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Form of Indemnification Agreement For Non-employee-directors

Exhibit 10.34

AMIS HOLDINGS, INC.

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT This Indemnification Agreement (the " Agreement" ) is made as of by and between AMIS Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the " Company" ), and (the " Indemnitee" ).

WHEREAS, the Company and the Indemnitee recognize the difficulty in obtaining directors' and officers' liability insurance, the cost of such insurance and the limited scope of coverage of such insurance;

WHEREAS, the Company and the Indemnitee further recognize the substantial increase in corporate litigation in general, subjecting officers and directors to expensive litigation risks at the same time as the availability and coverage of liability insurance has been severely limited;

WHEREAS, the Indemnitee does not regard the current protection available as adequate under the present circumstances, and the Indemnitee and other officers and directors of the Company may not be willing to continue to serve as officers and directors without additional protection; and

WHEREAS, the Company desires to attract and retain the services of highly qualified individuals, such as the Indemnitee, to serve as officers and directors of the Company and to indemnify its officers and directors so as to provide them with the maximum protection permitted by law.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Indemnitee hereby agree as follows:

1. Contractual Indemnity. In addition to any indemnification provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, the Company hereby agrees, subject to the limitations of Sections 2 and 5 hereof:

(a) To indemnify, defend and hold Indemnitee harmless to the greatest extent possible under applicable law from and against any and all judgments, fines, penalties, amounts paid in settlement and any other amounts reasonably incurred or suffered by Indemnitee (including attorneys' fees) if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe Indemnitee' s conduct was unlawful, in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the Company, to which Indemnitee is, was or at any time becomes a party, or is threatened to be made a party, by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is, was or at any time becomes a director, officer,

employee or agent of the Company or is or was serving or at any time serves at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (collectively referred to hereafter as a " Claim" ), whether or not arising prior to the date of this Agreement. (b) To pay any and all expenses reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in defending any Claim or Claims (including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses and other reasonable costs of investigation and defense), as the same are incurred and in advance of a final judicial determination (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or lapsed) (the " Final Judicial Determination" ) of any such Claim or Claims, upon receipt of a written undertaking by or on behalf of Indemnitee (which shall be unsecured and shall not bear interest) to reimburse such amounts if a Final Judicial Determination determines that Indemnitee (i) is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company under this Agreement, and (ii) is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company under the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company.

(c) The termination of any action or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that (i) Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner which Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the Company, or (ii) with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that Indemnitee' s conduct was unlawful.


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2. Limitations on Contractual Indemnity. Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification or advancement of expenses under Section 1:

(a) if a court of competent jurisdiction, by a Final Judicial Determination, shall determine that (i) the Claim or Claims in respect of which indemnity is sought arise from Indemnitee' s fraudulent, dishonest or willful misconduct, or (ii) such indemnity is not permitted under applicable law; (b) on account of any suit in which judgment is rendered for an accounting of profits made from the purchase or sale by Indemnitee of securities of the Company in violation of the provisions of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and amendments thereto or similar provisions of any federal, state or local statutory law; (c) for any acts or omissions or transactions from which Indemnitee may not be relieved of liability under the Delaware General Corporation Law; or

(d) with respect to proceedings or claims initiated or brought voluntarily by Indemnitee and not by way of defense, except (i) with respect to proceedings brought in good faith to establish or enforce a right to indemnification under this Agreement or any statute, law or other agreement, or (ii) at the Company' s discretion, in specific cases if the Board of Directors of the Company has approved the initiation or bringing of such suit; or

(e) for expenses or liabilities of any type whatsoever (including, but not limited to, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, and amounts paid in settlement) which have been paid directly to Indemnitee by an insurance carrier under a policy of liability insurance maintained by the Company;

(f) for any expenses incurred by the Indemnitee with respect to any proceeding instituted by Indemnitee to enforce or interpret this Agreement, if a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the material assertions made by the Indemnitee in such proceeding were not made in good faith or were frivolous.

Notwithstanding any limitations set forth in this Section 2 regarding the Company' s obligation to provide indemnification, Indemnitee shall be entitled under Section 4 to receive expense advances hereunder with respect to any such Claim unless and until a court having jurisdiction over the Claim shall have made a Final Judicial Determination that Indemnitee has engaged in acts, omissions or transactions for which Indemnitee is prohibited from receiving indemnification under this Section 2.

3. Continuation of Contractual Indemnity. Subject to the termination provisions of Section 12, all agreements and obligations of the Company


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contained herein shall continue for so long as Indemnitee shall be subject to any possible action, suit, proceeding or other assertion of a Claim or Claims.

4. Expenses; Indemnification Procedure. The Company shall advance all expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of any civil or criminal action or proceeding referenced in Section 1 hereof (but not amounts actually paid in settlement of any such action or proceeding). Indemnitee hereby undertakes to repay such amounts advanced if, and to the extent that, a Final Judicial Determination determines that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company as authorized hereby. The advances to be made hereunder shall be paid by the Company to Indemnitee within twenty (20) days following delivery of a written request therefore by Indemnitee to the Company.

5. Notification and Defense of Claim. If any action, suit, proceeding or other Claim is brought against Indemnitee in respect of which indemnity may be sought under this Agreement:

(a) Indemnitee will promptly notify the Company in writing of the commencement thereof, and the Company and any other indemnifying party similarly notified will be entitled to participate therein at its own expense or to assume the defense thereof and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to Indemnitee provided however, that failure to provide such notice in accordance with this Section 2(a) shall not affect ...

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