AMENDMENT TO INDEMNITY AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.2
AMENDMENT TO INDEMNITY AGREEMENT
THIS
AMENDMENT TO INDEMNITY AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of , is made by
and between Alliance Semiconductor Corporation, a Delaware corporation with executive offices at
0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 (the “Company” ), and .
BACKGROUND
A. The parties hereto are parties to Indemnity Agreement, dated as of (the “Original
Agreement”).
B. The parties hereto previously agreed to amend certain provisions of the Original Agreement, and
wish to confirm such agreement as provided herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants hereinafter set forth,
the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
1. Section 6 hereby is amended by deleting in its entirety the last sentence of Section 6. Section
6 is hereby further amended by add at the end thereof a new sentence reading as follows: “If so
requested by the Company, Indemnitee hereby agrees to provide the Company in connection with any
proceeding a written undertaking confirming, with respect to such proceeding, the undertaking of
the Indemnitee set forth in this Section 6”.
2. The last two sentences of Section 8.2 hereby are amended to read in their entirety as follows:
“Such determination shall be made (a) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to
such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum, (and if such directors so direct,
by independent legal counsel in a written opinion), (b) by the stockholders of the Company, or (c)
a court of competent jurisdiction. Unless prohibited by the General Corporation Law of the State
of Delaware, Indemnitee shall be entitled to select the forum from the choices of forums specified
in such clauses (a) through (c) in which Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification and advances
will be determined, but shall pay the costs incurred by the Company if a determination by the
stockholders is requested”.
3. Section 9.2 hereby is amended to insert the following phrase between the word “determines” and
the word “that”: “by a final and non-appealable judgment”.
4. Section 9.4 hereby is deleted in its entirety.
5. Section 9.7 hereby is amended to insert the following phrase between the word “which” and the
word “Indemnitee”: “a court of competent jurisdiction determines by a final and non-appealable
judgment that”.
6. Section 9.8 hereby is amended to insert the following phrase between the word “that” and the
word “constituted”: “a court of competent jurisdiction determines by a final and non-appealable
judgment”.
7. The Original Agreement, as amended hereby, remains in full force and effect.
8. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings designated in the Original
Agreement.
9. This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original and all of which together shall constitute one instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment as of the date first above
written.
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