{"id":5170,"date":"2011-05-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-29T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/institutionalinvestorsecuritiesblog.blawgcloud.com\/2011\/05\/sec_to_propose_rule_banning_fe"},"modified":"2022-03-09T16:07:16","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T22:07:16","slug":"sec-to-propose-rule-banning-fe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/sec-to-propose-rule-banning-fe\/","title":{"rendered":"SEC to Propose Rule Banning \u201cFelons and Bad Actors\u201d From Involvement in Private Offerings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a 3-2 vote, the Securities and Exchange Commission has agreed to propose a rule (mandated by Congress) that exempts Felons and Bad Actors\u201d from private offerings pursuant to Rule 506 of Regulation D under the 1933 Securities Act. The SEC has also agreed\u2014again in a 3-2 vote\u2014to adopt final rules to set up a whistleblower bounty program. <\/p>\n<p>Under the financial reform legislation\u2019s Section 926, the SEC must bar the sales and offerings of securities by recidivist violators that are subject to certain disciplinary proceedings and sanctions or have a misdemeanor or a felony related to the sale or purchase of a security  from being able to avail of the safe harbor act\u2019s Rule 506. The rule lets issuers avoid the reporting requirements of the 1933 Act. It also makes up for approximately 93% of private securities that Reg D. offers.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal would prevent a private placement from taking advantage of the rule if the issuer or individual covered by the rule had a disqualifying event, such as a criminal conviction, restraining order, court injunction, certain commission disciplinary orders, U.S. Postal Service false representation orders, commission \u201cstop orders\u201d to suspend exemptions, suspension or expulsion from membership in a \u201cself-regulatory organization\u201d (or from association with an SRO member),  or final orders of insurance, state securities, banking, or credit union regulators. Covered persons include officers, directors, managing members of the issuer, 10-percent beneficial owners, and promoters of the issuer. <\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/sec-to-propose-rule-banning-fe\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading SEC to Propose Rule Banning \u201cFelons and Bad Actors\u201d From Involvement in Private Offerings\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a 3-2 vote, the Securities and Exchange Commission has agreed to propose a rule (mandated by Congress) that exempts Felons and Bad Actors\u201d from private offerings pursuant to Rule 506 of Regulation D under the 1933 Securities Act. 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