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Redemption and retraction machinery

What the rule requires

Freeze shares need a workable redemption procedure and a holder retraction right for the freeze to be capable of being unwound.

Authority: Drafting practice (freeze integrity)

What good looks like

Both a redemption procedure and a holder retraction right are present, so the freeze can be unwound.

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