Decisions and Reports, Volume 5

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1941 - Securities

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Page 1009 - underwriter" means any person who has purchased from an issuer with a view to, or offers or sells for an issuer in connection with, the distribution of any security, or participates or has a direct or indirect participation in any such undertaking, or participates or has a participation in the direct or indirect underwriting of any such undertaking; but such term shall not include a person whose interest is limited to a commission from an underwriter or dealer not in excess of the usual and customary...
Page 270 - Unless a registration statement is in effect as to a security, it shall be unlawful for any person, directly or indirectly— (1) to make use of any means or instruments of transportation or communication in interstate commerce or of the mails...
Page 269 - ... (1) to employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud, or (2) to obtain money or property by means of any untrue statement of a material fact or any omission to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or (3) to engage in any transaction, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon the purchaser.
Page 625 - No broker or dealer shall make use of the mails or of any means or Instrumentality of interstate commerce to effect any transaction in. or to induce the purchase or sale of, any security (other than commercial paper, bankers...
Page 128 - And, in order to ascertain that value, the original cost of construction, the amount expended in permanent improvements, the amount and market value of its bonds and stock, the present as compared with the original cost of construction, the probable earning capacity of the property under particular rates prescribed by statute, and the sum required to meet operating expenses, are all matters for consideration, and are to be given such weight as may be just and right in each case. We do not say that...
Page 109 - The true test of the sufficiency of an indictment Is not whether it could have been made more definite and certain, but whether It contains the elements of the offense Intended to be charged, and "sufficiently apprises the defendant of what he must be prepared to meet...
Page 200 - It shall be unlawful for any registered holding company or subsidiary company thereof, by use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce, or otherwise, to...
Page 68 - ... named as having prepared or certified a report or valuation (other than a public official document or statement) which Is used in connection with the registration statement, but is not named as having prepared or certified such report or valuation for use in connection with the registration statement...
Page 555 - ... he may cast all of such votes for a single director or may distribute them among the number to be voted for, or any two or more of them as he may see fit, which right, when exercised, shall be termed cumulative voting.
Page 1019 - ... such rules and regulations or orders as the Commission deems necessary or appropriate to protect the financial integrity of companies in...

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