Liberalizing the Quiet Period, Impact on Key Players

The Quiet Period, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) mandated period of time prior to an IPO or stock offering where company officials are prohibited from actively promoting the company, is considered by many to be an antiquated rule that is extremely hard to navigate because of its ambiguities and, sometimes, complexities.  In recent months, the SEC has issued a proposal that will effectively "liberalize" the Quiet Period and allow companies to communicate much more freely with their key constituents - analysts, individual investors and the media.

Partner Maryann Waryjas is a speaker at this audio conference, presented by PR Newswire, that will take a look at the Quiet Period, its role to date and how companies have managed their way through it, the impact on the media, the SEC's preliminary proposal and how the liberalization might affect how companies communicate with the media and investors in the future.