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Texas Business Organizations Code - BUS ORG § 21.552. Standing to Bring Proceeding

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Subject to Subsection (b), a shareholder may not institute or maintain a derivative proceeding unless:

(1) the shareholder:

(A) was a shareholder of the corporation at the time of the act or omission complained of;  or

(B) became a shareholder by operation of law originating from a person that was a shareholder at the time of the act or omission complained of;

(2) the shareholder fairly and adequately represents the interests of the corporation in enforcing the right of the corporation;  and

(3) for a corporation with common shares listed on a national securities exchange or a corporation that has made an affirmative election to be governed by Section 21.419 and has 500 or more shareholders, at the time the derivative proceeding is instituted, the shareholder beneficially owns a number of the common shares sufficient to meet the required ownership threshold to institute a derivative proceeding in the right of the corporation identified in the corporation's certificate of formation or bylaws, provided that the required ownership threshold does not exceed three percent of the outstanding shares of the corporation.

(b) If the converted entity in a conversion is a corporation, a shareholder of that corporation may not institute or maintain a derivative proceeding based on an act or omission that occurred with respect to the converting entity before the date of the conversion unless:

(1) the shareholder was an equity owner of the converting entity at the time of the act or omission;  and

(2) the shareholder fairly and adequately represents the interests of the corporation in enforcing the right of the corporation.

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