Acquisitions can be effected through existing operating companies or special purpose vehicles (Article 3 par. 2).
The two companies plan to work on mid-size cars, a low-emissions city car, minivans and multi-purpose vehicles.
Yet after Enron's abuse of this structure, special-purpose vehicles have fallen into disrepute.
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Under the second scheme, the EFSF would create a set of special-purpose vehicles financed by other investors, including sovereign-wealth funds.
Special-purpose vehicles usually are formed to move assets off a company's balance sheet to help avoid some regulatory scrutiny and capital requirements.
Trades are made in cash instruments, futures, forwards, options, structures, special purpose vehicles, collateralized products and can be OTC or exchange based.
In recent months several other financial institutions have formed similar special-purpose vehicles that invest in private companies' stock, piquing the SEC's interest.
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Instead they set up special purpose vehicles that raised money from investors.
Should the U.S. Consider the creation of Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) to represent the hundreds or thousands of investors in a deal as a single unit?
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The Fed also allows the big banks to use the devices that Enron used to keep its skullduggery from the public view Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) with a new label, Variable Interest Entities (VIEs).
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The potential of an S-1 filing this October will surely also drive up interest in secondary transactions through sites such as SecondMarket and Sharespost, as well as special purpose vehicles targeting Facebook stock.
In connection with investor redemptions it could not meet in 2008, Yorkville Advisors restructured its hedge fund operations, creating special purpose vehicles and giving redeeming investors the option of receiving securities in-kind or ownership in the SPVs.
These two were special purpose vehicles, a sort of independent holding company, that the New York Fed created to ring fence toxic residential mortgage backed securities and collaterized debt obligations in the heat of the crash.
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However, some observers say that the SEC may be tempted to conclude that the new breed of special-purpose vehicles being created by the likes of Goldman have been set up specifically to get around the 500-shareholder rule.
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In connection with investor redemption requests it could not meet in 2008, Yorkville Advisors restructured its hedge fund operations, creating special purpose vehicles and giving redeeming investors the option of receiving securities in-kind or ownership in the SPVs.
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Known as conduits, these special-purpose vehicles borrow in the short-term, commercial-paper market to make acquisitions of highly rated paper in American asset-backed securities, and have been walloped by the plunging value of those assets since the frailty of subprime loans were exposed.
But municipalities don't balk at paying large sums for other purpose-built vehicles such as firetrucks and ambulances, countered Latorre, the Pennsylvania officer.
From 2008 till 2010 Google not only took photographs of streets and houses for its service Google Street View, but also at the same time captured wireless networks within range of the vehicles used for that purpose.
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What the American people deserve is a complete and honest presentation by Romney of how his wealth was accumulated, where it is now invested, what purpose is served by all the various offshore vehicles in which he has an interest and what his financial relationship with Bain Capital has been since his retirement from the company.
The vehicles must be created for a specific and limited purpose, according to lawyers.
Further, doing so would negate the purpose of an expensive ethanol pipeline, and for E15 usage in vehicles not specifically designed for E15.
The spokesman said loading bays, essential for delivery vehicles, were now "more readily available for their specific purpose".
The new interface technology developed for this purpose by the BMW Group enables continued availability of iPod Out features of iPhone and iPod touch in vehicles and represents a new milestone in consumer electronic device vehicle integration.
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These habitats, which are folded up for launch and then inflated in space, were designed as interplanetary vehicles for a trip to Mars, but they are also likely to be useful general-purpose accommodation.
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