Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Section 403
Disclosures of Transactions Involving Management and Principal Stockholders
a. Amendment.
Section 16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is amended by striking the heading of
such section and subsection (a) and inserting the following:
"Sec. 16. DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AND PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS.
"(a) Disclosures Required.--
"(1) Directors, officers, and principal stockholders required to file.--
Every person who is directly or indirectly the beneficial owner of more
than 10 percent of any class of any equity security (other than an exempted
security) which is registered pursuant to section 12, or who is a director
or an officer of the issuer of such security, shall file the statements
required by this subsection with the Commission (and, if such security is
registered on a national securities exchange, also with the exchange).
"(2) Time of filing.-- The statements required by this subsection shall
be filed--
"(A) at the time of the registration of such security on a national securities
exchange or by the effective date of a registration statement filed pursuant
to section 12(g);
"(B) within 10 days after he or she becomes such beneficial
owner, director, or officer;
"(C) if there has been a change in such ownership,
or if such person shall have purchased or sold a security-based swap agreement
(as defined in section 206(b) of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (15 U.S.C. 78c
note)) involving such equity security, before the end of the second business
day following the day on which the subject transaction has been executed,
or at such other time as the Commission shall establish, by rule, in any
case in which the Commission determines that such 2-day period is not feasible.
"(3) Contents of statements.-- A statement filed --
"(A) under subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (2) shall contain a statement
of the amount of all equity securities of such issuer of which the filing
person is the beneficial owner; and
"(B) under subparagraph (C) of such
paragraph shall indicate ownership by the filing person at the date of filing,
any such changes in such ownership, and such purchases and sales of the
security-based swap agreements as have occurred since the most recent such
filing under such subparagraph.
"(4) Electronic filing and availability.-- Beginning not later than 1
year after the date of enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002--
"(A) a statement filed under subparagraph (C) of paragraph (2) shall
be filed electronically;
"(B) the Commission shall provide each such statement
on a publicly accessible Internet site not later than the end of the business
day following that filing; and
"(C) the issuer (if the issuer maintains
a corporate website) shall provide that statement on that corporate website,
not later than the end of the business day following that filing.".
b. Effective Date. The amendment made by this section shall be effective
30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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