Delaware § 5104 Recovery of profits

Delaware Statutes

§ 5104 — Recovery of profits

Delaware·Title 18·Part Insurance·Ch. 51 INSIDER TRADING IN DOMESTIC INSURER SECURITIES

(a)For the purpose of preventing the unfair use of information which may have been obtained by such beneficial owner, director or officer by reason of such person’s relationship to such insurer, any profit realized by such person from any purchase and sale or any sale and purchase of any equity security of such insurer within any period of less than 6 months, unless such security was acquired in good faith in connection with a debt previously contracted, shall inure to and be recoverable by the insurer, irrespective of any intention on the part of such beneficial owner, director or officer in entering into such transaction of holding the security purchased or of not repurchasing the security sold for a period exceeding 6 months.

(b)Suit to recover such profit may be instituted in any co

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(a) For the purpose of preventing the unfair use of information which may have been obtained by such beneficial owner, director or officer by reason of such person’s relationship to such insurer, any profit realized by such person from any purchase and sale or any sale and purchase of any equity security of such insurer within any period of less than 6 months, unless such security was acquired in good faith in connection with a debt previously contracted, shall inure to and be recoverable by the insurer, irrespective of any intention on the part of such beneficial owner, director or officer in entering into such transaction of holding the security purchased or of not repurchasing the security sold for a period exceeding 6 months.

(b) Suit to recover such profit may be instituted in any court of competent jurisdiction by the insurer or by the owner of any security of the insurer in the name and in behalf of the insurer if the insurer shall fail or refuse to bring such suit within 60 days after request or shall fail diligently to prosecute the same thereafter, but no such suit shall be brought more than 2 years after the date such profit was realized.

(c) This section shall not be construed to cover any transaction where such beneficial owner was not such both at the time of the purchase and sale or the sale and purchase of the security involved or any transaction or transactions which the Commissioner by rules and regulations may exempt as not comprehended within the purpose of this section.

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