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Director liability in Delaware

Board duties, exculpation and indemnification in Delaware. This page presents the source-bound material for Delaware.

Delaware

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Can a Delaware corporation exculpate directors or officers from monetary liability?

A certificate may limit monetary liability within section 102(b)(7), but it cannot cover loyalty breaches, bad faith, improper personal benefit or the other statutory exclusions.

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8 Del. C. § 102(b)(7), Delaware Code Online. Law read
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8 Del. C. § 102(b)(7)
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