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lesn - pop.... sorry to butt in here, but, looky what I found? Any bearing?
http://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/08/unregistered-securities.asp
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/u/unregistered-shares.asp

What are unregistered securities or stocks? By Katie Adams
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Before securities, like stocks, bonds and notes, can be offered for sale to the public, they first must be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Any stock that does not have an effective registration statement on file with the SEC is considered "unregistered." To sell or attempt to sell a financial security before it is registered is considered a felony.

However, certain exemptions apply. For example, a privately-owned corporation may issue shares of stock to its executives and board members, but the new stockholders must notify the SEC before selling the stock to someone else. In addition, companies can raise capital by soliciting investments from individuals outside the company who are considered to be "qualified investors." The SEC defines a qualified investor as someone who has a net worth of at least one million dollars or an annual income in excess of $200,000. Individuals who meet "qualified investor" status also can become victims of "private offering" unregistered securities scams.

DEFINITION of 'Unregistered Shares'
Securities that are not registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Unregistered shares, also called restricted stock, are usually issued through private placements, Regulation D offerings and employee stock benefit plans, or as compensation for professional services or in exchange for funding a start-up company. For example, a privately held company might issue unregistered shares to its executives and board members as part of their compensation package.
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BREAKING DOWN 'Unregistered Shares'
Unregistered shares have fewer investor protections and different risks compared to registered securities. As a result, companies can only sell unregistered shares to “qualified investors.” Qualified investors are comprised of high net worth ($1 million or more) and/or high-income ($200,000/yr. or more for individuals, $300,000/yr. or more for married couples) investors that the SEC considers savvy enough to make such investments. In the past, soliciting or advertising unregistered shares was prohibited, but in 2013, the SEC adopted Rule 506(c), allowing certain unregistered securities to be solicited and advertised.

The sale of unregistered shares is typically considered a felony, but there are exceptions to this rule. SEC Rule 144 lays out the conditions under which unregistered shares may be sold. They must be held for a prescribed period, there must be adequate public information about the security’s historical performance, the sale must be of less than 1% of shares outstanding and less than 1% of the previous four weeks’ average trading volume, all normal trading conditions that apply to any trade must be met and sales of more than 500 shares or more than $10,000 worth must be preregistered with the SEC. An exception to this last condition occurs if the seller is not associated with the company that issued the unregistered shares (and has not been associated with it for at least three months) and has owned the shares for more than one year.

Unwitting investors can be taken advantage of through unregistered securities scams. These scams usually advertise themselves as private offerings with little or no risk and high returns. These offerings typically arrive unsolicited and sound too good to be true. Investors can find out if a particular security is registered by looking it up in the SEC’s EDGAR database online. Stocks traded by the average investor are all registered.