INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS CORP (Form: DEF 14A, Received: 07/13/2020 16:06:54) Securities Act Release No. In contrast, the rule requires a plan for trading securities (Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(A)(3)) and a formula, algorithm or computer program for determining amounts, prices and dates of transactions (Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B)(2)) to be written. 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? Question: Are there any additional extensions for the timely filing of periodic reports beyond those provided in Rule 12b-25? The 401(k) plan also allows employees to transfer the assets in their accounts among funds within the plan (including the employer stock fund) through fund-switching transactions. Under Rule 12g-3(f), the successor must file a Form 8-K with respect to the succession transaction, using the predecessors file number. [Mar. 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. Answer: The first report due will be a Form 10-K for the previous fiscal year (fiscal year 2009). Rule 12b-2 requires that an accelerated filer or large accelerated filer be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. 34-88465 (March 25, 2020))? 26589, which significantly amended Rule 15d-10, states that [a] change from a fiscal year ending as of the last day of the month to a 52-53 week fiscal year commencing within seven days of the month end (or from a 52-53 week to a month end) is not deemed a change in fiscal year for purposes of reporting subject to Rule 13a-10 or 15d-10 if the new fiscal year commences with the end of the old fiscal year. SEC.gov | Exchange Act Rules The consent(s) of the accountant(s) for the acquired company should be filed with the Form 8-K. [September 30, 2008], 234.02 An issuer with a pending Securities Act registration statement files its Form 10-K and seeks to incorporate by reference into the Form 10-K information from the pending registration statement. [June 4, 2010]. Alternatively, an issuer may apply on a consistent basis any other reasonable methodology in assessing the location and amount of its assets for purposes of this determination. Question: For a class of securities that is being delisted from a national securities exchange, may a Form 15 be filed with respect to that class of securities before the effective date of the delisting pursuant to a Form 25? Answer: The foreign private issuer's initial filing to evidence the succession should be a Form 6-K announcing the succession, filed on EDGAR using the 8-K submission type that is appropriate to the specific transaction. 25, 2009]. 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. Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B)(3) contemplates that a person, while not aware of material nonpublic information, may delegate to a third party under a contract, instruction or written trading plan, all subsequent influence over how, when or whether to effect purchases or sales. Institutional custodians, such as Cede & Co. and other commercial depositories, are not single holders of record for purposes of the Exchange Acts registration and periodic reporting provisions. If he is aware of material nonpublic information at the time of exercise, can he rely on a Rule 10b5-1(c) defense in exercising the option? 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)? [January 27, 2023]. 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. 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)? The person wishes to continue sales under the plan pursuant to its original terms. [September 30, 2008]. The purpose of the disclosure in these circumstances is to alert dealers required to deliver a prospectus in the 90 days after the effective date of their additional responsibilities under Rule 15g-9 if the trading price falls below $5. Question: Does Rule 12a-5 provide an exemption from registration for poison pill rights under stockholder rights plans? 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. [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. Question: In determining whether the majority of the 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), how should the determination be made when the issuer has two boards of directors? Subsequently, the company will have a back-end merger. 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 information in this Item 2.02 and the exhibit attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1 are not deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, and are not incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other filing under the Securities Act of 1933 (the . 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. 1338. 17 CFR 240.0-12 - LII / Legal Information Institute 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: No. 25, 2009], 230.01 If two accelerated filers or large accelerated filers merge and become subsidiaries of a newly formed holding company, that newly formed holding company will be deemed an accelerated or large accelerated filer, respectively. An application must be submitted to the Office of the Secretary either in paper or electronic format. 7881 (Aug. 15, 2000) at fn. Answer: Yes. [September 30, 2008]. For Rules 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(A)(3) and (B)(1) to provide a defense, the terms of the plan must specify the dates on which the monthly non-discretionary limit orders will be in force. As a result, the Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B)(3) defense would be unavailable. In other words, the instruction permits forward incorporation by reference of the proxy statement into the already filed Form 10-K. Question: A registrant expects that due to COVID-19 it will be unable to file a report of the type covered by Rule 12b-25 on a timely basis without incurring an unreasonable effort or expense. 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. [Mar. 111 and Question 120.16. Answer: The new CEO, provided that he or she is the principal executive officer at the time of the filing. [September 30, 2008]. Question: An issuer does not have a principal executive officer or a principal financial officer. [December 8, 2016]. Answer: Co-principal executive officers (or co-principal financial officers) should each execute separate certifications. [September 30, 2008]. Question: For purposes of determining accelerated filer and large accelerated filer status, may an issuer take into account its reporting history as a voluntary filer? (19) of Form 40-F must be provided? Answer: Termination of a plan, or the cancellation of one or more plan transactions, could affect the availability of the Rule 10b5-1(c) defense for prior plan transactions if it calls into question whether the plan was "entered into in good faith and not as part of a plan or scheme to evade" the insider trading rules within the meaning of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(ii). 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. Question: Must co-principal executive officers (or co-principal financial officers) execute separate certifications or may both execute the same certification? Although Rule 12g-3 does not provide for the succession to the predecessors Section 12(g) registration if at the time of the succession the securities of the class are held by fewer than 300 record holders, the Division staff has taken the position that Section 12(g) registration could be voluntarily continued by the successor pursuant to Rule 12g-3 in these circumstances without the filing of a new Exchange Act registration statement. The person will need to file a Form 144. Answer: No. [Mar. That provision, however, does not apply to domestic issuers. Standing alone, does the act of terminating a plan while aware of material nonpublic information, and thereby not engaging in the planned securities transaction, result in liability under Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5? The issuer must assess on a consolidated basis the location from which its officers, partners, or managers primarily direct, control and coordinate the issuer's activities. For national banks and Federal savings associations, any references to registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933 and its accompanying rules in the rules, regulations, and forms described in paragraph (a) (1) of this section mean the registration requirements in 12 CFR part 16. Commodity Exchange Act & Regulations How Rules Are Made Holding Wrongdoers Accountable Federal Register Public Comments CFTC Staff Letters Office of Technology Innovation Market Data & Economic Analysis Data at CFTC Commitments of Traders Bank Participation Reports Cotton On-Call Financial Data for FCMS Net Position Changes Data Staff Reports Question: Under the 401(k) plan described in Question 120.21, is a Rule 10b5-1(c) defense available for fund-switching transactions that result in purchases or sales of employer stock? SEC Rule 15c2-12 - California State Treasurer SCHEDULE 13G Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. 117-121. Other individuals without permanent resident status may also be residents of the U.S. for purposes of these provisions. 25, 2009]. Is a Rule 10b5-1(c) defense available for payroll deduction purchases under the 401(k) plan? The B partnership is now eligible to suspend filing pursuant to Rule 12h-3 because it has had less than $10 million in assets for its last three fiscal years. [September 30, 2008]. PDF 7b-3 TITLE 7AGRICULTURE Page 94 (2) For all swaps that are not [September 30, 2008], 250.02 The successor to a Section 12(g) registrant that underwent a re-incorporation merger to change its state of incorporation reported the merger in the next Form 10-Q that would have been required of the Section 12(g) registrant, and thereafter continued to file Exchange Act reports in reliance upon Rule 12g-3. Oftentimes, if there is ultimately a corporation serving as the general partner of a limited partner in the chain of ownership, the corporations audit committee or full board is likely performing the equivalent functions of an audit committee for the registrant. 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? At the same time, the person instructs his broker to exercise the option on its expiration date, June 30, 2001, if the option is in-the-money on that date. 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]. For a defense to be available under Rule 10b5-1(c), each of the amount, price and date of the transaction must be specified or determined by formula, or all subsequent discretion over purchases and sales must be delegated to a third party who must not be aware of material nonpublic information when exercising that discretion. [March 31, 2020]. Answer: Yes. Answer: Rules 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(A)(3) and (B)(1) could provide a defense if the limit order is non-discretionary. [September 30, 2008]. [September 30, 2008]. 240.12b-5 Determination of affiliates of banks. However, the adopting release also adopts amendments to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 that exclude interactive data from officer certifications, which, among other things, describe the officers' responsibility for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures and require statements regarding their design and evaluation. Question: A foreign issuer qualifies as a foreign private issuer on the last business day of its most recently completed second fiscal quarter, which is the "determination date" for foreign private issuer status under Exchange Act Rule 3b-4(c). What effect does this have on the availability of a Rule 10b5-1(c) defense? Guide to Maintaining Confidentiality of Commercially Sensitive 9002 (Jan. 30, 2009). During any three-month period, sales of issuer securities by the trust will share the Rule 144(e) volume limitation with the person's sales of other issuer securities he owns. Answer: The rule is intended to apply broadly. Concurrently, the issuer registers under the Exchange Act using a Form 8-A that also does not contain the final year end audited financial statements. The third party who has been granted discretion must not be aware of material nonpublic information when exercising that discretion. This is permissible, provided two conditions are met: (1) the portion of the registration statement to be incorporated does not include any incorporation by reference to another document (see Item 10(d) of Regulation S-K), and (2) a copy of the incorporated portion of the registration statement is filed as an exhibit to the Form 10-K, as required by Rule 12b-23(a)(3) under the Exchange Act. 3 Securities Exchange Act Release No. The staff does not interpret the term to mean that the company cannot continue to use an already effective Form S-3 to make offers and sales during the extension period. Other than the referenced section, the process and registration statements used are the same as for a Section 12 (g) registration. The Rule 13a-1 annual report would be due at the same time as any other such annual report. The absence of good faith or presence of a scheme to evade would eliminate the Rule 10b5-1(c) defense for prior transactions under the plan. [September 30, 2008]. 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. 16718 (Apr. 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. 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. The proxy statement still must be filed independently to comply with Rule 14a-6. 25, 2009]. N.B. ( F) A person's right to acquire equity securities through the exercise or conversion of any derivative security, whether or not presently exercisable. Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B)(1) would not be available. 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). 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? Answer: No. Should the registrant instead furnish a report on Form 8-K or 6-K, as applicable, relying on the COVID-19 Order (Release No. 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. Question: Does termination of a plan affect the availability of the Rule 10b5-1(c) defense for prior plan transactions? 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). SEC.gov | Exchange Act Exemptive Applications How is this analyzed for purposes of Rule 10b5-1(c)? Amendments to Exchange Act Rule 3b-16 Regarding the Definition of "Exchange;" . She fails to pay the loan as due. Rule 0-12 None > Sections 110 to 119. 240.12b-4 Supplemental information. [December 8, 2016]. Answer: Yes. Nelson Mullins - Gold Dome Report - Legislative Day 25 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. Most shares would be repurchased through open market transactions, but the company intended to negotiate repurchase of at least one large block of stock through a privately negotiated transaction. Exchange Act Rules | DART - Deloitte Accounting Research Tool 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. 7881 (Aug. 15, 2000), text at fn. Therefore, the registrant would not satisfy General Instruction I.A.3 to Form S-3 at the time of its Section 10(a)(3) update because, while the company may be current in its Exchange Act reporting at that time, it would not be timely in that reporting for the twelve calendar months preceding the filing of the Section 10(a)(3) update. ( d) Emerging growth company eligibility - Shareholders could interpret this example as asking them to vote on whether or not the company should hold an advisory vote on executive compensation, rather than asking shareholders to actually approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the companys named executive officers. (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.
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