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Silicon Valley Bank top bosses sold $4.5 million worth of shares before the collapse
https://www.cnbctv18.com ^ | 3/11/2023 | CNBCTV18.com

Posted on 03/11/2023 7:17:43 AM PST by bitt

SVB CEO and President Gregory Becker sold over 12,000 shares for $3,578,652.31 on February 26, while CFO Beck sold $575,180 in stocks in a separate transaction on the same day.

Ahead of the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), many of the company’s top executives sold their shares worth $4.5 million in the company. The bank’s Chief Executive Officer Gregory Becker, Chief Financial Officer Daniel Beck, and Chief Marketing Officer Michelle Draper sold their shares of the bank’s parent company SVB Financial Group.

While CEO and President Becker sold over 12,000 shares for $3,578,652.31 on February 26, CFO Beck sold $575,180 in stocks in a separate transaction on the same day. Draper’s shares were sold over several transactions in earlier months, data from the US Securities Exchange Commission's Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) system revealed. The company’s executives have been steadily selling stocks since May 2021, further filings show.

The most recent dumping of stocks by Becker, who had not sold any shares in over a year, was done through the pre-arranged share sale through 10b5-1 plans. These plans allow company insiders and executives to arrange to sell shares on certain predetermined dates in order to prevent illegal insider trading. However, while 10b5-1 plans are not illegal they are not without their own loopholes. The biggest loophole is the lack of any mandatory cooling-off period allowing executives to trade shares on the next predetermined date.

While the US market regulator has responded by introducing a 90-day mandatory cooling-off period which would prevent executives from trading shares in the next three-month period, the new regulations are only going into effect from April 1.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News
KEYWORDS: 45million; booyah; jimcramer; siliconvalleybank; stockshares
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1 posted on 03/11/2023 7:17:43 AM PST by bitt
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To: null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; bitt; ...

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2 posted on 03/11/2023 7:17:55 AM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=50%>)
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To: bitt

Well yeah. Who would have expected them to take it up the bootyjudge along with the peons?


3 posted on 03/11/2023 7:19:00 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: bitt

You are already starting to hear the calls to backstop or bailout this bank.

By the middle of next week it will be massive roar to bail out this bank because we need to contain a contagion of companies and banks that will fail if this bank is allowed to fail.


4 posted on 03/11/2023 7:20:31 AM PST by srmanuel
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To: bitt

Well, for their sake, I hope they’re Biden supporters.


5 posted on 03/11/2023 7:20:48 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: bitt

Check transactions of members of Congress.


6 posted on 03/11/2023 7:21:12 AM PST by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911/June 14, 1944)
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To: bitt

Gee what would a Lib call for? 🧐 oh I know ask for the FBI to raid their homes and arrest them and don’t forget Jim Cramer pumping the stock!


7 posted on 03/11/2023 7:22:27 AM PST by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
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To: bitt

The SEC will be knocking on their doors.


8 posted on 03/11/2023 7:23:35 AM PST by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: bitt

Seems like pebbles in a gravel pile.


9 posted on 03/11/2023 7:28:26 AM PST by Real Cynic No More (Things are fraying my nerves!)
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To: nuconvert

Yep. Indictments sure to follow.


10 posted on 03/11/2023 7:31:04 AM PST by LouAvul (Daniel 4:17: "..the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.." )
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To: bitt

These sales occurred on 2/26/23. Why are we hearing about them the day after the collapse?


11 posted on 03/11/2023 7:38:31 AM PST by Kenny500c ( )
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To: srmanuel; proxy_user; Jimmy Valentine; Tilted Irish Kilt
SVB has an attractive franchise and customer base. Their liquidity management sucked, however.

I bet, as we sit here, several banks have flown in to California their M&A SWAT teams. The FDIC has prolly assembled DealBooks for their review, and may offer a first-loss backstop to sweeten the deal. Further, these banks' Boards are on standby, ready to approve Term Sheets.

By next week, I bet SVB will have a new owner, their c-suite will be unemployed, depositors and most other creditors will be made whole, and we will return our focus to Bidet being an idiot.

Nobody does finance as well as America.

12 posted on 03/11/2023 7:44:17 AM PST by DoodleBob ( Gravity’s waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: rktman; Ymani Cricket

H/T Ymani Cricket

13 posted on 03/11/2023 7:58:13 AM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=50%>)
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To: bitt

Those bast..
Those cheat..
Those greedy..

Sorry, I tried to care.


14 posted on 03/11/2023 7:58:39 AM PST by Roadrunner383
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To: bitt

Awwwwwwww! 😢 Sorry, NOT sorry.


15 posted on 03/11/2023 8:01:35 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: ConservaTexan

ESPECIALLY PELOSI/ SCHIFF/MAXINE WATERS


16 posted on 03/11/2023 8:01:45 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: DoodleBob

Many times I’ve wondered if that is good thing or not


17 posted on 03/11/2023 8:15:02 AM PST by srmanuel
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To: bitt

I believe those sales by insiders are subject to ‘claw back’ rules.

These insiders will only enjoy their $4.5 million for a few more days.


18 posted on 03/11/2023 8:20:45 AM PST by Presbyterian Reporter (emoc)
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To: DoodleBob

Huh, what happened ??

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2023/03/11/stablecoin-usdc-breaks-dollar-peg-after-firm-reveals-it-has-3point3-billion-in-svb-exposure.html


19 posted on 03/11/2023 8:22:29 AM PST by srmanuel
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To: bitt

Rhey will be bailed out and depositors will be made whole because there are some big shooters with money tied to this bank. We are about to witness again the meaning again of power and wealth. This is no ordinary bank with mom and pop customers who would be wiped out.


20 posted on 03/11/2023 8:38:00 AM PST by Mozzafiato
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