INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
This INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made this 27th day of May, 2009 by
and between each of the registered management investment companies listed on Schedule A of this
Agreement (each, a “Fund” and together, the “Funds”) and Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx (the “Indemnitee”).
WHEREAS, at the request of each Fund, Indemnitee currently serves as a director or trustee of
each Fund and may, therefore, be subjected to claims, actions, suits or proceedings arising as a
result of Indemnitee’s service; and
WHEREAS, as an inducement to Indemnitee to continue to serve as a director or trustee, each
Fund has agreed to provide for indemnification to Indemnitee against expenses and costs incurred by
Indemnitee in connection with any such claims, actions, suits or proceedings, to the fullest extent
that is lawful; and
WHEREAS, the parties by this Agreement desire to set forth their agreement regarding
indemnification;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants contained herein, each Fund
(severally and not jointly) and Indemnitee do hereby covenant and agree as follows:
Section 1. Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement:
(a) “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors/Trustees of the Funds.
(b) “Corporate Status” means the status of a person as a director, trustee, officer, employee
or agent of the Funds.
(c) “Independent Director” means a director or trustee of the Fund who is not and was not a
party to the Proceeding in respect of which indemnification or advancement of Expenses is sought by
Indemnitee and who is not an “interested person” of the Fund as that term is defined by Section
2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).
(d) “Expenses” shall include all reasonable attorneys’ fees and all other reasonable costs,
including, without limitation, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, witness
fees, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage,
delivery service fees, and all other disbursements or expenses of the types customarily incurred in
connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, or being
or preparing to be a witness in a Proceeding.
(e) “Independent Counsel” means (i) the then-current legal counsel to the Independent
Directors or (ii) other legal counsel chosen by a majority of the Independent Directors (or if
there are no Independent Directors with respect to the matter in question, by a majority of the
Directors who are not “interested persons” of the Fund as defined in Section 2(a)(9) of the 0000
Xxx) and determined by them in their reasonable judgment to be independent.
(f) “Proceeding” includes any pending, threatened or completed claim, action, suit,
arbitration, appeal, alternative dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, administrative
hearing or any other proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, except
one initiated by an Indemnitee pursuant to Section 7 of this Agreement to enforce Indemnitee’s
rights under this Agreement.
Section 2. Services by Indemnitee. Indemnitee agrees to continue to serve as a
director or trustee of each Fund and may at any time and for any reason resign from such position
(subject to any other contractual obligation or any obligation imposed by operation of law). Each
Fund shall have no obligation under this Agreement, or otherwise, to continue Indemnitee in such
position, but Indemnitee shall nevertheless retain all rights provided under this Agreement.
Section 3. Indemnification — General. Each Fund shall indemnify, and advance
Expenses to, Indemnitee for such Indemnittee’s service on the Board of Directors of such Fund,
whether such liability or expense is asserted during or after the service (a) as specifically
provided in this Agreement and (b) otherwise to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and
the charter or declaration of trust and bylaws (the “Organizational Documents”) of each Fund in
effect on the date hereof and as amended from time to time; provided, however, that
no change in applicable law or amendment to such Organizational Documents shall have the effect of
reducing the benefits available to Indemnitee hereunder based on applicable law and the
Organizational Documents as in effect on the date hereof. The rights of Indemnitee provided in
this Section shall include, but shall not be limited to, all rights set forth in the other Sections
of this Agreement, including all rights of indemnification permitted by the Organizational
Documents and applicable state laws governing the Funds.
Section 4. Rights of Indemnification. (a) Indemnitee shall be indemnified by the
Fund against all liability and against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee
or on the Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with any Proceeding in which Indemnitee is, or is
threatened to be, involved as a party or otherwise by virtue of his or her Corporate Status,
whether or not such Proceeding is brought by or in the right of the Fund and irrespective of
whether the conduct that is the subject of the Proceeding occurred during or after the service of
Indemnitee; provided, that no indemnification shall be provided hereunder to the extent
that Indemnitee engaged in conduct for which indemnification may not lawfully be provided to
Indemnitee.
(b) Without limiting any other rights of Indemnitee under this Agreement, if Indemnitee is,
pursuant to the terms hereof, entitled to indemnification as to one or more but less than all
claims, matters or issues in a Proceeding, the Fund shall indemnify Indemnitee against all
liability and against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on
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Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with each claim, matter or issue for which Indemnitee is entitled
to indemnification under this Agreement.
Section 5. Advancement of Expenses. Subject to this Section 5, the Fund shall advance
all Expenses incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding to which
Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be, made a party, within five business days after the receipt by
the Fund of a statement or statements from Indemnitee requesting such advance or advances from time
to time, whether prior to or after final disposition of such Proceeding. Such statement or
statements shall reasonably evidence the Expenses incurred by Indemnitee and shall include or be
preceded or accompanied by (1) a written affirmation by Indemnitee of Indemnitee’s good faith
belief that the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the Fund has been met and (2)
a written undertaking by Indemnitee that he or she will repay the amount of the advance if it is
ultimately determined that he or she has not met the standard of conduct requirements of this
Agreement; provided, that at least one of the following additional conditions must also be:
(i) Indemnitee shall provide security for Indemnitee’s undertaking in an amount and form acceptable
to the Fund as determined by a majority of the Independent Directors, (ii) the Fund is insured
against losses arising by reason of the advance or (iii) a determination by either (a) a majority
of the Independent Directors or (b) an Independent Counsel in a written opinion, in each case based
on a review of facts readily available to the Fund at the time the advance is proposed to be made,
that there is reason to believe that Indemnitee ultimately will be found entitled to
indemnification. Furthermore, any such advancement shall be subject to the requirements and
limitations of Section 17(h) of the 1940 Act, as it may be amended.
Section 6. Procedure for Determination of Entitlement to Indemnification.
(a) To obtain indemnification under this Agreement, Indemnitee shall submit to the Fund a
written request. The Secretary of the Fund shall, promptly upon receipt of such a request for
indemnification, advise the Board of Directors in writing that Indemnitee has requested
indemnification.
(b) Upon written request by Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to the first sentence of
Section 6(a) hereof, a determination, if required by applicable law, with respect to
Indemnitee’s entitlement thereto shall promptly be made in the specific case: (i) by a final
decision on the merits by a court or other body before whom the Proceeding was brought that
Indemnitee was not liable by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or
reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of Indemnitee’s office (“Disabling
Conduct”) or (ii) in the event that at the time of Indemnitee ’s written request, there shall have
been no final decision on the merits by a court or other body, then by a reasonable determination,
based upon a review of the facts, that Indemnitee was not liable by reason of Disabling Conduct, by
either (a) the vote of a majority of the Independent Directors or (b) Independent Counsel in a
written opinion. In any event, Indemnitee shall be afforded a rebuttable presumption that
Indemnitee has not engaged in Disabling Conduct. If it is determined that Indemnitee is entitled
to indemnification, payment to Indemnitee shall be made within ten business days after such
determination. Indemnitee shall cooperate with the person making such determination with respect
to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification, including providing to such person upon reasonable
advance request any documentation or information which is not privileged or
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otherwise protected from disclosure and which is reasonably available to Indemnitee and
reasonably necessary to such determination. Any costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’
fees and disbursements) incurred by Indemnitee in so cooperating with the person making such
determination, in response to a request by such person, shall be borne by the Fund (irrespective of
the determination as to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification).
Section 7. Remedies of Indemnitee.
(a) In the event that (i) a determination is made pursuant to Section 6 that Indemnitee is not
entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, (ii) advancement of Expenses is not timely made
pursuant to Section 5, (iii) no determination of entitlement to indemnification shall have been
made pursuant to Section 6(b) within ninety (90) days after receipt by the Fund of the request for
indemnification, (iv) payment of indemnification is not made pursuant to Section 4 within five
business days after receipt by the Fund of written request therefor, or (v) payment of
indemnification is not made within ten business days after a determination has been made that
Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication in an
appropriate court of the jurisdiction in which such Fund has been organized, or in any other court
of competent jurisdiction, of Indemnitee’s entitlement to such indemnification or advancement of
Expenses. Alternatively, Indemnitee, at Indemnitee’s option, may seek an award in arbitration to
be conducted by a single arbitrator pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American
Arbitration Association. Indemnitee shall commence such proceeding seeking adjudication or an
award in arbitration within 180 days after the date on which Indemnitee first has the right to
commence such proceeding pursuant to this Section 7.
(b) In the event that Indemnitee, pursuant to Section 7(a), seeks a judicial adjudication of
or an award in arbitration to enforce Indemnitee’s rights under, or to recover damages for breach
of, this Agreement, Indemnitee shall be entitled to recover from the Fund, and shall be indemnified
by the Fund against, any and all expenses (of the types described in the definition of Expenses in
Section 1) actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in such judicial adjudication or
arbitration, but only if Indemnitee prevails therein. If it shall be determined in said judicial
adjudication or arbitration that Indemnitee is entitled to receive part but not all of the
indemnification or advancement of Expenses sought, the expenses incurred by Indemnitee in
connection with such judicial adjudication or arbitration shall be appropriately prorated in the
same proportion as the amount of the indemnification or advancement of Expenses awarded in the
judicial adjudication or arbitration.
Section 8. Non-Exclusivity; Insurance; Subrogation; Exclusions.
(a) The rights of indemnification and advance of Expenses as provided by this Agreement shall
not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee may at any time be entitled under
applicable law, the Organizational Documents of the Fund, any agreement, a vote of stockholders or
a resolution of the Board of Directors, or otherwise. No amendment, alteration or repeal of this
Agreement or of any provision hereof shall limit or restrict any right of Indemnitee under this
Agreement in respect of any action taken or omitted by such Indemnitee in Indemnitee’s Corporate
Status prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal.
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(b) To the extent that the Fund maintains liability insurance, including “tail” or other
appropriate coverage, for directors, trustees, officers, employees, or agents of the Fund,
Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or policies in accordance with its or their terms to the
maximum extent of the coverage available (including coverage after Indemnitee is no longer serving
in a Corporate Status for acts and omissions, or alleged acts or omissions, while serving in a
Corporate Status) for any such director, trustee, officer, employee or agent under such policy or
policies.
(c) In the event of any payment under this Agreement, the Fund shall be subrogated to the
extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee, who shall execute all papers
required and take all action necessary to secure such rights, including execution of such documents
as are necessary to enable the Fund to bring suit to enforce such rights.
(d) The Fund shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment of amounts otherwise
indemnifiable hereunder if and to the extent Indemnitee has otherwise actually received such
payment under any insurance policy, contract, agreement or otherwise.
Section 9. Settlement. A Fund will not, without the prior written consent of
Indemnitee, which may be provided or withheld in Indemnitee’s reasonable discretion, effect any
settlement of any matter involving Indemnitee or which could have been brought against Indemnitee
unless such settlement solely involves the payment of money by persons other than Indemnitee and
includes an unconditional release of Indemnitee from all liability on any matters that are the
subject of such matter and an acknowledgment that the Indemnified Person denies all wrongdoing in
connection with such matters. The Fund shall not be obligated to indemnify Indemnitee against
amounts paid in settlement of a matter involving Indemnitee if such settlement is effected by
Indemnitee without the Fund’s written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.
Section 10. Severability. If any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall be
held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (a) the validity, legality
and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement (including without limitation,
each portion of any section of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any
way be affected or impaired thereby and shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by
law; (b) such provision or provisions shall be deemed reformed to the extent necessary to conform
to applicable law and to give the maximum effect to the intent of the parties hereto; and (c) to
the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each
portion of any section of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal
or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to
give effect to the intent manifested thereby.
Section 11. Exception to Right of Indemnification or Advancement of Expenses.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to
indemnification or advancement of Expenses under this Agreement with respect to any Proceeding
brought by Indemnitee (other than a Proceeding under Section 7(a) of
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this Agreement), unless the bringing of such Proceeding or making of such claim shall have
been approved by a vote of a majority of the members of the Board of Directors.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Fund shall not be liable to
indemnify Indemnitee against any liability to the Fund or its stockholders (other than a Proceeding
under Section 7(a) of this Agreement) to which Indemnitee would otherwise be subject by reason of
willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence, or by reason of Indemnitee’s reckless disregard
of Indemnitee’s duties as a director, trustee or officer of the Fund.
Section 12. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement (a) shall be binding upon each
Fund and its respective successors and assigns, including without limitation any acquirer of all or
substantially all of such Fund’s assets or business, and (b) shall inure to the benefit of
Indemnitee and Indemnitee’s estate, spouses, heirs, executors, personal or legal representatives,
administrators and assigns. Each Fund shall require and cause any such successor, by written
agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Indemnitee, expressly to assume and agree to
perform this Agreement as if it were named as such Fund herein, and such Fund shall not permit any
such purchase of assets or business, acquisition of securities or merger or consolidation to occur
until such written agreement has been executed and delivered. No such assumption and agreement
shall relieve such Fund of any of its obligations hereunder, and this Agreement shall not otherwise
be assignable by such Fund.
Section 13. Identical Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. Only one such counterpart signed by the
party against whom enforceability is sought needs to be produced to evidence the existence of this
Agreement.
Section 14. Headings. The headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted
for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute part of this Agreement or to affect the
construction thereof.
Section 15. Modification and Waiver. No supplement, modification or amendment of this
Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by both of the parties hereto. No waiver of
any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other
provisions hereof (whether or not similar) nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver.
Section 16. Notice by Indemnitee. Indemnitee shall promptly notify the Fund in
writing upon being served with any summons, citation, subpoena, complaint, indictment, information
or other document relating to any Proceeding or matter which may be subject to indemnification or
advance of Expenses covered hereunder.
Section 17. Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if (i) delivered by hand
and receipted for by the party to whom said notice or other communication shall have been
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directed, or (ii) mailed by certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, on the third
business day after the date on which it is mailed:
(a) If to Indemnitee, to:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
00 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
00 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
with copies to:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP
Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx-Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP
Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx-Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
(b) If to the Fund, to:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Secretary
Harborside Financial Center
0000 Xxxxx 0
Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Secretary
Harborside Financial Center
0000 Xxxxx 0
Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
with copies to:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLP
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLP
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
or to such other address as may have been furnished to Indemnitee by the Fund or to the Fund by
Indemnitee, as the case may be.
Section 18. Governing Law. AS TO EACH FUND THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH FUND HAS BEEN ORGANIZED
(WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF).
Section 19. Limitation of Liability. The parties hereto agree that the obligations
under this Agreement of each Fund organized as a business trust under the laws of the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, shall not be binding upon any of the trustees, shareholders, nominees, officers,
employees or agents, whether past, present or future, of such Fund, individually, but are binding
only upon the assets and property of that Fund, as provided in the declaration of trust of that
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Fund. The execution and delivery of this Agreement have been authorized by the trustees and
signed by an authorized officer of the Fund, acting as such, and neither such authorization by such
trustees nor such execution and delivery by such officer shall be deemed to have been made by any
of them individually or to impose any liability on any of them personally, but shall bind only the
Fund property as provided in the Fund’s Declaration of Trust.
Section 20. Entire Agreement, Amendments. This Agreement is intended by the parties
as a final expression of their agreement and is intended to be a complete and exclusive statement
of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained
herein. This Agreement represents a separate agreement between each Fund and Indemnitee, and all
such agreements are reflected in a single instrument for ease of administration only. This
Agreement may be amended or provisions hereof waived as to any Fund only with the written agreement
of the Indemnitee and the particular Fund. An amendment or waiver as to any Fund shall have no
effect as to any other Fund.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement on the day and year first
above written.
By: | /s/ XXXX X. XXXXX
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President of each Fund |
AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED BY:
/s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXX |
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx |
Director |
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Schedule A
Anchor Series Trust
SunAmerica Equity Funds
SunAmerica Focused Alpha Growth Fund, Inc.
SunAmerica Focused Alpha Large-Cap Fund, Inc.
SunAmerica Income Funds
SunAmerica Money Market Funds, Inc.
SunAmerica Senior Floating Rate Fund, Inc.
SunAmerica Series, Inc.
SunAmerica Specialty Series
SunAmerica Equity Funds
SunAmerica Focused Alpha Growth Fund, Inc.
SunAmerica Focused Alpha Large-Cap Fund, Inc.
SunAmerica Income Funds
SunAmerica Money Market Funds, Inc.
SunAmerica Senior Floating Rate Fund, Inc.
SunAmerica Series, Inc.
SunAmerica Specialty Series
Dated as of May 27, 2009
Amended as of December 6, 2011
Amended as of December 6, 2011
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