For purposes of the indemnification provisions of the FBCA, director or officer
means an individual who is or was a director or officer, respectively, of a corporation or who, while a director or officer of the corporation, is or was serving at the corporations request as a director or officer, manager, partner, trustee,
employee, or agent of another domestic or foreign corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, or another enterprise or entity and the terms include, unless the context otherwise requires, the
estate, heirs, executors, administrators, and personal representatives of a director or officer.
In addition, under Section 607.0851 of the FBCA, a
corporation has the power to indemnify any person, who was or is a party to any proceeding by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director or officer, against
expenses and amounts paid in settlement not exceeding, in the judgment of the board of directors, the estimated expense of litigating the proceeding to conclusion, actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such
proceeding, including any appeal thereof. Such indemnification shall be authorized if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, except that no
indemnification shall be made under this subsection in respect of any claim, issue, or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable unless, and only to the extent that, the court in which such proceeding was brought, or any
other court of competent jurisdiction, shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such
court shall deem proper.
Section 607.0852 of the FBCA provides that a corporation must indemnify an individual who is or was a director or officer
who was wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which the individual was a party because he or she is or was a director or officer of the corporation against expenses incurred by the individual in
connection with the proceeding.
Section 607.0853 of the FBCA provides that a corporation may, before final disposition of a proceeding, advance
funds to pay for or reimburse expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding by an individual who is a party to the proceeding because that individual is or was a director or an officer if the director or officer delivers to the corporation a
signed written undertaking of the director or officer to repay any funds advanced if (1) the director or officer is not entitled to mandatory indemnification under Section 607.0852; and (2) it is ultimately determined under
Section 607.0854 or Section 607.0855 (as described below) that the director or officer has not met the relevant standard of conduct described in Section 607.0851 or the director or officer is not entitled to indemnification under
Section 607.0859 (as described below).
Section 607.0854 of the FBCA provides that, unless the corporations articles of incorporation
provide otherwise, notwithstanding the failure of a corporation to provide indemnification, and despite any contrary determination of the board of directors or of the shareholders in the specific case, a director or officer of the corporation who is
a party to a proceeding because he or she is or was a director or officer may apply for indemnification or an advance for expenses, or both, to a court having jurisdiction over the corporation which is conducting the proceeding, or to a circuit
court of competent jurisdiction. Our amended and restated articles of incorporation do not provide any such exclusion. After receipt of an application and after giving any notice it considers necessary, the court may order indemnification or
advancement of expenses upon certain determinations of the court.
Section 607.0855 of the FBCA provides that, unless ordered by a court under
Section 607.0854, a corporation may not indemnify a director or officer under Section 607.0851 unless authorized for a specific proceeding after a determination has been made that indemnification is permissible because the director or
officer has met the relevant standard of conduct set forth in Section 607.0851.
Section 607.0857 of the FBCA also provides that a corporation
shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of and for the benefit of any person who is or was a director or officer of the corporation against any liability asserted against the person and incurred by him or her in any such
capacity or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify or advance expenses to the individual against such liability under the provisions of Section 607.0857.
Section 607.0858 of the FBCA provides that the indemnification provided pursuant to Section 607.0851 and Section 607.0852, and the advancement
of expenses provided pursuant to Section 607.0853, are not exclusive. A corporation may, by a provision in its articles of incorporation, bylaws or any agreement, or by vote of shareholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, obligate
itself in advance of the act or omission giving rise to a proceeding to provide any other or further indemnification or advancement of expenses to any of its directors or officers.