INDEMNITY AGREEMENT
(K)(13)
This Indemnity Agreement (“Agreement”) is made as of August ___, 2007, by and between Main
Street Capital Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), and _______________
(“Indemnitee”).
RECITALS:
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 or 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 of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) has determined that, in order to
attract and retain qualified individuals, the Company will attempt to maintain on an ongoing basis,
at its sole expense, liability insurance to protect persons serving the Company and its
subsidiaries from certain liabilities. Although the furnishing of such insurance has been a
customary and widespread practice among United States-based corporations and other business
enterprises, the Company believes that, given current market conditions and trends, such insurance
may be available to it in the future only at higher premiums and with more exclusions. At the same
time, directors, officers and other persons in service to corporations or business enterprises are
being increasingly subjected to expensive and time-consuming litigation relating to, among other
things, matters that traditionally would have been brought only against the Company or business
enterprise itself. The Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (as amended) (the “Charter”)
and the Bylaws of the Company require indemnification of the officers and directors of the Company.
Indemnitee may also be entitled to indemnification pursuant to the Maryland General Corporation
Law (“MGCL”). The Charter, the Bylaws and the MGCL contemplate that contracts may be entered into
between the Company and members of the board of directors, officers and other persons with respect
to indemnification.
WHEREAS, the uncertainties relating to such insurance and to indemnification have increased
the difficulty of attracting and retaining such persons.
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, and to advance expenses on behalf of, 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.
WHEREAS, this Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the Charter, the Bylaws of
the Company and any resolutions adopted pursuant thereto, and shall not be deemed a substitute
therefor, nor to diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee thereunder.
WHEREAS, Indemnitee does not regard the protection available under the Company’s Charter,
Bylaws and insurance as adequate in the present circumstances, and may not be willing to serve as
an officer or director without adequate protection, and the Company desires Indemnitee to serve in
such capacity. 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 do hereby covenant and agree as follows:
1. Services to the Company. Indemnitee will serve or continue to serve as an officer,
director or key employee of the Company for so long as Indemnitee is duly elected, appointed or
retained or until Indemnitee tenders his resignation.
2. Definitions. As used in this Agreement:
(a) References to “agent” shall mean any person who is or was a director, officer, or
employee of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company or other person authorized by the
Company to act for the Company, to include such person serving in such capacity as a
director, officer, employee, fiduciary or other official of another corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise at the
request of, for the convenience of, or to represent the interests of the Company or a
subsidiary of the Company.
(b) A “Change in Control” shall be deemed to occur upon the earliest to occur after the
date of this Agreement of any of the following events:
(i) Acquisition of Stock by Third Party. Any acquiring person shall be the
Beneficial Owner (as defined below), directly or indirectly, of securities of the
Company representing fifteen percent (15%) or more of the combined voting power of
the Company’s then outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election
of directors, unless (1) the change in the relative beneficial ownership of the
Company’s securities by any person results solely from a reduction in the aggregate
number of outstanding shares of securities entitled to vote generally in the
election of directors, or (2) such acquisition was approved in advance by the
Continuing Directors (as defined below) and such acquisition would not constitute a
Change of Control under part (iii) of this definition;
(ii) Change in Board of Directors. Individuals who, as of the date hereof,
constitute the Board, and any new director whose election by the Board 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 on the date hereof
or whose election for nomination for election was previously so approved
(collectively, the “Continuing Directors”), cease for any reason to constitute at
least a majority of the members of the Board;
(iii) Corporate Transactions. The effective date of a reorganization, merger
or consolidation of the Company (a “Business Combination”), in each
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case, unless, following such Business Combination, (1) all or substantially all
of the individuals and entities who were the Beneficial Owners of securities
entitled to vote generally in the election of directors immediately prior to such
Business Combination, beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 51% of the
combined voting power of the then outstanding securities of the Company entitled to
vote generally in the election of directors resulting from such Business Combination
(including, without limitation, a corporation which as a result of such transaction
owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly
or through one or more Subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their
ownership, immediately prior to such Business Combination of the securities entitled
to vote generally in the election of directors, (2) no Person (excluding any
corporation resulting from such Business Combination) is the Beneficial Owner,
directly or indirectly, of 15% or more of the combined voting power of the then
outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of
such corporation except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the
Business Combination and (3) at least a majority of the Board of Directors of the
corporation resulting from such Business Combination were Continuing Directors at
the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board of
Directors, providing for such Business Combination;
(iv) Liquidation. The approval by the stockholders of the Company of a
complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement or series of agreements for the
sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s
assets (other than factoring the Company’s current receivables or escrows due) (or,
if such approval is not required, the decision by the Board to proceed with such a
liquidation, sale, or disposition in one transaction or a series of related
transactions); or
(v) Other Events. There shall occur any other event of a nature that would be
required to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A
(or a response to any similar item on any similar schedule or form) promulgated
under the Exchange Act (as defined below), whether or not the Company is then
subject to such reporting requirement.
(c) The term “Beneficial Owner” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 1 3d-3
promulgated under the Exchange Act.
(d) “Corporate Status” describes the status of a person who is or was a director,
officer, trustee, general partner, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of the
Company or of any other Enterprise (as defined below) which such person is or was serving at
the request of the Company.
(e) “Disinterested Director” shall mean a director of the Company who is not and was
not a party to the Proceeding in respect of which indemnification is sought by Indemnitee.
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(f) “Enterprise” shall mean the Company and any other corporation, limited liability
company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise of
which Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer,
trustee, general partner, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent.
(g) “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(h) “Expenses” shall include reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, retainers, court
costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, witness fees, travel expenses, duplicating costs,
printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, and all other
disbursements or expenses 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. Expenses also shall include Expenses incurred in connection with any
appeal resulting from any Proceeding, including without limitation the premium, security
for, and other costs relating to any cost bond, supersedeas bond, or other appeal bond or
its equivalent. Expenses, however, shall not include amounts paid in settlement by
Indemnitee or the amount of judgments or fines against Indemnitee.
(i) “Independent Counsel” shall mean a law firm or a member of a law firm that is
experienced in matters of corporation law and neither presently is, nor in the past five
years has been, retained to represent: (i) the Company or Indemnitee in any matter material
to either such party (other than with respect to matters concerning the Indemnitee under
this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnification agreements), or (ii)
any other party to the 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 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.
(j) References to “fines” shall include any excise tax assessed on Indemnitee with
respect to any employee benefit plan; 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
beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably
believed to be in the best interests 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) The term “Person” shall have the meaning as set forth in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)
of the Exchange Act; provided, however, that Person shall exclude (i) the Company, (ii) any
Subsidiaries of the Company (as defined below), (iii) any employment benefit plan of the
Company or of a Subsidiary of the Company or of any corporation owned, directly or
indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the
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same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, and (iv) any trustee or
other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or of a
Subsidiary of the Company or of 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.
(l) The term “Proceeding” shall include any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry,
administrative hearing or any other actual, threatened or completed proceeding, whether
brought in the right of the Company or otherwise and whether of a civil (including
intentional or unintentional tort claims), criminal, administrative or investigative nature,
in which Indemnitee was, is or will be involved as a party or otherwise by reason of the
fact that Indemnitee is or was a director or officer of the Company, by reason of any action
taken by him (or failure to act) by him or of any action (or failure to act) on his part
while acting as a director or officer of the Company, or by reason of the fact that he is or
was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, trustee, general partner,
managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of any other Enterprise, in each case whether
or not serving in such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which
indemnification, reimbursement, or advancement of expenses can be provided under this
Agreement.
(m) The term “Subsidiary,” with respect to any Person, shall mean any corporation or
other entity of which a majority of the voting power of the voting equity securities or
equity interest is owned, directly or indirectly, by that Person.
3. Indemnification — General. The Company shall indemnify, and advance Expenses to,
Indemnitee (a) as provided in this Agreement and (b) otherwise to the fullest extent permitted by
Maryland law in effect on the date hereof and as amended from time to time; provided, however, that
no change in Maryland law shall have the effect of reducing the benefits available to Indemnitee
hereunder based on Maryland law as in effect on the date hereof. The rights of Indemnitee provided
in this Section 3 shall include, without limitation, the rights set forth in the other sections of
this Agreement, including any additional indemnification permitted by Section 2-418(g) of the
Maryland General Corporation Law (“MGCL”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Section 3 or any other section of this Agreement, for so long as the Company is subject to the
Investment Company Act of 1940 and the regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Investment Company
Act”), the Company shall not indemnify or advance Expenses to Indemnitee to the extent such
indemnification or advance would violate the Investment Company Act.
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 witness 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 judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid
in settlement and all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in
connection with a Proceeding by reason of his Corporate Status unless it is established that (i)
the act or omission of Indemnitee was material to the matter giving rise to
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the Proceeding and (a) was committed in bad faith or (b) was the result of active and
deliberate dishonesty, (ii) Indemnitee actually received an improper personal benefit in money,
property or services, or (iii) in the case of any criminal Proceeding, Indemnitee had reasonable
cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
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 witness 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 amounts paid in settlement and all Expenses
actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection with such Proceeding unless
it is established that (i) the act or omission of Indemnitee was material to the matter giving rise
to such a Proceeding and (a) was committed in bad faith or (b) was the result of active and
deliberate dishonesty or (ii) Indemnitee actually received an improper personal benefit in money,
property or services.
6. Court-Ordered Indemnification. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, a
court of appropriate jurisdiction, upon application of Indemnitee and such notice as the court
shall require, may order indemnification in the following circumstances:
(a) if it determines Indemnitee is entitled to reimbursement under Section 2-418(d)(1)
of the MGCL, the court shall order indemnification, in which case Indemnitee shall be
entitled to recover the expenses of securing such reimbursement; or
(b) if it determines that Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnification in view of all the relevant circumstances, whether or not Indemnitee (i) has
met the standards of conduct set forth in Section 2-418(b) of the MGCL or (ii) has been
adjudged liable for receipt of an improper personal benefit under Section 2-418(c) of the
MGCL, the court may order such indemnification as the court shall deem proper. However,
indemnification with respect to any Proceeding by or in the right of the Company or in which
liability shall have been adjudged in the circumstances described in Section 2-418(c) of the
MGCL shall be limited to Expenses.
7. Indemnification for Expenses of a Party Who is Wholly or Partly Successful.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, and without limiting any such provision, to
the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of his Corporate Status, made a party to and is
successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any Proceeding, he shall be indemnified
for all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection therewith.
If Indemnitee is not wholly successful in 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 under this Section 7 for all Expenses actually and reasonably
incurred by him or on his behalf in connection with each successfully resolved claim, issue or
matter, allocated on a reasonable and proportionate basis. For purposes of this Section 7 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.
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8. Advance of Expenses. The Company shall advance all reasonable Expenses incurred by or on
behalf of Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding to which Indemnitee is, or is threatened to
be, made a party or a witness, within ten days after the receipt by the Company of a statement or
statements from Indemnitee requesting such advance or advances from time to time, whether prior to
or after final disposition of such Proceeding. Such statement or statements shall reasonably
evidence the Expenses incurred by Indemnitee and shall include or be preceded or accompanied by a
written affirmation by Indemnitee of Indemnitee’s good faith belief that the standard of conduct
necessary for indemnification by the Company as authorized by law and by this Agreement has been
met and a written undertaking by or on behalf of Indemnitee, in substantially the form attached
hereto as Exhibit A or in such form as may be required under applicable law as in effect at
the time of the execution thereof, to reimburse the portion of any Expenses advanced to Indemnitee
relating to claims, issues or matters in the Proceeding as to which it shall ultimately be
established that the standard of conduct has not been met and which have not been successfully
resolved as described in Section 7. For so long as the Company is subject to the Investment
Company Act, any advancement of Expenses shall be subject to at least one of the following as a
condition of the advancement: (a) Indemnitee shall provide a security for his or her undertaking,
(b) the Company shall be insured against losses arising by reason of any lawful advances or (c) a
majority of a quorum of the “disinterested, non-party directors” of the Company, or Independent
Counsel in a written opinion, shall determine, based on a review of readily available facts (as
opposed to a full-trial-type inquiry), that there is reason to believe that Indemnitee ultimately
will be found entitled to indemnification. To the extent that Expenses advanced to Indemnitee do
not relate to a specific claim, issue or matter in the Proceeding, such Expenses shall be allocated
on a reasonable and proportionate basis. The undertaking required by this Section 8 shall be an
unlimited general obligation by or on behalf of Indemnitee and shall be accepted without reference
to Indemnitee’s financial ability to repay such advanced Expenses and without any requirement to
post security therefor.
9. Contribution; Joint Liability.
(a) To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, if the indemnification and
hold harmless rights provided for in this Agreement are unavailable to Indemnitee in whole
or in part for any reason whatsoever, the Company, in lieu of indemnifying and holding
harmless Indemnitee, shall pay, in the first instance, the entire amount incurred by
Indemnitee, whether for judgments, liabilities, fines, penalties, amounts paid or to be paid
in settlement and/or for Expenses, in connection with any Proceeding without requiring
Indemnitee to contribute to such payment, and the Company hereby waives and relinquishes any
right of contribution it may have at any time against Indemnitee.
(b) The Company shall not enter into any settlement of any Proceeding in which the
Company is jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such Proceeding) unless
such settlement provides for a full and final release of all claims asserted against
Indemnitee.
(c) The Company hereby agrees to fully indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee from any
claims for contribution which may be brought by officers, directors
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or employees of the Company other than Indemnitee who may be jointly liable with
Indemnitee.
10. Exclusions. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement, the Company shall not be
obligated under this Agreement to make any indemnity in connection with any claim made against
Indemnitee:
(a) for which payment has actually been received by or on behalf of Indemnitee under
any insurance policy or other indemnity provision, except with respect to any excess beyond
the amount actually received under any insurance policy, contract, agreement, other
indemnity provision or otherwise;
(b) for an accounting of profits made from the purchase and sale (or sale and purchase)
by Indemnitee of securities of the Company within the meaning of Section 16(b) of the
Exchange Act or similar provisions of state statutory law or common law; or
(c) except as otherwise provided in Sections 14(d) hereof, prior to a Change in
Control, in connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by
Indemnitee, including any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee
against the Company or its directors, officers, employees or other indemnitees, unless (i)
the Board authorized the Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) prior to its initiation
or (ii) the Company provides the indemnification, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the
powers vested in the Company under applicable law.
11. 1940 Act Limitations. Notwithstanding anything in this agreement to the contrary, no
indemnification shall be paid to the extent that such indemnification would not be permitted under
the Investment Company Act of 1940, including, without limitation, indemnification for liability
arising from willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties
involved in the conduct of the Indemnitee’s office.
12. 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. The Secretary of the Company
shall, promptly upon receipt of such a request for indemnification, advise the Board of
Directors in writing that Indemnitee has requested indemnification.
(b) Upon written request by Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to the first
sentence of Section 12(a) hereof, a determination, if required by applicable law, with
respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement thereto shall promptly be made in the specific case: (i)
if a Change in Control shall have occurred, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to
the Board of Directors, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee; or (ii) if a
Change of Control shall not have occurred, (A) by the Board of Directors (or a duly
authorized committee thereof) by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of Disinterested
Directors (as herein defined), or (B) if a quorum of the Board of Directors
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consisting of Disinterested Directors is not obtainable or, even if obtainable, such
quorum of Disinterested Directors so directs, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to
the Board of Directors, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee, or (C) if so
directed by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors, 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 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. Any costs or Expenses 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 shall indemnify and hold Indemnitee harmless
therefrom.
13. Presumptions and Effect of Certain Proceedings.
(a) 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 12(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. Neither the
failure of the Company (including by its directors or Independent Counsel) to have made a
determination prior to the commencement of any action pursuant to this Agreement that
indemnification is proper in the circumstances because Indemnitee has met the applicable
standard of conduct, nor an actual determination by the Company (including by its directors
or Independent Counsel) that Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct,
shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that Indemnitee has not met the
applicable standard of conduct.
(b) If the person, persons or entity empowered or selected under Section 12 of this
Agreement to determine whether Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification shall not have made
a determination within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Company of the request
therefor, the requisite determination of entitlement to indemnification shall be deemed to
have been made and Indemnitee shall be entitled to such indemnification, 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 final judicial determination that any or all such indemnification
is expressly prohibited under applicable law; provided, however, that such 30-day period may
be extended for a reasonable time, not to exceed an additional fifteen (15) days, if the
person, persons or entity making the determination with respect to entitlement to
indemnification in good faith requires such additional time for the obtaining or evaluating
of documentation and/or information relating thereto.
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(c) 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.
(d) For purposes of any determination of good faith, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have
acted in good faith if Indemnitee’s action is based on the records or books of account of
the Enterprise, including financial statements, or on information supplied to Indemnitee by
the officers of the Enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal
counsel for the Enterprise or on information or records given or reports made to the
Enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert
selected by the Enterprise. The provisions of this Section 13(d) shall not be deemed to be
exclusive or to limit in any way the other circumstances in which the Indemnitee may be
deemed or found to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in this Agreement.
(e) The knowledge and/or actions, or failure to act, of any other director, officer,
trustee, partner, managing member, fiduciary, agent or employee of the Enterprise shall not
be imputed to Indemnitee for purposes of determining the right to indemnification under this
Agreement.
14. Remedies of Indemnitee.
(a) If (i) a determination is made pursuant to Section 12 of this Agreement that
Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, (ii) advance 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 12(b) of this
Agreement within 30 days after receipt by the Company of the request for indemnification,
(iv) payment of indemnification is not made pursuant to Section 7 of this Agreement within
ten days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor, or (v) payment of
indemnification is not made within ten days after a determination has been made that
Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication
in an appropriate court of the State of Maryland, or in any other court of competent
jurisdiction, of his entitlement to such indemnification or advance 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 180 days following the date on which Indemnitee first has
the right to commence such proceeding pursuant to this Section 14(a); provided, however,
that the foregoing clause shall not apply to a proceeding brought by Indemnitee to enforce
his rights under Section 7 of this Agreement.
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(b) In any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 14 the
Company shall have the burden of proving that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification
or advance of Expenses, as the case may be.
(c) If a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 12(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 Section
14, absent 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.
(d) In the event that Indemnitee, pursuant to this Section 14, 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 for, any and all Expenses actually and
reasonably incurred by him in such judicial adjudication or arbitration. If it shall be
determined in such judicial adjudication or arbitration that Indemnitee is entitled to
receive part but not all of the indemnification or advance of Expenses sought, the Expenses
incurred by Indemnitee in connection with such judicial adjudication or arbitration shall be
appropriately prorated.
15. Defense of the Underlying Proceeding.
(a) Indemnitee shall notify the Company promptly upon being served with or receiving
any summons, citation, subpoena, complaint, indictment, information, notice, request or
other document relating to any Proceeding which may result in the right to indemnification
or the advance of Expenses hereunder; provided, however, that the failure to give any such
notice shall not disqualify Indemnitee from the right, or otherwise affect in any manner any
right of Indemnitee, to indemnification or the advance of Expenses under this Agreement
unless the Company’s ability to defend in such Proceeding or to obtain proceeds under any
insurance policy is materially and adversely prejudiced thereby, and then only to the extent
the Company is thereby actually so prejudiced.
(b) Subject to the provisions of the last sentence of this Section 15(b) and of Section
15(c) below, the Company shall have the right to defend Indemnitee in any Proceeding which
may give rise to indemnification hereunder; provided, however, that the Company shall notify
Indemnitee of any such decision to defend within 15 calendar days following receipt of
notice of any such Proceeding under Section 15(a) above. The Company shall not, without the
prior written consent of Indemnitee, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed,
consent to the entry of any judgment against Indemnitee or enter into any settlement or
compromise which (i) includes an admission of fault of Indemnitee or (ii) does not include,
as an unconditional term thereof, the full release of Indemnitee from all liability in
respect of such Proceeding, which release shall be in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Indemnitee. This Section 15(b) shall not apply to a Proceeding brought by
Indemnitee under Section 14 above.
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(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 15(b) above, if in a Proceeding to which
Indemnitee is a party by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, (i) Indemnitee reasonably
concludes, based upon an opinion of counsel approved by the Company, which approval shall
not be unreasonably withheld, that he may have separate defenses or counterclaims to assert
with respect to any issue which may not be consistent with other defendants in such
Proceeding, (ii) Indemnitee reasonably concludes, based upon an opinion of counsel approved
by the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, that an actual or
apparent conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest exists between Indemnitee
and the Company, or (iii) if the Company fails to assume the defense of such Proceeding in a
timely manner, Indemnitee shall be entitled to be represented by separate legal counsel of
Indemnitee’s choice, subject to the prior approval of the Company, which shall not be
unreasonably withheld, at the expense of the Company. In addition, if the Company fails to
comply with any of its obligations under this Agreement or in the event that the Company or
any other person takes any action to declare this Agreement void or unenforceable, or
institutes any Proceeding to deny or to recover from Indemnitee the benefits intended to be
provided to Indemnitee hereunder, Indemnitee shall have the right to retain counsel of
Indemnitee’s choice, subject to the prior approval of the Company, which shall not be
unreasonably withheld, at the expense of the Company (subject to Section 14(d)), to
represent Indemnitee in connection with any such matter.
16. Security. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, to the extent requested by the
Indemnitee and approved by the Board, the Company may at any time and from time to time provide
security to the Indemnitee for the Company’s obligations hereunder through an irrevocable bank line
of credit, funded trust or other collateral. Any such security, once provided to the Indemnitee,
may not be revoked or released without the prior written consent of the Indemnitee.
17. 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 Charter, the Company’s 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 in respect of any action taken or omitted by such Indemnitee
in his Corporate Status prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal. To the extent that a
change in Maryland law, whether by statute or judicial decision, permits greater
indemnification or advancement of Expenses than would be afforded currently under the
Charter, the Company’s Bylaws or this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties hereto that
Indemnitee shall enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change.
No right or remedy herein conferred is intended to be exclusive of any other right or
remedy, and every other right and remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other
right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or
otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise,
shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other right or remedy.
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(b) To the extent that the Company maintains an insurance policy or policies providing
liability insurance for directors, officers, trustees, partners, managing members,
fiduciaries, employees, or agents of the Company or of any other Enterprise which such
person serves at the request of the Company, Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or
policies in accordance with its or their terms to the maximum extent of the coverage
available for any such director, officer, trustee, partner, managing member, fiduciary,
employee or agent under such policy or policies. If, at the time the Company receives
notice from any source of a Proceeding as to which Indemnitee is a party or a participant
(as a witness or otherwise), the Company has director and officer liability insurance in
effect, the Company shall give prompt notice of such Proceeding 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 the Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such Proceeding in accordance with the
terms of such 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 action 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’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, trustee,
partner, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of any other Enterprise shall be
reduced by any amount Indemnitee has actually received as indemnification or advancement of
expenses from such Enterprise.
18. 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 or
officer of the Company or as a director, officer, trustee, partner, managing member, fiduciary,
employee or agent of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit
plan or other Enterprise which Indemnitee served at the request of the Company; or (b) one (1) year
after the final termination of any Proceeding (including any rights of appeal thereto) 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 14 of this Agreement relating thereto
(including any rights of appeal of any Section 14 Proceeding).
19. 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, paragraph or sentence of this Agreement containing any such provision held
to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable)
shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall remain enforceable to the fullest
extent permitted by law; (b) such provision or provisions shall be deemed reformed to the extent
necessary to conform to applicable law and to give the maximum effect to the intent of the parties
hereto; and (c) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Agreement (including,
without limitation, each portion of any Section, paragraph or sentence of this Agreement
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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.
20. Enforcement and Binding Effect.
(a) The Company expressly confirms and agrees that it has entered into this Agreement
and assumed the obligations imposed on it hereby in order to induce Indemnitee to serve as a
director, officer or key employee of the Company, and the Company acknowledges that
Indemnitee is relying upon this Agreement in serving as a director, officer or key employee
of the Company.
(b) Without limiting any of the rights of Indemnitee under the Charter or the Bylaws of
the Company as they may be amended from time to time, this Agreement constitutes the entire
agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and
supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, oral, written and implied, between the
parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.
(c) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to
this Agreement shall be binding upon 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), shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer,
employee or agent of the Company or of any other Enterprise at the Company’s request, and
shall inure to the benefit of Indemnitee and his or her spouse, assigns, heirs, devisees,
executors and administrators and other legal representatives.
(d) 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 the 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.
(e) The Company and Indemnitee agree herein that a monetary remedy for breach of this
Agreement, at some later date, may be inadequate, impracticable and difficult of proof, and
further agree that such breach may cause Indemnitee irreparable harm. Accordingly, the
parties hereto agree that Indemnitee may enforce this Agreement by seeking injunctive relief
and/or specific performance hereof, without any necessity of showing actual damage or
irreparable harm and that by seeking injunctive relief and/or specific performance,
Indemnitee shall not be precluded from seeking or obtaining any other relief to which he may
be entitled. The Company and Indemnitee further agree that Indemnitee shall be entitled to
such specific performance and injunctive relief, including temporary restraining orders,
preliminary injunctions and permanent injunctions, without the necessity of posting bonds or
other undertaking in connection therewith. The Company acknowledges that in the absence of
a waiver, a bond or undertaking may be
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required of Indemnitee by the Court, and the Company hereby waives any such requirement
of such a bond or undertaking.
21. Modification and Waiver. No supplement, modification or amendment of this Agreement shall
be binding unless executed in writing by the parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of
this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions of this
Agreement nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver.
22. Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this Agreement
shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (a) if delivered by hand and
receipted for by the party to whom said notice or other communication shall have been directed, or
(b) mailed by certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, on the third business day after
the date on which it is so mailed:
(a) If to Indemnitee, at the address indicated on the signature page of this Agreement,
or such other address as Indemnitee shall provide in writing to the Company.
(b) If to the Company to:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Chief Executive Officer
Main Street Capital Corporation
0000 Xxxx Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Chief Executive Officer
Main Street Capital Corporation
0000 Xxxx Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
or to any other address as may have been furnished to Indemnitee in writing by the Company.
23. Applicable Law and Consent to Jurisdiction. 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 Maryland, without regard to its conflict of laws rules.
24. 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.
25. Miscellaneous. Use of the masculine pronoun shall be deemed to include usage of the
feminine pronoun where appropriate. 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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be signed as of the day and year
first above written.
MAIN STREET CAPITAL CORPORATION | INDEMNITEE | |||||||||||
By: | By: | |||||||||||
Name: | Name: | |||||||||||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer | Address: | ||||||||||
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF UNDERTAKING TO REPAY EXPENSES ADVANCED
The Board of Directors of Main Street Capital Corporation
Re: Undertaking to Repay Expenses Advanced
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This undertaking is being provided pursuant to that certain Indemnification Agreement dated
the ___day of _________, 200___, by and between Main Street Capital Corporation (the
“Company”) and the undersigned Indemnitee (the “Indemnification Agreement”), pursuant to which I am
entitled to advance of expenses in connection with [Description of Proceeding] (the “Proceeding”).
Terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings specified in the
Indemnification Agreement.
I am subject to the Proceeding by reason of my Corporate Status or by reason of alleged
actions or omissions by me in such capacity. I hereby affirm that at all times, insofar as I was
involved as [a director] [an officer] of the Company, in any of the facts or events giving rise to
the Proceeding, I (1) acted in good faith and honestly, (2) did not receive any improper personal
benefit in money, property or services and (3) in the case of any criminal proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe that any act or omission by me was unlawful.
In consideration of the advance of Expenses by the Company for reasonable attorneys’ fees and
related expenses incurred by me in connection with the Proceeding (the “Advanced Expenses”), I
hereby agree that if, in connection with the Proceeding, it is established that (1) an act or
omission by me was material to the matter giving rise to the Proceeding and (a) was committed in
bad faith or (b) was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty or (2) I actually received an
improper personal benefit in money, property or services or (3) in the case of any criminal
proceeding, I had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful, then I shall
promptly reimburse the portion of the Advanced Expenses relating to the claims, issues or matters
in the Proceeding as to which the foregoing findings have been established and which have not been
successfully resolved as described in Section 7 of the Indemnification Agreement. To the extent
that Advanced Expenses do not relate to a specific claim, issue or matter in the Proceeding, I
agree that such Expenses shall be allocated on a reasonable and proportionate basis.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Affirmation and Undertaking on this ___day of
_________, 200_.
WITNESS: |
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(SEAL) |