EXHIBIT 10.2
INDEMNIFICATION
AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT
is entered into, effective as of February __, 2009 by and between
Songzai International Holding Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation
(the “Company”), and _____
(“Indemnitee”).
WHEREAS, it is essential to the Company to
retain and attract as directors and officers the most capable
persons available;
WHEREAS, Indemnitee is a director of the
Company; and
WHEREAS, in recognition of Indemnitee’s
need for substantial protection against personal liability in order
to enhance Indemnitee’s continued and effective service to
the Company, and in order to induce Indemnitee to provide services
to the Company as a director, the Company wishes to provide in this
Agreement for the indemnification of and the advancing of expenses
to Indemnitee to the fullest extent (whether partial or complete)
permitted by the laws of the Company’s state of incorporation
and as set forth in this Agreement, and, to the extent insurance is
maintained, for the coverage of Indemnitee under the
Company’s directors’ and officers’ liability
insurance policies.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above
premises and of Indemnitee’s continuing to serve the Company
directly or, at its request, with another enterprise, and intending
to be legally bound hereby, the parties agree as
follows:
(a) “
Board ” means the Board of Directors of the
Company.
(b) “
Change in Control ” shall be deemed to have occurred
if (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections
13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the “Act”)), other than a trustee or other fiduciary
holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or
a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders of
the Company in substantially the same proportions as their
ownership of stock of the Company (collectively “excluded
persons”), is or becomes the “Beneficial Owner”
(as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act), directly or indirectly,
of securities of the Company representing 30% or more of the total
voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding
Voting Securities, or (ii) during any period of two consecutive
years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute
the Board and any new director whose election by the Board or
nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was
approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) 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
majority of the Board, or (iii) the stockholders of the Company
approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other
corporation, other than a merger or consolidation that would result
in the Voting Securities of the Company outstanding immediately
prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining
outstanding or by being converted into Voting Securities of the
surviving entity) at least 50% of the total voting power
represented by the Voting Securities of the Company or such
surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or
consolidation, or (iv) the stockholders of the Company approve a
plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the
sale or disposition by the Company (in one transaction or a series
of transactions) of all or substantially all of the Company’s
assets.
(c) “
Expenses ” means any expense, liability, or loss,
including attorneys’ fees and retainers, judgments, fines,
court costs, witness fees, printing and duplicating costs, travel
expenses, and all other disbursements or expenses of the types
customarily incurred in connection with prosecuting, defending,
preparing to prosecute and defend, investigating, being or
preparing to be a witness in, or otherwise participating in, any
Proceeding relating to any Indemnifiable Event, amounts paid or to
be paid in settlement, any interest, assessments, or other charges
imposed thereon, and any federal, state, local, or foreign taxes
imposes as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments
under this Agreement, paid or incurred in connection with
investigating, defending, being a witness in, or participating in
(including on appeal), or preparing for any of the foregoing in,
any Proceeding relating to any Indemnifiable Event. Without
limiting the foregoing, “Expenses” shall also include
such amounts incurred in connection with any appeal resulting from
any Proceeding (including the cost of any bond or other
security or costs in connection with any bond) and any action taken
by Indemnitee in enforcing its rights hereunder.
(d) “
Indemnifiable Event ” means any event or occurrence
that takes place either prior to or after the effective date of
this Agreement, related to any action or activity of the Company or
to the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director or an officer (if
the Indemnitee should be appointed as an officer) of the Company,
is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director,
officer, employee, trustee, agent, or fiduciary of another foreign
or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee
benefit plan, trust, or other enterprise, or was a director,
officer, employee, or agent of a foreign or domestic corporation
that was a predecessor corporation of the Company or of another
enterprise at the request of such predecessor corporation, or
related to anything done or not done by Indemnitee in any such
capacity.
(e) “
Independent Counsel ” means the person or body
appointed in connection with Section 3.
(f) “
Potential Change in Control ” shall be deemed to have
occurred if (i) the Company enters into an agreement or
arrangement, the consummation of which would result in the
occurrence of a Change in Control, (ii) any person (including the
Company) publicly announces an intention to take or to consider
taking actions that, if consummated, would constitute a Change in
Control, (iii) any person (other than an excluded Person) who is or
becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities
of the Company representing 10% or more of the combined voting
power of the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities,
increases his beneficial ownership of such securities by 5% or more
over the percentage so owned by such person on the date hereof, or
(iv) the Board adopts a resolution to the effect that, for purposes
of this Agreement, a Potential Change in Control has
occurred.
(g) “
Proceeding ” means (i) any threatened, pending, or
complete action, suit, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution
mechanism, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative,
investigative, or other, or (ii) any inquiry, hearing, or
investigation, whether conducted by the Company or any other party,
whether of a civil, criminal or administrative or investigative
nature, that Indemnitee in good faith believes might lead to the
institution of any such action, or proceeding.
(h) “
Reviewing Party ” means the person or body appointed
in accordance with Section 3 of this Agreement.
(i) “
Voting Securities ” any securities of the Company that
vote generally in the election of directors.
2.
Agreement to Indemnify .
(a)
General Agreement . In the event Indemnitee was, is, or
becomes a party to or witness or otherwise a participant in, or is
threatened to be made a party to or witness or otherwise a
participant in, any Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out
of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee
from and against any and all Expenses to the fullest extent
permitted by law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended or
interpreted (but in the case of any such amendment or
interpretation, only to the extent that such amendment or
interpretation permits the Company to provide broader
indemnification rights than were permitted prior thereto). The
parties hereto intend that this Agreement shall provide for
indemnification in excess of that expressly permitted by statute,
including, without limitation, any indemnification provided by the
Company’s Articles of Incorporation as amended, its bylaws as
amended, vote of its stockholders or disinterested directors, or
applicable law.
(b)
Initiation of Proceeding . Notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement to the contrary, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to
indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any
Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any
director or officer of the Company unless (i) the Company has
joined in or the Board has consented to the initiation of such
Proceeding, (ii) the Proceeding is one to enforce indemnification
rights under Section 5, or (iii) the Proceeding is instituted after
a Change in Control and Independent Counsel has approved its
initiation.
(c)
Expense Advances . If so requested by Indemnitee, the
Company shall advance (within ten business days of such request)
any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an “Expense
Advance”); provided that such request shall be accompanied by
reasonable evidence of the expenses incurred or anticipated to be
incurred by Indemnitee, which Expense Advance for anticipated
expenses shall in no event not exceed $25,000.00, and that, if and
to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee
would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law,
the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who
hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts
theretofore paid. If Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in
a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that
Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, as provided
in Section 4, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that
Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under
applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be
required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a
final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to
which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have
lapsed).
(d)
Mandatory Indemnification . Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement (other than Section 2(f) below), and
without limiting Indemnitee’s rights hereunder, to the extent
that Indemnitee has been successful on the merits in
defens
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