LLC, Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Company Canada, Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc., Clear Channel Outdoor, LLC and Clear Channel Spectacolor, LLC are each incorporated or organized under the laws of the state of Delaware.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) authorizes a corporation, under certain circumstances, to indemnify 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, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation), by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of that 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 actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation. With respect to any criminal action or proceeding, such indemnification is available if he or she had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.
Section 145 of the DGCL also empowers a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation against liability asserted against or incurred by him or her in any such capacity, whether or not such corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of section 145.
Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL provides that a certificate of incorporation may contain a provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (a) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (b) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (c) under Section 174 of the DGCL (relating to liability for unauthorized acquisitions or redemptions of, or dividends on, capital stock) or (d) for any transaction from which the director derived improper personal benefit.
Section 18-108 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act provides that a limited liability company may, and shall have the power to, indemnify and hold harmless any member or manager or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever.
The certificate of incorporation of each of Clear Channel Adshel, Inc., Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Company Canada and Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. provides for the indemnification of all current and former directors and officers to the fullest extent of the DGCL.
The limited liability company agreement of each of 1567 Media LLC, CCOI Holdco III, LLC, CCOI Holdco Parent I, LLC, CCOI Holdco Parent II, LLC, Clear Channel Electrical Services, LLC, Clear Channel IP, LLC, Clear Channel Metra, LLC, Clear Channel Outdoor, LLC and Clear Channel Spectacolor, LLC provides for the indemnification of all members and any director, officer, partner, stockholder, controlling person or employee of any member to the fullest extent of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. has entered into an indemnification agreement with each of its directors. It expects to also enter into indemnification agreements with its future directors. Subject to certain limitations, the indemnification agreements provide that Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. will indemnify and hold harmless each director (each, an “Indemnified Party”) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law from and against all losses, costs, liabilities, judgments, penalties, fines, expenses and other charges that may result or arise in connection with such Indemnified Party serving in his or her capacity as a director or officer of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. or serving at the request of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. or its subsidiaries (the “Corporate Status”) (other than any proceeding brought by the Indemnified Party). The indemnification
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