Title 14, Chapter 2, Section 863
( 14-2-863)
(a) Shareholders' action respecting a transaction is effective for purposes of paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of Code Section 14-2-861 if a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of all qualified shares were cast in favor of the transaction after (1) notice to shareholders describing the director's conflicting interest transaction, (2) provision of the information referred to in subsection (d) of this Code section, and (3) required disclosure to the shareholders who voted on the transaction (to the extent the information was not known by them). (b) For purposes of this Code section, "qualified shares" means any
shares entitled to vote with respect to a director's conflicting
interest transaction except shares that, to the knowledge, before
the vote, of the secretary (or other officer or agent of the
corporation authorized to tabulate votes) are beneficially owned (or
the voting of which is controlled) by a director who has a
conflicting interest respecting the transaction or by a related
person of the director, or both. (c) A majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of
all qualified shares constitutes a quorum for purposes of action
that complies with this Code section. Subject to the provisions of
subsection (d) of this Code section, shareholders' action that
otherwise complies with this Code section is not affected by the
presence of holders, or the voting, of shares that are not qualified
shares. (d) For purposes of compliance with subsection (a) of this Code
section, a director who has a conflicting interest respecting the
transaction shall, before the shareholders' vote, inform the
secretary (or other officer or agent of the corporation authorized
to tabulate votes) of the number, and the identity of persons
holding or controlling the vote, of all shares that to the knowledge
of the director are beneficially owned (or the voting of which is
controlled) by the director or by a related person of the director,
or both. (e) If a shareholders' vote does not comply with subsection (a) of this Code section solely because of a failure of a director to comply with subsection (d) of this Code section, and if the director establishes that his failure did not determine and was not intended by him to influence the outcome of the vote, the court may, with or without further proceedings respecting paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of Code Section 14-2-861, take such action respecting the transaction and the director, and give such effect, if any, to the shareholders' vote, as it considers appropriate in the circumstances. |