Question

"A high-ranking officer of ABC Corporation owns 10,000 shares of ABC Corporation control stock that she wishes to sell under the provisions of Rule 144. The company has 900,000 shares outstanding. The average weekly trading volume over the preceding 4 weeks was 3,000 shares. The maximum permitted sale under Rule 144 is:"

Answer 1

Answer: $9,000

Explanation:

Rule 144 is a regulation that governs the trading of restricted, unregistered, and control securities and is enforceable by the SEC.

Under the rule, the person, as an officer of the ABC Corporation is limited to selling the higher of 1% of the Outstanding stock the company has or the average weekly trading volume over the preceding 4 weeks.

1% of the outstanding 900,000 shares is;

= 1% * 900,000

= 9,000 shares

This is higher than the average weekly trading volume over the preceding 4 weeks so this is the maximum permitted sales figure.