9. Indemnification.
(a) The Corporation shall, to the maximum extent permitted from time to time under the law of the State of Delaware, indemnify 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, (i) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans or (ii) in such person’s capacity as an officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or in such person’s capacity as an officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, that such person is or was serving at the request of the Corporation (each such person described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), a “Covered Person”), 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 shall not require the Corporation to indemnify any person in connection with any action, suit, proceeding, claim or counterclaim initiated by or on behalf of such person other than an action authorized by the Board of Directors. Such indemnification shall not be exclusive of other indemnification rights arising under any bylaw, agreement, vote of directors or stockholders or otherwise and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs and legal representatives of such person. Any person seeking indemnification under this paragraph 9 shall be deemed to have met the standard of conduct required for such indemnification unless the contrary shall be established. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this paragraph 9 shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a Covered Person with respect to any acts or omissions of such Covered Person occurring prior to such repeal or modification.
(b) The Corporation shall pay on a current and as-incurred basis expenses incurred by any Covered Person in defending or otherwise participating in any action, suit, proceeding or claim in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit, proceeding or claim, including appeals, upon presentation of (i) an unsecured written undertaking to repay such amounts if it is ultimately determined that the person is not entitled to indemnification hereunder and (ii) adequate documentation reflecting such expenses.
(c) It is the intent that with respect to all advancement and indemnification obligations under this paragraph 9, the Corporation shall be the primary source of advancement, reimbursement and indemnification relative to any direct or indirect stockholder of the Corporation (or any affiliate of such stockholder, other than the Corporation or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries). The Corporation shall have no right to seek contribution, indemnity or other reimbursement for any of its obligations under this paragraph 9 from any such direct or indirect stockholder of the Corporation (or any affiliate of such stockholder, other than the Corporation or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries).