allie, I think it very important to realize that the 144 reg rules are now changed. Posting the old rules will confuse the issue. See these links for a trace-down on this in its current state. Rule 144 is not as it was.
Please note that a Legal Opinion is still required if the company was at one time a shell when one acquired the 144. Good luck guys. Also note, the TA's are acknowledging this ruling as of Friday, February 15. BTW, a better informed legal beagal type told this T/A thing to me yesterday evening, gang... but I believe him and thus do not expect that the T/A will lay it out for us yet.... we'll need to wat till after the 15th. so, till then its up to us to wade through the 111 pages ourselves.
And also, to judge by the PDF itself, my original determination that 3/3/8 was the date of consequence is wrong.... looks to be 2/15/8.
Any way its looked at, focusing on the old regs is going to generate confusion. That's my point.... and also, I wanted to give the actual links to the community so everybody can see that I'm not just flatulating and calling it thought.