A corporation shall indemnify a director who was wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which he was a party because he was a director of the corporation against reasonable expenses incurred by him in connection with the proceeding.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 33-772
( P.A. 94-186, S. 109, 215; P.A. 96-271, S. 78, 254; P.A. 97-246, S. 14, 99.)