(a)

1. (1) Any transaction of purchase and sale, or sale and purchase, of a security which is effected in connection with the distribution of a substantial block of securities shall be exempt from the provisions of Acts 1965, No. 107, § 2, to the extent specified in this section as not comprehended within the purpose of said section of the act, upon the following conditions:

   1. (A) The person effecting the transaction is engaged in the business of distributing securities and is participating in good faith, in the ordinary course of such business, in the distribution of such block of securities;
   2. (B) The security involved in the transaction is a:

(b) (b) A person who is participating in good faith in the distribution of such block of securities; or

1. (ii) Security purchased in good faith by or for the account of the person effecting the transaction:

(b) (b) To cover an over-allotment or other short position created in connection with such distribution; and

1. (C) Other persons not within the purview of Section 2 of the act are participating in the distribution of such block of securities:

   1. (i) On terms at least as favorable as those on which such person is participating; and

      1. (ii) To an extent at least equal to the aggregate participation of all persons exempted from the provisions of Section 2 of the act by this section.
2. (2) However, the performance of the functions of manager of a distributing group and the receipt of a bona fide payment for performing such functions shall not preclude an exemption which would otherwise be available under this section.