Utah Model Notice of Blackout Periods under Individual Account Plans

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This model notice informs employees of blackout periods under individual investment account plans.
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A blackout period is a temporary interval during which access to certain actions is limited or denied. The primary purpose of blackout periods in publicly traded companies is to prevent insider trading. A blackout period for an employee retirement plan temporarily prevents participants from modifying their plans.

How long does a blackout period last? A blackout period usually lasts about 10 business days. However, it may need to be extended due to unforeseen circumstances, which are rare; but there is no legal maximum limit for a blackout period.

A blackout period in financial markets is a period of time when certain peopleeither executives, employees, or bothare prohibited from buying or selling shares in their company or making changes to their pension plan investments. With company stock, a blackout period usually comes before earnings announcements.

The new law says that written notice must be given to participants and beneficiaries at least 30 days before the blackout period begins and not more than 60 days before. Failure to issue notification of a blackout period may result in severe penalties.

A blackout notice should contain information on the expected beginning and end date of the blackout. The notice should also provide the reason for the blackout and what rights will be restricted as a result. The notice must specify a plan contact for answering any questions about the blackout period.

Employers must distribute the SAR to each plan participant covered under the plan during the applicable plan year, including COBRA participants and terminated employees who were covered under the plan. For instance, the Form 5500 (and the associated SAR) filed in 2020 pertain the to the plan that was offered in 2019.

A blackout period is a time when participants are not able to access their 401(k) accounts because a major plan change is being made. During this time, they are not allowed to direct their investments, change their contribution rate or amount, make transfers, or take loans or distributions.

Black-out periods. occur when the ability of plan participants to take certain actions is temporarily. suspended. Sarbanes-Oxley requires that participants receive advance written. notice of certain black-out periods, and restricts the ability of insiders to trade in.

These include Summaries of Material Modifications (SMMs), Summary Annual Reports (SARs), and notices regarding changes to investment funds and certain other information in the Annual Fee Disclosure.

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Utah Model Notice of Blackout Periods under Individual Account Plans