Exhibit 10.11
INDEMNITY AGREEMENT
This Indemnity Agreement, dated as
of
,
is
made by and between Verigy US, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“ Verigy US ”) , and
,
a director, officer or key employee of Verigy US or one of Verigy
US’s affiliates or other service provider who satisfies the
definition of Indemnifiable Person set forth below (the “
Indemnitee ”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Verigy US is an indirect,
wholly-owned subsidiary of Verigy Ltd., a company organized under
the laws of the Republic of Singapore (“ Verigy
Ltd. ”); and
WHEREAS, based upon their experience
as business managers, the members of the Board of Directors of
Verigy US (the “ Board ”) have concluded
that attracting and retaining competent and experienced persons to
serve in key leadership roles with Verigy US and with each of its
Affiliates is essential to the success of Verigy US; and
WHEREAS, Verigy US is aware that
competent and experienced persons are increasingly reluctant to
serve as representatives of corporations unless they are protected
by comprehensive liability insurance and/or indemnification, due to
increased exposure to litigation costs and risks resulting from
their service to such corporations, and due to the fact that the
exposure frequently bears no reasonable relationship to the
compensation of such representatives; and
WHEREAS, Verigy US believes that it
is unfair for its representatives and for the representatives of
its Affiliates (as defined below) to assume the risk of large
judgments and Expenses and Other Liabilities (as defined below)
that may be incurred in cases in which the representative received
no personal profit and in cases where the representative was not
culpable; and
WHEREAS, Verigy Ltd. has entered
into indemnity agreements substantially similar to this Agreement
with each of its directors, executive officers and certain other
key employees and service providers (the “ Singapore
Indemnity Agreements ”); and
WHEREAS, the Singapore Companies Act
provides that Singapore companies may only indemnify officers and
directors in very limited circumstances which, as a practical
matter, means that that Verigy Ltd., may not be legally permitted
to fulfill its obligations to the indemnitees under the Singapore
Indemnity Agreements; and
WHEREAS, Section 145 (“Section
145”) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the
“DGCL”), under which Verigy US is organized, empowers
Verigy US to indemnify by agreement its officers, directors,
employees and agents, and persons who serve, at the request of
Verigy US, as directors, officers, employees or agents of other
corporations, partnerships, joint ventures, trusts or other
enterprises, and expressly provides that the indemnification
provided by Section 145 is not exclusive;
WHEREAS, Verigy US has determined
that the liability insurance coverage available to Verigy US and
its Affiliates for their representatives as of the date hereof may
be inadequate. Verigy US believes, therefore, that the
interests of Verigy US’s stockholders would best be served by
the indemnification by Verigy US of selected representatives of
Verigy US and its Affiliates; and
WHEREAS, in recognition of
Indemnitee’s need for substantial protection against personal
liability in order to support and encourage Indemnitee’s
continued service to Verigy US and/or its Affiliates in an
effective manner, Verigy US wishes to provide in this Agreement for
the indemnification of and the advancement of Expenses to
Indemnitee to the fullest extent (whether partial or complete)
permitted by law and as set forth in this Agreement, and, to the
extent insurance is maintained, for the continued coverage of
Indemnitee under the directors’ and officers’ liability
insurance policies of Verigy US and its Subsidiaries and
Affiliates.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto,
intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
1.
Definitions.
(a)
Affiliate . For purposes of this Agreement,
“Affiliate” of Verigy US means (i) Verigy Ltd.; (ii)
any direct or indirect subsidiary of Verigy US or of Verigy Ltd.,
(iii) any corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise in respect of which the Indemnitee is or was or will be
serving as a director, officer, advisory director, trustee,
manager, member, partner, employee, agent, attorney, consultant,
member of the entity’s governing body (whether constituted as
a board of directors, board of managers, general partner or
otherwise), fiduciary, or in any other similar capacity at the
direct or indirect request of Verigy US or of Verigy Ltd.,
including, but not limited to, any employee benefit plan of Verigy
US or of any Affiliate of Verigy US.
(b)
Expenses
. For
purposes of this Agreement, “Expenses” means all direct
and indirect costs of any type or nature whatsoever (including,
without limitation, all attorneys’ fees and related
disbursements, and other out-of-pocket costs, including, without
limitation, experts’ fees, court costs, retainers, transcript
fees, duplicating, printing and binding costs, as well as
telecommunications, postage and courier charges) paid or incurred
by the Indemnitee in connection with the inquiry, investigation,
defense or appeal of a Proceeding (as defined below), establishing,
defending or enforcing a right to indemnification under this
Agreement, Section 145 or otherwise or being a witness in or
participating in (including on appeal) any Proceeding, or preparing
for the inquiry, defense or appeal of a Proceeding or for being a
witness in or participating in (including on appeal) any
Proceeding; provided, however, that Expenses shall not include any
judgments, fines, ERISA (or other employee benefit plan related)
excise taxes or penalties or amounts paid in settlement of a
Proceeding.
(c)
Indemnifiable Event
. For
purposes of this Agreement, “Indemnifiable Event” means
any event or occurrence related to Indemnitee’s service for
Verigy US or its
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Affiliates as an Indemnifiable
Person (as defined below), or by reason of anything done or not
done, or any act or omission, by Indemnitee in any such
capacity.
(d)
Indemnifiable Person
. For the purposes of this
Agreement, “Indemnifiable Person” means any person who
is or was a director, officer, employee, attorney, advisory
director, trustee, manager, member, partner, consultant, member of
an entity’s governing body (whether constituted as a board of
directors, board of managers, general partner or otherwise) or
other agent or fiduciary of Verigy US or an Affiliate of Verigy US;
or is or was serving at the request of Verigy US or an Affiliate of
Verigy US, or for the convenience of, or to represent the interest
of Verigy US or an Affiliate of Verigy US as a director, officer,
employee, attorney, advisory director, trustee, manager, member,
partner, consultant, member of an entity’s governing body
(whether constituted as a board of directors, board of managers,
general partner or otherwise) or other agent or fiduciary of
another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or
other enterprise or entity; or was a director, officer, employee,
attorney, advisory director, trustee, manager, member, partner,
consultant, member of an entity’s governing body (whether
constituted as a board of directors, board of managers, general
partner or otherwise) or other agent or fiduciary of a foreign or
domestic corporation or other enterprise which was a predecessor of
Verigy US or of any of its Affiliates, or was a director, officer,
employee, attorney, advisory director, trustee, manager, member,
partner, consultant, member of an entity’s governing body
(whether constituted as a board of directors, board of managers,
general partner or otherwise) or other agent or fiduciary of
another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint
venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise or entity
at the request of, for the convenience of, or to represent the
interests of such predecessor.
(e)
Other Liabilities
. For purposes of this
Agreement, “Other Liabilities” means any and all
liabilities of any type whatsoever (including, but not limited to,
judgments, fines, ERISA (or other benefit plan related) excise
taxes or penalties, and amounts paid in settlement and all
interest, taxes, assessments and other charges paid or payable in
connection with or in respect of any Expenses or any such
judgments, fines, ERISA (or other benefit plan related) excise
taxes or penalties, or amounts paid in settlement).
(f)
Proceeding
. For the purposes of this
Agreement, “Proceeding” means any threatened, pending,
or completed action, suit or other proceeding, whether civil,
criminal or administrative and including any appeal thereof, or any
inquiry or investigation, whether instituted by Verigy US or any of
its Affiliates or by any governmental agency or any other party,
that Indemnitee in good faith believes might lead to the
institution of any such action, suit or other proceeding, whether
civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or any other type
whatsoever, including any arbitration or other alternative dispute
resolution mechanism.
2.
Agreement to Serve
. The Indemnitee agrees to
serve and/or continue to serve Verigy US or the Affiliate of Verigy
US in the capacity or capacities in which Indemnitee currently
serves Verigy US or such Affiliate(s) as an Indemnifiable Person,
and any additional capacity in which Indemnitee may agree to serve,
until such time as Indemnitee’s service in a particular
capacity shall end according to the terms of an agreement,
governing law, or otherwise. Nothing contained in this
Agreement is intended to create any right to continued
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employment or other form of service
for Verigy US or any Affiliate of Verigy US by
Indemnitee.
3.
Mandatory
Indemnification .
In the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness or
other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or
witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or
arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, Verigy US shall
hold harmless and indemnify the Indemnitee to the fullest extent
not prohibited (a) by the provisions of Verigy US’s
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws as the same may be amended
from time to time (but only to the extent that such amendment
permits Verigy US to provide broader indemnification rights than
the Certificate of Incorporation and/or Bylaws permitted prior to
the adoption of such amendment) and (b) by the DGCL. In
addition to and not in limitation of the indemnification otherwise
provided for herein, and subject only to the exclusions set forth
in Section 10 below, Verigy US hereby further agrees to hold
harmless and indemnify Indemnitee as follows:
(a)
Third Party Actions
. If the Indemnitee is a
person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to
any Proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of Verigy
US, which actions are addressed in Section 3(b) below) by reason of
the fact that he or she is or was serving Verigy US or an Affiliate
of Verigy US as an Indemnifiable Person, or by reason of anything
done or not done by Indemnitee in any such capacity as an
Indemnifiable Person, or by reason of an Indemnifiable Event,
against any and all Expenses and Other Liabilities incurred by
Indemnitee in connection with (including in preparation for) the
inquiry, investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such
Proceeding if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he or
she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of Verigy US, and, with respect to any criminal action or
Proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct
was unlawful; and
(b)
Derivative Actions
. If the Indemnitee is a
person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to
any Proceeding by or in the right of Verigy US to procure a
judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he or she is or
was serving Verigy US or an Affiliate of Verigy US as an
Indemnifiable Person, or by reason of anything done or not done by
Indemnitee in any such capacity as an Indemnifiable Person, or by
reason of an Indemnifiable Event, against any and all Expenses and
Other Liabilities incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the
inquiry, investigation, defense, settlement, or appeal of such
Proceeding if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he or
she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of Verigy US; except that no indemnification under this
subsection shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter
as to which such person shall have been finally adjudged to be
liable to Verigy US, unless and only to the extent that the court
in which such Proceeding was brought shall determine upon
application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view
of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnity for such amounts which the court
shall deem proper; provided, however, that in the event that
Indemnitee shall be adjudged to be liable to Verigy US, Verigy US
shall use its best efforts to obtain a ruling of the court in which
the Proceeding is brought to the effect that Indemnitee is
nevertheless fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification to
the greatest extent possible.
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(c)
Determination of “Good
Faith” . For
purposes of any determination of “good faith”
hereunder, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in good faith
if in taking such action Indemnitee relied on the records or books
of account of Verigy US or an Affiliate of Verigy US, including
financial statements, or on information, opinions, reports or
statements provided to Indemnitee by the officers or other
employees of Verigy US or an Affiliate of Verigy US in the course
of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for Verigy US or
an Affiliate of Verigy US, or on information or records given or
reports made to Verigy US or an Affiliate of Verigy US by an
independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other
expert selected by Verigy US or an Affiliate of Verigy US, or by
any other person (including legal counsel, accountants and
financial advisors) as to matters Indemnitee reasonably believes
are within such other person’s professional or expert
competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on
behalf of Verigy US. In connection with any determination as
to whether Indemnitee is entitled to be indemnified hereunder, the
Reviewing Party (as defined below) or court shall presume that the
Indemnitee has satisfied the applicable standard of conduct and is
entitled to indemnification, and the burden of proof shall be on
Verigy US to establish, by clear and convincing evidence, that
Indemnitee is not so entitled. The provisions of this Section
3(c) shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the
other circumstances in which the Indemnitee may be deemed to have
met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in this
Agreement. In addition, the knowledge and/or actions, or
failures to act, of any other person serving Verigy US or an
Affiliate of Verigy US as an Indemnifiable Person shall not be
imputed to Indemnitee for purposes of determining the right to
indemnification hereunder.
4.
Partial
Indemnification . If the Indemnitee is
entitled under any provision of this Agreement to indemnification
by Verigy US for some or a portion of any Expenses or Other
Liabilities incurred by Indemnitee (a) in connection with
(including in preparation for) the inquiry, investigation, defense,
settlement or appeal of a Proceeding, (b) as or in preparation to
be a witness or participant in a Proceeding, or (c) otherwise, but
not entitled, however, to indemnification for the total amount of
such Expenses or Other Liabilities, Verigy US shall nevertheless
indemnify the Indemnitee for such total amount except as to the
portion thereof to which the Indemnitee is not entitled as
determined pursuant to the standard set forth in Section 3
above. For avoidance of doubt, if Indemnitee is not wholly
successful in such Proceeding but is successful, on the merits or
otherwise, as to one or more but less than all claims, issues or
matters in such Proceeding, Verigy US shall indemnify Indemnitee in
connection with each successfully resolved claim, issue or
matter. Indemnitee’s satisfaction of the applicable
standard of conduct described in Section 3 above with respect to a
particular claim, issue or matter shall be considered a successful
resolution as to such claim, issue or matter. Furthermore,
for purposes of this Agreement and without limitation, the
termination of any claim, issue or matter by dismissal with or
without prejudice shall be deemed to be a successful resolution as
to such claim, issue or matter. In any review or Proceeding
to determine the extent of indemnification, Verigy US shall bear
the burden to establish, by clear and convincing evidence, the lack
of a successful resolution of a particular claim, issue or matter
and which amounts sought in indemnity are allocable to claims,
issues or matters which were not successfully resolved.
5.
Liability Insurance
. So long as Indemnitee shall
continue to serve Verigy US or an Affiliate of Verigy US as an
Indemnifiable Person and thereafter so long as Indemnitee shall be
subject to any possible claim or threatened, pending or completed
Proceeding as a result of an
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Indemnifiable Event, Verigy US shall
use its best efforts to maintain in full force and effect for the
benefit of Indemnitee as an insured (i) liability insurance issued
by one or more reputable insurers and having the policy amount and
deductible deemed appropriate by the Board and providing in all
respects coverage at least comparable to and in the same amount as
that then being provided to the Chairman of the Board or the Chief
Executive Officer of Verigy US and (ii) any replacement or
substit