Short Sale update: SEC extends emergency actions through temporary and final rulemaking; short selling ban expires
November 2008

SEC enacts interim final temporary Rule relating to “close out” of failed settlements and requiring institutional investment managers to file Form SH disclosing short sale activity (but makes such filings nonpublic); amends Regulation SHO to eliminate the “options market maker” exception; provides guidance regarding the “market maker” exemption under Regulation SHO; and enacts final antifraud Rule 10b-21 relating to “naked” short selling.


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