Member States need not apply the first and second subparagraphs of paragraph 1 where shares in a public limited liability company held by another company were acquired before the relationship between the two companies corresponded to the criteria laid down in paragraph 1.
Ní gá do na Ballstáit an chéad fhomhír ná an dara fomhír de mhír 1 a chur i bhfeidhm i gcás ina bhfuarthas scaireanna i gcuideachta phoiblí faoi dhliteanas teoranta a shealbhaíonn cuideachta eile roimh don ghaol idir an dá chuideachta a bheith ar aon dul leis na critéir a leagtar síos i mír 1.