associated company, in which judgment is given against such director or application for relief under Sections 661 (power of court to grant relief in case of acquisition of shares by innocent nominee) or 1157 (general power of court to grant relief in case of honest and reasonable conduct) of the U.K. Companies Act, in which the court refuses to grant him or her relief.
Section 235 allows TechnipFMC plc to provide indemnification to a director that is a trustee of an occupational pension scheme against liability incurred in connection with the company’s activities as trustee of the scheme. Such provision does not permit indemnification against liability to pay criminal fines or a sum payable to a regulatory authority by way of a penalty in respect of non-compliance with any requirement of a regulatory nature or the costs of an unsuccessful defense of criminal proceedings.
Any indemnity provided under Section 234 or Section 235 must be disclosed in the company’s annual report in accordance with Section 236 and copies of such indemnification provisions made available for inspection at TechnipFMC plc’s registered office or otherwise in accordance with Section 237 (and every shareholder has a right to inspect and request such copies under Section 238 free of charge).
Conduct of a director amounting to negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust in relation to the company can be ratified, in accordance with Section 239, by a resolution of the shareholders of the company, disregarding the votes of the director (if a shareholder) and any connected shareholder.
The TechnipFMC plc Articles of Association, or the TechnipFMC plc Articles, provide that, subject to the U.K. Companies Act and applicable law, TechnipFMC plc shall exercise all the powers of the company to indemnify any person who is or was a director of TechnipFMC plc or of any associated company against any loss or liability incurred by him or her whether in connection with any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust by him or her or otherwise, in relation to TechnipFMC plc or any associated company, and/ or any person who is or was a director of an associated company that is a trustee of an occupational pension scheme, against any liability incurred by him or her in connection with the company’s activities as trustee of an occupational pension scheme.
The TechnipFMC plc Articles also provide that, subject to the U.K. Companies Act, TechnipFMC plc may exercise all the powers of the company to purchase and maintain insurance for or for the benefit of any person who is or was: a director, officer or employee of TechnipFMC plc, or any corporate entity which is or was the holding company or subsidiary undertaking of TechnipFMC plc, or in which TechnipFMC plc or such holding company or subsidiary undertaking has or had any interest or with which TechnipFMC plc or such holding company or subsidiary undertaking is or was in any way allied or associated; or a trustee of any pension fund in which employees of the company or any other body referred to are or have been interested. This includes, without limitation, insurance against any loss or liability or any expenditure such director, officer or employee may incur, whether in connection with any proven or alleged act or omission in the actual or purported execution or discharge of his or her duties or in the exercise or purported exercise of his or her powers or otherwise in relation to his or her duties, powers or offices, whether comprising negligence, default, breach of duty, breach of trust or otherwise, in relation to the relevant body or fund.
The business combination agreement, dated as of June 14, 2016, by and among FMC Technologies, Inc., FMC Technologies SIS Limited and Technip S.A., as amended, or the Business Combination Agreement, provides that, for a period of six years from and after completion of the mergers effected in accordance with the Business Combination Agreement, or the Mergers, TechnipFMC plc will indemnify and hold harmless and provide advancement of expenses to each past and present (as of completion of the Mergers) director, officer and employee of FMC Technologies, Inc., Technip S.A. or any of their subsidiaries against all costs or expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees and disbursements), judgments, inquiries, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred by such individual in connection with any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative proceeding arising out of or pertaining to any act or omission of such director, officer or employee prior to completion of the Mergers (i) in each case, to the same extent as such person is indemnified or has the right to advancement of expenses as of the date of the memorandum of understanding by FMC Technologies, Inc., Technip S.A. or their subsidiaries, as applicable, pursuant to the organizational documents and indemnification agreements thereof and (ii) with respect to directors and officers, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law for acts or omissions occurring at or prior to completion of the Mergers.
The Business Combination Agreement further provides that, for a period of not less than six years after completion of the Mergers, the organizational documents of TechnipFMC plc (and any successor thereto) will