Section 36b-46 - (Formerly Sec. 36-462). Fraudulent, deceptive and manipulative acts or practices prohibitedNo offeror or target company or any affiliate of an offeror or target company or any broker or dealer acting on behalf of an offeror or target company shall engage in any fraudulent, deceptive or manipulative acts or practices in connection with a tender offer. Fraudulent, deceptive and manipulative acts or practices include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) Publication or use in connection with the offer of any false statement of a material fact or omitting to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made by him not misleading, but not including the mailing by a target company to its security holders of solicitation materials published by an offeror.(2) Acquisition by or through a broker or dealer acting on behalf of an offeror of any equity security of the target company in connection with a tender offer unless the broker or dealer files with the commissioner such information as he requires and to the extent permitted by the commissioner, or unless the broker or dealer did not know that the person for whom it acted was an offeror or that the acquisition was in connection with a tender offer.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 36b-46
(P.A. 76-362, S. 7, 14; P.A. 92-12, S. 93.)