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SEC Adopts Short Selling Rule Giving Permanent Effect to Close-Out Requirement
August 3, 2009 Full PDF
On July 27, 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission gave permanent effect to a short selling rule designed to reduce the potential for abusive "naked" short selling. The rule, which was adopted last fall on an interim final basis, requires market participants to close out short sales within three days after the transaction date.