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by filip01 4831 days ago
Great, thanks. Do you know of a more formal way of expressing this "flip"? (Don't get any good Google hits).
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It generally is referred to a scrip for scrip rollover (terms may vary based on your country of jurisdiction).

You're essentially swapping your ownership in the foreign company for the equivalent ownership in a US company, and the US company becomes the sole shareholder of the foreign company.