Section 4(a)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933

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Section 4(a)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933 is a statutory exemption that allows persons other than issuers, underwriters, or dealers to resell securities without registering the transaction with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf provision of United States federal securities law ⓘ
statutory exemption ⓘ
appliesTo resale of securities ⓘ
citedIn judicial decisions interpreting resale exemptions ⓘ
no‑action letters and SEC interpretive guidance ⓘ
codifiedIn 15 U.S.C. § 77d(a)(1) ⓘ
constrainedBy anti‑fraud provisions of the federal securities laws ⓘ
definition of underwriter in Section 2(a)(11) of the Securities Act of 1933 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
doesNotApplyTo transactions by dealers ⓘ
transactions by issuers ⓘ
transactions by underwriters ⓘ
enforcedBy U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ
exemptionFor ordinary trading transactions by investors ⓘ
secondary market transactions by non‑issuers ⓘ
transactions by persons other than issuers, underwriters, or dealers ⓘ
exemptsFrom Section 5 registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 ⓘ
registration of certain securities transactions ⓘ
formerlyDesignatedAs Section 4(1) of the Securities Act of 1933 ⓘ
interpretedBy U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ
U.S. federal courts ⓘ
jurisdiction United States ⓘ
legalEffect provides safe harbor from registration for qualifying resales ⓘ
legalSystem common law influenced federal statutory system ⓘ
partOf Securities Act of 1933 ⓘ
policyGoal avoid unnecessary registration of routine trading transactions ⓘ
balance investor protection with market liquidity ⓘ
primaryPurpose facilitate ordinary trading in outstanding securities without registration ⓘ
regulates resale transactions in securities ⓘ
relatedProvision Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933 ⓘ
linked to: Rule 144

Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 ⓘ
Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933 ⓘ
relatedToConcept public offering versus private offering distinction ⓘ
secondary trading markets ⓘ
underwriter status under the Securities Act of 1933 ⓘ
renumberedBy Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act ⓘ
renumberedInYear 2012 ⓘ
subjectMatter exempt transactions ⓘ
registration of securities transactions ⓘ
securities regulation ⓘ
usedBy investors reselling restricted or control securities subject to additional conditions ⓘ
yearEnacted 1933 ⓘ

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Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 → distinguishedFrom → Section 4(a)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933 ⓘ
Section 4(a)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933 → formerlyDesignatedAs → Section 4(1) of the Securities Act of 1933 ⓘ
linked to: Section 4(a)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933