Exhibit 10.13
INDEMNITY
AGREEMENT
THIS INDEMNITY
AGREEMENT (this “
Agreement ”) dated as of
,
2006, is made by and between TorreyPines Therapeutics, Inc. a
Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”),
and (“
Indemnitee ”).
R E C I T A L S
:
A.
The Company desires to attract and
retain the services of highly qualified individuals as directors,
officers, employees and agents.
B.
The Company’s bylaws (the
“ Bylaws ”) require that the Company
indemnify its directors and executive officers, and allow the
Company to indemnify its other officers, employees and agents, as
authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended (the
“ Code ”), under which the Company is
organized and such Bylaws expressly provide that the
indemnification provided therein is not exclusive and contemplates
that the Company may enter into separate agreements with its
directors, officers and other persons to set forth specific
indemnification provisions.
C.
Indemnitee does not regard the
protection currently provided by applicable law, the
Company’s governing documents and available insurance as
adequate under the present circumstances, and the Company has
determined that Indemnitee and other directors, officers, employees
and agents of the Company may not be willing to serve or
continue to serve in such capacities without additional
protection.
D.
The Company desires and has
requested Indemnitee to serve or continue to serve as a director,
officer, employee or agent of the Company, as the case may be,
and has proferred this Agreement to Indemnitee as an additional
inducement to serve in such capacity.
E.
Indemnitee is willing to serve, or
to continue to serve, as a director, officer, employee or agent of
the Company, as the case may be, if Indemnitee is furnished
the indemnity provided for herein by the Company.
A G R E E M E N
T :
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of
the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein, the parties
hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as
follows:
1.
Definitions
.
(a)
Agent . For purposes of this Agreement, the term
“agent” of the Company means any person who:
(i) is or was a director, officer, employee or other fiduciary
of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company; or (ii) is or
was serving at the request or for the convenience of, or
representing the interests of, the Company or a subsidiary of the
Company, as a director, officer, employee or other fiduciary of a
foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise.
(b)
Expenses . For purposes of this Agreement, the term
“expenses” shall be broadly construed and shall
include, without limitation, all direct and indirect costs of any
type or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, all
attorneys’, witness, or other professional fees and related
disbursements, and other out-of-pocket costs of whatever nature),
actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with
the investigation, defense or appeal of a proceeding or
establishing or enforcing a right to indemnification under this
Agreement, the Code or otherwise, and amounts paid in settlement by
or on behalf of Indemnitee, but shall not include any judgments,
fines or penalties actually levied against Indemnitee for such
individual’s violations of law. The term
“expenses” shall also include reasonable compensation
for time spent by Indemnitee for which he is not compensated by the
Company or any subsidiary or third party (i) for any period
during which Indemnitee is not an agent, in the employment of, or
providing services for compensation to, the Company or any
subsidiary; and (ii) if the rate of compensation and estimated
time involved is approved by the directors of the Company who are
not parties to any action with respect to which expenses are
incurred, for Indemnitee while an agent of, employed by, or
providing services for compensation to, the Company or any
subsidiary.
(c)
Proceedings
. For purposes of this Agreement,
the term “proceeding” shall be broadly construed and
shall include, without limitation, any threatened, pending, or
completed action, suit, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution
mechanism, investigation, inquiry, administrative hearing or any
other actual, threatened or completed proceeding, whether brought
in the right of the Company or otherwise and whether of a civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative nature, and whether
formal or informal in any case, in which Indemnitee was, is or will
be involved as a party or otherwise by reason of:
(i) the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director or officer
of the Company; (ii) the fact that any action taken by
Indemnitee or of any action on Indemnitee’s part while
acting as director, officer, employee or agent of the Company; or
(iii) the fact that Indemnitee is or was serving at the
request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee
benefit plan or other enterprise, and in any such case described
above, whether or not serving in any such capacity at the time any
liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification,
reimbursement, or advancement of expenses may be provided
under this Agreement.
(d)
Subsidiary
. For purposes of this Agreement,
the term “subsidiary” means any corporation or limited
liability company of which more than 50% of the outstanding voting
securities or equity interests are owned, directly or indirectly,
by the Company and one or more of its subsidiaries, and any other
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture,
trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise of which
Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company as a
director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary.
(e)
Independent Counsel
. For purposes of this Agreement,
the term “independent counsel” means a law firm, or a
partner (or, if applicable, member) of such a law firm, that is
experienced in matters of corporation law and neither presently is,
nor in the past five (5) years has been, retained to
represent: (i) the Company or 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 “independent
counsel” shall
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not include any person who, under the applicable
standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a
conflict of interest in representing either the Company or
Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitee’s rights
under this Agreement.
2.
Agreement to Serve
. Indemnitee will serve, or continue
to serve, as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company
or any subsidiary, as the case may be, faithfully and to the
best of his or her ability, at the will of such corporation (or
under separate agreement, if such agreement exists), in the
capacity Indemnitee currently serves as an agent of such
corporation, so long as Indemnitee is duly appointed or elected and
qualified in accordance with the applicable provisions of the
bylaws or other applicable charter documents of such corporation,
or until such time as Indemnitee tenders his or her resignation in
writing; provided, however, that nothing contained in this
Agreement is intended as an employment agreement between Indemnitee
and the Company or any of its subsidiaries or to create any right
to continued employment of Indemnitee with the Company or any of
its subsidiaries in any capacity.
The Company acknowledges that it has
entered into this Agreement and assumes the obligations imposed on
it hereby, in addition to and separate from its obligations to
Indemnitee under the Bylaws, to induce Indemnitee to serve, or
continue to serve, as a director, officer, employee or agent of the
Company, and the Company acknowledges that Indemnitee is relying
upon this Agreement in serving as a director, officer, employee or
agent of the Company.
3.
Indemnification
.
(a)
Indemnification in Third Party
Proceedings . Subject to
Section 10 below, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to
the fullest extent permitted by the Code, as the same may be
amended from time to time (but, only to the extent that such
amendment permits Indemnitee to broader indemnification rights than
the Code permitted prior to adoption of such amendment), if
Indemnitee is a party to or threatened to be made a party to or
otherwise involved in any proceeding, for any and all expenses,
actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with
the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such
proceeding.
(b)
Indemnification in Derivative
Actions and Direct Actions by the Company . Subject to Section 10 below, the Company
shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by the
Code, as the same may be amended from time to time (but, only
to the extent that such amendment permits Indemnitee to broader
indemnification rights than the Code permitted prior to adoption of
such amendment), if Indemnitee 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 Company to procure a judgment in its favor,
against any and all expenses actually and reasonably incurred by
Indemnitee in connection with the investigation, defense,
settlement, or appeal of such proceedings.
4.
Indemnification of Expenses of
Successful Party .
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the
extent that Indemnitee has been successful on the merits or
otherwise in defense of any proceeding or in defense of any claim,
issue or matter therein, including the dismissal of any action
without prejudice, the Company shall indemnify
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Indemnitee against all expenses actually and
reasonably incurred in connection with the investigation, defense
or appeal of such proceeding.
5.
Partial
Indemnification . If
Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this Agreement to
indemnification by the Company for some or a portion of any
expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in the
investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of a proceeding, but
is precluded by applicable law or the specific terms of this
Agreement to indemnification for the total amount thereof, the
Company shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee for the portion
thereof to which Indemnitee is entitled.
6.
Advancement of
Expenses . To the extent
not prohibited by law, the Company shall advance the expenses
incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any proceeding, and such
advancement shall be made within twenty (20) days after the receipt
by the Company of a statement or statements requesting such
advances (which shall include invoices received by Indemnitee in
connection with such expenses but, in the case of invoices in
connection with legal services, any references to legal work
performed or to expenditures made that would cause Indemnitee to
waive any privilege accorded by applicable law shall not be
included with the invoice) and upon request of the Company, an
undertaking to repay the advancement of expenses if and to the
extent that it is ultimately determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction in a final judgment, not subject to appeal, that
Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company.
Advances shall be unsecured, interest free and without regard to
Indemnitee’s ability to repay the expenses. Advances shall
include any and all expenses actually and reasonably incurred by
Indemnitee pursuing an action to enforce Indemnitee’s right
to indemnification under this Agreement, or otherwise and this
right of advancement, including expenses incurred preparing and
forwarding statements to the Company to support the advances
claimed. Indemnitee acknowledges that the execution and delivery of
this Agreement shall constitute an undertaking providing that
Indemnitee shall, to the fullest extent required by law, repay
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