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Cleansing announcement

A public announcement that ends a secret by publishing what insiders were told. Valkenrade made one on the day the lock-up was signed, publishing what the committee had seen. From then, members may trade the Notes again, if nothing that could move the price is still secret. Explanatory Statement, paragraph 1.4 · Chapter 3 · see Committee, Inside information

Explained in Chapter 3, Bondholder Committees and Cleansing Inside Information, of Restructuring Plans.

How it comes up, in Chapter 3
That makes each of them an insider. An insider may not buy or sell the Notes until the secret is out. The secret ends with a cleansing announcement, which makes public what the committee saw. You check that nothing that matters is left out of it.
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