Title 14, Chapter 2, Section 860
( 14-2-860)
As used in this part, the term: (1) "Conflicting interest" with respect to a corporation means the
interest a director of the corporation has respecting a
transaction effected or proposed to be effected by the corporation
(or by a subsidiary of the corporation or any other entity in
which the corporation has a controlling interest) if: (A) Whether or not the transaction is brought before the board
of directors of the corporation for action, to the knowledge of
the director at the time of commitment he or a related person is
a party to the transaction or has a beneficial financial
interest in or so closely linked to the transaction and of such
financial significance to the director or a related person that
it would reasonably be expected to exert an influence on the
director's judgment if he were called upon to vote on the
transaction; or (B) The transaction is brought (or is of such character and
significance to the corporation that it would in the normal
course be brought) before the board of directors of the
corporation for action, and to the knowledge of the director at
the time of commitment any of the following persons is either a
party to the transaction or has a beneficial financial interest
so closely linked to the transaction and of such financial
significance to that person that it would reasonably be expected
to exert an influence on the director's judgment if he were
called upon to vote on the transaction: (i) an entity (other
than the corporation) of which the director is a director,
general partner, agent, or employee; (ii) a person that controls
one or more of the entities specified in division (i) or an
entity that is controlled by, or is under common control with,
one or more of the entities specified in division (i) of this
subparagraph; or (iii) an individual who is a general partner,
principal, or employer of the director. (2) "Director's conflicting interest transaction" with respect to
a corporation means a transaction effected or proposed to be
effected by the corporation (or by a subsidiary of the corporation
or any other entity in which the corporation has a controlling
interest) respecting which a director of the corporation has a
conflicting interest. (3) "Related person" of a director means: (A) The spouse (or a parent or sibling thereof) of the director
or a child, grandchild, sibling, parent (or spouse of any
thereof), or an individual having the same home as the director
or a trust or estate of which an individual specified in this
subparagraph is a substantial beneficiary; or (B) A trust, estate, incompetent, conservatee, or minor of which
the director is a fiduciary. (4) "Required disclosure" means disclosure by the director who has
a conflicting interest of (A) the existence and nature of his
conflicting interest, and (B) all facts known to him respecting
the subject matter of the transaction that an ordinarily prudent
person would reasonably believe to be material to a judgment as to
whether or not to proceed with the transaction. (5) "Time of commitment" respecting a transaction means the time
when the transaction is consummated or, if made pursuant to
contract, the time when the corporation (or its subsidiary or the
entity in which it has a controlling interest) becomes
contractually obligated so that its unilateral withdrawal from the
transaction would entail significant loss, liability, or other
damage. |