Common use of SIXTH Clause in Contracts

SIXTH. The Corporation shall indemnify each person who at anytime is, or shall have been, a director or officer of the Corporation and was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement incurred in connection with any such action, suit or proceeding, to the maximum extent permitted by the General Corporation Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended. The foregoing right of indemnification shall in no way be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which any such director or officer may be entitled, under any by-law, agreement, vote of directors or stockholders or otherwise. No amendment to or repeal of the provisions of this Article SIXTH shall deprive a director or officer of the benefit hereof with respect to any act or failure to act occurring prior to such amendment or repeal. In furtherance of and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Corporation shall advance expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by a director or officer of the Corporation in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such advances if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to indemnify or advance expenses to any person in connection with any action, suit, proceeding, claim or counterclaim initiated by or on behalf of such person.

SIXTH. The Corporation shall indemnify each person who at anytime any time is, or shall have been, a director or officer of the Corporation and was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement incurred in connection with any such action, suit or proceeding, to the maximum extent permitted by the General Corporation LawLaw of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not require the Corporation to indemnify or advance expenses to any person in connection with any action, suit, proceeding, claim or counterclaim initiated by or on behalf of such person (other than actions, suits, proceedings, claims or counterclaims to enforce such person’s rights to indemnification or advancement) unless such action, suit, proceeding, claim or counterclaim was authorized in the specific case by the board of directors of the Corporation. The foregoing right of indemnification shall in no way be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which any such director or officer may be entitled, under any by-law, agreement, vote of directors or stockholders or otherwise. No amendment to or repeal of the provisions of this Article SIXTH shall deprive a director or officer of the benefit hereof with respect to any act or failure to act occurring prior to such amendment or repeal. In furtherance of and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Corporation shall advance expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by a an officer or director or officer of the Corporation in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such advances if it shall be ultimately be determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to indemnify or advance expenses to any person in connection with any action, suit, proceeding, claim or counterclaim initiated by or on behalf of such person.

SIXTH. The Corporation shall indemnify each Each person who at anytime is, or shall have been, a director or officer of the Corporation and was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigativeinvestigative (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, employee or agent of another corporation, corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees)service with respect to employee benefit plans, judgmentswhether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, fines officer, employee or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee or agent, shall be indemnified and amounts paid in settlement incurred in connection with any such action, suit or proceeding, held harmless by the Corporation to the maximum fullest extent permitted authorized by the General Corporation LawDGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended. The foregoing right of indemnification shall amended (but, in no way be exclusive the case of any other such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights of indemnification than said law permitted the Corporation to which any such director or officer may be entitled, under any by-law, agreement, vote of directors or stockholders or otherwise. No amendment to or repeal of the provisions of this Article SIXTH shall deprive a director or officer of the benefit hereof with respect to any act or failure to act occurring provide prior to such amendment or repeal. In furtherance of amendment), against all expense, liability and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Corporation shall advance expenses, loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, EXXXX excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in paragraph (1) hereof, the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. The right to indemnification conferred in this Article shall be a contract right and shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that, if the DGCL requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a director or officer of the Corporation in defending his or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any civilother capacity in which service was or is rendered by such person while a director or officer, criminalincluding, administrative or investigative actionwithout limitation, suit or proceeding service to an employee benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of such actiona proceeding, suit or proceeding shall be made only upon receipt delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking undertaking, by or on behalf of such director or officer officer, to repay such advances all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that he such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise. The Corporation may, by action of its Board of Directors, provide indemnification to employees and agents of the Corporation with the same scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of directors and officers. (1) If a claim under the foregoing paragraph is not paid in full by the Corporation within thirty days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not be required met the standards of conduct which make it permissible under the DGCL for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or advance expenses its stockholders) to any person in connection with any action, suit, proceeding, claim or counterclaim initiated by or on behalf have made a determination prior to the commencement of such personaction that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

SIXTH. The Corporation shall indemnify each person who at anytime is, or shall have been, a director or officer of the Corporation and was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement incurred in connection with any such action, suit or proceeding, to the maximum extent permitted by the General Corporation LawLaw of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended. The foregoing right of indemnification shall in no way be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which any such director or officer may be entitled, under any by-law, agreement, vote of directors or stockholders or otherwise. No amendment to or repeal of the provisions of this Article SIXTH shall deprive a director or officer of the benefit hereof with respect to any act or failure to act occurring prior to such amendment or repeal. In furtherance of and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Corporation shall advance expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by a director or officer of the Corporation in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such advances if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to indemnify or advance expenses to any person in connection with any action, suit, proceeding, claim or counterclaim initiated by or on behalf of such person.

SIXTH. The Corporation shall indemnify each its directors and officers to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by law, as now or hereafter in effect, and such right to indemnification shall continue as to a person who at anytime is, or shall have been, has ceased to be a director or officer of the Corporation and was shall inure to the benefit of his or is a party or is threatened her heirs, executors and personal and legal representatives; provided, however, that, except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall not be made a party obligated to indemnify any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer (or his or her heirs, executors or personal or legal representatives) in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or consented to by the Board of Directors. The right to indemnification conferred by this Article SIXTH shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending or otherwise participating in any proceeding in advance of its final disposition. The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, provide rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the Corporation similar to those conferred in this Article SIXTH to directors and officers of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines . The rights to indemnification and amounts paid in settlement incurred in connection with any such action, suit or proceeding, to the maximum extent permitted by the General Corporation Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended. The foregoing right advance of indemnification expenses conferred in this Article SIXTH shall in no way not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to right which any such director person may have or officer may be entitledhereafter acquire under this Certificate of Incorporation, under the By-Laws of the Corporation, any by-lawstatute, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or stockholders or otherwise. No amendment to Any repeal or repeal of the provisions modification of this Article SIXTH shall deprive a director or officer by the stockholders of the benefit hereof with respect to any act or failure to act occurring prior to such amendment or repeal. In furtherance of and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Corporation shall advance expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by not adversely affect any rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses of a director or officer of the Corporation in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding in advance of existing at the final disposition time of such action, suit repeal or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such advances if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to indemnify or advance expenses modification with respect to any person in connection with any action, suit, proceeding, claim acts or counterclaim initiated by omissions occurring prior to such repeal or on behalf of such personmodification.

SIXTH. The Corporation shall indemnify each person who at anytime is, or shall have been, a A director or officer of the Corporation and was corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation fiduciary duty as a director, officerexcept for liability (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, employee(ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law or agent (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived any improper personal benefit. If the Delaware General Corporation Law is hereafter amended to further reduce or to authorize, with the approval of another the corporation’s stockholders, partnershipfurther reductions in the liability of the corporation’s directors for breach of fiduciary duty, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement incurred in connection with then a director of the corporation shall not be liable for any such action, suit or proceeding, breach to the maximum fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law as so amended. To the extent permitted by applicable law, this corporation is also authorized to provide indemnification of (and advancement of expenses to) such agents (and any other persons to which Delaware law permits this corporation to provide indemnification) through bylaw provisions, agreements with such agents or other persons, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, in excess of the indemnification and advancement otherwise permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as subject only to limits created by applicable Delaware law (statutory or non-statutory), with respect to actions for breach of duty to the same exists corporation, its stockholders and others. Any repeal or may hereafter be amended. The foregoing right of indemnification shall in no way be exclusive modification of any other rights of indemnification to which any such director or officer may be entitled, under any by-law, agreement, vote of directors or stockholders or otherwise. No amendment to or repeal of the foregoing provisions of this Article SIXTH shall deprive be prospective and shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director, officer, agent or other person existing at the time of, or increase the liability of any director or officer of the benefit hereof corporation with respect to any act acts or failure to act occurring prior to such amendment or repeal. In furtherance of and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Corporation shall advance expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by a director or officer of the Corporation in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf omissions of such director occurring prior to, such repeal or officer to repay such advances if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to indemnify or advance expenses to any person in connection with any action, suit, proceeding, claim or counterclaim initiated by or on behalf of such personmodification.

SIXTH. 1. The Corporation shall indemnify each any person who at anytime is, or shall have been, a director or officer of the Corporation and was or is a party or witness, or is threatened to be made a party or witness, to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceedingproceeding (including, without limitation, an action, suit or proceeding by or in the right of the Corporation), whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigativeinvestigative (including a grand jury proceeding), by reason of the fact that he or she (a) is or was a director director, officer, employee or officer agent of the Corporation or, (b) as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, agent, partner or agent trustee (or in any similar position) of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by the GCL and any other applicable law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against expenses (including attorneys’ attorney’s fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, or in connection with any appeal thereof; provided, however, that, except as provided in Clause TWO of this Article SIXTH hereof with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall indemnify any such person in connection with an action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if the initiation of such action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors. Such right to indemnification shall include the right to payment by the Corporation of expenses incurred in connection with any such action, suit or proceedingproceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, to however, that the maximum extent permitted by the General Corporation Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended. The foregoing right payment of indemnification shall in no way be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which any such director or officer may be entitled, under any by-law, agreement, vote of directors or stockholders or otherwise. No amendment to or repeal of the provisions of this Article SIXTH shall deprive a director or officer of the benefit hereof with respect to any act or failure to act occurring prior to such amendment or repeal. In furtherance of and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Corporation shall advance expenses, including attorneys’ fees, expenses incurred by a director director, officer, employee or officer of the Corporation in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding agent in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding shall be made only upon receipt delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking undertaking, by or on behalf of such director director, officer, employee or officer agent, to repay such advances all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately should be determined ultimately that he such director, officer, employee or agent is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to indemnify under this Article SIXTH or advance expenses to any person in connection with any action, suit, proceeding, claim or counterclaim initiated by or on behalf of such personotherwise.

SIXTH. The Corporation shall indemnify each person who at anytime is, or shall have been, a director or officer of the Corporation and was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement incurred in connection with any such action, suit or proceeding, to the maximum extent permitted by the General Corporation Law, . as the same exists or may hereafter be amended. The foregoing right of indemnification shall in no way be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which any such director or officer may be entitled, under any by-law, agreement, vote of directors or stockholders or otherwise. No amendment to or repeal of the provisions of this Article SIXTH shall deprive a director or officer of the benefit hereof with respect to any act or failure to act occurring prior to such amendment or repeal. In furtherance of and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Corporation shall advance expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by a director or officer of the Corporation in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such advances if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be required to indemnify or advance expenses to any person in connection with any action, suit, proceeding, claim or counterclaim initiated by or on behalf of such person.