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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>78141</law_id><section_number>13.1-672.4</section_number><catch_line>Dismissal</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-603</reference><reference>13.1-672.3</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="13.1">Corporations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="9">Virginia Stock Corporation Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="8.1">Derivative Proceedings and Other Shareholder Actions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">derivative proceeding</span> shall be dismissed by the <span class="dictionary">court</span> on <span class="dictionary">motion</span> by the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> if one of the groups specified in subsection B or E has: <a id="paragraph-280104" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-672.4/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Conducted a review and evaluation, adequately informed in the circumstances, of the <span class="dictionary">allegations</span> made in the demand or complaint; <a id="paragraph-280105" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-672.4/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Determined in good faith on the basis of that review and evaluation that the maintenance of the <span class="dictionary">derivative proceeding</span> is not in the best <span class="dictionary">interests</span> of the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>; and <a id="paragraph-280106" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-672.4/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Submitted in support of the <span class="dictionary">motion</span> a short and concise statement of the reasons for its determination. <a id="paragraph-280107" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-672.4/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Unless a <span class="dictionary">panel</span> is appointed pursuant to subsection E, the determination in subsection A shall be made by: <a id="paragraph-280108" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-672.4/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> A majority vote of disinterested directors present at a meeting of the board of directors if the disinterested directors constitute a quorum; or <a id="paragraph-280109" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-672.4/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> A majority vote of a committee consisting of two or more disinterested directors appointed by a majority vote of disinterested directors present at a meeting of the board of directors, regardless of whether such disinterested directors constituted a quorum. <a id="paragraph-280110" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-672.4/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> If a <span class="dictionary">derivative proceeding</span> is commenced after a determination has been made rejecting a demand by a <span class="dictionary">shareholder</span>, the complaint shall allege with particularity <span class="dictionary">facts</span> establishing that the requirements of subsection A or B have not been met. With respect to any <span class="dictionary">allegation</span> that the requirements of subsection A or B have not been met, the <span class="dictionary">plaintiff</span> shall be entitled to <span class="dictionary">discovery</span> if, and only with respect to, <span class="dictionary">facts</span> that are alleged in the complaint with particularity. <a id="paragraph-280111" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-672.4/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The <span class="dictionary">plaintiff</span> shall have the burden of proving that the requirements of subsection A or B have not been met, except that the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> shall have the burden with respect to the <span class="dictionary">issue</span> of disinterestedness under subsection B if the complaint alleges with particularity <span class="dictionary">facts</span> raising a substantial question as to such disinterestedness. <a id="paragraph-280112" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-672.4/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> Upon <span class="dictionary">motion</span> by the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> may appoint a <span class="dictionary">panel</span> of disinterested <span class="dictionary">persons</span> to make a determination whether the maintenance of the <span class="dictionary">derivative proceeding</span> is in the best <span class="dictionary">interests</span> of the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>. <a id="paragraph-280113" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-672.4/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1992, c. 802; 1993, c. 233; 2005, c. 765; 2019, c. 734.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
