7. | This corporation will, to the maximum extent permitted from time to time in accordance with the law of the State of Delaware, indemnify and upon request advance expenses to any Person who is or was a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, proceeding or claim, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such Person is or was or has agreed to be a director or officer of this corporation or while a director or officer is or was serving at the request of this corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of any corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against expenses (including attorney’s fees and expenses), judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement incurred (and not otherwise recovered) in connection with the investigation, preparation to defend or defense of such action, suit, proceeding or claim;provided,however, that the foregoing will not require this 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 unless such action, suit, proceeding, claim or counterclaim was authorized in the specific case by the board of directors of the corporation. Such indemnification will not be exclusive of other |