Foreign Private Issuers – SEC Registration And Reporting And Nasdaq Corporate Governance – Part 3
Although many years ago I wrote a high-level review of foreign private issuer (FPI) registration and ongoing disclosure obligations, I have not drilled down on the subject until now. While I’m at it, in the multi part blog series, I will cover the Nasdaq corporate governance requirements for listed FPIs.
In Part 1 in this series, I covered the definition of a foreign private issuer (FPI), registration and ongoing reporting requirements – see HERE. In Part 2 I covered Rules 801 and 802 of the Securities Act, which give FPI’s registration exemptions for rights offerings and exchange offers, respectively – see HERE. In this Part 3, I discuss the Nasdaq corporate governance requirements for FPIs.
Nasdaq Corporate Governance
In addition to its quantitative listing standards, Nasdaq imposes certain corporate governance and board composition requirements as part of its listing standards. FPIs, however, are exempt from numerous of these standards and may instead opt to comply with home
