Sec. 12. (a) A corporation may not indemnify a director under section 8 of this chapter unless authorized in the specific case after a determination has been made that indemnification of the director is permissible in the circumstances because the director has met the standard of conduct set forth in section 8 of this chapter.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 28-13-13-12

  • director: means an individual who is or was a director of a corporation or an individual who, while a director of a corporation, is or was serving at the corporation's request as a director, an officer, a partner, a trustee, a manager, an employee, or an agent of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust, employee benefit plan, or other enterprise, whether for profit or not. See Indiana Code 28-13-13-2
  • expenses: include attorney's fees. See Indiana Code 28-13-13-3
  • 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
  • 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 28-13-13-7
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
     (b) The determination shall be made by any one (1) of the following procedures:

(1) By the board of directors by majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors not at the time parties to the proceeding.

(2) If a quorum cannot be obtained under subdivision (1), by majority vote of a committee designated by the board of directors in which directors who are parties may participate, consisting solely of two (2) or more directors not at the time parties to the proceeding.

(3) By special legal counsel:

(A) selected by the board of directors or its committee in the manner prescribed in subdivision (1) or (2); or

(B) if a quorum of the board of directors cannot be obtained under subdivision (1) and a committee cannot be designated under subdivision (2), selected by majority vote of the full board of directors in which directors who are parties may participate.

(4) By the shareholders, but shares owned by or voted under the control of directors who are at the time parties to the proceeding may not be voted on the determination.

     (c) Authorization of indemnification and evaluation as to reasonableness of expenses shall be made in the same manner as the determination that indemnification is permissible. However, if the determination is made by special legal counsel, authorization of indemnification and evaluation as to reasonableness of expenses shall be made by those entitled under subsection (b)(3) to select counsel.

As added by P.L.14-1992, SEC.163.

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