The Commission originally proposed a version of the rule that would have looked through to the beneficial owners of the street-name securities, but adopted the rule in a form that does not produce this result. Question: Does termination of a plan affect the availability of the Rule 10b5-1(c) defense for prior plan transactions? By contrast, under Rule 15d-6, if an issuer has fewer than 300 security holders of record at the beginning of the fiscal year, a Form 15 should be filed to notify the Commission of such suspension, but the suspension is granted by statute and is not contingent on filing the Form 15. When two reporting companies consolidate, each of the predecessor companies should file a Form 15 in connection with the succession. Answer: No. eCFR :: 17 CFR Part 240 -- General Rules and Regulations, Securities Controls and procedures with respect to interactive data fall within the scope of "disclosure controls and procedures." The date by which the periodic report must be filed pursuant to Rule 12b-25(b)(3) falls after the effective date of the delisting. In such a case, the newly formed public company would not wait until the end of its fiscal year to determine its accelerated filer status. Answer: The issuer must make the determination with respect to the board that performs the functions most closely to those undertaken by a U.S.-style board of directors. [September 30, 2008]. The [Mar. Question: In determining whether more than 50 percent of the assets of an issuer are located outside the United States under the definition of foreign private issuer in Securities Act Rule 405 and Exchange Act Rule 3b-4(c), can an issuer use the geographic segment information determined in the preparation of its financial statements? In these circumstances, an issuer must decide what criteria it will use to determine residency and apply them consistently without changing them to achieve a desired result. Answer: Changing the amount to be sold under a written limit order trading plan currently in force effects an alteration or deviation within the meaning of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(C). Question: What fee rates apply to repurchases of securities and to proxy solicitations and statements in corporate control transactions? Pub. General Instruction G.(3) to Form 10-K permits a reporting issuer subject to the proxy rules to omit Part III information concerning management and its compensation from the Form 10-K, if the information omitted from Part III is disclosed in the issuers proxy statement and if the proxy statement is filed with the Commission no later than 120 days from the end of the fiscal year. changes and over-the-counter markets are affected with a national [Mar. The stock price falls and the broker issues a margin call. Question: Can a company suspend its reporting obligations under Section 15(d) with respect to the fiscal year within which such registration statement became effective? What is a calendar month for purposes of the definitions of accelerated filer and large accelerated filer? Answer: No. Question: In determining whether a majority of the executive officers or directors are United States citizens or residents under the definition of foreign private issuer in Securities Act Rule 405 and Exchange Act Rule 3b-4(c), must the calculation be made separately for each group or are executive officers and directors to be treated as a single group when making the assessment? The market order does not effect an alteration or deviation of a plan transaction within the meaning of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(C) because the 10,000 share limit order under the plan will continue to be executed when the price limit is met. Answer: The fee rates (as adjusted annually) under Exchange Act Section 13(e) and Section 14(g) apply to repurchases of securities and to proxy solicitations and statements in corporate control transactions, respectively. [September 30, 2008]. The sale was not pursuant to a contract, instruction or plan that did not permit the person to exercise any subsequent discretion over how, when, or whether to effect purchases or sales. Question: Is it necessary for a majority of the board of directors of the registrant to sign an amendment to a Form 10-K? For plans that take into account incentive-based compensation, an issuer would be expected to claw back the amount contributed to the notional account based on erroneously awarded incentive-based compensation and any earnings accrued to date on that notional amount. [September 30, 2008]. 25, 2009], 220.02 A company sought to establish a stock repurchase plan that would comply with Rules 10b5-1(c)(1) and 10b-18. Concurrently, the issuer registers under the Exchange Act using a Form 8-A that also does not contain the final year end audited financial statements. Question: Does canceling one or more plan transactions affect the availability of the Rule 10b5-1(c) defense for future plan transactions? Answer: No. Question: Where the registrant is a limited partnership that does not have an audit committee, who should be considered the persons performing the equivalent function as referenced in paragraph 5 of the certifications required by Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a)? Horizon Therapeutics plc - Rule 2.12 Announcement The person does not communicate any information to the broker that could influence when sales would occur. Definitions: Rules 3a11-1 to 3b-19 Question 110.01 Question: A foreign issuer qualifies as a foreign private issuer on the last business day of its most recently completed second fiscal quarter, which is the "determination date" for foreign private issuer status under Exchange Act Rule 3b-4 (c). [Mar. [September 30, 2008]. What effect does this have on the availability of a Rule 10b5-1(c) defense? Answer: If the registrant has not filed a Form 10-K after the Rule 12b-25 extension period has run, and the registrant is not yet required to update the registration statement under Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act, the registrants ability to make offers and sales will depend on whether the company determines that the prospectus included in the Form S-3 is a valid Section 10(a) prospectus and there are no Section 12(a)(2) or anti-fraud concerns with the prospectus. The staff does not interpret the term to mean that the company cannot continue to use an already effective Form S-3 to make offers and sales during the extension period. Plaintiffs initiated an action against MacroGenics, its president and CEO, and its senior vice president and CFO (collectively "Defendants") for alleged violations of sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") Rule 10b-5, and sections 11, 12(a), and 15 of the Securities . Exchange Act Rule 17a-4 Amendments Chart of Significant Changes Rule 17a-4(f) Current Rule Amended Rule Definitions Firms may use "electronic storage media" to maintain and preserve required records. For national banks and Federal savings associations, any references to registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933 and its accompanying rules in the rules, regulations, and forms described in paragraph (a) (1) of this section mean the registration requirements in 12 CFR part 16. The rule does not require a binding contract (Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(A)(1)) or an instruction to another person (Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(A)(2)) to be written. The person may be aware of material nonpublic information when she places the limit order. [September 30, 2008]. Rule 3a5-1 Exemption from the definition of . Answer: Yes, it is permissible to use a plain English equivalent in lieu of the words, "pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K." [Feb. 11, 2011]. Concurrently, the issuer registers under the Exchange Act using a Form 8-A that also does not contain the final year end audited financial statements. Question: Is a company required to file a Form 12b-25 even when it anticipates filing a periodic report after the Rule 12b-25 extension period? Answer: Termination of a plan, or the cancellation of one or more plan transactions, could affect the availability of the Rule 10b5-1(c) defense for prior plan transactions if it calls into question whether the plan was "entered into in good faith and not as part of a plan or scheme to evade" the insider trading rules within the meaning of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(ii). [September 30, 2008], 250.03 Where the Rule 12g-3 succession involves the formation of a one-bank holding company, the subsidiary bank does not have an Exchange Act file number. Form 11-K provides that the due date for an ERISA plans Form 11-K is 180 days after fiscal year end. 25, 2009]. Rather, the companys ability to continue to make such offers or sales will depend on whether it determines that the prospectus included in the Form S-3 is a valid Section 10(a) prospectus and there are no Section 12(a)(2) or anti-fraud concerns with the prospectus. [September 30, 2008], 250.02 The successor to a Section 12(g) registrant that underwent a re-incorporation merger to change its state of incorporation reported the merger in the next Form 10-Q that would have been required of the Section 12(g) registrant, and thereafter continued to file Exchange Act reports in reliance upon Rule 12g-3. [March 31, 2020]. [September 30, 2008]. 2 Securities Exchange Act Release No. Alternatively, an issuer may make the determination based on the number of voting securities. Question: If the same individual is both the principal executive officer and principal financial officer, must he or she sign two certifications? Answer: The form already includes the representation, so modification is unnecessary. Does adoption of the Rule 10b5-1 plan change the due date for the Form 144? During any three-month period, sales of issuer securities by the trust will share the Rule 144(e) volume limitation with the person's sales of other issuer securities he owns. Answer: The following are examples of advisory vote descriptions that would be consistent with Rule 14a-21s requirement for shareholders to be given an advisory vote to approve the compensation paid to a companys named executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K. Question: A CEO resigned after the end of the quarter but before the filing of the upcoming Form 10-Q. Question: Using the same facts in Question 161.08 above, if the amendment is not filed within the time period required for the periodic report, is the report deemed to be untimely? Does Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B)(3) provide a defense for sales under this plan? Answer: The determination must be made separately for each group. The rule serves to eliminate any possible gap in the application of Exchange Act protection to the security holders of the predecessor. The in connection with requirement is satisfied when a fraud coincides with a securities transaction. Question: During a month when the written trading plan described in Question 120.11 is in effect, the person calls the broker to increase the non-discretionary limit order currently in force from 10,000 shares to 15,000 shares. Answer: Rule 12b-25 provides that an annual or quarterly report shall be deemed timely filed if a Form 12b-25 making certain specified representations is filed no later than one business day after the due date of the annual or quarterly report, and the report itself is filed no later than fifteen or five calendar days, respectively, after the due date. Answer: Yes, assuming two additional facts are present: (1) the terms of the plan do not permit her to exercise any subsequent influence over the timing of sales under the plan; and (2) the broker is not aware of material nonpublic information when selling securities under the plan. Instead, each of the depositorys accounts for which the securities are held is a single record holder. [December 8, 2016]. The issuer must assess on a consolidated basis the location from which its officers, partners, or managers primarily direct, control and coordinate the issuer's activities. Answer: The first report due will be a Form 10-K for the previous fiscal year (fiscal year 2009). Under Exchange Act Rule 3b-4(e), a foreign issuer generally may use the foreign private issuer forms and rules until the first day of the fiscal year following the determination date on which it no longer qualifies as a former private issuer. Who must execute the certifications required by Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a)? The issuer may look to whether more than 50 percent of the voting power of those classes on a combined basis is directly or indirectly owned of record by residents of the United States. Answer: If a limit order is discretionary, the discretion granted to the broker over the timing of a sale would require the conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B)(3) to be satisfied for a defense to be available. Question: A person purchases employer stock through her participation in the employer's 401(k) plan. An amendment to Form 10-K does not require signatures of the majority of the board of directors. The issuer is not otherwise required to file Exchange Act reports under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the effective date of the delisting. In such situations, the Commission assigns an Exchange Act file number for the successor holding company when the Form 8-K is filed. Thereafter, the issuer should make all other Exchange Act filings as appropriate. Question: At a time when she is not aware of material nonpublic information, a person establishes a trust. Also, she may have had the discretion to substitute collateral or provide additional collateral or cash to prevent foreclosure and sale of the stock. PDF 7b-3 TITLE 7AGRICULTURE Page 94 (2) For all swaps that are not ( d) Emerging growth company eligibility - As a condition to its use, the COVID-19 Order requires, among other things, that the registrant furnish certain specified statements by the later of March 16, 2020 or the original due date of the required report. Therefore, an issuer may not look to Rule 12b-25 to avoid filing a periodic report that becomes due after the filing of the Form 25 but before the effectiveness of the delisting. Is a defense available under Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B)(3) for the quarterly sales by the trust? Question: In applying the foreign private issuer definition in Securities Act Rule 405 and Exchange Act Rule 3b-4(c), what factors should be applied to determine the status of an individual as a "U.S. resident" for purposes of determining whether 50 percent of the company's outstanding voting securities are held of record by U.S. residents? Therefore, unless a registrant that filed a Form 12b-25 also furnished a Form 8-K or Form 6-K by March 16, 2020 or the original due date of the report, it would not be able to rely on the COVID-19 Order. For example, where the due date for a Form 10-K is Sunday, March 31, the Form 10-K would be due on Monday, April 1 and the Form 12b-25 would be timely if filed on Tuesday, April 2. Examples of factors an issuer may apply include tax residency, nationality, mailing address, physical presence, the location of a significant portion of their financial and legal relationships, or immigration status. The successor later learned that at the time of the merger, the predecessor had fewer than 300 record shareholders. Consequently, sales pursuant to the altered limit order would not be pursuant to the existing plan. File Number S7-0-22); Proposal to Further Define "As a Part of a Regular Business" in the Definition of . Relevant considerations may include: who is responsible for engaging the external auditor and for pre-approving audit and non-audit services? Answer: No. 25, 2009]. [September 30, 2008], 280.01 Exchange Act Release No. [September 30, 2008]. PDF Rule 15c2-12 Whitepaper - SIFMA Is the Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B)(3) defense available to the person when the bank sells the stock? Do Rules 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(A)(3) and (B)(1) provide a defense for sales under this plan if the limit order is non-discretionary (requiring the broker to execute a sale as soon as a buyer is available at or above $20 per share)? Specifically, SEC Rule 15c2-12 requires that underwriters of municipal securities, before bidding, purchasing, or . Question: An issuer does not have a principal executive officer or a principal financial officer. Often times those agreements contain commercially sensitive terms that could result in competitive harm if revealed to the public. A Form 12b-25 filing does not extend the original due date of a report. Question: When a registrant is amending multiple Exchange Act reports at the same time, may it do so in a single filing? 16718 (Apr. [September 30, 2008]. [Mar. Does the manner of allocating the Rule 144(e) volume limitation between sales by the trust and the person's other sales of issuer securities affect whether the person is permitted to exercise any subsequent influence over how, when, or whether to effect purchases or sales under the trust within the meaning of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B)(3)? Answer: The analysis depends on the manner in which the adjustment is effected: (a) First, the written plan could provide for adjustment of the amount of securities to be sold each month based on a written formula specified in the plan within the meaning of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B)(2). [September 30, 2008], 280.02 A company planned to file a Form 11-K for a 6-month year period for an ERISA plan. 25, 2009]. [September 30, 2008]. Commodity Exchange Act & Regulations How Rules Are Made Holding Wrongdoers Accountable Federal Register Public Comments CFTC Staff Letters Office of Technology Innovation Market Data & Economic Analysis Data at CFTC Commitments of Traders Bank Participation Reports Cotton On-Call Financial Data for FCMS Net Position Changes Data Staff Reports 25, 2009]. Rule 12g-3 provides for the registration of the securities of successor issuers under the Exchange Act. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Rule 15c2-12 promulgated under Section 15 (c) (2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, contains disclosure and continuing disclosure requirements applicable to municipal securities. [September 30, 2008], 270.01 An issuer goes effective with a Securities Act registration statement after its fiscal year end without including audited financial statements as of such year end in the registration statement. The proxy statement still must be filed independently to comply with Rule 14a-6. Is the exercise of the option covered by a Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B)(1) defense despite the fact that the amount, price and date are not specified by the same method? [September 30, 2008]. Reliance on this affirmative defense does not prevent the person from setting some of the terms of the purchases or sales at the creation of the contract, instruction or plan so that no one has subsequent discretion as to those terms. The issuer is not otherwise required to file Exchange Act reports under Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the effective date of the delisting. Answer: Item B. [January 27, 2023]. Question: When the conditions of Rule 144(c)(1) must be satisfied in selling securities under the Rule 144 safe harbor, may sales continue during the Rule 12b-25 extension period? Answer: Yes. Answer: There is no single factor or group of factors that are determinative under this clause. [December 8, 2016]. She fails to pay the loan as due. Issuers must apply a determination methodology on a consistent basis. [September 30, 2008]. Question: A registrant expects that due to COVID-19 it will be unable to file a report of the type covered by Rule 12b-25 on a timely basis without incurring an unreasonable effort or expense. At the time of filing such statement as the Commission may require pursuant to section 13 (e) (1) of the Exchange Act, a fee equal to the product of the rate applicable under section 13 (e) of the Exchange Act multiplied by the value of the securities proposed to be acquired by the acquiring person.
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