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Exhibit 10.14
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into effective as of the __
th day of
, 200_ by and between MOLINA HEALTHCARE, INC., a Delaware
corporation (the "Corporation"), and
, a director of the Corporation (the "Indemnitee").
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, Section 145 ("Section 145") of the Delaware
General Corporation Law ("DGCL") empowers the Corporation to
indemnify its directors, officers, employees and agents if certain
enumerated conditions are met;
WHEREAS, the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation
("Certificate of Incorporation") and Bylaws ("Bylaws") require the
Corporation to indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest
extent permitted by the DGCL;
WHEREAS, Section 145, the Certificate of Incorporation and
the Bylaws each permit contracts between the Corporation and its
directors, officers, employees and other agents with respect to
indemnification of such persons;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors has determined that contractual
indemnification, as set forth herein, is reasonable and prudent and
promotes the best interests of the Corporation and its
stockholders; and
WHEREAS, to induce Indemnitee to serve or continue to serve as
an officer and/or director of the Corporation, the Corporation has
agreed to enter into this Agreement with Indemnitee.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties
incorporate the above recitals in their agreement and further agree
as follows:
For purposes of this Agreement, the following
definitions shall apply:
(a) The term "Action, Suit or Proceeding" shall be broadly
construed and shall include, without limitation, the investigation,
preparation, prosecution, defense, settlement, mediation,
arbitration and appeal of, and the giving of
testimony in, as a party, witness or otherwise,
any actual, threatened, potential, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, of any kind or description, whether civil,
criminal, legislative, regulatory, administrative or investigative,
in any locale, whether in this country or otherwise, including any
claim or defense therein, and any other matter or thing relating
thereto, or potentially relating thereto, including investigation,
discovery and other proceedings of any kind or description
undertaken before or after the commencement of any such Action,
Suit or Proceeding.
(b) The term "Affiliate" shall be broadly construed to mean any
natural or other person that directly, or indirectly, through one
or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under
common control with the person specified.
(c) The term "Corporation" shall include Molina Healthcare,
Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Molina Delaware") and, without
limitation, and in addition to Molina Delaware, any constituent
corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed
by Molina Delaware in a consolidation or merger which, if its
separate existence had continued, would have had power and
authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or
agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was
serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other
Enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions
of this Agreement with respect to Molina Delaware as he or she
would have stood with respect to such constituent corporation if
its separate existence had continued.
(d) The term "Expenses" shall be broadly construed and shall
include, without limitation, all direct and indirect costs of any
type or nature whatsoever, actually and reasonably incurred by
Indemnitee in connection with any Action, Suit or Proceeding
including without limitation fees and costs of any type or nature
incurred by Indemnitee in connection with (i) the
investigation, defense or appeal of any Action, Suit or Proceeding;
(ii) the assertion in any Action, Suit or Proceeding of
claims, affirmative defenses, counter-claims, cross-claims and
third-party claims; and (iii) the filing of an Action, Suit or
Proceeding seeking to establish or enforce Indemnitee’s right
to indemnification under this Agreement or otherwise. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term "Expenses" shall
include counsel fees and disbursements and costs routinely charged
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counsel; the fees and costs of consulting and
testifying expert witnesses; the cost of purchasing appeal bonds;
all other like or unlike out-of-pocket costs reasonably incurred in
connection with any such Action, Suit or Proceeding; and reasonable
compensation for time spent by Indemnitee for which Indemnitee is
not otherwise compensated by the Corporation or any third-party,
provided that the rate of compensation and estimated time involved
is approved by the Board, which approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld.
(e) The term "Independent Legal Counsel" shall mean and refer to
a law firm selected as follows: If Indemnitee and the Corporation
are unable to agree in writing on the selection of the Independent
Legal Counsel, such counsel shall be selected by lot from among the
ten (10) law firms which, according to publicly available
sources, have the most lawyers practicing in offices located in Los
Angeles County, California and in New York County, New York
(excluding firms that, in any of their offices, have acted as
counsel for the Corporation, or Indemnitee or any other party to
the Action, Suit or Proceeding or any Affiliate of any such
person). The Corporation shall contact such counsel in order of
their selection by lot, requesting each such firm to accept
engagement to make the determination required hereunder until one
of such firms accepts such engagement. The fees and costs of
Independent Legal Counsel shall be paid by the Corporation.
(f) The term "Judgments, Fines and Amounts Paid in Settlement"
shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation,
all direct and indirect payments of any type or nature whatsoever
in any Action, Suit or Proceeding, whether based on
Indemnitee’s affirmative acts or omissions to act, and shall
include, without limitation, all penalties and amounts required to
be forfeited or reimbursed to the Corporation as well as any
penalties or excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an
employee benefit plan.
(g) The term "other Enterprises" shall include, without
limitation, employee benefit plans.
(h) The term "serving at the request of the Corporation" shall
be broadly construed to include, without limitation, any service as
a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation which
imposes duties on, or involves the rendering of services by, such
director, officer, employee, or agent with respect to another
Enterprise, including, without limitation, employee benefit
plans.
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(a) To the fullest extent not prohibited by
Delaware law, the Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless the
Indemnitee who was or is a witness or party, or is threatened to be
made a witness or party, to any threatened, pending or completed
Action, Suit or Proceeding (other than an action by or in the right
of the Corporation) by reason of the fact that the Indemnitee is or
was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or
is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other Enterprise, against Expenses and
against Judgments, Fines and Amounts Paid in Settlement actually
and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with such
Action, Suit or Proceeding if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in
a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe
Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful. The termination of any
Action, Suit or Proceeding by judgment, order, settlement,
conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its
equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the
person did not act in good faith and in a manner which Indemnitee
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests
of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that Indemnitee’s
conduct was unlawful.
(b) To the fullest extent not prohibited by Delaware law, the
Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnitee who
was or is a witness or party or is threatened to be made a witness
or a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit
by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its
favor by reason of the fact that the Indemnitee is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or
was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other Enterprise against Expenses actually
and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with the
investigation, defense or settlement of such action or suit if the
Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner the Indemnitee
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests
of the Corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made
in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person
shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Corporation unless and
only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or, at
Indemnitee’s option, the court in which such action or suit
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brought shall determine upon application that,
despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the
circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for such Expenses which the Court of Chancery
or, at Indemnitee’s option, such other court shall deem
proper.
(a) To the extent that Indemnitee has been
successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any Action,
Suit or Proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and
(b) of Section 2 hereof, or in defense of any claim,
issue or matter therein, such person (a "Successful Indemnitee")
shall be indemnified against Expenses actually and reasonably
incurred by such person in connection therewith.
(b) Without limiting the generality of sub-part (a) of this
Section 3, for the purposes of this Agreement, Indemnitee
shall be deemed to have been a Successful Indemnitee if any Action,
Suit or Proceeding, or any claim, issue or matter therein, is
disposed of, on the merits or otherwise (including a disposition
without prejudice), in a manner whereby Indemnitee avoids or
escapes from an adverse judgment or other detriment, for whatever
reason, including without limitation, any such disposition in which
no Amounts Paid in Settlement were paid by Indemnitee even if
Amounts Paid in Settlement are or were paid by others to induce a
third-party to dismiss Indemnitee from any Action, Suit or
Proceeding.
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PROCEDURE FOR ENGAGING COUNSEL
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(a) Within three (3) days after actual
receipt of process in an Action, Suit or Proceeding hereunder,
Indemnitee shall give written notice thereof to the Corporation
(the "Section 4(a) Notice"); provided, however,
Indemnitee’s failure to timely submit a Section 4(a)
Notice, or to request indemnification with respect to any Action,
Suit or Proceeding, shall not relieve the Corporation of any
liability it may have to Indemnitee except if and to the extent the
Corporation establishes by clear and convincing evidence that it
suffered actual prejudice in the defense of any such Action, Suit
or Proceeding by reason thereof.
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(b) After receipt of a Section 4(a)
Notice, the Corporation, at its election, may assume the defense of
the Action, Suit or Proceeding with counsel reasonably acceptable
to Indemnitee by delivering written notice to Indemnitee of its
election to do so (the "Assumption Notice"); provided,
however, the Assumption Notice, if sent, (i) shall set
forth with reasonable particularity the prior relationship, if any,
between such counsel and the Corporation and its Affiliates, and
(ii) shall be delivered to Indemnitee within a reasonable time
before the expiration of the time period allotted by law to
Indemnitee to move, answer or otherwise plead in response to the
process identified in the Section 4(a) Notice.
(c) If Indemnitee accepts and approves counsel identified in the
Assumption Notice, the Corporation shall not be liable to
Indemnitee under this Agreement for fees or expenses of counsel
subsequently incurred by Indemnitee in regard to the Action, Suit
or Proceeding.
(d) Anything herein or elsewhere to the contrary
notwithstanding,
(i) Indemnitee shall have the right to employ counsel of its
choice in any such Action, Suit or Proceeding at Indemnitee’s
sole cost and expense;
(ii) Indemnitee shall have the right to employ counsel of its
choice and control the defense of an Action, Suit or Proceeding if:
(a) Indemnitee is authorized in writing by the Corporation to
do so, or (b) either Indemnitee or counsel selected by the
Corporation shall reasonably conclude that there is or may be a
material conflict of interest or position on any significant issue
in the Action, Suit or Proceeding, or (c) the Corporation does
not employ counsel for Indemnitee in such Action, Suit or
Proceeding, or (d) the Action, Suit or Proceeding is brought
by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its
favor by reason of the fact that the Indemnitee is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or
was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other Enterprise;
(iii) without limiting Indemnitee’s rights under sub-part
(ii) above, if counsel identified by the Corporation in the
Assumption Notice or otherwise selected by the Corporation, after
being accepted and approved by Indemnitee, subsequently, at any
time and for any reason, is no longer acceptable to Indemnitee,
Indemnitee shall be entitled to replace such counsel and to
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counsel of its choice ("Substitute Counsel");
provided, however, (1) the added Expense, if any,
attributable to Indemnitee’s engagement of Substitute Counsel
("Added Expense") shall not be presumed to have been reasonable
pursuant to Section 6(c) and (h) hereof, and
(2) Indemnitee has the continuing right to replace Substitute
Counsel but the Added Expense of doing so shall be borne by
Indemnitee.
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ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES
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(a) Expenses incurred by or on behalf of
Indemnitee in investigating, defending or settling a threatened or
pending Action, Suit or Proceeding shall be advanced by the
Corporation within twenty (20) days after receipt by the
Corporation of (i) a statement or statements in writing from
Indemnitee requesting such advance (the "Section 5(a) Request"),
and (ii) a written undertaking by or on behalf of Indemnitee
to repay such advance if and to the extent it ultimately shall be
determined hereunder that Indemnitee is not entitled to be
indemnified by the Corporation. Such undertaking shall be accepted
without reference to the financial ability of Indemnitee to make
such repayment and such advances shall be unsecured and
interest-free. Subject to sub-part (b) of this Section 5,
the Section 5(a) Request shall state with reasonable
particularity the nature of the Expenses to be advanced by the
Corporation and shall be accompanied by reasonable supporting
documentation.
(b) Any dispute of any kind or description as to advancement of
Expenses hereunder, including without limitation disputes as to the
reasonableness of the Expense item, or the adequacy of
Indemnitee’s description of the Expense(s) covered by the
Section 5(a) Request, or the adequacy of the documentation
provided by Indemnitee in support of the
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