30-29-860. DEFINITIONS. As used in sections 30-29-860 through 30-29-863, Idaho Code:
(1) "Control" or "controlled by" means having the power, directly or indirectly, to elect or remove a majority of the members of the board of directors or other governing body of an entity, whether through the ownership of voting shares or interests, by contract, or otherwise; or being subject to a majority of the risk of loss from the entity’s activities or entitled to receive a majority of the entity’s residual returns.
(2) "Director’s conflicting interest transaction" means a transaction effected or proposed to be effected by the corporation, or by an entity controlled by the corporation, where at the relevant time the director is a party, had knowledge and a material financial interest known to the director, or knew that a related person was a party or had a material financial interest.
(3) "Fair to the corporation" means, for purposes of section 30-29-861(b)(3), Idaho Code, that the transaction as a whole was beneficial to the corporation, taking into appropriate account whether it was fair in terms of the director’s dealings with the corporation, and comparable to what might have been obtainable in an arm’s length transaction, given the consideration paid or received by the corporation.
(4) "Material financial interest" means a financial interest in a transaction that would reasonably be expected to impair the objectivity of the director’s judgment when participating in action on the authorization of the transaction.
(5) "Related person" means:
(a) The individual’s spouse;
(b) A child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, sibling, stepsibling, half-sibling, aunt, uncle, niece, or nephew, or spouse of any such person, of the individual or of the individual’s spouse;
(c) A natural living person living in the same house as the individual;
(d) An entity, other than the corporation or an entity controlled by the corporation, controlled by the individual or any person specified in this subsection;
(e) A domestic or foreign business or nonprofit corporation, other than the corporation or an entity controlled by the corporation, of which the individual is a director; an unincorporated entity of which the individual is a general partner or a member of the governing body; or an individual, trust, or estate for whom, or of which, the individual is a trustee, guardian, personal representative, or like fiduciary; or
(f) A person that is, or an entity that is controlled by, an employer of the individual.
(6) "Relevant time" means the time at which directors’ action respecting the transaction is taken in compliance with section 30-29-862, Idaho Code; or if the transaction is not brought before the board of directors, or a committee, for action under section 30-29-862, Idaho Code, at the time the corporation, or an entity controlled by the corporation, becomes legally obligated to consummate the transaction.
(7) "Required disclosure" means disclosure of the existence and nature of the director’s conflicting interest and all facts known to the director respecting the subject matter of the transaction that a director free of such conflicting interest would reasonably believe to be material in deciding whether to proceed with the transaction.
History:
[30-29-860, added 2019, ch. 90, sec. 108, p. 286.]
Structure Idaho Code
Chapter 29 - GENERAL BUSINESS CORPORATIONS
Part 8 - DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Section 30-29-801 - REQUIREMENT FOR AND DUTIES OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Section 30-29-802 - QUALIFICATIONS OF DIRECTORS.
Section 30-29-803 - NUMBER AND ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.
Section 30-29-804 - ELECTION OF DIRECTORS BY CERTAIN CLASSES OR SERIES OF SHARES.
Section 30-29-805 - TERMS OF DIRECTORS GENERALLY.
Section 30-29-806 - STAGGERED TERMS FOR DIRECTORS.
Section 30-29-807 - RESIGNATION OF DIRECTORS.
Section 30-29-808 - REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS BY SHAREHOLDERS.
Section 30-29-809 - REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS BY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING.
Section 30-29-810 - VACANCY ON BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Section 30-29-811 - COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS.
Section 30-29-821 - ACTION WITHOUT MEETING.
Section 30-29-822 - NOTICE OF MEETING.
Section 30-29-823 - WAIVER OF NOTICE.
Section 30-29-824 - QUORUM AND VOTING.
Section 30-29-825 - BOARD COMMITTEES.
Section 30-29-826 - SUBMISSION OF MATTERS FOR SHAREHOLDER VOTE.
Section 30-29-830 - STANDARDS OF CONDUCT FOR DIRECTORS.
Section 30-29-831 - STANDARDS OF LIABILITY FOR DIRECTORS.
Section 30-29-832 - DIRECTORS’ LIABILITY FOR UNLAWFUL DISTRIBUTIONS.
Section 30-29-841 - FUNCTIONS OF OFFICERS.
Section 30-29-842 - STANDARDS OF CONDUCT FOR OFFICERS.
Section 30-29-843 - RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF OFFICERS.
Section 30-29-844 - CONTRACT RIGHTS OF OFFICERS.
Section 30-29-850 - DEFINITIONS.
Section 30-29-851 - PERMISSIBLE INDEMNIFICATION.
Section 30-29-852 - MANDATORY INDEMNIFICATION.
Section 30-29-853 - ADVANCE FOR EXPENSES.
Section 30-29-854 - COURT-ORDERED INDEMNIFICATION AND ADVANCE FOR EXPENSES.
Section 30-29-855 - DETERMINATION AND AUTHORIZATION OF INDEMNIFICATION.
Section 30-29-856 - INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS.
Section 30-29-857 - INSURANCE.
Section 30-29-858 - VARIATION BY CORPORATE ACTION — APPLICATION OF INDEMNIFICATION PROVISIONS.
Section 30-29-859 - EXCLUSIVITY.
Section 30-29-860 - DEFINITIONS.
Section 30-29-861 - JUDICIAL ACTION.
Section 30-29-862 - DIRECTORS’ ACTION.