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[FORM OF INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT] INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

Indemnification Agreement

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Title: [FORM OF INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT] INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
Date: 3/16/2007

[FORM OF INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT] INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT, Parties: american states water co
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Exhibit 10.21

[FORM OF INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT]

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

This Indemnification Agreement (“Agreement”) is made as of [DATE] by and between [COMPANY] (“Company”), and [NAME] (“Indemnitee”)[.][, and amends and restates in its entirety the Indemnification agreement dated as of [DATE] between the Company and Indemnitee.]

R E C I T A L S

A.            The Indemnitee is currently serving as [POSITIONS], [each, either directly or indirectly, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company,] and in such capacities has rendered valuable services to the Company.

B.            The Company may from time to time request Indemnitee to serve as a director or executive officer of [other] subsidiaries of [COMPANY] (the “New Subsidiaries”) formed after the date hereof.

C.            The Company has investigated the availability and sufficiency of liability insurance and California statutory indemnification provisions to provide the directors and officers of the Company and the directors and officers of its wholly owned subsidiaries with adequate protection against various legal risks and potential liabilities to which such individuals are subject due to their positions with the Company and/or its wholly owned subsidiaries and has concluded that such insurance and statutory provisions may provide inadequate and unacceptable protection to certain individuals requested to serve as directors and/or officers of the Company and/or its wholly owned subsidiaries.

D.            In order to induce and encourage highly experienced and capable persons such as the Indemnitee to continue to serve as [POSITIONS], the Board of Directors has determined, after due consideration and investigation of the terms and provisions of this Agreement and the various other options available to the Company and the Indemnitee in lieu hereof, that this Agreement is not only reasonable and prudent but necessary to promote and ensure the best interests of the Company and its shareholders.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the continued services of the Indemnitee and in order to induce the Indemnitee to continue to serve as an executive officer of [COMPANY] and to serve, at the request of the Company, as a director or executive officer of any New  Subsidiary, the Company and the Indemnitee do hereby agree as follows:

1.             Definitions .  As used in this Agreement:

(a)           The term “Proceeding” shall include any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, formal or informal, whether brought in the name of the Company or one of its wholly owned subsidiaries or otherwise and whether of a civil,

  




criminal or administrative or investigative nature, against the Indemnitee by reason of the fact that the Indemnitee is or was a director and/or officer of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including, without limitation, any subsidiary or affiliated company, whether or not the Indemnitee is serving in such capacity at the time any liability or Expense is incurred for which indemnification or reimbursement is to be provided under this Agreement.

(b)           The term “change of control” includes any change in the ownership of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Company or in the composition of a majority of the members of the board of directors of the Company.

(c)           The term “Expenses” includes, without limitation, attorneys’ fees, disbursements and retainers, accounting and witness fees, travel and deposition costs, expenses of investigations, judicial or administrative proceedings and appeals, amounts paid in settlement by or on behalf of Indemnitee, and any expenses of establishing a right to indemnification, pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, including reasonable compensation for time spent by the Indemnitee in connection with the investigation, defense or appeal of a Proceeding or action for indemnification for which the Indemnitee is not otherwise compensated by the Company or any third party.  The term “Expenses” does not include the amount of judgments, fines, penalties or ERISA excise taxes actually levied against the Indemnitee.

(d)           The term “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to any employee benefit plan.

(e)           The term “serving at the request of the Company” includes any service, at the request or with the express or implied authorization of the Company, as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, which service imposes duties on, or involves services by, Indemnitee with respect to such corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, its participants or beneficiaries.  If Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of such other enterprise, its participants or beneficiaries, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner not opposed to the best interests of the Company.

2.             Agreement to Serve .  In reliance on this Agreement, the Indemnitee agrees to continue to serve as a director and/or officer of the Company and/or one or more of its wholly owned subsidiaries for so long as the Indemnitee is duly elected or appointed or until such time as the Indemnitee tenders the Indemnitee’s resignation in writing or is removed from all positions as a director and/or officer of the Company and/or its wholly owned subsidiaries.

3.             Indemnification in Third Party Actions .  The Company shall indemnify the Indemnitee if the Indemnitee is a party to or threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any Proceeding (other than a Proceeding by or in the name of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor), by reason of the fact that the Indemnitee is or was a director

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and/or officer of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including, without limitation, any subsidiary or affiliated company, against all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and ERISA excise taxes actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with the defense or settlement of such a Proceeding, to the fullest extent permitted by California law and the Company’s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws; provided that any settlement of a Proceeding be approved in writing by the Company.

4.             Indemnification in Proceedings By or In the Name of the Company .  The Company shall indemnify the Indemnitee if the Indemnitee is a party to or threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any Proceeding by or in the name of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the Indemnitee was or is a director and/or officer of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and ERISA excise taxes actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with the defense or settlement of such a Proceeding, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and the Company’s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws.

5.             Conclusive Presumption Regarding Standards of Conduct .  The Indemnitee shall be conclusively presumed to have met the relevant standards of conduct, if any, as defined by California law, for indemnification pursuant to this Agreement, unless a determination is made that the Indemnitee has not met such standards (i) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum thereof consisting of directors who were not parties to the Proceeding for which a claim is made under this Agreement, (ii) by the shareholders of the Company by majority vote of a quorum thereof consisting of shareholders who are not parties to the Proceeding due to which a claim is made under this Agreement, (iii) in a written opinion by independent counsel, the selection of whom has been approved by the Indemnitee in writing, or (iv) by a court of competent jurisdiction.

6.             Indemnification of Expenses of Successful Party .  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that the Indemnitee has been successful in defense of any Proceeding or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, on the merits or otherwise, including the dismissal of a Proceeding without prejudice or the settlement of a Proceeding without an admiss







 
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