§ 504.859 — Application of part

Iowa § 504.859

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XII: BUSINESS ENTITIES
• Ch. 504: REVISED IOWA NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT

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1. A corporation may, by a provision in its articles of incorporation or bylaws or in a
resolution adopted or a contract approved by its board of directors or members, obligate
itself in advance of the act or omission giving rise to a proceeding to provide indemnification
in accordance with section 504.852 or advance funds to pay for or reimburse expenses in
accordance with section 504.854. Any such obligatory provision shall be deemed to satisfy
the requirements for authorization referred to in section 504.854, subsection 3, and in
section 504.856, subsection 2 or 3. Any such provision that obligates the corporation to
provide indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by law shall be deemed to obligate the
corporation to advance funds to pay for or reimburse expenses in accordance with section
504.854 to the fullest extent permitted by law, unless the provision specifically provides
otherwise.
2. Any provision pursuant to subsection 1 shall not obligate the corporation to indemnify
or advance expenses to a director of a predecessor of the corporation, pertaining to conduct
with respect to the predecessor, unless otherwise specifically provided. Any provision
for indemnification or advance for expenses in the articles of incorporation, bylaws, or a
resolution of the board of directors or members of a predecessor of the corporation in a
merger or in a contract to which the predecessor is a party, existing at the time the merger
takes effect, shall be governed by section 504.1104.
3. A corporation may, by a provision in its articles of incorporation, limit any of the rights
to indemnification or advance for expenses created by or pursuant to this part.
4. Thispartdoesnotlimitacorporation’spowertopayorreimburseexpensesincurredby
a director or an officer in connection with the director’s or officer’s appearance as a witness
in a proceeding at a time when the director or officer is not a party.
5. This part does not limit a corporation’s power to indemnify, advance expenses to, or
provide or maintain insurance on behalf of an employee or agent.