(a) A share or similar equity interest issued by a corporation, business trust, joint stock company, or similar entity shall be deemed a security.
Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 490:8-103
Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
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.
Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
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.
(b) An “investment company security” shall be deemed a security. “Investment company security” means a share or similar equity interest issued by an entity that is registered as an investment company under the federal investment company laws, an interest in a unit investment trust that is so registered, or a face-amount certificate issued by a face-amount certificate company that is so registered. “Investment company security” does not include an insurance policy or endowment policy or annuitycontract issued by an insurance company.(c) An interest in a partnership or limited liability company shall not be deemed a security unless it is dealt in or traded on securities exchanges or in securities markets, its terms expressly provide that it is a security governed by this article, or it is an investment company security. However, an interest in a partnership or limited liability company shall be deemed a financial asset if it is held in a securities account.(d) A writing that is a security certificate shall be governed by this article and not by article 3, even though it also meets the requirements of that article. However, a negotiable instrument governed by article 3 shall be deemed a financial asset if it is held in a securities account.(e) An option or similar obligation issued by a clearing corporation to its participants shall not be deemed a security, but shall be deemed a financial asset.(f) A commodity contract, as defined in section 490:9-102(a), shall not be deemed a security or a financial asset.(g) A controllable account, controllable electronic record, or controllable payment intangible shall not be deemed a financial asset unless the controllable account, controllable electronic record, or controllable payment intangible is a property that is held by a securities intermediary for another person in a securities account and the securities intermediary has expressly agreed with the other person that the property is to be treated as a financial asset under this article.
