| Proceeding, or any Matter therein, brought or made by such person against the corporation. 8.15 DEFINITIONS For purposes of this Article 8: "Change of Control" means a change in control of the corporation after the date lndemnitee acquired his Corporate Status, which shall be deemed to have occurred in any one of the following circumstances occurring after such date: (i) there shall have occurred an event that is or would be required to be reported with respect to the corporation in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A (or in response to any similar item on any similar schedule or form) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), if the corporation is or were subject to such reporting requirement; (ii) any "person" (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) shall have become the "beneficial owner'' (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the corporation representing 40% or more of the combined voting power of the corporation's then outstanding voting securities without prior approval of at least two-thirds of the members of the board of directors in office immediately prior to such person's attaining such percentage interest; (iii) the corporation is a party to a merger, consolidation, sale of assets or other reorganization, or a proxy contest, as a consequence of which members of the board of directors in office immediately prior to such transaction or event constitute less than a majority of the board of directors thereafter; or (iv) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the board of directors (including, for this purpose, any new director whose election or nomination for election by the corporation's stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who were directors at the beginning of such period) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the board of directors. "Corporate Status" describes the status of lndemnitee as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the corporation or any predecessor of the corporation, of Pride Oil Well Service Company, a Texas corporation, of Pride International, Inc., a Louisiana corporation, of Marine Drilling Companies, Inc., a Texas corporation, of any subsidiary of the corporation or of Pride Oil Well Service Company, Pride International, Inc., Marine Drilling Companies, Inc., or of any other corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise which lndemnitee is or was serving at the request of the corporation. "Court" means the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or any other court of competent jurisdiction "Expenses" shall include all reasonable attorneys' fees, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, witness fees, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, and all other disbursements or expenses of the types customarily incurred in connection with 23 DALDMS/697219.2 |