including, subject to certain limited exceptions, the heirs and personal or other legal
representatives of that individual (collectively, an eligible party), against all eligible penalties, defined below, to which the eligible party is or may be liable; and
(b) after final disposition of an eligible proceeding, pay the expenses actually and reasonably incurred by an eligible party in respect of
that proceeding, where:
(i) eligible penalty means a judgment, penalty or fine awarded or imposed in, or an
amount paid in settlement of, an eligible proceeding,
(ii) eligible proceeding means a proceeding in which an
eligible party or any of the heirs and personal or other legal representatives of the eligible party, by reason of the eligible party being or having been a director or officer of, or holding or having held a position equivalent to that of a
director or officer of, our company or an associated corporation (A) is or may be joined as a party, or (B) is or may be liable for or in respect of a judgment, penalty or fine in, or expenses related to, the proceeding,
(iii) expenses includes costs, charges and expenses, including legal and other fees, but does not include
judgments, penalties, fines or amounts paid in settlement of a proceeding, and
(iv) proceeding includes any
legal proceeding or investigative action, whether current, threatened, pending or completed.
Under Section 161 of the Act, and
subject to Section 163 of the Act, we must, after the final disposition of an eligible proceeding, pay the expenses actually and reasonably incurred by an eligible party in respect of that proceeding if the eligible party (a) has not been
reimbursed for those expenses, and (b) is wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the outcome of the proceeding or is substantially successful on the merits in the outcome of the proceeding.
Under Section 162 of the Act, and subject to Section 163 of the Act, we may pay, as they are incurred in advance of the final
disposition of an eligible proceeding, the expenses actually and reasonably incurred by an eligible party in respect of the proceeding, provided that we must not make such payments unless we first receive from the eligible party a written
undertaking that, if it is ultimately determined that the payment of expenses is prohibited under Section 163 of the Act, the eligible party will repay the amounts advanced.
Under Section 163 of the Act, we must not indemnify an eligible party against eligible penalties to which the eligible party is or may be
liable or pay the expenses of an eligible party in respect of that proceeding under Sections 160, 161 or 162 of the Act, as the case may be, if any of the following circumstances apply:
(a) if the indemnity or payment is made under an earlier agreement to indemnify or pay expenses and, at the time that the agreement to
indemnify or pay expenses was made, we were prohibited from giving the indemnity or paying the expenses by our memorandum or articles;
(b) if the indemnity or payment is made otherwise than under an earlier agreement to indemnify or pay expenses and, at the time that the
indemnity or payment is made, we are prohibited from giving the indemnity or paying the expenses by our memorandum or articles;
(c) if,
in relation to the subject matter of the eligible proceeding, the eligible party did not act honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of our company or the associated corporation, as the case may be; or
(d) in the case of an eligible proceeding other than a civil proceeding, if the eligible party did not have reasonable grounds for believing
that the eligible partys conduct in respect of which the proceeding was brought was lawful.
If an eligible proceeding is brought
against an eligible party by or on behalf of our company or by or on behalf of an associated corporation, we must not either indemnify the eligible party against eligible penalties to which the eligible party is or may be liable, or pay the expenses
of the eligible party under Sections 160, 161 or 162 of the Act, as the case may be, in respect of the proceeding.