The plaintiff claimant for unemployment compensation was unsuccessful before the agency and again on judicial review in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston. She has appealed to this court. The agency denied benefits on the ground that the claimant's discharge was "attributable solely to deliberate misconduct in wilful disregard of the employer's interest." See G. L. c. 151A, Section 25 (e) (2) (1984 ed.). The review examiner made findings, supported by substantial evidence, that warranted the conclusion that the claimant's actions constituted deliberate misconduct and were taken in wilful disregard of her employer's interest. See Grise v. Director of the Div. of Employment Sec., 393 Mass. 271, 273-275 (1984).

The agency's conclusion that the reason the claimant took time off from her work "was not urgent or compelling but was strictly personal and social in nature" does not undermine its decision. That finding is not directly material to a determination under Section 25 (e) (2), although it could be significant in deciding whether a claimant's disregard of her employer's interest was wilful.

Judgment affirmed.

The plaintiffs brought this action in the Superior Court seeking damages for losses they suffered when shares of stock they purchased from the defendant's

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predecessor in interest [Note 2] became worthless. The complaint alleges that the defendant assumed the predecessor's liabilities and that the predecessor had engaged in unfair and deceptive practices in connection with the sale of the stock in violation of G. L. c. 93A, Section 2 (1984 ed.). The defendant filed a motion to dismiss pursuant to Mass. R. Civ. P. 12 (b) (6), 365 Mass. 754 (1974), together with an affidavit and a copy of a customer agreement between the plaintiff Levine and the defendant. The motion was grounded, in part, on the claim that G. L. c. 93A, "the sole basis for the Complaint, is not applicable to transactions involving the sale of securities." After a hearing, a judge of the Superior Court allowed the defendant's motion on the ground that each plaintiff had signed a customer agreement providing that New York law would govern the agreement. [Note 3] The plaintiffs appealed to the Appeals Court, and we transferred the case to this court on our own motion.

We need not decide whether this controversy is govened by New York law and, for that reason, is unaffected by G. L. c. 93A. In any event, the judge properly dismissed the complaint. After this case had been orally argued, we responded to a question certified to us by the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts pursuant to S.J.C. Rule 1:03, as appearing in 382 Mass. 700 (1981), by declaring that G. L. c. 93A does not apply to securities transactions. Cabot Corp. v. Baddour, 394 Mass. 720 (1985). That response, to which we adhere, determined the present action.

Judgment affirmed.