Arizona Revised Statutes (Last Updated: March 31, 2016) |
Title 10. Corporations and Associations |
Chapter 8. DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS |
Article 6. Director's Conflicting Interest Transactions |
Sec 10-861. Judicial action
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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.
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.