of a constituent) absorbed by the Corporation in a consolidation or merger; the term “other enterprise” shall include any corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or employee benefit plan; service “at the request of the Corporation” shall include service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to be an Expense; and action by a person with respect to an employee benefit plan which such person reasonably believes to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of such plan shall be deemed to be action not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.
(a) Expenses reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in defending any such action, suit or proceeding, as described in Section 7.5(i)(b), shall be paid or reimbursed by the Corporation promptly upon receipt by it of an undertaking of Indemnitee to repay such expenses if it shall ultimately be determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation.
(b) For the purposes of this Section 7.5, the term “Expenses” shall include all reasonable out of pocket fees, costs and expenses, including without limitation, attorneys’ fees, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, witness fees, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, and all other disbursements or expenses of the types customarily incurred in connection with defending, preparing to defend, or investigating an action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative but shall exclude the costs of acquiring and maintaining an appeal or supersedeas bond or similar instrument. For the avoidance of doubt,
“Expenses” shall not include (x) any amounts incurred in an action, suit or proceeding in which Indemnitee is a plaintiff and (y) any amounts incurred in connection with any non-compulsory counterclaim brought by the Indemnitee.
iii. Limitations. The Corporation shall not indemnify Indemnitee or advance Indemnitee’s Expenses if the action, suit or proceeding alleges (a) claims under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or (b) violations of Federal or state insider trading laws, unless, in the case of this clause (b), Indemnitee has been successful on the merits or settled the case with both court approval and the written consent of the Corporation, in which case the Corporation shall indemnify and reimburse Indemnitee.
iv. Standard of Conduct. No claim for indemnification shall be paid by the Corporation unless the Corporation has determined that Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the Corporation and, in an action by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor, its shareholders, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. Such determinations shall be made by (a) a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who are not parties to the action, suit or proceeding for which indemnification is sought, or (b) if such a quorum of directors is not obtainable, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (c) by approval of a majority of the shareholders, or (d) the court in which the proceeding is or was pending.