(iii)
(iii) L2 is a new loss corporation because it is a successor corporation to L1. There is no ownership change with respect to L2, however, because A's stock ownership in L2 increased by only 40 percentage points (to 40 percent) over the amount owned by A prior to the merger (0 percent). Therefore, the pre-change losses of L2 are not limited under section 382 as a result of the merger.