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LR 3899
Item 1

 
A.__"Mutual holding company" means a mutual holding company
formed pursuant to section 3488.

 
B.__"Outside director" means a person who is not an officer,
employee or consultant of the mutual holding company, a
related stock holding company, the reorganized insurer or
other subsidiary of the mutual holding company or a related
stock holding company.

 
C.__"Public offering" means an offer that includes an offer
to individuals that is made by means of public advertising
or general solicitation.__"Public offering" does not
include:

 
(1)__Issuance of stock to the mutual holding company or
any related stock holding company; or

 
(2)__An offer or sale that is exempt from registration
by virtue of Title 32, section 10502, subsection 2,
paragraph I, L, N, Q or R.

 
D.__"Reorganized insurer" means a mutual insurer reorganized
as a stock insurer pursuant to section 3488.

 
E.__"Stock holding company" and "related stock holding
company" mean an incorporated entity that holds, directly or
indirectly, at least 51% of the voting stock of a
reorganized insurer.

 
F.__"Voting stock" means common stock with general voting
rights in the election of directors.

 
2.__Mutual holding company formed through reorganization.__The
following provisions apply to a mutual holding company.

 
A.__The provisions of Title 13-A that are applicable to a
mutual insurer apply to a mutual holding company as though
it were a mutual insurer.

 
B.__A mutual holding company may not dissolve, liquidate or
wind up except through proceedings under this Title for the
liquidation or dissolution of the reorganized insurer or as
the superintendent may otherwise approve.__In the event
proceedings are instituted for the complete liquidation of
the reorganized insurer:

 
(1)__The mutual holding company automatically becomes a
party to the proceedings;

 
(2)__All of the mutual holding company's assets, including its
holdings of shares in the reorganized


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