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Can You Sell Shares Which You Do Not Own? Insider

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June 15, 2021 *in short nilalaro ko lang yung presyo

Can you sell shares which you do not This is a form of stock manipulation (Illegal
own? Wash Sale).

Yes. Under law on sales, you don’t have to Insider


be the owner at the time of the sale but you
should be the owner at the time of delivery. Stockholder, officer, director, minor
employee, pwede ring walang kinalaman sa
*Price of shares in stock market changes. corporation but he got information from
somebody connected with the corporation.
Wash sales
Insider Trading (Illegal)
There is a sale of shares but there is no
change of beneficial ownership. Dean: Mahirap iprove insider trading. (wala
pa nahuhuli sa insider trading); Martha
DBP sold it shares before on a particular stewart (nagserve sentence due to insider
date worth hundreds of million. But on the trading)
same day, it was also DBP who acquired it.
Wash sales is not prohibited/illegal for as Ex:
long as it is not used as a form of stock
manipulation Mister to Mrs.: Yung driver ko nag LBM eh
may board meeting ako. Pwede hiramin ko
Stock price manipulation driver mo?

Example: Driver ako ni misis. Hinatid ko yung


husband sa board meeting. *driver
Friend: The price of shares of X Corp. overhead* “Nagdeclare kami ng 20% cash
tataas yan. Bumili ka na. Kasi may papasok dividends.” Pag nalaman ito ng publiko,
na foreign investor. tataas ng presyo ng shares of corp. The
Me: *naniwala* *bought shares while the next day, driver called his salesman to buy
price is low* (over the years di gumagalaw the shares of X Corp. habang mura pa. Kasi
yung presyo) *calls friend (bakit ganito??) pag nalaman ng publiko, biglang tataas ang
presyo.
Friend: namatay kasi yung foreign investor

Me: *wants to recover opportunity losses*


Ex:
Me to Third person: Every other day,
ipopost ko thru stock exchange that I am Director, sees X being good at using
selling a certain number of shares of X calculator, brings him to the Board meeting.
Corp. sabihan kita kung kelan. Sabihan mo Directors are talking about how much would
be the dividends. X calculates. X a minor
naman salesman mo, ikaw bibili kunwari.
employee may also be an insider.
Bebenta ko from Php2, then sa susunod na
araw Php2.5. (pataas ng pataas para
maentice other investors para bumili) Close Corporation

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If there would be a deadlock in the board - Mortgagor should be thw owner of the
of a close corporation. Remedy? thing mortgaged/pledged.
- Pledgor/Mortgagor must have capacity
Appointment of Provisional director– one to pledge or mortgage
appointed by the SEC to sit in the board of - Once principal obligation has been
close corp. in which corp. there is a extinguished. These accessory
deadlock. Must have absolutely no interest contracts shall also be extinguished.
in the corp. (not stockholder, not creditor)
his services is required so long as there is
deadlock; he need not own a share. Purpose of PPSA:

(bakit binago rules on pledge/chattel


mortgage law?)
If there is deadlock, there is Intra corporate
dispute. To promote economic activity by increasing
access least cost credit particularly for micro
small and medium enterprises (MSMEs)
What gov’t office is in charge if there is Kapag umutang ka sa bumbay,
intra-corporate dispute? SEC by arrangement is 5/6. Ratio: 1 peso sa 5
appointing provisional director. pesos = 20% = illegal? No. we do not have
Under the jurisdiction of special commercial usury law.
court where it has its principal office. Usury law – contracting rates more than
To emphasize, Appointment of provisional what the law allows. Ngayon wala nang
ceiling.
director is with SEC, not RTC.

PPSA Pledge is real contact (perfected by


delivery)
How may obligations be secured?

Civil law provides:


Before where we still have pledge/chattel
1. By the written undertaking of another mortgage, anong ginagamit ang
person (Guaranty/Suretyship) collateral?
2. Using personal properties
a. By pledge Usually vehicles. Pero paano naman yung
b. Chattel mortgage MSMEs na di afford? That’s why we have
3. Real estate mortgage. PPSA.
4. By a contract of antichresis. Anu ano properties pwede gamitin as
Basic Principles Securing obligation collateral for obligations?

 All personal properties even future


– pledge mortgage, antichresis are
just accessory contracts. There goods
must be principal obligation.

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 aircrafts (covered ng civil aviation  Kung uncertificated, ano
authority) NOT included pinanghahwakan mo? Simply electronic
 barko (covered by ship mortgage record of your ownership. Pwede ba
decree) NOT included also. tong gamiting collateral? Yes. Under the
 Note: Yacht – pwede gawin collateral. PPSA.

Object of pledge Example ng future object:

- must have physical existence because Nagbebenta ka sa supermart. bumili ka sa


there has to be delivery supplier. Supplier agreed to deliver to you 1
- what if wala pa sayo yung object? di ton of lapu lapu. Kinarga na sa barko. Ano
pwede. pero under the PPSA, may mga ang inissue sa kanya ng common carrier?
personal properties na pwede gawing Bill of lading (pwede gamitin collateral).
collateral pag uutang ng pera.
- Ex: gumagawa ako ng furniture. I 3 Fold purposes of documents of title
received Purchase order for 1000 units 1. Serves as a receipt
of office table. Ang problema ko ngayon 2. Serve as written contract b/w parties
san ko kukunin yung pera pambili ng 3. Stands for goods mentioned therein.
materyales para magawa yung order.
Punta ako sa bangko kasi kulang capital BOL - Can be issued in negotiable or non
ko, uutang ako. Gagawin kong collateral negotiable form. Negotiable para mas
yung purchase order. mapabilis commercial transactions.

Warehouse receipt? Pwede gawing


collateral.
Investments in Stock Market
May time deposit ako sa bangko. Meron
If you had already fully paid your akong receivables. Ayoko naman
subscription, shares of corporation, you issurender yung time deposit, saying yung
receive stock certificate. Pwede ito gamiting interes na kikitain ko. Pwede mag loan sa
collateral as well. Because it shows that you bank at gagawin kong collateral yung time
own those properties.
deposit ko. = Pwede na under PPSA.

Back to back - Secures your loan with a


If you would invest in shares listed in PSE bank; Maganda ngayon kasi Rate of interest
and you want to sell as soon as prices go is 1% higher than your time deposit.
up. Pwede ka ba magbenta agad ng shares
mo?
How may security interest be perfected?
 Deliver muna stock certificate to your
broker for validation (if genuine). Or wag - Concept same as old law
ka humingi ng stock certificate - Pero narepeal na provisions on civil
(uncertificated) (matagal to baka umabot code on pledge/chattel mortgage
ng 5 working days baka bumaba na
presyo) Kung may itatanong sa bar, madadaling
principles lang yan.

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- Sa chattel mortgage law, may form,
yung Affidavit of good faith. Pero
repealed na to.
- Yung LRA, sila na ang gumawa ng form
katumbas ng chattel mortgage
agreement ngayon.
- *Download form of document that will
serve as chattel mortgage agreement.

Di ko sure kung eto:

https://lra.gov.ph/images/PDF_Files/Sample
_Forms/chattelmortgage1.pdf

Security interest may be perfected by:

1. Registration of a notice with registry of


deeds; (eto yung chattel mortgage dati,
void yun kasi lumalabas na pactum
commissorium – Conditional sale of
personal property to secure fulfillment of
valid obligation)
2. May also be perfected by possession
of collateral by any secured creditor (eto
yung dating pledge)
3. Control of investment property and
deposit account

Ex. See prior examples on investment


property: invest in stock market and
don’t ask for certificate. Uncertificated.
Pwede gamitin collateral ang shares
basta may arrangement with broker;
time deposit example.

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