Securities and Capital Markets Alerts http://www.haynesboone.com/ Haynes and Boone alerts for the Securities and Capital Markets Practice en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 18:21:20 GMT Wed, 22 May 2013 18:21:20 GMT SEC Clarifies the Application of Regulation FD to Social Media Disclosures Since the announcement of the investigation by the SEC of the CEO of Netflix, Inc. for a July 2012 Facebook post celebrating a company milestone, there has been considerable uncertainty as to whether companies can use social media outlets, like Facebook and Twitter, to communicate with investors without violating Regulation Fair Disclosure (“Regulation FD”). http://www.haynesboone.com/es/SEC-Regulation-FD-Social-Media-Disclosures Publication c291cbb5-7cc5-466e-9e34-bafe2ad9c3e3 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT PCAOB Auditing Standard No. 16 Outlines Requirements for Communications between Audit Committees and Auditors The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) recently issued Auditing Standard No. 16, Communications with Audit Committees (“Standard 16”), to provide a framework for the discussions that an auditor must undertake with the audit committee of its public company clients. http://www.haynesboone.com/es/PCAOB-Auditing-Standard-No-16 Publication ac41d19e-a227-463c-8b1b-3ab6b6749641 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Hart-Scott-Rodino Act: Annual Jurisdictional Thresholds Revisions The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its annual revisions to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act) jurisdictional thresholds effective on February 11, 2013. http://www.haynesboone.com/es/HSR-Annual-Revisions-2013 Publication f8c220fc-bc4d-4217-84f4-16661f9567d8 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT EDGAR Submissions of Draft Registration Statements and New JOBS Act FAQs The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) recently adopted a new EDGAR Filer Manual, which provides that effective October 15, 2012, emerging growth companies under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (“JOBS Act”) must now use EDGAR to submit confidential draft registration statements. http://www.haynesboone.com/es/EDGAR-Submissions-Draft-Registration-Statements-New-JOBS-Act-FAQ Publication 23671c4d-2c19-4729-acd8-181bd4c9b033 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT NYSE and NASDAQ Issue Proposed Rules on Compensation Committee Independence Standards As required pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the final rule issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) in June 2012, the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) and NASDAQ each issued proposed rules on the independence of compensation committees and their advisers on September 25, 2012. The proposed rules are subject to approval by the SEC. http://www.haynesboone.com/es/newsroom/pubdetail.aspx?pub=3904 Publication 07c99692-8688-4d88-83f5-da696584b4ab Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT SEC Issues Rules on Disclosing Use of Conflict Minerals The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has implemented Congress’ initiative to use disclosure requirements of U.S. securities laws to inhibit the ability of armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to fund their activities through the exploitation of trade in conflict minerals. http://www.haynesboone.com/es/Disclosing-Use-of-Conflict-Minerals Publication aaafde99-48a2-40ba-9e60-7f55b962171b Mon, 24 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT SEC Requires New Disclosures by Resource Extraction Issuers In the next year, companies that work in the development of oil, natural gas or minerals will have to publicly make new disclosures of payments of $100,000 or more made to governments. The $100,000 threshold is on a project-by-project basis, and will require companies to provide details of the type and amounts of payments made. http://www.haynesboone.com/es/newsroom/pubdetail.aspx?pub=3883 Publication ec90b829-c3ef-406d-bf41-57cb02b74fc1 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT People Got to be Free (to Advertise): Proposed Rules to Permit Advertising in Rule 506 Offerings On August 29, 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission released proposed rules to permit general advertising and solicitation in certain private placement offerings as required by the recently enacted JOBS Act. The proposed rules permit issuers to advertise in connection with Rule 506 private placement offerings so long as the securities are sold only to accredited investors. http://www.haynesboone.com/es/newsroom/pubdetail.aspx?pub=3878 Publication ffcc3470-74b7-4cfe-b6df-01e6530028ba Fri, 07 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT SEC Directs National Exchanges to Adopt Listing Standards for Compensation Committees and Compensation Advisers and Updates Compensation Consultant Disclosure Requirements As required under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank), on June 20, 2012, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved a rule that directs national securities exchanges to adopt listing standards for public company boards of directors and compensation advisers. See Release Nos. 33-9330 and 34-67220. http://www.haynesboone.com/es/newsroom/pubdetail.aspx?pub=3842 Publication 2764f2cc-da88-4401-9a14-55718ccb005c Thu, 28 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT