Initial Indemnity. (a) The Company shall indemnify the Indemnitee, if or when he is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Company), by reason of the fact that he is or was a Director of the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, trustee, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in any such capacity, against any and all costs, charges, expenses (including without limitation fees and expenses of attorneys and/or others; all such costs, charges and expenses being herein jointly referred to as "Expenses"), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee in connection therewith including any appeal of or from any judgment or decision, unless it is proved by clear and convincing evidence in a court of competent jurisdiction that the Indemnitee's action or failure to act involved an act or omission undertaken with deliberate intent to cause injury to the Company or Undertaken with reckless disregard for the best interests of the Company.
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Cleveland Cliffs Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Cleveland Cliffs Inc)
Initial Indemnity. (a) The Company shall indemnify the Indemnitee, if or when he is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Company), by reason of the fact that he is or was a Director of the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, trustee, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in any such capacity, against any and all costs, charges, expenses (including without limitation fees and expenses of attorneys and/or others; all such costs, charges and expenses being herein jointly referred to as "Expenses"), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee in connection therewith including any appeal of or from any judgment or decision, unless it is proved by clear and convincing evidence in a court of competent jurisdiction that the Indemnitee's action or failure to act involved an act or omission undertaken with deliberate intent to cause injury to the Company or Undertaken undertaken with reckless disregard for the best interests of the Company.
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Samples: Trust Agreement (Cleveland Cliffs Inc), Trust Agreement (Cleveland Cliffs Inc)
Initial Indemnity. (a) The Company shall indemnify the Indemnitee, if or when he is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Company), by reason of the fact that he is or was a Director of the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, trustee, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in any such capacity, against any and all costs, charges, expenses (including without limitation fees and expenses of attorneys and/or others; all such costs, charges and expenses being herein jointly referred to as "Expenses"), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee in connection therewith including any appeal of or from any judgment or decision, unless it is proved by clear and convincing evidence in a court of competent jurisdiction that the Indemnitee's action or failure to act involved an act or omission undertaken with deliberate intent to cause injury to the Company or Undertaken undertaken with reckless disregard for the best interests of the Company.
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Samples: Trust Agreement (Cleveland Cliffs Inc), Trust Agreement (Cleveland Cliffs Inc)