                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPLICATION OF ARTICLE (§ 13.1-704)

A. Unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws expressly provide otherwise,
any authorization of indemnification or advances or reimbursement of expenses in
the articles of incorporation or bylaws shall not be deemed to prevent the
corporation from providing indemnity or advances or reimbursement of expenses
permitted or mandated by this article.

B. A corporation, by a provision in its articles of incorporation or bylaws or
in a resolution adopted or a contract approved by the board of directors or
shareholders, may obligate itself in advance of the act or omission giving rise
to a proceeding to provide indemnification in accordance with &#xA7; 13.1-697 or
subsection C and advance funds to pay for or reimburse expenses in accordance
with &#xA7; 13.1-699. Any such obligatory provision shall be deemed to satisfy
the requirements for authorization referred to in subsection C of &#xA7;
13.1-699 and subsection C of &#xA7; 13.1-701.

C. Any corporation shall have power to make any further indemnity, including
indemnity with respect to a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation,
and to make additional provision for advances and reimbursement of expenses, to
any director or officer that may be authorized by the articles of incorporation
or any bylaw made by the shareholders or any resolution adopted, before or after
the event, by the shareholders, except an indemnity against (i) his willful
misconduct or (ii) a knowing violation of criminal law. Any such provision that
obligates the corporation to provide indemnification to the fullest extent
permitted by law shall be deemed, unless the articles of incorporation or any
such bylaw or resolution expressly provides otherwise, also to obligate the
corporation to advance funds to pay for or reimburse expenses to the fullest
extent permitted by law in accordance with &#xA7; 13.1-699 except that the
applicable standard shall be conduct that does not constitute willful misconduct
or a knowing violation of criminal law, rather than the standard of conduct
prescribed in &#xA7; 13.1-697. Unless the articles of incorporation, or any such
bylaw or resolution expressly provide otherwise, any determination as to the
right to any further indemnity shall be made in accordance with subsection B of
&#xA7; 13.1-701. Each such indemnity may continue as to a person who has ceased
to have the capacity referred to above and may inure to the benefit of the
heirs, executors, and administrators of such a person.

D. A right of indemnification or advance for expenses created under this article
or under subsection B and in effect at the time of an act or omission shall not
be reduced, eliminated, or impaired by any amendment of the articles of
incorporation or bylaws or a resolution of the board of directors or
shareholders adopted after the occurrence of such act or omission unless, in the
case of a right created under subsection B, the provision creating such right
and in effect at the time of such act or omission explicitly authorizes such
reduction, elimination, or impairment after such act or omission has occurred.

E. Any provision pursuant to subsection B shall not obligate the corporation to
indemnify or advance expenses to a director of a predecessor of the corporation,
pertaining to conduct with respect to the predecessor, unless otherwise
expressly provided. Any provision for indemnification or advance for expenses in
the articles of incorporation or bylaws, or a resolution of the board of
directors or shareholders of a predecessor of the corporation in a merger or in
a contract to which the predecessor is a party, existing at the time the merger
takes effect, shall be governed by subdivision A 4 of &#xA7; 13.1-721.

F. This article does not limit a corporation&#8217;s power to pay or reimburse
expenses incurred by a director or an officer in connection with his or her
appearance as a witness in a proceeding at a time when he or she is not a party.

G. This article does not limit a corporation&#8217;s power to provide indemnity
to, advance or reimburse expenses incurred by, or provide or maintain insurance
on behalf of an agent or an employee who is not a director or officer.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 13.1-3.1; 1968, c. 570; 1975, c. 500; 1979, c. 99; 1985,
c. 522; 1987, cc. 59, 257; 1988, c. 561; 2005, c. 765; 2007, c. 165; 2010, c.
782; 2019, c. 734.