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New SEC disclosure rules - Sample pages
Re: executive compensation and related person transactions

• SEC adopting release  Rel 33-8732
• S-K 402  Executive compensation disclosures
• S-K 402(b) CD&A
• S-K 402(c)  Summary compensation table
• S-K 404  Related person disclosures
• S-K 407  Corporate governance disclosures

SEC Advisory Committee on Smaller Public Companies

• Topic page

Securities Offering Reform

Underwriting agreements

Other representative Topic Pages

• WKSIs  (Issuer categories - 33 Act)
• Accelerated filers (Issuer categories - 34 Act)
• Blank check companies (SPACs)
• Finders
• Integration
• A/B exchange offers
• Directed share programs
• NASD corporate financing rule
• Worldcom case
• Due diligence

Fairness opinions

Best-price rule

Other representative Topic Pages

• Voting agreements
• Disclosure of contractual provisions (Titan)
• Private equity deals
• Financing conditions
• Stapled financing 

• What's New - M&A

Sample Deal Pages

• Cash election mergers
• HCA buyout 
• Freescale Semiconductor buyout

Recent Cases

• ABRY Partners
• In re Telecommunications
• In re Toys R Us

Representative corporate governance Topic Pages

• Nominating committees
• Ethics codes

Other representative Topic Pages

• In re Disney

• Majority voting
• Restrictions on discretionary voting (NYSE Rule 452)
• Delaware law changes
• AFSCME v AIG  - Rule 14a-8(i)(8)

SEC current accounting - disclosure issues issues

• Accounting for stock options
• Stock option backdating
• Financial restatements

Other representative Topic Pages

• FASB Quick Finder
• Comfort letters
• Revenue recognition

XBRL

Stock option timing 

• Backdating
• Spring loading
• Bullet dodging
• Criminal actions

SEC enforcement

• Financial penalties
• Latest cases

Other representative Topic Pages

• KPMG tax shelter case (USA v Stein)
• Attorney conduct

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