even though such person believes that he or she may suffer an economic loss or forego anticipated profit by waiting.
II.Persons Subject to this Policy
This Policy applies to all directors, officers and employees of the Company, including, for the avoidance of doubt, all of the Company’s subsidiaries and affiliated entities, including all institutions that are part of the Laureate International Universities network, and to contractors, consultants or any other persons the Company determines should be subject to the Policy. For the purposes of this Policy, officers and outside directors, including officers and outside directors of institutions that are part of the Laureate International Universities network, are included within the term 「employee.」 This Policy also applies to any other persons whom the Company’s insider trading 「Compliance Officer」 (as defined in Section 5 of this Policy) may designate because they have access to material nonpublic information concerning the Company, as well as any person who receives material nonpublic information from any Insider (as defined in Section 3 of this Policy). This Policy covers actions by family members who reside with employees, officers and directors (including a spouse, a child, a child away at college, stepchildren, grandchildren, parents, stepparents, grandparents, siblings and in-laws), anyone else who lives in such persons’ household and any family members who do not live in their household but whose transactions in the Company’s securities are directed by employees, officers and directors or are subject to the control or influence by such persons, such as parents or children who consult with such persons before they trade in the Company’s securities (collectively referred to as 「family members」). Employees are responsible for the transactions of these other persons and therefore should make them aware of the need to confer with you before they trade in the Company’s securities, and you should treat all such transactions for purposes of this Policy and applicable securities laws as if the transactions were for your own account. This Policy does not, however, apply to personal securities transactions of family members where the purchase or sale decision is made by a third party not controlled by, influenced by or related to you or your family members. This Policy also covers actions by any entities (such as trusts, limited partnerships and corporations) over which employees have or share voting or investment control (collectively referred to as 「Controlled Entities」), and transactions by Controlled Entities should also be treated for purposes of this Policy and applicable securities laws as if they were for your own account.
III.受附加限制的人員
第16條內部人員. 公司已指定某些人員,這些人員受1934年證券交易法第16條的報告條款和交易限制的約束(修正案)(「交易所法」),以及SEC頒佈的相關規則和法規。每個此類人員在此 referred to as 「第16條內部人員」。合規官將維護第16條內部人員名單,並根據需要不時修改該名單,以反映第16條內部人員的增加或減少。
「重大」. Information about the Company is generally 「material」 if it would be expected to affect the investment or voting decisions of a reasonable stockholder or investor, or if the disclosure of the information would be expected to significantly alter the total mix of the information in the marketplace about the Company. In simple terms, material information is any type of information that could reasonably be expected to affect the market price of the Company’s securities. Both positive and negative information may be material. In addition, it should be emphasized that material information does not have to relate to a company’s business; information about the contents of a forthcoming publication in the financial press that is expected to affect the market price of a security could well be material. While it is not possible to identify all information that would be deemed material, the following types of information ordinarily would be considered material:
財務業績,特別是季度和年末的運營結果,以及財務業績或流動性的重大變化。
Significant changes in the prospects of the Company or of any institutions in the Laureate International Universities 網絡。
Significant write-downs in assets or increases in reserves.
按金帳戶和質押. Securities held in a margin account as collateral for a margin loan may be sold by the broker without the customer’s consent if the customer fails to meet a margin call. Similarly, securities pledged (or hypothecated) as collateral for a loan may be sold in foreclosure if the borrower defaults on the loan. Because a margin sale or foreclosure sale may occur at a time when the pledgor is aware of material nonpublic information or otherwise is not permitted to trade in Company securities, directors, officers and other employees are prohibited from holding Company securities in a margin account or pledging Company securities as collateral for a loan. An exception to this prohibition may be granted where a person wishes to pledge Company securities as collateral for a loan (not including margin debt) and clearly demonstrates the financial capacity to repay the loan without resort to the pledged securities. Any person wishing to enter into such an
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arrangement must first receive pre-approval for the proposed transaction from the Compliance Officer in accordance with the pre-approval procedures set forth in Appendix I.
管理帳戶. If you have a managed account (where another person has been given discretion or authority to trade without your prior approval), you must advise your broker or investment advisor not to trade in Company securities at any time.
IX.Suspension of Trading Activities by Employees
In order to avoid any questions and to protect directors, officers and employees and the Company from any potential liability, from time to time the Company may impose a 「blackout」 period during which time directors, officers and some or all of the Company’s employees may not buy or sell the Company’s securities. The Compliance Officer will impose such a blackout period if, in his judgment, there exists nonpublic information that would make trades by the Company’s directors, officers and employees (or certain of the Company’s employees) inappropriate in light of the risk that such trades could be viewed as violating applicable securities laws. All those affected shall not trade in the Company’s securities while the suspension is in effect, and shall not disclose to others inside or outside the Company that trading has been suspended for certain individuals.