Arizona Laws 10-142. Number of shareholders
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A. For purposes of chapters 1 through 17 of this title, the following identified as a shareholder in a corporation‘s current record of shareholders constitutes one shareholder:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 10-142
- 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.
- Entity: includes a corporation, foreign corporation, not for profit corporation, profit and not for profit unincorporated association, nonprofit corporation, close corporation, corporation sole or limited liability company, a professional corporation, association or limited liability company, a business trust, estate, partnership, registered limited liability partnership, trust or joint venture, two or more persons having a joint or common economic interest, any person other than an individual and a state, the United States and a foreign government. See Arizona Laws 10-140
- 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.
- Person: includes an individual and entity. See Arizona Laws 10-140
- Shareholder: means the person in whose name shares are registered in the records of a corporation or the beneficial owner of shares to the extent of the rights granted by a nominee certificate on file with a corporation. See Arizona Laws 10-140
- trustees: means individuals, designated in the articles of incorporation or bylaws or elected by the incorporators, and their successors and individuals elected or appointed by any other name or title to act as members of the board. See Arizona Laws 10-3140
1. Three or fewer co-owners.
2. Any 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 chapters 1 through 17 of this title, shareholdings registered in substantially similar names constitute one shareholder if it is reasonable to believe that the names represent the same person.