2006 Ohio Revised Code - 1308.08. (UCC 8-201) Issuer.

§ 1308.08. (UCC 8-201) Issuer.
 

(A)  With respect to obligations on or defenses to a security, "issuer" includes a person who: 

(1) Places or authorizes the placing of its name on a security certificate, otherwise than as authenticating trustee, registrar, transfer agent, or the like, to evidence a share, participation, or other interest in its property or in an enterprise, or to evidence its duty to perform an obligation represented by the certificate; 

(2) Creates shares, participations, or other interests in its property or in an enterprise, or undertakes obligations, that are uncertificated securities; 

(3) Directly or indirectly creates fractional interests in its rights or property, if the fractional interests are represented by security certificates; or 

(4) Becomes responsible for, or in place of, any other person described as an issuer in this section. 

(B)  With respect to obligations on or defenses to a security, a guarantor is an issuer to the extent of its guaranty, whether or not its obligation is noted on a security certificate. 

(C)  With respect to registration of transfer, "issuer" means a person on whose behalf transfer books are maintained. 
 

HISTORY: RC § 1308.06, 129 v S 5 (Eff 7-1-62); RC § 1308.08, 140 v S 283 (Eff 9-20-84); 147 v H 170. Eff 1-1-98.
 

The effective date is set by section 3 of HB 170. 

See provisions, § 4 of HB 170 (147 v  - ), following RC § 1308.01. 

 

Official Comment

1. The definition of "issuer" in this section functions primarily to describe the persons whose defenses may be cut off under the rules in Part 2. In large measure it simply tracks the language of the definition of security in Section 8-102(a)(15). 

2. Subsection (b) distinguishes the obligations of a guarantor as issuer from those of the principal obligor. However, it does not exempt the guarantor from the impact of subsection (d) of Section 8-202. Whether or not the obligation of the guarantor is noted on the security is immaterial. Typically, guarantors are parent corporations, or stand in some similar relationship to the principal obligor. If that relationship existed at the time the security was originally issued the guaranty would probably have been noted on the security. However, if the relationship arose afterward, e.g., through a purchase of stock or properties, or through merger or consolidation, probably the notation would not have been made. Nonetheless, the holder of the security is entitled to the benefit of the obligation of the guarantor. 

3. Subsection (c) narrows the definition of "issuer" for purposes of Part 4 of this Article (registration of transfer). It is supplemented by Section 8-407.