information about the Company from stockholders, the financial press, investment analysts and others in the media or financial communities, whether or not involving confidential or non-public information, should be directed to the Company’s Chief Financial Officer at +1 (201) 329-7300, or a person designated by him or her from time to time. If any person subject to this Insider Trading Policy should inadvertently selectively disclose any material, non-public information to any person not covered by the exceptions above, this Insider Trading Policy requires that such inadvertent disclosure be reported as soon as possible to the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel, or Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Such inadvertent disclosure may arise because of a mistaken belief about the materiality or non-public nature of the disclosed information, the identity of the recipient of such disclosure, the applicability of a confidentiality agreement or numerous other reasons. Applicable law (Regulation FD, in particular) generally requires that the Company publicly and promptly disclose the information that had been inadvertently disclosed.
3.Window Periods and Pre-Clearance Procedures.
It is not permissible for any member of the board of directors, officers, any employees with the title of vice president or higher, any finance employees who assist with SEC filings, legal department employees, any employees on the Company’s disclosure committee, and any other persons designated by the General Counsel as being subject to these procedures, as well as the immediate family and household, and controlled entities of such persons (“Senior Personnel”) to engage in any transaction in the Company’s securities (including the cashless exercise of any stock option that involves a market sale to generate cash to pay the exercise price or tax liability of such stock option, to the extent permitted, but excluding the exercise of a stock option and cash payment to the Company or the exercise of withholding by the Company of the exercise price or tax liability of a stock option) without first obtaining pre-clearance of the transaction from the General Counsel or Chief Financial Officer, or, if the transaction involves the Chief Financial Officer, from the General Counsel or if the transaction involves the General Counsel, from the Chief Financial Officer. The officer providing such pre-clearance is referred to herein as the “Pre-Clearance Officer.” A request for pre-clearance should be submitted to the Pre-Clearance Officer at least two business days in advance of the proposed transaction. Normally, the Pre-Clearance Officer will clear, to the extent consistent with Company policy, any transaction that complies with this Insider Trading Policy and applicable securities law and occurs inside a period in which transactions are permitted (a “Window Period”). When a request for pre-clearance is made, the requestor should carefully consider whether he or she may be aware of any material nonpublic information about the Company. The requestor, if subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, should also indicate whether he or she has effected any non-exempt “opposite-way” transactions within the past six months. The requestor should also be prepared to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act and file Form 4 or Form 5 and SEC Rule 144 and file Form 144, if applicable, at the time of any sale.
However, the Pre-Clearance Officer is under no obligation to approve, and may determine not to permit, any transaction submitted for pre-clearance, even if the transaction falls inside a “Window Period”. If pre-clearance is denied, such denial must be kept confidential by the person requesting pre-clearance. Unless otherwise provided, pre-clearance of a transaction is valid for three business days. If the transaction is not executed within that time, the person requesting pre-clearance must request pre-clearance again.