---
kind: "section"
citation: "17 C.F.R. § 239.23"
title: "17"
number: "239.23"
heading: "Form N-14, for the registration of securities issued in business combination transactions by investment companies and business development companies."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/17/239.23"
---

# §239.23. Form N-14, for the registration of securities issued in business combination transactions by investment companies and business development companies.


This form shall be used by a registered investment company or a business development company as defined by section 2(a)(48) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 for registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of securities to be issued:

- (a) In a transaction of the type specified in [paragraph (a)](#a) of [Rule 145](/cfr/17/145.md) ([§ 230.145](/cfr/17/230.145.md) of this chapter);
- (b) In a merger in which the applicable state law would not require the solicitation of the votes or consents of all the security holders of the company being acquired;
- (c) In an exchange offer for securities of the issuer or another entity;
- (d) In a public reoffering or resale of any such securities acquired pursuant to this registration statement;
- (e) In more than one of the kinds of transactions listed in [paragraphs (a) through (d)](#a..d) registered on one registration statement.

## Notes

### Amendments

[50 FR 48383, Nov. 25, 1985]

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 77c, 77f, 77g, 77h, 77j, 77s, 77z-2, 77z-3, 77sss, 78c, 78 l, 78m, 78n, 78 o (d), 78 o -7 note, 78u-5, 78w(a), 78 ll, 78mm, 80a-2(a), 80a-3, 80a-8, 80a-9, 80a-10, 80a-13, 80a-24, 80a-26, 80a-29, 80a-30, 80a-37, and sec. 71003 and sec. 84001, Pub. L. 114-94, 129 Stat. 1321, unless otherwise noted. Sections 239.31, 239.32 and 239.33 are also issued under 15 U.S.C. 78 l, 78m, 78 o, 78w, 80a-8, 80a-29, 80a-30, 80a-37 and 12 U.S.C. 241. Sections 239.63 and 239.64 are also issued under 15 U.S.C. 77f, 77g, 77h, 77j, 77s(a), 77sss(a), 78c(b), 78 l, 78m, 78n, 78o(d), 78w(a), 80a-8, 80a-24, 80a-29, and 80a-37.

### Source

Source: 33 FR 18991, Dec. 20, 1968, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[50 FR 48383, Nov. 25, 1985]