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Open-Market Transaction

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Open-Market Transaction
A transaction in which a person with inside information on a company buys or sells that company's stocks after filing all pertinent forms with the SEC. An open-market transaction is the only legal way for an insider to trade on a company without committing the crime of insider trading. In an open-market transaction, the insider makes the transaction as close to the market price as possible.


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In a press release Friday, the maker of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors said it will repurchase common stock and convertible subordinated notes from time to time through open-market transactions.
Repurchases may be in open-market transactions or in privately negotiated transactions and the program may be modified, extended or terminated by the board of directors at any time.
Amgen sold the shares through an open-market transaction April 15.
 
 
 
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