Mandatory indemnification

D.C. Code § 29-306.52 — under Indemnification and Advance for Expenses..

D.C. Code § 29-306.52

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 he or she was a director of the corporation against expenses incurred by the director in connection with the proceeding.