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RSA 293-A:1.43 · Qualified Director

Title: XXVII: CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PROPRIETORS OF COMMON LANDS
Chapter: 293-A · NEW HAMPSHIRE BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT
Status: current
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293-A:1.43 Qualified Director. –

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(a)

A "qualified director" is a director who, at the time action is to be taken under:

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(1)

RSA 293-A:7.44, does not have (i) a material interest in the outcome of the proceeding, or (ii) a material relationship with a person who has such an interest;

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(2)

RSA 293-A:8.53 or RSA 293-A:8.55, (i) is not a party to the proceeding, (ii) is not a director as to whom a transaction is a director's conflicting interest transaction or who sought a disclaimer of the corporation's interest in a business opportunity under RSA 293-A:8.70, which transaction or disclaimer is challenged in the proceeding, and (iii) does not have a material relationship with a director described in either clause (i) or clause (ii) of this subsection (a)(2);

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(3)

RSA 293-A:8.62, is not a director (i) as to whom the transaction is a director's conflicting interest transaction, or (ii) who has a material relationship with another director as to whom the transaction is a director's conflicting interest transaction; or

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(4)

RSA 293-A:8.70, would be a qualified director under subsection (a)(3) if the business opportunity were a director's conflicting interest transaction.

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(b)

For purposes of this section:

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(1)

"material relationship" familial, financial, professional, employment, or other relationship that would reasonably be expected to impair the objectivity of the director's judgment when participating in the action to be taken; and

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(2)

"material interest" means an actual or potential benefit or detriment (other than one which would devolve on the corporation or the shareholders generally) that would reasonably be expected to impair the objectivity of the director's judgment when participating in the action to be taken.

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(c)

The presence of one or more of the following circumstances shall not automatically prevent a director from being a qualified director:

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(1)

nomination or election of the director to the current board by any director who is not a qualified director with respect to the matter (or by any person that has a material relationship with that director), acting alone or participating with others;

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(2)

service as a director of another corporation of which a director who is not a qualified director with respect to the matter (or any individual who has a material relationship with that director), is or was also a director; or

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(3)

with respect to action to be taken under RSA 293-A:7.44, status as a named defendant, as a director against whom action is demanded, or as a director who approved the conduct being challenged. Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.

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Source note

Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.

Source history

2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014

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ses; Definitions; Alternative Treatment Center. ? Amend RSA 126-X:1, I to read as follows: I. "Alternative treatment center" means a domestic business corporation organized under RSA 293-A, a domestic limited liability company organized under RSA 304-C, or a not-for-profit [entity] voluntary corporation organized under RSA 292 that is registered under RSA 126-X:7 and that acquires, possesses, cultivates,
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