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 PUBLIC LAW 94-29—JUNE 4, 1975 "(4) Paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection shall not apply to a transaction in which a controlling block of outstanding voting securities of an investment adviser to a registered investment company or of a corporate trustee performing the functions of an investment adviser to a registered investment company is— "(A) distributed to the public and in which there is, in fact, no change in the identity of the persons who control such investment adviser or corporate trustee, or "(B) transferred to the investment adviser or the corporate trustee, or an affiliated person or persons of such investment adviser or corporate trustee, or is transferred from the investment adviser or corporate trustee to an affiliated person or persons of the investment adviser or corporate trustee: Provided, That (i) each transferee (other than such adviser or trustee) is a natural person and (ii) the transferees (other than such adviser or trustee) owned in the aggregate more than 25 per centum of such voting securities for a period of at least six months prior to such transfer.", (2) Section 15(c) thereof is amended by adding at the end thereof a new sentence as follows: "It shall be unlawful for the directors of a registered investment company, in connection with their evaluation of the terms of any contract whereby a person undertakes regularly to serve or act as investment adviser of such company, to take into account the purchase price or other consideration any person may have paid in connection with a transaction of the type referred to in paragraph (1), (3), or (4) of subsection (f).". (3) Section 16 thereof is amended as follows: (A) in the first sentence of subsection (b) by striking out "The provisions of subsection (a) of this section" and inserting in lieu thereof "The foregoing provisions of this section"; (B) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c), striking out "this subsection (b)" therein, and inserting in lieu thereof "this subsection (c)"; and (C) by adding after subsection (a) thereof the following new subsection: "(b) Any vacancy on the board of directors of a registered investment company which occurs in connection with compliance with section 15(f)(1)(A) and which must be filled by a person who is not an interested person of either party to a transaction subject to section 15(f)(1)(A) shall be filled only by a person (1) who has been selected and proposed for election by a majority of the directors of such company who are not such interested persons, and (2) who has been elected by the holders of the outstanding voting securities of such company, except that in the case of the death, disqualification, or bona fide resignation of a director selected and elected pursuant to clauses (1) and (2) of this subsection (b), the vacancy created thereby may be filled as provided in subsection (a).". (4) Section 13(b), 15(d), 18(i), and 32(a) thereof are amended by striking out the phrases "subsection (b) of section 16" and "section 16(b)" wherever they occur and inserting in lieu thereof "section 16(c)". (5) Section 10(e) thereof is amended to read as follows: "(e) If by reason of the death, disqualification, or bona fide resignation of any director or directors, the requirements of the foregoing provisions of this section or of section 15(f)(1) in respect of directors shall not be met by a registered investment company, the operation of such provision shall be suspended as to such registered company—

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89 STAT. 165

15 USC 80a-15.

15 USC 80a-16.

Registered investment company, board of directors, vacancies. Ante, p. 164.

15 USC 80a-13, 80a-15, 80a-18, 80a-31. 15 USC 80a-10.

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