natgillin/translations-raw huggingface dataset:
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THAT฀ WHILST฀ IT฀WAS฀ CORRECT฀ THAT฀ THE฀ SALE฀ OF฀ SHARES฀ IN฀ A฀ COMPANY฀ WHICH฀ IS฀ THE฀ BENEFICIARY฀ OF฀ UNLAWFUL฀ AID฀ BY฀ A฀ SHAREHOLDER฀ TO฀ A฀ THIRD฀PARTY฀ DOES฀NOT฀ AFFECT฀ THE฀ REQUIREMENT฀ FOR฀ RECOVERY฀ THE฀SITUATION฀AT฀ ISSUE฀HERE฀WAS฀DIFFERENT฀ FROM฀ THAT฀ CASE฀ 4HIS฀ CASE฀ INVOLVED฀ THE฀ SALE฀ OF฀ -ULTIMEDIA฀ SHARES฀ BY฀ 3ELECO฀ WHICH฀ CREATED฀ THAT฀ COMPANY฀ AND฀ WHOSE฀ A S SETS฀ B E N E F I T E D ฀ FROM฀ THE฀ S A L E S ฀ PRICE฀ OF฀ THE฀ SHARES฀ 4 H E RE F O RE ฀ IT฀ COULD฀ NOT฀ BE฀ EXCLUDED฀ THAT฀3ELECO฀RETAINED฀THE฀BENEFIT฀OF฀THE฀AID฀RECEIVED฀FROM฀THE฀SALE฀OF฀ITS฀SHARES฀AT฀MARKET฀ PRICE฀ 4HE฀#OURT฀ CONCLUDED฀ BY฀ A N N U L L IN G ฀ THE฀#OMMISSIONgS฀DECISION฀ ON฀ THAT฀ POINT฀
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