

Listed issuers must notify MarketWatch prior to 6:50 a.m.

Listed issuers must notify Nasdaq’s MarketWatch Department (MarketWatch) at least 10 minutes before the public release of material information involving any of the events set forth in Nasdaq IM-5250-1 (for example, earnings releases, other financial-related disclosures, acquisitions and changes in senior management) when the release is made between 7:00 a.m.

Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(b) requires that, except in limited unusual circumstances, listed issuers make prompt public disclosure, through any Regulation FD-compliant method or combination of methods, of any material information that would reasonably be expected to affect the value of their securities or influence investors' decisions. Nasdaq-listed issuers should familiarize themselves with the guidance to ensure that releases of material news after the regular market close and public announcements of the specified date changes comply with the guidance and Nasdaq rules. 1 The guidance also included a reminder that a change to any of a listed issuer’s earnings release dates, earnings announcement dates, dividend record dates and dividend payment dates may be material news that should be promptly publicly disclosed in accordance with Nasdaq rules. Nasdaq recently published guidance about when Nasdaq-listed issuers should issue material news releases around the regular market close at 4:00 p.m.
