Tender offers and acquisitions of voting securities and non-corporate interests from third parties.
16 C.F.R. § 801.30
in effectEffective: 2024-07-01(a) This section applies to:
(1) Acquisitions on a national securities exchange or through an interdealer quotation system registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission;
(2) Acquisitions described by § 801.31;
(3) Tender offers;
(4) Secondary acquisitions;
(5) All acquisitions (other than mergers and consolidations) in which voting securities or non-corporate interests are to be acquired from a holder or holders other than the issuer or unincorporated entity or an entity included within the same person as the issuer or unincorporated entity;
(6) Conversions; and
(7) Acquisitions of voting securities resulting from the exercise of options or warrants which are—
(i) Issued by the issuer whose voting securities are to be acquired (or by any entity included within the same person as the issuer); and
(ii) The subject of a currently effective registration statement filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933.
(b) For acquisitions described by paragraph (a) of this section:
(1) The waiting period required under the act shall commence upon the filing of notification by the acquiring person as provided in § 803.10(a); and
(2) The acquired person shall file the notification required by the act, in accordance with these rules, no later than 5 p.m. Eastern Time on the 15th (or, in the case of cash tender offers, the 10th) calendar day following the date of receipt, as defined by § 803.10(a), by the Federal Trade Commission and Assistant Attorney General of the notification filed by the acquiring person. Should the 15th (or, in the case of cash tender offers, the 10th) calendar day fall on a weekend day or federal holiday, the notification shall be filed no later than 5 p.m. Eastern Time on the next following business day.
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