qualifying investments

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1. 15/05/2013 – 01/03/2018 Article 3, Regulation (EU) No 345/2013 Scope: Whole act

   For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:

   ‘qualifying investments’ means any of the following instruments: equity or quasi-equity instruments that are issued by: a qualifying portfolio undertaking and acquired directly by the qualifying venture capital fund from the qualifying portfolio undertaking, a qualifying portfolio undertaking in exchange for an equity security issued by the qualifying portfolio undertaking, or an undertaking of which the qualifying portfolio undertaking is a majority-owned subsidiary and which is acquired by the qualifying venture capital fund in exchange for an equity instrument issued by the qualifying portfolio undertaking; secured or unsecured loans granted by the qualifying venture capital fund to a qualifying portfolio undertaking in which the qualifying venture capital fund already holds qualifying investments, provided that no more than 30 % of the aggregate capital contributions and uncalled committed capital in the qualifying venture capital fund is used for such loans; shares of a qualifying portfolio undertaking acquired from existing shareholders of that undertaking; units or shares of one or several other qualifying venture capital funds, provided that those qualifying venture capital funds have not themselves invested more than 10 % of their aggregate capital contributions and uncalled committed capital in qualifying venture capital funds;

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