(1) In this Part, a reference to a director or officer means a director or officer who is
(a) a director or officer of a reporting issuer and a reporting insider of the reporting issuer, or
(b) a director or officer of a subsidiary of a reporting issuer and a reporting insider of the reporting issuer.
(2) In this Part, a reference to a security of a reporting issuer includes a related financial instrument involving a security of the reporting issuer.
(3) In this Part, a disposition or transfer of securities acquired under an automatic securities purchase plan is a specified disposition of securities if
(a) the disposition or transfer is incidental to the operation of the automatic securities purchase plan and does not involve a discrete investment decision by the director or officer; or
(b) the disposition or transfer is made to satisfy a tax withholding obligation arising from the distribution of securities under the automatic securities purchase plan and either
(i) the director or officer has elected that the tax withholding obligation will be satisfied through a disposition of securities, has communicated this election to the reporting issuer or the plan administrator at least 30 days before the disposition and this election is irrevocable as of the 30th day before the disposition; or
(ii) the director or officer has not communicated an election to the reporting issuer or the plan administrator and, in accordance with the terms of the plan, the reporting issuer or the plan administrator is required to sell securities automatically to satisfy the tax withholding obligation.