HRS §414-243
Mandatory indemnification
This section says a corporation must pay back a director's reasonable legal costs if the director fully wins a lawsuit or other legal case brought against them because of their role as a director. It only applies when the director wins completely.
businesses
The statute, as written — Mandatory indemnification
A corporation shall indemnify a director who was wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which the director was a party because the director was a director of the corporation against reasonable expenses incurred by the director in connection with the proceeding.
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