By Simon Riveles and Simon Cooke On July 10, 2013, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted amendments to Rule 506 of the Securities Act of 1933 to disqualify securities’ offerings relying on the Rule 506 exemption that involve certain “bad actors”. These amendments came into effect on September 23, 2013. Please refer to our earlier blog for background on these amendments. On December …
The “Bad Actor” Amendments: Private Issuer Compliance with Rule 506
By Simon Riveles and Peter Tyson On July 10, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to Rule 506 of the Securities Act of 1933 to disqualify securities offerings relying on the Rule 506 exemption that involve certain “felons and other ‘bad actors’”. The final amendments (the Final Rules) went into effect on September 23, 2013 (the Effective Date) and apply to all …