Covered Security means a security as defined in Section 2(a)(36) of the Act, which includes: any note, stock, treasury stock, security future, bond, debenture, evidence of indebtedness, certificate of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement, collateral-trust certificate, pre-organization certificate or subscription, transferable share, investment contract, voting-trust certificate, certificate of deposit for a security, fractional undivided interest in oil, gas, or other mineral rights, any put, call, straddle, option, or privilege on any security (including a certificate of deposit) or on any group or index of securities (including any interest therein or based on the value thereof), or any put, call, straddle, option, or privilege entered into on a national securities exchange relating to foreign currency, or, in general, any interest or instrument commonly known as a “security,” or any certificate of interest or participation in, temporary or interim certificate for, receipt for, guarantee of, or warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase, any of the foregoing.

Covered Security means any Security, or interest in a Security held in any form, not expressly excluded by provisions of this Code, including, without limitation: equity and debt Securities; derivative Securities, including, without limitation, options on and warrants to purchase equity or debt Securities; shares of closed-end investment companies; investments in unit investment trusts; and any related instruments and Securities. “Covered Security” also means shares of any Reportable Funds and any 529 Plan or annuity employing such funds, unless specifically excluded in the paragraph below. Also included are futures, swaps and other derivative contracts.

Covered Security means a security as defined in Section 2(a)(36) of the Act, except that it does not include:

Examples of Covered Security in a sentence

The term “pecuniary interest” in turn generally means your opportunity directly or indirectly to receive or share in any profit derived from a transaction in a Covered Security, whether or not the Covered Security or the relevant account is in your name and regardless of the type of account (i.e. brokerage account, direct account, or retirement plan account).
Any trades in any fixed income Covered Security not specified above shall trigger a blackout period.
For example, an Access Person’s failure to recommend or purchase a Covered Security for the Fund in order to purchase the Covered Security for the Access Person’s personal benefit may be considered a violation of this Code.
Covered Persons are prohibited from engaging in the purchase and sale, or short sale and cover of the same Covered Security within 60 days at a profit.
Currently, this means any type of equity or debt security (such as common and preferred stocks, and corporate and government bonds or notes), any equivalent (such as ADRs), any derivative, instrument representing, or any rights relating to, a Covered Security, and any closely related security (such as certificates of participation, depository receipts, collateral–trust certificates, put and call options, warrants, and related convertible or exchangeable securities and securities indices).

More Definitions of Covered Security

Covered Security means a security as defined in Section 202(a)(18) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Advisers Act”) or Section 2(a)(36) of the Investment Company Act, and open-end ETF shares and UIT ETF shares, except that it does not include: (1) direct obligations of the Government of the United States; (2) banker’s acceptances, bank certificates of deposit, commercial paper and high quality short-term debt instruments (any instrument having a maturity at issuance of less than 366 days and that is in one of the two highest rating categories of a nationally recognized statistical rating organization), including repurchase agreements; (3) shares issued by money market funds registered under the Investment Company Act; (4) shares issued by open-end investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act other than Reportable Funds; and (5) shares issued by unit investment trusts that are invested exclusively in one or more open-end investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act, none of which are Reportable Funds (6) qualified tuition programs established pursuant to Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (“529 Plans”), including interests in pre-paid tuition 529 plans and college savings 529 plans.

Covered Security means a security as defined in Section 2(a)(36) of the Investment Company Act except that it does not include the following:

Covered Security means a security as defined in Section 2(a) (36) of the Investment Company Act, except that it does not include: (1) direct obligations of the Government of the United States; (2) banker's acceptances, bank certificates of deposit, commercial paper and high quality short-term debt instruments (any instrument having a maturity at issuance of less than 366 days and that is in one of the two highest rating categories of a nationally recognized statistical rating organization), including repurchase agreements; and (3) shares of registered open-end investment companies.

Covered Security means a security as defined in Section 2(a)(36) of the Investment Company Act except that it does not include the following (Please note: exchange traded funds (ETFs) are considered Covered Securities):

Covered Security means a security as defined in Section 2(a)(36) of the Act, except that it shall not include direct obligations of the United States government, bankers’ acceptances, bank certificates of deposit, commercial paper, high quality short-term debt instruments (including repurchase agreements), shares of money market funds, shares of registered open-end investment companies, (other than Reportable Funds as defined below) and shares of unit investment trusts that are exclusively invested in one or more open-end Funds that are not Reportable Funds.