35-1-464. Shareholders' action. - Montana Statutes

     35-1-464. Shareholders' action. (1) Shareholders' action respecting a transaction is effective for purposes of 35-1-462(2)(b) if a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of all qualified shares were cast in favor of the transaction after:
     (a) notice to shareholders describing the director's conflicting interest transaction;
     (b) provision of the information referred to in subsection (3); and
     (c) required disclosure to the shareholders who voted on the transaction, to the extent the information was not known by them.
     (2) A majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of all qualified shares constitutes a quorum for purposes of action that complies with this section. Subject to the provisions of subsections (3) and (4), shareholders' action that otherwise complies with this section is not affected by the presence of holders of shares that are not qualified shares or the voting of those shares.
     (3) For purposes of compliance with subsection (1), a director who has a conflicting interest respecting the transaction shall, before the shareholders' vote, inform the secretary or other office or agent of the corporation authorized to tabulate votes of the number of all shares and the identity of persons holding or controlling the vote of all shares that the director knows are beneficially owned by or the voting of which is controlled by the director or by a related person of the director, or both.
     (4) If a shareholders' vote does not comply with subsection (1) solely because of a failure of a director to comply with subsection (3) and if the director establishes that the failure did not determine and was not intended by the director to influence the outcome of the vote, the court may, with or without further proceedings respecting 35-1-462(2)(c), take action respecting the transaction and the director and give effect, if any, to the shareholders' vote as it considers appropriate in the circumstances.
     (5) For purposes of this section, "qualified shares" means any shares entitled to be voted with respect to the director's conflicting interest transaction except shares that, to the knowledge, before the vote, of the secretary or other officer or agent of the corporation authorized to tabulate votes, are beneficially owned by or the voting of which is controlled by a director who has a conflicting interest respecting the transaction or by a related person of the director, or both.

     History: En. Sec. 111, Ch. 368, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 1268, Ch. 56, L. 2009.