| 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. |