Exhibit 10.26
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
This INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT (this "AGREEMENT") is made and
entered into as of this _____ day of ___________, by and between
@Entertainment, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and [ NAME ]
("Indemnitee").
WHEREAS, highly competent persons have become more reluctant to serve
publicly-held corporations as directors or in other capacities unless they are
provided with adequate protection through insurance and adequate indemnification
against inordinate risks of claims and actions against them arising out of their
service to and activities on behalf of the corporation;
WHEREAS, the Board has determined that the increased difficulty in
attracting and retaining such persons is detrimental to the best interests of
the Company's stockholders and that the Company should act to assure such
persons that there will be increased certainty of such protection in the future;
WHEREAS, it is reasonable, prudent and necessary for the Company
contractually to obligate itself to indemnify such persons to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law so that they will serve or continue to serve the
Company free from undue concern that they will not be so indemnified; and
WHEREAS, Indemnitee is willing to serve, continue to serve and to take
on additional service for or on behalf of the Company on the condition that he
be so indemnified;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants
contained herein, the Company and Indemnitee, intending to be legally bound, do
hereby covenant and agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Agreement:
(a) "BOARD" means the board of directors of the Company.
(b) "CHANGE IN CONTROL" means a change in control of the Company
occurring after the Effective Date of a nature that would be required to be
reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A (or in
response to any similar item on any similar schedule or form) promulgated under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), whether or
not the Company is then subject to such reporting requirement; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that, without limitation, such a Change in Control shall be deemed to
have occurred if after the Effective Date: (i) any "person" (as such term is
used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) becomes the "beneficial
owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or
indirectly, of securities of the Company representing fifty percent (50%) or
more of the combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding securities
without the prior approval of at least two-thirds of the members of the Board in
office immediately prior to such person attaining such percentage interest; (ii)
there occurs a proxy contest, or the Company is a party to a merger,
consolidation, sale of assets, plan of liquidation or other reorganization not
approved by at least two-thirds of the members of the Board then in office, as a
consequence of which members of the Board in office immediately prior to such
transaction or event constitute less than a majority of the Board thereafter; or
(iii) during any period of two consecutive years, other than as a result of an
event described in clause (b)(ii) of this Section 1, individuals who at the
beginning of such period constituted the Board (including for this purpose any
new director whose election 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 were directors at the beginning of such period) cease for
any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board.
(c) "CORPORATE STATUS" describes the status of a person who is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or of any other corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise
which such person is or was serving at the request of the Company.
(d) "DISINTERESTED DIRECTOR" means a director of the Company who is not
and was not a party to a Proceeding in respect of which indemnification is
sought by Indemnitee.
(e) "EFFECTIVE DATE" means ________________.
(f) "EXPENSES" shall include all reasonable attorneys' fees, 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 reasonable disbursements or expenses of the
types customarily incurred in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing
to prosecute or defend, investigating, being or preparing to be a witness in, or
otherwise participating in, a Proceeding.
(g) "INDEPENDENT COUNSEL" means a law firm, or a member of a law firm,
that is experienced in matters of corporate law and neither presently is, nor in
the past five (5) years has been, retained to represent: (i) the Company or
Indemnitee in any matter material to either such party; or (ii) any other party
to a Proceeding giving rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term "Independent Counsel" shall not include
any person, who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct
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then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the
Company or Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitee's rights under this
Agreement.
(h) "PROCEEDING" includes any action, suit, arbitration, alternate
dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, administrative hearing or any other
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, except one
(i) initiated by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 11 of this Agreement to enforce
his rights under this Agreement or (ii) pending on or before the Effective Date.
SECTION 2. SERVICES BY INDEMNITEE. Indemnitee agrees to serve as a
director, officer, employee or agent of the Company. Indemnitee 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), in which event the
Company shall have no obligation under this Agreement to continue Indemnitee in
such position. This Agreement shall not be deemed an employment contract between
the Company (or any of its subsidiaries) and Indemnitee. Indemnitee specifically
acknowledges that Indemnitee's employment with the Company (or any of its
subsidiaries), if any, is at will, and the Indemnitee may be discharged at any
time for any reason, with or without cause, except as may be otherwise provided
in any written employment contract between Indemnitee and the Company (or any of
its subsidiaries), other applicable formal severance policies duly adopted by
the Board, or, with respect to service as a director of the Company, by the
Company's Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, and the General Corporation Law
of the State of Delaware. The foregoing notwithstanding, this Agreement shall
continue in force after Indemnitee has ceased to serve as an officer, director,
agent or employee of the Company.
SECTION 3. INDEMNIFICATION - GENERAL. The Company shall indemnify, and
advance Expenses to, Indemnitee (a) as provided in this Agreement and (b)
(subject to the provisions of this Agreement) to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law in effect on the date hereof and as amended from time to time.
The rights of Indemnitee provided under the preceding sentence shall include,
but shall not be limited to, the rights set forth in the other sections of this
Agreement.
SECTION 4. PROCEEDINGS OTHER THAN PROCEEDINGS BY OR IN THE RIGHT OF THE
COMPANY. Indemnitee shall be entitled to the rights of indemnification provided
in this Section 4 if, by reason of his Corporate Status, he is, or is threatened
to be made, a party to or a participant in any threatened, pending or completed
Proceeding, other than a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company. Pursuant
to this Section 4, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses,
judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection with such Proceeding
or any claim, issue or matter therein, if he acted in good faith and in a manner
he reasonably believed to
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be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and, with respect to
any criminal Proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was
unlawful.
SECTION 5. PROCEEDINGS BY OR IN THE RIGHT OF THE COMPANY. Indemnitee
shall be entitled to the rights of indemnification provided in this Section 5
if, by reason of his Corporate Status, he is, or is threatened to be made, a
party to or a participant in any threatened, pending or completed Proceeding
brought by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor.
Pursuant to this Section 5, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses
actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection with such
Proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to
be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that, if applicable law so provides, no indemnification against such Expenses
shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter in such Proceeding as to
which Indemnitee shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Company unless and
to the extent that the court in which such Proceeding shall have been brought or
is pending shall determine that such indemnification may be made.
SECTION 6. INDEMNIFICATION FOR EXPENSES OF A PARTY WHO IS WHOLLY OR
PARTLY SUCCESSFUL. In addition to indemnification authorized under any other
provision of this Agreement, to the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of his
Corporate Status, a party to (or a participant in) and is successful, on the
merits or otherwise, in defense of any Proceeding, he shall be indemnified
against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in
connection therewith. If Indemnitee is not wholly successful in defense of such
Proceeding but is successful, on the merits or otherwise, as to one or more but
less than all claims, issues or matters in such Proceeding, the Company shall
indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by
him or on his behalf in connection with each successfully resolved claim, issue
or matter. The parties hereto shall make a reasonable allocation of those
Expenses that relate to each such claim, issue or matter. For purposes of this
section and without limitation, the termination of any claim, issue or matter in
such a Proceeding by dismissal, with or without prejudice, shall be deemed to be
a successful result as to such claim, issue or matter.
SECTION 7. INDEMNIFICATION FOR EXPENSES OF A WITNESS. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that Indemnitee is, by
reason of his Corporate Status, a witness in any Proceeding to which Indemnitee
is not a party, he shall be indemnified against all Expenses actually and
reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection therewith.
SECTION 8. ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES. The Company shall advance all
reasonable Expenses incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with
any Proceeding within ten (10) days after the receipt by the Company of a
statement or statements from Indemnitee
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requesting such advance or advances from time to time, whether prior to or after
final disposition of such Proceeding. Such statement or statements shall
evidence the Expenses reasonably incurred by Indemnitee and shall include or be
preceded or accompanied by an undertaking by or on behalf of Indemnitee to repay
any Expenses advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that Indemnitee is
not entitled to be indemnified against such Expenses.
SECTION 9. PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINATION OF ENTITLEMENT TO
INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) To obtain indemnification under this Agreement, Indemnitee shall
submit to the Company a written request, including therein or therewith such
documentation and information as is reasonably available to Indemnitee and is
reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what extent Indemnitee is
entitled to indemnification.
(b) Upon written request by Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to
the first sentence of Section 9(a) hereof, a determination, if required by
applicable law, with respect to Indemnitee's entitlement thereto shall be made
in the specific case: (i) if a Change in Control shall have occurred, by
Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board, a copy of which shall be
delivered to Indemnitee; or (ii) if a Change of Control shall not have occurred,
(A) by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even though less than a
quorum of the Board, or (B) if there are no such Disinterested Directors or, if
such Disinterested Directors so direct, by Independent Counsel in a written
opinion to the Board, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee or (C) if
so directed by the Board, by the stockholders of the Company; and, if it is so
determined that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, payment to Indemnitee
shall be made within ten (10) days after such determination. Indemnitee shall
cooperate with the person, persons or entity making such determination with
respect to Indemnitee's entitlement to indemnification, including providing to
such person, persons or entity upon reasonable advance request any documentation
or information which is not privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure
and which is reasonably available to Indemnitee and reasonably necessary to such
determination. Such determination shall be made as promptly as is reasonably
practicable, taking into account all facts and circumstances. Any reasonable
costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements)
actually incurred by Indemnitee in so cooperating with the person, persons or
entity making such determination shall be borne by the Company (irrespective of
the determination as to Indemnitee's entitlement to indemnification) and the
Company hereby indemnifies and agrees to hold Indemnitee harmless therefrom.
(c) In the event the determination of entitlement to indemnification is
to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 9(b) hereof, the
Independent Counsel shall be selected as provided in this Section 9(c). If a
Change of Control shall not have occurred, the
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Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Board, and the Company shall give
written notice to Indemnitee advising him of the identity of the Independent
Counsel so selected. If a Change of Control shall have occurred, the Independent
Counsel shall be selected by Indemnitee (unless Indemnitee shall request that
such selection be made by the Board, in which event the preceding sentence shall
apply), and Indemnitee shall give written notice to the Company advising it of
the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. In either event, Indemnitee
or the Company, as the case may be, may, within ten (10) days after such written
notice of selection shall have been given, deliver to the Company or to
Indemnitee, as the case may be, a written objection to such selection; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that such objection may be asserted only on the ground that the
Independent Counsel so selected does not meet the requirements of "Independent
Counsel" as defined in Section 1 of this Agreement, and the objection shall set
forth with particularity the factual basis of such assertion. If such written
objection is so made and substantiated, the Independent Counsel so selected may
not serve as Independent Counsel unless and until such objection is withdrawn or
a court has determined that such objection is without merit. If, within thirty
(30) days after submission by Indemnitee of a written request for
indemnification pursuant to Section 9(a) hereof, no Independent Counsel shall
have been selected and not objected to, either the Company or Indemnitee may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for resolution of any objection
which shall have been made by the Company or Indemnitee to the other's selection
of Independent Counsel and/or for the appointment as Independent Counsel of a
person selected by the court or by such other person as the court shall
designate, and the person with respect to whom all objections are so resolved or
the person so appointed shall act as Independent Counsel under Section 9(b)
hereof. The Company shall pay any and all reasonable fees and Expenses of
Independent Counsel incurred by such Independent Counsel in connection with
acting pursuant to Section 9(b) hereof, and the Company shall pay all reasonable
fees and Expenses incident to the procedures of this Section 9(c), regardless of
the manner in which such Independent Counsel was selected or appointed. Upon the
due commencement of any judicial proceeding or arbitration pursuant to Section
11(a)(iii) of this Agreement, Independent Counsel shall be discharged and
relieved of any further responsibility in such capacity (subject to the
applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing).
SECTION 10. PRESUMPTIONS AND EFFECT OF CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS.
If a Change of Control shall have occurred, in making a determination
with respect to entitlement to indemnification hereunder, the person or persons
or entity making such determination shall presume that Indemnitee is entitled to
indemnification under this Agreement if Indemnitee has submitted a request for
indemnification in accordance with Section 9(a) of this Agreement, and the
Company shall have the burden of proof to overcome that presumption in
connection with the making by any person, persons or entity of any determination
contrary to that presumption.
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The termination of any Proceeding or of any claim, issue or matter
therein, by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of NOLO
CONTENDERE or its equivalent, shall not (except as otherwise expressly provided
in this Agreement) of itself adversely affect the right of Indemnitee to
indemnification or create a presumption that Indemnitee did not act in good
faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the Company or, with respect to any criminal Proceeding,
that Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
SECTION 11. REMEDIES OF INDEMNITEE.
(a) In the event that (i) a determination is made pursuant to Section 9
of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this
Agreement, (ii) advancement of Expenses is not timely made pursuant to Section 8
of this Agreement, (iii) no determination of entitlement to indemnification
shall have been made pursuant to Section 9(b) of this Agreement within 90 days
after receipt of the Company of the request for indemnification, (iv) payment of
indemnification is not made pursuant to Section 6 or 7 of this Agreement within
ten (10) days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor or (v)
payment of indemnification is not made within ten (10) days after a
determination has been made that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification,
Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication by a court of competent
jurisdiction of his entitlement to such indemnification or advancement of
Expenses. Alternatively, Indemnitee, at his 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 an adjudication or an award in arbitration
within one hundred eighty (180) days following the date on which Indemnitee
first has the right to commence such proceeding pursuant to this Section 11(a);
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the foregoing clause shall not apply in respect of a
proceeding brought by Indemnitee to enforce his rights under Section 6 of this
Agreement.
(b) In the event that a determination shall have been made pursuant to
Section 9(b) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to
indemnification, any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to
this Section 11 shall be conducted in all respects as a DE NOVO trial, or
arbitration, on the merits and the Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced by reason
of that adverse determination. If a Change of Control shall have occurred, in
any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 11 the
Company shall have the burden of proving that Indemnitee is not entitled to
indemnification or advancement of Expenses, as the case may be.
(c) If a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 9(b) of
this Agreement that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Company shall
be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding or arbitration
commenced pursuant to this
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Section 11, absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an
omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee's statement not
materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification, or
(ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law.
(d) In the event that Indemnitee, pursuant to this Section 11, seeks a
judicial adjudication of or an award in arbitration to enforce his rights under,
or to recover damages for breach of, this Agreement, Indemnitee shall be
entitled to recover from the Company, and shall be indemnified by the Company
against, any and all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him in such
judicial adjudication or arbitration, but only if he 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.
SECTION 12. SELECTION OF COUNSEL. In the event the Company shall be
obligated under this Agreement to pay the Expenses of any Proceeding against
Indemnitee, the Company, if appropriate, shall be entitled to assume the defense
of such Proceeding, with counsel approved by Indemnitee, which approval shall
not be unreasonably withheld, upon the delivery to Indemnitee of written notice
of its election so to do. After delivery of such notice, approval of such
counsel by Indemnitee and the retention of such counsel by the Company, the
Company will not be liable to Indemnitee under this Agreement for any fees of
counsel subsequently incurred by Indemnitee with respect to the same proceeding,
provided that (i) Indemnitee shall have the right to employ his counsel in any
such proceeding at Indemnitee's expense; and (ii) if (A) the employment of
counsel by Indemnitee has been previously authorized by the Company, (B)
Indemnitee shall have reasonably concluded that there may be a conflict of
interest between the Company and Indemnitee in the conduct of any such defense
or (C) the Company shall not, in fact, have employed counsel to assume the
defense of such proceeding, then the fees and Expenses of Indemnitee counsel
shall be at the expense of the Company.
SECTION 13. MUTUAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Both the Company and Indemnitee
acknowledge that in certain instances Federal law or applicable public policy
may prohibit the Company from indemnifying its directors and officers under this
Agreement or otherwise. Indemnitee understands and acknowledges that the Company
has undertaken or may be required in the future to undertake with the Securities
and Exchange Commission to submit the question of indemnification to a court in
certain circumstances for a determination of the Company's right under public
policy to indemnify Indemnitee.
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SECTION 14. NON-EXCLUSIVITY; SURVIVAL OF RIGHTS; INSURANCE;
SUBROGATION.
(a) The rights of indemnification and to receive advancement 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 Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws, any agreement, a vote of
stockholders or a resolution 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 or of any provision hereof
in respect of any action taken or omitted by such Indemnitee in his Corporate
Status prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal.
(b) To the extent that the Company maintains an insurance policy or
policies providing liability insurance for directors, officers, employees or
agents of the Company or of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise which such person serves at the
request of the Company, Indemnitee shall have the status as an insured under
such policy or policies in accordance with its or their terms to the maximum
extent of the coverage available for any such director, officer, employee or
agent under such policy or policies.
(c) In the event of any payment under this Agreement, the Company 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 actions necessary
to secure such rights, including execution of such documents as are necessary to
enable the Company to bring suit to enforce such rights.
(d) The Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any
payment of amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder if and to the extent that
Indemnitee has otherwise actually received such payment under any insurance
policy, contract, agreement or otherwise.
(e) The Company's obligation to indemnify or advance Expenses hereunder
to Indemnitee who is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director,
officer, employee or agent of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise shall be reduced by any amount
Indemnitee has actually received as indemnification or advancement of Expenses
from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit
plan or other enterprise.
SECTION 15. DURATION OF AGREEMENT. This Agreement shall continue until
and terminate upon the later of: (a) ten (10) years after the date that
Indemnitee shall have ceased to serve as a director, officer, employee or agent
of the Company or of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust,
employee benefit plan or other enterprise which Indemnitee
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served at the request of the Company (the "ANNIVERSARY DATE"); or (b) the final
termination of any Proceeding then pending on the Anniversary Date in respect of
which Indemnitee is granted rights of indemnification or advancement of Expenses
hereunder and of any proceeding commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 11
of this Agreement relating thereto. This Agreement shall be binding upon the
Company and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of
Indemnitee and his heirs, executors and administrators.
SECTION 16. 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; (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 17. EXCEPTION TO RIGHT OF INDEMNIFICATION OR ADVANCEMENT OF
EXPENSES. 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, or any claim
therein prior to a Change in Control, unless the bringing of such Proceeding or
making of such claim shall have been approved by the Board.
SECTION 18. 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 19. 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 20. 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
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waiver of any other provisions hereof (whether or not similar) nor shall such
waiver constitute a continuing waiver.
SECTION 21. NOTICE BY INDEMNITEE. Indemnitee agrees to notify promptly
the Company 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 advancement of Expenses
covered hereunder.
SECTION 22. 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 or air courier and receipted for by the
party to whom said notice or other communication shall have been directed or
(ii) mailed by certified or registered mail, with postage prepaid, on the fifth
(5th) business day after the date on which it is so mailed:
If to Indemnitee, to:
Name
Street Address
City, State, Zip Code
If to the Company, to:
or to such other address as may have been furnished to Indemnitee by the Company
or to the Company by Indemnitee, as the case may be, in accordance with the
foregoing requirements.
SECTION 23. CONTRIBUTION. To the fullest extent permissible under the
applicable law, if the indemnification provided for in this Agreement is
unavailable to Indemnitee for any reason whatsoever, the Company, in lieu of
indemnifying Indemnitee, shall contribute to the amount incurred by Indemnitee,
whether for judgments, fines, penalties, excise taxes, amounts paid or to be
paid in settlement and/or for Expenses, in connection with any claim relating to
an indemnifiable event under this Agreement, in such proportion as is deemed
fair and reasonable in light of all of the circumstances of such Proceeding in
order to reflect (i) the relative benefits received by the Company and
Indemnitee as a result of the event(s) and/or transaction(s) giving cause to
such Proceeding, and /or (ii) the relative fault of the Company (and its
directors, officers, employees and agents) and Indemnitee in connection with
such event(s) and/or transaction(s).
SECTION 24. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement and the legal relations among
the parties shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with,
the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of laws rules.
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SECTION 25. MISCELLANEOUS. Use of the masculine pronoun shall be
deemed to include usage of the feminine pronoun where appropriate.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement on
the day and year first above written.
INDEMNITEE:
_________________________________________
COMPANY:
By:______________________________________
Its:_____________________________________
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