SEC Issues Guidance on Confidential Treatment Applications

The SEC’s Division of Corporate Finance has issued, Confidential Treatment Applications Submitted Pursuant to Rules 406 and 24b-2.

The guidance addresses “how and what to submit when filing an application objecting to public release of information otherwise required to be filed under the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act” and supersedes the guidance in Staff Legal Bulletins 1 and 1A.

For more information, see the staff guidance on the SEC’s Web Site.