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Rule 10b5-1: What Is It? Why Do I Care?
Do you understand your 10b-5 trading plan?
Rule 10b-5 was set forth by the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to allow insiders of a publicly traded corporation, like executives and board members, to have their own trading plan and invest in their own stock without any liability and avoid any charges of insider trading.
The qualifications for rule 10b-5 include that the individual must not be aware of any material non-public information, and the purchase must be made during an open window. The rule 10b-5 trading plan also states that there should be detailed information of future plans to purchase or sell shares made by the individual at a time when the person has no knowledge of insider information. Furthermore, the individual must have documentation that shows all sales or purchases that were made in accordance with the preset trading plan. And of course, the plan must be adopted in good faith. Read the rest of this entry »
