Section 230-RICR-20-45-5.18 - Exemption from R.I. Gen. Laws Section 27-1-30 of Certain Securities Received Upon Surrender of Similar Equity Securities.A. Any receipt by a person from an issuer of its shares of stock of a class having general voting power upon the surrender by such person of an equal number of shares of stock of such issuer of a class which does not have general voting power, pursuant to provisions of the issuer's certificate of incorporation, for the purpose of and accompanied simultaneously or followed immediately by the sale of the shares so received, shall be exempt from the operation of R.I. Gen. Laws § 27-1-30 as a transaction not comprehended within the purpose of said Section, if the following conditions exist: 1. The person so receiving such shares is not an officer or director, or the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly immediately prior to such receipt, of more than ten percent (10%) of an equity security of such issuer;2. The shares surrendered and the shares issued upon such surrender shall be of classes which are freely transferable and entitle the holders thereof to participate equally per share in all distributions of earnings and assets;3. The surrender and issuance are made pursuant to provisions of a certificate of incorporation which require that the shares issued upon such surrender shall be registered upon issuance in the name of a person or persons other that the holder of the shares surrendered and may be required to be issued as of right only in connection with the public offering, sale and distribution of such shares and the immediate sale by such holder of such shares for that purpose, or in connection with a gift of such shares;4. Neither the shares so surrendered nor any shares of the same class, nor other shares of the same class as those issued upon such surrender, have been or are purchased otherwise than in a transaction exempted by this rule, by the person surrendering such shares, within six (6) months before or after such surrender or issuance.230 R.I. Code R. 230-RICR-20-45-5.18