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Assignment 1:
Dale Emerson served as the chief financial officer for Reliant Electric Company, a distributor of electricity serving portions of Montana and North Dakota. Reliant was in the final stages of planning a takeover of Dakota Gasworks, Inc. a natural gas distributor that operated solely within North Dakota. Emerson went on a weekend fishing trip with his uncle, Ernest Wallace.
Emerson mentioned to Wallace that he had been putting in a lot of extra hours at the office planning a takeover of Dakota Gasworks. On returning from the fishing trip, Wallace met with a broker from Chambers Investments and purchased $20,000 of Reliant stock. Three weeks later, Reliant made a tender offer to Dakota Gasworks stockholders and purchased 57% of Dakota Gasworks stock. Over the next two weeks, the price of Reliant stock rose 72% before leveling out. Wallace then sold his Reliant stock for a gross profit of $14,400.
- For your Assignment answer the following questions:
- Would registration with the SEC be required for Dakota Gasworks securities?
- Did Emerson violate Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and SEC
- Rule 10b-5?
- What theory or theories might a court use to hold Wallace liable for insider trading?
- Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, who would be required to certify the accuracy of
- financial statements filed with the SEC?
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