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title: O.C.G.A. § 14-2-852. Mandatory indemnification.
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# O.C.G.A. § 14-2-852. 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 he or she was a party because he or she was a director of the corporation against reasonable expenses incurred by the director in connection with the proceeding.

## History

Code 1981, § 14-2-852, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1070, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1203, § 5.

## Law Reviews

For review of 1996 corporation, partnership, and association legislation, see 13 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 70.