving meeting venues and courting...more

Inline XBRL for Foreign Private Issuers – New SEC Guidance

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 8/24/2019

Last week, the SEC published guidance regarding Inline XBRL. The SEC adopted rules for Inline XBRL in June 2018. For those of you whose first question is “what is Inline XBRL?”, Inline XBRL allows the XBRL data to be embedded...more

SEC Adopts Amendments to Modernize and Simplify Disclosure Requirements - And Provides Guidance on the Significantly Streamlined...

White & Case LLP on 4/8/2019

On March 20, 2019, the SEC voted to adopt amendments to modernize and simplify disclosure requirements for public companies, investment advisers, and investment companies. The amended rules, which are based on amendments...more

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