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Reminders and New Disclosure Requirements for the 2025 Proxy Season

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The proxy statement has become an integral component of a public company’s preparation for its annual meeting of shareholders. The rules and regulations under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act),...more

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Key Considerations for the 2025 Annual Reporting and Proxy Season Part II: Proxy Statements

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Each year in our Annual Memo series, White & Case's Public Company Advisory Group provides practical insights on preparing Annual Reports on Form 10-Ks, Annual Meeting Proxy Statements and, for FPIs, the Annual Report on Form...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Disclosure of Insider Trading Policies to Begin in 2025

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With the annual reporting season coming up for calendar-year companies, we wanted to remind you that companies subject to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reporting requirements are now required to: (i) disclose...more

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What’s the Deal? – Rule 10b5-1 Plans

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Here’s the deal: A Rule 10b5‐1 plan is a written securities trading plan that is designed to comply with Rule 10b5‐1(c) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)....more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Securities Snapshot: 4th Quarter 2024 - 2025 Reporting Season – Key Considerations

As we bid farewell to 2024, we welcome not only another year but also several new disclosure requirements. In this Snapshot, we summarize several developments and best practices for public companies to consider as the 2024...more

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Insider Trading Policies: A Survey of Recent Filings

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White & Case's Public Company Advisory Group has conducted a survey of publicly filed insider trading policies to assess emerging trends with respect to key insider trading policy terms. Starting with Form 10-K/20-F annual...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Insider Trading Policy Key Terms and Trends

With the compliance deadline for the newly issued Item 408(b) of Regulation S-K approaching for calendar-year-end companies and the increased use by the Department of Justice and the SEC of data analytics in pursuing insider...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC Staff Issues Guidance on Recent Rule 10b5-1 Amendments and Related Disclosure Requirements

On August 25, 2023, the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Division of Corporation Finance issued guidance to address certain open questions on the amendments to Rule 10b5-1 and related disclosure...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

SEC's Insider Trading Rules – Model Disclosures

The SEC recently introduced “Insider Trading Arrangements and Related Disclosure” rules that mandate disclosure of Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement utilization by directors and officers, as well as insider trading policy and...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

SEC Releases New C&DIs on 10b5-1 Plans and Insider Trading Disclosures

The SEC released, on May 25, 2023, three new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) focused on recent changes to Rule 10b5-1 and reporting of insider trading policies and procedures. The new C&DIs provide as...more

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Preparing for New Issuer Repurchase Disclosures

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In May 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) amended its rules to significantly increase the disclosures public companies must make about repurchases of their equity securities. The recent amendments are the...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Amended Rule 10b5-1 and New Insider Trading Disclosure: Frequently Asked Questions

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Key Points - ..The SEC’s amendments to Rule 10b5-1 and new rules mandating insider trading disclosures take effect at the end of next month. ..The changes raise significant interpretive issues, including ambiguities...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

SEC Adopts Amendments Regarding Insider Trading Plans and Related Disclosures

On December 14, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted amendments to modernize Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and add new disclosure...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

SEC Adopts Final Rule Amendments for Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans and Creates New Disclosure Requirements

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Overview On December 14, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments and certain enhanced disclosure requirements related to Rule 10b5-1 trading plans. The new amendments include...more

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SEC Adopts Amendments Revamping Rule 10b5-1 Trading Regime and Mandating Related Disclosures

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On December 14, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) adopted amendments bolstering the conditions to be met in order for a person to rely on the affirmative defense from insider trading available...more

Cooley LLP

Filling the Gaps: SEC Adopts Final Rules on 10b5-1 Trading Plans and Related Disclosures

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The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted final rules that impose new conditions on the availability of the Rule 10b5-1 affirmative defense to insider trading and require enhanced disclosures regarding the adoption,...more

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SEC Adopts Amendments to Rules Governing Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans

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On December 14, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission unanimously adopted final rules relating to Rule 10b5-1 plans. Properly structured, a Rule 10b5-1 plan provides an affirmative defense to Rule 10b-5 liability for...more

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SEC adopts big changes to Rule 10b5-1 plan requirements; reaffirms warning about “insider gifting”

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On December 14, 2022, the SEC unanimously adopted significant changes to the requirements for Rule 10b5-1 trading plans, one day shy of the anniversary of its proposals, including...more

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SEC Proposes Changes Relating to Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans and Disclosure Requirements

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Summary - For the past 20 years, publicly-traded companies have employed 10b5-1 trading plans that allow company insiders to trade the company’s stock even while in possession of material nonpublic information. The...more

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SEC Proposes New Rules for Share Repurchases and Rule 10b5-1 and Insider Trading Matters

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On December 15, the SEC proposed rules to address two stated priorities for the agency under Chair Gary Gensler: modernizing disclosure of share repurchases and curbing perceived abuses around Rule 10b5-1 and insider trading....more

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