2018 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 23 - Development and Control of Atomic Energy
Division B - United States Enrichment Corporation
Subchapter VIII - United States Enrichment Corporation Privatization
Sec. 2297h-9 - Ownership limitations

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Citation 42 U.S.C. § 2297h-9 (2018)
Section Name §2297h–9. Ownership limitations
Section Text (a) Securities limitations

No director, officer, or employee of the Corporation may acquire any securities, or any rights to acquire any securities of the private corporation on terms more favorable than those offered to the general public—

(1) in a public offering designed to transfer ownership of the Corporation to private investors,

(2) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement, or understanding entered into before the privatization date, or

(3) before the election of the directors of the private corporation.

(b) Ownership limitation

Immediately following the consummation of the transaction or series of transactions pursuant to which 100 percent of the ownership of the Corporation is transferred to private investors, and for a period of three years thereafter, no person may acquire, directly or indirectly, beneficial ownership of securities representing more than 10 percent of the total votes of all outstanding voting securities of the Corporation. The foregoing limitation shall not apply to—

(1) any employee stock ownership plan of the Corporation,

(2) members of the underwriting syndicate purchasing shares in stabilization transactions in connection with the privatization, or

(3) in the case of shares beneficially held in the ordinary course of business for others, any commercial bank, broker-dealer, or clearing agency.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 104–134, title III, §3111, Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321–343.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

Section was enacted as part of the USEC Privatization Act and also as part of the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996, and not as part of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 which comprises this chapter.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 23 - DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY
Division B - United States Enrichment Corporation
SUBCHAPTER VIII - UNITED STATES ENRICHMENT CORPORATION PRIVATIZATION
Sec. 2297h-9 - Ownership limitations
Contains section 2297h-9
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 110 Stat. 1321-343
Public Law References Public Law 104-134
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