490.853  Advance for expenses.

1.  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 any of the following apply:

a.  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 490.851.

b.  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 that standard of conduct.

c.  A determination is made that the facts then known to those making the determination would not preclude indemnification under this part.

2.  The undertaking required by subsection 1, paragraph "b", 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.

3.  Determinations and authorizations of payments under this section shall be made in the manner specified in section 490.855.

Section History: Recent form

  89 Acts, ch 288, §101

Internal References

  Referred to in § 490.858, 490.1621, 491.3, 491.16, 497.34, 498.36, 499.59A, 504A.4, 508C.16, 524.801, 524.1213, 533.4, 534.605, 534.607


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