0710003 Informal Interpretation

Date

October 5, 2007

Rule

801.2

Staff

Michael Verne

Response/Comments

I think you have the right result, but I don't think 802.30 comes into play. You look at the overall transaction under 801.2 to determine who the acquiring persons are. The three pre-acquisition UPEs in play are S1, S2 and B. S2 held 50% of A prior to the acquisition, and nothing afterward, so it is not an acquiring person. S1 also held 50% of A prior to the acquisition and continues to control A afterward, so in that portion of the transaction, A is not an acquiring person. S1 did not hold any of B prior to the acquisition and holds more than 50% after, so A is an acquiring person and B, as its own pre-acquisition UPE is the acquired person. Although technically, B holds voting securities of A post-acquisition, that portion of the transaction can be subsumed in the reportable ultimate acquisition of B by S1 and so is not separately reportable.

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From: (redacted)

Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 12:37 PM

To: Verne, B. Michael

Subject: Confirmation on HSR Analysis

Mr.Verne:

I would like to call you to confirmour conclusion regarding the HSR filing requirements for a proposedtransaction. In advance of my call, Ithought it would be helpful to provide you with the following summary of thetransaction and our conclusions:

Company A has two shareholders -- S-1and S-2 -- who each own 50% of the voting securities of Company A.

Company A will merge into a wholly-ownedsubsidiary of Company B (the subsidiary of Company B will survive the merger, effectively resulting in the acquisitionof Company A by Company B). Company B is a publicly-traded company thatis its own UPE.

As consideration for the merger, S-1will receive newly-issued voting securities of Company B that will give S-1 more than 50% of the voting securities ofCompany B. S-2 will receive approximately $65 to $70 million in cash.

Basedon this structure, we have concluded the following:

S-1 is an acquiring person because hewill control Company B after the merger. Company B controls the entity thatsurvives the merger.

S-1 will hold voting securities inCompany B that he did not hold prior to the merger. The value of those CompanyB voting securities will exceed the HSR size-of-transaction threshold.Therefore, S-1 (as an acquiring person) andCompany B (as an acquired person) must file for the acquisition of Company B'svoting securities. Both parties meet the relevant size-of-person tests.

The acquisition of S-2's Company Avoting securities for cash is exempt under the 802.30 intra-person exemption because S-1 controls Company A at thetime of the merger through his ownership of 50% of the votingsecurities.

Thankyou for your help with this matter.

0710003 Informal Interpretation

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