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17 CFR 230.506 - Exemption for limited offers and sales without regard to dollar amount of offering. | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
Exemption for limited offers and sales without regard to dollar
amount of offering.
Exemption. Offers and sales of securities by an issuer that satisfy the conditions in paragraph (b) or (c) of this section shall
be deemed to be transactions not involving any public offering within the meaning of section 4(a)(2) of the Act.
Conditions to be met in offerings subject to limitation on manner
of offering—(1) General conditions. To qualify for an
exemption under this section, offers and sales must satisfy all the terms
and conditions of §§
230.501 and 230.502.
Specific conditions—(i) Limitation on number of
purchasers. There are no more than or the issuer reasonably believes that there are no more than 35
purchasers of securities from the issuer in any offering under this section. Note to paragraph (b)(2)(i):
See § 230.501(e) for the calculation of the number of purchasers and § 230.502(a) for what may or may not constitute an offering under paragraph (b) of this section.
Nature of purchasers. Each purchaser who is not an
accredited investor either alone or with his
purchaser representative(s) has such knowledge and experience in financial
and business matters that he is capable of evaluating the merits and risks
of the prospective investment, or the issuer reasonably believes immediately prior to making
any sale that such purchaser comes within this description.
Conditions to be met in offerings not subject to limitation on
manner of offering—(1) General conditions. To qualify for exemption
under this section, sales must satisfy all the terms and conditions of §§ 230.501 and
230.502(a)
Specific conditions—(i) Nature of purchasers.
All purchasers of securities sold in any offering under paragraph (c) of this section are
Verification of accredited investor status. The
issuer shall take reasonable steps to verify
that purchasers of securities sold in any offering under paragraph (c) of this section are
accredited investors. The issuer shall be deemed to take reasonable steps to verify
if the issuer uses, at its option, one of the following
non-exclusive and non-mandatory methods of verifying that a natural
person who purchases securities in such
offering is an accredited investor; provided, however, that the
issuer does not have knowledge that such
person is not an accredited investor:
In regard to whether the purchaser is an accredited investor on the basis of income, reviewing any
Internal Revenue Service form that reports the purchaser's
income for the two most recent years (including, but not limited to, Form
W-2, Form 1099, Schedule K-1 to Form 1065, and Form 1040) and obtaining a
written representation from the purchaser that he or she has a reasonable
expectation of reaching the income level necessary to qualify as an
accredited investor during the current
In regard to whether the purchaser is an accredited investor on the basis of net worth, reviewing
one or more of the following types of documentation dated within the prior
three months and obtaining a written representation from the purchaser that
all liabilities necessary to make a determination of net worth have been
With respect to assets: Bank statements, brokerage statements and other
statements of securities holdings, certificates of deposit, tax assessments,
and appraisal reports issued by independent third parties; and
With respect to liabilities: A consumer report from at least one of the
nationwide consumer reporting agencies; or
Obtaining a written confirmation from one of the following persons or
entities that such person or entity has taken reasonable steps to verify
that the purchaser is an accredited investor within the prior three months and has
determined that such purchaser is an accredited investor:
A licensed attorney who is in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdictions in which he or she is admitted to practice law; or
A certified public accountant who is duly registered and in
good standing under the laws of the place of his or her residence or
In regard to any person who purchased securities in an issuer's Rule 506(b) offering as an accredited investor prior to September 23, 2013 and
continues to hold such securities, for the same issuer's Rule 506(c) offering, obtaining a certification by such person at the time of sale that he or she qualifies as an
Instructions to paragraph (c)(2)(ii)(A) through (D) of this
1. The issuer is not required to use any of these
methods in verifying the accredited investor status of natural persons who are
purchasers. These methods are examples of the types of non-exclusive and
non-mandatory methods that satisfy the verification requirement in § 230.506(c)(2)(ii).
2. In the case of a person who qualifies as an accredited investor based on joint income with that
person's spouse, the issuer would be deemed to satisfy the verification
requirement in § 230.506(c)(2)(ii)(A) by reviewing copies of Internal Revenue Service forms that report income for the two most
recent years in regard to, and obtaining written representations from, both the
person and the spouse.
3. In the case of a person who qualifies as an accredited investor based on joint net worth with that
requirement in § 230.506(c)(2)(ii)(B) by reviewing such documentation in regard to, and obtaining written
representations from, both the person and the spouse.
“Bad Actor” disqualification. (1) No exemption under this
section shall be available for a sale of securities if the issuer; any predecessor of the issuer; any affiliated issuer; any director, executive officer, other officer participating in the offering, general partner or managing member
of the issuer; any beneficial owner of 20% or more
of the issuer's outstanding voting equity
securities, calculated on the basis of voting power; any promoter connected with the issuer in any capacity at the time of such
sale; any investment manager of an issuer that is a pooled investment fund; any
person that has been or will be paid
(directly or indirectly) remuneration for solicitation of purchasers in
connection with such sale of securities; any general partner or managing
member of any such investment manager or solicitor; or any director, executive officer or other officer participating in the offering of any such investment manager or
solicitor or general partner or managing member of such investment manager
or solicitor:
Has been convicted, within ten years before such sale (or five years, in
the case of issuers, their predecessors and affiliated issuers), of any
Arising out of the conduct of the business of an underwriter, broker, dealer, municipal securities dealer,
investment adviser or paid solicitor of purchasers of securities;
jurisdiction, entered within five years before such sale, that, at the time
of such sale, restrains or enjoins such person from engaging or continuing to engage
in any conduct or practice:
Is subject to a final order of a state securities commission (or an agency or officer of a state performing like functions); a state authority that supervises or examines banks,
savings associations, or credit unions; a state insurance commission (or an agency or officer of a state performing like functions); an appropriate federal
banking agency; the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission; or the National Credit Union Administration that:
Constitutes a final order based on a violation of any law or regulation
that prohibits fraudulent, manipulative, or deceptive conduct entered within
ten years before such sale;
Is subject to an order of the Commission entered pursuant to section 15(b) or 15B(c) of the Securities
o(b) or 78o-4(c)) or section 203(e) or (f) of the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80b-3(e) or (f)) that, at the time of such sale:
Suspends or revokes such person's registration as a broker, dealer,
municipal securities dealer or investment adviser;
Places limitations on the activities, functions or operations of such
Bars such person from being associated with any entity
or from participating in the offering of any penny stock;
Is subject to any order of the Commission entered within five years before such sale
that, at the time of such sale, orders the person to cease and desist from committing
or causing a violation or future violation of:
Any scienter-based anti-fraud provision of the federal securities laws,
including without limitation section 17(a)(1) of
the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77q(a)(1)), section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78j(b)) and 17 CFR 240.10b-5, section 15(c)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78
o(c)(1)) and section 206(1)
Advisers Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80b-6(1)), or any other rule or regulation thereunder; or
Section 5 of the Securities Act of
1933 (15 U.S.C. 77e).
Is suspended or expelled from membership in, or suspended or barred from
association with a member of, a registered national securities exchange or a
registered national or affiliated securities association for any
act or omission to act constituting conduct inconsistent with just and
Has filed (as a registrant or issuer), or was or was named as an
underwriter in, any registration statement or
Regulation A offering statement filed with the
Commission that, within five years before
such sale, was the subject of a refusal order, stop order, or order
suspending the Regulation A exemption, or is, at the time of such sale, the
subject of an investigation or proceeding to determine whether a stop order
or suspension order should be issued; or
Is subject to a United States Postal Service false representation order
entered within five years before such sale, or is, at the time of such sale,
subject to a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction with
respect to conduct alleged by the United States Postal Service to constitute a scheme or device
for obtaining money or property through the mail by means of false
Paragraph (d)(1) of this section shall not apply:
With respect to any conviction, order, judgment, decree, suspension,
expulsion or bar that occurred or was issued before September 23,
Upon a showing of good cause and without prejudice to any other action by
the Commission, if the Commission determines that it is not necessary under the
circumstances that an exemption be denied;
If, before the relevant sale, the court or regulatory authority that
entered the relevant order, judgment or decree advises in writing (whether
contained in the relevant judgment, order or decree or separately to the
Commission or its staff) that
disqualification under paragraph (d)(1) of this section should not arise as
a consequence of such order, judgment or decree; or
If the issuer establishes that it did not know and,
in the exercise of reasonable care, could not have known that a
disqualification existed under paragraph (d)(1) of this section.
Instruction to paragraph (d)(2)(iv). An issuer will not be able to establish that it has exercised
reasonable care unless it has made, in light of the circumstances, factual
inquiry into whether any disqualifications exist. The nature and scope of the
factual inquiry will vary based on the facts and circumstances concerning, among
other things, the issuer and the other offering participants.
For purposes of paragraph (d)(1) of this section, events relating to any
affiliated issuer that occurred before the affiliation arose will be not considered disqualifying if the
affiliated entity is not:
Under common control with the issuer by a third party that was in control of the affiliated entity at the
time of such events.
Disclosure of prior “bad actor” events. The issuer shall furnish to each purchaser, a
reasonable time prior to sale, a description in writing of any matters that
would have triggered disqualification under paragraph (d)(1) of this section
but occurred before September 23, 2013. The failure to furnish such
information timely shall not prevent an issuer from relying on this section if the
issuer establishes that it did not know and,
in the exercise of reasonable care, could not have known of the existence of
the undisclosed matter or matters.
Instruction to paragraph (e). An issuer will not be able to establish that it has exercised
[47 FR 11262, Mar. 6, 1982, as amended at 54 FR 11373, Mar. 20, 1989; 78 FR
44770, 44804, July 24, 2013]
Exemption. Offers and sales of securities by an issuer that satisfy the conditions in paragraph (b) or (c) of this section shall be deemed to be transactions not involving any public offering within the meaning of section 4(a)(2) of the Act.
Conditions to be met in offerings subject to limitation on manner of offering - (1)
General conditions. To qualify for an exemption under this section, offers and sales must satisfy all the terms and conditions of §§ 230.501 and 230.502.
Specific conditions - (i)
Limitation on number of purchasers. There are no more than or the issuer reasonably believes that there are no more than 35 purchasers of securities from the issuer in any offering under this section.
Note to paragraph (b)(2)(i):
Nature of purchasers. Each purchaser who is not an accredited investor either alone or with his purchaser representative(s) has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that he is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment, or the issuer reasonably believes immediately prior to making any sale that such purchaser comes within this description.
Conditions to be met in offerings not subject to limitation on manner of offering - (1)
General conditions. To qualify for exemption under this section, sales must satisfy all the terms and conditions of §§ 230.501 and 230.502(a) and (d).
Nature of purchasers. All purchasers of securities sold in any offering under paragraph (c) of this section are accredited investors.
Verification of accredited investor status. The issuer shall take reasonable steps to verify that purchasers of securities sold in any offering under paragraph (c) of this section are accredited investors. The issuer shall be deemed to take reasonable steps to verify if the issuer uses, at its option, one of the following non-exclusive and non-mandatory methods of verifying that a natural person who purchases securities in such offering is an accredited investor; provided, however, that the issuer does not have knowledge that such person is not an accredited investor:
(D) In regard to any person who purchased securities in an issuer's Rule 506(b) offering as an accredited investor prior to September 23, 2013 and continues to hold such securities, for the same issuer's Rule 506(c) offering, obtaining a certification by such person at the time of sale that he or she qualifies as an accredited investor.
Instructions to paragraph (c)(2)(ii)(A) through (D) of this section:
1. The issuer is not required to use any of these methods in verifying the accredited investor status of natural persons who are purchasers. These methods are examples of the types of non-exclusive and non-mandatory methods that satisfy the verification requirement in § 230.506(c)(2)(ii).
2. In the case of a person who qualifies as an accredited investor based on joint income with that person's spouse, the issuer would be deemed to satisfy the verification requirement in § 230.506(c)(2)(ii)(A) by reviewing copies of Internal Revenue Service forms that report income for the two most recent years in regard to, and obtaining written representations from, both the person and the spouse.
3. In the case of a person who qualifies as an accredited investor based on joint net worth with that person's spouse, the issuer would be deemed to satisfy the verification requirement in § 230.506(c)(2)(ii)(B) by reviewing such documentation in regard to, and obtaining written representations from, both the person and the spouse.
(d) “Bad Actor” disqualification.
(1) No exemption under this section shall be available for a sale of securities if the issuer; any predecessor of the issuer; any affiliated issuer; any director, executive officer, other officer participating in the offering, general partner or managing member of the issuer; any beneficial owner of 20% or more of the issuer's outstanding voting equity securities, calculated on the basis of voting power; any promoter connected with the issuer in any capacity at the time of such sale; any investment manager of an issuer that is a pooled investment fund; any person that has been or will be paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration for solicitation of purchasers in connection with such sale of securities; any general partner or managing member of any such investment manager or solicitor; or any director, executive officer or other officer participating in the offering of any such investment manager or solicitor or general partner or managing member of such investment manager or solicitor:
(iv) Is subject to an order of the Commission entered pursuant to section 15(b) or 15B(c) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78
o(b) or 78o-4(c)) or section 203(e) or (f) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80b-3(e) or (f)) that, at the time of such sale:
(A) Suspends or revokes such person's registration as a broker, dealer, municipal securities dealer or investment adviser;
(A) Any scienter-based anti-fraud provision of the federal securities laws, including without limitation section 17(a)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77q(a)(1)), section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78j(b)) and 17 CFR 240.10b-5, section 15(c)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78
o(c)(1)) and section 206(1) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80b-6(1)), or any other rule or regulation thereunder; or
Instruction to paragraph (d)(2)(iv). An issuer will not be able to establish that it has exercised reasonable care unless it has made, in light of the circumstances, factual inquiry into whether any disqualifications exist. The nature and scope of the factual inquiry will vary based on the facts and circumstances concerning, among other things, the issuer and the other offering participants.
Disclosure of prior “bad actor” events. The issuer shall furnish to each purchaser, a reasonable time prior to sale, a description in writing of any matters that would have triggered disqualification under paragraph (d)(1) of this section but occurred before September 23, 2013. The failure to furnish such information timely shall not prevent an issuer from relying on this section if the issuer establishes that it did not know and, in the exercise of reasonable care, could not have known of the existence of the undisclosed matter or matters.
Instruction to paragraph (e). An issuer will not be able to establish that it has exercised reasonable care unless it has made, in light of the circumstances, factual inquiry into whether any disqualifications exist. The nature and scope of the factual inquiry will vary based on the facts and circumstances concerning, among other things, the issuer and the other offering participants.
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