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Internet tycoon Kim Dotcom, whose site MegaUpload was shut down by US authorities in 2012, has announced plans to list his new file-sharing firm on the New Zealand stock market.He is currently fighting extradition to the US over charges of copyright infringement on a "massive scale".An extradition hearing is set for July.Mega will reach the market by using what is known as a "backdoor listing". Rather than floating in its own right, Mega will take over TRS Investments - which is already listed - and change the company's name and operations.TRS will issue Mega with 700 million shares at 30 cents each, totalling NZ$210m ($180m; £109m). Mega's shareholders will own 99% of the firm. Mega's chief executive Stephen Hall said he intended Mega to be a listed company by the end of May.