EXHIBIT 10.3
CLEARWIRE CORPORATION
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
This INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made as of
April________________________, 2004, by and between CLEARWIRE CORPORATION (the
"Company"), a Delaware corporation, and , ("Indemnitee").
RECITALS
A. The Company desires to attract and retain the involvement of highly
qualified individuals, such as Indemnitee, to serve the Company and, in part, in
order to induce Indemnitee to be involved with the Company.
B. The Company and Indemnitee each recognize the continued difficulty in
obtaining liability insurance for its directors, officers, employees, agents and
fiduciaries, the significant increases in the cost of such insurance and the
general reductions in the coverage of such insurance.
C. The Company and Indemnitee each further recognize the substantial
increase in corporate litigation in general, subjecting directors, officers,
employees, agents and fiduciaries to expensive litigation risks at the same time
as the availability and coverage of liability insurance has been severely
limited.
D. In view of the considerations set forth above, the Company desires that
Indemnitee be indemnified by the Company as set forth herein.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and Indemnitee hereby agree as set forth
below.
1. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS.
(a) "AFFILIATE" of an individual, joint venture, corporation,
limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity
(each a "Person") means a Person that directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the
first Person, and with respect to a natural person includes any child,
stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, spouse, sibling, mother-in-law,
father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law or sister-in-law, and
includes adoptive relationships. "Controlled by" and "under common control with"
means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management policies of a Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract or credit arrangement, as trustee or
executor, or otherwise.
(b) "CHANGE IN CONTROL" shall mean, and 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)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (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 thirty percent
(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 related transactions) all or substantially all of the Company's
assets.
(c) "CLAIM" shall mean any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit, proceeding or alternative dispute resolution mechanism, or any hearing,
inquiry or investigation that Indemnitee believes might lead to the institution
of any such action, suit, proceeding or alternative dispute resolution
mechanism, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other.
(d) References to the "COMPANY" shall include, in addition to
Clearwire Corporation, any resulting or 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, control persons,
stockholders, or fiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was or may be deemed a
director, officer, employee, agent, control person, stockholder or 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,
control person, stockholder, agent or 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.
(e) "EXPENSES" shall mean any and all expenses (including attorneys'
fees and all other costs, expenses and obligations incurred in connection with
investigating, defending, being a witness in or participating in (including on
appeal), or preparing to defend, to be a witness in or to participate in, any
action, suit, proceeding, alternative dispute resolution mechanism, hearing,
inquiry or investigation), judgments, losses, fines, penalties and amounts paid
in settlement (if such settlement is approved in advance by the Company, which
approval
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shall not be unreasonably withheld) of any Claim regarding any Indemnifiable
Event 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 all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in
connection with or in respect of such expenses.
(f) "EXPENSE ADVANCE" shall mean an advance payment of Expenses to
Indemnitee pursuant to Section 3(a).
(g) "INDEMNIFIABLE EVENT" shall mean any event or occurrence in any
way resulting from, arising out of or in connection with, based upon or directly
related to the fact that Indemnitee is or was a stockholder, controlling person,
director, agent or fiduciary of the Company, or any subsidiary of the Company,
or by reason of (or arising in part or in whole out of) any event or occurrence
related to (a) the fact that Indemnitee is or was or may be deemed a
stockholder, director, officer, employee, controlling person, agent or fiduciary
of the Company, or any subsidiary of the Company, or (b) is or was or may be
deemed to be serving at the request of the Company as a stockholder, director,
officer, employee, controlling person, agent or fiduciary of another
corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise, or (c) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any
alleged breach by Indemnitee of his or her fiduciary duty as a director or
officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or (d) by reason of any
action or inaction on the part of Indemnitee while serving in the capacity of a
stockholder, director, officer, employee, controlling person, agent or fiduciary
of the Company, or any subsidiary of the Company, including, without limitation,
any and all losses, claims, damages, expenses and liabilities, joint or several
(including any investigation, legal and other expenses incurred in connection
with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any action, suit, proceeding or any
claim asserted) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), the Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation,
at common law or otherwise or (e) which relates directly or indirectly to the
registration, purchase, sale or ownership of any securities of the Company or to
any fiduciary obligation owed with respect thereto or (f) as a direct or
indirect result of any Claim made by any stockholder of the Company against
Indemnitee and arising out of or related to any round of financing of the
Company (including but not limited to Claims regarding non-participation, or
non-prorata participation, in such round by such stockholder), or (g) made by a
third party against Indemnitee based on any misstatement or omission of a
material fact by the Company in violation of any duty of disclosure imposed on
the Company by federal or state securities or common laws.
(h) References to the "INDEMNITEE" shall include, in addition
to___________, his employees, agents, spouse and their respective Affiliates,
including, without limitation, any of such Persons who may be liable within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, or Section 20 of the Exchange Act.
(i) "INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL" shall mean an attorney or firm of
attorneys, selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 2(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).
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(j) 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, agent or fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves
services by, such director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary with respect
to an employee benefit plan, its 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.
(k) "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 a party to
the particular Claim for which Indemnitee is seeking indemnification, or
Independent Legal Counsel.
(l) "VOTING SECURITIES" shall mean any securities of the Company
that vote generally in the election of directors.
2. INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) INDEMNIFICATION OF EXPENSES. The Company shall indemnify, defend
and hold harmless Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law if
Indemnitee was or is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in,
or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, any
Claim by reason of (or arising in part out of) any Indemnifiable Event against
Expenses, including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable
in connection with or in respect of such Expenses. Such payment of Expenses
shall be made by the Company as soon as practicable but in any event no later
than thirty (30) business days after written demand by Indemnitee therefor is
presented to the Company.
(b) REVIEWING PARTY. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the
obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition
that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any
case in which the Independent Legal Counsel referred to in Section 2(c) hereof
is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under
applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense
Advance shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that
the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so
indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed
by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts
theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced or
thereafter commences legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to
secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable
law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be
permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and
Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense
Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to
which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or lapsed).
Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance shall
be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon. If there has not been a
Change in Control, the
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Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has
been such a Change in Control (other than a Change in Control which has been
approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors
immediately prior to such Change in Control), the Reviewing Party shall be the
Independent Legal Counsel. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing
Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would
not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law,
Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation seeking an initial
determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the
Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, including the legal or factual bases
therefor, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in
any such proceeding. Absent such litigation, any determination by the Reviewing
Party shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemnitee.
(c) CHANGE IN CONTROL. The Company agrees that if there is a Change
in Control of the Company (other than a Change in Control which has been
approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors
immediately prior to such Change in Control), then with respect to all matters
thereafter arising concerning the rights of Indemnitee to payments of Expenses
and Expense Advances under this Agreement or any other agreement or under the
Company's Certificate of Incorporation (the "Certificate") or Bylaws as now or
hereafter in effect, Independent Legal Counsel, if desired by Indemnitee, shall
be selected by Indemnitee and approved by the Company (which approval shall not
be unreasonably withheld). Such counsel, among other things, shall render its
written opinion to the Company and Indemnitee as to whether and to what extent
Indemnitee would be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law and the
Company agrees to abide by such opinion. The Company agrees to pay the
reasonable fees of the Independent Legal Counsel referred to above and to
indemnify fully such counsel against any and all expenses (including attorneys'
fees), claims, liabilities and damages arising out of or relating to this
Agreement or its engagement pursuant hereto.
(d) CONTRIBUTION. If the indemnification provided for in Section
2(a) above for any reason is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
unavailable to Indemnitee in respect of any losses, claims, damages, expenses or
liabilities referred to therein, then the Company, in lieu of indemnifying
Indemnitee thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by
Indemnitee as a result of such losses, claims, damages, expenses or liabilities
(i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits
received by the Company and Indemnitee, or (ii) if the allocation provided by
clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i)
above but also the relative fault of the Company and Indemnitee in connection
with the action or inaction which resulted in such losses, claims, damages,
expenses or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.
In connection with the registration of the Company's securities, the relative
benefits received by the Company and Indemnitee shall be deemed to be in the
same respective proportions that the net proceeds from the offering (before
deducting expenses) received by the Company and Indemnitee, in each case as set
forth in the table on the cover page of the applicable prospectus, bear to the
aggregate public offering price of the securities so offered. The relative fault
of the Company and Indemnitee shall be determined by reference to, among other
things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information
supplied by the Company or Indemnitee and the parties' relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission.
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The Company and Indemnitee agree that it would not be just and equitable
if contribution pursuant to this Section 1(d) were determined by pro rata or per
capita allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take
account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding
paragraph. In connection with the registration of the Company's securities, in
no event shall Indemnitee be required to contribute any amount under this
Section 1(d) in excess of the lesser of (i) that proportion of the total of such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities indemnified against equal to the
proportion of the total securities sold under such registration statement which
is being sold by Indemnitee or (ii) the proceeds received by Indemnitee from its
sale of securities under such registration statement. No person found guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the
Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not
found guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
(e) MANDATORY PAYMENT OF EXPENSES. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement, to the extent that Indemnitee has been successful
on the merits or otherwise, including, without limitation, the dismissal of an
action without prejudice, in defense of any Claim regarding any Indemnifiable
Event, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses incurred by
Indemnitee in connection therewith.
3. EXPENSES; INDEMNIFICATION PROCEDURE.
(a) ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES. The Company shall advance all Expenses
incurred by Indemnitee. The advances to be made hereunder shall be paid by the
Company to Indemnitee as soon as practicable but in any event no later than
thirty (30) business days after written demand by Indemnitee therefor to the
Company.
(b) NOTICE/COOPERATION BY INDEMNITEE. Indemnitee shall, as a
condition precedent to Indemnitee's right to be indemnified under this
Agreement, give the Company notice in writing as soon as practicable of any
Claim made against Indemnitee for which indemnification will or could be sought
under this Agreement. Notice to the Company shall be directed to the Chief
Financial Officer of the Company at the address shown on the signature page of
this Agreement (or such other address as the Company shall designate in writing
to Indemnitee).
(c) NO PRESUMPTIONS; BURDEN OF PROOF. For purposes of this
Agreement, the termination of any Claim by judgment, order, settlement (whether
with or without court approval) or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo
contendere, or its equivalent, shall not create a presumption that Indemnitee
did not meet any particular standard of conduct or have any particular belief or
that a court has determined that indemnification is not permitted by applicable
law. In addition, neither the failure of the Reviewing Party to have made a
determination as to whether Indemnitee has met any particular standard of
conduct or had any particular belief, nor an actual determination by the
Reviewing Party that Indemnitee has not met such standard of conduct or did not
have such belief, prior to the commencement of legal proceedings by Indemnitee
to secure a judicial determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under
applicable law, shall be a defense to Indemnitee's claim or create a presumption
that Indemnitee has not met any particular standard of conduct or did not have
any particular belief. In connection with any determination by the Reviewing
Party or otherwise as to whether
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Indemnitee is entitled to be indemnified hereunder, the burden of proof shall be
on the Company to establish that Indemnitee is not so entitled.
(d) NOTICE TO INSURERS. If, at the time of the receipt by the
Company of a notice of a Claim pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof, the Company has
liability insurance in effect which may cover such Claim, the Company shall give
prompt notice of the commencement of such Claim to the insurers in accordance
with the procedures set forth in the respective policies. The Company shall
thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay,
on behalf of Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such Claim in
accordance with the terms of such policies.
(e) SELECTION OF COUNSEL. In the event the Company shall be
obligated hereunder to pay the Expenses of any Claim, the Company, if
appropriate, shall be entitled to assume the defense of such Claim with counsel
approved by Indemnitee upon the delivery to Indemnitee of written notice of the
Company's 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 Claim;
provided that, (i) Indemnitee shall have the right to employ Indemnitee's
separate counsel in any such Claim at Indemnitee's expense; (ii) Indemnitee
shall have the right to employ its own counsel in connection with any such
proceeding, at the expense of the Company, if such counsel serves in a review,
observer, advice and counseling capacity and does not otherwise materially
control or participate in the defense of such proceeding; and (iii) if (A) the
employment of separate counsel by Indemnitee has been previously authorized by
the Company, (B) Indemnitee shall have reasonably concluded that there is a
conflict of interest between the Company and Indemnitee in the conduct of any
such defense, or (C) the Company shall not continue to retain such counsel to
defend such Claim, then the fees and expenses of Indemnitee's separate counsel
shall be at the expense of the Company.
4. ADDITIONAL INDEMNIFICATION RIGHTS; NONEXCLUSIVITY.
(a) SCOPE. The Company hereby agrees to indemnify Indemnitee to the
fullest extent permitted by law, notwithstanding that such indemnification is
not specifically authorized by the other provisions of this Agreement or any
other agreement, the Company's Certificate, the Company's Bylaws or by statute.
In the event of any change after the date of this Agreement in any applicable
law, statute or rule which expands the right of a Delaware corporation to
indemnify a member of its board of directors or an officer, stockholder,
employee, controlling person, agent or fiduciary, it is the intent of the
parties hereto that Indemnitee shall enjoy by this Agreement the greater
benefits afforded by such change. In the event of any change in any applicable
law, statute or rule which narrows the right of a Delaware corporation to
indemnify a member of its board of directors or an officer, stockholder,
employee, controlling person, agent or fiduciary, such change, to the extent not
otherwise required by such law, statute or rule to be applied to this Agreement,
shall have no effect on this Agreement or the parties' rights and obligations
hereunder except as set forth in Section 8(a) hereof.
(b) NONEXCLUSIVITY. The indemnification provided by this Agreement
shall be in addition to any rights to which Indemnitee may be entitled under the
Company's Certificate,
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the Company's Bylaws, any other agreement, any vote of stockholders or
disinterested directors, the Delaware General Corporations Law (the "DGCL"), or
otherwise. The indemnification provided under this Agreement shall continue as
to Indemnitee for any action Indemnitee took or did not take while serving in an
indemnified capacity even though Indemnitee may have ceased to serve in such
capacity and such indemnification shall inure to the benefit of Indemnitee from
and after Indemnitee's first day of affiliation with the Company.
(c) NO DUPLICATION OF PAYMENTS. The Company shall not be liable
under this Agreement to make any payment in connection with any Claim made
against Indemnitee to the extent Indemnitee has otherwise actually received
payment (under any insurance policy, provision of the Company's Certificate,
bylaw or otherwise) of the amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder.
5. PARTIAL INDEMNIFICATION. If Indemnitee is entitled under any provision
of this Agreement to indemnification by the Company for any portion of Expenses
incurred in connection with any Claim, but not, however, for all of the total
amount thereof, the Company shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee for the
portion of such Expenses to which Indemnitee is entitled.
6. 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, officers, employees, stockholders,
controlling persons, agents or fiduciaries under this Agreement or otherwise.
7. MORE FAVORABLE TERMS. (a) If at any time when this Agreement is in
effect, the Company provides to any director, officer, employee, agent or
fiduciary more favorable indemnification terms than the indemnification terms
provided under this Agreement, the Company will promptly notify Indemnitee of
such change in terms and the Company shall grant equally favorable terms to
Indemnitee as those granted to such other director, officer, employee, agent or
fiduciary. The more favorable terms shall apply as of the effective date of the
Company's arrangement with its other director, officer, employee, agent or
fiduciary, as applicable, and shall continue until the earlier of termination of
this Agreement or the termination of such arrangement.
(b) To the extent the Company maintains liability insurance
applicable to directors, officers, employees, agents or fiduciaries, Indemnitee
shall be covered by such policies in such a manner as to provide Indemnitee the
same rights and benefits as are provided to the most favorably insured of the
Company's directors, if Indemnitee is a director; or of the Company's officers,
if Indemnitee is not a director of the Company but is an officer; or of the
Company's key employees, agents or fiduciaries, if Indemnitee is not an officer
or director but is a key employee, agent or fiduciary.
8. EXCEPTIONS. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the
Company shall not be obligated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement:
(a) CLAIMS INITIATED BY INDEMNITEE. To indemnify or advance Expenses
to Indemnitee with respect to Claims initiated or brought voluntarily by
Indemnitee and not by way
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of defense, except (i) with respect to actions or proceedings brought to
establish or enforce a right to indemnification under this Agreement or any
other agreement or insurance policy or under the Company's Certificate or Bylaws
now or hereafter in effect relating to Claims for Indemnifiable Events, (ii) in
specific cases if the Board of Directors has approved the initiation or bringing
of such Claim, or (iii) as otherwise required under Section 145 of the Delaware
General Corporation Law, regardless of whether Indemnitee ultimately is
determined to be entitled to such indemnification, advance expense payment or
insurance recovery, as the case may be.
(b) CLAIMS UNDER SECTION 16(b). To indemnify Indemnitee for Expenses
and the payment of profits arising from the purchase and sale by Indemnitee of
securities in violation of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act or any similar
successor statute.
(c) UNLAWFUL INDEMNIFICATION. To indemnify Indemnitee if a final
decision by a court having jurisdiction in the matter shall determine that such
indemnification is not lawful.
(d) CLAIMS UNDER SECTION 145 OF THE DGCL. To indemnify Indemnitee if
(i) Indemnitee did not act in good faith or in a manner reasonably believed by
Indemnitee to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the Company, or (ii)
with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, Indemnitee had reasonable
cause to believe Indemnitee's conduct was unlawful, or (iii) Indemnitee shall
have been adjudged to be liable to the Company, unless and only to the extent
that the court in which such action was brought shall permit indemnification as
provided in Section 145(b) of the DGCL.
9. PERIOD OF LIMITATIONS. No legal action shall be brought and no cause of
action shall be asserted by or in the right of the Company against Indemnitee,
Indemnitee's estate, spouse, heirs, executors or personal or legal
representatives after the expiration of five (5) years from the date of accrual
of such cause of action, and any claim or cause of action of the Company shall
be extinguished and deemed released unless asserted by the timely filing of a
legal action within such five (5) year period; provided, however, that if any
shorter period of limitations is otherwise applicable to any such cause of
action, such shorter period shall govern.
10. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original.
11. BINDING EFFECT; SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties
hereto and their respective successors and assigns (including any direct or
indirect successor by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise to all or
substantially all of the business or assets of the Company). The Company shall
require and cause any successor (whether direct or indirect, and whether by
purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all, substantially all, or a
substantial part, of the business or assets of the Company, by written agreement
in form and substance satisfactory to Indemnitee, expressly to assume and agree
to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the
Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place. This
Agreement shall continue in effect regardless of whether Indemnitee continues to
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serve as a director, officer, employee, agent, controlling person, stockholder
or fiduciary (as applicable) of the Company or of any other enterprise at the
Company's request.
12. ATTORNEYS' FEES. In the event that any action is instituted by
Indemnitee under this Agreement or under any liability insurance policies
maintained by the Company to enforce or interpret any of the terms hereof or
thereof, Indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid all Expenses incurred by
Indemnitee with respect to such action, regardless of whether Indemnitee is
ultimately successful in such action, and shall be entitled to the advancement
of Expenses with respect to such action, unless as a part of such action a court
of competent jurisdiction over such action determines that each of the material
assertions made by Indemnitee as a basis for such action were not made in good
faith or were frivolous. In the event of an action instituted by or in the name
of the Company under this Agreement to enforce or interpret any of the terms of
this Agreement, Indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid all Expenses incurred by
Indemnitee in defense of such action (including costs and expenses incurred with
respect to Indemnitee's counterclaims and cross-claims made in such action), and
shall be entitled to the advancement of Expenses with respect to such action.
13. NOTICE. All notices, requests, demands and other communications under
this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given (i) if
delivered by hand and signed for by the party addressed, on the date of such
delivery, or (ii) if mailed by domestic certified or registered mail with
postage prepaid, on the fifth business day after the date postmarked. Addresses
for notice to either party are as shown on the signature page of this Agreement,
or as subsequently modified by written notice.
14. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. The Company and Indemnitee each hereby
irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Delaware
for all purposes in connection with any action or proceeding which arises out of
or relates to this Agreement and agree that any action instituted under this
Agreement shall be commenced, prosecuted and continued only in the Courts of
Delaware.
15. SEVERABILITY. The provisions of this Agreement shall be severable in
the event that any of the provisions hereof (including any provision within a
single section, paragraph or sentence) are held by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid, void or otherwise unenforceable, and the remaining
provisions shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Furthermore, to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Agreement
(including, without limitations, each portion of this Agreement containing any
provision held to be invalid, void or otherwise unenforceable, that is not
itself invalid, void or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect
to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or
unenforceable.
16. CHOICE OF LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and its provisions
construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware as
applied to contracts between Delaware residents entered into and to be performed
entirely within the State of Delaware.
17. SUBROGATION. In the event of 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
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shall execute all documents required and shall do all acts that may be necessary
to secure such rights and to enable the Company effectively to bring suit to
enforce such rights.
18. AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION. No amendment, modification, termination or
cancellation of this Agreement shall be effective unless it is in writing signed
by both the parties hereto. Notice of same shall be provided to all parties
hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to
be or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions hereof (whether or not
similar), nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver.
19. INTEGRATION AND ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement sets forth the entire
understanding between the parties hereto and supersedes and merges all previous
written and oral negotiations, commitments, understandings and agreements
relating to the subject matter hereof between the parties hereto.
20. NO CONSTRUCTION AS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT. Nothing contained in this
Agreement shall be construed as giving Indemnitee any right to be retained in
the employ of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliated entities.
21. CORPORATE AUTHORITY. The Board of Directors of the Company and its
stockholders have approved the terms of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Indemnification
Agreement as of the date first above written.
COMPANY:
CLEARWIRE CORPORATION
By: ______________________________________
Its: ______________________________________
Address: 00000 X.X. Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
INDEMNITEE:
By: ______________________________________
Address: __________________________________
__________________________________
[Signature Page to Indemnification Agreement]
