\nIn this Article, the following definitions apply:\n(1) Reserved.\n(2) Reserved.\n(3) Qualified shareholder. – A person who has been a shareholder in the corporation for at least six months immediately preceding the shareholder's demand for inspection of records or who holds at least five percent (5%) of the corporation's outstanding shares of any class.\n(4) Shareholder. – A record shareholder or a beneficial shareholder whose shares are held in a voting trust or by a nominee on the beneficial shareholder's behalf and whose beneficial ownership is certified to the corporation by that voting trust or nominee. (2021-106, s. 6(b).)
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