16 CFR § 802.60 - Acquisitions by securities underwriters.

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title: "16 CFR § 802.60 - Acquisitions by securities underwriters."
title_number: 16
title_name: "Commercial Practices"
section_number: "802.60"
section_name: "Acquisitions by securities underwriters."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION"
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subchapter_name: "RULES, REGULATIONS, STATEMENTS AND INTERPRETATIONS UNDER THE HART-SCOTT-RODINO ANTITRUST IMPROVEMENTS ACT OF 1976"
part_number: "802"
part_name: "EXEMPTION RULES"
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authority: "15 U.S.C. 18a(d)."
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# 802.60 Acquisitions by securities underwriters.

An acquisition of voting securities by a person acting as a securities underwriter, in the ordinary course of business, and in the process of underwriting, shall be exempt from the requirements of the act.