Section 4. Indemnification of Directors and, Officers and Employees.
a. Generally. Any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a defendant party to any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (other than an action, suit, or proceeding by or in the right of the Corporation), a “General Action”) by reason of the fact that hethey are or she is or waswere a director or officer of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries (a subsidiary being defined as another corporation or other entity included in a controlled group of corporations or other entities of which the Corporation is a common parent), or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise (which shall be deemed to include service in a fiduciary capacity or otherwise with respect to any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any other corporation or other entity) (each such director or officer, an “Executive”) shall, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, and amounts (collectively, “Expenses”) paid in settlement (which shall include any excise taxes assessed against a person with respect to an employee benefit plan)actually and reasonably incurred by him or herthem in connection withdefense of such action, suit, or proceeding General Action, if he or shethey:
(i) acted in good faith and in a manner he or shethey reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation or the participants or beneficiaries of any employee benefit plan,; and,
(ii) with respect to any criminal action or proceedingGeneral Action, had no reasonable cause to believe his or hertheir conduct was unlawful.
Any employee of the Corporation or its subsidiaries, when acting in a supervisory or managerial capacity, may likewise be indemnified, but such indemnification is not mandatory. The termination of any action, suit, or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea ofnolocontendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. (each, an “Employee”), may likewise be indemnified under subsection (a), but such indemnification is not mandatory.
b. b. Actions by or in the Right of the Corporation. Any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor (each such an action, suit or proceeding, a “Corporate Action,” and together with a General Action, an “Action”) by reason of the fact that he or she isthey were or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterpriseare an Executive shall, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) and amountsExpenses paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or herthem in connection with the defense or settlement of the action, suit, or proceedingCorporate Action, if he or shethey acted in good faith and in a manner he or shethey reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.
Any employee of the Corporation or its subsidiaries, when acting in a supervisory or managerial capacity,Employee may likewise be indemnified, under subsection (b), but such indemnification is not mandatory. However
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