The SEC announced yesterday that on August 22, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. it will hold an open meeting to consider:
- whether to adopt rules regarding disclosure and reporting obligations with respect to the use of conflict minerals;
- whether to adopt rules regarding disclosure and reporting obligations with respect to payments to governments made by resource extraction issuers; and
- rules to eliminate the prohibition against general solicitation and general advertising in securities offerings conducted pursuant to Rule 506 of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Rule 144A promulgated thereunder.
