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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 442 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1988 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":150491,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74327,"identifier":"13.1-726.1","token":"13.1\/9\/14\/13.1-726.1","url":"\/13.1-726.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/13.1-726.1\/","token":"13.1\/9\/14\/13.1-726.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Determination by disinterested directors","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 13.1-726.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>A majority of the <span class=\"dictionary\">disinterested directors<\/span> shall have the power to determine for the purposes of this article:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Whether a <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> is an <span class=\"dictionary\">interested shareholder<\/span>; <a id=\"paragraph-267217\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/13.1-726.1\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> The number of <span class=\"dictionary\">voting shares<\/span> beneficially owned by any <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span>; <a id=\"paragraph-267218\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/13.1-726.1\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"3\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> Whether a <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> is an <span class=\"dictionary\">affiliate<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">associate<\/span> of another; <a id=\"paragraph-267219\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/13.1-726.1\/#3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"4\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> Whether the securities to be issued or transferred by the <span class=\"dictionary\">corporation<\/span> or any of its subsidiaries to any <span class=\"dictionary\">interested shareholder<\/span> have an aggregate fair market value equal to or greater than five percent of the aggregate fair market value of all of the outstanding <span class=\"dictionary\">voting shares<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">corporation<\/span> or any of its subsidiaries as of the <span class=\"dictionary\">determination date<\/span>; and <a id=\"paragraph-267220\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/13.1-726.1\/#4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"5\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">5.<\/span> Whether the <span class=\"dictionary\">assets<\/span> or amount of indebtedness guaranteed that may be the subject of any <span class=\"dictionary\">affiliated transaction<\/span> constitutes more than five percent of the consolidated net worth of the <span class=\"dictionary\">corporation<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-267221\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/13.1-726.1\/#5\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDETERMINATION BY DISINTERESTED DIRECTORS (\u00a7 13.1-726.1)\n\nA majority of the disinterested directors shall have the power to determine for\nthe purposes of this article:\n\n1. Whether a person is an interested shareholder;\n\n2. The number of voting shares beneficially owned by any person;\n\n3. Whether a person is an affiliate or associate of another;\n\n4. Whether the securities to be issued or transferred by the corporation or any\nof its subsidiaries to any interested shareholder have an aggregate fair market\nvalue equal to or greater than five percent of the aggregate fair market value\nof all of the outstanding voting shares of the corporation or any of its\nsubsidiaries as of the determination date; and\n\n5. Whether the assets or amount of indebtedness guaranteed that may be the\nsubject of any affiliated transaction constitutes more than five percent of the\nconsolidated net worth of the corporation.\n\nHISTORY: 1988, c. 442.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}