SEVENTH. The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same may be amended and supplemented, indemnify any and all persons whom it shall have power to indemnify under said Section from and against any and all of the expenses, liabilities, or other matters referred to in or covered by said Section. Such indemnification shall be mandatory and not discretionary. The indemnification provided for herein shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of such a person. Any repeal or modification of this Article SEVENTH shall not adversely affect any right to indemnification of any persons existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to any matter occurring prior to such repeal or modification. The Corporation shall to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware advance all costs and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by any director or officer within 15 days of the presentation of same to the Corporation, with respect to any one or more actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, so long as the Corporation receives from the director or officer an unsecured undertaking to repay such expenses if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. Such obligation to advance costs and expenses shall be mandatory, and not discretionary, and shall include, without limitation, costs and expenses incurred in asserting affirmative defenses, counterclaims and cross claims. Such undertaking to repay may, if first requested in writing by the applicable director or officer, be on behalf of (rather than by) such director or officer, provided that in such case the Corporation shall have the right to approve the party making such undertaking.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Conor Medsystems Inc), Merger Agreement (Pioneer Companies Inc), Merger Agreement (Scios Inc)
SEVENTH. The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 23-1-37 of the General Business Corporation Law of the State of DelawareIndiana, as the same may be amended and supplemented, indemnify any and all persons whom it shall have power to indemnify under said Section from and against any and all of the expenses, liabilities, or other matters referred to in or covered by said Section. Such indemnification shall be mandatory and not discretionary. The indemnification provided for herein shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of such a person. Any repeal or modification of this Article SEVENTH shall not adversely affect any right to indemnification of any persons existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to any matter occurring prior to such repeal or modification. The Corporation shall to the fullest extent permitted by the General Business Corporation Law of the State of Delaware Indiana advance all costs and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by any director or officer within 15 days of the presentation of same to the Corporation, with respect to any one or more actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, so long as the Corporation receives from the director or officer a written affirmation required by the Business Corporation Law of the State of Indiana of his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct established by the Business Corporation Law of the State of Indiana, together with an unsecured undertaking to repay such expenses if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation under the General Business Corporation Law of the State of DelawareIndiana. Such obligation to advance costs and expenses shall be mandatory, and not discretionary, and shall include, without limitation, costs and expenses incurred in asserting affirmative defenses, counterclaims and cross claims. Such undertaking to repay may, if first requested in writing by the applicable director or officer, be on behalf of (rather than by) such director or officer, provided that in such case the Corporation shall have the right to approve the party making such undertaking.
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Johnson & Johnson), Merger Agreement (Boston Scientific Corp)
SEVENTH. The Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person of whom he or she is the legal representative is or was a director, officer or employee of the Corporation shallor is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted authorized by Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, DGCL as the same exists or may hereafter be amended and supplemented(but, indemnify any and all persons whom it shall have power to indemnify under said Section from and against any and all of in the expenses, liabilities, or other matters referred to in or covered by said Section. Such indemnification shall be mandatory and not discretionary. The indemnification provided for herein shall not be deemed exclusive case of any other such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to which those indemnified may provide prior to such amendment), against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action suffered by such person in his or her official capacity connection therewith and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the his or her heirs, executorsexecutors and administrators; provided, and administrators of such a person. Any repeal or modification however, that except as provided in paragraph (2) of this Article SEVENTH with respect to proceedings seeking to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall not adversely affect indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. The right to indemnification conferred in this Article SEVENTH shall be a contract right and shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of any persons existing at its final disposition; provided, however, that if the time DGCL requires, the payment of such repeal expenses incurred by a director or modification with respect to officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any matter occurring prior to other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such repeal person while a director or modification. The Corporation shall to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware advance all costs and expenses (includingofficer, including without limitation, attorneys’ fees and expensesservice to an employee benefit plan) incurred in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking by any or on behalf of such director or officer within 15 days of the presentation of same to the Corporationofficer, with respect to any one or more actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, so long as the Corporation receives from the director or officer an unsecured undertaking to repay such expenses all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. Such obligation to advance costs and expenses shall be mandatory, and not discretionary, and shall include, without limitation, costs and expenses incurred in asserting affirmative defenses, counterclaims and cross claims. Such undertaking to repay may, if first requested in writing by the applicable director this Article SEVENTH or officer, be on behalf of (rather than by) such director or officer, provided that in such case the Corporation shall have the right to approve the party making such undertakingotherwise.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Schlumberger LTD /Nv/), Merger Agreement (Smith International Inc)
SEVENTH. The Corporation shall, shall indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delawarelaw, as the same may be amended and supplemented, indemnify any and all persons whom it shall have power to indemnify under said Section from and against any and all of the expenses, liabilities, now or other matters referred to hereafter in or covered by said Section. Such indemnification shall be mandatory and not discretionary. The indemnification provided for herein shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such officeeffect, and such right to indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, director or agent officer of the Corporation and shall inure to the benefit of the his or her heirs, executorsexecutors and personal and legal representatives; provided, however, that, except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any director or officer (or his or her heirs, executors or personal or legal representatives) in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or consented to by the Board of Directors. The right to indemnification conferred by this Article SEVENTH shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending or otherwise participating in any proceeding in advance of its final disposition. The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, provide rights to indemnification and administrators to the advancement of such a personexpenses to employees and agents of the Corporation similar to those conferred in this Article SEVENTH to directors and officers of the Corporation. The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this Article SEVENTH shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under this Certificate of Incorporation, the By-Laws of the Corporation, any statute, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. Any repeal or modification of this Article SEVENTH by the stockholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right rights to indemnification and to the advancement of any persons expenses of a director or officer of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to any matter acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification. The Corporation shall to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware advance all costs and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by any director or officer within 15 days of the presentation of same to the Corporation, with respect to any one or more actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, so long as the Corporation receives from the director or officer an unsecured undertaking to repay such expenses if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. Such obligation to advance costs and expenses shall be mandatory, and not discretionary, and shall include, without limitation, costs and expenses incurred in asserting affirmative defenses, counterclaims and cross claims. Such undertaking to repay may, if first requested in writing by the applicable director or officer, be on behalf of (rather than by) such director or officer, provided that in such case the Corporation shall have the right to approve the party making such undertaking.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Knight Capital Group, Inc.), Merger Agreement (GETCO Holding Company, LLC)
SEVENTH. The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same may be amended and supplemented, indemnify any and all persons whom it shall have power to indemnify under said Section from and against any and all of the expenses, liabilities, or other matters referred to in or covered by said Section. Such indemnification shall be mandatory and not discretionary. The indemnification provided for herein shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of such a person. Any repeal or modification of this Article SEVENTH shall not adversely affect any right to indemnification of any persons existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to any matter occurring prior to such repeal or modification. The Corporation shall to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware advance all costs and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ ' fees and expenses) incurred by any director or officer within 15 days of the presentation of same to the Corporation, with respect to any one or more actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, so long as the Corporation receives from the director or officer an unsecured undertaking to repay such expenses if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. Such obligation to advance costs and expenses shall be mandatory, and not discretionary, and shall include, without limitation, costs and expenses incurred in asserting affirmative defenses, counterclaims and cross claims. Such undertaking to repay may, if first requested in writing by the applicable director or officer, be on behalf of (rather than by) such director or officer, provided that in such case the Corporation shall have the right to approve the party making such undertaking.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Johnson & Johnson), Merger Agreement (Orapharma Inc)
SEVENTH. Unless otherwise required by law, Special Meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation, for any purpose or purposes, may be called at any time by a majority of the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, or holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares entitled to vote in connection with the election of directors of the Corporation. Special Meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation may not be called by any other person or persons. EIGHTH: Any action required or permitted to be taken at any Annual or Special Meeting of Stockholders of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of shares having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation in accordance with Section 228 of the DGCL and the Corporation’s Bylaws. NINTH: The Corporation shall, shall indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delawareapplicable law, as the same may be amended and supplemented, indemnify any and all persons whom it shall have power to indemnify under said Section from and against any and all of the expenses, liabilities, now or other matters referred to hereafter in or covered by said Section. Such indemnification shall be mandatory and not discretionary. The indemnification provided for herein shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such officeeffect, and such right to indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, director or agent officer of the Corporation and shall inure to the benefit of the his heirs, executors, and administrators personal and legal representatives; provided, however, that, except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any director or officer (or his heirs, executors, or personal or legal representatives) in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or consented to by the Board of Directors. The right to indemnification conferred by this Article NINTH shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending or otherwise participating in any proceeding in advance of its final disposition upon receipt by the Corporation of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer receiving advancement to repay the amount advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such a personperson is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation under this Article NINTH. The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, provide rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the Corporation similar to those conferred in this Article NINTH to directors and officers of the Corporation. The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this Article NINTH shall not be exclusive of any other right that any person may have or hereafter acquire under this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws, any statute, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise. Any repeal or modification of this Article SEVENTH NINTH by the stockholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right rights to indemnification and to the advancement of any persons expenses of a director or officer of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to any matter acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification. The Corporation shall to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware advance all costs and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by any director or officer within 15 days of the presentation of same to the Corporation, with respect to any one or more actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, so long as the Corporation receives from the director or officer an unsecured undertaking to repay such expenses if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. Such obligation to advance costs and expenses shall be mandatory, and not discretionary, and shall include, without limitation, costs and expenses incurred in asserting affirmative defenses, counterclaims and cross claims. Such undertaking to repay may, if first requested in writing by the applicable director or officer, be on behalf of (rather than by) such director or officer, provided that in such case the Corporation shall have the right to approve the party making such undertaking.
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Samples: Purchase and Contribution Agreement (Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc.)
SEVENTH. The Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Corporation shallor is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (hereinafter an “indemnitee”), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director or officer or in any other capacity while serving as a director or officer, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted authorized by Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of DelawareGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended and supplemented(but, indemnify any and all with respect to persons whom it shall have power to indemnify under said Section from and against any and all of the expenses, liabilities, or other matters referred to in or covered by said Section. Such this indemnification shall provision prior to the date of such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than permitted prior thereto, unless such amendment has retroactive effect, in which case indemnification rights will be mandatory limited accordingly), against all expense, liability and not discretionary. The loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith and such indemnification provided for herein shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, director or agent officer and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee’s heirs, executorsexecutors and administrators; provided, and administrators however, that, except as provided in paragraph (2) hereof with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall indemnify any such indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of such a personDirectors of the Corporation. Any repeal or modification of this Article SEVENTH shall not adversely affect any The right to indemnification of any persons existing at conferred in this Section shall be a contract right and shall include the time of such repeal or modification with respect right to any matter occurring prior to such repeal or modification. The Corporation shall to the fullest extent permitted be paid by the General Corporation Law the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition (hereinafter an “advancement of expenses”); provided, however, that, if the GCL requires, an advancement of the State of Delaware advance all costs expenses incurred by an indemnitee in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and expenses (not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such indemnitee, including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and expensesservice to an employee benefit plan) incurred by any director or officer within 15 days of the presentation of same shall be made only upon delivery to the CorporationCorporation of an undertaking (hereinafter an “undertaking”), with respect to any one by or more actionson behalf of such indemnitee, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, so long as the Corporation receives from the director or officer an unsecured undertaking to repay such expenses all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal (hereinafter a “final adjudication”) that such director or officer indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation for such expenses under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. Such obligation to advance costs and expenses shall be mandatory, and not discretionary, and shall include, without limitation, costs and expenses incurred in asserting affirmative defenses, counterclaims and cross claims. Such undertaking to repay may, if first requested in writing by the applicable director this Article or officer, be on behalf of (rather than by) such director or officer, provided that in such case the Corporation shall have the right to approve the party making such undertakingotherwise.
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SEVENTH. The Corporation shall, shall indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delawarelaw, as the same may be amended and supplemented, indemnify any and all persons whom it shall have power to indemnify under said Section from and against any and all of the expenses, liabilities, now or other matters referred to hereafter in or covered by said Section. Such indemnification shall be mandatory and not discretionary. The indemnification provided for herein shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such officeeffect, and such right to indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, director or agent officer of the Corporation and shall inure to the benefit of the his or her heirs, executorsexecutors and personal and legal representatives; provided, however, that, except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any director or officer (or his or her heirs, executors or personal or legal representatives) in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or consented to by the Board of Directors. The right to indemnification conferred by this Article SEVENTH shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending or otherwise participating in any proceeding in advance of its final disposition upon receipt by the Corporation of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer receiving advancement to repay the amount advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation under this Article SEVENTH. The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, provide rights to indemnification and administrators to the advancement of such a personexpenses to employees and agents of the Corporation similar to those conferred in this Article SEVENTH to directors and officers of the Corporation. The rights to indemnification and to the advance of expenses conferred in this Article SEVENTH shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the By-Laws of the Corporation, any statute, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. Any repeal or modification of this Article SEVENTH shall not adversely affect any right rights to indemnification and to the advancement of any persons expenses of a director or officer of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to any matter acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification. The Corporation shall to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware advance all costs and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by any director or officer within 15 days of the presentation of same to the Corporation, with respect to any one or more actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, so long as the Corporation receives from the director or officer an unsecured undertaking to repay such expenses if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. Such obligation to advance costs and expenses shall be mandatory, and not discretionary, and shall include, without limitation, costs and expenses incurred in asserting affirmative defenses, counterclaims and cross claims. Such undertaking to repay may, if first requested in writing by the applicable director or officer, be on behalf of (rather than by) such director or officer, provided that in such case the Corporation shall have the right to approve the party making such undertaking.
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SEVENTH. The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same may be amended and supplemented, indemnify any and all persons whom it shall have power to indemnify under said Section from and against any and all of the expenses, liabilities, liabilities or other matters referred to in or covered by said Section. Such indemnification shall be mandatory and not discretionary. The indemnification provided for herein shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, executors and administrators of such a person. Any repeal or modification of this Article SEVENTH shall not adversely affect any right to indemnification of any persons existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to any matter occurring prior to such repeal or modification. The Corporation shall to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware advance all costs and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ ' fees and expenses) incurred by any director or officer within 15 days of the presentation of same to the Corporation, with respect to any one or more actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, so long as the Corporation receives from the director or officer an unsecured undertaking to repay such expenses if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. Such obligation to advance costs and expenses shall be mandatory, and not discretionary, and shall include, without limitation, costs and expenses incurred in asserting affirmative defenses, counterclaims and cross claims. Such undertaking to repay may, if first requested in writing by the applicable director or officer, be on behalf of (rather than by) such director or officer, provided that in such case the Corporation shall have the right to approve the party making such undertaking.
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SEVENTH. The Corporation shall, to To the fullest extent permitted that the DGCL, as it exists on the date hereof or as it may hereafter be amended, permits, the Corporation shall indemnify and upon request advance expenses to 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, by Section 145 reason of the General Corporation Law fact that such person is or was or has agreed to be a director or officer of the State of Delaware, as Corporation or while a director or officer is or was serving at the same may be amended and supplemented, indemnify any and all persons whom it shall have power to indemnify under said Section from and against any and all request of the expensesCorporation as a director, liabilitiesofficer, partner, trustee, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other matters referred enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against expenses (including attorney’s fees), judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit, proceeding, or covered by said Section. Such indemnification shall be mandatory and not discretionaryclaim. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided for herein by or granted pursuant to this Article SEVENTH shall not limit the Corporation from providing any other indemnification or advancement of expenses permitted by law and shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any by-lawbylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity . Such indemnification and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and advancement of expenses shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, director or agent officer of the Corporation and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, executors and administrators of such a person. Any Neither the amendment or repeal or modification of this Article SEVENTH SEVENTH, nor the adoption of any provisions in this Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article SEVENTH, shall not adversely affect eliminate or impair any right to indemnification or protection of any persons a director or officer of the Corporation under this Article SEVENTH existing at the time of such repeal amendment or modification with respect to any matter occurring prior to such repeal or modification. The Corporation shall to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware advance all costs and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by any director or officer within 15 days of the presentation of same to the Corporation, with respect to any one or more actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, so long as the Corporation receives from the director or officer an unsecured undertaking to repay such expenses if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. Such obligation to advance costs and expenses shall be mandatory, and not discretionary, and shall include, without limitation, costs and expenses incurred in asserting affirmative defenses, counterclaims and cross claims. Such undertaking to repay may, if first requested in writing by the applicable director or officer, be on behalf of (rather than by) such director or officer, provided that in such case the Corporation shall have the right to approve the party making such undertakingrepeal.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Integrated Device Technology Inc)
SEVENTH. The (1) A director of the Corporation shall, shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same may be amended Delaware Law.
(a) Each person (and supplemented, indemnify any and all persons whom it shall have power to indemnify under said Section from and against any and all of the expenses, liabilities, or other matters referred to in or covered by said Section. Such indemnification shall be mandatory and not discretionary. The indemnification provided for herein shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and executors or administrators of such person) who was or is a person. Any repeal party or modification of this Article SEVENTH shall not adversely affect is threatened to be made a party to, or is involved in any right to indemnification of any persons existing at the time of such repeal threatened, pending or modification with respect to any matter occurring prior to such repeal completed action, suit or modification. The Corporation shall to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware advance all costs and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by any director or officer within 15 days of the presentation of same to the Corporation, with respect to any one or more actions, suits or proceedingsproceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, so long as by reason of the Corporation receives from the fact that such person is or was a director or officer an unsecured undertaking to repay such expenses if it shall ultimately be determined that such of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer is not entitled to of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation under to the General fullest extent permitted by Delaware Law. The right to indemnification conferred in this ARTICLE SEVENTH shall also include the right to be paid by the Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. Such obligation to advance costs and expenses shall be mandatory, and not discretionary, and shall include, without limitation, costs and expenses incurred in asserting affirmative defenses, counterclaims and cross claimsconnection with any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition to the fullest extent authorized by Delaware Law. Such undertaking to repay The right too indemnification conferred in this ARTICLE SEVENTH shall be a contract right.
(b) The Corporation may, if first requested in writing by action of its Board of Directors, provide indemnification to such of the applicable director or officerofficers, employees and agents of the Corporation to such extent and to such effect as the Board of Directors shall determine to be appropriate and authorized by Delaware Law.
(3) The Corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of (rather than by) such director any person who is or was a director, officer, provided that in such case employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation shall as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss incurred by such person in any such capacity or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under Delaware Law.
(4) The rights and authority conferred in this ARTICLE SEVENTH shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may otherwise have or hereafter acquire.
(5) Neither the amendment nor repeal of this ARTICLE SEVENTH, nor the adoption of any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation or the bylaws of the Corporation, nor, to approve the party making fullest extent permitted by Delaware Law, any modification of law, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this ARTICLE SEVENTH in respect of any acts or omissions occurring prior to such undertakingamendment, repeal, adoption or modification.
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SEVENTH. The Corporation shall, A director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived any improper personal benefit. If the Delaware General Corporation Law is amended after the effective date of this Certificate of Incorporation to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the State of Delaware, as the same may be amended and supplemented, indemnify any and all persons whom it shall have power to indemnify under said Section from and against any and all of the expenses, liabilities, or other matters referred to in or covered by said Section. Such indemnification corporation shall be mandatory and not discretionary. The indemnification provided for herein shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders eliminated or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of such a person. Any repeal or modification of this Article SEVENTH shall not adversely affect any right to indemnification of any persons existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to any matter occurring prior to such repeal or modification. The Corporation shall limited to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware advance all costs Delaware. No amendment, modification or repeal of this Article EIGHTH shall adversely affect the rights and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by any protection afforded to a director or officer within 15 days of the presentation of same corporation under this Article EIGHTH Section for acts or omissions occurring prior to the Corporationsuch amendment, with respect to any one modification or more actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, so long as the Corporation receives from the director or officer an unsecured undertaking to repay such expenses if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delawarerepeal. Such obligation to advance costs and expenses shall be mandatory, and not discretionary, and shall include, without limitation, costs and expenses incurred in asserting affirmative defenses, counterclaims and cross claims. Such undertaking to repay may, if first requested in writing by the applicable director or officer, be on behalf of (rather than by) such director or officer, provided that in such case the Corporation shall have EIGHTH: The corporation reserves the right to approve amend or repeal this Certificate of Incorporation in the party making manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute and this Certificate of Incorporation, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation. Whenever any vote of the holders of capital stock of the corporation is required to amend or repeal any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation, and in addition to any other vote of holders of capital stock that is required by this Certificate of Incorporation or by law, such undertaking.amendment or repeal shall require the affirmative vote of the majority of the outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote on such amendment or repeal, and the affirmative vote of the majority of the outstanding shares of each class entitled to vote thereon as a class, at a duly constituted meeting of stockholders called expressly for such purpose. THIS LOCKUP AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of April [•], 2015, by and among Rosewind Corporation, a Colorado corporation (together with any successors and assigns thereto, “Parent”), and the undersigned holder of Parent’s capital stock (“Seller”). Each capitalized term used, but not otherwise defined, herein has the respective meaning ascribed to such term in the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April [•], 2015, by and among Seller, Parent, and the other parties thereto (the “Merger Agreement”). In connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged and agreed, Seller and Parent hereby agree as follows:
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Rosewind CORP)
SEVENTH. The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same may be amended and supplemented, indemnify any and all persons whom it shall have power to indemnify under said Section from and against any and all of the expenses, liabilities, or other matters referred to in or covered by said Section. Such indemnification shall be mandatory and not discretionary. The indemnification provided for herein shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of such a person. Any repeal or modification of this Article SEVENTH shall not adversely affect any right to indemnification of any persons existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to any matter occurring prior to such repeal or modification. The Corporation shall to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware advance all costs and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by any director or officer within 15 days of the presentation of same to the Corporation, with respect to any one or more actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, so long as as, if required by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Corporation receives from the director or officer an unsecured undertaking to repay such expenses if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. Such obligation to advance costs and expenses shall be mandatory, and not discretionary, and shall include, without limitation, costs and expenses incurred in asserting affirmative defenses, counterclaims and cross claims. Such undertaking to repay may, if first requested in writing by the applicable director or officer, be on behalf of (rather than by) such director or officer, provided that in such case the Corporation shall have the right to approve the party making such undertaking.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Serologicals Corp)
SEVENTH. The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same may be amended and supplemented, indemnify any and all persons whom it shall have power to indemnify under said Section from and against any and all of the expenses, liabilities, or other matters referred to in or covered by said Section. Such indemnification shall be mandatory and not discretionary. The indemnification provided for herein shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any by-lawlaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, executors and administrators of such a person. Any repeal or modification of this Article SEVENTH shall not adversely affect any right to indemnification of any persons existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to any matter occurring prior to such repeal or modification. The Corporation shall to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware advance all costs and expenses (including, including without limitation, attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by any director or officer within 15 days of the presentation of same to the Corporation, with respect to any one or more actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, so long as the Corporation receives from the director or officer an unsecured undertaking to repay such expenses if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. Such obligation to advance costs and expenses shall be mandatory, and not discretionary, and shall include, without limitation, costs and expenses incurred in asserting affirmative defenses, counterclaims and cross claims. Such undertaking to repay may, if first requested in writing by the applicable director or officer, be on behalf of (rather than by) such director or officer, provided that in such case the Corporation shall have the right to approve the party making such undertaking.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Genpact LTD)