The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has continued its trend of instituting administrative proceedings to revoke the registrations of hundreds of dormant issuers. The issuers are being suspended pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, after being delinquent in the filing of their periodic financial reports required by the Commission.
The SEC has been proactive in preventing corporate hijackings of dormant shell companies for reverse merger transactions and has suspended hundreds of issuers. We expect to see many enforcement actions arising from corporate hijackings of dorman shells in the near future.