In addition to the prohibitions on transactions that are described in this Policy, it is illegal and a violation of this Policy to convey material nonpublic information to another person or entity (a practice known as 「tipping」) that may trade or advise another person or entity to trade on the basis of such information. This prohibition in tipping applies regardless of whether the 「tippee」 (the
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person or entity that receives the information) is related to you and regardless of whether you receive any monetary benefit from the tippee.
Certain Prohibited Transactions, Including Speculation in Securities
Covered Persons may not transact in options, warrants, puts and calls, or similar instruments related to Company Securities, sell Company Securities 「short,」 or hold Company Securities in margin accounts. This Policy also prohibits purchasing financial instruments (including prepaid variable forward contracts, equity swaps, collars, and exchange funds), or otherwise engaging in transactions that hedge or offset, or are designed to hedge or offset, any decrease in the market value of common stock or other equity securities of the Company. In addition, our directors and those officers who have been designated by our Board of Directors as subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the 「Exchange Act」) (collectively, 「Section 16 Reporting Persons」), are prohibited from pledging stock of the Company as collateral for any loan.
Investing in Company Securities provides an opportunity to share in the future growth of the Company. Investment in the Company and sharing in our growth, however, do not mean short-range speculation in Company Securities, such as trading based on fluctuations in the market price of the securities. Such speculative trading may put the personal gain of the director, officer, or employee engaging in that activity in conflict with the best interests of the Company and its shareholders.
股權獎勵
The trading restrictions in this Policy do not apply to exercises of stock options acquired pursuant to the Company’s plans, so long as no Company shares are sold in the market. The trading restrictions do apply, however, to any market sales of Company shares received upon the exercise of options, whether or not such shares are being sold in order to fund the option exercise price (例如,(經紀人協助的無現金期權行使)或用於資助任何稅款扣除義務。公司可以在期權持有人的選擇下,扣留足夠的股份,以便持有人支付其期權行使價格或滿足任何稅款扣除義務,公司根據本政策允許扣留股份。
If you are subject to the Addendum at the time your service with the Company ends: (i) the section of the Addendum entitled 「Pre-clearance Procedures」 (which requires you to pre-clear your transactions in Company Securities) will no longer apply to your transactions in Company Securities, effective immediately; (ii) the section of the Addendum entitled 「Restrictions on Trading by Company Insiders」 (which requires you to confine your transactions in Company Securities to open trading windows) will no longer apply to your transactions in Company Securities, effective immediately if the quarterly trading window is open at the time your service with the Company ends, or else effective upon the opening of the next open trading window after your service with the Company ends; and (iii) the section of the Addendum entitled 「Event-specific Blackouts」 (which may in certain cases prohibit your transactions in Company Securities even during what would otherwise be an open trading window) will no longer apply to your transactions in Company Securities, effective immediately, unless you are aware of such an Event-specific Blackout at the time your service with the Company ends, in which case that section of the Addendum will continue
to apply to your transactions in Company Securities until such time as the material nonpublic information giving rise to the Event-specific Blackout has become public or is no longer material.
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In no event, however, irrespective of whether you are subject to the Addendum at the time when your service with the Company ends, may you trade in any Company Securities if you are in possession of material nonpublic information regarding the Company, until such time as that information has become public or is no longer material. You are also reminded of the restrictions on trading in the securities of Company Counterparties set forth in this Policy. This will remain the case even after your service with Company ends (and, if you are a Company Insider, even after the sections of the Addendum referred to in the preceding paragraph have ceased to apply to your transactions in Company Securities), since you will still continue to be subject to the federal securities laws prohibiting trading when in possession of such material nonpublic information.
2 Rule 16a-1 under the Exchange Act defines those 「officers」 who are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act to include an issuer’s president, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer (or, if there is no such accounting officer, the controller), any vice-president of the issuer in charge of a principal business unit, division or function (such as sales, administration or finance), any other officer who performs a policy-making function, or any other person who performs similar policy-making functions for the issuer.
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•statements of changes of beneficial ownership of our equity securities, to be filed before 10:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the second business day after any such change (Form 4); and
•annual statements of beneficial ownership of our equity securities, filed within 45 days after the end of our fiscal year with respect to certain securities transactions not earlier reported (Form 5).
Although our General Counsel will provide information to Section 16 Reporting Persons concerning these requirements and assist with the preparation and the filing of the required forms with the SEC, each Section 16 Reporting Person bears legal responsibility for complying with these requirements.
In addition, under applicable securities laws, our directors and executive officers who are affiliates3 of the Company (collectively, 「Company Affiliates」) generally must comply with the requirements of Rule 144 (「Rule 144」) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 「Securities Act」), when selling any Company Securities.
•Rule 144 includes: (i) detailed reporting requirements; (ii) limitations on the number of shares or amount of debt securities that may be sold during an established period of time; (iii) requirements, for certain securities, as to the length of time for which the securities must be held before they are sold; (iv) requirements as to the availability of public information about the Company; and (v) limitations on the manner of sale of securities.
Upon effecting any transaction permitted under our Policy, you are responsible for informing your broker and any investment professional that you work with of your status as a Section 16 Reporting Person and/or affiliate, and you should be prepared to notify the Legal Department of any transactions that may trigger a Section 16 filing requirement as soon as possible, as well as any other required filings such as a Form 144.