majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even if less than a quorum, (b) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even if less than a quorum, (c) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (d) by the stockholders.
To receive indemnification under this Article, a director or officer shall submit to the corporation a written request, which shall include documentation or information which is necessary to determine whether indemnification is payable under this Article and which is reasonably available to the director or officer. Upon receipt by the corporation of such a written request, a determination regarding whether indemnification is payable under this Article shall be made, based upon the facts known at the time. All such indemnification shall be paid in full within sixty days after the corporation receives the director’s or officer’s written request therefor, unless a determination is made that the claims giving rise to the director’s or officer’s request are not payable under this Article.
Section 7.5 Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by a director or officer in defending a civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined, in a final, nonappealable adjudication, that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this Article.
Section 7.6 If a claim under Section 7.1 or 7.2 of this Article is not paid in full by the corporation within sixty days after a written request has been received by the corporation, except in the case of a claim for an advancement of expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be twenty days, the director or officer may at any time thereafter bring suit against the corporation in a court of competent jurisdiction in the State of Delaware to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. If successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the director or officer shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting or defending such suit.
Section 7.7 The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, the other sections of this Article shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any provision of a certificate of incorporation or any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office.
Section 7.8 The board of directors may authorize the 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 the provisions of this Article.
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