Arizona Laws 10-2705. Compensation agreements
During any tender offer or request or invitation for tenders of any class or series of shares of an issuing public corporation, other than an offer, request or invitation by the issuing public corporation, the issuing public corporation shall not enter into or amend, directly or indirectly, agreements containing provisions, whether or not dependent on the occurrence of any event or contingency, that increase, directly or indirectly, the current or future compensation of any officer or director of the issuing public corporation. This section does not prohibit routine increases in compensation or other routine compensation agreements undertaken in the ordinary course of the issuing public corporation’s business.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 10-2705
- Class: refers to a group of memberships that have the same rights with respect to voting, dissolution, redemption and transfer. See Arizona Laws 10-3140
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Issuing public corporation: means a corporation that has a class of equity securities registered pursuant to section 12 or is subject to section 15(d) of the securities exchange act of 1934 or has elected to be subject to all or part of this chapter pursuant to section 10-2706 and which either:
(a) Is incorporated under the laws of this state. See Arizona Laws 10-2701
- Shares: means those shares presently entitled to vote in the election of directors of the issuing public corporation. See Arizona Laws 10-2701
- Tender offer: means a tender offer under the securities exchange act of 1934. See Arizona Laws 10-2701