# The Merger Reference (Atlas Copco AB and Desoutter Brothers (Holdings) plc) Order 1989, Article 3


(1) In the case of a person falling within paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of section 90(3) of the Fair Trading Act 1973, this Order shall extend to his acts and omissions outside the United Kingdom.
(2) Nothing in this Order has effect so as to apply to the acts and omissions outside the United Kingdom of any person who does not fall within paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of the said section 90(3); but, where anything (“the first act”) is done by such a person outside the United Kingdom which, by virtue of this Order, would have been unlawful had it been done by him within the United Kingdom, then–
(a) if the first act is of a kind described in article 2(1)(a) above, it shall be unlawful for any person–
(i) subsequently to acquire any title to or interest in the shares or the interest in shares in question, or
(ii) to register, or to take any steps towards registering, a transfer of the shares under section 183 of the Companies Act 1985;
(b) if the first act is of a kind described in article 2(1)(b) above, it shall be unlawful for any person to treat a vote as lawfully cast if cast in exercise of the voting rights in question;
(c) it shall be unlawful for any person subsequently to do any other thing if that would be devoid of legal effect were the first act unlawful.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1718/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merger-reference-atlas-copco-ab-and-desoutter-brothers-holdings-plc-order-1989/article-3
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