| ‒ | with respect to an individual’s first Form 5, all transactions which should have been reported but were not for the last two fiscal years (i.e., the year just ended and the previous one). |
A Form 5 need not be filed if all transactions otherwise reportable have been previously reported. If required, Form 5 must be filed within 45 days after the end of Mobileye fiscal year, or the first business day thereafter. Common types of transactions reportable on Form 5 include gifts and certain acquisitions of less than $10,000 in any six-month period, either of which may be reported on a voluntary basis on any Form 4 filed before the Form 5 is due.
B. | Indirect Ownership by Related Insiders |
The reports described above must also reflect any indirect ownership by directors and Officers, including all holdings and transactions by Related Insiders. This includes transactions by immediate family members living in the director’s or Officer’s household and any other person or entity over whom the individual exercises influence or control over his, her or its securities trading decisions. For this purpose, “immediate family” includes a spouse, children, stepchildren, grandchildren, parents, grandparents, stepparents and siblings, including in-laws and adoptive relationships.
Any questions concerning whether a particular transaction will necessitate filing of one of these Forms, or how or when they should be completed should be asked of the Compliance Officer, or, if you prefer, your individual legal counsel. Mobileye must disclose in its Annual Report on Form 10-K and in its Proxy Statement any delinquent filings of Forms 3, 4 or 5 by directors and Officers, and must post on its website, by the end of the business day after their filing with the SEC, any Forms 3, 4 and 5 relating to Mobileye’s securities.
C. | Reporting Exemptions for Certain Employee Benefit Plan Transactions |
Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act provides exemptions for directors and Officers reporting of certain employee benefit plan events on Forms 4 and 5, including certain routine transactions under tax-conditioned thrift, stock purchase and excess benefit plans.
A transaction that results only in a change in the form of a person’s beneficial ownership is also exempt from reporting. An exempt “change in the form of beneficial ownership” would include, for example, a distribution of benefit plan securities to an insider participant where the securities were already previously attributable to the insider. Exercises or conversions of derivative securities would not, however, be considered mere changes in beneficial ownership and would be reportable.
The vesting of most stock options, restricted stock and stock appreciation rights is also not subject to the reporting requirements, although related share-withholding transactions, if any, would give rise to Form 4 reporting obligations.
III.SHORT-SWING TRADING PROFITS AND SHORT SALES
A. | Short-Swing Trading Profits |
In order to discourage directors and Officers from profiting through short-term trading transactions in equity Mobileye securities, Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act requires that any “short-swing profits” be disgorged to Mobileye. (This is in addition to the reporting requirements described above.)
“Short-swing profits” are the profits, whether real or notional, that result from any purchase and sale (or sale and purchase) of Mobileye’s equity securities within a six-month period, unless there is an applicable exemption for either transaction. It is important to note that this rule applies to any matched transactions in Mobileye’s securities (including derivative securities), not only a purchase and sale (or sale and purchase) of the same shares, or even of the same class of securities. Furthermore, pursuant to the SEC’s rules, profit is determined so as to maximize the amount that the director or Officer must disgorge, and this amount may not be offset by any losses realized. “Short-swing profits” may exceed economic profits.
B. | Short-Swing Exemptions for Employee Benefit Plan Transactions |