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incorporation as authorized by section 202, subsection 2,
paragraph E.

 
2. Employee benefit plan. The conduct of a director with
respect to an employee benefit plan for a purpose the director
reasonably believed to be in the interests of the participants
in, and the beneficiaries of, the plan is conduct that satisfies
the requirement of subsection 1, paragraph A, subparagraph (2),
division (b).

 
3. Termination of proceeding. The termination of a
proceeding by judgment, order, settlement or conviction or upon a
plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent is not of itself
determinative that the director did not meet the relevant
standard of conduct described in this section.

 
4. Limits. Unless ordered by a court under section 855,
subsection 1, paragraph C, a corporation may not indemnify one of
its the corporation's directors:

 
A. In connection with a proceeding by or in the right of
the corporation, except for reasonable expenses incurred in
connection with the proceeding if it is determined that the
director has met the relevant standard of conduct under
subsection 1; or

 
B. In connection with any proceeding with respect to
conduct for which the director was adjudged liable on the
basis that the director received a financial benefit to
which the director was not entitled, whether or not
involving action in the director's official capacity.

 
§854. Advance for expenses

 
1. Conditions. A corporation may, before final disposition
of a proceeding, advance funds to pay for or reimburse the
reasonable expenses incurred by a director who is a party to a
proceeding because the director is a director of that corporation
if the director delivers to the corporation:

 
A. A written affirmation of the director's good faith
belief that the director has met the relevant standard of
conduct described in section 852, subsection 1 or that the
proceeding involves conduct for which liability has been
eliminated under a provision of the corporation's articles
of incorporation as authorized by section 202, subsection 2,
paragraph D; and

 
B. The director's written undertaking to repay any funds
advanced if the director is not entitled to mandatory


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