Exhibit 10.2
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
THIS
AGREEMENT is made on the 11th day of June, 2007
BETWEEN:
Weatherford International Ltd. , a company incorporated
under the laws of Bermuda with its registered office located at
Clarendon House, 2 Church Street, Hamilton, Bermuda (the
“Company”); and
Keith R.
Morley (the “Indemnitee”).
WHEREAS
the Indemnitee is an officer of the Company;
WHEREAS
highly skilled and competent persons are becoming more reluctant to
serve public companies as directors or officers unless they are
provided with adequate protection through insurance and
indemnification against inordinate risks of claims and actions
against them arising out of their service to and activities on
behalf of such companies;
WHEREAS
uncertainties relating to indemnification increase the difficulty
of attracting and retaining such persons;
WHEREAS
the Board has determined that an inability to attract and retain
such persons is detrimental to the best interests of the Company
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 Indemnitee to the
fullest extent permitted by Bermuda law so that Indemnitee will
serve or continue to serve the Company free from undue concern that
Indemnitee will not be so indemnified;
WHEREAS,
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 Indemnitee be so indemnified;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants
contained herein, the Company and Indemnitee do hereby covenant and
agree as follows:
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In this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires, the
following words and expressions shall have the following
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this
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means this Indemnification
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the “Board” |
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means the board of directors of the
Company; |
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“Business
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means any day on which banks in
Bermuda are open for business; |
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the “Companies
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means the Companies Act 1981; |
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“Corporate
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means the status of a person who is
or was a director, officer, employee, agent, or fiduciary of the
Company or any other Group Company, or is or was serving at the
request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, agent or
fiduciary of any other company, corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or
other entity or enterprise; |
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“the Court” |
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means the Supreme Court of
Bermuda; |
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“Disinterested
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means a director of the Company who
is not or was not a party to a Proceeding in respect of which
indemnification is sought by Indemnitee; |
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“Group
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means the Company and each subsidiary
of the Company (wherever incorporated or organized); |
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“Independent
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means a law firm or a member of a law
firm that neither is presently nor in the past five years has been
retained to represent: (i) the Company or Indemnitee in any
matter material to either such party, 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 right to indemnification under this
Agreement; |
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the “Parties” |
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means the parties to this Agreement
collectively, and “Party” means any one of them;
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“Proceeding” |
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means any action, suit, arbitration,
alternate dispute resolution mechanism, investigation,
administrative hearing or any other proceeding whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative and whether formal or
informal; |
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In this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires: |
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references to statutory provisions shall be construed as
references to those provisions as amended or re-enacted or as their
application is modified by other provisions from time to time and
shall include references to any provisions of which they are
re-enactments (whether with or without modification); |
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references to clauses and schedules are references to clauses
hereof and schedules hereto; references to sub-clauses or
paragraphs are, unless otherwise stated, references to sub-clauses
of the clause or paragraphs of the schedule in which the reference
appears; |
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references to the singular shall include the plural and vice
versa and references to the masculine shall include the feminine
and/or neuter and vice versa; and |
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references to persons shall include companies, partnerships,
associations and bodies of persons, whether incorporated or
unincorporated. |
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AGREEMENT TO SERVE |
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Indemnitee agrees to continue to serve as an officer of the
Company. This Agreement does not create or otherwise establish any
right on the part of Indemnitee to be and continue to be elected or
appointed an officer of the Company or any other Group Company and
does not create an employment contract between the Company and
Indemnitee. |
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INDEMNITY OF DIRECTOR/OFFICER |
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Subject to clause 10, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee if
Indemnitee is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed Proceeding, including a Proceeding
brought by or in the right of the Company, by reason of the fact
that Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee, agent, or
fiduciary of the Company or is or was serving at the request of the
Company as a director, officer, employee, agent, or fiduciary of
any other company, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other
entity or enterprise or by reason of anything done or not done by
Indemnitee in any such capacity. Subject to clause 10, pursuant to
this sub-clause 3.1 Indemnitee shall be indemnified against
expenses (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements),
judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually
and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with such
Proceeding (including, but not limited to, the investigation,
defense, settlement or appeal thereof). |
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement other
than clause 10, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all
expenses (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements)
actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on
Indemnitee’s behalf in defending any Proceedings referred to
in clause 3.1 in which judgement is given in his favour, in |
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which he is acquitted, or in respect of which relief is granted
to him by the Court under section 281 of the Companies Act. |
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Subject to clause 10, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee
for such portion of the expenses (including attorneys’ fees),
witness fees, damages, judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement and any other amounts that Indemnitee becomes legally
obligated to pay in connection with any Proceeding referred to in
clause 3.1 in respect of which Indemnitee is entitled to
indemnification hereunder, even if Indemnitee is not entitled to
indemnification hereunder for the total amount thereof. |
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Without limiting the scope of the indemnity provided under any
other provision of this Agreement, if the Indemnitee has reason to
apprehend that any claim will or might be made against him in
respect of any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of
trust, he may apply to the Court for relief pursuant to section 281
of the Companies Act and, to the extent that the Court relieves
him, either wholly or partly, from his liability in accordance with
section 281 of the Companies Act, the Indemnitee shall be
indemnified against any liability incurred by him in defending any
Proceedings in accordance with paragraph 98(2)(b) of the Companies
Act. |
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INDEMNIFICATION FOR EXPENSES OF A WITNESS |
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Subject to clause 10, to the extent that Indemnitee is, by
reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, a witness in any
proceeding, Indemnitee shall be indemnified by the Company against
all expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on
Indemnitee’s behalf in connection therewith. |
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DETERMINATION OF ENTITLEMENT TO INDEMNIFICATION |
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The Indemnitee shall request indemnification pursuant to this
Agreement by notice in writing to the secretary of the Company. The
secretary shall, promptly upon receipt of Indemnitee’s
request for indemnification, advise in writing the Board or such
other person or persons empowered to make the determination as
provided in sub-clause 5.2 that Indemnitee has made such request
for indemnification. Subject to clause 10, upon making such request
for indemnification, Indemnitee shall be presumed to be entitled to
indemnification hereunder and the Company shall have the burden of
proof in the making of any determination contrary to such
presumption. |
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Upon written request by Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant
to sub-clause 3.1, the entitlement of the Indemnitee to
indemnification pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be
determined by the following person or persons who shall be
empowered to make such determination: |
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the Board, by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors;
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if such vote is not obtainable or, even if obtainable, if such
Disinterested Directors so direct by majority vote, by Independent
Counsel in a written opinion to the Board, a copy of which shall be
delivered to Indemnitee; or |
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by a majority vote of the shareholders. |
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For purposes of sub-clause 5.2, Independent Counsel shall be
selected by the Board and approved by Inde |
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