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Item 3(b)
We are looking for non-competes that constrain the seller post-acquisition, so it doesn’t appear you need to produce these.
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802.51
In your fact pattern, control is determined by the percentage of voting securities that is held.
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801.20
As you are in possession of all the facts related to this analysis, you will have to make the call on instrumentality and be prepared to defend it if the agency investigates. We note that we think it...
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Item 5(a)
Report in Item 5a revenues from services rendered in the US, as well as revenues from any US establishment that booked those services. Report the entire year’s revenues for the entity acquired in 2020...
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801.1
Trust is its own UPE.
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Item 2
You do not need to list these individuals in item 2(a). Please describe the fact that there will be 60 plus rollover shareholders in item 3(a) and none of them will have reportable acquisitions.
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801.1(c)
The minor child’s assets would not be attributed to NP. You are correct about the 18-year old.
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Item 3(a)
We agree that there are two filings here and that you should describe all three transactions in Item 3(a). You cannot combine the two filings.
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801.1, 801.2
Assuming the son is over 18, the father and son are separate UPEs. If there is a reorg, the single parent would be the UPE. If not, each UPE would list its subs as acquired entities.
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802.71
802.71 potentially covers any transfer by a settlor to an irrevocable trust (irrespective of who settled the trust). The identity of the recipient does not matter, so long as the other regulatory...
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Item 4(b)
Please submit Corp’s financial statements and put an endnote that the Corp shares are held through a trust, and that the trust’s financials can be supplied upon request or that the trust does not...
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801.11, Item 4(b)
We agree and note that X might need to stipulate if its financials don’t show that SOP is met.
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801.21
Yes, we still consider cryptocurrencies cash equivalents when acquired.
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801.2, 803.1
We like it when the principal transaction references that there will be a backside acquisition filing in item 3. Two separate filings are also preferable to avoid confusion.
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801.1
1) Correct 2) Assuming the holdings you cite represent the rights to profits or assets upon dissolution, please list the UPE as “X and Y (spouses)” or you may just list “X and Y” and indicate for our...
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Item 4(b)
You should provide the 2020 financials.
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