Database ID 2023-08-2-308-002

Database Case: Nanjing Equity Investment Partnership v. Fang Moumou, Liang Moumou et al.

A buyback clause tied directly to the short-term secondary-market share price or market capitalization of a listed company disrupts securities-market order and harms the public interest, and is therefore invalid. Where a VAM-style buyback clause should have been cleared before listing but was concealed and undisclosed, investors cannot later enforce that clause after the company has gone public.

Holding

A buyback clause tied directly to the short-term secondary-market share price or market capitalization of a listed company disrupts securities-market order and harms the public interest, and is therefore invalid. Where a VAM-style buyback clause should have been cleared before listing but was concealed and undisclosed, investors cannot later enforce that clause after the company has gone public.

Issues

VAM clauses that should be cleared before listingbuyback terms tied to market capitalizationsecurities-market order and public policy