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Terms Used In Indiana Code 23-1-37-9

  • 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
  • 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
   Sec. 9. Unless limited by its articles of incorporation, a corporation shall indemnify a director who was wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which the director was a party because the director is or was a director of the corporation against reasonable expenses incurred by the director in connection with the proceeding.

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