Replies to post #64230 on Arrayit Corporation (ARYC)

[techmover]

And you know for a CERTAINTY under this guideline they don't fall under the rules?

[Delsurfer]

This is what Investopedia has on this. If they adhered to the 4 conditions it sounds like they could do it but the required transparency from 10-Q's and 10-K's obviously has been missing. Not sure how all this applies to a delinquent filer.

What is the 'Rule 10b-18'
The Rule 10B-18 is a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rule that provides a "safe harbor" for companies and their affiliated purchasers when the company or affiliates repurchase the company's shares of common stock. This means they will not be deemed to have violated anti-fraud provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The repurchases must fall within the four conditions of the rule.

BREAKING DOWN 'Rule 10b-18'
Rule 10B-18 covers the manner of purchases, the time of the repurchases, the prices paid and the volume of shares repurchased. Compliance with the rule is voluntary. However, in order to fall within the safe harbor, each of the four conditions must be satisfied daily. Otherwise, repurchases will not fall under the safe harbor for that particular day.
Origin of Rule 10B-18
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) instituted the rule in 1982. This allowed a company's Board of Directors to authorize the repurchase of a certain amount of shares. Subsequently, the company could purchase shares as long as it adhered to those four conditions.

In 2003, the SEC amended the rule, requiring companies to disclose more detailed information on share repurchases on forms 10Q, 10-K, and 20-F.

The Four Conditions
Manner of purchase: The issuer or affiliate must purchase all shares from a single broker or deal during a single day.
Timing: An issuer with an average trading volume less than $1 million per day or a public float value below $150 million is unable to trade within the last 30 minutes of trading. Companies with higher average-trading-volume or public float value can trade up until the last 10 minutes.
Price: The issuer must repurchase at a price that does not exceed the highest independent bid or the last transaction price quoted.
Volume: The issuer can't purchase more than 25% of the average daily volume.
The SEC also specified more detailed disclosure requirements for repurchases. In each quarterly report on Form 10-Q and in the annual report on Form 10-K, the company must provide a table showing, on a month-by-month basis: the total number of shares purchased, the average price paid per share, the total number of shares purchased under publicly announced repurchase programs, and the maximum number of shares that may be repurchased under these programs (or maximum dollar amount if the limit is stated in those terms).

Even though the rule provides safe harbor, the repurchases must be reported in compliance with the various regulations. The safe harbor is not available if the repurchases were made in an effort to evade federal securities laws.

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Who is loading ARYC at 008? I wonder who......