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Bermuda Public Companies Update, Summer 2025

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This edition of the Bermuda Public Companies Update summarises significant transactions involving Bermuda companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq in the first half of 2025. The first half of 2025...more

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SEC in Discussion with Exchanges to Ease Public Company Regulations

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The SEC is reportedly in discussions with Nasdaq and NYSE about ways to ease the burden of becoming—and remaining—a public company....more

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SEC OKs Nasdaq's Changes to Initial Listing Reqs

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The SEC recently approved Nasdaq’s proposed changes to the initial listing requirements related to liquidity. Nasdaq proposed to change Listing Rules 5405 and 5505 to...more

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Texas Stock Exchange? Could Become a NYSE and Nasdaq Competitor

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My mind was sort of blown when I read this recent press release saying that the Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE) had filed this Form 1 application to register as a national securities exchange. I was tripping because the TXSE was...more

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New Texas Stock Exchange Aims at Nasdaq and NYSE

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On April 4, the Texas Stock Exchange's (TXSE) Form 1 application for registration as a national securities exchange was publicly released by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The application contains a wealth...more

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Nasdaq’s Recommendations for a Better Capital Market

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Last week, Nasdaq released this interesting paper that sets forth a set of recommendations to improve the capital markets. Nasdaq believes its recommendations not only come out at a critical time when policymakers have real...more

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Nasdaq Amends Proposal to Modify Rule for Initial Listing Liquidity Requirements

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In December 2024, the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC submitted a proposal to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to modify its requirements for calculating the minimum Market Value of Unrestricted Publicly Held Shares in...more

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Nasdaq Increases Initial Listing Liquidity Requirements: What It Means for Companies Going Public

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On March 12, 2025, the SEC approved a significant rule change to Nasdaq’s initial listing liquidity requirements (the New Liquidity Rules). These changes make it more challenging for companies seeking to list on the Nasdaq...more

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SEC approves Nasdaq proposal to modify initial listing requirements related to liquidity

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In December of last year, Nasdaq proposed a rule change to modify the initial listing requirements related to liquidity. More specifically, Nasdaq proposed to change Listing Rules 5405 and 5505 to require that a company...more

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SEC Approves Changes to NYSE and Nasdaq Minimum Price Rules: What Public Companies Need to Know

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In January 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) approved amendments to the minimum bid price compliance rules for companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Nasdaq Stock Market...more

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SEC Approves Nasdaq Proposed Rules Modifying Minimum Bid Price Compliance Periods and Delisting Process

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On January 17, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved Nasdaq’s proposed rule changes addressing companies that fail to meet the minimum bid price requirements of $1 per share and the subsequent delisting...more

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Nasdaq Changes Rules Regarding Minimum Bid Price Compliance Periods and Restricts the Use of Reverse Stock Splits

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently approved rule changes proposed by The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC that impact companies utilizing reverse stock splits to regain compliance with Nasdaq’s minimum bid-price...more

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SEC approves Nasdaq and NYSE revisions to reverse stock split rules: What public companies need to know

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n January 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved amendments, both of which are now effective, to The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq) and The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) listing rules that will...more

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The State of Play for Reverse Stock Splits by Nasdaq- And Nyse-Listed Issuers

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Introduction - Issuers listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) often conduct reverse stock splits to maintain compliance with each exchange’s US$1.00 minimum share price requirement. A reverse...more

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Bermuda Public Companies Update, Winter 2025

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This edition of the Bermuda Public Companies Update summarises significant transactions involving Bermuda companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq in the second half of 2024. Global Market Update - In...more

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SEC approves Nasdaq proposal modifying minimum bid price compliance periods

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In August 2024, Nasdaq submitted a new rule proposal aimed at accelerating the delisting process for companies with shares that trade below $1. Briefly, under the proposal, a company would be suspended from trading on Nasdaq...more

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Capital Markets & Governance Insights - October 2024

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SEC Developments - In Twin Actions, SEC Charges Former Kubient CEO for Fraud and Former CFO and Audit Committee Chair for Failing to Investigate and Perpetuating CEO’s Fraud....more

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Nasdaq Minimum Bid Price Compliance - Rule Proposal

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On August 6, 2024, Nasdaq filed a rule proposal that, if adopted, will impact the ability of companies to continue trading or, potentially, stay listed in the event of a continued inability to maintain a $1.00 closing price...more

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日本企業のケイマン諸島持株会社上場

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日本の音響制作会社のBloomZは最近、Nasdaqでそのケイマン諸島持株会社を上場しました。弊事務所は日本の事業会社のケイマン諸島持株会社によるIPOに従事しており、日本企業が香港またはNYSE/Nasdaqで上場する際にかかるケイマン諸島持株会社ストラクチャーを採用することがなぜ有益なのか、本稿でご説明したいと思います。...more

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Listing Japanese Companies Using Cayman Holding Companies

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Having recently completed the listing on Nasdaq of BLOOMZ, the Cayman Islands incorporated holding company of a Japanese audio production company, and being currently engaged to act on a number of IPOs of Cayman Islands...more

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IPO – 2024年のテーマとトレンド

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2022年半ばの私共香港オフィスによるバミューダ及びケイマン諸島会社のIPOのテーマとトレンドレビューは、香港とニューヨークの二都市の市場についてでした。2年後の今、香港市場は引き続き、NYSE/Nasdaqの台頭に対して苦戦しています。2024年、アジアに拠点を置く企業のIPOの現状はどうでしょうか?...more

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Nasdaq Proposes to Accelerate Delisting Process

Nasdaq has proposed amendments to its listing standards that would accelerate the delisting process for certain companies that fail to satisfy its minimum bid price requirement. These proposals are ostensibly in response to...more

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Bermuda Public Companies Update, Summer 2024

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This edition of the Bermuda Public Companies Update summarises significant transactions involving Bermuda companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq in the first half of 2024. Global Market Update -...more

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IPOs – Themes and Trends 2024

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When I last reviewed the themes and trends we are seeing for IPOs of Bermuda and Cayman companies from our office in Hong Kong in mid-2022, it was very much a tale of two cities. Two years later, there is little to indicate...more

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UK Takeover Panel Proposes Narrowing the Scope of Companies Subject to the Takeover Code

On 24 April 2024, the UK Takeover Panel (the Panel) published Public Consultation Paper 2024/1 (the PCP), which proposes a significant change to the applicability of the UK Takeover Code (the Code), by narrowing the scope of...more

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