Terms Used In 18 Guam Code Ann. § 28862

  • 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.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
(a) Directors’ action respecting a transaction is effective for purposes of
§ 28861(b)(1) if the transaction received the affirmative vote of a majority but no fewer than two (2) of those qualified directors on the board of directors or on a duly empowered committee of the board who voted on the transaction after either required disclosure to them (to the extent the information was not known by them) or compliance with Subsection (b); provided that action by a committee is so effective only if:

(1) all its members are qualified directors, and

(2) its members are either all the qualified directors on the board or are appointed by the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified directors on the board.

(b) If a director has a conflicting interest respecting a transaction, but neither he nor a related person of the director specified in § 28860(c)(1) is a party to the transaction, and if the director has a duty under law or professional canon, or a duty of confidentiality to another person, respecting information relating to the transaction such that the director may not make the disclosure described in § 28860(d)(2), then disclosure is sufficient for purposes of Subsection (a) if the director:

(1) discloses to the directors voting on the transaction the existence and nature of his conflicting interest and informs them of the character and limitations imposed by that duty before their vote on the transaction, and

(2) plays no part, directly or indirectly, in their deliberations or
vote.

(c) A majority (but no fewer than two (2) of all the qualified directors on the board of directors, or on the committee, constitutes a quorum for purposes of action that complies with this Section. Directors’ action that otherwise complies with this Section is not affected by the presence or vote of a director who is not a qualified director.

(d) For purposes of this Section, “”qualified director”” means, with respect to a director’s conflicting interest transaction, any director who does not have either

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(1) a conflicting interest respecting the transaction, or

(2) a familial, financial, professional, or employment relationship with a second director who does have a conflicting interest respecting the transaction, which relationship would, in the circumstances, reasonably be expected to exert an influence on the first director’s judgment when voting on the transaction.