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The term equity security does not include any of the following: Written equity options (because they represent obligations of the writer, not investments) Cash-settled options on equity securities or options on equity-based indexes (because those instruments do not represent ownership interests in an entity) Convertible debt or preferred stock that by its terms either must be redeemed by the issuing entity or is redeemable at the option of the investor.\"><span>equity security</span></a> does not include any of the following securities: </span></span><ol class=\"ol-norm\"><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">a</span><div class=\"p\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_35798DE8-6E93-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">Convertible debt </span></span></div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">b</span><div class=\"p\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_35798ECA-6E93-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">Preferred stock that by its terms either must be redeemed by the issuing entity or is redeemable at the option of the investor </span></span></div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">c</span><div class=\"p\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_35798F99-6E93-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">Written equity options because they represent obligations of the writer, not investments </span></span></div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">d</span><div class=\"p\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_3579905E-6E93-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">Cash-settled options on equity securities or options on equity-based indexes, because those instruments do not represent ownership interests in an entity. </span></span></div></li></ol></div></div>","snippet":"The term equity security does not include any of the following securities:\n(a) Convertible debt\n(b) Preferred stock that by its terms either must be redeemed by the issuing entity or is redeemable at the option of the in…","pending":false,"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:229ab9080feec746bef6b4cd30d98b07baeae1b5a5cbbf180aa9831d54d95aa3","downloaded_from":"2026-09-09T23:39:42.812Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-09T23:39:42.812Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established by retrieval timestamps","source_key":"1943274/2147477668","source_sha256":"112429773e0a4807f277a479d1afb56b8625b44e69370229247f2559a1f1de1e"}}],"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:35a6f2f13bac8426b0c9dc98f57b24897fc1a75d12e74536207136677bd9ccf7","downloaded_from":"2026-09-09T23:39:42.812Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-09T23:39:42.812Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established by retrieval timestamps","source_key":"1943274/2147477668","source_sha256":"112429773e0a4807f277a479d1afb56b8625b44e69370229247f2559a1f1de1e"}}],"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:58095f1a361ed43e1502ba8eda648416cd1ad8e2cf379594d5a6d28151c656c2","downloaded_from":"2026-09-09T23:39:42.812Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-09T23:39:42.812Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established by retrieval timestamps","source_key":"1943274/2147477668","source_sha256":"112429773e0a4807f277a479d1afb56b8625b44e69370229247f2559a1f1de1e"}},"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:58095f1a361ed43e1502ba8eda648416cd1ad8e2cf379594d5a6d28151c656c2","downloaded_from":"2026-09-09T23:39:42.812Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-09T23:39:42.812Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established by retrieval timestamps","source_key":"1943274/2147477668","source_sha256":"112429773e0a4807f277a479d1afb56b8625b44e69370229247f2559a1f1de1e"}}