Transaction codes
Each transaction listed on the Form 4 filing has a transaction code: General transaction codes * P – Open market or private purchase of securities * S – Open market or private sale of securities * V – Transaction voluntarily reported earlier than required Rule 16b-3 transaction codes * A – Grant, award, or other acquisition * D – Sale (or disposition) back to the issuer of the securities * F – Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering or withholding securities * I – Discretionary transaction, which is an order to the broker to execute the transaction at the best possible price * M – Exercise or conversion of derivative security Derivative securities codes * C – Conversion of derivative security (usually options) * E – Expiration of short derivative position (usually options) * H – Expiration (or cancellation) of long derivative position with value received (usually options) * O – Exercise of out-of-the-money derivative securities (usually options) * X – Exercise of in-the-money or at-the-money derivatives securities (usually options) Other sections 16b exempt transactions and small acquisition codes * G – Bona fide gift form of any clauses * L – Small acquisition * W – Acquisition or disposition by will or laws of descent and distribution * Z – Deposit into or withdrawal from voting trust Other transaction codes * J – Other acquisition or disposition (transaction described in footnotes) * K – Transaction in equity swap or similar instrument * U – Disposition due to a tender of shares in a change of control transactionResources
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