490.856  Indemnification of officers, employees, and agents.

Unless a corporation's articles of incorporation provide otherwise all of the following apply:

1.  An officer of the corporation who is not a director is entitled to mandatory indemnification under section 490.852, and is entitled to apply for court-ordered indemnification under section 490.854, in each case to the same extent as a director.

2.  The corporation may indemnify and advance expenses under this part to an officer, employee, or agent of the corporation who is not a director to the same extent as to a director.

3.  A corporation may also indemnify and advance expenses to an officer, employee, or agent who is not a director to the extent, consistent with law, that may be provided by its articles of incorporation, bylaws, general or specific action of its board of directors, or contract.

Section History: Recent form

  89 Acts, ch 288, §104

Internal References

  Referred to in § 490.850, 490.858, 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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