The DGCL also provides that indemnification under Section 145(d) can only be made upon a determination that indemnification of the present or former director, officer or employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because such person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 145(a) and (b).
Section 145(g) 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 the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under Section 145 of the DGCL.
Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a corporation to provide for eliminating or limiting the personal liability of one of its directors for any monetary damages related to a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, as long as the corporation does not eliminate or limit the liability of a director for acts or omissions (1) which breached the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (2) which were not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or knowing violation of law, (3) under Section 174 of the DGCL, or (4) from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
Section 145 of the DGCL makes provision for the indemnification of officers and directors in terms sufficiently broad to indemnify officers and directors of each of the registrants incorporated in Delaware under certain circumstances from liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Each of the registrants incorporated in Delaware may, in their discretion, similarly indemnify their employees and agents.
Enova’s Amended and Rested Certificate of Incorporation (the “Enova Certificate of Incorporation”) provides that a director shall not be liable to Enova or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL. The Enova Certificate of Incorporation also provides that each person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or is involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is or was an Enova director, officer, employee or agent or is or was serving at Enova’s request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, will be indemnified and held harmless by Enova to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL. This right to indemnification also includes the right to be paid the expenses incurred in connection with any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL.
The Enova Certificate of Incorporation provides that Enova may maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of Enova, or is or was serving at Enova’s request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss incurred by such person in any such capacity or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not Enova would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the DGCL. Enova has obtained directors’ and officers’ insurance to cover its directors and officers for certain liabilities.
The foregoing statements are subject to the detailed provisions of the DGCL and to the applicable provisions of the Enova Certificate of Incorporation and Enova’s Amended and Restated Bylaws.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
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