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B) But is delist<strong>in</strong>g sufficient?<br />

UUp until til 2009 2009, th the answer tto thi this question ti was no:<br />

Legal explanation: delist<strong>in</strong>g did not automatically result <strong>in</strong> the<br />

declassification of an issuer from the category of<br />

publicly-held issuers.<br />

Three additional conditions to be met:<br />

1) the issuer’s shares have not been or are no longer traded on a<br />

regulated market;<br />

2) the shares, hav<strong>in</strong>g been the subject of a public offer<strong>in</strong>g, are held<br />

by fewer than 100 people;<br />

3) the shares have not been the subject of a public offer<strong>in</strong>g dur<strong>in</strong>g the<br />

preced<strong>in</strong>g year or been the subject of a buyout offer, followed by a<br />

squeeze-out.<br />

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