Comments on Special Purpose Acquisition Companies, Shell Companies, and Projections

[Release No. 33-11048; 34-94546; IC-34549; File No. S7-13-22]

Submitted Comments

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Dec. 15, 2023 Yuchi Yao, Simon Business School, University of Rochester
Sep. 26, 2023 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, Patrick McHenry, Frank Lucas, French Hill, Pete Sessions, Bill Posey, Blaine Luetkemeyer, Bill Huizenga, Ann Wagner, Andy Barr, Roger Williams, Tom Emmer, Barry Loudermilk, Alexander X. Mooney, Warren Davidson, John Rose, Bryan Steil, William Timmons, Ralph Norman, Dan Meuser, Scott Fitzgerald, Andrew R. Garbarino, Young Kim, Byron Donalds, Mike Flood, Michael V. Lawler, Zach Nunn, Monica De La Cruz, Erin Houchin, Andy Ogles
Jun. 29, 2023 Danial Hemmings and Aziz Jaafar, Institute of European Finance, Bangor University and University of Sharjah
Mar. 24, 2023 Sagiv Shiv, Managing Director, Head of MA and Advisory, ACP Capital Markets LLC
Feb. 27, 2023 Alreisbrah, Enagic Affiliate
Feb. 7, 2023 Tom Nohel, Felix Feng, Xuan Tian, Wenyu Wang, and Yufeng Wu, Professor of Finance, Loyola University - Chicago, University of Washington, Tsinghua University, Indiana University, and University of Illinois
Dec. 31, 2022 Michael Gofman and Yuchi Yao
Dec. 26, 2022 Jordann Stark
Dec. 5, 2022 Alexander Groh, Professor of Finance, EMLYON Business School, France
Nov. 4, 2022 U.S. Senator Thom Tillis
Oct. 31, 2022 Jonah Crandall
Oct. 30, 2022 Anonymous
Oct. 30, 2022 Anonymous
Oct. 30, 2022 Joe Hernandez
Oct. 26, 2022 Taj Reilly
Oct. 24, 2022 Attorneys General of the states of Montana, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Alaska, Ohio, Arizona, Oklahoma, Arkansas, South Carolina, Georgia, South Dakota, Indiana, Texas, Kansas, Utah, Kentucky, and West Virginia
Oct. 19, 2022 Lucas Schwarz
Oct. 18, 2022 Alex Hanson-Michelson
Oct. 17, 2022 James Flanagan
Oct. 17, 2022 Anonymous
Oct. 13, 2022 David Jaggard
Oct. 13, 2022 Andres Loubriel
Oct. 12, 2022 Mauricio Gonzalez
Oct. 11, 2022 Anonymous, Investor
Sep. 2, 2022 Alexander Groh, Professor of Finance, EMLYON Business School, France
Jul. 19, 2022 Michael Gofman, Senior Lecturer, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Yuchi Yao, doctoral candidate in finance at the Simon Business School, University of Rochester
Jul. 13, 2022 SEC Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee
Jul. 11, 2022 Michael Klausner, Michael Ohlrogge and Emily Ruan
Jul. 8, 2022 United States Senator Elizabeth Warren
Jun. 24, 2022 I-Bankers Securities, Inc.
Jun. 17, 2022 White Case LLP
Jun. 17, 2022 Jay Knight, Chair of the Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities of the Section of Business Law of the American Bar Association
Jun. 16, 2022 Amanda M. Rose, Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University Law School
Jun. 15, 2022 Kirkland Ellis LLP
Jun. 14, 2022 Goodwin Procter LLP
Jun. 13, 2022 Kerrie Waring, Chief Executive Officer, International Corporate Governance Network
Jun. 13, 2022 King & Wood Mallesons
Jun. 13, 2022 Global LEI Foundation
Jun. 13, 2022 Robert J. Jackson, Jr. and John Morley
Jun. 13, 2022 Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund
Jun. 13, 2022 National Venture Capital Association
Jun. 13, 2022 Michael Klausner, Stanford Law School; Michael Ohlrogge, NYU School of Law; and Harald Halbhuber, NYU School of Law
Jun. 13, 2022 Kristi Marvin, SPACInsider
Jun. 13, 2022 XBRL US
Jun. 13, 2022 Andrew Tuch, Professor of Law, Washington University in St. Louis
Jun. 13, 2022 Ropes & Gray LLP
Jun. 13, 2022 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Jun. 13, 2022 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP
Jun. 13, 2022 KPMG LLP
Jun. 13, 2022 VIRTU Financial Inc.
Jun. 13, 2022 Grant Thornton LLP
Jun. 13, 2022 BDO USA, LLP
Jun. 13, 2022 Securities Regulation Committee of the New York City Bar Association
Jun. 13, 2022 Committee on Capital Markets Regulation
Jun. 13, 2022 Loeb & Loeb LLP
Jun. 13, 2022 International Corporate Governance Network
Jun. 13, 2022 Michael Ohlrogge, NYU Law
Jun. 13, 2022 Ernst & Young LLP
Jun. 13, 2022 Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Jun. 13, 2022 Vinson Elkins L.L.P.
Jun. 13, 2022 North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc.
Jun. 13, 2022 Michael Ryan, Chief Executive Officer, Bullet Point Network, LP
Jun. 13, 2022 Job Creators Network
Jun. 13, 2022 Jennifer Schulp, Director of Financial Regulation Studies, Cato Institute
Jun. 13, 2022 Crowe LLP
Jun. 13, 2022 Better Markets
Jun. 13, 2022 Winston Strawn LLP
Jun. 13, 2022 SPAC Association
Jun. 13, 2022 Dylan Bruce, Financial Services Counsel, Consumer Federation of America
Jun. 13, 2022 Skadden Arps Slate Meagher Flom LLP
Jun. 13, 2022 Managed Funds Association
Jun. 12, 2022 Holger Spamann, Lawrence R. Grove Professor, Harvard Law School
Jun. 12, 2022 Jonathan Kornblatt, CMT
Jun. 10, 2022 Public Citizen
Jun. 10, 2022 Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
Jun. 10, 2022 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Jun. 10, 2022 James Lapp
Jun. 9, 2022 Thomas Kramer, Chief Financial Officer, IonQ, Inc.
Jun. 9, 2022 Council of Institutional Investors
Jun. 9, 2022 Nicholas Wilson
Jun. 9, 2022 Marcie Frost, Chief Executive Officer, California Public Employees' Retirement System
Jun. 8, 2022 Cowen Inc.
Jun. 7, 2022 Fenwick & West LLP
Jun. 7, 2022 Deloitte & Touche LLP
Jun. 7, 2022 Chris Iacovella, CEO, American Securities Association
Jun. 7, 2022 Debarshi Nandy, Yaxuan Wen, Mengnan Zhu, The Rosenberg Institute of Global Finance at Brandeis International Business School
Jun. 3, 2022 Michael Dambra, Associate Professor of Accounting, University at Buffalo
Jun. 1, 2022 The Delois Albert Brassell Estate
May 31, 2022 CFA Institute
May 31, 2022 Mike Stegemoller
May 30, 2022 Jorge Stolfi
May 27, 2022 Chris Barnard
May 26, 2022 Christopher A. Iacovella, Chief Executive Officer, American Securities Association
May 25, 2022 RSM US LLP
May 18, 2022 Tony Crom
May 13, 2022 Charles Pieper
May 11, 2022 Tony Crom
May 10, 2022 Nicholas Wilson
May 9, 2022 Anonymous
May 7, 2022 Mohammed Ali Rashid, Investor
May 3, 2022 andrew robison, individual investor
Apr. 30, 2022 Julianna Marandola
Apr. 29, 2022 Andrew Robison, Individual Investor
Apr. 20, 2022 Don Nguyen
Apr. 12, 2022 Matt McKnight
Apr. 9, 2022 Paul A. Swegle
Apr. 8, 2022 Andrew Robison
Apr. 7, 2022 Anonymous
Apr. 4, 2022 Chris Peterson
Apr. 4, 2022 Michael Robustelli, Small Investor
Apr. 1, 2022 Snehal Banerjee Associate Professor of Finance and Accounting, UC San Diego, and Martin Szydlowski, Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Minnesota
Apr. 1, 2022 Sameer Jain, Engaged Shareowner at ActiveAllocator Activist Capital Advisors
Mar. 30, 2022 Nicholas Wilson
Mar. 30, 2022 Retail Investor

Meetings with SEC Officials

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May. 3, 2023 Memorandum from the Division of Corporation Finance, Division of Economic and Risk Analysis, and Division of Investment Management regarding a March 10, 2023 meeting with representatives of the American Securities Association
Mar. 23, 2023 Memorandum from the Office of Commissioner Jaime Lizárraga regarding a March 22, 2023 meeting with Better Markets
Feb. 24, 2023 Memorandum from the Office of Public Engagement regarding a February 10, 2023 meeting with various Investor and Advocacy Organizations
Jan. 10, 2023 Memorandum from the Office of Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw regarding a December 20, 2022 meeting with Robert Jackson and John Morley
Jan. 10, 2023 Memorandum from the Office of Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw regarding an August 30, 2022 meeting with Cowen Inc.
Jan. 10, 2023 Memorandum from the Office of Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw regarding an August 4, 2022, meeting with Managed Funds Association
Nov. 22, 2022 Memorandum from The Office of Chief Counsel and Division of Investment Management regarding a Nov. 7, 2022 meeting with representatives of Saba Capital Management, L.P.
Aug. 30, 2022 Memorandum from the Office of Commissioner Hester M. Peirce regarding an August 30, 2022 meeting with representatives of Cowen Inc.
Aug. 16, 2022 Memorandum from the Office of Commissioner Mark T. Uyeda regarding an August 10, 2022 teleconference with representatives of SIFMA
Jul. 29, 2022 Memorandum from the Division of Corporation Finance regarding a July 29, 2022 meeting with Jonathan Rochwarger and Joel Rubinstein
Jul. 19, 2022 Memorandum from the Office of Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw regarding a July 19, 2022 meeting with Professors' Rodriguez and Stegemoller
Jul. 18, 2022 Memorandum from the Division of Corporation Finance regarding a July 15, 2022 meeting with Jonathan Rochwarger and Joel Rubinstein
Jul. 12, 2022 Memorandum from the Office of Chief Counsel and Division of Investment Management regarding a July 12, 2022 virtual meeting with Jonathan Rochwarger and Joel Rubinstein
Jun. 9, 2022 Memorandum from the Office of Rulemaking, Division of Corporation Finance regarding a May 17, 2022 meeting with Michael Klausner, Michael Ohlrogge, and Harald Halbhuber.
May 11, 2022 Memorandum from the Office of Chief Counsel and Division of Investment Management regarding a May 11, 2022 virtual meeting with Christian Nagler and Norm Champ
May 9, 2022 Memorandum from the Office of Commissioner Hester M. Peirce regarding a May 9, 2022 meeting with representatives of the SPAC Association
Apr. 20, 2022 Memorandum from the Office of Commissioner Hester M. Peirce regarding an April 20, 2022 meeting with representatives of various law firms