HRS §414D-161
When a company must pay a director's legal costs
This section says a corporation must pay a director's reasonable legal expenses if the director fully wins a lawsuit or other legal case brought against them because of their role as a director. This only applies unless the company's own rules limit this payment.
The statute, as written — Mandatory indemnification
Unless limited by its articles of incorporation, 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 is or was a director of the corporation, against reasonable expenses actually incurred by the director in connection with the proceeding.
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