Texas Business Organizations Code § 21.601 Definitions

Sec. 21.601. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:

(1) "Issuing public corporation" means a domestic corporation that has:

(A) 100 or more shareholders of record as shown by the share transfer records of the corporation;

(B) a class or series of the corporation's voting shares registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. Section 77b et seq.), as amended; or

(C) a class or series of the corporation's voting shares qualified for trading on a national securities exchange.

(2) "Person" includes two or more persons acting as a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate, or other group under an agreement, arrangement, or understanding, regardless of whether in writing, to acquire, hold, vote, or dispose of a corporation's shares.

(3) "Share acquisition date" means the date a person initially becomes an affiliated shareholder of an issuing public corporation.

(4) "Subsidiary" means a domestic or foreign corporation or other entity of which a majority of the outstanding voting shares are owned, directly or indirectly, by an issuing public corporation.

(5) "Voting share" means a share of capital stock of a corporation that entitles the holder of the share to vote generally in the election of directors.

Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.

Amended by:

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 139 (S.B. 748), Sec. 30, eff. September 1, 2011.

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