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INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

Indemnification Agreement

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Title: INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
Governing Law: Delaware     Date: 2/29/2008
Industry: Biotechnology and Drugs     Sector: Healthcare

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT, Parties: millennium pharmaceuticals inc , millennium pharmaceuticals  inc
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Exhibit 10.58

        Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has entered into an indemnification agreement on the terms set forth on the attached indemnification agreement with each of the below-named executive officers and directors of Millennium, on the dates indicated:

Name of executive officer or director

  Date of Execution
Deborah Dunsire   February 28, 2008

Marsha H. Fanucci

 

February 28, 2008

Christophe Bianchi

 

February 28, 2008

Joseph B. Bolen

 

February 28, 2008

Stephen M. Gansler

 

February 28, 2008

Laurie B. Keating

 

February 28, 2008

Anna Protopapas

 

February 28, 2008

Nancy Simonian

 

February 28, 2008

Peter F. Smith

 

February 28, 2008

Robert F. Friel

 

February 28, 2008

A. Grant Heidrich, III

 

February 28, 2008

Charles J. Homcy

 

February 28, 2008

Raju S. Kucherlapati

 

February 28, 2008

Jeffrey M. Leiden

 

February 28, 2008

Mark J. Levin

 

February 28, 2008

Norman C. Selby

 

February 28, 2008

Kenneth E. Weg

 

February 28, 2008

Anthony H. Wild

 

February 28, 2008

 

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

        This Agreement is made as of the                        day of February 2008, by and between Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation), and                                    (the "Indemnitee"), a director or officer of the Corporation.

        WHEREAS, it is essential to the Corporation to retain and attract as directors and officers the most capable persons available, and

        WHEREAS, the substantial increase in corporate litigation subjects directors and officers to expensive litigation risks at the same time that the availability of directors' and officers' liability insurance has been severely limited, and

        WHEREAS, it is now and has always been the express policy of the Corporation to indemnify its directors and officers, and

        WHEREAS, the Indemnitee does not regard the protection available under the Corporation's Certificate of Incorporation and insurance as adequate in the present circumstances, and may not be willing to serve or continue to serve as a director or officer without adequate protection, and

        WHEREAS, the Corporation desires the Indemnitee to serve, or continue to serve, as a director or officer of the Corporation.

        NOW THEREFORE, the Corporation and the Indemnitee do hereby agree as follows:

        1.     Agreement to Serve.     The Indemnitee agrees to serve or continue to serve as a director or officer of the Corporation for so long as the Indemnitee is duly elected or appointed or until such time as the Indemnitee tenders a resignation in writing.

        2.     Definitions.     As used in this Agreement:

  •         (a)   The term "Proceeding" shall include any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, alternative dispute resolution proceeding, administrative hearing or other proceeding, whether brought by or in the right of the Corporation or otherwise and whether of a civil, criminal, administrative or investigative nature, and any appeal therefrom.

            (b)   The term "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

            (c)   The term "Change in Control" shall mean the occurrence of any of the below events:

    •           (i)  when a person, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) acquires beneficial ownership of the Corporation's capital stock equal to 50% or more of either (x) the then-outstanding shares of the Corporation's common stock or (y) the combined voting power of the Corporation's then-outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors;

               (ii)  upon the consummation of (x) a merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or share exchange involving the Corporation or a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, if the Corporation's stockholders immediately prior to such event do not, immediately after such event, own more than 50% of the outstanding shares of common stock and of the combined voting power entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the resulting or acquiring corporation (which shall include, without limitation, a corporation which as a result of such event owns the Corporation or substantially all of the Corporation's assets either directly of through one or more subsidiaries), in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Corporation's voting securities immediately prior to such event, or (y) a liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation; or

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    •         (iii)  when the Continuing Directors (as defined below) do not constitute a majority of the Board (or, if applicable, the board of directors of a successor corporation to the Corporation), where the term "Continuing Director" means at any date a member of the Board (x) who was a member of the Board on the date this agreement was entered into or (y) who was nominated or elected subsequent to such date by at least a majority of the directors who were Continuing Directors at the time of such nomination or election or whose election to the Board was recommended or endorsed by at least a majority of the directors who were Continuing Directors at the time of such nomination or election. But, any individual whose initial assumption of office occurred as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents, by or on behalf of a person other than the Board, is excluded from clause (iii)(y) above

            (d)   The term "Corporate Status" shall mean the status of a person who is or was, or has agreed to become, a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving, or has agreed to serve, at the request of the Corporation, as a director, officer, fiduciary, partner, trustee, member, employee or agent of, or in a similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, limited liability company or other enterprise.

            (e)   The term "Special Independent Counsel" shall mean a law firm, or a member of a law firm, that is experienced in matters of corporation law and neither currently is, nor in the past five years has been, retained to represent: (i) the Corporation or the 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 "Special 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 Corporation or the Indemnitee in an action to determine the Indemnitee's rights under this Agreement.

            (f)    The term "Expenses" shall include, without limitation, reasonable and necessary attorneys' fees, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees and expenses of experts, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees and other disbursements or expenses of the types customarily incurred in connection with investigations, judicial or administrative proceedings or appeals, but shall not include the amount of judgments, fines or penalties against Indemnitee or amounts paid in settlement in connection with such matters.

            (g)   References 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 Corporation" shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation 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 such person reasonably believed to be in the interests of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner "not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation" as referred to in this Agreement.

        3.     Indemnity of Indemnitee.     Subject to Sections 6, 7 and 9, the Corporation shall indemnify the Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding as to which the Indemnitee is, was or is threatened to be made a party (or is otherwise involved) by reason of the Indemnitee's Corporate Status, to the fullest extent permitted by law (as such may be amended from time to time). In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof:

  •         (a)     Indemnification in Third-Party Proceedings.     The Corporation shall indemnify the Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3(a) if the Indemnitee was or is a

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  • party to or threatened to be made a party to or otherwise involved in any Proceeding (other than a Proceeding by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor or a Proceeding referred to in Section 6) by reason of the Indemnitee's Corporate Status or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in connection therewith, against all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by or on behalf of the Indemnitee in connection with such Proceeding, if the Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner which the Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Corporation and, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.

            (b)     Indemnification in Proceedings by or in the Right of the Corporation.     The Corporation shall indemnify the Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3(b) if the Indemnitee was or is a party to or threatened to be made a party to or otherwise involved in any Proceeding by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the Indemnitee's Corporate Status or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in connection therewith, against all Expenses and, to the extent permitted by law, amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by or on behalf of the Indemnitee in connection with such Proceeding, if the Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner which the Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Corporation, except that, if applicable law so provides, no indemnification shall be made under this Section 3(b) in respect of any claim, issue, or matter as to which the Indemnitee shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Corporation, unless, and only to the extent, that the Court of Chancery of Delaware or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of such liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, the Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such Expenses as the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.

        4.     Indemnification of Expenses of Successful Party.     Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that the Indemnitee has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in defense of any Proceeding or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein (other than a Proceeding referred to in Section 6), the Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by or on behalf of the Indemnitee in connection therewith. Without limiting the foregoing, if any Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein is disposed of, on the merits or otherwise (including a disposition without prejudice), without (i) the disposition being adverse to the Indemnitee, (ii) an adjudication that the Indemnitee was liable to the Corporation, (iii) a plea of guilty or nolo contendere by the Indemnitee, (iv) an adjudication that the Indemnitee did not act 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 (v) with respect to any criminal proceeding, an adjudication that the Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful, the Indemnitee shall be considered for the purposes hereof to have been wholly successful with respect thereto.

        5.     Indemnification for Expenses of a Witness.     To the extent that the Indemnitee is, by reason of the Indemnitee's Corporate Status, a witness in any Proceeding to which the Indemnitee is not a party, the Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by or on behalf of the Indemnitee in connection therewith.

        6.     Exceptions to Right of Indemnification.     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, except as set forth in Section 10, the Corporation shall not indemnify the Indemnitee in connection with a Proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by the Indemnitee unless (a) the initiation thereof was approved by the Board or (b) the Proceeding was commenced following a Change in Control. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Corporation shall not indemnify the Indemnitee to the extent the Indemnitee is reimbursed from the proceeds of


 
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