Arizona Laws 29-3408. Reimbursement; indemnification; advancement; insurance
A. A limited liability company shall reimburse a present or former member of a member-managed company or manager of a manager-managed company for any payment made by the member or manager in the course of the member’s or manager’s activities on behalf of the company if the member or manager complied with sections 29-3405, 29-3407 and 29-3409, in each case as modified by the operating agreement, in making the payment.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 29-3408
- including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Manager: means a person that under the operating agreement of a manager-managed limited liability company is responsible, alone or in concert with others, for performing the management functions stated in section 29-3407, subsection C. See Arizona Laws 29-3102
- Member: means a person that both:
(a) Has become a member of a limited liability company under section 29-3401 or was a member in a company when the company became subject to this chapter under section 29-3110. See Arizona Laws 29-3102
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Operating agreement: means the agreement, whether or not referred to as an operating agreement and whether oral, implied, in a record or in any combination thereof, of all the members of a limited liability company, including a sole member, concerning the matters described in section 29-3105, subsection A. See Arizona Laws 29-3102
- Person: means an individual, business corporation, nonprofit corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, general cooperative association, limited cooperative association, unincorporated nonprofit association, statutory trust, business trust, common-law business trust, estate, trust, association, joint venture, public corporation or government or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality or any other legal or commercial entity. See Arizona Laws 29-3102
B. A limited liability company shall indemnify and hold harmless a person with respect to any claim or demand against the person and any debt, obligation or other liability incurred by the person by reason of the person’s former or present capacity as a member or manager if the claim, demand, debt, obligation or other liability does not arise from the person’s breach of the operating agreement or section 29-3405, 29-3407 or 29-3409, in each case as modified by the operating agreement.
C. A limited liability company may advance reasonable expenses, including attorney fees and costs, incurred by a person in connection with a claim or demand against the person by reason of the person’s former or present capacity as a member or manager, but the person must repay the company if the person ultimately is determined not to be entitled to be indemnified under subsection B of this section.
D. A limited liability company may reimburse, indemnify and hold harmless a present or former member of a member-managed company or manager of a manager-managed company for any payment and with respect to any claim, demand, debt, obligation or other liability, except that the approval of all members, after disclosure of all material facts, is required to reimburse, indemnify or hold harmless a person with respect to any act, omission or transaction by the person that constitutes a violation of the operating agreement or section 29-3405, 29-3407 or 29-3409, in each case as modified by the operating agreement.
E. A limited liability company may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of a member or manager against liability asserted against or incurred by the member or manager in that capacity or arising from that status even if, under section 29-3105, subsection C, paragraph 6, the operating agreement could not eliminate or limit the person’s liability to the company for the conduct giving rise to the liability.