SEC - Transcript of Third Meeting of Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies

The SEC established the Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies in 2011 to seek advice on its rules, regulations and policies as they relate to emerging companies or privately held small businesses and publicly traded companies with less than $250 million in public market capitalization in the areas of:

• raising capital through securities offerings, including private and limited offerings and initial and other public offerings;
• trading in the securities of emerging and smaller public companies; and
• public reporting and corporate governance requirements of emerging and smaller public companies.

Cross Reference(s): Exchange Act Sections 12(g) (Registration requirements for securities - Registration of securities by issuer; exemptions), 15(d) (Registration and regulation of brokers and dealers) and 15D (Securities analysts and research reports); Dodd-Frank Section 953 (Executive compensation disclosures); JOBS Act; JOBS Act Section Summaries; Exchange Act Blacklines (showing JOBS Act statutory amendments); Securities Act Blacklines (showing JOBS Act statutory amendments).

View transcript here (links externally to SEC website).Additional Materials: Press Release 2012-19; Comments Received - File No. 265-27; Notice of Meeting; Agenda; Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies Information Page; Recommendation Regarding Improving Access to Public Markets for Small and Emerging Companies; Recommendations Regarding Registration Requirements and Reporting Obligations under Securities Exchange Act of 1934; Background Materials; Presentation Slides (Research Analyst Regulation); Presentation Slides (Disclosure); Webcast Archives.