EIGHTH: The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by the law of the State of Delaware as it now exists and as it may hereinafter be amended, indemnify any and all persons whom it shall have power to indemnify under such law from and against any and all of the expenses, liabilities, or other matters referred to in or covered by such law. 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 bylaw, 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 EIGHTH 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 law of the State of Delaware as it now exists and as it may hereinafter be amended, 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.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any person that served as a director or officer of Luminex Corporation at any time prior to the Effective Time (as defined in that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 11, 2021, by and among DiaSorin S.p.A., a società per azioni organized under the laws of the Republic of Italy, Diagonal Subsidiary Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Luminex Corporation, a Delaware corporation), the provisions set forth in the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Luminex Corporation, in effect on April 11, 2021, related to indemnification, exculpation and the advancement of expenses shall remain effective and shall control with respect to any acts or omissions by such persons in their capacities as a director or officer, as applicable, of Luminex Corporation. at any time prior to the Effective Time.
NINTH: Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.