NCMI » Topics » 4.14 Limitation of Liability; Exculpation .

This excerpt taken from the NCMI 8-K filed Feb 16, 2007.

4.14 Limitation of Liability; Exculpation.

(a) No Manager, Member or officer of the Company, nor any of their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates (including any stockholder of REG, Marquee Holdings, Cinemark or NCM Inc. that would be deemed an Affiliate but for the exception set forth in subsections (iii), (iv), (v) or (vi) of the definition of Affiliate herein, or any of such stockholder’s Affiliates) nor any of their respective direct or indirect officers, directors, trustees, members, partners, equity holders, employees or agents, nor any of their heirs, executors, successors and assigns (individually, an “Indemnitee”), shall be liable to the Company or any Member for any

 

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act or omission by such Indemnitee in connection with the conduct of affairs of the Company or otherwise incurred in connection with the Company or this Agreement or the matters contemplated herein, in each case unless such act or omission was the result of gross negligence or willful misconduct or constitutes a breach of, or a failure to comply with, any agreement between (x) such Indemnitee and (y) the Company or its Subsidiaries and Affiliates.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or otherwise applicable provision of law or equity, whenever in this Agreement a Manager, Member or officer of the Company is permitted or required to make a decision (i) in its “sole discretion” or “discretion,” with “complete discretion” or under a grant of similar authority or latitude, such Manager, Member or officer shall be entitled to consider only such interests and factors as it desires, including its own interests, and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, have no duty or obligation to give any consideration to any interest of or factors affecting the Company or the Members, or (ii) in its “good faith” or under another expressed standard, such Manager, Member or officer shall act under such express standard and shall not be subject to any other or different standards.

(c) Any Manager, Member, Liquidator or officer of the Company may consult with legal counsel and accountants selected by it at its expense or with legal counsel and accountants for the Company at the Company’s expense. Each Manager, Member, Liquidator and officer of the Company shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Company and upon information, opinions, reports, or statements presented by another Manager, Member, Liquidator or officer, or employee of the Company, or committees of the Company, Manager or Members, or by any other Person (including, without limitation, legal counsel and public accountants) as to matters that the Manager, Member, Liquidator or officer reasonably believes are within such other Person’s professional or expert competence, including information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, Net Income or Net Losses of the Company, or the value and amount of assets or reserves or contracts, agreements or other undertakings that would be sufficient to pay claims and obligations of the Company or to make reasonable provision to pay such claims and obligations, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which distributions to Members or creditors might properly be paid.

4.15 Indemnification.

(a) Indemnification Rights. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnitee from and against any and all losses, claims, demands, costs, damages, liabilities, expenses of any nature (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements), judgments, fines, settlements (whether on an individual or joint and several basis) and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitral or investigative, in which the Indemnitee was involved or may be involved, or threatened to be involved, as a party or otherwise, arising out of or in connection with the business of the Company, this Agreement, any Person’s status as a Manager, Member or officer of the Company or any action taken by any Manager, Member or officer of the Company or under this Agreement or otherwise on behalf of the Company (collectively, “Liabilities”), regardless of whether the Indemnitee continues to be a Manager, Member or officer of the Company, or an Affiliate, officer, director, employee, trustee, member or partner or agent of a

 

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Manager, Member or officer of the Company, to the fullest extent permitted by the LLC Act and all other applicable laws; provided that an Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification hereunder only to the extent that such Indemnitee’s conduct did not result from gross negligence or willful misconduct. The termination of any proceeding by settlement, judgment, order, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent shall not, of itself, create a presumption that such Indemnitee’s conduct resulted from gross negligence or willful misconduct.

(b) Expenses. Expenses incurred by an Indemnitee in defending against any Liability or potential Liability subject to this Section 4.15 shall, from time to time, be advanced by the Company prior to the final disposition of such Liability upon receipt by the Company of an undertaking reasonably acceptable in form and substance to the Manager by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it shall be determined that such Person is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in this Section 4.15.

(c) Indemnification Rights Non-Exclusive; Rights of Indemnified Parties. The indemnification provided by this Section 4.15 shall be in addition to any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any agreement, by a Majority Member Vote, as a matter of law or equity, or otherwise. Such indemnification shall continue with respect to an Indemnitee even though it has ceased to serve in any particular capacity and shall inure to the benefit of its heirs, executors, successors, assigns and other legal representatives.

(d) Assets of the Company. Any indemnification under this Section 4.15 shall be satisfied solely out of the assets of the Company, and no Member shall be subject to personal liability or required to fund or cause to be funded any obligation by reason of these indemnification provisions.

(e) Other Liability Insurance. The Company may purchase and maintain insurance, at the Company’s expense, on behalf of such Persons as the Manager shall reasonably determine, against any liability that may be asserted against, or any expense that may be incurred by, such Person in connection with the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries or Affiliates regardless of whether the Company would have the obligation to indemnify such Person against such liability under the provisions of this Agreement.

4.16 Title to Assets. Unless specifically licensed or leased to the Company, title to the assets of the Company, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, shall be deemed to be owned by the Company as an entity, and no Members, individually or collectively, shall have any ownership interest in such assets (other than licensed or leased assets) or any portion thereof.

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