(a) For the purpose of preventing the unfair use of information that may have been obtained by the beneficial owner, director, or officer by reason of the relationship to the company, any profit realized by the person from any purchase and sale, or any sale and purchase, of any equity security of the company within any period of less than six (6) months, unless the security was acquired in good faith in connection with a debt previously contracted, shall inure to and be recoverable by the company, irrespective of any intention on the part of the beneficial owner, director, or officer in entering into the transaction of holding the security purchased or of not repurchasing the security sold for a period exceeding six (6) months.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-3-703

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of commerce and insurance. See Tennessee Code 56-1-102
  • equity security: means any stock or similar security, or any security convertible, with or without consideration, into a stock or similar security, or carrying a warrant or right to subscribe or to purchase a stock or similar security. See Tennessee Code 56-3-701
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Person: means any association, aggregate of individuals, business, company, corporation, individual, joint-stock company, Lloyds-type organization, organization, partnership, receiver, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, trustee or society. See Tennessee Code 56-16-102
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
(b) Suit to recover the profit may be instituted at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction by the company or by the owner of any security of the company in the name and in behalf of the company, if the company fails or refuses to bring suit within sixty (60) days after request or fails diligently to prosecute it thereafter; but no suit shall be brought more than two (2) years after the date the profit was realized.
(c) This section shall not be construed to cover any transaction where the beneficial owner was not the beneficial owner both at the time of the purchase and sale, or the sale and purchase, of the security involved, or any transaction or transactions that the commissioner by rules and regulations exempts as not comprehended within the purpose of this section.
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