                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 13.1-776)

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires, the term:
		&#8220;Asserted shareholder&#8221; means an entity holding a certificate for
one or more shares of stock of a corporation on which it is stated to be the
owner thereof but which is not listed as a shareholder on the records of the
corporation.
		&#8220;Corporation&#8221; shall have the meaning provided in § 13.1-603.
		&#8220;Entity&#8221; means one or more persons, partnerships, unincorporated
associations, corporations or other organizations entitled to hold property in
its own name.
		&#8220;Lost shareholder&#8221; means a shareholder shown by the records of a
corporation to have been a shareholder for more than seven years but who,
throughout that period, neither claimed a dividend or other sum nor corresponded
in writing with the corporation or otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced
by a memorandum or other record on file with the corporation and the corporation
does not know the location of the shareholder at the end of such seven-year
period.
		&#8220;Shareholder&#8221; means an entity shown by the records of a
corporation to be the owner of one or more shares of its outstanding capital
stock.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 13.1-156; 1979, c. 90; 1983, c. 190; 1985, c. 522; 2005,
c. 765.