Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued. (b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
Appears in 108 contracts
Samples: Executive Employment Agreement (Viracta Therapeutics, Inc.), Indemnification Agreement (Xperi Inc.), Indemnification Agreement (Xperi Holding Corp)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “"Company” " shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “"other enterprises” " shall include employee benefit plans; references to “"fines” " shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “"serving at the request of the Company” " shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “"not opposed to the best interests of the Company” " as referred to in this Agreement.
Appears in 90 contracts
Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Dyadic International Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Dyadic International Inc), Indemnification Agreement (CNS Response, Inc.)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “"Company” " shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “"other enterprises” " shall include employee benefit plans; references to “"fines” " shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “"serving at the request of the Company” " shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “"not opposed to the best interests of the Company” " as referred to in this Agreement.
Appears in 68 contracts
Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Neuralstem, Inc.), Indemnification Agreement (Neuralstem, Inc.), Indemnification Agreement (Genspera Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “"Company” " shall ------- include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “"other enterprises” " ----------------- shall include employee benefit plans; references to “"fines” " shall include any ----- excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “"serving at the request of the Company” " shall include any ------------------------------------- service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “"not --- opposed to the best interests of the Company” " as referred to in this Agreement.. --------------------------------------------
Appears in 28 contracts
Samples: Employment Agreement (Tenfold Corp /Ut), Indemnification Agreement (Preview Systems Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Brio Technology Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “"Company” " shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “"other enterprises” " shall include employee benefit plans; references to “"fines” " shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “"serving at the request of the Company” " shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
Appears in 28 contracts
Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Lantronix), Indemnification Agreement (Forecross Corp), Indemnification Agreement (American Mold Guard Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Companycompany” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
Appears in 23 contracts
Samples: Employment Agreement (Opti-Harvest, Inc.), Employment Agreement (Opti-Harvest, Inc.), Employment Agreement (New Momentum Corp.)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “"Company” " shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, include any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “"other enterprises” " shall include employee benefit plans; references to “"fines” " shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “"serving at the request of the Company” " shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes impose duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest best interests of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed "reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the Company” Company and its shareholders" as referred to in this Agreement.
Appears in 15 contracts
Samples: Indemnification Agreement (NQL Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Alpha Microsystems), Indemnification Agreement (Alpha Microsystems)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “"Company” " shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “"other enterprises” " shall include employee benefit plans; references to “"fines” " shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “"serving at the request of the Company” " shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “"not opposed to the best interests of the Company” " as referred to in this Agreement.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement a "Change in Control" shall be deemed to have occurred if (i) any "person" (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, is or becomes the "beneficial owner" (as determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under said Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than twenty percent (20%) of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, (ii) during any period of two (2) consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders was approved by a vote of at least two thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof, or (iii) the shareholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the Voting Securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least 80% of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or the shareholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.
(d) For purposes of this Agreement, "Independent Legal Counsel" shall mean an attorney or firm of attorneys, selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 1(c) hereof, who shall not have otherwise performed services for the Company or Indemnitee within the last three years (other than with respect to matters concerning the rights of Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnity agreements).
Appears in 12 contracts
Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Sevion Therapeutics, Inc.), Indemnification Agreement (Senesco Technologies Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Senesco Technologies Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
Appears in 12 contracts
Samples: Indemnification Agreement (First Foundation Inc.), Indemnification Agreement (Pacific Mercantile Bancorp), Indemnification Agreement (Cyberdefender Corp)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the any resulting corporation, any successor corporation, and any new direct or indirect parent company, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agent, or agentsfiduciary, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, agent, or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, agent, or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust trust, or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “any subsidiary of the Company” shall include any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, or other business entity of which (i) if a corporation, a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Company or one or more of the other subsidiaries of the Company or a combination thereof, or (ii) if a partnership, limited liability company, association, or other business entity, a majority of the ownership interests therein is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Company or one or more subsidiaries of that person or a combination thereof.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
(d) For purposes of this Agreement, a “Change of Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into any other corporation or entity (other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the Voting Securities (as defined below) of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least 50% of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation), or the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the Company’s assets; provided, however, that following the Company’s registration of the offering of any securities of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and during such period as the Company shall be subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, a “Change of Control” shall also be deemed to have occurred if: (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, (A) who is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 10% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities (as defined below), increases his beneficial ownership of such securities by 5% or more over the percentage so owned by such person, or (B) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 20% of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities; or (ii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof.
(e) For purposes of this Agreement, “Enterprise” shall mean the Company, any subsidiary of the Company, and any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other Enterprise of which Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, trustee, partner, managing member, fiduciary, employee, or agent.
Appears in 11 contracts
Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Jack Cooper Logistics, LLC), Indemnification Agreement (Jack Cooper Logistics, LLC), Indemnification Agreement (Jack Cooper Logistics, LLC)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) a. For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger whichthat, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees stockholders, employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if an Indemnitee is is, was or was may be deemed a director, officer, employee stockholder, employee, agent, control person, or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, control person, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, the Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as the Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) b. For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on an Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which that imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if an Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner the Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, the Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
c. For purposes of this Agreement a “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if: (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, (A) who is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing twenty percent (20%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, increases his beneficial ownership of such securities by five percent (5%) or more over the percentage so owned by such person, or (B) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under said Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than thirty percent (30%) of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, (ii) during any period of two (2) consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof, or (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation other than a merger or consolidation that would result in the Voting Securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least eighty percent (80%) of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.
d. For purposes of this Agreement, “Independent Legal Counsel” shall mean an attorney or firm of attorneys, selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 2(e) hereof, who shall not have otherwise performed services for the Company or the Indemnitee within the last three (3) years (other than with respect to matters concerning the right of the Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnity agreements).
Appears in 11 contracts
Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Marinus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), Indemnification Agreement (Marinus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), Indemnification Agreement (Marinus Pharmaceuticals Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger whichthat, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with in respect to of the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with in respect to of such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with in respect to of an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which that imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent with fiduciary in respect to of an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement a “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, (A) who is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 10% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, increases its beneficial ownership of such securities by 5% or more over the percentage so owned by such person, or (B) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under said Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 20% of the total voting power represented by the then outstanding Voting Securities, (ii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board and any new director whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof, or (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the Voting Securities outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least 80% of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.
(d) For purposes of this Agreement, “Independent Legal Counsel” means an attorney or firm of attorneys, selected in accordance with Section 1(c), who shall not have otherwise performed services for the Company or Indemnitee within the last three years (other than in respect of matters concerning the rights of Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnity agreements).
Appears in 10 contracts
Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Earth Biofuels Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Earth Biofuels Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Earth Biofuels Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “"Company” " shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its officers and directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee an officer or agent director of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “"other enterprises” " shall include employee benefit plans; references to “"fines” " shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “"serving at the request of the Company” " shall include any service as a director, officer, employee an officer or agent director of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee officer or agent director with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or beneficiaries; its beneficiaries and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “"not opposed to the best interests of the Company” " as referred to in this Agreement.
Appears in 9 contracts
Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Sound Source Interactive Inc /De/), Indemnification Agreement (Sound Source Interactive Inc /De/), Indemnification Agreement (Sound Source Interactive Inc /De/)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) a. For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “"Company” " shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agentsmerger, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust trust, or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) b. For purposes of this Agreement, references to “"other enterprises” " shall include employee benefit plans; references to “"fines” " shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “"serving at the request of the Company” " shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, or agent of the Company which that imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “"not opposed to the best interests of the Company” " as referred to in this Agreement.
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Cyberonics Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Cyberonics Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Cyberonics Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) a. For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was or may be deemed a director, officer, employee employee, agent, control person, or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was or may be deemed to be serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, control person, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, each Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as each Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) b. For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on any Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if any Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner such Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, such Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
c. For purposes of this Agreement a “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, (A) who is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 20% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, increases his beneficial ownership of such securities by 5% or more over the percentage so owned by such person, or (B) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under said Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 30% of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, (ii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof, or (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the Voting Securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least two-thirds (2/3) of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.
d. For purposes of this Agreement, “Independent Legal Counsel” shall mean an attorney or firm of attorneys, selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 1(e) hereof, who shall not have otherwise performed services for the Company or any Indemnitee within the last three (3) years (other than with respect to matters concerning the right of any Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnity agreements).
Appears in 8 contracts
Samples: Board of Directors Agreement (Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc.), Board of Directors Agreement (Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc.), Board of Directors Agreement (Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc.)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) a. For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including including, without limitation, any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger whichthat, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if an Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, agent, control person, or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, control person, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, each Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as each Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) b. For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include include, without limitation, employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include include, without limitation, any excise taxes assessed on any Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which that imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if any Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner such Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, such Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
Appears in 7 contracts
Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Sirna Therapeutics Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Sirna Therapeutics Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Sirna Therapeutics Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “"Company” " shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “"other enterprises” " shall include employee benefit plans; references to “"fines” " shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “"serving at the request of the Company” " shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “"not opposed to the best interests of the Company” " as referred to in this Agreement.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement a "Change in Control" shall be deemed to have occurred if, on or after the date of this Agreement, (i) any "person" (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company acting in such capacity or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under said Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 50% of the total voting power represented by the Company's then outstanding Voting Securities (as defined in Section 10(f) hereof), (ii) during any period of two (2) consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company's stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof, or (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the Voting Securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least 80% of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) all or substantially all of the Company's assets.
(d) For purposes of this Agreement, "Independent Legal Counsel" shall mean an attorney or firm of attorneys, selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 1(c) hereof, who shall not have otherwise performed services for the Company or Indemnitee within the last three (3) years (other than with respect to matters concerning the rights of Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnity agreements).
Appears in 7 contracts
Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Pedevco Corp), Indemnification Agreement (Pedevco Corp), Indemnification Agreement (Monarch Staffing, Inc.)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any affiliate, subsidiary, joint venture, constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
Appears in 7 contracts
Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Altitude International Holdings, Inc.), Indemnification Agreement (Altitude International Holdings, Inc.), Indemnification Agreement (Altitude International Holdings, Inc.)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, directors and officers, and employees or agents, so that if the Indemnitee is or was or may be deemed a director, officer, employee director or agent officer of such constituent corporation, or is or was or may be deemed to be serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee director or agent officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, the Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as the Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on the Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee director or agent officer of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee director or agent officer with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if the Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, the Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement a “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than thirty percent (30%) of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, (ii) during any period of two (2) consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof, or (iii) the shareholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the Voting Securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least two-thirds (2/3) of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (iv) the shareholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the Company’s assets; provided that in no event shall a Change in Control be deemed to include (A) a merger, consolidation or reorganization of the Company for the purpose of changing the Company’s state of incorporation and in which there is no substantial change in the shareholders of the Company or its successor (as the case may be), or (B) the Company’s first firm commitment underwritten public offering of any of its securities to the general public pursuant to (x) a registration statement filed under the Securities Act, or (y) the securities laws applicable to an offering of securities in another jurisdiction pursuant to which such securities will be listed on an internationally recognized securities exchange (the “IPO”).
(d) For purposes of this Agreement, “Independent Legal Counsel” shall mean an attorney or firm of attorneys, selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 1(e) hereof, who shall not have otherwise performed services for the Company or the Indemnitee within the last two (2) years (other than with respect to matters concerning the right of the Indemnitee under this Agreement).
Appears in 7 contracts
Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Kaixin Auto Holdings), Indemnification Agreement (Hexindai Inc.), Indemnification Agreement (Hexindai Inc.)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “"Company” " shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger whichwith the Company, which constituent corporation, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “"other enterprises” " shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “"serving at the request of the Company” " shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “"not opposed to the best interests of the Company” " as referred to in this Agreement.
Appears in 7 contracts
Samples: Director Indemnification Agreement (Digitalwork Com Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Argonaut Technologies Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Advanced Life Sciences Holdings, Inc.)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement a “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, (A) who is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 10% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, increases his beneficial ownership of such securities by 5% or more over the percentage so owned by such person, or (B) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under said Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 20% of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, (ii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof, or (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the Voting Securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least 80% of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.
(d) For purposes of this Agreement, “Independent Legal Counsel” shall mean an attorney or firm of attorneys, selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 1(c) hereof, who shall not have otherwise performed services for the Company or Indemnitee within the last three years (other than with respect to matters concerning the rights of Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnity agreements).
Appears in 6 contracts
Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Intelius Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Agilent Technologies Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Agilent Technologies Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” "COMPANY" shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” "OTHER ENTERPRISES" shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” "FINES" shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” "SERVING AT THE REQUEST OF THE COMPANY" shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” "NOT OPPOSED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE COMPANY" as referred to in this Agreement.
Appears in 6 contracts
Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Acusphere Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Rosetta Inpharmatics Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Etoys Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, . Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement a “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, (A) who is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 10% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, increases his beneficial ownership of such securities by 5% or more over the percentage so owned by such person, or (B) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under said Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 20% of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, (ii) during any period of two consecutive years, the individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof, or (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the Voting Securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least 80% of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all of substantially all of the Company’s assets.
(d) For purposes of this Agreement, “Independent Legal Counsel” shall mean an attorney or firm of attorneys, selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 1(c) hereof, who shall not have otherwise performed services for the Company or Indemnitee within the last three years (other than with respect to matters concerning the rights of Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnity agreements.)
Appears in 6 contracts
Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Foldera, Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Adera Mines LTD), Indemnification Agreement (Innovative Card Technologies Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement; references to the “expenses” shall include, without limitation, attorneys’ fees, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees and expenses of experts, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees and other disbursements or expenses of the types customarily incurred in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, participating, or being or preparing to be a witness in a Proceeding, or responding to, or objecting to, a request to provide discovery in any Proceeding, and shall also include expenses incurred in connection with any appeal resulting from any Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including without limitation the premium, security for, and other costs relating to any cost bond, supersede as bond or other appeal bond or its equivalent, but shall not include the amount of judgments, fines or penalties against Indemnitee or amounts paid in settlement in connection with such matters.
Appears in 6 contracts
Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Smart Logistics Global LTD), Indemnification Agreement (LianBio), Indemnification Agreement (Zai Lab LTD)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” "COMPANY" shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, include any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” "OTHER ENTERPRISES", shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” "FINES" shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” "SERVING AT THE REQUEST OF THE COMPANY" shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” "NOT OPPOSED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE COMPANY" as referred to in this Agreement.
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Brightpoint Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Brightpoint Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Brightpoint Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (aA) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “"Company” " shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(bB) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “"other enterprises” " shall include employee benefit plans; references to “"fines” " shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “"serving at the request of the Company” " shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “"not opposed to the best interests of the Company” " as referred to in this Agreement.
Appears in 5 contracts
Samples: Indemnification Agreement (American Reprographics CO), Indemnification Agreement (American Reprographics CO), Indemnification Agreement (American Reprographics CO)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms and references shall have the following meanings:
(a) References to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporationcorporation in any consolidation, merger or similar business combination, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger or similar business combination which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references References to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references ;
(c) References to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references ;
(d) References to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and if and
(e) If Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
Appears in 5 contracts
Samples: Indemnification Agreement (CBaySystems Holdings LTD), Indemnification Agreement (CBaySystems Holdings LTD), Indemnification Agreement (Medquist Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any affiliate, subsidiary, constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
Appears in 5 contracts
Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Genvor Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Genvor Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Genvor Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporationcompany, any constituent corporation company (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporationcompany, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation company as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporationcompany, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation company as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation company if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement a “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if, on or after the date of this Agreement, (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company acting in such capacity or a company owned directly or indirectly by the shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of shares of the Company, becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 33% of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, (ii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders was approved by a vote of at least two thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof, or (iii) the shareholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other company other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the Voting Securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least 80% of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or the shareholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.
(d) For purposes of this Agreement, “Independent Legal Counsel” shall mean an attorney or firm of attorneys, selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 1(c) hereof, who shall not have otherwise performed services for the Company or Indemnitees within the last three years (other than with respect to matters concerning the rights of Indemnitees under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnity agreements).
Appears in 5 contracts
Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Green Giant Enterprise Inc.), Indemnification Agreement (NFT LTD), Indemnification Agreement (Moxian (BVI) Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “"Company” " shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation or other entity (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporationcorporation or other entity, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation or other entity as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation or entity as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “"other enterprises” " shall include employee benefit plans; references to “"fines” " shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “"serving at the request of the Company” " shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “"not opposed to the best interests of the Company” " as referred to in this Agreement.
Appears in 4 contracts
Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Intek Information Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Keo International), Indemnification Agreement (Keo International)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement a “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if, on or after the date of this Agreement, (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company acting in such capacity or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 50% of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, (ii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof, or (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the Voting Securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least 80% of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.
(d) For purposes of this Agreement, “Independent Legal Counsel” shall mean an attorney or firm of attorneys, selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 1(c) hereof, who shall not have otherwise performed services for the Company or Indemnitee within the last three years (other than with respect to matters concerning the rights of Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnity agreements).
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Samples: Shareholder Agreement, Shareholder Agreements (LexinFintech Holdings Ltd.), Shareholder Agreement (LexinFintech Holdings Ltd.)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
Appears in 4 contracts
Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Force Protection Video Equipment Corp.), Indemnification Agreement (Trikon Technologies Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Magma Design Automation Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement a “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under said Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than twenty percent (20%) of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, (ii) during any period of two (2) consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders was approved by a vote of at least two thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof, or (iii) the shareholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the Voting Securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least 80% of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or the shareholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.
(d) For purposes of this Agreement, “Independent Legal Counsel” shall mean an attorney or firm of attorneys, selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 1(c) hereof, who shall not have otherwise performed services for the Company or Indemnitee within the last three years (other than with respect to matters concerning the rights of Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnity agreements).
Appears in 4 contracts
Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Senesco Technologies Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Senesco Technologies Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Senesco Technologies Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its officers and directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee an officer or agent director of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee an officer or agent director of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee officer or agent director with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or beneficiaries; its beneficiaries and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.in
Appears in 4 contracts
Samples: Indemnification Agreement (TDK Mediactive Inc), Indemnification Agreement (TDK Mediactive Inc), Indemnification Agreement (TDK Mediactive Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) a. For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) b. For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
Appears in 4 contracts
Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Nassda Corp), Indemnification Agreement (Nassda Corp), Indemnification Agreement (Nassda Corp)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger whichthat, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, agent, control person, or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, control person, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on any Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which that imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if any Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest interests of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
Appears in 4 contracts
Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Cheniere Energy, Inc.), Indemnification Agreement, Indemnification Agreement (Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P.)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) a. For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “"Company” " shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, agent, control person, or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, control person, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, each Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as each Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) b. For purposes of this Agreement, references to “"other enterprises” " shall include employee benefit plans; references to “"fines” " shall include any excise taxes assessed on any Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “"serving at the request of the Company” " shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if any Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner such Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, such Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “"not opposed to the best interests of the Company” " as referred to in this Agreement.
Appears in 4 contracts
Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Kintana Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Kana Communications Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Releasenow Com Corp)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) a. For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was or may be deemed a director, officer, employee employee, agent, control person, or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was or may be deemed to be serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, control person, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) b. For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprisesenterprise” shall include any employee benefit plansplan of the Company; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit planplan of the Company, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted .
c. For purposes of this Agreement a “Change in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee Control” shall be deemed to have acted occurred if (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), other than a manner “not opposed to trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the best interests Company or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, (A) who is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 20% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, increases beneficial ownership of such securities by 5% or more, or (B) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as referred defined in Rule 13d-3 under said Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 30% of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, (ii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board and any new director whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof, or (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation other than a merger or consolidation which would result in this Agreementthe Voting Securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least two-thirds (2/3) of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the Company’s assets. “Voting Securities” shall mean any securities of the Company that vote generally in the election of directors.
Appears in 4 contracts
Samples: Board of Directors Agreement (GreenBox POS), Board of Directors Agreement (Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc.), Board of Directors Agreement (Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc.)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger whichthat, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which that imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement a “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, (A) who is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 10% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, increases his beneficial ownership of such securities by 5% or more over the percentage so owned by such person, or (B) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under said Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 20% of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, (ii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof, or (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation other than a merger or consolidation that would result in the Voting Securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least 80% of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.
(d) For purposes of this Agreement, “Independent Legal Counsel” shall mean an attorney or firm of attorneys, selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 1(c) hereof, who shall not have otherwise performed services for the Company or Indemnitee within the last three years (other than with respect to matters concerning the rights of Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnity agreements).
Appears in 4 contracts
Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Lantronix Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Lantronix Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Lantronix Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) a. For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was or may be deemed a director, officer, employee employee, agent, control person, or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was or may be deemed to be serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, control person, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) b. For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprisesenterprise” shall include any employee benefit plansplan of the Company; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit planplan of the Company, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted .
c. For purposes of this Agreement a “Change in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee Control” shall be deemed to have acted occurred if (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), other than a manner “not opposed to trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the best interests Company or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, (A) who is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 20% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, increases beneficial ownership of such securities by 5% or more, or (B) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as referred defined in Rule 13d-3 under said Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 30% of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, (ii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board and any new director whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two- thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof, or (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation other than a merger or consolidation which would result in this Agreementthe Voting Securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least two-thirds (2/3) of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the Company’s assets. “Voting Securities” shall mean any securities of the Company that vote generally in the election of directors.
Appears in 4 contracts
Samples: Board of Directors Agreement (60 Degrees Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), Board of Directors Agreement (60 Degrees Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), Board of Directors Agreement (60 Degrees Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “"Company” " shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, agent, control person, or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, control person, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “"other enterprises” " shall include employee benefit plans; references to “"fines” " shall include any excise taxes assessed on any Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “"serving at the request of the Company” " shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if any Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest interests of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “"not opposed to the best interests of the Company” " as referred to in this Agreement.
Appears in 4 contracts
Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Caldera Systems Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Icoa Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Lineo Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For the purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, directors and officers, and employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee the Director is or was or may be deemed a director, officer, employee director or agent officer of such constituent corporation, or is or was or may be deemed to be serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee director or agent officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, each Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee the Director would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee the Director with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee director or agent officer of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee director or agent officer with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee the Director acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee the Director reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee the Director shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement a “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 30% of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, (ii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof, or (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the Voting Securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least two-thirds (2/3) of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (iv) the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the Company’s assets; provided that in no event shall a Change in Control be deemed to include (i) a merger, consolidation or reorganization of the Company for the purpose of changing the Company’s jurisdiction of incorporation and in which there is no substantial change in the shareholders of the Company or its successor (as the case may be), or (ii) the Company’s first firm commitment underwritten public offering of any of its securities to the general public pursuant to (i) a registration statement filed under the Securities Act, or (ii) the securities laws applicable to an offering of securities in another jurisdiction pursuant to which such securities will be listed on an internationally recognized securities exchange (the “IPO”).
(d) For purposes of this Agreement, “Independent Legal Counsel” shall mean an attorney or firm of attorneys, selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 1(e) hereof, who shall not have otherwise performed services for the Company or any Indemnitee within the last two (2) (other than with respect to matters concerning the right of any Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitee under similar indemnity agreements).
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Nobao Renewable Energy Holdings LTD), Series a Preferred Share Purchase Agreement (Nobao Renewable Energy Holdings LTD), Indemnification Agreement (Nobao Renewable Energy Holdings LTD)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall includeincludes, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall will stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprisesenterprise” shall include includes employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include includes any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include includes any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which that imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall must be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (AutoWeb, Inc.), Indemnification Agreement (AutoWeb, Inc.), Indemnification Agreement (Autobytel Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” "Bank" shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “"other enterprises” " shall include employee benefit plans; references to “"fines” " shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “"serving at the request of the Company” Bank" shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company Bank which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, plan Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “"not opposed to the best interests of the Company” Bank" as referred to in this Agreement.
Appears in 3 contracts
Samples: Indemnification Agreement (First Federal Financial Bancorp Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Monterey Bay Bancorp Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Commercial Capital Bancorp Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “"Company” " shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, agent, control person or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, control person, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “"other enterprises” " shall include employee benefit plans; references to “"fines” " shall include any excise taxes assessed on any Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “"serving at the request of the Company” " shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if any Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest interests of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “"not opposed to the best interests of the Company” " as referred to in this Agreement.
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Samples: Indemnification & Liability (Catalytica Energy Systems Inc), Indemnification Agreement (World Waste Technologies Inc), Indemnity Agreement (World Waste Technologies Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprisesOther Enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “finesFines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving Serving at the request Request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed Not Opposed to the best interests Bests Interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
Appears in 3 contracts
Samples: Employment Agreement (Refinery Science Corp), Employment Agreement (Vocalscape Networks, Inc.), Indemnification Agreement (Refinery Science Corp)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “"Company” shall include" includes, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall will stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “"other enterprises” shall include enterprise" includes employee benefit plans; references to “"fines” shall include " includes any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “"serving at the request of the Company” shall include " includes any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which that imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall must be deemed to have acted in a manner “"not opposed to the best interests of the Company” " as referred to in this Agreement.
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Autobytel Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Autobytel Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Autobytel Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) a. For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “"Company” " shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was or may be deemed a director, officer, employee employee, agent, control person, or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was or may be deemed to be serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, control person, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, each Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as each Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) b. For purposes of this Agreement, references to “"other enterprises” " shall include employee benefit plans; references to “"fines” " shall include any excise taxes assessed on any Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “"serving at the request of the Company” " shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if any Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner such Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, such Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “"not opposed to the best interests of the Company” " as referred to in this Agreement.
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Metasolv Software Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Metasolv Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Exodus Communications Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted .
(c) For purposes of this Agreement a “Change in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee Control” shall be deemed to have acted occurred if (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), other than a manner “not opposed to trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the best interests Company acting in such capacity or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, becomes the “beneficial owner” (as referred defined in Rule 13d-3 under said Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 50% of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities (as defined below), (ii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof, or (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the Voting Securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least 80% of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.
(d) For purposes of this Agreement, “Independent Legal Counsel” shall mean an attorney or firm of attorneys, selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 1(c) hereof, who shall not have otherwise performed services for the Company or Indemnitee within the last three years (other than with respect to matters concerning the rights of Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnity agreements).
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Arlo Technologies, Inc.), Indemnification Agreement (Luna Innovations Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Brightmail Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For the purposes of this Agreement, an "Affiliated Person" of an Indemnitee shall include any director, officer, employee, controlling person (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act), agent or fiduciary of the Indemnitee, any stockholder of the Company for whom Indemnitee serves as a director, officer, employee, controlling person, agent or fiduciary, and any partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, joint stock company, trust or joint venture controlling, controlled by or under common control with such a stockholder. For these purposes, “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct management and policies of a person or entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, contract or otherwise.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, employees, agents, fiduciaries and employees or agentsother Affiliated Persons, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, agent, control person, fiduciary or agent an Affiliated Person of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, control person, agent or agent of fiduciary or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, such Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(bc) For purposes of this Agreement a “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if after the date of this Agreement (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, (A) becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, or (B) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under said Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 50% of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, (ii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof, or (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the Voting Securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least 60% of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.
(d) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprisesIndependent Legal Counsel” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” mean an attorney or firm of attorneys, selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 1(b) hereof, who shall include not have otherwise performed services for the Company or any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee within the last three years (other than with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at matters concerning the request right of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties onIndemnitee under this Agreement, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreementother indemnitees under similar indemnity agreements).
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Samples: Director Indemnification Agreement (Gamer Pakistan Inc), Director Indemnification Agreement (Mobile Global Esports, Inc.), Director Indemnification Agreement (Innovate Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger whichthat, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, agent, control person, or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, control person, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on any Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which that imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if any Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest interests of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement, “Affiliate” means (i) any entity in which the Company, directly or indirectly, owns 10% or more of the combined Voting Securities, (ii) any “parent corporation” of the Company (as defined in Section 424(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)), (iii) any “subsidiary corporation” of any such parent corporation (as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code) of the Company and (iv) any trades or businesses, whether or not incorporated which are members of a controlled group or are under common control (as defined in Sections 414(b) or (c) of the Code) with the Company.
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Cheniere Energy Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Cheniere Energy Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P.)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) 8.1 For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agentsmerger, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust trust, or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) 8.2 For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, or agent of the Company which that imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Cab-Tive Advertising, Inc.), Employment Agreement (Biogold Fuels CORP), Indemnification Agreement (Cab-Tive Advertising, Inc.)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprisesenterprise” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “"fines” " shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted .
(c) For purposes of this Agreement a “Change in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee Control” shall be deemed to have acted occurred if (i) any "person" (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than a manner “not opposed to trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the best interests Company or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as referred determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under said Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than twenty percent (20%) of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, (ii) during any period of two (2) consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders was approved by a vote of at least two thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof, or (iii) the shareholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the Voting Securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least 80% of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or the shareholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.
(d) For purposes of this Agreement, “Independent Legal Counsel” shall mean an attorney or firm of attorneys, selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 1(c) hereof, who shall not have otherwise performed services for the Company or Indemnitee within the last three years (other than with respect to matters concerning the rights of Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnity agreements).
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc.), Indemnification Agreement (Gammacan International Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger whichthat, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, agent, control person, or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, control person, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on any Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which that imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if any Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest interests of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement, “Affiliate” means (i) any entity in which the Company, directly or indirectly, owns 10% or more of the combined Voting Securities, (ii) any “parent corporation” of the Company (as defined in Section 424(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), (iii) any “subsidiary corporation” of any such parent corporation (as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code) of the Company and (iv) any trades or businesses, whether or not incorporated which are members of a controlled group or are under common control (as defined in Sections 414(b) or (c) of the Code) with the Company.
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P.), Indemnification Agreement (Cheniere Energy, Inc.)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, each Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as each Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on any Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or its beneficiaries; and if any Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner such Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, such Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement a “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, (A) who is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 20% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, increases his beneficial ownership of such securities by 5% or more over the percentage so owned by such person, or (B) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under said Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 30% of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, (ii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof, or (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the Voting Securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least two-thirds (2/3) of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.
(d) For purposes of this Agreement, “Independent Legal Counsel” shall mean an attorney or firm of attorneys, selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 1(e) hereof, who shall not have otherwise performed services for the Company or any Indemnitee within the last three (3) years (other than with respect to matters concerning the right of any Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnity agreements).
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Protalex Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Protalex Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “"Company” " shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituentconsti tuent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “"other enterprises” " shall include employee benefit plans; references to “"fines” " shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “"serving at the request of the Company” " shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “"not opposed to the best interests of the Company” " as referred to in this Agreement.
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Neomagic Corp), Indemnification Agreement (Juniper Networks Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, directors and officers, and employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee the Director is or was or may be deemed a director, officer, employee director or agent officer of such constituent corporation, or is or was or may be deemed to be serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee director or agent officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, each Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee the Director would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee the Indemnitees with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent an Agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent Agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee the Indemnitees acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee such Indemnitees reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee the Indemnitees shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement a “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than thirty percent (30%) of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, (ii) during any period of two (2) consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof, or (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the Voting Securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least two-thirds of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (iv) the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the Company’s assets; provided that in no event shall a Change in Control be deemed to include (A) a merger, consolidation or reorganization of the Company for the purpose of changing the Company’s state of incorporation and in which there is no substantial change in the shareholders of the Company or its successor (as the case may be), or (B) the Company’s first firm commitment underwritten public offering of any of its securities to the general public pursuant to (x) a registration statement filed under the Securities Act, or (y) the securities laws applicable to an offering of securities in another jurisdiction pursuant to which such securities will be listed on an internationally recognized securities exchange (the “IPO”).
(d) For purposes of this Agreement, “Independent Legal Counsel” shall mean an attorney or firm of attorneys, selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 1(e) hereof, who shall not have otherwise performed services for the Company or any Indemnitee within the last two (2) (other than with respect to matters concerning the right of any Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnity agreements).
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Samples: Series C Preferred Share Purchase Agreement (Momo Inc.), Series C Preferred Share Purchase Agreement (Momo Inc.)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) a. For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, include any other constituent corporation entity (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger whichthat, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, managers, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if an Indemnitee is or was a director, manager, officer, employee employee, agent, control person, or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporationentity, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation entity as a director, manager, officer, employee employee, control person, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, the Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation entity as the Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation entity if its separate existence had continued.
(b) b. For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on the Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, manager, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which that imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, manager, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if the Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner the Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, the Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
Appears in 2 contracts
Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Seracare Life Sciences Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Seracare Life Sciences Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) a. For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “"Company” " shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was or may be deemed a director, officer, employee employee, agent, control person, or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was or may be deemed to be serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, control person, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, each Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as each Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) b. For purposes of this Agreement, references to “"other enterprises” " shall include employee benefit plans; references to “"fines” " shall include any excise taxes assessed on any Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “"serving at the request of the Company” " shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if any Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner such Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, such Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “"not opposed to the best interests of the Company” " as referred to in this Agreement.
c. For purposes of this Agreement a "Change in Control" shall be deemed to have occurred if (i) any "person" (as such term is used in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, (A) who is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 20% or more of the combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding Voting Securities, increases his beneficial ownership of such securities by 5% or more over the percentage so owned by such person, or (B) becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under said Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 30% of the total voting power represented by the Company's then outstanding Voting Securities, (ii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company's shareholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company, or (iii) the shareholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the Voting Securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least two-thirds (2/3) of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or the shareholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the Company's assets.
d. For purposes of this Agreement, "Independent Legal Counsel" shall mean an attorney or firm of attorneys, selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 1(e) hereof, who shall not have otherwise performed services for the Company or any Indemnitee within the last three (3) years (other than with respect to matters concerning the right of any Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnity agreements).
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Alibris Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Alibris Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement a “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if, on or after the date of this Agreement, (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company acting in such capacity or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 50% of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, (ii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof, or (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the Voting Securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least 80% of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.
(d) For purposes of this Agreement, “Independent Legal Counsel” shall mean an attorney or firm of attorneys, selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 1(c) hereof, who shall not have otherwise performed services for the Company or Indemnitee within the last three years (other than with respect to matters concerning the rights of Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnity agreements).
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Samples: Investors’ Rights Agreement (Global Market Group LTD), Investor's Rights Agreement (Ninetowns Internet Technology Group Co LTD)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if an Indemnitee is or was or may be deemed a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was or may be deemed to be serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, trustee, general partner, managing member, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, each Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee the Director with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee the Director acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee the Director reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee the Director shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement a “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than thirty percent (30%) of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, (ii) during any period of two (2) consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof, or (iii) the shareholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the Voting Securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least two-thirds (2/3) of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (iv) the shareholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the Company’s assets; provided that in no event shall a Change in Control be deemed to include (A) a merger, consolidation or reorganization of the Company for the purpose of changing the Company’s state of incorporation and in which there is no substantial change in the shareholders of the Company or its successor (as the case may be), or (B) the Company’s first firm commitment underwritten public offering of any of its securities to the general public pursuant to (x) a registration statement filed under the Securities Act, or (y) the securities laws applicable to an offering of securities in another jurisdiction pursuant to which such securities will be listed on an internationally recognized securities exchange (the “IPO”).
(d) For purposes of this Agreement, “Independent Legal Counsel” shall mean an attorney or firm of attorneys, selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 1(e) hereof, who shall not have otherwise performed services for the Company or any Indemnitee within the last two (2) years (other than with respect to matters concerning the right of any Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnity agreements).
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Samples: Indemnification & Liability (Baozun Inc.), Indemnification & Liability (Baozun Cayman Inc.)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.. Execution Copy
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Samples: Share Purchase Agreement (WhiteSmoke, Inc.), Share Purchase Agreement (WhiteSmoke, Inc.)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “"Company” " shall include, in addition to the Corporation, any resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, Board member, or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, Board member or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “"other enterprises” " shall include employee benefit plans; references to “"fines” " shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “"serving at the request of the Company” " shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, Board member or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee. Board member or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “"not opposed to the best interests interest of the Company” " as referred to in this Agreement.
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Onesource Technologies Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Onesource Technologies Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “"Company” " shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, include any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “"other enterprises” " shall include employee benefit plans; references to “"fines” " shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “"serving at the request of the Company” " shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “"not opposed to the best interests of the Company” " as referred to in this Agreement.
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Quinton Cardiology Systems Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Vertel Corp)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a directordirector, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Quicklogic Corporation), Indemnification Agreement (Overstock Com Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “CompanyCorporation” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the CompanyCorporation” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company Corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the CompanyCorporation” as referred to in this Agreement.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement a “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Corporation or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Corporation in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Corporation, (A) who is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Corporation representing 10% or more of the combined voting power of the Corporation’s then outstanding Voting Securities, increases his beneficial ownership of such securities by 5% or more over the percentage so owned by such person, or (B) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under said Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Corporation representing more than 20% of the total voting power represented by the Corporation’s then outstanding Voting Securities, (ii) during any period of two (2) consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Corporation and any new director whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Corporation’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof, or (iii) the stockholders of the Corporation approve a merger or consolidation of the Corporation with any other corporation other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the Voting Securities of the Corporation outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least 80% of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the Corporation or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or the stockholders of the Corporation approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Corporation or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Corporation of (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets.
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Consonus Technologies, Inc.), Indemnification Agreement (Omniture, Inc.)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger whichthat, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, agent, control person, or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, control person, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on any Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which or any of its subsidiaries that imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if any Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest interests of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement, “Affiliate” means (i) any entity in which the Company, directly or indirectly, owns 10% or more of the combined Voting Securities, (ii) any “parent corporation” of the Company (as defined in Section 424(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)), (iii) any “subsidiary corporation” of any such parent corporation (as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code) of the Company and (iv) any trades or businesses, whether or not incorporated which are members of a controlled group or are under common control (as defined in Sections 414(b) or (c) of the Code) with the Company.
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Cheniere Energy Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Cheniere Energy Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprisesenterprise” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Hockey Merger Corp), Indemnification Agreement (Sumtotal Systems Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company“ Company ” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to ““ other enterprisesenterprises ” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines“ fines ” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to ““ serving at the request of the CompanyCompany ” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner ““ not opposed to the best interests of the CompanyCompany ” as referred to in this Agreement.
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Edgar Online Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Edgar Online Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was or may be deemed a director, officer, employee employee, agent, control person, or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was or may be deemed to be serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, control person, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement a “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, (A) who is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 20% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, increases his beneficial ownership of such securities by 5% or more over the percentage so owned by such person, or (B) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under said Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 30% of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, (ii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof, or (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the Voting Securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least two-thirds (2/3) of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.
(d) For purposes of this Agreement, “Independent Legal Counsel” shall mean an attorney or firm of attorneys, selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 1(e) hereof, who shall not have otherwise performed services for the Company or Indemnitee within the last three (3) years (other than with respect to matters concerning the right of Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnity agreements).
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (CF Finance Acquisition Corp II), Indemnification Agreement (CoLucid Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” "Corporation" shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “"other enterprises” " shall include employee benefit plans; references to “"fines” " shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “"serving at the request of the Company” Corporation" shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes Corporation imposing duties on, or involves involving services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “"not opposed to the best interests of the Company” Corporation" as referred to in this Agreement.
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Insilicon Corp), Indemnification Agreement (Cygnus Inc /De/)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its officers and directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee an officer or agent director of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee an officer or agent director of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee officer or agent director with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or beneficiaries; its beneficiaries and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement a “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), other than a trustee or other fiduciary hold ing securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, (A) who is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 10% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, increases his beneficial ownership of such securities by 5% or more over the percentage so owned by such person, or (B) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under said Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 20% of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, (ii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination or election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof, or (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the Voting Securities of the company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least 80% of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or the stockholders of the company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all of substantially all of the Company’s assets.
(d) For purposes of this Agreement, “Independent Legal Counsel” shall mean an attorney or firm of attorneys, selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 1(c) hereof, who shall not have otherwise performed services for the Company or Indemnitee within the last three years (other than with respect to matters concerning the rights of Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitee under similar indemnity agreements).
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (TDK Mediactive Inc), Indemnification Agreement (TDK Mediactive Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, :
(a) references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees Stockholders, employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was or may be deemed a director, officer, employee Stockholder, employee, agent, control person, or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was or may be deemed to be serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee Stockholder, employee, control person, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.;
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on any Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee Stockholder, employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee Stockholder, employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if any Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner such Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, such Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.;
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Alloy Steel International Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Alloy Steel International Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “CompanyCorporation” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, directors or officers, and employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee director or agent officer of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee director or agent officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the CompanyCorporation” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee director or agent officer of the Company Corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee director or agent officer with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the CompanyCorporation” as referred to in this Agreement.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement, a “Change of Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if the shareholders of the Corporation approve a merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into any other corporation or entity other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the Voting Securities (as defined below) of the Corporation outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least 80% of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the Corporation or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or the shareholders of the Corporation approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Corporation or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Corporation of (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets; provided, however, that following the Corporation’s registration of the offering of any securities of the Corporation under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and during such period as the Corporation shall be subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, a “Change of Control” shall also be deemed to have occurred if (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Corporation or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the shareholders of the Corporation in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Corporation, (A) who is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Corporation representing 10% or more of the combined voting power of the Corporation’s then outstanding Voting Securities (as defined below), increases his beneficial ownership of such securities by 5% or more over the percentage so owned by such person, or (B) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Corporation representing more than 20% of the total voting power represented by the Corporation’s then outstanding Voting Securities or (ii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Corporation and any new director whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Corporation’s shareholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof.
(d) For purposes of this Agreement, “Independent Counsel” shall mean an attorney or firm of attorneys who shall not have performed services for the Corporation or Indemnitee within the last three (3) years and who shall be selected by Indemnitee and approved by the Corporation (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld).
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Samples: Indemnity Agreement (Guide Holdings Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Natures Sunshine Products Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its officers and directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee an officer or agent director of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee an officer or agent director of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee officer or agent director with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or beneficiaries; its beneficiaries and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement a “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, (A) who is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 10% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, increases his beneficial ownership of such securities by 5% or more over the percentage so owned by such person, or (B) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under said Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 20% of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, (ii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination or election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof, or (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the Voting Securities of the company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least 80% of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or the stockholders of the company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all of substantially all of the Company’s assets.
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Talon International, Inc.), Indemnification Agreement (Ironclad Performance Wear Corp)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For the purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, directors and officers, and employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee the Director is or was or may be deemed a director, officer, employee director or agent officer of such constituent corporation, or is or was or may be deemed to be serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee director or agent officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, each Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee the Director would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) . For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee the Director with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee director or agent officer of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee director or agent officer with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee the Director acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee the Director reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee the Director shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement a “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 30% of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, (ii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof, or (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the Voting Securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least two-thirds (2/3) of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (iv) the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the Company’s assets; provided that in no event shall a Change in Control be deemed to include (i) a merger, consolidation or reorganization of the Company for the purpose of changing the Company’s jurisdiction of incorporation and in which there is no substantial change in the shareholders of the Company or its successor (as the case may be), or (ii) the Company’s first firm commitment underwritten public offering of any of its securities to the general public pursuant to (i) a registration statement filed under the Securities Act, or (ii) the securities laws applicable to an offering of securities in another jurisdiction pursuant to which such securities will be listed on an internationally recognized securities exchange (the “IPO”).
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Samples: Series a 1 Senior Preferred Share Purchase Agreement (Nobao Renewable Energy Holdings LTD), Indemnification Agreement (Nobao Renewable Energy Holdings LTD)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement a “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if, on or after the date of this Agreement, (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company acting in such capacity or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 50 per cent. of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, (ii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof, or (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the Voting Securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least 80 per cent. of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.
(d) For purposes of this Agreement, “Independent Legal Counsel” shall mean an attorney or firm of attorneys, selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 1(c) hereof, who shall not have otherwise performed services for the Company or Indemnitee within the last three years (other than with respect to matters concerning the rights of Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnity agreements).
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Country Style Cooking Restaurant Chain Co., Ltd.), Shareholders’ Agreement (Country Style Cooking Restaurant Chain Co., Ltd.)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement a “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under said Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than (20%] of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, (ii), during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof, or (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the Voting Securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least (80%) of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all of substantially all of the Company’s assets.
(d) For purposes of this Agreement, “Independent Legal Counsel” shall mean an attorney or firm of attorneys, selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 1(c) hereof, who shall not have otherwise performed services for the Company or Indemnitee within the last three years (other than with respect to matters concerning the rights of Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnity agreements).
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Vitesse Semiconductor Corp), Indemnification Agreement (Vitesse Semiconductor Corp)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “"Company” " shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “"other enterprises” " shall include employee benefit plans; references to “"fines” " shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “"serving at the request of the Company” " shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “"not opposed to the best interests of the Company” " as referred to in this Agreement.
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Samples: Executive Employment Agreement (Marchfirst Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Marchfirst Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “"Company” " shall ------- include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “"other enterprises” " ----------------- shall include employee benefit plans; references to “"fines” " shall include any ----- excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “"serving at the request of the Company” " shall include any ------------------------------------- service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “"not opposed to the best interests of the Company” " as referred ------------------------------------------------ to in this Agreement.
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Tenfold Corp /Ut), Indemnification Agreement (Flycast Communications Corp)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) a. For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger whichthat, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees stockholders, employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if the Indemnitee is is, was or was may be deemed a director, officer, employee stockholder, employee, agent, control person, or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, control person, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, the Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as the Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) b. For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on the Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which that imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if the Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner the Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, the Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
c. For purposes of this Agreement a “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if: (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, (A) who is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing ten percent (10%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, increases his beneficial ownership of such securities by five percent (5%) or more over the percentage so owned by such person, or (B) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under said Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than twenty percent (20%) of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, (ii) during any period of two (2) consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof, or (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation other than a merger or consolidation that would result in the Voting Securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least eighty percent (80%) of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.
d. For purposes of this Agreement, “Independent Legal Counsel” shall mean an attorney or firm of attorneys, selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 2(e) hereof, who shall not have otherwise performed services for the Company or the Indemnitee within the last three (3) years (other than with respect to matters concerning the right of the Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnity agreements).
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.), Indemnification Agreement (Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “"Company” " shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “"other enterprises” " shall include employee benefit plans; references to “"fines” " shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “"serving at the request of the Company” " shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an any employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “"not opposed to the best interests of the Company” " as referred to in this Agreement.
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (McMS Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Micron Electronics Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and managers, employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent another corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporationlimited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any ERISA excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit planor penalties; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, manager, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; .
(c) For purposes of this Agreement, “shall” is mandatory and if Indemnitee acted in good faith the terms “including”, “includes”, “include” and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest words of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee like import shall be deemed to have acted in a manner construed broadly as if followed by the phase “not opposed to without limitation”.
(d) The phrase “serving at the best interests request of the Company” shall be broadly construed and shall include actions by Indemnitee on behalf of or for the benefit of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise controlled by, controlling, or under common control with the Company.
(e) The phrase “officer of the Company” shall be construed to include, as referred applicable, service as an officer of TNHC LLC and “member of the board” shall be construed, as applicable, to in this Agreementinclude membership on the Board of Managers of TNHC LLC.
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (New Home Co Inc.), Indemnification Agreement (New Home Co LLC)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “"Company” " shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterpriseenterprises, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “"other enterprises” " shall include employee benefit plans; references to “"fines” " shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references reference to “"serving at the request of the Company” " shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and and, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “"not opposed to the best interests of the Company” " as referred to in this Agreement.
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Sun Co Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Sunoco Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, directors and officers, and employees or agents, so that if the Indemnitee is or was or may be deemed a director, officer, employee director or agent officer of such constituent corporation, or is or was or may be deemed to be serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee director or agent officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, the Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as the Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on the Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee director or agent officer of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee director or agent officer with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if the Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, the Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement a “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than thirty percent (30%) of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, (ii) during any period of two (2) consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof, or (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the Voting Securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least two-thirds (2/3) of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (iv) the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the Company’s assets; provided that in no event shall a Change in Control be deemed to include (A) a merger, consolidation or reorganization of the Company for the purpose of changing the Company’s state of incorporation and in which there is no substantial change in the shareholders of the Company or its successor (as the case may be), or (B) the Company’s first firm commitment underwritten public offering of any of its securities to the general public pursuant to (x) a registration statement filed under the Securities Act, or (y) the securities laws applicable to an offering of securities in another jurisdiction pursuant to which such securities will be listed on an internationally recognized securities exchange (the “IPO”).
(d) For purposes of this Agreement, “Independent Legal Counsel” shall mean an attorney or firm of attorneys, selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 1(e) hereof, who shall not have otherwise performed services for the Company or the Indemnitee within the last two (2) years (other than with respect to matters concerning the right of the Indemnitee under this Agreement).
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Zhaopin LTD), Indemnification Agreement (TAL Education Group)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, employees, agents, and employees or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, agent, control person, or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, control person, agent or agent of fiduciary or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, such Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on any Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officeroffice, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if any Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner such Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, such Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement a “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if after the date of this Agreement (i) any “person” (as such term in used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under said Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 50% of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities (as defined below), (ii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof, or (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the Voting Securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least 60% of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.
(d) For purposes of this Agreement, “Independent Legal Counsel” shall mean an attorney or firm of attorneys, selected in accordance with the provisions of Section l(b) hereof, who shall not have otherwise performed services for the Company or any Indemnitee within the last three years (other than with respect to matters concerning the right of any Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnity agreements).
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc.), Indemnification Agreement (U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc.)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “"Company” " shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents, or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, agent, or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, agent, or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust employee benefit plan, trust, or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have stood with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “"other enterprises” " shall include employee benefit plans; references to “"fines” " shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “"serving at the request of the Company” " shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent, or agent fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent, or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest interests of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, then Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “"not opposed to the best interests of the Company” " as referred to in this Agreement.
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (CSG Systems International Inc), Indemnification Agreement (CSG Systems International Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) a. For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agentsmerger, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust trust, or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) b. For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, or agent of the Company which that imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Cyberonics Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Cyberonics Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “"Company” " shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, include any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “"other enterprises” ", shall include employee benefit plans; references to “"fines” " shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “"serving at the request of the Company” " shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “"not opposed to the best interests of the Company” " as referred to in this Agreement.
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Moai Technologies Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Impresse Corp)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “"Company” " shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, include any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “"other enterprises” ," shall include employee benefit plans; references to “"fines” " shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “"serving at the request of the Company” " shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “"not opposed to the best interests of the Company” " as referred to in this Agreement.
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Sonicwall Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Netro Corp)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “"Company” " shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any affiliate, subsidiary, joint venture, constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “"other enterprises” " shall include employee benefit plans; references to “"fines” " shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “"serving at the request of the Company” " shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “"not opposed to the best interests of the Company” " as referred to in this Agreement.
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Samples: Executive Employment Agreement (Marizyme Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Marizyme Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “"Company” " shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees stockholders (as defined in Section 10(g)), employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was or may be deemed a director, officer, employee stockholder (as defined in Section 10(g)), employee, agent, control person, or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was or may be deemed to be serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee stockholder (as defined in Section 10(g)), employee, control person, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, each Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as each Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “"other enterprises” " shall include employee benefit plans; references to “"fines” " shall include any excise taxes assessed on any Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “"serving at the request of the Company” " shall include any service as a director, officer, employee stockholder (as defined in Section 10(g)), employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee stockholder (as defined in Section 10(g)), employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if any Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner such Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, such Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “"not opposed to the best interests of the Company” " as referred to in this Agreement.
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Novamed Eyecare Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Right Start Inc /Ca)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “"Company” " shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “"other enterprises” " shall include employee benefit plans; references to “"fines” " shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “"serving at the request of the Company” " shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “"not opposed to the best interests of the Company” ," as referred to in this Agreement.
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Nogatech Inc), Indemnification Agreement (DSP Communications Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) a. For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “"Company” " shall include the named entity set forth in the first paragraph of this agreement, such entity's direct and indirect parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, and shall further include, in addition to the resulting corporationforegoing entities, any constituent corporation corporation(s) (including including, without limitation, any constituent of a constituent) absorbed into any of the foregoing entities in a consolidation or merger whichthat, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continuedfiduciaries.
(b) b. For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” "fines" shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include include, without limitation, any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and ;
c. For purposes of this Agreement, references to “"serving at the request of the Company” " shall include include, without limitation, any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which that imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “"not opposed to the best interests of the Company” " as referred to in this Agreement.
d. For purposes of this Agreement, "Disinterested Director" shall mean a director of the Company who is not and was not a party to, and, who has no interest in, the Proceeding in respect of which indemnification is sought by Indemnitee.
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Nationsrent Companies Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Nationsrent Companies Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) a. For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “"Company” " shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) b. For purposes of this Agreement, references to “"other enterprises” " shall include employee benefit plans; references to “"fines” " shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “"serving at the request of the Company” " shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “"not opposed to the best interests of the Company” " as referred to in this Agreement.
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Go Call Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Network Holdings International Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “"Company” " shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its is directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, agent, control person, or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, control person, agent or agent of fiduciary or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, each Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “"other enterprises” " shall include employee benefit plans; references to “"fines” " shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “"serving at the request of the Company” " shall include any service as a director, officeroffice, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “"not opposed to the best interests of the Company” " as referred to in this Agreement.
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Micro Therapeutics Inc), Indemnification Agreement (QCS Net Corp)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For the purposes of this Agreement, an “Affiliated Person” of an Indemnitee shall include any director, officer, employee, controlling person (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or Section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), agent or fiduciary of the Indemnitee, any stockholder of the Company for whom Indemnitee serves as a director, officer, employee, controlling person, agent or fiduciary, and any partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, joint stock company, trust or joint venture controlling, controlled by or under common control with such a stockholder. For these purposes, “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct management and policies of a person or entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, contract or otherwise.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directorsagents, officers, fiduciaries and employees or agentsother Affiliated Persons, so that if Indemnitee is or was a directoran agent, officercontrol person, employee fiduciary or agent an Affiliated Person of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a directorcontrol person, officer, employee agent or agent of fiduciary or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, such Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(bc) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on any Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee an agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such directoragent, officer, employee fiduciary or agent other Affiliated Person with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if any Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner such Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, such Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
(d) For purposes of this Agreement a “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if (i) any “person” (as such term in used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, (A) who is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 40% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, increases his beneficial ownership of such securities by 5% or more over the percentage so owned by such person, or (B) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under said Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 50% of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, (ii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof, or (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the Voting Securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least 60% of the total voting power represented by the Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.
(e) For purposes of this Agreement, “Independent Legal Counsel” shall mean an attorney or firm of attorneys, selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 1(b) hereof, who shall not have otherwise performed services for the Company or any Indemnitee within the last three years (other than with respect to matters concerning the right of any Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnity agreements).
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Xata Corp /Mn/), Indemnification Agreement (TCV Vii Lp)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterpriseenterprises, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references reference to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and and, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.
(c) For the purposes of this Agreement, references to “affiliates” shall mean any entity which, directly or indirectly, is in the control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Company.
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Sunoco Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Sunoco Inc)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) 9.1. For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “"Company” " shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) 9.2. For purposes of this Agreement, references to “"other enterprises” " shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “"serving at the request of the Company” " shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “"not opposed to the best interests of the Company” " as referred to in this Agreement.
9.3. For purposes of this Agreement, a "Reviewing Party" shall mean any appropriate person or body consisting of a member or members of the Company's Board of Directors or any other person or body appointed by the Board of Directors who is not party to the particular Claim for which Indemnitee is seeking indemnification.
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Inrob LTD), Indemnification Agreement (Inrob LTD)
Construction of Certain Phrases. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the “Company” "COMPANY" shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees employees, agents or agentsfiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other enterprises” "OTHER ENTERPRISES" shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” "FINES" shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” "SERVING AT THE REQUEST OF THE COMPANY" shall include any service as a director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee employee, agent or agent fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, participants or its beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” "NOT OPPOSED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE COMPANY" as referred to in this Agreement.
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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Monarch Staffing, Inc.), Indemnification Agreement (Monarch Staffing, Inc.)