Exhibit 10.10
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
POWER-ONE, INC.
AND
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1.
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Definitions
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2
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2.
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Indemnification
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3
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2.1
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Indemnification in Third-Party
Actions
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2.2
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Indemnification in Proceedings By or In the Name
of the Company
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2.3
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Partial Indemnification
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2.4
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Indemnification Hereunder Not
Exclusive
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2.5
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Indemnification of Indemnified Costs of
Successful Party
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2.6
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Indemnified Costs Advanced
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2.7
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Limitations on Indemnification
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3.
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Presumptions
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3.1
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Presumption Regarding Standard of
Conduct
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3.2
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Determination of Right to
Indemnification
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3.2.1
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Burden
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3.2.2
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Standard
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4.
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Other Agreements
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4.1
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Change in Control Event
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4.2
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Maintenance of Liability Insurance
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4.2.1
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Affirmative Covenant of the Company
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4.2.2
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Indemnitee Named as Insured
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4.3
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Agreement to Serve
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4.4
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Effect of this Agreement on Employment
Agreement
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4.5
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Nature of Rights; Separability
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4.6
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Savings Clause
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4.7
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Repayment of Indemnified Costs
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4.8
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Repayment
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4.9
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Mutual Acknowlegment.
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5.
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Indemnification Procedure
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5.1
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Notice
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5.2
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Company Participation
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5.3
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Settlement
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5.4
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Subrogation
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6.
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Miscellaneous Provisions
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6.1
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Amendments; Waivers
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6.2
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Interpretation; Governing Law
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6.3
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Headings
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6.4
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Consent to Jurisdiction
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6.5
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Counterparts
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6.6
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Successors and Assigns
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6.7
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Expenses; Legal Fees
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6.8
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Representation by Counsel;
Interpretation
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6.9
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Specific Performance
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6.10
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Time is of the Essence
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6.11
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Notices
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POWER-ONE, INC.
INDEMNIFICATION
AGREEMENT
This Indemnification Agreement (this
“ Agreement ”) is made as of April 25,
2006, by and between Power-One, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the “ Company ”), and the individual whose name
appears below the word “Indemnitee” on the signature
page of this Agreement (the “ Indemnitee
”). In consideration of the services of the Indemnitee to the
Company, and to induce the Indemnitee to provide services as a
director and/or officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries,
the Company and the Indemnitee agree as follows:
RECITALS
A.
The Indemnitee has agreed to serve,
or as applicable, to continue to provide service, as a director
and/or officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, and in
such capacity will render valuable services to the
Company.
B.
The Company has concluded that
insurance and statutory indemnity provisions may provide
inadequate protection to individuals requested to serve as its
directors and officers.
C.
To induce and encourage the
Indemnitee to serve as a director and/or officer of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries, the Company’s Board of Directors has
decided that this Agreement is not only reasonable and prudent, but
necessary, to promote and ensure the best interests of the Company
and its stockholders.
AGREEMENT
1.
Definitions
As used in this Agreement:
“ Agent ” means a director,
officer, employee or agent of the Company or of any other
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit
plan, or other enterprise that the Indemnitee served in any of such
capacities at the request of the Company.
“ Change in Control Event ”
has the same meaning as a “Change in Control Event” as
defined in the Company’s 2004 Stock Incentive Plan (as it
may be amended from time to time).
“ Expenses ” includes, but is
not limited to, attorneys’ fees, disbursements and retainers,
accounting and witness fees, travel and deposition costs, expenses
of investigations judicial or administrative proceedings or appeals
and amounts paid in settlement by or on behalf of the Indemnitee,
and any expenses of establishing a right to indemnification
pursuant to this Agreement, to the extent actually and reasonably
incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with
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any Proceeding. “ Expenses ”
does not include the amount of judgments, fines, penalties or ERISA
excise taxes actually levied against the Indemnitee.
“ Indemnified Costs ” means
all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and ERISA excise taxes
actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee in connection
with the investigation, defense, appeal, or settlement of any
Proceeding.
A “ Potential Change in Control
Event ” will be deemed to have occurred if:
(a)
the Company enters into an agreement
or arrangement that would constitute a Change in Control Event if
consummated;
(b)
any person (including the Company)
publicly announces an intention to take or to consider taking
actions that would constitute a Change in Control Event if
consummated; or
(c)
the Board of Directors adopts a
resolution to the effect that, for purposes of this Agreement, a
Potential Change in Control Event has occurred.
“ Proceeding ” means any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding
(including appeals thereof), whether brought by or in the name of
the Company or otherwise and whether of a civil, criminal or
administrative or investigative nature, in which the Indemnitee is
or will be a party, witness or other participant in, because the
Indemnitee is or was an Agent, 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.
2.
Indemnification
2.1
Indemnification in Third-Party
Actions . The
Company will indemnify the Indemnitee if the Indemnitee becomes a
party to, is threatened to be made a party to, is a witness or
other participant in, 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), because the Indemnitee is or was
an Agent, against all Indemnified Costs, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law.
2.2
Indemnification in Proceedings
By or In the Name of the Company. The Company will indemnify the Indemnitee if the
Indemnitee is a party to, is threatened to be made a party to, is a
witness or other participant in, or is otherwise involved in any
Proceeding by or in the name of the Company to procure a judgment
in its favor because the Indemnitee was or is an Agent of the
Company against all Indemnified Costs in connection with the
defense or settlement of the Proceeding, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law.
2.3
Partial
Indemnification. If
the Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this Agreement to
indemnification by the Company for some or a portion of, but not
the total amount of, the Indemnified Costs, the Company will
nevertheless indemnify the Indemnitee for the portion of the
Indemnified Costs to which the Indemnitee is entitled.
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2.4
Indemnification Hereunder Not
Exclusive. The
indemnification provided by this Agreement is not exclusive of any
other rights to which the Indemnitee may be entitled under the
Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws, any
agreement, any vote of stockholders or disinterested directors,
applicable law, or otherwise, both as to action in the
Indemnitee’s official capacity and as to action in another
capacity on behalf of the Company.
2.5
Indemnification of Indemnified
Costs of Successful Party . Notwithstanding any other provisions 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 in the Proceeding, on the merits or otherwise, including,
but not limited to, the dismissal of a Proceeding without prejudice
(unless such dismissal is based upon a settlement that would not be
covered under this Agreement), the Indemnitee will be indemnified
against all Indemnified Costs incurred in connection therewith to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
2.6
Indemnified Costs
Advanced . The
Indemnified Costs incurred by the Indemnitee in any Proceeding will
be paid promptly by the Company in advance of the final disposition
of the Proceeding at the written request of the Indemnitee to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law. The advances to be made
will be paid, or caused to be paid, by the Company to the
Indemnitee within 30 days following delivery of the written request
by Indemnitee to the Company, accompanied by substantiating
documentation.
2.7
Limitations on
Indemnification . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement, the Company is not required to make payments
to:
(a)
indemnify or advance Indemnified
Costs with respect to Proceedings initiated or brought voluntarily
by the Indemnitee and not by way of defense, except with respect to
Proceedings brought to establish or enforce a right to
indemnification under this Agreement or any other statute or law or
otherwise as required under applicable law;
(b)
indemnify the Indemnitee for any
Indemnified Costs for which payment is actually made to the
Indemnitee under an insurance policy, except for any excess beyond
the amount of payment under the policy;
(c)
indemnify the Indemnitee for any
Indemnified Costs sustained in any Proceeding for an accounting of
profits made from the purchase or sale by the Indemnitee of
securities of the Company pursuant to Section 16(b) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder and amendments thereto or
similar provisions of any federal, state or local law;
(d)
indemnify the Indemnitee for any
Indemnified Costs resulting from Indemnitee’s conduct that is
finally adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been
willful misconduct, knowingly fraudulent or deliberately dishonest;
or
(e)
indemnify the Indemnitee if a court
of competent jurisdiction finally determines that such payment is
unlawful.
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3.
Presumptions
3.1
Presumption Regarding Standard
of Conduct . The
Indemnitee will be conclusively presumed to have met the relevant
standards of conduct as defined by applicable law for
indemnification pursuant to this Agreement unless a determination
that the Indemnitee has not met the relevant standards is made by
(a) the Board of Directors of the Company by a majority vote
of a quorum consisting of directors who are not parties to the
Proceeding, (b) the stockholders of the Company by majority
vote, or (c) in a written opinion by independent legal
counsel, selection of whom has been made by the Company’s
Board of Dir