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manager pursuant to the trust or other agreement or instrument | | under which the security is issued; |
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| | | B.__The issuer of an equipment trust certificate or similar | | security serving the same purpose is the person by which the | | property is or will be used or to which the property or | | equipment is or will be leased or conditionally sold or that | | is otherwise contractually responsible for ensuring payment | | of the certificate; |
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| | | C.__The issuer of a fractional undivided interest in an oil, | | gas or other mineral lease or in payments out of production | | under a lease, right or royalty is the owner of an interest | | in the lease or in payments out of production under a lease, | | right or royalty, whether whole or fractional, that creates | | fractional interests for the purpose of sale; or |
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| | | D.__The issuer of a fractional or pooled interest in a | | viatical or life settlement contract is the person who | | creates, for the purpose of sale, the fractional or pooled | | interest. The issuer of a viatical or life settlement | | contract that is not fractionalized or pooled is the person | | effecting the transaction with the investor in such a | | contract but does not include a broker-dealer or sales | | representative. |
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| | | 18.__Nonissuer transaction; nonissuer distribution. "Nonissuer | | transaction" or "nonissuer distribution" means a transaction or | | distribution not directly or indirectly for the benefit of the | | issuer. |
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| | | 19.__Offer to purchase. "Offer to purchase" includes an | | attempt or offer to obtain, or solicitation of an offer to sell, | | a security or interest in a security for value.__"Offer to | | purchase" does not include a tender offer that is subject to | | Section 14(d) of the federal Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 | | United States Code, Section 78n(d). |
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| | | 20.__Person. "Person" means an individual; corporation; | | business trust; estate; trust; partnership; limited liability | | company; association; joint venture; government; governmental | | subdivision, agency or instrumentality; public corporation; or | | any other legal or commercial entity. |
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| | | 21.__Place of business. "Place of business" of a broker- | | dealer, an investment adviser or a federal covered investment | | adviser means: |
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| | | A.__An office at which the broker-dealer, investment adviser or | | federal covered investment adviser regularly provides |
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