48-103-502 - Part definitions. - Tennessee Statutes

48-103-502. Part definitions.

As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

     (1)  “Associate,” when used to indicate a relationship with any person, means:

          (A)  A person that, directly or indirectly, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the person specified or who is or intends to act jointly or in concert with such specified person;

          (B)  Any corporation or organization of which such person is an officer, director or partner or which corporation or organization is, directly or indirectly, the beneficial owner of ten percent (10%) or more of any class of equity securities of such person;

          (C)  Any trust or other estate in which such person has a beneficial interest or as to such person serves as trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity; and

          (D)  Any parent, child, sibling, in-law (mother, father, sons and daughters), of such person, or any relative of such person who has the same residence as such person;

     (2)  “Control” means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a person whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;

     (3)  “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity and any “associate” (as defined in subdivision (1)) of such individual or entity; and

     (4)  “Subsidiary” means any corporation in which a majority of the shares entitled to vote are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by a corporation subject to this part.

[Acts 1988, ch. 500, § 30; T.C.A., § 48-35-502.]