Mr. Sher admitted that he used information provided to him by Ms. Baridis to trade in shares of Georgia-Pacific Crop., Burlington Resources, and two other companies. Unlike the ten other individuals charged in the case, Mr. Sher was not a broker but rather a vice president for a book distributor. He also admitted in his plea that Ms. Baridis had fed him confidential information in exchange for cash when she worked forSmith Barney earlier in her career.