Code of Maine Rules
02 - DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL REGULATION
031 - BUREAU OF INSURANCE
Chapter 310 - VARIABLE ANNUITY RULE
Article VIII - Separate Accounts
Section 031-310-VIII-4 - Limitations on ownership

a. A separate account shall not purchase or otherwise acquire the securities of any issuer, other than securities issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States, if immediately after such purchase or acquisition the value of such investment, together with prior investments of such account in such security valued as required by these regulation, would exceed 10 percent of the value of the assets of the separate account. The Superintendent may waive this limitation in writing if he believes such waiver will not render the operation of the separate account hazardous to the public or the policyholders in this state.

b. No separate account shall purchase or otherwise acquire the voting securities of any issuer if as a result of such acquisition the insurer and its separate accounts, in the aggregate, will own more than 10 percent of the total issued and outstanding voting securities of such issuer.

c. The percentage limitation specified in subsection a of this Section shall not be construed to preclude the investment of the assets of separate accounts in shares of investments companies registered pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940 or other pools of investment assets if the investments and investment policies of such investment companies or asset pools comply substantially with the provisions of subsections a and b supra and other applicable portions of this rule.