§414-242 Permissible indemnification. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a corporation may indemnify an individual who is a party to a proceeding because the individual is a director against liability incurred in the proceeding if:
(1) (A) The individual conducted the individual's self in good faith; and
(B) The individual reasonably believed:
(i) In the case of conduct of official capacity, that the individual's conduct was in the best interests of the corporation; and
(ii) In all other cases, that the individual's conduct was at least not opposed to the best interests of the corporation; and
(C) In the case of any criminal proceeding, the individual had no reasonable cause to believe the individual's conduct was unlawful; or
(2) The individual engaged in conduct for which broader indemnification has been made permissible or obligatory under a provision of the articles of incorporation (as authorized by section 414-32(b)(5)).
(b) A director's conduct with respect to an employee benefit plan for a purpose the director reasonably believed to be in the interests of the participants in, and the beneficiaries of, the plan is conduct that satisfies the requirement of subsection (a)(1)(B)(ii).
(c) The termination of a proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, is not, of itself, determinative that the director did not meet the relevant standard of conduct described in this section.
(d) Unless ordered by a court under section 414-245(a)(3), a corporation may not indemnify a director:
(1) In connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation, except for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding if it is determined that the director has met the relevant standard of conduct under subsection (a); or
(2) In connection with any proceeding with respect to conduct for which the director was adjudged liable on the basis that the director received a financial benefit to which the director was not entitled, whether or not involving action in the director's official capacity. [L 2000, c 244, pt of §1]
Structure Hawaii Revised Statutes
Title 23. Corporations and Partnerships
414. Hawaii Business Corporation Act
414-2 Reservation of power to amend or repeal.
414-6 Department director; powers.
414-13 Filing, service, and copying fees.
414-14 Effective time and date of document.
414-15 Correcting filed document.
414-16 Filing duty of department director.
414-17 Appeal from department director's refusal to file document.
414-18 Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document.
414-19 Certificates and certified copies to be received in evidence.
414-20 Penalty for signing false document.
414-32 Articles of incorporation.
414-34 Liability for pre-incorporation transactions.
414-35 Organization of corporation.
414-53 Administrative order of abatement for infringement of corporate name.
414-62 Designation or change of registered agent.
414-63 Resignation of registered agent.
414-64 Service on corporation.
414-72 Terms of class or series determined by board of directors.
414-73 Issued and outstanding shares.
414-81 Subscription for shares before incorporation.
414-83 Liability of shareholders.
414-86 Form and content of certificates.
414-87 Shares without certificates.
414-88 Restriction on transfer of shares and other securities.
414-101 Shareholders' preemptive rights.
414-102 Corporation's acquisition of its own shares.
414-111 Distributions to shareholders.
414-123 Court-ordered meeting.
414-124 Action without meeting.
414-141 Shareholders' list for meeting.
414-142 Voting entitlement of shares.
414-144 Shares held by nominees.
414-145 Corporation's acceptance of votes, etc.
414-146 Quorum and voting requirements for voting groups.
414-147 Action by single and multiple voting groups.
414-148 Greater quorum or voting requirements.
414-149 Voting for directors; cumulative voting.
414-163 Shareholder agreements.
414-176 Discontinuance or settlement.
414-178 Applicability to foreign corporations.
414-191 Requirement for and duties of board of directors.
414-192 Qualifications of directors.
414-193 Number and election of directors.
414-194 Election of directors by certain classes of shareholders.
414-195 Terms of directors generally.
414-196 Staggered terms for directors.
414-197 Resignation of directors.
414-198 Removal of directors by shareholders.
414-199 Removal of directors by judicial proceeding.
414-201 Compensation of directors.
414-212 Action without meeting.
414-214 Waiver of notice of meeting.
414-221 General standards for directors.
414-222 Limitation of liability of directors; shareholder approval required.
414-223 Liability for unlawful distributions.
414-233 Standards of conduct for officers.
414-234 Resignation and removal of officers.
414-235 Contract rights of officers.
414-242 Permissible indemnification.
414-243 Mandatory indemnification.
414-245 Court-ordered indemnification and advance for expenses.
414-246 Determination and authorization of indemnification.
414-249 Variation by corporate action; application of subpart.
414-250 Nonexclusivity of subpart.
414-271 Conversion into and from corporations.
414-272 Articles of conversion.
414-282 Amendment by board of directors.
414-283 Amendment by board of directors and shareholders.
414-284 Voting on amendments by voting groups.
414-285 Amendment before issuance of shares.
414-286 Articles of amendment.
414-287 Restated or amended and restated articles of incorporation.
414-288 Amendment pursuant to reorganization.
414-301 Amendment by board of directors or shareholders.
414-302 Bylaw increasing quorum or voting requirement for shareholders.
414-303 Bylaw increasing quorum or voting requirement for directors.
414-315 Articles of merger or share exchange.
414-316 Effect of merger or share exchange.
414-318 Merger of subsidiary corporations.
414-331 Sale of assets in regular course of business and mortgage of assets.
414-332 Sale of assets other than in regular course of business.
414-343 Dissent by nominees and beneficial owners.
414-351 Notice of dissenters' rights.
414-352 Notice of intent to demand payment.
414-354 Duty to demand payment.
414-357 Failure to take action.
414-358 After-acquired shares.
414-359 Procedure if shareholder dissatisfied with payment or offer.
414-372 Court costs and counsel fees.
414-381 Dissolution by incorporators or initial directors.
414-382 Dissolution by board of directors and shareholders.
414-383 Articles of dissolution.
414-384 Revocation of dissolution.
414-385 Effect of dissolution.
414-386 Known claims against dissolved corporation.
414-387 Unknown claims against dissolved corporation.
414-401 Grounds for administrative dissolution.
414-402 Procedure for and effect of administrative dissolution and effect of expiration.
414-403 Reinstatement following administrative dissolution.
414-404 Appeal from denial of reinstatement.
414-411 Grounds for judicial dissolution.
414-412 Procedure for judicial dissolution.
414-413 Receivership or custodianship.
414-414 Decree of dissolution.
414-415 Election to purchase in lieu of dissolution.
414-421 Deposit with director of finance.
414-422 Trustees or receivers for dissolved corporations; appointment; powers; duties.
414-431 Authority to transact business required.
414-432 Consequences of transacting business without authority.
414-433 Application for certificate of authority.
414-434 Change of name by foreign corporation.
414-435 Effect of certificate of authority.
414-436 Corporate name of foreign corporation.
414-437 Registered agent of foreign corporation.
414-438 Change of registered agent of foreign corporation.
414-439 Resignation of registered agent of foreign corporation.
414-440 Service on foreign corporation.
414-441 Application to corporations heretofore authorized to transact business in this State.
414-451 Withdrawal of foreign corporation.
414-461 Grounds for revocation.
414-462 Procedure for and effect of revocation.
414-463 Appeal from revocation.
414-473 Penalties imposed upon corporations.
414-481 Application to existing domestic corporations.