The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission freed companies to discuss pending mergers before the registration or proxy statement is filed. In exchange for lifting the gag on such communications, the SEC is now requiring merging companies to file with the agency copies of all documents given to investors on the day they are first used. In an unexpected twist, the agency said slide shows and telephone calling-center scripts may count as written documents even if copies are not given to investors.
October 26, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Oct. 19 freed companies to discuss pending mergers before the registration or proxy statement is filed.
In exchange for lifting the gag on such communications, the SEC is now requiring merging companies to file with the agency copies of all documents given to investors on the day they are first used. These materials will be available for investors to review online on the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval disclosure system.
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