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M&A Disclosure – Annotated Form 8-K

Erik A. Lopez

Public companies that participate in M&A transactions are subject to a myriad of potential disclosure obligations throughout the transaction process. These may arise under applicable stock exchange listing rules, federal securities laws, state fiduciary duty and proxy requirements as well as antitrust law and other regulatory regimes. The federal securities laws alone may require various disclosures through an astonishingly long list of possible forms, schedules and registration statements,