blackout periods
Prohibited transaction windows
Blackout periods are designated times when certain activities are restricted or prohibited.
In finance, company insiders face blackout periods before earnings announcements when they cannot trade stock.
Media blackout periods prevent election coverage near voting.
Retailers impose blackout periods when promotional codes or rewards cannot be redeemed: The frequent flyer miles are subject to blackout periods around holidays.
- restrictionsLimitations on action
- tradingExchanging for value
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
- insiderOne with confidential access
- insider tradingIllegal securities transactions using nonpublic information
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- electionsballot, ballots, voter registration, candidates, polls
- access restrictionspassword, paywall, login wall, geo-block, IP ban
- Election Rulescontribution limits, donation limits, spending limits, filing deadlines, public funding
- stock optionsstock options, strike price, vesting, vesting schedule, ISO
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