Exhibit 10.1
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
This Indemnification Agreement ("Agreement"),
dated as
of ,
2008, is between WEST COAST BANCORP (the "Corporation"), West Coast
Bank (the "Bank"), the Corporation's wholly owned banking
subsidiary, and ("Indemnitee").
RECITALS
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A.
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Indemnitee is a member of the board of directors
or officer of the Corporation and/or one or more of its affiliate
corporations, including the Bank, performing valuable services for
the Corporation and the Bank.
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B.
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The Corporation's Articles of Incorporation
("Articles") and Bylaws ("Bylaws") include provisions governing the
indemnification of directors, officers, agents and employees of the
Corporation in accordance with the Oregon Business Corporation Act
(the "Act").
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C.
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The Articles, Bylaws and the Act, by their
non-exclusive nature, permit contracts between the Corporation and
its directors and officers to indemnify and advance expenses to
those directors and officers.
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D.
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The Corporation has purchased and maintains a
policy or policies of Directors and Officers Liability Insurance
("D & O Insurance") covering certain liabilities that may be
incurred by its directors and officers in the performance of their
duties.
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E.
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Due to changes in the terms, scope and
availability of D & O Insurance, and the potential scenarios
under which it is possible that liability may be asserted against a
corporate or bank director, uncertainty may exist as to the
sufficiency of protection afforded directors and officers under
such D & O Insurance.
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F.
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To induce Indemnitee to continue service, and
effectively carry out his or her duties, as a director or officer
of the Corporation and/or one or more of its affiliate
corporations, including the Bank, the Corporation and the Bank
desire to enter this contract with Indemnitee.
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Therefore, in consideration of Indemnitee's
continued service as a director, officer or other agent of the
Corporation, the Bank, and/or one or more other subsidiaries of the
Corporation, the parties agree as follows:
AGREEMENT
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1.
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INDEMNITY. The Corporation agrees to hold
harmless and indemnify Indemnitee:
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to the fullest extent permitted or required
under Section 60.387 to 60.414 of the Act, and 12 U.S.C. 1828(k),
as each may be amended from time to time (provided that no such
amendment that reduces the indemnification required thereunder to
be provided to Indemnitee shall be deemed to adversely affect any
of Indemnitee’s rights to indemnification or otherwise
hereunder), and any successor to such provisions as may be enacted
from time to time; and
against any and all expenses (including
attorneys' fees), witness fees, losses, claims, liabilities,
judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes, and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in
connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit,
arbitration, alternative dispute resolution mechanism,
investigation or administrative hearing or other proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (including
an action by or in the right of the Corporation) to which
Indemnitee is, was or at any time becomes a party, or is threatened
to be made a party, by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is, was
or at any time becomes a director, officer, partner, trustee,
administrator, committee member, employee or agent of the
Corporation, or is or was serving or at any time serves at the
request of the Corporation as a director, officer, partner,
trustee, administrator, committee member, employee or agent of any
(i) other corporation, including without limitation a corporate
affiliate of the Corporation, (ii) partnership, (iii) joint
venture, (iv) trust, (v) employee benefit plan or (vii) other
enterprise.
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LIMITATIONS ON ADDITIONAL INDEMNITY. No
indemnity under Section 1 will be paid or provided by the
Corporation:
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for expenses or liabilities to the extent
actually paid to the Indemnitee under any D & O Insurance
purchased and maintained by the Corporation;
on account of any action, suit or proceeding
brought by or on behalf of the Corporation in which judgment is
rendered holding the Indemnitee liable to the Corporation, except
to the extent otherwise permitted by law;
on account of Indemnitee's conduct which is
finally adjudged to be not in good faith, willful misconduct, or a
knowing violation of law;
on account of Indemnitee's conduct which is the
subject of an action, suit or proceeding described in Section
6(c)(ii);
on account of any action, claim or proceeding
(other than a proceeding referred to in Section 7(b)) initiated by
the Indemnitee unless such action, claim or proceeding is
specifically authorized by action of the Corporation's board of
directors;
on account of any action, claim or proceeding
referred to in Section 8(b) which action is finally adjudged to be
frivolous or made not in good faith;
on account of any liability arising under
Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and amendments
thereto or any similar provision of federal or state statutory
law;
on account of a proceeding charging improper
personal benefit to Indemnitee in which Indemnitee was adjudged
liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received;
or
if a final decision by a Court having
jurisdiction in the matter determines that such indemnification is
not lawful.
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MUTUAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT. The parties acknowledge
that, in certain instances, federal laws and regulations or public
policy may supplement, change or override applicable state law and
may in some cases even prohibit the Corporation and/or the Bank
from indemnifying Indemnitee. For example, Indemnitee acknowledges
that the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") takes the
position that indemnification is not permitted for liabilities
arising under certain federal securities laws, and federal
legislation prohibits indemnification for certain ERISA violations,
and that it is possible that the SEC could seek to enforce this
position with respect to indemnification proposed to be made by the
Corporation.
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CONTINUATION OF OBLIGATIONS. Under this
Agreement the Corporation is obligated to Indemnitee for any period
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, partner, trustee, administrator, committee
member, employee or agent of another (i) corporation, including
without limitation, a corporate affiliate of Corporation, (ii)
partnership, (iii) joint venture, (iv) trust, (v) employee benefit
plan or (vi) other enterprise). Furthermore, this obligation will
continue after Indemnittee's service as a director, officer,
employee or other agent t
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