(810 ILCS 5/8-201) (from Ch. 26, par. 8-201)
    Sec. 8-201. Issuer.
    (a) 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.
    (b) 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.
    (c) With respect to a registration of a transfer, issuer means a person on whose behalf transfer books are maintained.
(Source: P.A. 89-364, eff. 1-1-96.)