Section 31038 Of Article 3. Definitions From California Financial Code >> Division 15. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 3.
31038
. "Control", when used with respect to a specified person,
means possession, direct or indirect, of the power to do either of
the following:
(a) To vote 35 percent or more of any class of the voting
securities issued by the specified person.
(b) To direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of such specified person, whether through the ownership of
voting securities, by contract (other than a commercial contract for
goods or nonmanagement services), or otherwise; provided, however,
that no natural person shall be deemed to control a person solely on
account of being a director, officer, or employee of such person. For
purposes of this subdivision, any person who, directly or
indirectly, owns of record or beneficially, holds with power to vote,
or holds proxies with discretionary authority to vote, 20 percent or
more of any class of the then outstanding voting securities issued
by a corporation shall be rebuttably presumed to control such
corporation. This presumption is a presumption affecting the burden
of proof.