INDEMNIFICATION
AGREEMENT
This
Indemnification Agreement (“ Agreement ”) is
made as of
, 200___by and between Radyne Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(the “ Company ”), and
(“ Indemnitee ”).
WHEREAS, highly
competent persons have become more reluctant to serve publicly-held
corporations as directors, officers or in other capacities unless
they are provided with adequate protection through insurance or
adequate indemnification against inordinate risks of claims and
actions against them arising out of their service to and activities
on behalf of the corporation;
WHEREAS, the Board
of Directors of the Company (the “ Board ”) has
determined that, in order to attract and retain qualified
individuals, the Company will attempt to maintain on an ongoing
basis, at its sole expense, liability insurance to protect persons
serving the Company and its subsidiaries from certain liabilities.
Although the furnishing of such insurance has been a customary and
widespread practice among United States-based corporations and
other business enterprises, the Company believes that, given
current market conditions and trends, such insurance may be
available to it in the future only at higher premiums and with more
exclusions. At the same time, directors, officers, and other
persons in service to corporations or business enterprises are
being increasingly subjected to expensive and time-consuming
litigation relating to, among other things, matters that
traditionally would have been brought only against the Company or
business enterprise itself. The Certificate of Incorporation of the
Company requires indemnification of the officers and directors of
the Company. Indemnitee may also be entitled to indemnification
pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law (“
DGCL ”). The Certificate of Incorporation and 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 members of the board of
directors, officers and other persons with respect to
indemnification;
WHEREAS, the
uncertainties relating to such insurance and to indemnification
have increased the difficulty of attracting and retaining such
persons;
WHEREAS, the Board
has determined that the increased difficulty in attracting and
retaining 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;
WHEREAS, it is
reasonable, prudent and necessary for the Company contractually to
obligate itself to indemnify, and to advance expenses on behalf of,
such persons to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law so
that they will serve or continue to serve the Company free from
undue concern that they will not be so indemnified;
WHEREAS, this
Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the Certificate
of Incorporation of the Company and any resolutions adopted
pursuant thereto, and shall not be deemed a substitute therefor,
nor to diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee
thereunder;
WHEREAS,
Indemnitee does not regard the protection available under the
Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and insurance as
adequate in the present circumstances, and may not be willing to
serve or continue to serve as an officer or director without
adequate protection, and the Company desires Indemnitee to serve in
such capacity. Indemnitee is willing to serve, continue to serve
and to take on additional service for or on behalf of the Company
on the condition that he be so indemnified; and
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 to the Company . Indemnitee agrees to serve or
continue to serve [as a [director] [officer] [employee] [agent] of
the Company] [,at the request of the Company, as a [director]
[officer] [employee] [agent] [fiduciary] of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other
enterprise]. Indemnitee may at any time and for any reason resign
from such position (subject to any other contractual obligation or
any obligation imposed by operation of law), in which event the
Company shall have no obligation under this Agreement to continue
Indemnitee in such position. This Agreement shall not be deemed an
employment contract between the Company (or any of its subsidiaries
or any Enterprise) and Indemnitee. Indemnitee specifically
acknowledges that Indemnitee’s employment with the Company
(or any of its subsidiaries or any Enterprise), if any, is at will,
and the Indemnitee may be discharged at any time for any reason,
with or without cause, except as may be otherwise provided in any
written employment contract between Indemnitee and the Company (or
any of its subsidiaries or any Enterprise), other applicable formal
severance policies duly adopted by the Board, or, with respect to
service as a director or officer of the Company, by the
Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, the Company’s
By-laws, and the DGCL. The foregoing notwithstanding, this
Agreement shall continue in force after Indemnitee has ceased to
serve as an [officer] [director] [agent] [employee] of the
Company.
Section 2.
Definitions . As used in this Agreement:
(a) “Access
Period” mean the period commencing on the date Indemnitee
first became a member of the Board of the Company and ending on the
date this Agreement is terminated in accordance with
Section 16 hereof.
(b) “Board
Papers” means all materials provided to Indenmitee
specifically in connection with any meeting of the Board or any
committee of the Board, whether in documentary form or some other
form, including, but not limited to, board papers, submissions,
minutes, memoranda, legal opinions, financial statements and
subcommittee papers during the Relevant Period.
(c) A
“Change in Control” shall be deemed to occur upon the
earliest to occur after the date of this Agreement of any of the
following events:
i.
Acquisition of Stock by Third Party . Any Person (as defined
below) is or becomes the Beneficial Owner (as defined below),
directly or indirectly, of
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securities of
the Company representing twenty percent (20%) or more of the
combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding
securities;
ii.
Change in Board of Directors . During any period of two
(2) consecutive years (not including any period prior to the
execution of this Agreement), individuals who at the beginning of
such period constitute the Board, and any new director (other than
a director designated by a person who has entered into an agreement
with the Company to effect a transaction described in
Sections 2(c)(i) , 2(c)(iii) or 2(c)(iv)
) whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the
Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least
two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were
directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or
nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any
reason to constitute a least a majority of the members of the
Board;
iii.
Corporate Transactions . The effective date of a merger or
consolidation of the Company with any other entity, other than a
merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities
of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger or
consolidation continuing to represent (either by remaining
outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the
surviving entity) more than 51% of the combined voting power of the
voting securities of the surviving entity outstanding immediately
after such merger or consolidation and with the power to elect at
least a majority of the board of directors or other governing body
of such surviving entity;
iv.
Liquidation . The approval by the stockholders of the
Company of a complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement
for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially
all of the Company’s assets; and
v.
Other Events . There occurs any other event of a nature that
would be required to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of
Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A (or a response to any
similar item on any similar schedule or form) promulgated under the
Exchange Act (as defined below), whether or not the Company is then
subject to such reporting requirement.
For purposes of
this Section 2(c) and Section 2(i) of this
Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
(A)
“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended.
(B)
“Person” shall have the meaning as set forth in
Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act; provided, however,
that Person shall exclude (i) the Company, (ii) any
trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee
benefit plan of the Company, and (iii) any corporation owned,
directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in
substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of
the Company.
(C)
“Beneficial Owner” shall have the meaning given to such
term in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act; provided, however,
that Beneficial Owner shall exclude any Person
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otherwise
becoming a Beneficial Owner by reason of the stockholders of the
Company approving a merger of the Company with another
entity.
(d) “Corporate
Status” describes the status of a person who is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or of any other
corporation, limited liability company, partnership or joint
venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise which
such person is or was serving at the request of the
Company.
(e) “Director
Indemnitee” means, for purposes of Section 14(f)
of this Agreement, an Indemnitee who is or was a director of the
Company as of the date of this Agreement or who hereafter becomes a
director of the Company prior to the termination of this
Agreement.
(f) “Disinterested
Director” means a director of the Company who is not and was
not a party to the Proceeding in respect of which indemnification
is sought by Indemnitee.
(g) “Enterprise”
shall mean the Company and any other corporation, limited liability
company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan
or other enterprise of which Indemnitee is or was serving at the
request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, agent or
fiduciary.
(h) “Expenses”
shall include all reasonable attorneys’ fees, retainers,
court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, witness fees,
travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs,
telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, and all other
disbursements or expenses of the types customarily incurred in
connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or
defend, investigating, being or preparing to be a witness in, or
otherwise participating in, a Proceeding. Expenses also shall
include Expenses incurred in connection with any appeal resulting
from any Proceeding, including without limitation the premium,
security for, and other costs relating to any cost bond,
supersedeas bond, or other appeal bond or its equivalent. Expenses,
however, shall not include amounts paid in settlement by Indemnitee
or the amount of judgments or fines against Indemnitee.
(i) “Independent
Counsel” means a law firm, or a member of a law firm, that is
experienced in matters of corporation law and neither presently is,
nor in the past five years has been, retained to represent:
(i) the Company or Indemnitee in any matter material to either
such party (other than with respect to matters concerning the
Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under
similar indemnification agreements), or (ii) any other party
to the Proceeding giving rise to a claim for indemnification
hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term
“Independent Counsel” shall not include any person who,
under the applicable standards of professional conduct then
prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing
either the Company or Indemnitee in an action to determine
Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement. The Company agrees
to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of the Independent Counsel
referred to above and to fully indemnify such counsel against any
and all Expenses, claims, liabilities and damages arising out of or
relating to this Agreement or its engagement pursuant
hereto.
(j) A
“Potential Change in Control” shall be deemed to occur
upon the earliest to occur after the date of this Agreement of any
of the following events:
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i.
Agreement Relating to Change in Control . The Company enters
into an agreement, the consummation of which would result in the
occurrence of a Change in Control;
ii.
Public Announcement Relating to Change in Control . Any
Person (including the Company) publicly announces an intention to
take or to consider taking actions which if consummated would
constitute a Change in Control;
iii.
Acquisition of Stock by Third Party . Any Person (other than
(i) the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or (ii) any
pension, profit sharing, employee stock ownership or other employee
benefit plan of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any
trustee of or fiduciary with respect to any such plan when acting
in such capacity) who is or becomes the Beneficial Owner of ten
percent (10%) or more of the combined voting power of the
Company’s then outstanding securities, increases his, her or
its Beneficial Ownership of such combined voting power by five
percent (5%) or more over the percentage so owned by such Person on
the date hereof; or
iv.
Board Declaration . The Board adopts a resolution to the
effect that, for purposes of this Agreement, a Potential Change in
Control has occurred.
(k) The
term “Proceeding” shall include any threatened, pending
or completed action, suit, arbitration, alternate dispute
resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry, administrative
hearing or any other actual, threatened or completed proceeding,
whether brought in the right of the Company or otherwise and
whether of a civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
nature, in which Indemnitee was, is or will be involved as a party
or otherwise by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a
director or officer of the Company, by reason of any action taken
by him or of any action on his part while acting as director or
officer of the Company, or by reason of the fact that he is or was
serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, limited liability
company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, in
each case whether or not serving in such capacity at the time any
liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification,
reimbursement, or advancement of expenses can be provided under
this Agreement; except one initiated by a Indemnitee to enforce his
rights under this Agreement.
(l) “Relevant
Period” means the period commencing on the date that
Indemnitee first became a member of the Board of the Company and
ending on the date Indemnitee ceases to serve as a member of the
Board.
(m) Reference
to “other enterprise” shall include employee benefit
plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise
tax assessed with respect to any employee benefit plan; references
to “serving at the request of the Company” shall
include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of
the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such
director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee
benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who
acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in
the best interests of the participants and beneficiaries of an
employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in manner
“not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as
referred to in this Agreement.
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Section 3.
Indemnity in Third-Party Proceedings . The Company shall
indemnify Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 3 if Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be
made, a party to or a participant in any Proceeding, other than a
Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment
in its favor. Pursuant to this Section 3 , Indemnitee shall
be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law
against all Expenses, judgments, fines, and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on his
behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or
matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner
he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Company and, in the case of a criminal proceeding
had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was
unlawful.
Section 4.
Indemnity in Proceedings by or in the Right of the Company .
The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 4 if Indemnitee is, or is
threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any
Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment
in its favor. Pursuant to this Section 4 , Indemnitee
shall be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or
on his behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim,
issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a
manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Company. No indemnification for Expenses shall be
made under this Section 4 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 Delaware Court of Chancery or any court in
which the Proceeding was brought shall determine upon application
that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the
circumstances of the case, Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnification.
Section 5.
Indemnification for Expenses of a Party Who is Wholly or Partly
Successful . Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and to
the extent that Indemnitee is a party to (or a participant in) and
is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in any Proceeding or in
defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, in whole or in part,
the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses
actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith. If
Indemnitee is not wholly successful in such Proceeding but is
successful, on the merits or otherwise, as to one or more but less
than all claims, issues or matters in such Proceeding, the Company
shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and
reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection with each
successfully resolved claim, issue or matter. If the Indemnitee is
not wholly successful in such Proceeding, the Company also shall
indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses reasonably incurred in
connection with a claim, issue or matter related to any claim,
issue, or matter on which the Indemnitee was successful. For
purposes of this Section 5 and without limitation, the
termination of any claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding by
dismissal, with or without prejudice, shall be deemed to be a
successful result as to such claim, issue or matter.
Section 6.
Indemnification For Expenses of a Witness . Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law and to the extent that Indemnitee is,
by reason of his Corporate Status, a witness in any Proceeding to
which Indemnitee is not a party, he shall be indemnified against
all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his
behalf in connection therewith.
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Section 7.
Additional Indemnification .
(a) Notwithstanding
any limitation in Sections 3, 4, or 5 , 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 Proceeding (including a 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 Proceeding.
(b) For
purposes of Section 7(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 8.
Exclusions . Notwithstanding any provision in this
Agreement, the Company shall not be obligated under this Agreement
to make any indemnity 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, provided
that the Company shall remain obligated in accordance with the
terms hereof to provide indemnity for any excess beyond the amount
paid under any insurance policy or other indemnity provision;
or
(b) for
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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or similar provisions of state statutory law or common
law; or
(c) in
connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding)
initiated by Indemnitee, including any Proceeding (or any part of
any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or its
directors, officers, employees or other indemnitees, unless
(i) the Board of Directors of the Company authorized the
Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) prior to its initiation
or (ii) the Company provides the indemnification, in its sole
discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Company under
applicable law.
Section 9.
Advances of Expenses . In accordance with the pre-existing
requirement of Article VIII of the Certificate of
Incorporation of the Company, and notwithstanding any provision of
this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall advance, to the
extent not prohibited by law, the Expenses incurred by Indemnitee
in connection with any Proceeding, and such advancement shall be
made within ten (10) days after the receipt by the Company of
a statement or statements requesting such advances from time to
time, whether prior to or after final disposition of any
Proceeding. Advances shall be unsecured and interest free. Advances
shall be made without regard to Indemnitee’s ability to repay
the Expenses and without regard to
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Indemnitee’s ultimate entitlement to
indemnification under the other provisions of this Agreement.
Advances shall include any and all reasonable Expenses incurred
pursuing an action t
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