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Nasdaq Eliminates Sub-$4 Initial Listing Path on the Nasdaq Capital Market
By Ali Perry
On October 7, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) posted notice of Nasdaq’s proposed rule change (File No. SR-NASDAQ-2026-082) to amend Nasdaq Listing Rule 5505 to require a…
Public Company Advisory Blog
SEC Posts Notice of Nasdaq Amendment to Minimum Stock Price Rule for Initial Listings
By Publisher
On October 7, the SEC posted notice and immediate effectiveness of a Nasdaq amendment to Listing Rule 5505, which will require a minimum $4 stock price for initial listing on…
Free Writings + Perspectives
What’s Driving Private Market Activity in 2026
The first half of 2026 saw a notable increase in private market activity, with investor interest increasingly concentrated in a handful of sectors. Nasdaq Private Market’s Secondary Scene: Private Markets at…
Budding Trends
The Vault Is Still Locked: A Banking Update on Cannabis Rescheduling
There's a scene near the end of every heist movie where the crew finally cracks the vault and it's empty. Somebody already got there first, or the money was never…
Smith Anderson News
Smith Anderson Advises Vogenx on $93.4 Million Initial Public Offering
Smith Anderson client Vogenx Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel therapeutics for the treatment of serious diseases associated with dysfunctions in human metabolism,…
Corporate and Securities Law
SEC Reviewing Nasdaq’s $5 Million Market Value Continued Listing Requirement
By Jack Bowling, Cooper Hilton
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) stayed an approval order on August 6, 2026, regarding a Nasdaq rule change that imposes a new minimum Market Value of Listed Securities (MVLS)…
Across The Board
SEC Stays Nasdaq’s New $5 Million MVLS Listing Standard Pending Commission Review
By Ali Perry
On July 29, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced that it stayed its July 22, 2026 order (Release No. 34-105971) approving The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC’s (“Nasdaq’s”) rule…
Public Company Advisory Blog
Public Company Advisory News Roundup: SEC Division Issues Order Approving Nasdaq’s New $5 Million Market Value Continued Listing Requirement; Order Subsequently Stayed
By Publisher
The latest issue of the Goodwin Public Company Advisory News Roundup has been posted, covering the period from July 20, 2026 – July 30, 2026. The Roundup highlights the latest developments in…
Public Company Advisory Blog
SEC Stay Puts Nasdaq’s New $5 Million MVLS Listing Standard on Hold
By Publisher
On July 29, 2026, Nasdaq’s new continued listing requirement requiring companies to maintain at least $5 million in Market Value of Listed Securities (MVLS) was automatically stayed. The rule, which…
Public Company Advisory Blog
SEC Approves Nasdaq’s New $5 Million Market Value Continued Listing Requirement
By Publisher
On July 22, 2026, the SEC approved Nasdaq’s proposal (Release No. 34-105971) to adopt a new continued listing requirement based on Market Value of Listed Securities (“MVLS”). Under new Nasdaq…