Stock - Record Cover Against the Box Transaction

Considerations

Use this page to manually record a cover "against the box A stock that is actually owned by the seller but held in the box, meaning it is held for safekeeping." transaction for a stock.

Click one of the icons above to view either a list of the transactions available for that category, or click the Baseline Holdings icon to access the Add New Baseline Holdings page.

Procedure

From the Manually Record Trades page, click the Stock icon to access the Stock - Record Transaction page. From this page, select Cover Against the Box from the Action drop-down list. The Stock - Record Cover Against the Box Transaction page displays.

1. Select the account to which to record this transaction, from the In Account drop-down list. If you only have one account, this drop-down list is not displayed.

2. By default, the Action on this page is set to Cover Against the Box. To change this, select a different transaction from the Action drop-down list. The fields that display depend on the transaction that is selected.

3. Enter the date of the transaction in the Transaction Date (mm/dd/yyyy) field. You can also click the Calendar icon and select the appropriate date transaction from the calendar that displays.

4. Do one of the following:

• Select the Symbol radio button - Enter the security Symbol in the field provided. You can then Verify to confirm you have entered the correct symbol for the security. Once you click Verify, the corresponding 9-digit CUSIP displays in the CUSIP field.

• Select the CUSIP radio button - Enter the 9-digit CUSIP of the security in the field provided. You can then click Verify to confirm you have entered the correct CUSIP for the security. Once you click Verify, the corresponding security symbol displays in the Symbol field.

5. Select the type of security from the Security Type drop-down list. By default, this field is set to Stock for this transaction.

6. Enter the number of shares in the Shares field.

7. To record the Cover Against the Box transaction, click the Record button. To record the transaction and continue to enter additional transactions, click the Record & Repeat button. To leave this page, without recording the transaction, click the Cancel button.

Example

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