SD Codified L § 47-1A-860 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 47 - Corporations|Chapter 01A - South Dakota Business Corporation Act|Section 47-1A-860 - Subpart definitions.

47-1A-860. Subpart definitions.Terms used in §§47-1A-860 to 47-1A-863.3, inclusive, mean:(1)"Conflicting interest," with respect to a corporation, the interest a director of the corporation has respecting a transaction effected or proposed to be effected by the corporation, or by a subsidiary of the corporation or any other entity in which the corporation has a controlling interest, if:(a)Whether or not the transaction is brought before the board of directors of the corporation for action, the director knows at the time of commitment that the director or a related person is a party to the transaction or has a beneficial financial interest in or so closely linked to the transaction and of such financial significance to the director or a related person that the interest would reasonably be expected to exert an influence on the director's judgment if the director were called upon to vote on the transaction; or(b)The transaction is brought, or is of such character and significance to the corporation that it would in the normal course be brought, before the board of directors of the corporation for action, and the director knows at the time of commitment that any of the following persons is either a party to the transaction or has a beneficial financial interest in or so closely linked to the transaction and of such financial significance to the person that the interest would reasonably be expected to exert an influence on the director's judgment if the director were called upon to vote on the transaction: (i) an entity, other than the corporation, of which the director is a director, general partner, agent, or employee; (ii) a person that controls one or more of the entities specified in (i) or an entity that is controlled by, or is under common control with, one or more of the entities specified in (i); or (iii) an individual who is a general partner, principal, or employer of the director;(2)"Director's conflicting interest transaction," with respect to a corporation, a transaction effected or proposed to be effected by the corporation, or by a subsidiary of the corporation or any other entity in which the corporation has a controlling interest, respecting which a director of the corporation has a conflicting interest;(3)"Related person," of a director: (i) the spouse, or a parent or sibling thereof, of the director, or a child, grandchild, sibling, parent, or spouse of any thereof, of the director, or an individual having the same home as the director, or a trust or estate of which an individual specified in this definition is a substantial beneficiary; or (ii) a trust, estate, incompetent, conservatee, or minor of which the director is a fiduciary;(4)"Required disclosure," disclosure by the director who has a conflicting interest of (i) the existence and nature of the conflicting interest, and (ii) all facts known to the director respecting the subject matter of the transaction that an ordinarily prudent person would reasonably believe to be material to a judgment about whether or not to proceed with the transaction;(5)"Time of commitment," respecting a transaction, the time when the transaction is consummated or, if made pursuant to contract, the time when the corporation, or its subsidiary or the entity in which it has a controlling interest, becomes contractually obligated so that its unilateral withdrawal from the transaction would entail significant loss, liability, or other damage. Source: SL 2005, ch 239, §183.