Exhibit 10.4
INDEMNIFICATION
AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
POWER ONE, INC.
AND
[OFFICER
INDEMNITEE]
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1.
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Definitions
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2
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2.
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Indemnification
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3
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2.1
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Indemnification in Third-Party
Actions
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3
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2.2
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Indemnification in Proceedings By or In the Name
of the Company
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3
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2.3
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Partial Indemnification
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2.4
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Indemnification Hereunder Not
Exclusive
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2.5
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Indemnification of Indemnified Costs of
Successful Party
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2.6
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Indemnified Costs Advanced
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2.7
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Limitations on Indemnification
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3.
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Presumptions
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3.1
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Presumption Regarding Standard of
Conduct
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3.2
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Determination of Right to
Indemnification
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3.2.1
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Burden
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3.2.2
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Standard
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4.
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Other Agreements
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4.1
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Change in Control Event
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4.2
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Maintenance of Liability Insurance
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4.2.1
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Affirmative Covenant of the Company
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4.2.2
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Indemnitee Named as Insured
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4.3
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Agreement to Serve
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4.4
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Effect of this Agreement on Employment
Agreement
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4.5
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Nature of Rights; Separability
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4.6
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Savings Clause
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4.7
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Repayment of Indemnified Costs
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4.8
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Repayment
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4.9
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Mutual Acknowledgment
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4.10
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Duration of Agreement
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5.
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Indemnification Procedure
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5.1
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Notice
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5.2
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Company Participation
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5.3
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Settlement
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5.4
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Subrogation
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6.
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Miscellaneous Provisions
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6.1
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Amendments; Waivers
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6.2
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Interpretation; Governing Law
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6.3
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Headings
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6.4
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Consent to Jurisdiction
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6.5
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Counterparts
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6.6
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Successors and Assigns
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6.7
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Expenses; Legal Fees
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6.8
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Representation by Counsel;
Interpretation
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6.9
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Specific Performance
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6.10
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Time is of the Essence
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6.11
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Notices
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POWER ONE, INC.
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
This Indemnification Agreement (this
“ Agreement ”) is made as of
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2009, by and between Power One, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the “ Company ”), and the individual whose name
appears below the word “Indemnitee” on the signature
page of this Agreement (the “ Indemnitee
”). In consideration of the services of the Indemnitee
to the Company, and to induce the Indemnitee to provide services as
a director and/or officer of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, the Company and the Indemnitee agree as
follows:
RECITALS
A.
The Indemnitee has agreed to serve,
or as applicable, to continue to provide service, as a director
and/or officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, and in
such capacity will render valuable services to the
Company.
B.
The Company has concluded that
insurance and statutory indemnity provisions may provide inadequate
protection to individuals requested to serve as its directors and
officers.
C.
To induce and encourage the
Indemnitee to serve as a director and/or officer of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries, the Company’s Board of Directors has
decided that this Agreement is not only reasonable and prudent, but
necessary, to promote and ensure the best interests of the Company
and its stockholders.
AGREEMENT
1.
Definitions
As used in this Agreement:
“ Agent ” means a director,
officer, employee, consultant, fiduciary or agent of the Company or
of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust,
employee benefit plan, or other enterprise that the Indemnitee
served in any of such capacities at the request of the
Company.
“ Change in Control Event ”
has the same meaning as a “Change in Control Event” as
defined in the Company’s 2004 Stock Incentive Plan (as it may
be amended from time to time).
“ DGCL ” means the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
“ Expenses ” includes, but is
not limited to, attorneys’ fees, disbursements and retainers,
accounting and witness fees, travel and deposition costs, expenses
of investigations judicial or administrative proceedings or appeals
and amounts paid in settlement by or on behalf of the Indemnitee,
and any expenses of establishing a right to indemnification
pursuant to this Agreement, to the extent actually and reasonably
incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding.
“Expenses” does not include the amount of judgments,
fines, penalties or ERISA excise taxes actually levied against the
Indemnitee.
“ Final Determination ” or
“ Finally Determined ” means a determination
made by a court of competent jurisdiction as to which there is no
further right or option of appeal or as to which the time within
which an appeal must be filed has expired without such
filing.
“ Indemnified Costs ” means
all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and ERISA excise taxes
actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee in connection
with the investigation, defense, appeal, or settlement of any
Proceeding.
A “ Potential Change in Control
Event ” will be deemed to have occurred if:
(a)
the Company enters into an agreement
or arrangement that would constitute a Change in Control Event if
consummated;
(b)
any person (including the Company)
publicly announces an intention to take or to consider taking
actions that would constitute a Change in Control Event if
consummated; or
(c)
the Board of Directors adopts a
resolution to the effect that, for purposes of this Agreement, a
Potential Change in Control Event has occurred.
“ Proceeding ” means any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding
(including appeals thereof), whether brought by or in the name of
the Company or otherwise and whether of a civil, criminal or
administrative or investigative nature, in which the Indemnitee is
or will be a party, witness or other participant in, because the
Indemnitee is or was an Agent, whether or not the Indemnitee is
serving in such capacity at the time any liability or Expense is
incurred for which indemnification or reimbursement is to be
provided under this Agreement.
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2.
Indemnification
2.1
Indemnification in Third-Party
Actions . The
Company will indemnify the Indemnitee if the Indemnitee becomes a
party to, is threatened to be made a party to, is a witness or
other participant in, or is otherwise involved in any Proceeding
(other than a Proceeding by or in the name of the Company to
procure a judgment in its favor), because the Indemnitee is or was
an Agent, against all Indemnified Costs, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law.
2.2
Indemnification in Proceedings By
or In the Name of the Company . The Company will indemnify the
Indemnitee if the Indemnitee is a party to, is threatened to be
made a party to, is a witness or other participant in, or is
otherwise involved in any Proceeding by or in the name of the
Company to procure a judgment in its favor because the Indemnitee
was or is an Agent of the Company against all Indemnified Costs in
connection with the defense or settlement of the Proceeding, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
2.3
Partial
Indemnification .
If the Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this Agreement
to indemnification by the Company for some or a portion of, but not
the total amount of, the Indemnified Costs, the Company will
nevertheless indemnify the Indemnitee for the portion of the
Indemnified Costs to which the Indemnitee is entitled.
2.4
Indemnification Hereunder Not
Exclusive . The
indemnification provided by this Agreement is not exclusive of any
other rights to which the Indemnitee may be entitled under the
Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws, any
agreement, any vote of stockholders or disinterested directors,
applicable law, or otherwise, both as to action in the
Indemnitee’s official capacity and as to action in another
capacity on behalf of the Company.
2.5
Indemnification of Indemnified
Costs of Successful Party . Notwithstanding any other provisions of
this Agreement, to the extent that the Indemnitee has been
successful in defense of any Proceeding or in defense of any claim,
issue or matter in the Proceeding, on the merits or otherwise,
including, but not limited to, the dismissal of a Proceeding
without prejudice (unless such dismissal is based upon a settlement
that would not be covered under this Agreement), the Indemnitee
will be indemnified against all Indemnified Costs incurred in
connection therewith to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law.
2.6
Indemnified Costs
Advanced . The
Indemnified Costs incurred by the Indemnitee in any Proceeding will
be paid promptly by the Company in advance of the final disposition
of the Proceeding at the written request of the Indemnitee to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law. The advances to
be made will be paid, or caused to be paid, by the Company to the
Indemnitee within 30 days following delivery of the written request
by Indemnitee to the Company, accompanied by substantiating
documentation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no advance
shall be made by the Company if a determination is reasonably and
promptly made by a majority vote of those directors who are not
parties to such action, suit or proceeding, or, if there are no
such directors or if such directors so direct, by independent legal
counsel in a written opinion, that, based
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upon the facts known to such
directors or counsel at the time such determination is made, such
person acted in bad faith and in a manner that such person did not
believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Company, or, with respect to any criminal proceeding, that such
person had reasonable cause to believe his conduct was
unlawful.
2.7
Limitations on
Indemnification .
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the
Company is not required to make payments to:
a.
indemnify or
advance Indemnified Costs with respect to Proceedings initiated or
brought voluntarily by the Indemnitee and not by way of defense,
except with respect to Proceedings brought to establish or enforce
a right to indemnification under this Agreement or any other
statute or law or otherwise as required under applicable
law;
b.
indemnify the
Indemnitee for any Indemnified Costs for which payment is actually
made to the Indemnitee under an insurance policy, except for any
excess beyond the amount of payment under the policy;
c.
indemnify the
Indemnitee for any Indemnified Costs sustained in any Proceeding
for an accounting of profits made from the purchase or sale by the
Indemnitee of securities of the Company pursuant to
Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and
amendments thereto or similar provisions of any federal, state or
local law; or
d.
indemnify the
Indemnitee for any Indemnified Costs resulting from
Indemnitee’s conduct that is finally adjudged by a court of
competent jurisdiction to have been willful misconduct, knowingly
fraudulent or deliberately dishonest; or
e.
indemnify the
Indemnitee if it is Finally Determined that such payment is
unlawful.
3.
Presumptions
3.1
Presumption Regarding Standard of
Conduct . The
Indemnitee will be conclusively presumed to have met the relevant
standards of conduct as defined by applicable law for
indemnification pursuant to this Agreement unless a determination
that the Indemnitee has not met the relevant standards is made by
(a) the Board of Directors of the Company by a majority vote
of a quorum consisting of directors who are not parties to
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