California Code
ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions and Definitions
Section 12242.6.

12242.6. “Parent party” means the corporation in control of any constituent domestic or foreign corporation or other business entity and whose equity securities are issued, transferred, or exchanged in a merger pursuant to Section 12540.1.

(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 437, Sec. 23.7. Effective January 1, 2000.)