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the proposed transfer transaction as the Regulator may require.
Such information shall, at a minimum, include:
(a) the identification of all persons involved in the
transfer transaction, including buyers and sellers,
their shareholders and affiliated companies, and
any other persons that have a greater than five
per cent (5%) ownership interest in all such
persons;
(b) a description of the nature of the transaction and a
summary of its commercial terms;
(c) financial information on the persons involved in the
transaction, including their annual revenues from
telecommunications markets, identified by
specific markets, value of assets devoted to
telecommunications business and copies pf any
recent annual or quarterly financial reports; and
(d) a description of the relevant telecommunications
markets in which the persons involved in the
transaction operate.
(5) The Regulator may request additional information
regarding an application for a transfer of control that requires
approval under subsection (2) at any time.
(6) Subsection to subsection (7), within ninety (90) days of
receipt of a duly completed application for a transfer of control
that requires approval under subsection (2), the Regulator shall:
(a) approve the transfer of control without conditions;
or
(b) approve the transfer of control with such conditions
as are reasonably related to promotion the
development of open and competitive
telecommunications markets in Samoa and
maximizing the benefits of the transaction for
telecommunications customers; or
(c) deny the transfer of control; or
(d) issue a notice initiating an investigation of the
proposed transfer of control, and following such
investigation the Regulator shall take one of the
actions set out in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c).