North Carolina General Statutes 55-1-42. Number of shareholders
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(a) For purposes of this Chapter, the following identified as a shareholder in a corporation‘s current record of shareholders constitutes one shareholder:
(1) All co-owners of the same shares;
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 55-1-42
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
(2) A corporation, partnership, trust, estate, or other entity;
(3) The trustees, guardians, custodians, or other fiduciaries of a single trust, estate, or account.
(b) For purposes of this Chapter, shareholdings registered in substantially similar names constitute one shareholder if it is reasonable to believe that the names represent the same person. (1989, c. 265, s. 1.)