Definition of Form 4
What is the definition of the term "Form 4"? What is a "Form 4" and why are they filed with the SEC?
A Form 4 must be filed with the SEC when a company insider reports a change in their ownership situation.
For instance - let's say that Joe Smith is the CFO of XYZ, Inc. and owns 1,000,000 shares of XYZ, Inc. stock.

Let's look at some other examples of when a Form 4 would need to be filed:
-company insider (director, officer, owner of more than 10% of a class of equity securities) decides to purchase shares of the company on the open market
-company insider decides that they are going to exercise a number of their stock options
-company insider decides to gift a portion of their stock holdings to a charitable foundation
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Many Form 4 filings are uploaded to the SEC's web site every day, and all of this filings are available, free of charge, to the general public.
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