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Section 2. Subject to Section 3 of this Article VIII, the Corporation
shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a
party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right
of the Corporation to procure a judgement in its favor (together with third
party proceedings, "proceedings") by reason of the fact that he is or was a
director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of
the Corporation as a director or officer of another Corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to
employee benefit plans (an "indemnitee"), against expenses (including attorneys'
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or
settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Corporation; except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any
claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be
liable to the Corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of
Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine
upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all
the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court
shall deem proper.
AUTHORIZATION OF INDEMNIFICATION
Section 3. Any indemnification under this Article VIII (unless ordered by
a court) shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the specific
case upon a determination that indemnification of the director, or officer is
proper in the circumstances because he has not met the applicable standard of
conduct set forth in Section 1 or Section 2 of this Article VIII, as the case
may be. Such determination shall be made (i) by a majority vote of the directors
who were not parties to such actions, suit or proceeding, even though less than
a quorum, or (ii) if there are no such directors or if such directors so direct,
by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (iii) by the stockholders.
To the extent, however, that a director or officer of the Corporation has been
successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or
proceeding, described above, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter
therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorney's fees)
actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith, without the
necessity of authorization in the specific case.
Section 4. Presumptions And Procedural Protections.
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(a) The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgement, order,
settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent,
shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good
faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the Corporation, and with respect to any criminal action
or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
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Source: ADVANCED MICRO DEVIC, 10-K405, March 21, 2000