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EXTERRAN HOLDINGS, INC

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Title: FORM OF INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
Date: 8/23/2007

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Exhibit 10.2
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
     This INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT made and entered into as of                      (“Agreement”), by and between EXTERRAN HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Company”), and                      (“Indemnitee”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
     WHEREAS, highly skilled and competent persons are becoming more reluctant to serve public corporations as directors or officers unless they are provided with adequate protection through insurance and indemnification against inordinate risks of claims and actions against them arising out of their service to and activities on behalf of a corporation; and
     WHEREAS, uncertainties relating to indemnification have increased the difficulty of attracting and retaining such persons; and
     WHEREAS, the Board of Directors has determined that the inability to attract and retain 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; and
     WHEREAS, while the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (the “Bylaws”) require indemnification of the officers and directors of the Company, the Bylaws and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) expressly provide that the indemnification provisions set forth therein are not exclusive, and thereby contemplate that contracts may be entered into between the Company and its directors, officers and other persons with respect to indemnification; and
     WHEREAS, Indemnitee does not regard the protection available under the Bylaws and through insurance as adequate in the present circumstances, and may not be willing to serve as an officer, director, employee or agent without adequate protection, and the Company desires Indemnitee to serve in one or more such capacities; and
     WHEREAS, it is reasonable, prudent and necessary for the Company contractually to obligate itself to indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law so that Indemnitee will serve or continue to serve the Company free from undue concern that Indemnitee will not be so indemnified; and
     WHEREAS, Indemnitee is willing to serve and to take on additional service for or on behalf of the Company on the condition that Indemnitee be so indemnified; and

 


 

     WHEREAS, this Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the Bylaws and any resolutions adopted pursuant thereto, and shall not be deemed a substitute therefor, nor to diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee thereunder.
     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants contained herein, the Company and Indemnitee do hereby covenant and agree as follows:
     Section 1. Services by Indemnitee. Indemnitee agrees to serve as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company. This Agreement does not create or otherwise establish any right on the part of Indemnitee to be and continue to be nominated to be a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company and does not create an employment contract between the Company and Indemnitee.
     Section 2. Indemnification. The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law in effect on the date hereof or as such laws may from time to time be amended. Without diminishing the scope of the indemnification provided by this Section 2, the rights of indemnification of Indemnitee provided hereunder shall include but shall not be limited to those rights, except to the extent expressly prohibited by applicable law.
     Section 3. Action or Proceeding Other Than an Action by or in the Right of the Company. Indemnitee shall be entitled to the indemnification rights provided in this Section 3 if Indemnitee is a party to or participant in or is threatened to be made a party to or participant in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative in nature, other than an action by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor, by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee, agent, or fiduciary of the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, agent, or fiduciary of any other entity or by reason of anything done or not done by him or her in any such capacity. Pursuant to this Section 3, Indemnitee shall be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law against expenses (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements), judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with such action, suit or proceeding (including, but not limited to, the investigation, defense or appeal thereof or any claim, issue or matter therein), 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.
     Section 4. Actions by or in the Right of the Company. Indemnitee shall be entitled to the indemnification rights provided in this Section 4 if Indemnitee is a person who was or is made a party to or participant in or is threatened to be made a party to or participant in any threatened, pending or completed action or suit brought by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee, agent, or fiduciary of the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, agent, or fiduciary of any other entity by reason of anything done or not done by Indemnitee in any such capacity. Pursuant to this Section 4, Indemnitee shall be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law against expenses (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements) actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection

 


 

with such action or suit (including, but not limited to, the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal thereof or any claim, issue or matter therein) 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; provided, however, that no such indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which Indemnitee shall have been finally adjudged by a court to be liable to the Company, unless, and only to the extent that, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite such adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification for such expenses which such court shall deem proper.
     Section 5. Indemnification for Expenses of Successful Party. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that Indemnitee has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Section 3 or 4 hereof, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements) actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection therewith. For purposes of this Section and Section 6 below, and without limitation, the termination of any claim, issue or matter in any such action, suit or proceeding by dismissal, with or without prejudice, shall be deemed to be a successful result as to such claim, issue or matter.
     Section 6. Partial Indemnification. If Indemnitee is only partially successful in the defense, investigation, settlement or appeal of any action, suit, investigation or proceeding described in Section 4 hereof, and as a result is not entitled under Section 5 hereof to indemnification by the Company for the total amount of the expenses (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements), judgments, penalties, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee, the Company shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee, as a matter of right pursuant to Section 5 hereof, to the extent Indemnitee has been partially successful. If the Indemnitee is only partially successful in any such action, suit, investigation or proceeding, the Company shall also indemnify Indemnitee, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements) reasonably incurred in connection with a claim, issue or matter related to any claim, issue or matter on which the Indemnitee was successful.
     Section 7. Indemnification for Expenses of a Witness. To the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status (as hereinafter defined), a witness in any proceeding, Indemnitee shall be indemnified by the Company against all expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection therewith.
     Section 8. Additional Indemnification.
     (a) Notwithstanding any limitation in Sections 3, 4, 5 or 6 hereof, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law if Indemnitee is a party to or threatened to be made a party to any action, suit or proceeding (including any action, suit or proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor) against all expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the action, suit or proceeding.

 


 

     (b) For purposes of Section 8(a), the meaning of the phrase “to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law” shall include, but not be limited to:
     (i) to the fullest extent permitted by the provision of the DGCL that authorizes or contemplates additional indemnification by agreement, or the corresponding provision of any amendment to or replacement of the DGCL, and
     (ii) to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by any amendments to or replacements of the DGCL adopted after the date of this Agreement that increase the extent to which a corporation may indemnify its officers and directors.
     Section 9. Exclusions. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement, the Company shall not be obligated under this Agreement to make any indemnity (and, with respect to clause (c) below, advancement of expenses) in connection with any claim made against Indemnitee:
     (a) for which payment has actually been made to or on behalf of Indemnitee under any insurance policy or other indemnity provision, except with respect to any excess beyond the amount paid under any insurance policy or other indemnity provision; or
     (b) for (i) 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 (as hereinafter defined) or similar provisions of state statutory law or common law, or (ii) any reimbursement of the Company by the Indemnitee of any bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based compensation or of any profits realized by the Indemnitee from the sale of securities of the Company, as required in each case under the Exchange Act (including any such reimbursements that arise from an accounting restatement of the Company pursuant to Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), or the payment to the Company of profits arising from the purchase and sale by Indemnitee of securities in violation of Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act), or
     (c) except as provided in Section 13 of this Agreement, in connection with any action, suit or proceeding (or any part thereof) initiated by Indemnitee, including any action, suit or proceeding (or any part thereof) initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or its directors, officers, employees or other indemnitees, unless (i) the Board of Directors authorized the action, suit or proceeding (or any part thereof) prior to its initiation or (ii) the Company provides the indemnification or advancement of expenses, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Company under applicable law.
     Section 10. Determination of Entitlement to Indemnification.
     (a) Upon written request by Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to Section 3 or 4 hereof, the entitlement of the Indemnitee to indemnification pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be determined by the following person or persons who shall be empowered to make such determination: (i) if a Change of Control shall have occurred, by Independent Counsel (as hereinafter defined) 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, by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors (as hereinafter defined) even if less than a quorum; or (B) if there are no such Disinterested Directors or if such Disinterested Directors so direct, 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 the Board of Directors, by the stockholders of the Company. Such determination of entitlement to indemnification shall be made not later than 60 days after receipt by the Company of a written request for indemnification. Such request shall include documentation or information which is necessary for such determination and which is reasonably available to Indemnitee. To the fullest extent not prohibited by law, any expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by Indemnitee in connection with Indemnitee’s request for indemnification hereunder shall be borne by the Company, and the Company hereby indemnifies and agrees to hold Indemnitee harmless therefrom irrespective of the outcome of the determination of Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification. If the person making such determination shall determine that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification as to part (but not all) of the application for indemnification, such person shall reasonably prorate such partial indemnification among such claims, issues or matters.
     (b) In the event the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 10(a) hereof, the Independent Counsel shall be selected as provided in this Section 10(b). If a Change of Control shall not have occurred, the Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and the Company shall give written notice to Indemnitee advising Indemnitee of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. If a Change of Control shall have occurred, the Independent Counsel shall be selected by Indemnitee (unless Indemnitee shall request that such selection be made by the Board of Directors, in which event the preceding sentence shall apply), and Indemnitee shall give written notice to the Company advising it of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. In either event, Indemnitee or the Company, as the case may be, may, within ten (10) days after such written notice of selection shall have been given, deliver to the Company or to Indemnitee, as the case may be, a written objection to such selection; provided, however, that such objection may be asserted only on the ground that the Independent Counsel so selected does not meet the requirements of “Independent Counsel” as defined herein, and the objection shall set forth with particularity the factual basis of such assertion. Absent a proper and timely objection, the person so selected shall act as Independent Counsel. If such written objection is so made and substantiated, the Independent Counsel so selected may not serve as Independent Counsel unless and until such objection is withdrawn or a court has determined that such objection is without merit. If, within twenty (20) days after the later of submission by Indemnitee of a written request for indemnification pursuant to Section 10(a) hereof and the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, no Independent Counsel shall have been selected and not objected to, either the Company or Indemnitee may petition a court of competent jurisdiction for resolution of any objection which shall have been made by the Company or Indemnitee to the other’s selection of Independent Counsel and/or for the appointment as Independent Counsel of a person selected by the Court or by such other person as the Court shall designate, and the person with respect to whom all objections are so resolved or the person so appointed shall act as Independent Counsel under Section 10(a) hereof. Upon the due commencement of any judicial proceeding or arbitration pursuant to Section 13 of this Agreement, Independent Counsel shall be discharged

 


 

and relieved of any further responsibility in such capacity (subject to the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing).
     Section 11. Presumptions and Effect of Certain Proceedings.
     (a) The Secretary of the Company shall, promptly upon receipt of Indemnitee’s request for indemnification, advise in writing the Board of Directors or such other person or persons empowered to make the determination as provided in Section 10 that Indemnitee has made such request for indemnification. Upon making such request for indemnification, Indemnitee shall be presumed to be entitled to indemnification
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