Securities Lawyer's Deskbook
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Rules and Regulations
promulgated
under the
Investment Company Act of 1940





Rule 10b-1 -- Definition of Regular Broker or Dealer


The term regular broker or dealer of an investment company shall mean:
  1. One of the ten brokers or dealers that received the greatest dollar amount of brokerage commissions by virtue of direct or indirect participation in the company's portfolio transactions during the company's most recent fiscal year;

  2. One of the ten brokers or dealers that engaged as principal in the largest dollar amount of portfolio transactions of the investment company during the company's most recent fiscal year; or

  3. One of the ten brokers or dealers that sold the largest dollar amount of securities of the investment company during the company's most recent fiscal year.


Regulatory History


49 FR 40572, Oct. 17, 1984



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