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May it continue to use the foreign private issuer forms and rules until it retests its foreign private issuer status on the next determination date? Assume that the due date of the periodic report is a Saturday, Sunday or federal holiday, and the effective date of the delisting occurs on the first business day following that due date. This position is consistent with the look back provision of Rule 12h-3(e), which provides that a company that suspends its reporting obligation under Rule 12h-3, but subsequently has that reporting obligation revived, must begin reporting again under Section 15(d) by filing a Form 10-K for its previous fiscal year. [September 30, 2008]. [September 30, 2008], 280.01 Exchange Act Release No. Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B)(1) would not be available. 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 . Question: What filings should a non-reporting foreign private issuer make when it succeeds to the reporting obligation of an issuer under Exchange Act Rule 12g-3? Answer: If an employee acts in good faith and is not aware of material nonpublic information at the time she provides written or oral instructions as to payroll deduction purchases, a defense would be available for those purchases under Rule 10b5-1(c). Question: Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act provides an automatic suspension of the periodic reporting obligation as to any fiscal year (except for the fiscal year in which the registration statement became effective) if an issuer has fewer than 300 security holders of record at the beginning of such fiscal year. Within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(2), the person and the trust will be a single person. Answer: A person who has permanent resident status in the U.S. a so-called Green Card holder is presumed to be a U.S. resident. Answer: Yes. Instead, the analysis would focus on whether the person was aware of material nonpublic information at the time she places the market order. A Form 15 with respect to the class of securities being delisted may not be filed prior to the effective date of the Form 25 for the delisting since the reporting obligations pursuant to Sections 12(g) and 15(d) remain suspended until that date. Question: Can an issuer that submits Exchange Act reports on a voluntary basis satisfy the definitions of accelerated filer or large accelerated filer in Rule 12b-2? Answer: No. For example, if a non-reporting foreign private issuer acquires a reporting foreign private issuer using shares as consideration in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act (such as under Section 3(a)(10)), how should the non-reporting foreign private issuer begin filing on EDGAR? An application must be submitted to the Office of the Secretary either in paper or electronic format. The company proposed that the plan provide for an automatic reduction in the aggregate number of shares authorized for repurchase under the plan equal to the number of shares, if any, that the company discloses in Form 10-Q, Part II, Item 2 that it has repurchased in privately negotiated transactions. The Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") recently approved final rules introducing new amendments and disclosure requirements under Rule 10b5-1 of the . 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? [September 30, 2008]. [March 31, 2020]. 111 and Question 120.16. To whom are the principal executive and financial officers disclosing significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting, or fraud involving management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal control over financial reporting? If during the term of the trust the person can control what portion of the Rule 144(e) volume limitation is available for trust sales, the person would be permitted to exercise subsequent influence over trust sales within the meaning of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B)(3). Once the Form 25 is effective the company may file a Form 15 which will immediately suspend its Exchange Act reporting obligations. A company registers securities under Section 12 by filing an Exchange Act registration statement such as on Form 10, Form 20-F or Form 8-A. Question: An issuer files a Form 25 to delist a class of securities from a national securities exchange and to terminate the Section 12(b) registration of that class. 25, 2009]. If the amendment does not contain or amend disclosure pursuant to Item 307 or 308 of Regulation S-K (or the equivalent disclosure requirement in Form 20-F or 40-F), and such disclosure is not otherwise required to be amended given the nature of the reasons for the amendment, paragraphs 4 and 5 may be omitted from the certifications that are filed with the amendment. After filing the Form 25, the issuer files a Form 12b-25 with respect to a periodic report that is due between the date it filed the Form 25 and the effective date for the delisting under Rule 12d2-2(d)(1). Rule 12g-4 affects only Section 13(a) reporting requirements that arise from Section 12(g) registration and does not affect any reporting requirement under Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that may become operative in connection with the termination of Section 12(g) registration. 1 Twitter 2 Facebook 3RSS 4YouTube The Form 10- K is required regardless of whether the company suspends its reporting obligation under Section 15(d) or Rule 12h-3. It is uncertain as to its ability to file the required report within the applicable Rule 12b-25(b)(2)(ii) period. 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. ( F) A person's right to acquire equity securities through the exercise or conversion of any derivative security, whether or not presently exercisable. Question: Must an issuer that is filing or submitting reports exclusively under Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act on a voluntary basis (for example, pursuant to a covenant in an indenture or similar document), due to a statutory suspension of the Section 15(d) filing obligation, comply with Rules 15d-14 and 15d-15 and the disclosures required by Item 307 and Item 308 of Regulation S-K? Answer: The rule is intended to apply broadly. Answer: Yes. Will issuers be required to mark the check boxes in 2023 before an issuer is required to adopt a recovery policy and comply with the applicable listing standards? L. 106-102, Nov. 12, 1999, 113 Stat. 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. [December 8, 2016]. 25, 2009]. 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. Within the guidelines specified by Rule 12b-23, an issuer may incorporate by reference into its own Exchange Act documents any information contained in the filed documents of another issuer. After the offering, the issuers net tangible assets will be less than $2 million and the common stock will not be an NMS Stock, as defined in Section 242.600(b)(47) of Regulation NMS. [December 8, 2016]. The proxy statement still must be filed independently to comply with Rule 14a-6. If those functions are divided between both boards, the issuer may aggregate the members of both boards for purposes of calculating the majority. Answer: Yes. In contrast, Rule 12h-3 permits a company to suspend its reporting obligation under Section 15(d) if the requirements of the rule are met at any time during the fiscal year. Answer: No. 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? Pursuant to Rule 12b-25, there are no additional extensions of time beyond the 15 calendar days for annual reports and the 5 calendar days for quarterly reports. 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. Filers that are unable to submit or post Interactive Data Files when required must comply with the hardship exemption requirements of either Rule 201 (temporary hardship exemption) or Rule 202 (continuing hardship exemption) of Regulation S-T. Question: At a time when he is not aware of material nonpublic information, a person will establish a blind trust to which he will contribute some, but not all, of the issuer securities that he owns. 284.01 A registration statement under the Securities Act relates to the initial public offering of common stock. [September 30, 2008]. 7881 (Aug. 15, 2000), at fn. As a result, Rule 12b-25 cannot be used to extend the time available for satisfying Part IIIs line-items by incorporating the proxy statement. The issuer is not permitted to file a special financial statement report containing such audited financial statements pursuant to Rule 15d-2 (as opposed to an annual report in accordance with Rule 13a-1). Does adoption of the Rule 10b5-1 plan change the due date for the Form 144? Apart from this specification, she does not have or share any control over the trust's assets. 25, 2009]. Question: If the Rule 12b-25 extension period ends on a Saturday, Sunday or federal holiday, may the periodic report be filed on the next business day and still be deemed to have been timely filed? Question: What is the due date of a Form 12b-25 when the due date of the periodic report falls on a Saturday, Sunday or federal holiday? 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. The Form 10-K must be amended by the 120th day to disclose the Part III information if the definitive proxy statement has not been filed, as stated in the general instruction. With two legislative days remaining until Crossover Day, legislators and lobbyists spent all . Absent other factors indicating the location from which an issuer's officers, partners, or managers primarily direct, control and coordinate the issuer's activities on a consolidated basis, as described in Securities Act Rules CDI 203.22 / Exchange Act Rules CDI 110.07, there is no single factor or group of factors that is determinative of whether an issuer's business is principally administered in the United States. [September 30, 2008], 254.01 If an issuer of a guaranteed security has a different class of securities that is registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, the issuer cannot rely on Rule 12h-5 for reporting relief until it deregisters the other class of securities. Amendments to Exchange Act Rule 3b-16 Regarding the Definition of "Exchange;" . (19) of Form 40-F must be provided? A U.S.-domiciled company can never be a foreign issuer or foreign private issuer, no matter how few U.S. shareholders it may have or where its assets, business, officers or directors are located. The instruction to the broker, which is an instruction to another person within the meaning of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(A)(2), specifies the date of the transaction and imposes a limit on the price, within the meaning of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(iii)(B). [June 4, 2010]. Answer: The new CEO, provided that he or she is the principal executive officer at the time of the filing. Answer: No. Exchange Act Rule 0-12 describes the procedures for seeking an exemption under Section 36. Issuers must apply a determination methodology on a consistent basis. If the company determines that it does not have a valid Section 10(a) prospectus, it should cease making any offers or sales under the registration statement that includes that prospectus. Although Rule 12g-3 technically does not apply because only one issuer is involved, the Division is of the view that the new common stock would succeed to the registered status of the old common stock, so that continuous Exchange Act reporting would be required. [September 30, 2008]. 1338. In the Citizens and Southern Corp. no-action letter (Feb. 8, 1988) issued by the Division, we state that, for a plan filing annual reports on Form 11-K, no other reports required by Section 13 of the 1934 Act would be required. [September 30, 2008], 220.01 After the written trading plan described in Q&A 120.11 has been in effect for several months, the broker that has been executing plan sales goes out of business at a time when the person is aware of material nonpublic information. Is the Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B)(3) defense available to the person when the bank sells the stock? Question: Does canceling one or more plan transactions affect the availability of the Rule 10b5-1(c) defense for future plan transactions? Rule 0-13 Commission procedures for filing applications to request a substituted compliance order under the Exchange Act. Consequently, if he is aware of material nonpublic information at the time of exercise, no defense will be available under Rule 10b5-1(c). The notice on Form 144 is effective for a maximum of three months, so that sales over longer periods will involve multiple requirements of notice under Rule 144(h). The question is whether the prospectus forming part of the registration statement should disclose the applicability of Rule 15g-9, the penny stock cold-calling rule, in the event of a price decline in the aftermarket. Question: May an issuer rely on Rule 12b-25 for an extension to file a special financial report under Rule 15d-2? Washington, D.C. 20549 . ( d) Emerging growth company eligibility - Question: Is the Rule 10b5-1(c) affirmative defense available where a person establishes a Rule 10b5-1 written trading plan while aware of material nonpublic information if the plan is structured so that plan transactions will not begin until after the material nonpublic information is made public? [Mar. Rule 12d2-2(d)(5) specifies that the issuers duty to file any reports under Section 13(a) solely because of registration pursuant to Section 12(b) will be suspended upon the effective date of the delisting. Does the contract nevertheless need to be written to establish a defense under Rule 10b5-1(c)? The bracketed date following each C&DI is the latest date of publication or revision. Other than the referenced section, the process and registration statements used are the same as for a Section 12 (g) registration. 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. 25, 2009]. S7-12-22), supra. Answer: This is a question of fact. Question: At a time when she is not aware of material nonpublic information, a person establishes a trust. 25, 2009]. If, however, the person is acting in good faith and provides instructions for the fund-switching transaction at a time when she is not aware of material nonpublic information, the fund-switching transaction would not disturb the Rule 10b5-1(c) defense for a payroll deduction purchase under the 401(k) plan. If the margin account contract did not permit the insider to exercise any subsequent influence over how, when, or whether to effect purchases or sales, and the broker did not in fact give the person the opportunity to substitute or provide additional collateral or cash, a defense would be available under Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B)(3) if the broker is not aware of material nonpublic information in selling the margined securities. Question: At a time when she is not aware of material nonpublic information, a person obtains a bank loan to invest in real estate, and pledges securities as collateral. The The registrant would still need to file a Form 10-K for the last fiscal year because the Form S-3 and Form S-8 were updated that year. Answer: Rule 12b-25(d) provides that, during the extension period, a company will not be eligible to use any registration statement form under the Securities Act the use of which is predicated on timely filed reports until the subject report is actually filed. The staff interprets the term use contained in the rule to mean that a company would not be eligible to file a new registration statement on Form S-3 until the subject report is filed within the extension period. If a filer does not file its proxy statement or amend its Form 10-K within 120 days, it would be considered an untimely filer. [September 30, 2008]. Rule 3a1-1 Exemption from the definition of "Exchange" under Section 3 (a) (1) of the Act. If the company does not anticipate filing the periodic report within the extension period, it should not check the box in Part II of Form 12b-25. How can the registrant suspend its Section 15(d) obligation on a going forward basis? These exemptive requests, if submitted electronically, must be sent to: Section 36 Exemptive Applications [September 30, 2008]. [Mar. [Mar. 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. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION . C&DIs for Exchange Act Section 16 rules have been separately published and can be found at Exchange Act Section 16 and Related Rules and Forms. That provision, however, does not apply to domestic issuers. Registrants unable to rely on the COVID-19 Order are encouraged to contact the staff to discuss collateral consequences of late filings. Whether or not any terms are set at creation, for a Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B)(3) defense to be available, the person is not permitted to exercise any subsequent influence over how, when, or whether a transaction occurs. [Mar. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission is adopting amendments to 17 CFR 240.15c2-12 ("Rule 15c2-12" or "Rule") under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Answer: If the written trading plan by its terms doesn't specify these dates, the analysis would focus on each transaction, and depend on whether the person is aware of material nonpublic information at each time she places a non-discretionary limit order. N.B. 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)? Answer: No. Question: For purposes of the definition of foreign private issuer in Securities Act Rule 405 and Exchange Act Rule 3b-4(c), how does an issuer determine whether its business is administered principally in the United States?

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