Q：Alison suggests to Bill that he should buy shares in a certain company.
　　Which three of the following facts must be proved before Alison can be convicted of insider dealing?
　　A. She tells Bill what the information is.
　　B. She had reasonable cause to believe Bill would buy the shares.
　　C. Bill goes on to buy the shares.
　　D. She had information as an insider.
　　E. The information was likely to affect the price of the shares.
　　A：The correct answer is: She had information as an insider; She had reasonable cause to believe Bill would buy the shares and; The information was likely to affect the price of the shares.
　　The basic elements of the offences of insider dealing are that a person has information as an insider, and that information is likely to affect the value of certain securities.
　　Alison commits this particular offence as soon as she encourages Bill to buy the shares and so it is irrelevant whether he knows what her information is, or whether he goes on to buy the shares, as long as she had reasonable cause to think that he might.