| 8.__Liability of controlling persons.__A person who, by or |
through stock ownership, agency or otherwise, or who, pursuant to |
or in connection with an agreement or understanding with one or |
more other persons by or through stock ownership, agency or |
otherwise, controls any person liable under subsection 1, is also |
jointly and severally liable to the same extent as that |
controlled person to any person to whom the controlled person is |
liable, unless the controlling person had no knowledge of or |
reasonable grounds to believe in the existence of the facts by |
reason of which the liability of the controlled person is alleged |
to exist. For purposes of this subsection, "control" means the |
possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause |
the direction of the management and policies of a person, whether |
through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or |
otherwise. |