Doesnt matter - he still had access to the inside information and thus is considered an insider with respect to trading on that information. But, since you are speculating, if he quit to buy on the market and doesnt FLIP (holds longer term) then the information ontained as an insider would be public (theoretically) and he would no longer be considered to habe information that gave him an advantage.
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