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Can I Offer Different Classes of Securities? The short answer is obviously yes, as an issuer of securities you are completely free to offer different classes of securities if the company’s governing documents allow for it (for example, an LLC’s operating agreement or a corporation’s bylaws must be written so that the company can issue

General Solicitation Our firm is often asked whether a social media post constitutes “general solicitation” as prohibited by Rule 506(b) of Regulation D. General solicitation is defined by the SEC to include “advertisements published in newspapers and magazines, public websites, communications broadcasted over television and radio, and seminars where attendees have been invited by general

Frequently Asked Questions about Form D When you hire Trowbridge Sidoti LLP to assist with Regulation D offerings under Rule 506, our services include drafting and filing From Ds with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the states. State filing fees are charged separately. Below are some frequently asked questions regarding Form Ds: What

Since 1968, Federal and state governments have moved toward mandating that every car be equipped with seat belts and that every passenger wear a seat belt, or be subject to a traffic ticket and likely a fine. Opposition to these laws suggested that the cost of the seat belt installation was burdensome and that the

Why Elio Motors Makes Me Sad This article was originally featured on Crowdfund Insider I want to be clear: I am not an investor in Elio Motors. I did not participate in any manner with their offering under the new and improved Regulation A, and I did not promote it. I will gain nothing if

What Fees Can You Charge in a Real Estate Syndication? For an introduction to real estate syndications read more here. The sponsor or syndicator is the person (or group of people) who sets up the investment structure, brings together the pool of investors, oversees and manages the investment, and ultimately through their efforts generates a

SEC Rolls Out Update to Rule 147 Intrastate Offerings On April 20, 2017, amendments to Rule 147 and new Rule 147A, federal exemptions for intrastate offerings, finally went into effect. The amendments to Rule 147 and new Rule 147A are intended to modernize and update the exemption that allows companies to raise money from investors

SEC Releases New Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations on Reg CF Yesterday, the SEC’s Division of Corporate Finance released two new Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) answering questions related to Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF). CD&Is are the Commission’s way of giving some informal guidance, through a question and answer format, on how its staff members interpret

Update on Regulation D: Data from 2016 Form D’s It’s been over a year since the SEC’s Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA) published its report on Private Securities Offerings post-JOBS Act. And while since that time, DERA has published more data about Regulation CF and Regulation A, the SEC has yet to offer

Discussing Fintech with a policy leader. On Monday March 6, 2017, Congressman Patrick McHenry gave keynote remarks at the Lendit Conference in New York City. Among the themes of his speech, McHenry talked about the need for financial inclusion, citing a statistic that counties with less than 100,000 saw a decrease in small businesses. At