Item 6.
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Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
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Florida Statutes Section 607.0851 generally permits NextEra Energy to indemnify its directors and officers who are subject to any proceeding because the
individual is or was a director or officer of NextEra Energy if such persons acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of NextEra Energy. If the proceeding is a criminal one, such
person must also have had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. In addition, NextEra Energy may indemnify its directors and officers who are subject to derivative actions against expenses and amounts paid in settlement
which do not exceed, in the judgment of the board of directors, the estimated expense of litigating the proceeding to conclusion, actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such proceeding, including any appeal
thereof, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of NextEra Energy. Florida Statutes Section 607.0852 provides that to the extent that a director or
officer is wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which the individual was a party because he or she is or was a director or officer of the corporation, such person will be indemnified against expenses
incurred in connection therewith. Florida Statutes Sections 607.0858 and 607.0859 also permit NextEra Energy to further indemnify such persons by other means unless a judgment or other final adjudication establishes that such persons actions
or omissions were material to the cause of action so adjudicated and constitute (1) willful or intentional misconduct or a conscious disregard for the best interests of NextEra Energy in a proceeding by or in the right of NextEra Energy to
procure a judgment in its favor or in a proceeding by or in the right of a shareholder, (2) a transaction from which he or she derived an improper personal benefit, (3) a crime (unless such person had reasonable cause to believe his or her
conduct was lawful or had no reasonable cause to believe it unlawful), or (4) in the case of a director, an action in violation of Florida Statutes Section 607.0834 (relating to unlawful distributions to shareholders).
Furthermore, Florida Statutes Section 607.0831 provides, in general, that no director shall be personally liable for monetary damages to a corporation or
any other person for any statement, vote, decision to take or not to take action, or any failure to take any action, as a director, unless (a) the director breached or failed to perform his or her duties as a director, and (b) the
directors breach of, or failure to perform, those duties constitutes any of the following: (i) a violation of criminal law, unless the director had reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was lawful or had no reasonable cause to
believe his or her conduct was unlawful, (ii) a circumstance under which the transaction at issue is one from which the director derived an improper personal benefit, either directly or indirectly, (iii) a circumstance under which the
liability provisions of Florida Statutes Section 607.0834 are applicable, (iv) in a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor or by or in the right of a shareholder, conscious disregard for the
best interest of the corporation, or willful or intentional misconduct, or (v) in a proceeding by or in the right of someone other than the corporation or a shareholder, recklessness or an act or omission which was committed in bad faith or
with malicious purpose or in a manner exhibiting wanton and willful disregard of human rights, safety, or property. The term recklessness, as used above, means the action, or omission to act, in conscious disregard of a risk
(a) known, or so obvious that it should have been known, to the director, and (b) known to the director, or so obvious that it should have been known, to be so great as to make it highly probable that harm would follow from such action or
omission.
NextEra Energys bylaws provide generally that NextEra Energy shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify all of its
directors and officers, directors, officers, or other employees serving as a fiduciary of an employee benefit plan of NextEra Energy, as well as any employees or agents of NextEra Energy or other persons serving at the request of NextEra Energy in
any capacity with any entity or enterprise other than NextEra Energy to whom NextEra Energy has agreed to grant indemnification (each, an Indemnified Person) to the extent that any such person is made a party or threatened to be made a
party or called as a witness or is otherwise involved in any action, suit, or proceeding in connection with his status as an Indemnified Person. Such indemnification covers all expenses incurred by any Indemnified Person (including attorneys
fees) and all liabilities and losses (including judgments, fines and amounts to be paid in settlement) incurred thereby in connection with any such action, suit or proceeding.
In addition, NextEra Energy carries insurance permitted by the laws of Florida on behalf of directors or officers which may cover, among other things,
liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933.