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:
(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
(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