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Tenn. Code Ann. § 48-18-507

Indemnification of officers, employees, and agents

Acts 1986, ch. 887, § 8.56.

Unless a corporation's charter provides otherwise:

(1) An officer of the corporation who is not a director is entitled to mandatory indemnification under § 48-18-503, and is entitled to apply for court-ordered indemnification under § 48-18-505, in each case to the same extent as a director;

(2) The corporation may indemnify and advance expenses under this part to an officer, employee, or agent of the corporation who is not a director to the same extent as to a director; and

(3) A corporation may also indemnify and advance expenses to an officer, employee, or agent who is not a director to the extent, consistent with public policy, that may be provided by its charter, bylaws, general or specific action of its board of directors, or contract.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.