2013 Mississippi Code
Title 79 - CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS
Chapter 4 - MISSISSIPPI BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT
Article 8 - DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
F DIRECTOR'S CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
§ 79-4-8.61 - When director's actions not sanctionable


MS Code § 79-4-8.61 (2013) What's This?

(a) A transaction effected or proposed to be effected by the corporation or by an entity controlled by the corporation may not be the subject of equitable relief, or give rise to an award of damages or other sanctions against a director of the corporation, in a proceeding by a shareholder or by or in the right of the corporation, on the ground that the director has an interest respecting the transaction, if it is not a director's conflicting interest transaction.

(b) A director's conflicting interest transaction may not be the subject of equitable relief, or give rise to an award of damages or other sanctions against a director of the corporation, in a proceeding by a shareholder or by or in the right of the corporation on the ground that the director has an interest respecting the transaction, if:

(1) Directors' action respecting the transaction was taken in compliance with Section 79-4-8.62 at any time; or

(2) Shareholders' action respecting the transaction was taken in compliance with Section 79-4-8.63 at any time; or

(3) The transaction, judged according to the circumstances at the relevant time, is established to have been fair to the corporation.

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