Exhibit 10.18
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
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EFFECTIVE DATE:
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May 20, 2003
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I.2
PARTIES:
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UQM Technologies, Inc.
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7501
Miller Drive
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Frederick, CO 80530
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("Corporation")
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("Director or
Officer")
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I.3
RECITALS/AGREEMENT:
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I.3a
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At the request of the
Corporation, Director or Officer currently serves as a director or
officer of the Corporation (as defined below). As such, may be
subjected to claims, suits or proceedings.
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I.3b
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Director or Officer has indicated
that it was and is a condition of Director’s or
Officer’s acceptance and continuing in such service that,
among other things, the Corporation agrees to indemnify Director or
Officer against liabilities, expenses and costs incurred in
connection with any such claims, suits or proceedings to the
fullest extent permitted by the Colorado Corporation Code and to
pay expenses in advance of any final disposition of any such
claims, suits or proceedings to the fullest extent permitted by the
Colorado Corporation Code.
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I.3c
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The Corporation’s Articles
of Incorporation and the Colorado Corporation Code contemplate the
contracts may be made between the Corporation and members of its
Board of Directors and officers with respect to
indemnification.
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I.3d
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In consideration of
Director’s or Officer’s acceptance and continuation of
service as a director or officer after the date of this Agreement,
and in consideration of the mutual covenants stated herein, the
parties agree as follows:
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I.4 BYLAW
PROVISIONS ON INDEMNIFICATION, ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES AND OTHER
MATTERS:
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The parties hereby acknowledge
that Article VI of the Bylaws of the Corporation provide for
indemnification and advancement of expenses with respect to
directors or officers, as well as other matters. All provisions of
Article VI of the Bylaws of the Corporation as in effect on the
date hereof, including without limitation amendments made to such
Article VI on the date hereof, are hereby made a binding agreement
between the Corporation and Director or Officer; a copy of such
Article VI is attached hereto as Exhibit A; and such Article VI is
hereby incorporated into this Agreement by this
reference.
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I.5
NONEXCLUSIVITY:
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The rights of Director or Officer
for indemnification and advancement of expenses under this
Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of, or in limitation of,
any rights to which Director or Officer may be entitled under
Colorado law, the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation or
Bylaws, vote of shareholders or otherwise.
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I.6
MISCELLANEOUS:
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I.6.a
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Effectiveness.
This Agreement is effective for, and
shall apply to, (i) any claim or proceeding which is asserted or
threatened before, on or after the date of this Agreement and (ii)
acts or omissions on or after the date of this
Agreement.
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I.6.b
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Survival:
Continuation. The rights
of Director or Officer hereunder shall inure to the benefit of the
Director or Officer (even after Director or Officer ceases to be a
director or officer). Director’s or Officer’s personal
representative, heirs, executors, administrators and beneficiaries;
and this Agreement shall be binding upon the Corporation, its
successors and assigns. The rights of Director or Officer under
this Agreement shall continue so long as Director or Officer may be
subject to any possible proceeding because of the fact that
Director was a director or was an officer of the Corporation. If
the Corporation sells, leases, exchanges or otherwise disposes of,
in a single transaction or series of related transactions, all or
substantially all of its property and assets, the Corporation
shall, as a condition precedent to such transaction, cause
effective provision to be made so that the person or entity
acquiring such property and assets shall become bound by and
replace the Corporation under this Agreement.
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I.6.c
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Governing Law.
This Agreement shall be governed by
the laws of the State of Colorado.
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I.6.d
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Severability.
If any provision of this Agreement
shall be held to be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law,
such provision shall be deemed amended to accomplish the objectives
of the provision as originally written to the fullest extent
permitted by law and all other provisions shall remain in full
force an effect.
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I.6.e
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Amendment. No amendment, termination or cancellation of
this Agreement shall be effective unless in writing signed by the
Corporation and Director or Officer.
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I.6.f
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Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for
convenience only and are not to be considered in construing this
Agreement.
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I.6.g
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Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts,
both of which shall be deemed an original, and together shall
constitute one document.
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The
parties have executed this Agreement as of the effective date first
above stated.
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UQM
TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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By:
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/s/
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Treasurer, UQM Technologies, Inc
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Director or Officer
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By:
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/s/
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EXHIBIT A
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TO
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
Dated May 20, 2003
Between UQM Technologies, Inc.
And [DIRECTOR/OFFICER]
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Article VI of the Bylaws of the
Corporation
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Indemnification
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Section
6.01
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Definitions . For purposes of this Article, the following
terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
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(a)
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Code . The term "Code" means the Colorado
Corporation Code as it exists on the date of the adoption of this
Article and as it may hereafter be amended from time to time. In
the case of any amendment of the Colorado Corporation Code after
the date of the adoption of this Article, when used in reference to
an act or omission occurring prior to the effectiveness of such
amendment, the term "Code" shall include such amendment only to the
extent that the amendment can apply to a prior act or omission and
the amendment permits the corporation to provide broader
indemnification rights than the Colorado Corporation Code permitted
the corporation to provide at the date of the adoption of this
Article and prior to the amendment.
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(b)
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Corporation.
The term "corporation" means the
corporation and, in addition to the resulting or surviving
corporation, any domestic or foreign predecessor entity of the
corporation in a merger, consolidation or other transaction in
which the predecessor’s existence ceased upon consummation of
the transaction.
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(c)
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Expenses
. The term "expenses" means the
actual and reasonable expenses (including but not limited to
expenses of investigation and preparation and fees and
disbursements of counsel, accounts and other experts) incurred by a
party in connection with a proceeding.
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(d)
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Liability
. The term "liability" means the
obligation to pay a judgment, settlement, penalty, fine (including
an excise tax assessed with respect to an employee benefit plan) or
expense incurred with respect to a proceeding.
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(e)
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Party . The term "party" means any individual who
was, is, or is threatened to be made, a named defendant or
respondent is a proceeding by reason of the fact that he is or was
a director, officer or employee of the corporation, or a member of
the Office of the Chairman, and any individual who, while a
director, officer or employee or member of the Office of the
Chairman of the corporation is or was serving at the request of the
corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee,
fiduciary or agent of any other foreign or domestic corporation or
of any partnership, joint venture, trust, other enterprise or
employee benefit plan. A party shall be considered to be serving an
employee benefit plan at the corporation’s request if his
duties to the corporation also impose duties on or otherwise
involve services by him to the plan or to participants in or
beneficiaries of the plan.
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(f)
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Proceeding
. The te
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