Common use of Indemnity of Officers Clause in Contracts

Indemnity of Officers. Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts, the Company may indemnify any Director or other officer against any liability and may purchase and maintain for any Director or other officer or auditor insurance against any liability. Subject to these provisions, but without prejudice to any indemnity to which the person concerned may otherwise be entitled, every Director or other officer of the Company shall be indemnified, and if the Directors so determine an auditor may be indemnified, out of the assets of the Company against any liability incurred by him as a Director or other officer of the Company, or as auditor, in defending any proceedings (whether civil or criminal) in which judgment is given in his favour or in which he is acquitted or in connection with any application under the Companies Acts in which relief from liability is granted to him by the court.’ That the Articles of Association of the Company be and are hereby altered by deleting Article 127 and substituting therefor the following:–