Securities Regulation Code Flashcards
(46 cards)
What is the purpose of this code?
Protect the investing public through a system of disclosure and providing punishment for fraudulent practices
Shares, participation or interest in a corporation or commercial enterprise or profit-making venture and evidenced by a certificate, contract, instruments, whether written or electronic
Securities
Purchased or acquired in the expectation of obtaining passive income or asset appreciation
Main feature of a security
SRC protects the public through?
(1) Full disclosure of information about the securities being offered and the issuers
(2) Regular submission to SEC
(3) Monitoring the securities and other circumstances and persons involved to ensure compliance
(4) Providing SEC with powers and functions
Examples of securities (7)
- Stocks, bonds, debentures, notes, asset-backed securities
- Investment contracts, certificates of interest or profit sharing agreement, certificate of deposit for future subscription
- Fractional undivided interest in oil, gas or other mineral rights
- Derivatives like option and warrants
- Certificates of assignment, participation, trust, voting trust
- Proprietary or nonproprietary membership certificates in corporations
- Other instruments as may determined in the future by the Commission
Contract, transaction or scheme where a person invests his money in a common enterprise and is led to expect profits primarily from the efforts of others
Investment contract
Requisites of an investment contract?
- Investment of money
- In a common enterprise
- Expectation of profits
- Primarily for the efforts of others
When shall information on the securities be made available to prospective purchases?
Prior to sale of securities
What is the procedure for registration?
- Filing of sworn registration statement
- Payment of filing fees
- Publication of notice of filing in two newspapers once for two cons weeks
- Within 45 days, SEC shall declare if effective or rejected
- Prospectus under oath that all requirements and all statements are correct
What are the required information in the sworn registration statement?
- Required signatories
- Written consent of expert having names as certified any part of the registration statement
- Certification by selling shareholders, if any, as to the accuracy of any part of the registration statement
Required reports
- Annual report (BS, PLS, SCF certified by CPA and mgt discussion and analysis of results of operations)
- Other periodical reports for interim fiscal periods and current reports on significant developments
Securities exempt from registration (5) GGRIB
- Securities issued by the gov’t
- Issued by the govt of any country with diplomatic relations
- Issued by receiver or trustee in bankruptcy
- Security under the supervision of IC, HLURRB, and BIR
- Issued by a bank except its own shares of stock
What are the required signatories to registration statement?
Executive officer, principal operating officer, principal financial officer, comptroller, principal accounting officer, corporate secretary
What is the rate of the filing fees?
Shall not exceed 1/10 of 1% of the aggregate price at which the securities are proposed to be offered
Special rule if holders holding at least 100 shares are reduced to less than 100
Obligation to file reportorial requirements shall be terminated 90 days after notification to SEC
Exemption fee?
1/10 of 1% of the maximum aggregate price or issued value of the securities
Transactions exempt from registrations (BISCEPS SMILE)
- Brokers transactions
- Isolated transaction
- Stock dividend
- Conversion of any security for another
- Exclusive sale
- Private sale
- Subscriptions for shares of a corporation prior to incorporation
- Sale to sophisticated buyers (qualified)
- Mortgage backed securities
- Insolvency sale
- Liquidate bonafide debt where the security was pledged in good faith
- Exchange by the issuer and existing shareholders
Reportorial requirements shall apply to an issuer
- Which has sold a class of its securities pursuant to reg
- Class of securities listed in exchange
- Assets of at least 50M & 200 or more holders holding at least 100 shares
Liability for disclosure?
It is unlawful for any insider to communication MNPI to any person who becomes an insider where the insider knows or has reason to believe that such person will likely buy or sell a security of the issuer in possession of such information
Deadline of filing of general information sheet (GIS)
- Stock corp - 30D from annual stockholders meeting
- Non-stock - 30D from members’ meeting
- Foreign - 30D from anniversary date of issuance of SEC license
Deadline of filing of AFS
- Calendar year: depending on the last numerical digit of SEC license in accordance with schedule set by SEC
- Fiscal Year
General rule: 120D from end of fiscal year
Exceptions:
a. Broker dealers - 110D from end of FY
b. Listed companies - 105D from end of FY
The AFS shall be stamped
“received by BIR” or its authorized banks
Information that will affect the price of the security or would influence a person in deciding whether to buy, sell, or hold a security which is not available to the public
Material non-public information
Who can be an insider?
- The issuer
- Director or officer or person controlling the issuer
- A person whose relationship to the issuer gave him access to MNPI
- Government employee of a self-regulatory agency who has access
- A person who learns such information from any of the foregoing