Control over another company; fiduciary ownership or control of shares

Sec. 1.3. (a) A company or shareholder is considered to have control over another company if:

(1) the company or shareholder, directly or indirectly, or acting through at least one (1) other person owns, controls, or has power to vote at least twenty-five percent (25%) of any class of voting securities of the other company;

(2) the company or shareholder controls in any manner the election of a majority of the directors or trustees of the other company; or

(3) the department determines, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that the company or shareholder, directly or indirectly, exercises a controlling influence over the management or policies of the other company.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a company is not considered to own or control another company by virtue of its ownership or control of shares in a fiduciary capacity, except as provided in subsection (a)(3) or if the company owning or controlling the shares is a business trust.

As added by P.L.14-1992, SEC.97.