For the purposes of this part, the term:

(1) “Corporation” includes any domestic or foreign predecessor entity of a corporation in a merger.

(2) “Director” or “officer” means an individual who is or was a director or officer, respectively, of a corporation or who, while a director or officer of the corporation, is or was serving at the corporation’s request as a director, officer, manager, partner, trustee, employee, or agent of another entity or employee benefit plan. A director or officer shall be considered to be serving an employee benefit plan at the corporation’s request if the individual’s duties to the corporation also impose duties on, or otherwise involve services by, the individual to the plan or to participants in or beneficiaries of the plan. The term “director” or “officer” includes, unless the context requires otherwise, the estate or personal representative of a director or officer.

(3) “Liability” means the obligation to pay a judgment, settlement, penalty, fine, including an excise tax assessed with respect to an employee benefit plan, or reasonable expenses incurred with respect to a proceeding.

(4)(A) “Official capacity” means:

(i) When used with respect to a director, the office of director in a corporation; and

(ii) When used with respect to an officer, as contemplated in § 29-306.56, the office in a corporation held by the officer.

(B) The term “official capacity” shall not include service for any other domestic or foreign corporation or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, or other entity.

(5) “Party” means an individual who was, is, or is threatened to be made, a defendant or respondent in a proceeding.

(6) “Proceeding” means any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative, or investigative and whether formal or informal.

(July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720.)

This section is referenced in § 29-302.02.