(a)(1) The offering of voting stock by a reorganized insurer or intermediate stock holding company to any person other than the mutual holding company or a wholly owned subsidiary thereof, which offering is the first to occur after the effective date of the plan of reorganization, shall be made only in accordance with such provisions as the plan of reorganization may contain governing such an initial offering or with the prior approval of the commissioner after submission of an application by the proposed issuer. The commissioner shall approve any such application unless the commissioner finds, (A) in the case of a public offering, that the offering would not be conducted in a manner generally consistent with customary practices for initial public offerings to the extent reasonably comparable, or (B) in the case of any other offering, that the offering would be prejudicial to the members of the mutual holding company. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the filing of a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Secretary of the State prior to such approval.

(2) The commissioner may engage the services of private consultants to assist the commissioner in determining whether an application under subdivision (1) of this subsection meets the requirements of this section, the cost of which shall be borne by the proposed issuer submitting such application.

(b) For purposes of this section, any securities of the reorganized insurer or any intermediate stock holding company that are convertible into voting stock shall be considered voting stock.

(c) All references to a specified percentage of voting stock of any person means securities having the specified percentage of the voting power in that person for the election of directors, trustees or management of that person, other than securities having voting power only because of the occurrence of a contingency.

(d) No stock purchase right shall provide for a purchase of less than fifty shares of the common stock being offered in the public offering. The price per share shall be equal to the public offering price. In the event that the exercise of such right exceeds fifty per cent of the number of shares being offered to the public or such lesser percentage as may be approved by the commissioner, exercise of such stock purchase right shall be subject to proration, subject to a minimum of fifty shares. A stock purchase right shall be subject to any exclusions or limitations authorized by law applicable to particular classes of policyholders.

(P.A. 14-123, S. 7.)

History: P.A. 14-123 effective June 6, 2014.