Rule 12g5-1
  Definition of Securities "Held
of Record"
a.
For the purpose of determining
whether an issuer is subject to the provisions of Sections
12(g)
and 15(d) of
the Act, securities shall be deemed to be "held of record" by
each person who is identified as the owner of such securities on records
of security holders maintained by or on behalf of the issuer, subject
to the following:
1. In
any case where the records of security holders have not been maintained
in accordance with accepted practice, any additional person who would
be identified as such an owner on such records if they had been maintained
in accordance with accepted practice shall be included as a holder of
record.
2. Securities
identified as held of record by a corporation, a partnership, a trust
whether or not the trustees are named, or other organization shall be
included as so held by one person.
3. Securities
identified as held of record by one or more persons as trustees, executors,
guardians, custodians or in other fiduciary capacities with respect to
a single trust, estate or account shall be included as held of record
by one person.
4. Securities
held by two or more persons as co-owners shall be included as held by
one person.
5. Each
outstanding unregistered or bearer certificate shall be included as held
of record by a separate person, except to the extent that the issuer can
establish that, if such securities were registered, they would be held
of record, under the provisions of this rule, by a lesser number of persons.
6. Securities
registered in substantially similar names where the issuer has reason
to believe because of the address or other indications that such names
represent the same person, may be included as held of record by one person.
b.
Notwithstanding paragraph
(a) of this section:
1. Securities
held, to the knowledge of the issuer, subject to a voting trust, deposit
agreement or similar arrangement shall be included as held of record by
the record holders of the voting trust certificates, certificates of deposit,
receipts or similar evidences of interest in such securities: Provided,
however, That the issuer may rely in good faith on such information
as is received in response to its request from a non-affiliated issuer
of the certificates or evidences of interest.
2. Whole
or fractional securities issued by a savings and loan association, building
and loan association, cooperative bank, homestead association, or similar
institution for the sole purpose of qualifying a borrower for membership
in the issuer, and which are to be redeemed or repurchased by the issuer
when the borrower's loan is terminated, shall not be included as held
of record by any person.
3. If
the issuer knows or has reason to know that the form of holding securities
of record is used primarily to circumvent the provisions of Section
15(d)
of the Act, the beneficial owners of such securities shall be deemed to
be the record owners thereof.
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