Sec. 201. Limitations on post-acquisition dividends, distributions, redemptions, buybacks, and outsourcing
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No target firm may, directly or indirectly, during the 2-year period beginning on the closing date of a change in control transaction that results in a private fund becoming a controlling private fund with respect to the target firm— make a capital distribution or similarly reduce the equity capital of the target firm; incur an obligation that commits the target firm to making a capital distribution or a similar reduction of the equity capital of the target firm after the end of that 2-year period; or order a plant closing or mass layoff (as defined in section 2(a) of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act ( 29 U.S.C. 2101(a) ) and relocate the trade or business conducted by the employees in the United States to one or more facilities outside the United States, in accordance with regulations issued by the Secretary of Labor.
Any transfer made or obligation incurred by a target firm or an affiliate with respect to a target firm in violation of subsection
(a)shall be void. Any controlling private fund, any holder of an active interest in a controlling private fund, or any affiliate of a target firm that aids, abets, facilitates, supports, or instructs a target firm’s violation of subsection
(a)shall be jointly and severally liable under this subsection for any transfer made or obligation incurred, including for reasonable attorney’s fees and costs awarded to a plaintiff under subsection (d)(2). Any employee or creditor, or representative of an employee or creditor, of a target firm that is a debtor under title 11, United States Code, or of an affiliate of a target firm that is such a debtor, may bring an action in an appropriate district court of the United States against the direct or indirect transferee or obligee or beneficiary of the transfer or obligation to void the transfer or obligation and recover any transferred property for the target firm. In a successful action to recover a transfer, the court shall also award the plaintiff reasonable attorney’s fees and costs.
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Sec. 201
Limitations on post-acquisition dividends, distributions, redemptions, buybacks, and outsourcing
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