trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with
such action, suit or proceeding if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable
cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful, except that, in the case of an action or suit by or in the right of the corporation, no person shall be indemnified as to any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged
to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his or her duty to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought determines upon application that such person is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnity for proper expenses.
Section 351.355(3) of the GBCL provides that, except as otherwise provided in the
corporations articles of incorporation or the bylaws, to the extent a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation has been successful in the defense of any such action, suit or proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, he
or she shall be indemnified against expenses, including attorneys fees, actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action, suit or proceeding.
Section 351.355(5) of the GBCL provides that expenses incurred in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or
proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit, or proceeding as authorized by the board of directors in the specific case upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director, officer,
employee or agent to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be determined that he or she is entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this section.
Section 351.355(7) of the GBCL provides that a corporation may provide additional indemnification to any person indemnifiable under subsection
(1) or (2), provided such additional indemnification is authorized by the corporations articles of incorporation or an amendment thereto or by a shareholder-approved bylaw or agreement, provided further that no person shall thereby be
indemnified against conduct which was finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct.
Section 351.355(8) of the GBCL provides that a corporation may purchase and maintain insurance or another arrangement 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 him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability under the
provisions of that section. The insurance or other arrangement, including a trust fund, self-insurance, letters of credit, guaranty or surety arrangement, may be procured within the corporation or with any insurer or other person deemed appropriate
by the board of directors. That section also provides that in the absence of fraud the judgment of the board of directors as to the terms and conditions of the insurance or other arrangement and the identity of the insurer or other person
participating in an arrangement shall be conclusive and the insurance or arrangement shall not be voidable and shall not subject the directors approving the insurance or arrangement to liability on any ground regardless of whether directors
participating in the approval are beneficiaries of the insurance arrangement.
The Companys restated articles of incorporation, as amended, and
bylaws, as amended, generally provide that each person who was or is a director or officer of the corporation shall be indemnified by the corporation as a matter of right to the fullest extent permitted or authorized by applicable law and as
otherwise provided in its restated articles of incorporation. For this purpose, applicable law generally means Section 351.355 of the GBCL, including any amendments since May 7, 1986, but only to the extent such amendment
permits the corporation to provide broader indemnification rights, and any other statutory indemnification provision adopted after May 7, 1986. The Companys bylaws, as amended, also provide that each person who was or is an employee or
agent of the corporation, or who was or is serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership or other enterprise may, at the discretion of the board of directors, be indemnified
by the corporation to the same extent as provided in the bylaws for directors and officers. The Companys restated articles of incorporation also provide that the indemnification and other rights provided by the restated articles of
incorporation will not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which a director or officer may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such persons official
capacity and as to action in any other capacity while holding the office of director or officer, and the corporation is specifically authorized to provide such indemnification and other rights by any bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or
disinterested directors or otherwise. The Company has a similar provision in its bylaws.
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