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Shareholders 75. (1) An action may be brought in the right of a corporation derivative actions to procure a judgment in its favor, by a holder of shares or holder of voting trust certificates of the corporation or holder of a beneficial interest in such shares or certificates. (2) In any such action, it shall be made to appear that the plaintiff is such a holder at the time of bringing the action and that he was such a holder at the time of the transaction of which he complains, or that his shares or his interest therein devolved upon him by operation of law. (3) In any such action, the complaint shall set forth with particularity the efforts of the plaintiff to secure the initiation of such action by the board of directors or the reasons for not making such effort. (4) Such action shall not be discontinued, compromised or settled, without the approval of the court having jurisdiction of the action. If the court shall determine that the interests of the shareholders or any class thereof will be substantially affected by such discontinuance, compromise, or settlement, the court, in its discretion, may direct that notice, by publication or otherwise, shall be given to the shareholders or class thereof whose interests it determines will be so affected; if notice is so directed to be given, the court may determine which one or more of the parties to the action shall bear the expense of giving such notice, in such amount as the court shall determine and find to be reasonable in the circumstances, and the amount of such expense shall be awarded as special costs of the action and recoverable in the same manner as statutory taxable costs. (5) If the action on behalf of the corporation was successful, in whole or in part, or if anything was received by the plaintiff or claimant as a result of a judgment, compromise or settlement of the action or claim, the court may award the plaintiff or claimant reasonable expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, and shall direct him to account to the corporation for the remainder of the proceeds so received by him. (6) In any action authorized by this section, if the plaintiff holds less than five percent of any class of the outstanding shares or holds voting trust certificates or a beneficial interest in shares representing less than five percent of any class of such shares, then unless the shares, voting trust certificates or beneficial interest of such plaintiff has a fair value in excess of one hundred thirty-five thousand dollars, the corporation in whose right such action is brought shall be entitled at any stage of the proceedings before final judgment to require the plaintiff to give security for the reasonable expenses, including attorneys' fees, which may be incurred by it in connection with such action, in such amount as the court having jurisdiction of such action shall determine upon the termination of such action. The amount of such security may thereafter from time to time be increased or decreased in the discretion of the court having jurisdiction of such action upon showing that the security provided has or may become inadequate or excessive.
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