10A-2-7.30
Section 10A-2-7.30 Voting trust. REPEALED IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2019-94 EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) One or more shareholders
may create a voting trust, conferring on a trustee the right to vote or otherwise act for
them, by signing an agreement setting out the provisions of the trust, which may include anything
consistent with its purpose, and transferring their shares to the trustee. When a voting trust
agreement is signed, the trustee shall prepare a list of the names and addresses of all owners
of beneficial interests in the trust, together with the number and class of shares each transferred
to the trust, and deliver copies of the list and agreement to the corporation's principal
office. (b) A voting trust becomes effective on the date the first shares subject to the trust
are registered in the trustee's name. A voting trust is valid for not more than 10 years after
its effective date unless extended under subsection (c)....
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10A-2-7.31
Section 10A-2-7.31 Voting agreements. REPEALED IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2019-94 EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) Two or more shareholders
may provide for the manner in which they will vote their shares by signing an agreement for
that purpose. A voting agreement created under this section is not subject to the provisions
of Section 10A-2-7.30. (b) A voting agreement created under this section is specifically enforceable.
(Acts 1994, No. 94-245, p. 343, §1; §10-2B-7.31; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513,
p. 967, §112.)...
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10A-2-8.20
Section 10A-2-8.20 Meetings. REPEALED IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2019-94 EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) The board of directors may
hold regular or special meetings in or out of this state. (b) Unless the articles of incorporation
or bylaws provide otherwise, the board of directors may permit any or all directors to participate
in a regular or special meeting by, or conduct the meeting through the use of, any means of
communication by which all directors participating may simultaneously hear each other during
the meeting. A director participating in a meeting by this means is deemed to be present in
person at the meeting. (Acts 1994, No. 94-245, p. 343, §1; §10-2B-8.20; amended and renumbered
by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §118.)...
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10A-2-8.21
Section 10A-2-8.21 Action without meeting. REPEALED IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2019-94
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) Unless the articles
of incorporation or bylaws provide otherwise, action required or permitted by this chapter
to be taken at a board of directors' meeting may be taken without a meeting if the action
is taken by all members of the board. The action must be evidenced by one or more written
consents describing the action taken, signed by each director, and included in the minutes
or filed with the corporate records reflecting the action taken. (b) Action taken under this
section is effective when the last director signs the consent, unless the consent specifies
a different effective date. (c) A consent signed under this section has the effect of a meeting
vote and may be so described in any document. (Acts 1994, No. 94-245, p. 343, §1; §10-2B-8.21;
amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §118.)...
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10A-2-8.50
Section 10A-2-8.50 Definitions. REPEALED IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2019-94 EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. In this division: (1) "Corporation"
includes any domestic or foreign predecessor entity of a corporation in a merger or other
transaction in which the predecessor's existence ceased upon consummation of the transaction.
(2) "Director" means an individual who is or was a director of a corporation or
an individual who, while a director of a corporation, is or was serving at the corporation's
request as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, or agent of another foreign or
domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, or other enterprise.
A director is considered to be serving an employee benefit plan at the corporation's request
if his or her duties to the corporation also impose duties on, or otherwise involve services
by, the director to the plan or to participants in or beneficiaries of the...
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10A-2-8.51
Section 10A-2-8.51 Authority to indemnify. REPEALED IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2019-94
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) Except as provided
in subsection (d), a corporation may indemnify an individual made a party to a proceeding
because he or she is or was a director against liability incurred in the proceeding if: (1)
The individual conducted himself or herself in good faith; and (2) The individual reasonably
believed: (i) In the case of conduct in his or her official capacity with the corporation,
that the conduct was in its best interests; and (ii) In all other cases, that the conduct
was at least not opposed to its best interests; and (3) In the case of any criminal proceeding,
the individual had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. (b) A director's
conduct with respect to an employee benefit plan for a purpose he or she reasonably believed
to be in the interests of the participants in and beneficiaries of...
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10A-2-8.53
Section 10A-2-8.53 Advance for expenses. REPEALED IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2019-94
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) A corporation may
pay for or reimburse the reasonable expenses incurred by a director who is a party to a proceeding
in advance of final disposition of the proceeding if: (1) The director furnishes the corporation
a written affirmation of good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct
described in Section 10A-2-8.51; (2) The director furnishes the corporation a written undertaking,
executed personally or on the director's behalf, to repay the advance if it is ultimately
determined that the director did not meet the standard of conduct, or is not otherwise entitled
to indemnification under Section 10A-2-8.51(d), unless indemnification is approved by the
court under Section 10A-2-8.54; (3) A determination is made that the facts then known to those
making the determination would not preclude...
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10A-2-8.54
Section 10A-2-8.54 Court-ordered indemnification. REPEALED IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT
2019-94 EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. A director
of the corporation who is a party to a proceeding may apply for indemnification to the court
conducting the proceeding, or may file an action therefor in another court of competent jurisdiction
if the court has jurisdiction over the corporation and the corporation is a party to the proceeding.
On receipt of the application or the filing of the action, the court after giving any notice
it considers necessary may order indemnification if it determines: (1) The director is entitled
to mandatory indemnification under Section 10A-2-8.52, in which case the court shall also
order the corporation to pay the director's reasonable expenses incurred to obtain court-ordered
indemnification; or (2) The director is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification
in view of all the relevant circumstances, whether or...
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10A-2-8.57
Section 10A-2-8.57 Insurance. REPEALED IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2019-94 EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. A corporation may purchase and
maintain insurance, or furnish similar protection, including but not limited to trust funds,
self-insurance reserves, or the like, on behalf of an individual who is or was a director,
officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or who, while a director, officer, employee,
or agent of the corporation, is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director,
officer, partner, trustee, employee, or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation,
partnership, joint venture trust, employee benefit plan, or other enterprise, against liability
asserted against or incurred by him or her in that capacity or arising from his or her status
as a director, officer, employee, or agent, whether or not the corporation would have power
to indemnify him or her against the same liability under Section...
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10A-2-8.60
Section 10A-2-8.60 Definitions. REPEALED IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2019-94 EFFECTIVE
JANUARY 1, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. In this division: (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: (i) Whether or not the transaction is brought before the board of directors
of the corporation for action, the director knows at the time of commitment that he or she
or a related person is a party to the transaction or has a beneficial interest in or so closely
linked to the transaction and of the financial significance to the director or a related person
that the interest would reasonably be expected to exert an influence on the director's judgement
if the director were called upon to vote on the transaction; or...
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