Defendant Name: Value Line Securities, Inc.

Defendant Type: Subsidiary of Public Company

Document Reference: 34-63269-pdp

Document Details

Legal Case Name In the Matter of Value Line, Inc., Value Line Securities, Inc., Jean Bernhard Buttner, and David Henigson
Document Name Proposed Plan of Distribution
Document Date 08-Nov-2010
Document Format Administrative Proceeding
File Number 3-13675
Allegation Type Investment Advisers/Investment Companies
Document Summary The SEC issued its proposed plan of distribution. According to the SEC, "the Distribution Plan proposes a distribution to certain injured shareholders of nine Value Line mutual funds that held shares between January 1, 1986 and November 9, 2004." Previously, on November 4, 2009, the SEC instituted settled administrative and cease-and-desist proceedings against Value Line, Inc., Value Line Securities, Inc., and two individuals.

Disgorgement & Penalty Information

Resolutions
Fair Funds
Plan of Distribution

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