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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>361439</law_id><section_number>38.2-1426</section_number><catch_line>Application of earnings tests</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="88" identifier="38.2">Insurance</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="14" identifier="14">Investments</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="2">Category 1 Investments</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If the issuing, assuming or guaranteeing <span class="dictionary">business entity</span> has not been in operation for the entire period for which earnings are being applied pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Guaranteed stocks" href="/38.2-1424/">38.2-1424</a>, the earnings tests shall be based upon pro forma statements incorporating statements of any predecessor or constituent <span class="dictionary">business entity</span> for that portion of the earnings tests period that the current <span class="dictionary">business entity</span> was not in operation, if:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The current <span class="dictionary">business entity</span> was formed as a <span class="dictionary">consolidation</span> or a merger of two or more business entities, at least one of which was in operation at the beginning of the period; or <a id="paragraph-1345268" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1426/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The current <span class="dictionary">business entity</span> has acquired all of the <span class="dictionary">assets</span> of a <span class="dictionary">business entity</span> or any division or other unit of a <span class="dictionary">business entity</span> that was in operation at the beginning of the test period. <a id="paragraph-1345269" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-1426/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1983, c. 457, &#xA7; 38.1-217.29; 1986, c. 562; 1992, c. 588; 2000, c. 155; 2002, c. 147.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
