§230.152a. Offer or sale of certain fractional interests.
17 C.F.R. § 230.152a
Any offer or sale of a security, evidenced by a scrip certificate, order form or similar document which represents a fractional interest in a share of stock or similar security shall be deemed a transaction by a person other than an issuer, underwriter or dealer, within the meaning of section 4(1) of the act, if the fractional interest (a) resulted from a stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, conversion, merger or similar transaction, and (b) is offered or sold pursuant to arrangements for the purchase and sale of fractional interests among the person entitled to such fractional interests for the purpose of combining such interests into whole shares, and for the sale of such number of whole shares as may be necessary to compensate security holders for any remaining fractional interests not so combined, notwithstanding that the issuer or an affiliate of the issuer may act on behalf of or as agent for the security holders in effecting such transactions.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Amendments
[30 FR 2657, Mar. 2, 1965]
Authority
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 77b, 77b note, 77c, 77d, 77f, 77g, 77h, 77j, 77r, 77s, 77z-3, 77sss, 78c, 78d, 78j, 78 l, 78m, 78n, 78o, 78o-7 note, 78t, 78w, 78 ll (d), 78mm, 80a-8, 80a-24, 80a-28, 80a-29, 80a-30, and 80a-37, and Pub. L. 112-106, sec. 201(a), sec. 401, 126 Stat. 313 (2012), unless otherwise noted. Section 230.151 is also issued under 15 U.S.C. 77s(a). Section 230.160 is also issued under Section 104(d) of the Electronic Signatures Act. Section 230.193 is also issued under sec. 943, Pub. L. 111-203, 124 Stat. 1376. Sections 230.400 to 230.499 issued under secs. 6, 8, 10, 19, 48 Stat. 78, 79, 81, and 85, as amended (15 U.S.C. 77f, 77h, 77j, 77s). Sec. 230.457 also issued under secs. 6 and 7, 15 U.S.C. 77f and 77g. Section 230.502 is also issued under 15 U.S.C. 80a-8, 80a-29, 80a-30.
Amendments
[55 FR 18322, May 2, 1990, as amended at 62 FR 53954, Oct. 17, 1997; 63 FR 9642, Feb. 25, 1998]
Amendments
[30 FR 2657, Mar. 2, 1965]