Securities Act; sale of business doctrine. (SB1220)

Introduced By

Sen. Mark Obenshain (R-Harrisonburg)

Description

Securities Act; sale of business doctrine. Exempts transfers of securities in connection with a sale of business transaction from the provision of the Securities Act that imposes civil liability on sellers of certain securities. The measure provides that a "security" does not include an instrument representing an ownership interest in an entity when all of, or a controlling interest in, the entity is transferred in a sale of business transaction, regardless of whether the interest bears the characteristics typically associated with stock or other securities. A sale of business transaction is defined as a transfer of all of, or a controlling interest in, the ownership interests of an entity incident to the sale of a commercial venture to a purchaser who will manage or direct the management of the commercial venture and who does not acquire the commercial venture's ownership interests primarily as an investment in a common venture premised on a reasonable expectation of profits to be derived from the entrepreneurial or managerial efforts of others. Amends § 13.1-501, § 13.1-522, of the Code of Virginia. View Full Text »

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History

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