Arizona Laws 10-861. Judicial action
A. A transaction that is effected or proposed to be effected by a corporation, or by a subsidiary of the corporation or any other entity in which the corporation has a controlling interest, and that is not a director’s conflicting interest transaction shall not be enjoined, be set aside or give rise to an award of damages or other sanctions in a proceeding by a shareholder or by or in the right of the corporation, because a director of the corporation, or any person with whom or with which the director has a personal, economic or other association, has an interest in the transaction.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 10-861
- Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Entity: includes a corporation, foreign corporation, not for profit corporation, profit and not for profit unincorporated association, nonprofit corporation, close corporation, corporation sole or limited liability company, a professional corporation, association or limited liability company, a business trust, estate, partnership, registered limited liability partnership, trust or joint venture, two or more persons having a joint or common economic interest, any person other than an individual and a state, the United States and a foreign government. See Arizona Laws 10-140
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Person: includes an individual and entity. See Arizona Laws 10-140
- Proceeding: includes a civil suit and a criminal, administrative and investigatory action. See Arizona Laws 10-140
- Shareholder: means the person in whose name shares are registered in the records of a corporation or the beneficial owner of shares to the extent of the rights granted by a nominee certificate on file with a corporation. See Arizona Laws 10-140
B. A director’s conflicting interest transaction shall not be enjoined, be set aside or give rise to an award of damages or other sanctions in a proceeding by a shareholder or by or in the right of the corporation, because the director, or any person with whom or with which the director has a personal, economic or other association, has an interest in the transaction, if either:
1. Directors’ action respecting the transaction was taken at any time in compliance with section 10-862.
2. Shareholders’ action respecting the transaction was taken at any time in compliance with section 10-863.
3. The transaction, judged according to the circumstances at the time of commitment, is established to have been fair to the corporation.
C. Any person seeking to have a director’s conflicting interest transaction enjoined, set aside or give rise to an award of damages or other sanctions shall first prove by clear and convincing evidence that subsection B of this section is not applicable.