(c) subject to any applicable requirements of law, the books of the Corporation may be kept outside the State of Delaware at such location as may be designated by the Board of Directors or in theBy-laws.
ARTICLE VI
EXISTENCE
Section VI.1 The Corporation is to have perpetual existence.
ARTICLE VII
INDEMNIFICATION
Section VII.1 The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent not prohibited by the DGCL, each person (a “Covered Person”) who is or was made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding (each, a “proceeding”) by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was an executive officer or director of the Corporation, against all liability, claims, damages, costs and losses suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such Covered Person. The Corporation may, in its sole and absolute discretion, indemnify such other persons as it may deem desirable or necessary, to the fullest extent not prohibited by the DGCL. For purposes of thisARTICLE VII, each of the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Senior Vice Presidents, the Treasurer and the Secretary of the Corporation shall be deemed to be an executive officer.
Section VII.2 The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by the DGCL, pay the expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by a Covered Person in defending any proceeding in advance of final disposition;provided,however, that to the extent required by the DGCL, such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the Covered Person to repay all amounts so advanced if it should ultimately be determined that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified under thisARTICLE VII or otherwise.
Section VII.3 The rights conferred on any Covered Person pursuant to thisARTICLE VII shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights such Covered Person may have or hereafter be entitled under any statute, this Certificate of Incorporation, theBy-laws, any agreement, any vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
Section VII.4 The rights conferred on any Covered Person pursuant to thisARTICLE VII shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a Covered Person (or other person indemnified hereunder) and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, administrators, legatees and distributees of such person.
Section VII.5 The Corporation shall have power 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 any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan 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 the provisions of thisARTICLE VII, theBy-laws, the DGCL, or any other applicable law.
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