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- Confidential Treatment Request (CTR)
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- Director Liability
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- Division of Economic Risk Analysis (DERA)
- Dodd-Frank Act
- Drag-along Rights
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- Institutional a Institutional Accredited Investors (“IAIs”)
- Internal Control Over Financial Reporting (ICFR)
- Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting (ICFR)
- Intrastate: Rule 147
- Intrastate: Rule 147A
- Intrastate: Section 3(a)(11)
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- Investment Company Complex (ICC)
- Investor Advisory Committee (IAC)
- IPO Cross
- Issuer Direct Offering (IDO)
- J
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- PCAOB Rule 6100
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- Post- Filing Period
- Pre-Effectiveness Period
- Pre-Filing Period
- Pre-IPO Discount
- Preferred Equity
- Primary Direct Floor Listing
- Principal Executive Officer (PEO)
- Private Investment in Public Equity (PIPE)
- Private Offerings
- Private Placement Memorandum
- Private Placements
- Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA)
- Proposed Rule 10c-1
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On May 19, 2026, the SEC proposed two separate rule changes that together represent the most significant modernization of the registered offering framework in more than twenty years. Operating in coordination with a companion release which proposes to recalibrate public company filer status and expand emerging growth company accommodations, this reform package is designed to dismantle historical regulatory friction, facilitate capital formation, and simplify the compliance architecture for a vast majority of public issuers
SEC、登録募集プロセスに関する画期的な規則改正案を公表 ― 第3部
2026年5月19日、米国証券取引委員会(SEC)は、登録募集制度の枠組みを20年以上ぶりに大幅に近代化する2つの規則改正案を提示しました。上場企業の届出資格の再調整と新興成長企業への支援拡大を提案する関連文書と連携して実施されるこの改革パッケージは、過去の規制上の摩擦を解消し、資金調達を促進し、大多数の上場企業にとってコンプライアンス体制を簡素化することを目的としています。 これらの変革的な規則改正案のうち、最初の改正案では、登録募集制度に関して以下の改革が提案されています。(i) フォームS-3による棚卸登録へのアクセスを拡大する。(ii) 外国民間発行体(FPI)を除くすべての企業についてWKSIの定義を廃止し、新たな発行体カテゴリーを創設することで、これまで著名な実績のある発行体(WKSI)に限定されていた募集関連コミュニケーションの利用を認める。(iii) フォームS-1への参照組込みの利用範囲を拡大する。(iv) 州法による適用除外(preemption)の対象をすべての登録募集に拡大する。 本シリーズでは、2つの規則改正案について、それぞれ複数回にわたり詳しく解説していきます。まずは登録募集制度改革案から取り上げます。第1回では、提案された規則改正の背景と概要について解説しました。詳細はこちらをご覧ください ― 。第2回では、Form S-3の利用資格要件および利用可能範囲を抜本的に見直す提案について詳しく取り上げました。詳細はこちらをご覧ください 第3回となる今回は、現行のWKSI制度に対する重要な変更点について解説します。具体的には、新たに創設が提案されている適格上場発行体および適格実績上場発行体の区分と、それらが募集時のコミュニケーションにどのような影響を与えるのかを詳しく見ていきます。 はじめに SECの提案の中核をなすのは、募集プロセスにおける発行体区分の全面的な見直しです。委員会は、長年にわたり国内事業会社に適用されてきた「著名な実績のある発行体」(WKSI)の区分を廃止し、上場を基軸とする現代的な枠組みに置き換えることを提案しています。 WKSI区分は、2005年の導入以来、米国証券法上の最も柔軟な登録手続および募集時のコミュニケーションに関する特例を利用するための主要な要件として機能してきました。現行のSecurities Act Rule 405では、発行体はForm S-3(またはForm F-3)の利用要件を満たし、かつ年次報告書の提出から60日以内の判定日時点で、以下のいずれかの財務基準を満たす場合にWKSIに該当します。 非関連者が保有する普通株式の時価総額(パブリック・フロート)が7億ドル以上であること 過去3年間において、現金対価による登録一次募集により、非転換証券(普通株式を除く)の発行総額が10億ドル以上であること 歴史的に、WKSIはこれらの基準を満たすことにより、大きな制度上の優位性を享受してきた。とりわけ、提出と同時に効力を生じる自動シェルフ登録届出書を利用できることや、「pay-as-you-go(随時納付方式)」による登録手数料制度を利用できることがその代表例である。 しかし、市場環境の変化や技術革新の進展により、このパブリック・フロート依存型の枠組みの限界が次第に明らかになってきた。パブリック・フロート7億ドルという基準は、恣意的な障壁として機能し、小規模な上場発行体が有利な市場環境の下で迅速に資金調達を行う機会を制限してきた。この資金調達上の格差により、多くの取引所上場企業は、よりコストが高く透明性の低い私募その他の資金調達手段を利用せざるを得なくなっている。 こうした不均衡を是正するため、登録募集改革案では、国内事業会社についてWKSIの定義を廃止することが提案されている。一方で、WKSI資格は、Form F-3を利用する外国民間発行体(FPI)についてのみ維持される。この重要な区別により、異なる開示制度を採用している、または海外の証券取引所に上場している外国発行体については、従来のパブリック・フロート基準が維持され、外国資本の市場統合に必要な募集手続の効率性が確保される。これに対し、国内発行体については、SECは時価総額を基準とする制度から、規制遵守および取引所上場を重視する制度へと移行しようとしている。提案規則は、パブリック・フロートではなく、上場状況および開示義務の遵守状況に着目することで、公開市場へのアクセスをより広く開放し、資金調達の実行速度やコミュニケーションの柔軟性を、上場国内企業にとって標準的に利用可能な機能とすることを目指している。 国内募集に関する新たな三層構造フレームワーク案 提案された枠組みは、従来のS-3適格非WKSIおよびWKSIという区分を統合し、国内発行体を以下の3つの明確な上位階層に再構成するものです。 S-3適格発行体: Form S-3の簡素化された登録要件を満たす発行体(ただし、証券取引法に基づく報告を最新かつ適時に行っている限り、12か月の報告実績および最低7,500万ドルのパブリック・フロート要件は不要となる)。 適格上場発行体(ELI): 国内の証券取引所において少なくとも1種類の普通株式を上場しているS-3適格の事業会社。 実績ある適格上場発行体(SELI): 証券取引法第13条または第15条(d)に基づく報告義務の対象として、少なくとも12か月連続で継続的な開示報告を行っているELI。 この再編された階層構造の下では、Exchange Actに基づく報告会社の約74%がSELIに該当すると見込まれている。これは、現行のパブリック・フロート7億ドル基準のもとでWKSIに該当する報告会社が約36%にとどまっていることと比較して、上位区分における募集・登録上の特例適用範囲が大幅に拡大することを意味する。 技術的定義およびRule 405の改正 この枠組みを実施するため、委員会は、Regulation CのRule 405を改正し、ELIおよびSELIの双方について正式な定義を導入することを提案しています。 適格上場発行体(ELI)は、以下の条件を満たす発行体として定義されます。 Form S-3の登録要件を満たしていること(直近12か月間、または必要に応じてそれより短い期間において、証券取引法に基づく開示報告を最新かつ適時に行っていることを含む) 少なくとも1種類の普通株式が国法証券取引所に上場されていること 「BSP発行体」に該当しないこと。「BSP発行体」とは、Rule 405において新たに提案されるカテゴリーであり、ブランクチェックカンパニー、シェルカンパニー(企業結合取引に関連するシェルカンパニーを除く)、およびペニーストック発行体を含みます。BSP発行体の詳細については、本ブログシリーズ第2回(こちら:)を参照ください。 実績ある適格上場発行体(SELI)とは、適格上場発行体(ELI)であることに加え、証券取引法第13条または第15条(d)項に基づく報告義務を少なくとも12ヶ月連続して履行している発行体を指します。 発行体がELIまたはSELIに該当するか否かを判断する基準日は、現行のフォームS-3の適格性判定間隔に合わせるように設計されています。具体的には、発行体は以下のいずれかの時点でそのステータスを確認する必要があります。 最新の年次報告書(フォーム10-K)の提出時、または 新規登録届出書または登録届出書の効力発生後の修正届出書の提出時。 この基準日設定により、既存の報告および提出手続きを活用することで、一貫性が確保され、管理上のコンプライアンスコストが最小限に抑えられます。発行体が定期提出書類を最新の状態に維持できなかった場合、または普通株式が国内証券取引所から上場廃止となった場合、当該発行体は、その事象の発生時、または次回の判定日に、直ちにELIまたはSELIの資格を失います。この一か八かの罰則は、コンプライアンス担当者や法務顧問にとって、業務上のリスクを高めることになる。 コミュニケーション手段の拡充によるメリット 提案規則は、登録募集における「サイレント・ピリオド(quiet period)」期間中の情報発信を制限してきた証券法上のコミュニケーション規制に対し、大幅な見直しを行うものである。WKSIに類似したコミュニケーション上の特例をすべてのELIおよびForm
SEC、登録募集プロセスに関する画期的な規則改正案を公表 ― 第2部
2026年5月19日、米国証券取引委員会(SEC)は、登録募集制度の枠組みを20年以上ぶりに大幅に近代化する2つの規則改正案を提示しました。上場企業の届出資格の再調整と新興成長企業への支援拡大を提案する関連文書と連携して実施されるこの改革パッケージは、過去の規制上の摩擦を解消し、資金調達を促進し、大多数の上場企業にとってコンプライアンス体制を簡素化することを目的としています。 これらの変革的な規則改正案のうち、最初の改正案では、登録募集制度に関して以下の改革が提案されています。(i)フォームS-3による一括登録へのアクセスを拡大する、(ii)現在、実績のある著名な発行体のみが利用できる募集関連文書の使用を許可する、(iii)証券会社による調査レポートの提供範囲を拡大する、(iv)州法による優先適用範囲をすべての登録募集に拡大する、(v)フォームS-1への参照による組み込みの利用範囲を拡大する。 複数回にわたるブログシリーズで、登録募集改革案から始め、これら2つの規則案について詳しく解説します。シリーズ第1部では、背景と規則変更案の概要を説明しました(を参照)。この第2部では、フォームS-3に関連する変更案について詳しく見ていきます。 はじめに Form S-3を利用できることは、公開市場での資金調達を目指す企業にとって大きな利点をもたらします。その主な利点の一つは、シェルフ登録届出書を維持し、その登録届出書に基づいて、SECによる追加的な手続きを経ることなく、必要に応じて有価証券を発行できること(いわゆるシェルフ・テイクダウン)です。こうしたシェルフ・テイクダウンによる資金調達は非常に迅速に実行でき、市場における株価や取引量の上昇局面を捉えるために、場合によっては一晩で完了することもあります。また、Form S-3では将来の提出書類を参照により組み込むこと(forward incorporation by reference)が認められているため、定期的に提出されるSEC報告書を通じて開示内容が自動的に更新されます。 現在のForm S-3の制度は、1980年代初頭に確立された規制上の前提に基づいています。当時は、大規模かつ上場後一定期間を経た企業のみが、市場参加者による十分な分析・評価の対象となっているため、簡略化された登録手続および開示書類の統合を認めることが適切であると考えられていました。しかし現在では、SECは、電子的な情報伝達手段の普及に加え、EDGARシステムを通じた開示書類の提出が30年以上にわたり義務付けられてきたことにより、こうした厳格な適格性要件は時代遅れになったとの認識を示しています。登録制度を現代の資本市場の実態に適合させるため、SECはForm S-3の利用要件について2つの根本的な見直しを提案しています。 提案されている改正案は、Form S-3を用いたプライマリー・シェルフ募集の利用を阻む構造的な障壁を取り除くものです。現行の規制では、発行体がForm S-3によるプライマリー募集を行うためには、最低7,500万ドルの非関連株主保有時価総額(public float)を有し、かつ証券取引所法(Exchange Act)に基づく報告義務を12か月間履行している必要があります。提案されている枠組みでは、非関連株主保有時価総額の要件および12か月間の経過期間の要件の双方が完全に撤廃され、それに伴い、現行の「ベビー・シェルフ」ルールやその他の募集取引に関する適格性要件も不要となります。 Form S-3の利用要件の拡大 Form S-3の利用資格は、発行体に関する一般的な要件と、個々の取引に関する要件の双方によって構成されています。現在、企業がForm S-3を利用するためには、以下の要件を満たす必要があります。 米国発行体であること ― 発行体は、米国、その州もしくは準州、またはコロンビア特別区の法律に基づいて設立されており、主要な事業活動を米国またはその準州において行っている必要があります。 証券取引所法に基づく報告会社であること ― 発行体は、証券取引所法(Exchange Act)第12条(b)項または第12条(g)項に基づいて登録された有価証券のクラスを有しているか、または同法第15条(d)項に基づく報告義務を負っている必要があります。 1年間の経過期間を満たしていること ― 発行体は、登録届出書の提出直前の12暦月以上の期間にわたり、証券取引所法第12条または第15条(d)項の適用対象となっている必要があります。 証券取引所法上の報告義務を履行していること ― 発行体は、登録届出書の提出直前の12暦月以上の期間にわたり、証券取引所法第13条、第14条または第15条(d)項に基づき提出が求められる重要な書類をすべて提出している必要があります。 証券取引所法上の報告書を適時に提出していること ― 発行体は、登録届出書の提出直前の12暦月およびその一部期間において提出が求められるすべての報告書(Form 8-Kに関する特定の報告書を除く。)を適時に提出している必要があります。 一定の支払不履行または債務不履行がないこと ― 発行体は、証券取引所法(Exchange Act)第13条(a)項または第15条(d)項に基づいて提出された報告書において、発行体およびその連結子会社の監査済財務諸表が最後に含まれた事業年度末以降、(a) 優先株式に係る配当金または減債基金積立金の支払いを履行しなかったことがなく、また (b) ①借入金に係る元本または利息の支払債務、もしくは②一つ以上の長期リース契約に基づく賃料の支払債務について債務不履行が生じていないことが求められます。ただし、これらの債務不履行は、発行体ならびにその連結および非連結子会社全体の財務状況にとって重要なものである場合を対象とします。 EDGARおよびXBRLに関する要件を満たしていること ― 発行体は、Form S-3による登録届出書の提出直前の12暦月およびその一部期間において提出が求められるすべての報告書をEDGARシステム上で提出し、あわせて提出が義務付けられているすべてのXBRLデータを提出している必要があります。 S-3の適格性に関する詳細については、こちらの私のブログをご覧ください –。 さらに、発行体が一般的にForm S-3を利用する資格を有している場合でも、特定の取引において同フォームを使用するためには、一定の追加的要件を満たす必要があります。特に、一般指示1.B.1および1.B.6は、プライマリー・オファリングに関する要件を定めています。
SEC Proposes Transformative Rule Changes To The Registered Offering Process – Part 2
On May 19, 2026, the SEC proposed two separate rule changes that together represent the most significant modernization of the registered offering framework in more than twenty years. Operating in coordination with a companion release which proposes to recalibrate public company filer status and expand emerging growth company accommodations, this reform package is designed to dismantle historical regulatory friction, facilitate capital formation, and simplify the compliance architecture for a vast majority of public issuers
SEC、登録募集プロセスに関する画期的な規則改正案を公表 ― 第1部
2026年5月19日、SECは、登録募集プロセスおよび継続的なSEC報告コンプライアンスを、ほぼすべての上場企業にとって大幅に改善することを目的とした、2件の独立した規則改正案を公表しました。ポール・S・アトキンス委員長が掲げる、資本形成の簡素化と公開市場への参入要件の「適正化」という方針のもと、これらの改正案は、特に中小規模の上場企業に過度な負担を与えてきた、紙媒体時代に由来する長年の規制上の摩擦を解消することを目指しています。これらの規則改正案は、国内上場企業に対し、半期報告制度への移行を選択できるようにする最近の注目度の高い規則改正案に続くものです。当該規則案の概要については、以下をご参照ください。
SEC Proposes Transformative Rule Changes To The Registered Offering Process – Part l
On May 19, 2026, the SEC proposed two separate rule changes that together would significantly improve the registered offering process, and ongoing SEC reporting compliance for almost all public companies. Operating under Chairman Paul S. Atkins’s mandate to simplify capital formation and “rightsizer” public market entry, the proposed amendments seek to eliminate long-standing paper-era regulatory frictions that have disproportionately burdened small- and mid-sized public companies. These rule proposals follow the much anticipated recent proposed rule change to provide domestic public companies with the option to transition to a semi-annual reporting framework. For a summary of that rule proposal, see HERE.
NYSEアメリカン、低価格証券の上場廃止を迅速化する規則変更案を提示
国内証券取引所に上場する小型株およびマイクロキャップ発行体を取り巻く規制環境は、サーベンス・オクスリー法の制定以来、最も重要な構造的再編の局面を迎えている。長年にわたり、NYSEアメリカン・エルエルシー(以下「取引所」または「NYSEアメリカン」)は、成長企業向けの主要市場としての地位を確立し、ニューヨーク証券取引所やナスダック・グローバル・マーケットと比較して、従来よりも上場基準を満たしやすい定量的要件を備えた高度な規制環境を提供してきた。しかし、最近の一連の規則変更案、特にNYSEアメリカン・カンパニー・ガイド第1003条の大幅な改正およびその後の提出書類は、資本規模が小さく株価の低い発行体を市場から排除する方向への決定的な転換を示している。ただし、NYSEアメリカンは、最近のナスダックほど積極的な規則変更を行っていないことに留意すべきである。ナスダックが最近提案および施行した規則変更の概要については、 を参照されたい。また、ナスダックの規則変更と小型株IPOへの影響に関する音声解説については、こちらのポッドキャストをお聞きください 。
NYSE American Proposes Rule Changes To Accelerate Delisting Of Low-Priced Securities
The regulatory environment for small-cap and micro-cap issuers listed on national securities exchanges is undergoing its most significant structural realignment since the enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. For decades, the NYSE American LLC (the “Exchange” or “NYSE American”) has positioned itself as the premier venue for growth companies, offering a sophisticated regulatory environment with quantitative thresholds traditionally more accessible than those of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) or the Nasdaq Global Market. However, a recent series of proposed rule changes, culminating in the significant amendments to Section 1003 of the NYSE American Company Guide (the “Company Guide”) and subsequent filings, signals a decisive shift toward the mandatory removal of thinly capitalized and low-priced issuers. I note, however, that the NYSE American has not been as aggressive in its rule changes as Nasdaq recently. For a review of the recent Nasdaq proposed and enacted rule changes see HERE Also, for an audio review of the Nasdaq rule changes and the impact on small cap IPO’s you can hear my podcast HERE
市場総括 ― 2026年第1四半期
Market Wrap-Up – First Quarter 2026
ナスダック、SECによる取引停止後の企業を上場廃止とする新たな権限を提案
米SEC委員長ポール・S・アトキンス氏、「最小有効量」戦略で資本市場の活性化を提唱
企業結合におけるロックアップ契約に関するC&DIをSECが公表
デジタル取引に注力する上場企業
Digital Transaction Focused Public Companies
Market Makers Rely on Due Diligence in Reverse Mergers
OTCBB Reporting Requirements Enable Successful Reverse Mergers
Examination of Rule 144 and Potential Interpretations
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- CEO/CFO Certification Requirements
- CF Disclosure Guidance
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- Chief Sustainability Officer
- Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO)
- Clawback Rules
- Committee for Reserves International Reporting Standards (CRIRSCO)
- Compensation Discussion and Analysis (CD&A)
- Concurrent Private and Public Offerings
- Confidential Treatment Request (CTR)
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- Covid-19
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- Critical Audit Matters (CAMs)
- Crowdfunding
- Crypto Funds
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- Customer Protection Rule
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- Cybersecurity Risks
- DAD/PAL
- DAO Token
- De-SPAC
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- Delaware Courts
- Demo Days
- Depository Trust Company (DTC)
- Derivative Litigation
- DGCL Section 251(h)
- Digital Asset
- Digital Asset Securities
- Direct Listing Auction
- Direct Listing Process
- Direct Listings
- Direct Public Offerings (DPOs)
- Director Liability
- Disclosure Controls and Procedures (DCP)
- Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)
- Division of Economic Risk Analysis (DERA)
- Dodd-Frank Act
- Drag-along Rights
- DTC Eligibility
- Due Diligence
- EDGAR
- Emerging Growth Companies (EGC)
- Emerging Markets
- Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)
- Environmental Social and Governance (ESG)
- Equity Line Financing
- Equity Market Structure
- ESG Matters
- Ether
- Exchange Act Rule 10c-1
- Exchange Act Rule 12b-2
- Exchange Act Rule 12b-23
- Exchange Act Rule 12g3-2(b)
- Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
- Exempt Offerings
- Exhibits
- FAQs
- Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
- Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
- Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
- Financial Choice Act
- Financial Crime Enforcement Network (FinCEN)
- Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
- Financial Reporting Manual (FRM)
- Finder’s Fees
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- Finders New York
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- Form 1-A
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- Form PF
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- Form S-8
- Form SD
- Form SR
- Forward Incorporation By Reference
- Free Writing Prospectus
- Free Writing Prospectus (FWP)
- Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
- Functional Token
- Funding Portals
- GAAP
- Going Public
- Government Accountability Office (GAO)
- Greenshoe Option
- Guest Authors
- Gun Jumping
- Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (HFCA)
- Hostile Takeover
- Howey Test
- IDQS
- Incorporation By Reference
- Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs)
- Initial Cryptocurrency Offerings
- Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)
- Inline XBRL Tagging
- Insider Trading
- Institutional a Institutional Accredited Investors (“IAIs”)
- Internal Control Over Financial Reporting (ICFR)
- Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting (ICFR)
- Intrastate: Rule 147
- Intrastate: Rule 147A
- Intrastate: Section 3(a)(11)
- Investment Company Act
- Investment Company Complex (ICC)
- Investor Advisory Committee (IAC)
- IPO Cross
- Issuer Direct Offering (IDO)
- JOBS Act IPO
- Know Your Customer (KYC)
- Large Accelerated Filer
- LEI Number
- Liquidation Preferences
- Listing Of Additional Shares (LAS)
- Litecoin
- Long-Term Stock Exchange (LTSE)
- M&A Brokers
- Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation (MD&A)
- Materiality
- Members Exchange (MEMX)
- Meme Stocks
- Merger Transaction
- Mergers And Acquisitions
- Money Services Businesses (MSB)
- MUN Token
- Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB)
- NASAA
- NASDAQ
- Nasdaq Board Diversity Rule
- Nasdaq Direct Listings
- Nasdaq ESG Reporting Guide
- Nasdaq Global Market
- Nasdaq IM-5101-1
- Nasdaq Listed Companies
- NASDAQ Listing Requirements
- Nasdaq Rule 5250(c)
- NASDAQ Rule 5250(d)
- Nasdaq Rule 5250(e)
- Nasdaq Rule 5605
- Nasdaq Rule 5605(f)
- Nasdaq Rule 5606(a)
- Nasdaq Rule 5635(d)
- Nasdaq Rule Amendments
- NASDAQ Temporary Rule 5636T
- Nasdaq Updated LAS Form
- National Futures Association (NFA)
- Nevada Corporate Statutes
- Nevada Statutes
- NFTs
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- NYSE
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- NYSE Direct Listings
- NYSE MKT
- NYSE MKT Listing Requirements
- NYSE Section 312.03(c)
- Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE)
- Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
- Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (FTI)
- Oldie Token
- OTC Markets
- OTC Markets Listing Requirements
- OTC PINK
- OTCIQ
- OTCQB
- OTCQX
- Over the Counter Display Facility (ODF)
- Overallotment Option
- Pay Ratio Disclosure Rules
- Pay Versus Performance
- PCAOB
- PCAOB Auditing
- PCAOB Chairman William D. Duhnke III
- PCAOB Rule 6100
- Penny Stocks
- PIPE Transactions
- Post- Filing Period
- Pre-Effectiveness Period
- Pre-Filing Period
- Pre-IPO Discount
- Preferred Equity
- Primary Direct Floor Listing
- Principal Executive Officer (PEO)
- Private Investment in Public Equity (PIPE)
- Private Offerings
- Private Placement Memorandum
- Private Placements
- Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA)
- Proposed Rule 10c-1
- Proxy Advisory Firms
- Proxy Disclosure
- Proxy Process
- Proxy Rules
- Proxy Statement
- Proxy Voting
- Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)
- Public Market Listing Standards
- Public Shell Company
- Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIBs)
- Registered Debt Offerings
- Registered National Securities Association (RNSA)
- Regulation A
- Regulation A Offerings
- Regulation A+
- Regulation A+ IPO
- Regulation A+ Tier 1
- Regulation A+ Tier 2
- Regulation ATS
- Regulation C
- Regulation CF
- Regulation Crowdfunding
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- Regulation D
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- Regulation FD
- Regulation G
- Regulation M
- Regulation NMS
- Regulation S
- Regulation S-K
- Regulation S-P
- Regulation S-T
- Regulation S-X
- Regulation SCI
- Regulation SHO
- Regulation T
- Relief
- Reporting Requirements
- Retail Strategy Task Force
- Reverse Mergers
- Reverse Split
- Reverse Triangular Merger
- Ripple
- Risk Alert
- Risk Factors
- Road Shows
- Rule 10b-17
- Rule 10b-18
- Rule 10b5-1
- Rule 10b5-2(b)
- Rule 13-01
- Rule 13-02
- Rule 134
- Rule 135
- Rule 144
- Rule 144 Legal Opinions
- Rule 144 Opinion Letters
- Rule 144(d)
- Rule 144(d)(3)(ii)
- Rule 144A
- Rule 145
- Rule 147
- Rule 147A
- Rule 148
- Rule 14a-2(b)
- Rule 14a-8
- Rule 14a-8 No-Action Letter
- Rule 14a-8(b)
- Rule 152
- Rule 156
- Rule 15a-6
- Rule 15a-6(b)(3
- Rule 15C2-11
- Rule 15g-1(b)
- Rule 163
- Rule 17a-7
- Rule 206
- Rule 2241
- Rule 2242
- Rule 241
- Rule 24b-2
- Rule 255
- Rule 2a51-1(b)
- Rule 3-10
- Rule 3-16
- Rule 3a51-1
- Rule 405
- Rule 406
- Rule 415
- Rule 419
- Rule 501
- Rule 501 of Regulation D
- Rule 501(a)
- Rule 503
- Rule 504
- Rule 504 of Regulation D
- Rule 505
- Rule 506
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- Rule 506(c)
- Rule 506(c) of Regulation D
- Rule 5100
- Rule 5101
- Rule 5110
- Rule 5121
- Rule 5635(d)
- Rule 6490
- Rule 701
- Rule 701(e)
- Rule 803
- Rule 83
- Rural Business Investment Companies (RBICs)
- S-1 Filings
- S-1 Registration Statement
- S-3 Eligibility
- S-3 Registration Statement
- S-3 Shelf Registrations
- Safe Harbors
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX)
- Schedule 13D
- Schedule 13G
- Schedule 14A
- Schedule 14C
- Schedule 15G
- Schedule TO
- SEA Rule 15c2-11
- SEC
- SEC Advisory Committee
- SEC Auditor Independence Rules
- SEC Bulletin
- SEC Chair Allison Herron Lee
- SEC Chair Gary Gensler
- SEC Chairman Jay Clayton
- SEC Chief Accountant Wes Bricker
- SEC Chief Accountant Wes Bricker
- SEC Comment Letters
- SEC Commissioner Caroline A. Crenshaw
- SEC Commissioner Hester M. Peirce
- SEC Disclosure Effectiveness Initiative
- SEC Disclosures
- SEC Division of Corporation Finance
- SEC Division of Enforcement
- SEC Exempt Offerings
- SEC Fall 2020 Regulatory Agenda
- SEC Filings
- SEC Guidance
- SEC Investor Alert
- SEC Office of the Chief Accountant (OCA)
- SEC Payment Methods
- SEC Penalties Act
- SEC Proxy Rules
- SEC Regulatory Agenda
- SEC Reporting Requirements
- SEC Risk Alerts
- SEC Rule 10A-3
- SEC Rule 15c2-11
- SEC Schedule 14A
- SEC Subpoena Power
- Section 10(a)(3)
- Section 10D to the Exchange Act
- Section 11
- Section 12
- Section 12(a)
- Section 12(b)
- Section 12(g)
- Section 12(g) Registration
- Section 12g
- Section 12g3-2
- Section 13
- Section 13(d)
- Section 13(g)
- Section 13(q)
- Section 14
- Section 15(d)
- Section 16
- Section 17(b)
- Section 18
- Section 2(a)(15)
- section 2(a)(48)
- Section 21F
- Section 27A
- Section 3(a)(10)
- Section 3(a)(11)
- Section 3(a)(2)
- Section 3(a)(39)
- Section 3(a)(5)(A)
- Section 3(a)(9)
- Section 3(c)(1)
- Section 304
- Section 4(2)
- Section 4(a)(1)
- Section 4(a)(2)
- Section 4(a)(4)
- Section 4(a)(5)
- Section 4(a)(6)
- Section 4(a)(7)
- Section 5
- Section 5(d)
- Section 503
- Section 507
- Section 508
- Section 8(a)
- Securities Act
- Securities Act of 1933
- Securities Act Rule 411
- Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA)
- Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC)
- Securities Law
- Securities Lending Market
- Securities Tokens
- Security Token Offering (STO)
- Security-based Swaps
- Self-Regulatory Organizations (SROs)
- Senate
- Share Repurchase Disclosure Rules
- Shareholder Proposals
- Simple Agreement for Future Tokens (SAFT)
- Small Business Administration (SBA)
- Small Business Capital Formation
- Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee
- Small Public Company Coalition (SPCC)
- Smaller Reporting Company (SRC)
- Smart Contracts
- SPAC IPO Process
- SPAC IPOs
- SPAC Nasdaq Listing Requirements
- SPAC Nasdaq Listing Standards
- SPAC Rules
- SPAC Shareholder Litigation
- SPAC Spin-Offs
- SPAC Trading
- SPAC Warrants
- Special Purchase Vehicle
- Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPAC)
- Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs)
- Spin-Off
- Super 8-K Requirements
- Suspicious Activity Reports (SAR)
- Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs)
- Tag along Rights
- Test The Waters
- The BSTX
- The CARES Act
- The FAST Act
- The Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (HFCA)
- The Howey Test
- The JOBS Act
- The Reves Test
- The U.S. Department of the Treasury
- Title III Crowdfunding
- Total Shareholder Return (TSR)
- Transfer Agent Rules
- Transfer Restrictions
- U.S. House of Representatives
- Universal Proxy Cards
- Unregistered Offerings
- Utility Tokens
- Venture Capital
- Virtual Currencies
- Virtual Roadshows
- Voting Rights
- White Paper
- William Hinman
- XBRL
- XRP
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