Issuer

1. Law
2. Mississippi Code
3. Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments
4. Uniform Commercial Code-Revised Article 8. Investment Securities
5. Issue and Issuer
6. Issuer

With respect to an obligation on or a defense to a security, an "issuer" includes a person that:

1. Places or authorizes the placing of its name on a security certificate, other 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 a share, participation, or other interest in its property or in an enterprise, or undertakes an obligation, that is an uncertificated security;
3. Directly or indirectly creates a fractional interest in its rights or property, if the fractional interest is represented by a security certificate; or
4. Becomes responsible for, or in place of, another person described as an issuer in this section.

With respect to an obligation on or defense 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.

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

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