Rule 144

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SEC rule U.S. securities regulation

Rule 144 is a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regulation that provides a safe harbor for the public resale of restricted and control securities if specific holding period, volume, and disclosure conditions are met.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Rule 144 canonical	1
Rule 144 resale safe harbor	1
Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2504808 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Rule 144
Context triple: [Rule 144A, relatedTo, Rule 144]

A. Rule 144A
Rule 144A is a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission safe harbor rule that facilitates the private resale of restricted and control securities to qualified institutional buyers, enhancing liquidity in the private capital markets.
B. Regulation G
Regulation G was a former Federal Reserve Board regulation that governed the extension of credit by lenders other than banks and brokers for the purpose of purchasing or carrying securities, complementing margin rules like Regulation T.
C. Rule 44
Rule 44 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs the right to and appointment of counsel for defendants in federal criminal cases, including issues of joint representation and potential conflicts of interest.
D. Regulation U
Regulation U is a U.S. Federal Reserve regulation that governs the amount of credit banks and other lenders may extend for the purpose of buying or carrying margin stock, helping to control the use of leverage in securities markets.
E. Regulation J
Regulation J is a Federal Reserve regulation that governs the collection of checks and other cash items and the handling of wire transfers through the Federal Reserve Banks.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Rule 144
Target entity description: Rule 144 is a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regulation that provides a safe harbor for the public resale of restricted and control securities if specific holding period, volume, and disclosure conditions are met.

A. Rule 144A
Rule 144A is a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission safe harbor rule that facilitates the private resale of restricted and control securities to qualified institutional buyers, enhancing liquidity in the private capital markets.
B. Regulation G
Regulation G was a former Federal Reserve Board regulation that governed the extension of credit by lenders other than banks and brokers for the purpose of purchasing or carrying securities, complementing margin rules like Regulation T.
C. Rule 44
Rule 44 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs the right to and appointment of counsel for defendants in federal criminal cases, including issues of joint representation and potential conflicts of interest.
D. Regulation U
Regulation U is a U.S. Federal Reserve regulation that governs the amount of credit banks and other lenders may extend for the purpose of buying or carrying margin stock, helping to control the use of leverage in securities markets.
E. Regulation J
Regulation J is a Federal Reserve regulation that governs the collection of checks and other cash items and the handling of wire transfers through the Federal Reserve Banks.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	SEC rule ⓘ U.S. securities regulation ⓘ
administeredBy	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ linked to: Securities and Exchange Commission
affects	liquidity of privately placed securities ⓘ
amendedBy	SEC rulemaking in 2007–2008 to shorten holding periods ⓘ
appliesTo	affiliates of an issuer ⓘ non-affiliates of an issuer ⓘ resales in the public markets ⓘ securities issued by non-reporting companies ⓘ securities issued by reporting companies ⓘ
citation	17 C.F.R. § 230.144 ⓘ
clarifies	when resale of restricted securities is not a distribution ⓘ
codifiedIn	Securities Act of 1933 regulations ⓘ linked to: U.S. Securities Act of 1933
currentPublicInformationRequirement	issuer must have information publicly available ⓘ
defines	conditions under which a seller is not deemed an underwriter ⓘ control securities ⓘ restricted securities ⓘ
doesNotApplyTo	registered public offerings ⓘ
effectiveDateOfMajorAmendments	February 15, 2008 ⓘ
exempts	non-affiliates from volume limits after applicable holding period and other conditions are met ⓘ
holdingPeriodForNonReportingIssuers	one year for restricted securities ⓘ
holdingPeriodForReportingIssuers	six months for restricted securities held by non-affiliates ⓘ
includesCondition	current public information requirement ⓘ holding period requirement ⓘ manner of sale requirement ⓘ notice of sale requirement ⓘ trading volume limitation ⓘ
interactsWith	Regulation D private offerings ⓘ Rule 144A for resales to qualified institutional buyers ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
legalBasis	Securities Act of 1933 ⓘ linked to: U.S. Securities Act of 1933
limits	the amount of securities affiliates may sell during any three-month period ⓘ
mannerOfSaleRequirement	brokers’ transactions for equity securities of affiliates ⓘ
objective	to facilitate capital formation while protecting investors ⓘ
primaryPurpose	to provide objective standards for resales of restricted and control securities ⓘ to reduce uncertainty about when a person is an underwriter ⓘ
provides	safe harbor for certain resales of restricted and control securities ⓘ
regulates	public resale of control securities ⓘ public resale of restricted securities ⓘ
relatedTo	Section 2(a)(11) of the Securities Act of 1933 ⓘ
requires	Form 144 filing for certain sales by affiliates ⓘ aggregation of sales for volume limitation calculations ⓘ minimum holding period for restricted securities ⓘ
safeHarborFor	resales that might otherwise be considered distributions ⓘ
safeHarborStatus	non-exclusive ⓘ
usedBy	insiders seeking to sell control securities ⓘ investors holding restricted stock certificates ⓘ
volumeLimitationBasis	1 percent of the outstanding shares of the same class ⓘ average weekly trading volume during the four weeks preceding the filing of Form 144 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rule 144A → relatedTo → Rule 144 ⓘ

Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 → distinguishedFrom → Rule 144 resale safe harbor ⓘ

linked to: Rule 144

Section 4(a)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933 → relatedProvision → Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933 ⓘ