Maine § 13-C §852 Permissible indemnification

Maine Statutes

§ 13-C §852 — Permissible indemnification

Maine·Title 13-C MAINE BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT·Ch. 8 DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

1.Standards of conduct. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a corporation may indemnify an individual who is a party to a proceeding because that individual is a director of the corporation against liability incurred in the proceeding if:

2.Employee benefit plan. The conduct of a director with respect to an employee benefit plan for a purpose the director reasonably believed to be in the interests of the participants in, and the beneficiaries of, the plan is conduct that satisfies the requirement of subsection 1, paragraph A, subparagraph (2), division (b).

3.Termination of proceeding. The termination of a proceeding by judgment, order, settlement or conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent is not of itself determinative that the director did not meet the

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1.
Standards of conduct.
Except as otherwise provided in this section, a corporation may indemnify an individual who is a party to a proceeding because that individual is a director of the corporation against liability incurred in the proceeding if:
2.
Employee benefit plan.
The conduct of a director with respect to an employee benefit plan for a purpose the director reasonably believed to be in the interests of the participants in, and the beneficiaries of, the plan is conduct that satisfies the requirement of subsection 1, paragraph A, subparagraph (2), division (b).
3.
Termination of proceeding.
The termination of a proceeding by judgment, order, settlement or conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent is not of itself determinative that the director did not meet the relevant standard of conduct described in this section.
4.
Limits.
Unless ordered by a court under section 855, subsection 1, paragraph C, a corporation may not indemnify one of the corporation's directors:

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