{"id":668,"date":"2020-11-30T12:21:02","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T17:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waltercounsel.com\/?p=668"},"modified":"2020-11-30T12:21:09","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T17:21:09","slug":"new-investment-limits-for-exempt-offerings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waltercounsel.com\/?p=668","title":{"rendered":"New Investment Limits for Exempt Offerings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/waltercounsel.com\/defiant\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/173p.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-550\" width=\"247\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/waltercounsel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/173p.jpg 329w, https:\/\/waltercounsel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/173p-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Generally speaking, if a company wishes to raise funds by selling or offering its securities it must register those securities with the Securities and Exchange Commission. However, there are numerous exemptions to this requirement to register. Although Reg D\u2019s Rule 506 is the most widely used, there are also exemptions under Reg A, Rule 504 and Reg Crowdfunding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each of these rules and regulations has its bundle of requirements that must be met to allow a company to take advantage of the exemption from registration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In November 2020, the SEC adopted a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/rules\/final\/2020\/33-10844.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">final rule<\/a> on the requirements, including the offering and investment limits. Here are the changes in the limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Regulatory Framework<\/span><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\"><strong>Old Limit ($ million)<\/strong><\/span><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">New Limit ($ million)<\/span><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Reg A Tier 2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">50<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">75<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Reg A Tier 2 secondary sales<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">15<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">22.5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Reg Crowdfunding<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1.07<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Reg D\u2019s Rule 504<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">5<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">10<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\">Any questions? Let me know. Alan N. Walter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Generally speaking, if a company wishes to raise funds by selling or offering its securities it must register those securities with the Securities and Exchange Commission. However, there are numerous exemptions to this requirement to register. Although Reg D\u2019s Rule 506 is the most widely used, there are also exemptions under Reg A, Rule 504 &#8230; <a title=\"New Investment Limits for Exempt Offerings\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/waltercounsel.com\/?p=668\" aria-label=\"Read more about New Investment Limits for Exempt Offerings\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,7,6],"tags":[41,22],"class_list":["post-668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crowdfunding","category-financing","category-securities","tag-crowdfunding","tag-reg-d"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/waltercounsel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/waltercounsel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/waltercounsel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waltercounsel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waltercounsel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=668"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/waltercounsel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":684,"href":"https:\/\/waltercounsel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668\/revisions\/684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/waltercounsel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waltercounsel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waltercounsel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}