Effective Date of FINRA Rule 5123 – Private Placement of Securities

FINRA announced in Regulatory Notice 12-40 that the SEC has approved new FINRA Rule 5123 to require each FINRA member firm that sells an issuer’s securities in a private placement, subject to certain exemptions, to file with FINRA a copy of any private placement memorandum, term sheet or other offering document the firm used within 15 calendar days of the date of the sale, or indicate that it did not use any such offering documents. Firms must file the required offering documents electronically with FINRA through the FINRA Firm Gateway. The rule becomes effective December 3, 2012, and applies prospectively to private placements that begin selling efforts on or after that date.