Form 8-K
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 28, 2010
MGIC Investment Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Wisconsin
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1-10816
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39-1486475 |
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(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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MGIC Plaza, 250 East Kilbourn Avenue,
Milwaukee, WI
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53202 |
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code) |
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (414) 347-6480
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
Effective January 28, 2010, the Board of Directors (the Board) of MGIC Investment Company
(the Company) approved amendments (the Amendments) to the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the
Company (as amended, the Bylaws or the Company Bylaws) to clarify and enhance the Companys
procedures (1) with respect to indemnification of, and advancement of expenses to, the Companys
officers and directors by the Company and (2) in connection with an incumbent director nominated
for reelection by the Board receiving less than a majority of shareholder votes in an uncontested
election. The material provisions of the Amendments are described below.
Section 3.01 Majority Vote Modifications. The Bylaws were amended to require the Board to
promptly publicly disclose the Boards decision regarding a directors resignation (including the
reason(s) for rejecting the resignation, if applicable) in situations where an incumbent director
fails to receive a majority of the votes cast in an uncontested election (Majority Vote).
Additionally, the Bylaws were amended to clarify that the Board is permitted, in situations in
which an incumbent director fails to receive a Majority Vote in an uncontested election, to
decrease the size of the Board as permitted under the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, whether
or not such director submitted a resignation as required pursuant to the Bylaws.
Article VIII Modifications to Director and Officer Indemnification. Article VIII of the
Bylaws was amended to, among other things, make the following changes as it relates to director and
officer indemnification and advancement of expenses: (1) requiring that the Company pay any
indemnification claim with respect to liabilities incurred by a director or officer in connection
with a proceeding to which he or she is a party because he or she is a director or officer within
30 days of a claim, unless (a) during that 30-day period, independent directors comprising a quorum
of the Board determine that the director or officer engaged in a breach of duty or (b) there are
not at least two directors who are not parties to the subject proceeding (if either applies, a
Negative Board Determination) (prior to the Amendments, the payment was to be made within 120
days of a claim, unless a Negative Board Determination occurred during the period); (2) allowing a
director or officer to appeal a Negative Board Determination to an independent counsel, an
arbitration panel or a court (prior to the Amendments, a director or officer could only appeal to
an independent counsel or arbitration panel); (3) clarifying certain provisions; and (4) providing
that a director or officer is entitled to indemnification and advancement for his expenses incurred
while acting as a witness in a proceeding because he is a director or officer of the Company
pursuant to procedures outside of those specified for indemnification and advancement of expenses
when the director or officer is a party to the proceeding (until the director or officer is also a
party to the proceeding or threatened to be made a party), provided that this last change will not
apply retroactively to requests for indemnification or advancement of expenses by any officer or
director for a period in which he or she has been or is reasonably
expected to be a witness in a proceeding if such period commenced
prior to the effective date of the Amendments.
Effective January 28, 2010, the Board of Directors of the Companys subsidiary Mortgage
Guaranty Insurance Corporation (MGIC) approved amendments to the Revised and Restated Bylaws of
MGIC (the MGIC Bylaws). These amendments conformed the provisions of the MGIC Bylaws with
respect to indemnification of, and advancement of expenses to,
directors and officers to Article VIII of the Company Bylaws. Such indemnification and
advancement provisions of the Company Bylaws and MGIC Bylaws provide that they shall be deemed to
be a contract between the Company or MGIC, as applicable, and each director and officer of such
corporation. Each of the directors and officers of the Company is also a director or officer of
MGIC and is entitled to the contractual rights provided by the MGIC Bylaws.
The Amendments are filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The foregoing
description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the actual text of the Amendments.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(a) Not applicable.
(b) Not applicable.
(c) Not applicable.
(d) Exhibits.
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(3.1) |
Amendments to the Bylaws of the MGIC Investment Corporation |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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MGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION
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Date: February 3, 2010 |
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/s/ Timothy J. Mattke |
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Timothy J. Mattke |
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Vice President and Controller |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Amendments to the Bylaws of the MGIC Investment Corporation |
Exhibit 3.1
Exhibit 3.1
MGIC Investment Corporation
Amendments to Bylaws
Adopted January 28, 2010
Section 3.01(d) of the Bylaws is amended to amend and restate subsection (iii) and add a new
subsection (iv) so that these subsections read as follows:
3.01 General Powers; Number and Classification; Vacancy.
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(iii) |
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If a directors resignation is accepted by the Board of
Directors pursuant to this Section 3.01(d), then the Board may fill the
resulting vacancy pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01(c) of these Bylaws
or may decrease the size of the Board pursuant to the provisions of
Section 3.01(b) of these Bylaws. The preceding sentence does not restrict the
Board from decreasing the size of the Board as authorized by Section
180.0805(3) of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, including in
circumstances in which the director has not in fact submitted the resignation
contemplated by Section 3.01(d)(i) of these Bylaws. |
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The Board of Directors will cause the corporation to promptly
publicly disclose the Board of Directors decision regarding a directors
resignation (including the reason(s) for rejecting the resignation, if
applicable). |
Article VIII of the Bylaws is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
ARTICLE VIII. INDEMNIFICATION
8.01 Certain Definitions; Rules of Construction.
(a) All capitalized terms used in this Article VIII and not otherwise hereinafter defined in
this Section 8.01 shall have the meaning set forth in Section 180.0850 of the Statute. The
following terms (including any plural forms thereof) used in this Article VIII shall be defined as
follows:
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Affiliate shall include, without limitation, any corporation,
partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise
that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is
controlled by, or is under common control with, the Corporation. |
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Authority shall mean the person that determines the rights of
a Director or Officer pursuant to Section 8.04. |
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Board shall mean the entire then elected and serving Board
of Directors of the Corporation, including all members thereof who are Parties
to the subject Proceeding or any related Proceeding. |
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Breach of Duty shall mean the Director or Officer breached or
failed to perform his or her duties to the Corporation and his or her breach of
or failure to perform those duties is determined, in accordance with this
Article VIII, to constitute conduct under Section 180.0851(2)(a) 1, 2, 3 or 4
of the Statute. |
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Corporation as used herein and as defined in the Statute and
incorporated by reference into the definitions of certain other capitalized
terms used herein, shall mean this corporation, including, without limitation,
any successor corporation or entity to this corporation by way of merger,
consolidation or acquisition of all or substantially all of the capital stock
or assets of this corporation. |
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Director or Officer shall have the meaning set forth in the
Statute; provided, that, for purposes of this Article VIII, it shall be
conclusively presumed that any Director or Officer serving as a director,
officer, partner, member, trustee, member of any governing or decision-making
committee, manager, employee or agent of an Affiliate shall be so serving at
the request of the Corporation. |
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Disinterested Quorum shall mean (A) a quorum of the Board
consisting of directors who are not Parties to the subject Proceeding or any
related Proceeding or (B) if the quorum described in clause (A) cannot be
obtained, a committee duly appointed by the Board and consisting solely of two
or more directors who are not Parties to the subject Proceeding or any related
Proceeding, provided that directors who are Parties to the subject Proceeding
or a related Proceeding may participate in the designation of members of the
committee. |
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Expenses shall mean and include fees, costs, charges, disbursements,
attorney fees and any other expenses incurred in connection with a Proceeding. |
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Party shall mean an individual who was or is, or who is
threatened to be made, a named defendant or respondent in a Proceeding. |
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Proceeding shall have the meaning set forth in the Statute;
provided, that, in accordance with Section 180.0859 of the Statute and for
purposes of this Article VIII, the term Proceeding shall also include all
Proceedings (A) brought before an Authority or otherwise to enforce rights
hereunder, including a Proceeding brought by a Director or Officer and a
Proceeding brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement
of Expenses under an agreement furnished pursuant to Section 8.05(a)(ii);
(B) involving any appeal from a Proceeding; and (C) in which the Director or
Officer is a plaintiff or petitioner because he or she is a Director or
Officer; provided, however, that any such Proceeding under this clause (C)
must be authorized by a majority vote of a Disinterested Quorum. For the
avoidance of doubt, Proceeding shall include all Proceedings brought under
(in whole or in part) the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Exchange
Act, their respective state counterparts, and/or any rule or regulation
promulgated under any of the foregoing. |
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Statute shall mean Sections 180.0850 through 180.0859,
inclusive, of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law as the same shall then be
in effect, including any amendments thereto, but, in the case of any such
amendment, only to the extent such amendment permits or requires the
Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than the Statute
permitted or required the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment. |
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Witness Period means the period beginning at the time at
which a Director or Officer reasonably expects to be a witness in a Proceeding
because he or she is a Director or Officer and continuing until the earlier of
(A) the time, if ever, at which such Director or Officer becomes a Party to
such Proceeding or (B) the time, if ever, at which such Director or Officer
should no longer reasonably expect to be a witness in such Proceeding. |
(b) As used in this Article VIII:
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The phrase because he or she is a Director or Officer shall
include circumstances in which the Director or Officer is a Party (or, during
the Witness Period, may be a witness) on account of his or her conduct (or
status) as a Director, Officer or employee of the Corporation or employee of a
subsidiary of the Corporation. |
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When a Proceeding is a foreign, federal, state or local
government proceeding threatened by an agency, instrumentality or other person
on behalf of such government to enforce laws or regulations within its
enforcement jurisdiction or to investigate whether such laws or regulations
were violated (collectively, a government initiator), a Director or Officer
shall not be deemed to be threatened to be made a named defendant or respondent
in such Proceeding until the time, if ever, at which such Director or Officer
(directly or though his or her counsel) is notified in writing by a
representative of the government initiator that such Director or Officer is the
target of the government initiators investigation, that the government
initiator intends to make such Director or Officer a named defendant or
respondent in such proceeding, or the government initiator provides similar
formal notification that the Director or Officer
may be made a named defendant or respondent in such proceeding. It is
understood that if, prior to the commencement of such proceeding, there is
no such formal notification, then such notification shall be deemed to have
occurred at the time at which the proceeding is commenced. |
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If a Proceeding is only an investigative proceeding by a
government initiator (as such term is defined in subsection (b)(ii)), then no
Director or Officer shall be deemed to be a Party thereto even if the
authorization to conduct the investigation names the Director or Officer by
position or otherwise. |
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The phrase Disinterested Quorum cannot be obtained shall mean
that (A) on the day an indemnification request is received by the Company
pursuant to Section 8.03(a), a Disinterested Quorum is not possible because
there are not at least two directors who are not Parties to the subject
Proceeding or any related Proceeding on such day, and (B) within the 30-day
period specified in Section 8.03(a), a Disinterested Quorum does not determine
whether the Director or Officer requesting indemnification engaged in conduct
constituting a Breach of Duty. |
8.02 Mandatory Indemnification. To the fullest extent permitted or required by the
Statute, the Corporation shall indemnify a Director or Officer against all Liabilities incurred by
or on behalf of such Director or Officer in connection with a Proceeding in which the Director or
Officer is a Party because he or she is a Director or Officer. Such obligation to indemnify shall
include an obligation to reimburse the Director or Officer to the extent he or she has paid any
such Liabilities.
8.03 Process for Obtaining Indemnification; Payment or Reimbursement.
(a) The process for obtaining indemnification under Section 8.02 is that the Director or
Officer shall make a written request therefor to the Corporation. Within 30 days of the
Corporations receipt of such request, the Corporation shall pay or reimburse the Director or
Officer for the entire amount of Liabilities incurred by the Director or Officer in connection with
the subject Proceeding (net of any Expenses previously advanced pursuant to Section 8.05 and any
Expenses previously paid or reimbursed under Section 8.06) unless either:
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within such 30-day period, a Disinterested Quorum, by a
majority vote thereof, determines that the Director or Officer requesting
indemnification engaged in conduct constituting a Breach of Duty; or |
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a Disinterested Quorum cannot be obtained. |
If indemnification of the requested amount of Liabilities is paid by the Corporation, then it shall
be conclusively presumed for all purposes that a Disinterested Quorum has affirmatively determined
that the Director or Officer did not engage in conduct constituting a Breach of Duty.
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(b) If a Disinterested Quorum determines pursuant to Section 8.03(a)(i) that the Director or
Officer requesting indemnification engaged in conduct constituting a Breach of Duty or a
Disinterested Quorum cannot be obtained, then (i) whether the Directors or Officers conduct
constituted a Breach of Duty and, therefore, whether indemnification should be denied shall be
determined under Section 8.04 and (ii) the Board or a Disinterested Quorum shall contemporaneously
with such determination under Section 8.03(a)(i) or, if a Disinterested Quorum cannot be obtained,
not later than the final day of the 30-day period specified in Section 8.03(a), authorize by
resolution that an Authority determine, as provided in Section 8.04, whether the Directors or
Officers conduct constituted a Breach of Duty and, therefore, whether indemnification should be
denied hereunder. If neither the Board nor a Disinterested Quorum authorizes an Authority to
determine the Directors or Officers right to indemnification hereunder in accordance with Section
8.04, then it shall be conclusively presumed for all purposes that a Disinterested Quorum has
affirmatively determined that the Director or Officer did not engage in conduct constituting a
Breach of Duty and the Corporation shall pay or reimburse the Director or Officer for the entire
amount of Liabilities incurred by the Director or Officer in connection with the subject Proceeding
(net of any Expenses previously advanced pursuant to Section 8.05 and any Expenses previously paid
or reimbursed under Section 8.06).
8.04 Determination by Authority of Right to Indemnification.
(a) If a request for indemnification pursuant to Section 8.03, or a request for advancement of
Expenses pursuant to Section 8.05, is not paid in full by the Corporation or on its behalf within
the timeframes specified therein, including as a result of a Disinterested Quorum determining
pursuant to Section 8.03(a)(i) that the Director or Officer requesting indemnification engaged in
conduct constituting a Breach of Duty or as a result of the fact that a Disinterested Quorum cannot
be obtained, then the Director or Officer requesting indemnification or Expenses shall have the
absolute right exercised in his or her sole discretion to select one of the following as an
Authority to determine his or her entitlement to such indemnification or Expenses, which selection
the Director or Officer shall make within the 30 days immediately following the denial of payment
or the deadlines specified in Sections 8.03 or 8.05, as applicable, whichever is later:
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An independent legal counsel; provided, that such counsel shall
be mutually selected, within ten business days after the Director or Officer
selects an independent legal counsel as the Authority, by mutual agreement of
such Director or Officer, on the one hand, and by a majority vote of a
Disinterested Quorum or if a Disinterested Quorum cannot be obtained, then by a
majority vote of the Board, on the other hand; provided further, that neither
the Director or Officer nor the Disinterested Quorum or the Board shall
unreasonably withhold his, her or its agreement to the selection of such
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A panel of three arbitrators selected from the panels of
arbitrators of the American Arbitration Association in Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
provided, that (A) one arbitrator shall be selected by such Director or
Officer, the second arbitrator shall be selected by a majority vote of a
Disinterested
Quorum or if a Disinterested Quorum cannot be obtained, then by a majority
vote of the Board, and the third arbitrator shall be selected by the two
previously selected arbitrators, and (B) in all other respects, such panel
shall be governed by the American Arbitration Associations then existing
Commercial Arbitration Rules; or |
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A court of competent jurisdiction. |
(b) In any such determination by the selected Authority there shall exist a rebuttable
presumption that the Directors or Officers conduct did not constitute a Breach of Duty and that
indemnification against the requested amount of Liabilities is required. The burden of rebutting
such a presumption shall be by clear and convincing evidence and shall be on the Corporation or
such other party asserting that such indemnification should not be allowed.
(c) If the Authority is not a court of competent jurisdiction, then within 30 days of being
selected, the Authority shall make its determination and submit a written opinion of its
determination simultaneously to both the Corporation and the Director or Officer.
(d) If the Authority determines that indemnification or advancement of Expenses is required
hereunder, then the Corporation shall pay or reimburse the entire requested amount of Liabilities
(net of any Expenses previously advanced pursuant to Section 8.05) or the entire requested amount
of Expenses, as the case may be, including interest thereon at a reasonable rate, as determined by
the Authority, within 10 days of receipt of the Authoritys opinion; provided, that, in the case of
a request for indemnification only, if it is determined by the Authority that a Director or Officer
is entitled to indemnification against Liabilities incurred in connection with some claims, issues
or matters, but not as to other claims, issues or matters, involved in the subject Proceeding, the
Corporation shall be required to pay or reimburse (as set forth above) only the amount of such
requested Liabilities as the Authority shall deem appropriate in light of all of the circumstances
of such Proceeding.
(e) The determination by the Authority that indemnification or advancement of Expenses is
required hereunder shall be binding upon the Corporation. No prior determination by a
Disinterested Quorum that the Director or Officer engaged in a Breach of Duty, or failure to make a
determination, shall create a presumption that the Director or Officer engaged in a Breach of Duty.
Judgment upon the determination by the Authority may be entered in any court of competent
jurisdiction.
(f) All Expenses incurred in any determination process under this Section 8.04 by either the
Corporation or the Director or Officer, including, without limitation, all Expenses of the selected
Authority and all Expenses relating to entering a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction,
shall be paid by the Corporation, and to the extent an Authority requests the Corporation to
advance a reasonable amount of Expenses of the Authority, the Corporation shall do so promptly.
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8.05 Mandatory Advancement of Expenses.
(a) The Corporation shall pay or reimburse from time to time or at any time, within two
business days after the receipt of the Directors or Officers written request therefor, the
reasonable Expenses incurred by or on behalf of a Director or Officer who is a Party to a
Proceeding because he or she is a Director or Officer if the Director or Officer furnishes to the
Corporation:
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An executed written certificate affirming his or her good faith
belief that he or she has not engaged in conduct which constitutes a Breach of
Duty in connection with the claims, issues or matters involved in the subject
Proceeding in connection with which the Expenses are incurred; and |
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An unsecured executed written agreement to repay any advances
made under this Section 8.05 to the extent that it is ultimately determined by
an Authority (which determination, in the case of a determination by a court of
competent jurisdiction, is a final adjudication from which there is no further
right to appeal) that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the
Corporation for such Expenses; provided that, for this purpose, if the Director
or Officer does not make a request for indemnification pursuant to Section 8.03
within the 120 days immediately following the completion of the Proceeding to
which such advances relate insofar as the Director or Officer is concerned,
then a determination shall be made, pursuant to Section 8.03, whether the
Directors or Officers conduct constituted a Breach of Duty and, therefore,
whether he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation for such
Expenses, and if Section 8.04 applies and the Director or Officer does not
select an Authority pursuant to Section 8.04(a) within the 30-day period
specified therein, then the Corporation may select the Authority by written
notice to the Director or Officer. |
For the avoidance of doubt, if the above provisions are satisfied by the furnishing of instruments
that on their face comply with the requirements of this Section 8.05(a), then the Corporation shall
be obligated to make the payments and reimbursements specified in this Section 8.05(a) regardless
of any determination by, or belief of, the Corporation, the Board or any of the Directors
questioning the contents of such instruments, including without limitation on the basis that the
Director or Officer whose Expenses are to be paid or reimbursed is not acting in good faith or that
he or she has engaged in conduct which constitutes a Breach of Duty.
(b) If the Director or Officer must repay any previously advanced Expenses pursuant to this
Section 8.05, such Director or Officer shall not be required to pay interest on such amounts or to
otherwise compensate the Corporation on account of the repayment.
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8.06 Witness Expenses. The Corporation shall pay all reasonable Expenses of a
Director or Officer that are incurred by or on behalf of the Director or Officer during the Witness
Period in connection with the Proceeding to which the Witness Period relates. Without limiting
the scope of such Expenses, they shall include Expenses in preparing to testify regardless of
whether any testimony actually occurs. A Director or Officer who is entitled to have the
Corporation pay Expenses under the first sentence of this Section 8.06 shall make a written request
therefor to the Corporation. The Corporation shall make such payment within 10 days after the
receipt by the Corporation of a request by a Director or Officer (or if so requested in writing by
the Director or Officer, the Corporation shall within such 10-day period reimburse the Director or
Officer for a payment of Expenses made by him or her). For the avoidance of doubt, a Director or
Officer shall not be obligated to repay any such Expenses in the circumstances in which Section
8.05 would require repayment.
8.07 Right of Officer or Director to Bring Suit. If a claim for indemnification or
advancement of Expenses is not paid in full by the Corporation or on its behalf within the
timeframes specified in Section 8.03, 8.04, 8.05 or 8.06, as applicable, then a Director of Officer
may at any time thereafter bring a Proceeding against the Corporation in a court of competent
jurisdiction to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. The foregoing right shall be in addition
to, and not in lieu of, any rights a Director or Officer may have pursuant to Section 8.04 or
Section 180.0854 of the Statute.
8.08 Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of a
Director or Officer or any individual who is or was an employee or authorized agent of the
Corporation against any Liability asserted against or incurred by such individual in his or her
capacity as such or arising from his or her status as such, regardless of whether the Corporation
is required or permitted to indemnify against any such Liability under this Article VIII.
8.09 Severability. If a court of competent jurisdiction shall deem any provision of
this Article VIII invalid or inoperative in whole or as applied to any specific circumstances, or
if a court of competent jurisdiction determines that any of the provisions of this Article VIII
contravene public policy in whole or as applied to any specific circumstances, this Article VIII
shall be construed so that the remaining provisions shall not be affected, but shall remain in full
force and effect, and any such provisions which are invalid or inoperative or which contravene
public policy, in each case as so determined, shall be deemed, without further action or deed by or
on behalf of the Corporation, to be modified, amended and/or limited, but only to the extent
necessary to render the same valid and enforceable; it being understood that it is the
Corporations intention to provide the Directors and Officers with the broadest possible protection
against personal liability allowable under the Statute. Without limiting the scope of the
preceding provisions of this Section 8.09, if Section 8.06 as applied to a specific circumstance is
deemed invalid, inoperative or contrary to public policy, then Section 8.05 shall apply as if the
definition of the term Party includes any Director or Officer who, because he or she is a
Director or Officer, was or is a witness in a Proceeding at a time when he or she was not a named
defendant or respondent or threatened to be made a named defendant or respondent in such
Proceeding.
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8.10 Nonexclusively of Article VIII. The rights of a Director or Officer granted
under this Article VIII shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to indemnification
against Liabilities or advancement of Expenses to which the Director or Officer may be entitled
under any written agreement, Board resolution, vote of shareholders of the Corporation or
otherwise,
including, without limitation, under the Statute. Nothing contained in this Article VIII shall
be deemed to limit the Corporations obligations to indemnify against Liabilities or allow Expenses
to a Director, Officer or employee under the Statute. Nothing contained in this Article VIII shall
affect the Corporations power to pay or reimburse expenses incurred by a Director or Officer as a
witness in a Proceeding to which he or she is not a Party.
8.11 Contractual Nature of Article VIII; Repeal or Limitation of Rights. This Article
VIII shall be deemed to be a contract between the Corporation and each Director and Officer of the
Corporation and any repeal or other limitation of this Article VIII or any repeal or limitation of
the Statute or any other applicable law shall not limit any rights of indemnification as they
existed under this Article VIII prior to such repeal or other limitations against Liabilities or
advancement of Expenses then existing or arising out of events, acts or omissions occurring prior
to such repeal or limitation, including, without limitation, the right to indemnification against
Liabilities or advancement of Expenses for Proceedings commenced after such repeal or limitation to
enforce this Article VIII with regard to acts, omissions or events arising prior to such repeal or
limitation.
8.12 Application of January 2010 Amendments. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Article VIII, Section 8.06 shall not apply to a Witness Period that commenced prior to the
January 28, 2010 adoption of Section 8.06.
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