| | | The following transactions are exempt from the requirements of | | sections 16301 to 16306 and 16504: |
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| | | 1.__Isolated nonissuer transaction.__An isolated nonissuer | | transaction, whether effected by or through a broker-dealer or | | not; |
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| | | 2.__Manual exemption.__A nonissuer transaction by or through a | | broker-dealer licensed under or exempt from licensing under this | | chapter and a resale transaction by a sponsor of a unit | | investment trust registered under the federal Investment Company | | Act of 1940 in a security of a class that has been outstanding in | | the hands of the public for at least 90 days, if, on the date of | | the transaction: |
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| | | A.__The issuer of the security is engaged in business, the | | issuer is not in the organizational stage or in bankruptcy | | or receivership and the issuer is not a blank check, blind | | pool or shell company that has no specific business plan or | | purpose or that has indicated that its primary business plan | | is to engage in a merger or combination of the business | | with, or an acquisition of, an unidentified person; |
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| | | B.__The security is sold at a price reasonably related to | | its current market price; |
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| | | C.__The security does not constitute the whole or part of an | | unsold allotment to, or a subscription or participation by, | | the broker-dealer as an underwriter of the security or a | | redistribution; |
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| | | D.__A nationally recognized securities manual or its | | electronic equivalent designated by routine technical rule | | as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A adopted | | under this chapter or order issued under this chapter or a | | publicly available record filed with the Securities and | | Exchange Commission contains: |
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| | | (1)__A description of the business and operations of | | the issuer; |
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| | | (2)__The names of the issuer's executive officers and | | the names of the issuer's directors, if any; |
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| | | (3)__An audited balance sheet of the issuer as of a | | date within 18 months before the date of the | | transaction or, in the case of a reorganization or | | merger when the parties to the reorganization or merger | | each had an audited balance sheet, a pro forma balance | | sheet for the combined organization; and |
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