Ohio Revised Code Title XIII. Commercial Transactions § 1308.08

(1) Places or authorizes the placing of its name on a security certificate, otherwise 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 shares, participations, or other interests in its property or in an enterprise, or undertakes obligations, that are uncertificated securities;

(3) Directly or indirectly creates fractional interests in its rights or property, if the fractional interests are represented by security certificates;  or

(4) Becomes responsible for, or in place of, any other person described as an issuer in this section.