Sec. 10. (a) A corporation may pay for or reimburse the reasonable expenses incurred by a director who is a party to a proceeding in advance of final disposition of the proceeding if:

(1) the director furnishes the corporation a written affirmation of the director’s good faith belief that the director has met the standard of conduct described in section 8 of this chapter;

Terms Used In Indiana Code 23-1-37-10

  • 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.
  • corporation: includes any domestic or foreign predecessor entity of a corporation in a merger or other transaction in which the predecessor's existence ceased upon consummation of the transaction. See Indiana Code 23-1-37-1
  • Director: includes , unless the context requires otherwise, the estate or personal representative of a director. See Indiana Code 23-1-37-2
  • expenses: include counsel fees. See Indiana Code 23-1-37-3
  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • 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.
  • party: includes an individual who was, is, or is threatened to be made a named defendant or respondent in a proceeding. See Indiana Code 23-1-37-6
  • proceeding: means any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative and whether formal or informal. See Indiana Code 23-1-37-7
(2) the director furnishes the corporation a written undertaking, executed personally or on the director’s behalf, to repay the advance if it is ultimately determined that the director did not meet the standard of conduct; and

(3) a determination is made that the facts then known to those making the determination would not preclude indemnification under this chapter.

     (b) The undertaking required by subsection (a)(2) must be an unlimited general obligation of the director but need not be secured and may be accepted without reference to financial ability to make repayment.

     (c) Determinations and authorizations of payments under this section shall be made in the manner specified in section 12 of this chapter.

As added by P.L.149-1986, SEC.21.