§414D-160 - Authority to indemnify.
§414D-160 Authority to indemnify. (a) Except as provided in subsection (d), a corporation may indemnify a former orcurrent director made a party to a proceeding by reason of the fact that theindividual was or is a director, against liability incurred in the proceedingif:
(1) The individual conductedthe individual's self in good faith; and
(2) The individual reasonablybelieved:
(A) In the case ofconduct in an official capacity, that the individual's conduct was in thecorporation's best interests;
(B) In all other cases,the individual's conduct, at a minimum, did not oppose the corporation's bestinterests; and
(3) In the case of any criminalproceeding, the individual had no reasonable cause to believe the individual'sconduct was unlawful.
(b) A director's conduct with respect to anemployee benefit plan for a purpose the director reasonably believed to be inthe interests of the participants in and beneficiaries of the plan is conductthat satisfies the requirements of subsection (a)(2)(B).
(c) The termination of a proceeding byjudgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere orits equivalent, is not by itself determinative of a director's failure to meetthe standard of conduct described in this section.
(d) A corporation may not indemnify adirector's liability under this section where the director's liability has beendetermined:
(1) In connection with a proceeding by or in theright of the corporation; or
(2) In connection with any other proceeding whetheror not involving action in an official capacity, in which the director wasfound liable on the basis of the director's improper receipt of a personalbenefit.
(e) Indemnification permitted under thissection in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporationis limited to reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding.[L 2001, c 105, pt of §1; am L 2008, c 54, §4]