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Tennessee Code Title 48. Corporations and Associations § 48-18-702

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(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 or officer of the corporation, in a proceeding by a shareholder or by or in the right of the corporation, on the ground that the director or officer has an interest respecting the transaction, if it is not a director's or officer's conflicting interest transaction.

(b) A director's or officer'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 or officer of the corporation, in a proceeding by a shareholder or by or in the right of the corporation, on the ground that the director or officer has an interest respecting the transaction, if:

(1) Directors' action respecting the transaction was taken in compliance with § 48-18-703 at any time;

(2) Shareholders' action respecting the transaction was taken in compliance with § 48-18-704 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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