Exhibit 10.10
XXX.XXX CORPORATION
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
This Indemnification Agreement ("Agreement") is entered into as of the ____
day of _______, 1999, by and between XXX.xxx Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(the "Company") and the Indemnitee identified on the signature page hereto (the
"Indemnitee").
R E C I T A L S
The Company and Indemnitee 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.
The Company and Indemnitee 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.
Indemnitee does not regard the current protection available as
adequate under the present circumstances, and Indemnitee and other directors,
officers, employees, agents and fiduciaries of the Company may not be willing to
continue to serve in such capacities without additional protection.
The Company (i) desires to attract and retain the services of highly
qualified individuals, such as Indemnitee, to serve the Company and, in part, in
order to induce Indemnitee to continue to provide services to the Company and
(ii) wishes to provide for the indemnification and advancing of expenses to each
Indemnitee to the maximum extent permitted by law.
In view of the considerations set forth above, the Company desires
that Indemnitee be indemnified by the Company as set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and Indemnitee hereby agree as follows:
1. INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) INDEMNIFICATION OF EXPENSES. The Company shall indemnify and
hold harmless Indemnitee (including its partners, employees and agents) 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 threatened, pending or completed action,
suit, proceeding or alternative dispute resolution mechanism, or any hearing,
inquiry or investigation that Indemnitee in good faith believes might lead to
the institution of any such action, suit, proceeding or alternative dispute
resolution mechanism, whether civil, criminal,
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administrative, investigative or other (hereinafter a "Claim") by reason of
(or arising in part out of) any event or occurrence related to the fact that
Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee, controlling person, agent
or fiduciary of the Company, or any subsidiary of the Company, or is or was
serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee,
controlling person, agent or fiduciary of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or by reason of any action or
inaction on the part of Indemnitee while serving in such capacity 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 Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") or other federal or state statutory law
or regulation, at common law or otherwise, which relate 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
(hereinafter an "Indemnification Event") against any and all expenses
(including attorneys' fees and all other costs, expenses and obligations
incurredin connection with investigating, defending a witness in or
participating in (including on appeal), or preparing to defend, be a witness
in or participate in, any such action, suit, proceeding, alternative dispute
resolution mechanism, hearing, inquiry or investigation), judgments, fines,
penalties and amounts paid in settlement (if such settlement is approved in
advance by the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) of
such Claim 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 (collectively, hereinafter "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 five days after
written demand by the Indemnitee therefor is presented to the Company.
(b) CONTRIBUTION. If the indemnification provided for in
Section 1(a) above for any reason is held by a court of competent jurisdiction
to be unavailable to an 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 the 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 the
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 the 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 the
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 the 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 the
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 the Indemnitee agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 1(b) were determined by pro
rata or per capita allocation or by securities, in no event shall an Indemnitee
be required to contribute any amount under this Section 1(b) 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 such 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.
(c) SURVIVAL REGARDLESS OF INVESTIGATION. The indemnification and
contribution provided for in this Section 1 will remain in full force and effect
regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Indemnitee or any
officer, director, employee, agent or controlling person of the Indemnitee.
(d) 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
under this Agreement or any other agreement or under the Company's Certificate
of Incorporation or Bylaws as now or hereafter in effect, Independent Legal
Counsel (as defined in Section 10(d) hereof) shall be selected by the 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. The Company agrees to abide by
such opinion and to pay the reasonable fees of the Independent Legal Counsel
referred to above and to fully indemnify 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.
(e) MANDATORY PAYMENT OF EXPENSES. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement other than Section 9 hereof, to the extent that
Indemnitee has been successful on the merits or otherwise, including, without
limitation, the dismissal of an action without prejudice, in the defense of any
action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation referred to in Section (1)(a)
hereof or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, Indemnitee shall
be indemnified against all Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection
therewith.
2. 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 five
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
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will or could be sought under this Agreement. Notice to the Company shall be
directed to the Chief Executive 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). In addition, Indemnitee shall
give the Company such information and cooperation as it may reasonably
require and as shall be within Indemnitee's power.
(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 connection with any determination as to whether 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 2(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 action, suit,
proceeding, inquiry or investigation 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 shall be
entitled to assume the defense of such Claim, with counsel approved by the
Indemnitee, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, upon the delivery
to Indemnitee of written notice of its election to do so. After delivery of
such notice, approval of such counsel by the 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) the Indemnitee shall have the
right to employ Indemnitee's counsel in any such Claim at the Indemnitee's
expense and (ii) if (A) the employment of counsel by the 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 the Indemnitee's counsel shall be at the expense of the Company. The Company
shall have the right to conduct such defense as it sees fit in its sole
discretion, including the right to settle any claim against Indemnitee without
the consent of such Indemnitee.
3. 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, the
Company's Certificate of Incorporation, 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, employee, 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.
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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, employee, 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 of Incorporation, its Bylaws, any agreement, any vote of
stockholders or disinterested directors, the Delaware General Corporation Law 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 the Indemnitee may have ceased to serve in such
capacity.
4. 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 such Indemnitee has otherwise actually received payment
(under any insurance policy, Certificate of Incorporation, 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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. 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, agents or
fiduciaries 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 rights under public policy to indemnify the Indemnitee.
7. LIABILITY INSURANCE. To the extent the Company maintains liability
insurance applicable to directors, officers, employees, control persons, 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 accorded 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, control person, or
fiduciary.
8. EXCEPTIONS. Any other provision herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Company shall not be obligated pursuant to the terms of the
this Agreement:
(a) EXCLUDED ACTION OR OMISSIONS. To indemnify Indemnitee for
Indemnitee's acts, omissions or transactions from which the Indemnitee may not
be relieved of liability under
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applicable law;
(b) 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 of defense, except (i) with respect to actions or
proceedings to establish or enforce a right to indemnify under this Agreement or
any other agreement or insurance policy or under the Company's Certificate of
Incorporation 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;
(c) LACK OF GOOD FAITH. To indemnify Indemnitee for any expenses
incurred by Indemnitee with respect to any proceeding instituted by Indemnitee
to enforce or interpret this Agreement, if a court of competent jurisdiction
determines that each of the material assertions made by Indemnitee in such
proceeding was not made in good faith or was frivolous; or
(d) 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended or any similar successor statute.
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 two 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 two-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. CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN PHRASES.
(a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the "Company" shall
include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation
(including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or
merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and
authority to indemnify is directors, officers, employees, agents or fiduciaries,
so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee, agent, control
person, or fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at
the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee,
control person, agent or fiduciary or another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, each Indemnitee shall
stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect
to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect
to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to "other enterprises"
shall include employee benefit plans; references to "fines" shall include any
excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan;
and references to "serving at the request of the Company" shall include any
service as a director, office, employee, agent or fiduciary of the
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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.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement a "Change in Control" shall be
deemed to have occurred if (i) any "person" (as such term in used in
Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended),
other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee
benefit plan of the Company or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the
stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their
ownership of stock of the Company, (A) who is or becomes the beneficial owner,
directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 10% or more of
the combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding Voting Securities,
increases his beneficial ownership of such securities by 5% or more over the
percentage so owned by such person, or (B) becomes the "beneficial owner" (as
defined in Rule 13d-3 under said Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of
the Company representing more than 20% of the total voting power represented by
the Company's then outstanding Voting Securities, (ii) during any period of two
consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute
the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director whose election by the
Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company's stockholders was
approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office
who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or
nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to
constitute a majority thereof, or (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve
a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation other than a
merger or consolidation which would result in the Voting Securities of the
Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by
remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the
surviving entity) at least 80% of the total voting power represented by the
Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding
immediately after such merger or consolidation, or the stockholders of the
Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement
for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one transaction or a series of
transactions) all or substantially all of the Company's assets.
(d) For purposes of this Agreement, "Independent Legal Counsel" shall
mean an attorney or firm of attorneys, selected in accordance with the
provisions of Section 1(d) hereof, who shall not have otherwise performed
services for the Company or Indemnitee within the last three years (other than
with respect to matters concerning the right of Indemnitee under this Agreement,
or of other indemnitees under similar indemnity agreements).
(e) For purposes of this Agreement, "Voting Securities" shall mean
any securities of the Company that vote generally in the election of directors.
11. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original.
12. BINDING EFFECT; SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall be
binding upon
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and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and
their respective successors, assigns, including any direct or indirect
successor by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise to all or
substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company, spouses,
heirs, and personal and legal representatives. The Company shall require and
cause any successor (whether direct or indirect by purchase, merger,
consolidation or otherwise) to all, substantially all, or a substantial part,
of the business and/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 with respect to Claims relating to
Indemnifiable Events regardless of whether Indemnitee continues to serve as a
director, officer, employee, agent, controlling person, or fiduciary of the
Company or of any other enterprise at the Company's request.
13. 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, any 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 was not made
in good faith or was 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, the 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 counterclaims and cross-claims made
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 having
jurisdiction over such action determines that each of Indemnitee's material
defenses to such action was made in bad faith or was frivolous.
14. NOTICE. All notices and other communications required or permitted
hereunder shall be in writing, shall be effective when given, and shall in any
event be deemed to be given (a) five (5) days after deposit with the U.S. Postal
Service or other applicable postal service, if delivered by first class mail,
postage prepaid, (b) upon delivery, if delivered by hand, (c) one business day
after the business day of deposited with Federal Express or similar overnight
courier, freight prepaid, or (d) one day after the business day of delivery by
facsimile transmission, if deliverable by facsimile transmission, with copy by
first class mail, postage prepaid, and shall be addressed if to Indemnitee, at
Indemnitee's address as set forth beneath the Indemnitee's signature to this
Agreement and if to the Company at the address of its principal corporate
offices (attention: Secretary) or at such other address as such party may
designate by ten days' advance written notice to the other party hereto.
15. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. The Company and Indemnitee each hereby
irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of California
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 Superior
Court of the State of California in and for Orange County, which shall be the
exclusive and only proper forum for adjudicating such a claim.
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16. 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.
17. 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 without regard to the conflict
of laws principles thereof.
18. 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 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 suite to enforce such rights.
19. AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION. No amendment, modification, termination or
cancellation of this Agreement shall be effective unless it is in writing signed
by all 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.
20. 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.
21. 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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of
the date first above written.
COMPANY
XXX.XXX CORPORATION
a Delaware corporation
By:
Xxxx Xxxxx, President/CEO
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Address:
INDEMNITEE
Address: _____________________________
_____________________________
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