- I. Unless the operating agreement provides otherwise, managers shall owe a duty of loyalty to the limited liability company and to the members.
- II. For purposes of this act, the duty of loyalty of managers shall mean their duty to act in a manner that they reasonably believe to be in the best interest of the limited liability company.
III. Unless the operating agreement provides otherwise, the duty of loyalty of a manager shall include:
- (a) A duty not to compete against the limited liability company;
- (b) A duty not to engage in self-interested transactions with the limited liability company;
- (c) A duty not to usurp business opportunities of the limited liability company;
- (d) A duty to maintain the confidentiality of confidential limited liability company information;
- (e) A duty to disclose to the members with reasonable promptness material information of which the manager becomes aware concerning the limited liability company;
- (f) A duty to use limited liability company property only for the benefit of the limited liability company;
- (g) A duty to avoid improper personal benefits, including excessive compensation for services to or for the limited liability company; and
- (h) A duty to act toward the limited liability company with fiduciary good faith.
IV. Fiduciary good faith includes the avoidance of conduct that the manager knows will inflict injury:
- (a) On the limited liability company; or
- (b) On its members in their capacity as members.
V. However, unless the operating agreement provides otherwise, a member or manager shall not be subject to a duty set forth in this section if:
- (a) The member or manager discloses the material facts concerning an action which the member or manager wants to take that may breach the duty; and
- (b) Before the member or manager takes the action, it is approved by majority vote of the disinterested members.
Source. 2012, 232:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.