How is this analyzed for purposes of Rule 10b5-1(c)? SCHEDULE 13G Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. Subpart A - Rules and Regulations Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ( 240.0-1 - 240.12a-11) General ( 240.12b-1 - 240.12b-7) 240.12b-1 Scope of regulation. Is the sale pursuant to the option exercise covered by an affirmative defense under Rule 10b5-1(c)? [Apr. Question: Under applicable state law, an oral agreement would be considered a binding contract. The fee rates set forth in Exchange Act Rule 0-11 do not apply. [September 30, 2008]. It must comply with the accelerated filer deadlines for its Forms 10-Q filed after its formation but prior to the filing of its first Form 10-K, and the company must check the box on the cover pages of these Forms 10-Q indicating that it is an accelerated filer. 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. What Exchange Act filings must the registrant make after it files the Form 15? [Mar. The broker executing plan repurchases would review company filings to determine the amount of any such repurchases that had been disclosed. 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. [September 30, 2008]. Question: Can Rule 12b-25 be used to extend the due date for timely filing of information incorporated by reference from definitive proxy materials into Item III of Form 10-K? Answer: No. Answer: As set forth in paragraph (a) of Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14, where an issuer does not have a principal executive officer or a principal financial officer, the person or persons performing similar functions at the time of filing of the report must execute the required certification. [September 30, 2008]. 7b-3. [September 30, 2008]. 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? Rules of General Application (Rules 0-1 to 3a5-3) Answer: Yes. eCFR :: 12 CFR Part 11 -- Securities Exchange Act Disclosure Rules 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]. Question: Is an employee benefit plan with a Section 15(d) reporting obligation that files Forms 11-K, or that has its filing obligation satisfied by compliance with Exchange Act Rule 15d-21, required to file any other current or periodic reports under the Exchange Act? 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. The companys next Form 10-Q is due on the same Sunday the Form 25 will become effective. Answer: The registrant can suspend the Section 15(d) obligation on a going forward basis provided: (1) the registrant first files post-effective amendments to the Form S-3 and Form S-8 to terminate those offerings; (2) those post-effective amendments become effective before the registrant files a Form 10-K for the last fiscal year; and (3) all of the applicable conditions in Rule 12h-3 are met. 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. Can the person modify the Form 144 to state that the representation regarding the sellers knowledge of material information regarding the issuer is as of the date the Rule 10b5-1 plan was adopted or instructions given, rather than the date the person signs the Form 144? L. 106-102, Nov. 12, 1999, 113 Stat. 117-121. Such individualized disclosure is required about executive officers for whom the issuer otherwise provides individualized compensation disclosure in the filing. 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. (1) the term ''Commission'' means the Securities and Exchange Commission; and (2) the term ''Federal securities laws'' has the meaning given the term securities laws by section 3(a)(47) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. [Mar. Answer: Because the certification relates to the entire Form 10-K or 10-Q, the amendment should include the entire report, not just the signature page. PDF Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the - GovInfo PDF 7b-3 TITLE 7AGRICULTURE Page 94 (2) For all swaps that are not [January 27, 2023]. For example, if an issuer became subject to the requirements of Section 13(a) on January 15 and remains subject to Section 13(a) through the end of the year, it will have been subject to the requirements of Section 13(a) for eleven calendar months as of December 31. The effect is not to constitute the 120th day as a second due date for the Part III information. Question: Could fund-switching transactions under the 401(k) plan described in Question 120.21 be considered "corresponding or hedging transactions" within the meaning of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(C) with respect to payroll deduction purchases under the 401(k) plan? In this example, the person has retained discretion over the timing of the option exercise. 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. 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: During a month when the written trading plan described in Question 120.11 is in effect, the person calls the broker to place an order to sell an additional 15,000 shares at the market. Viewed together, the option and the instruction specify the amount of securities, the price and the date of the transaction for purposes of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B)(1). 25, 2009]. 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? 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? 25, 2009]. Often times those agreements contain commercially sensitive terms that could result in competitive harm if revealed to the public. 25, 2009]. Horizon Therapeutics plc - Rule 2.12 Announcement 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. Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid previously. Question: A person who has adopted a written trading plan or given trading instructions to satisfy Rule 10b5-1(c) plans to sell the securities in reliance on Rule 144. The person may transfer plan transactions to a different broker without being deemed to have cancelled the original plan and adopted a new plan if the transfer to the new broker is timed so that there is no cancellation of any transaction scheduled in the original plan, and the new broker effects sales in accordance with the original plans terms in compliance with Rule 10b5-1(c). [September 30, 2008]. Where several Exchange Act reports are being amended at the same time, the amendments should not be made in a single filing. With the advice of the Division of Trading and Markets, the Division staff recommended disclosure concerning the rule in the prospectus. As a general matter, a fund-switching transaction that effects a sale could be a corresponding or hedging transaction under Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(C) with respect to a payroll deduction purchase under the 401(k) plan. Question: For purposes of applying the primary trading market definition under Rule 12h-6(f)(5), may an issuer consider all securities trading markets in countries that are part of the European Union as a single foreign jurisdiction? Question: If Company A files proxy materials for the transfer of substantially all of its assets to its wholly-owned subsidiary, Company B, in exchange for shares of Company B stock, will Company A have to pay the filing fee contemplated by Rule 0-11 or Exchange Act Section 14(g)? The following is an example of an advisory vote description that would not be consistent with Rule 14a-21 because it is not clear from the description as to what shareholders are being asked to vote on. Answer: No. Either the old or new fiscal year could, therefore, be as short as 359 days, or as long as 371 days (372 in a leap year). While a transition report would not be required, a Form 8-K (Item 5.03) may have to be filed to report the change in fiscal year-end. Is a defense available under Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B)(3) for the quarterly sales by the trust? The same analysis applies whether the option is a put or a call. Registrants unable to rely on the COVID-19 Order are encouraged to contact the staff to discuss collateral consequences of late filings. Paragraphs 1 and 2 may not be omitted under any circumstances. [Aug. 11, 2010]. What effect does this have on the availability of a Rule 10b5-1(c) defense? Rule 12b-25 is available to registrants filing special financial reports under Rule 15d-2. 7881 (Aug. 15, 2000), text at fn. To whom is the registered public accounting firm reporting critical accounting policies and practices? A Form 12b-25 filing does not extend the original due date of a report. SEC.gov | Exchange Act Rules These purchases are made pursuant to bi-weekly payroll deductions. 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. [September 30, 2008]. Does adoption of the Rule 10b5-1 plan change the due date for the Form 144? (Release No. 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. The Commission publishes orders and related press releases concerning current fee rates on the Commission's web site at www.sec.gov. The securities of a successor issuer described in Rule 12g-3 are deemed to be registered under Section 12 by operation of law, and no Exchange Act registration statement on Form 8-A or any other form therefore need be filed. If it is not the titular CEO, the company should disclose in the filing that the certifying individual is performing the functions of a principal executive officer. 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 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). [September 30, 2008]. If a registrant properly files a Form 12b-25 with respect to a periodic report, and the Rule 12b-25 extension period for the filing of the periodic report ends on a Saturday, Sunday or federal holiday, the periodic report will be deemed to have been filed within the Rule 12b-25 extension period if the registrant files the periodic report by the next business day, consistent with Exchange Act Rule 0-3. 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. Rule 0-12 None Sections 110 to 119. Question: Must co-principal executive officers (or co-principal financial officers) execute separate certifications or may both execute the same certification? Apart from this specification, she does not have or share any control over the trust's assets. Instead, each of the depositorys accounts for which the securities are held is a single record holder. Question: The interactive data adopting release provides that controls and procedures with respect to interactive data fall within the scope of "disclosure controls and procedures." [December 8, 2016]. ( F) A person's right to acquire equity securities through the exercise or conversion of any derivative security, whether or not presently exercisable. Should this other officer sign the certification despite the fact that there is a titular CEO? 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. view historical versions Title 17 Chapter II Part 240 View Full Text Previous Next Top Shortly thereafter, the foreign issuer reincorporates in Delaware. The registrant has been filing a combined Form 10-K report for those partnerships using the 33- file number from the Securities Act registration statement. [Mar. 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? Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing. The effect of the instruction is to deem the Part III information to have been timely filed on the due date applicable to the Form 10-K. The SEC's Proposed New Short Disclosure/Sale Requirements [December 8, 2016]. 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). 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]. At the time of the filing of the periodic report, another officer is performing the functions of a principal executive officer. 3 Securities Exchange Act Release No. 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. Question: Because the clawback rule applies broadly to incentive-based compensation, would the rules affect compensation that is in any sort of plan, other than tax-qualified retirement plans, including long term disability, life insurance, SERPs, or any other compensation that is based on the incentive-based compensation? 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. Answer: Because situations exempted by Rule 12h-3 (e.g., there are fewer than 300 security holders of record in the middle of a fiscal year) do not meet the literal test of Section 15(d), Rule 12h-3 requires the filing of Form 15 as a condition of the suspension. 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. 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. [Mar. Question: May an issuer rely on Rule 12b-25 for an extension to file a special financial report under Rule 15d-2? Exchange Act Rule 17a-4 Amendments Chart | FINRA.org 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. Question: After its Form 25 is effective for the delisting of a class of securities from a national securities exchange (and assuming that the same class of securities is not listed on any other national securities exchange), a registrant files a Form 15 with respect to the Section 12(g) registration and/or Section 15(d) reporting obligation relating to the same class of securities. Question: If an officer signs the certification without altering the wording to indicate he or she is providing the certification as principal financial officer, how will readers know whether the signatory is the principal executive officer or the principal financial officer? Answer: In the adopting release, the Commission indicated that it does not expect compliance with the disclosure requirements until issuers are required to have a recovery policy under the applicable exchange listing standard. Form 11-K provides that the due date for an ERISA plans Form 11-K is 180 days after fiscal year end. [Mar. USA February 27 2023. Consequently, sales pursuant to the altered limit order would not be pursuant to the existing plan. Answer: Yes. Question: A registrant has failed to file its Form 10-K. May the registrant continue to use an effective Form S-3, which is predicated on timely filed reports, after expiration of the Rule 12b-25 extension period relating to the Form 10-K, but before the date on which the registrant is required to update the registration statement under Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act? ___)* Global Business Travel Group, Inc. (Name of Issuer) Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (Title of Class of Securities) 37890B100 (CUSIP Number) 12/31/2022 [December 8, 2016]. Answer: Co-principal executive officers (or co-principal financial officers) should each execute separate certifications. The person does not deposit additional securities in the margin account (although he could have), so the broker sells sufficient margined securities to satisfy the margin call. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Rule 15c2-12 introduced the voluntary use of private repositories called Nationally 1 17 CFR 240.15c2-12. of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. [Mar. Question: How is the number of record holders determined under Rule 12g5-1? [December 8, 2016]. For example, this defense would be available if, in creating the contract, instruction or plan, the person specifies one or two of the amount, price or date of transactions. [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. Question: On its proxy card and voting instruction form, how should a company describe the advisory vote to approve executive compensation that is required by Exchange Act Rule 14a-21? File Number S7-0-22); Proposal to Further Define "As a Part of a Regular Business" in the Definition of . 25, 2009]. [September 30, 2008]. Because this would give the issuer the potential to effectively modify the plan by doing the block trades while aware of material nonpublic information, the Division staff took the view that the Rule 10b5-1(c) affirmative defense would not be available. It is the counting rule for determining whether an issuer has sufficient security holders to become or remain subject to Section 12(g) and to remain subject to Section 15(d). Answer: Yes. Answer: No. It is uncertain as to its ability to file the required report within the applicable Rule 12b-25(b)(2)(ii) period. The exercise of the option is a separate investment decision from the purchase of the option. All issuers filing or submitting reports under Section 15(d) on a voluntary basis must comply with those provisions whether or not a Form 15 has been filed pursuant to Rule 15d-6. 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. SEC Filing | Sabre Corporation - IR Site After the Form 8-K is filed, a new file number will be generated for the successor company. Other than the referenced section, the process and registration statements used are the same as for a Section 12 (g) registration. The bank proceeds against the stock that was posted as collateral and sells it in the open market. eCFR :: 17 CFR Part 240 -- General Rules and Regulations, Securities Exchange Act Rule 0-12 describes the procedures for seeking an exemption under Section 36. Exchange Act Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 require certain officers to evaluate the effectiveness of the filer's disclosure controls and procedures, and Item 307 of Regulation S-K requires the filer to disclose the officers' conclusions regarding the effectiveness of those disclosure controls and procedures. PDF Rule 15c2-12 Whitepaper - SIFMA These Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations ("C&DIs") principally comprise the Division's interpretations of the rules promulgated under the registration and reporting provisions of Sections 12, 13 and 15 of the Exchange Act. 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)? 16718 (Apr. Who must execute the certifications required by Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a)? [September 30, 2008], 230.02 If a newly formed public company uses Form S-3 on the basis of another entitys (e.g., its parents) reporting history and that other entity is an accelerated filer, then the newly formed public company is also deemed an accelerated filer. [September 30, 2008]. 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. Answer: If there are no financial statements or other financial information in the amendment, then paragraph 3 may be omitted from the certifications that are filed with the amendment. 34-94524; File No. Rule 12b-15 provides that amendments may be signed by a duly authorized representative of the registrant. 240.12b-4 Supplemental information. 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. Answer: Paragraph (f) of Rule 12b-25 excludes from the operation of the rule a company with a subsidiary whose financial statements are to be filed by amendment to the companys Form 10-K, as provided in Rule 3-09 of Regulation S-X. Rule 12b-25 has been amended to state that its provisions do not apply to Interactive Data Files. 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. 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). 9002 (Jan. 30, 2009). ( d) Emerging growth company eligibility - The periodic report will not be deemed timely for purposes of form eligibility, and the issuer will not be deemed current until the amended periodic report containing the certification is filed. Question: When a registrant is amending multiple Exchange Act reports at the same time, may it do so in a single filing? Question: At a time when he is not aware of material nonpublic information, a person buys a put option, giving him the right at any time during the 12-month term of the option to sell 10,000 shares at a fixed exercise price. 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? [September 30, 2008]. 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? 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)? 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? usdp-20230301 17 CFR 240.0-12 - LII / Legal Information Institute The rule specifies when a writing is necessary to establish a defense. [September 30, 2008]. [December 8, 2016]. Question: At a time when she is not aware of material nonpublic information, a person establishes a written trading plan to sell 5,000 shares each month, on a date to be selected by her broker during the second or third week of each month, at or above $20 per share.
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