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Vermont Statutes Title 3. Executive, § 521. Definitions

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Commission” means the Vermont Pension Investment Commission.

(2) “Financial expert” means an individual with material expertise and experience in institutional fund management or other significant pension or other relevant financial expertise.

(3) “Independent” means an individual who does not have a direct or indirect material interest in the Plans.

(A) An individual has a direct or indirect material interest in the Plans if:

(i) the individual or the individual's spouse is a beneficiary of any of the Plans; or

(ii) the individual or the individual's spouse, parent, child, sibling, or in-law is or has been within the past five years an employee, director, owner, officer, consultant, or manager or had another material role with an entity servicing the Plans.

(B) An individual is considered an owner of a publicly traded company if the individual owns, directly or indirectly, five percent or more of a class of the company's equity securities registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. § 78 et seq.), as amended.

(4) “Plans” means the Vermont State Teachers' Retirement System, the Vermont State Employees' Retirement System, and the Vermont Municipal Employees' Retirement System pursuant to section 472 of this title, 16 V.S.A. § 1943, and 24 V.S.A. § 5063.

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