Member States may decide not to apply the first sentence of point (a) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 to shares acquired by either the company itself or by a person acting in his or her own name but on the company's behalf, for distribution to that company's employees or to the employees of an associate company.
Féadfaidh na Ballstáit cinneadh gan an chéad abairt de phointe (a) den chéad fhomhír de mhír 1 a chur i bhfeidhm maidir le scaireanna a fuair an chuideachta féin nó duine ag gníomhú ina ainm nó ina hainm féin ach thar ceann na cuideachta, lena scaipeadh ar fhostaithe na cuideachta sin nó ar fhostaithe cuideachta comhlachais.