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[FORM OF] INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

Indemnification Agreement

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Title: [FORM OF] INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
Governing Law: Nevada     Date: 10/16/2008

[FORM OF] INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT, Parties: enerjex resources  inc.
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Exhibit 10.2

 

[FORM OF]

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

 

THIS INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made this [14 th ] day of [October], 200[8], between EnerJex Resources, Inc. , a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and __________________________, an individual (“Indemnitee”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, Indemnitee is a member of the board of directors (“Board” or “Board of Directors”) and/or an executive officer of the Company;

 

WHEREAS, the Corporation has adopted bylaws (“Bylaws”) providing for the indemnification of the directors and executive officers of the Company; (“Covered Persons”);

 

WHEREAS, the Bylaws and Nevada Revised Statute Sections 78.751 and 78.7502 (the “State Statutes”) specifically provide that they are not exclusive, and thereby contemplate that agreements may be entered into between the Company and a Covered Person with respect to indemnification of such Covered Person;

 

WHEREAS, Indemnitee is willing to serve, to continue to serve, and to take on additional service for and on behalf of the Company on the condition that Indemnitee is indemnified as set forth in this Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, it is intended that Indemnitee shall be paid promptly by the Company all amounts necessary to effectuate in full the indemnity provided in this Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, to induce Indemnitee to continue to serve as a director and/or executive officer of the Company has determined and agreed to enter into this Agreement with Indemnitee.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of Indemnitee’s continued service as a director and/or executive officer of the Company after the date hereof, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company and Indemnitee hereby agree as follows:

 

AGREEMENT

 

1. Indemnification of Indemnitee . The Company hereby agrees to hold harmless and indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by the provisions of the State Statutes, or any successor statute or amendment thereof, or any other statutory provisions authorizing or permitting such indemnification that is adopted after the date of this Agreement.

 

2. Additional Indemnity . Subject only to the exclusions set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement, the Company hereby further agrees to hold harmless, indemnify and defend Indemnitee:

 

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(a) against any and all expenses (including fees for attorneys, accountants, private investigators, court and transcript costs, fees and expenses of witnesses, travel expenses and all other like disbursements or expenses reasonably incurred by or for Indemnitee), judgment damages, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such judgment, fines, penalties, or amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred by or for Indemnitee 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) (a “Covered Action”) to which Indemnitee is made a party as a result of the fact that at the time of the act or omission which is the subject matter of such Covered Action the Indemnitee was a director, officer or employee of the Company, and

 

(b) otherwise to the fullest extent as may be provided to Indemnitee by the Company under the non-exclusivity provisions the Bylaws of the Company, the State Statutes or any employment agreement between the Company and the Indemnitee. The provisions of this Agreement are in addition to, and not in limitation of, the provisions of such Bylaws, the State Statutes or any employment agreement between the Company and the Indemnitee.

 

3. Limitations on Additional Indemnity . No indemnity pursuant to Sections 1 and 2 of this Agreement shall be paid by the Company to the extent that:

 

(a) payment therefor is actually made to Indemnitee under a valid and collectible insurance policy or policies, except with respect to any excess amount due to Indemnitee beyond the amount of payment to Indemnitee under such insurance policy or policies. Notwithstanding the availability of such insurance policy or policies, Indemnitee also may claim indemnification from the Company pursuant to this Agreement by assigning to the Company in writing any claims of Indemnitee under such insurance policy or policies to the extent of the amount Indemnitee is paid by the Company;

 

(b) Indemnitee is indemnified by the Company otherwise than pursuant to this Agreement;

 

(c) final judgment is rendered against Indemnitee for the payment of dividends or other distributions to stockholders of the Company in violation of the provisions of Subsection 2 of Nevada Revised Statutes § 78.300, as amended;

 

(d) final judgment is rendered against Indemnitee for an accounting of profits made from the purchase or sale by Indemnitee of securities of the Company pursuant to the provisions of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Act”), or other similar provisions of any federal, state or local statutory law;

 

(e) Indemnitee’s conduct giving rise to the claim for indemnification is finally adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been a breach of fiduciary duty which involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law; and/or

 

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(f) except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, in connection with all or any part of a suit or other proceeding which is initiated or maintained by or on behalf of Indemnitee, or any suit or other proceeding by Indemnitee against the Company or its directors, officers, employees or other agents, unless (i) such indemnification is expressly required by Nevada law; (ii) the suit or other proceeding was expressly authorized by an official act of the Board of Directors of the Company or (iii) such indemnification is provided by the Company, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Company under Nevada law.

 

4. Continuation of Indemnity . All agreements and obligations of the Company contained in this Agreement shall continue during the period Indemnitee is a Covered Person, and shall continue thereafter for so long as


 
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