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 actually and reasonably incurred by them in defense of such General Action, if they:
(i) acted in good faith and in a manner they 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 General Action, had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful.
Any employee of the Corporation or its subsidiaries, when acting in a supervisory or managerial capacity (each, an “Employee”), may likewise be indemnified under subsection (a), but such indemnification is not mandatory.
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 they were or are an Executive shall, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, be indemnified against Expenses paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by them in connection with the defense or settlement of the Corporate Action, if they acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.
Any Employee may likewise be indemnified under subsection (b), but such indemnification is not mandatory.
Notwithstanding, no indemnification shall be made in respect of any matter in which any person has been adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of their duty to the Corporation unless and only to the extent that a court determines that, despite the adjudication of liability and in view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court deems proper.
c. Mandatory Indemnification. Except as may otherwise be provided in the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any person who has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any Action referred to in subsections (a) or (b) above, or in defense of any claim, issue, or matter therein, shall be indemnified against Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by them in connection therewith.
d. Standard of Conduct. Except as provided in subsection (e), indemnification of anyone under subsections (a) or (b), unless ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction, shall only be made by the Corporation in each case upon a determination that it is proper because the person has met the applicable standard of conduct. Such a determination may be made by the Board, or a committee of the Board comprised solely of non-employee directors, and as otherwise permitted by applicable law.
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