(c) “Board of Directors” shall mean the entire then elected and serving Board of Directors of the Corporation, including all members thereof who are Parties to the subject Proceeding or any related Proceeding.
(d) “Breach of Duty” shall mean the Director or Officer or Covered Person breached or failed to perform his duties to the Corporation and his breach of or failure to perform those duties is determined, in accordance with Section 9.04 of this Article IX, to constitute misconduct under Section 180.0851(2)(a) l, 2, 3 or 4 of the Statute.
(e) “Corporation,” as used herein and as defined in the Statute and incorporated by reference into the definitions of certain other capitalized terms used herein, shall mean the corporation, including, without limitation, any successor corporation or entity to the corporation by way of merger, consolidation, or acquisition of all or substantially all of the capital stock or assets of the corporation.
(f) “Covered Person” shall mean any trustee of any employee benefit plan of the Corporation, and any person serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, or trust.
(g) “Director or Officer” shall have the meaning set forth in the Statute; provided, that, for purposes of this Article IX, it shall be conclusively presumed that any Director or Officer serving as a director, officer, partner, member of any governing or decision-making committee, employee, or agent of an Affiliate shall be so serving at the request of the Corporation.
(h) “Disinterested Quorum” shall mean a quorum of the Board of Directors who are not Parties to the subject Proceeding or any related Proceeding.
(i) “Party” shall have the meaning set forth in the Statute; provided, that, for purposes of this Article IX, the term “Party” shall also include any Director or Officer, Covered Person, or employee of the Corporation who is or was a witness in a Proceeding at a time when he has not otherwise been formally named a Party thereto.
(j) “Person” shall mean any individual, partnership, limited liability partnership, firm, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust, unincorporated organization, or other entity, as well as any syndicate or group deemed to be a person under Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act.
(k) “Proceeding” shall have the meaning set forth in the Statute; provided, that, in accordance with Section 180.0859 of the Statute and for purposes of this Article IX, the term “Proceeding” shall also include all Proceedings (i) brought under (in whole or in part) the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Exchange Act, their respective state counterparts, and/or any rule or regulation promulgated under any of the foregoing; (ii) brought before an Authority or otherwise to enforce rights hereunder; (iii) any appeal from a Proceeding; and (iv) any Proceeding in which the Director or Officer or Covered Person is a plaintiff or petitioner because he is a Director or Officer or Covered Person; provided, however, that any such Proceeding under this subsection (iv) must be authorized by a majority vote of a Disinterested Quorum.
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