Except with the approval of the commissioner, no corporation shall invest in any one corporation an amount in excess of 10 percent of its own shareholders’ equity, except in a corporation engaged in the business of banking, when 15 percent of its shareholders’ equity may be so invested.

(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 243, Sec. 3. (SB 664) Effective January 1, 2012.)

Terms Used In California Financial Code 1856

  • 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.
  • corporation: means a corporation organized under the laws of this state for the purpose of transacting business pursuant to this article. See California Financial Code 1850