2010 Nevada Code
TITLE 7 BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES; COMMODITIES
Chapter 78 Private Corporations
NRS 78.414 "Beneficial owner" defined.

NRS 78.414 "Beneficial owner" defined. "Beneficial owner," when used with respect to any shares, means a person that:

1. Individually or with or through any of its affiliates or associates, beneficially owns the shares, directly or indirectly;

2. Individually or with or through any of its affiliates or associates, has:

(a) The right to acquire the shares, whether the right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time, under any agreement, arrangement or understanding, whether or not in writing, or upon the exercise of rights to convert or exchange, warrants or options, or otherwise, but a person is not considered the beneficial owner of shares tendered under an offer for a tender or exchange made by the person or any of his or her affiliates or associates until the tendered shares are accepted for purchase or exchange; or

(b) The right to vote the shares under any agreement, arrangement or understanding, whether or not in writing, but a person is not considered the beneficial owner of any shares under this paragraph if the agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote the shares arises solely from a revocable proxy or consent given in response to a solicitation made in accordance with the applicable regulations under the Securities Exchange Act and is not then reportable on a Schedule 13D under the Securities Exchange Act, or any comparable or successor report; or

3. Has any agreement, arrangement or understanding, whether or not in writing, for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting, except voting under a revocable proxy or consent as described in paragraph (b) of subsection 2, or disposing of the shares with any other person who beneficially owns, or whose affiliates or associates beneficially own, directly or indirectly, the shares.

(Added to NRS by 1991, 1200)