Exhibit 10.1
[Sponsor Name]
[Sponsor Address]
[Date]
Toys “R” Us,
Inc.
One Geoffrey Way
Wayne, New Jersey 07470
Attention: David Schwartz,
Esq.
General
Counsel
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Re:
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Advancement
and Indemnification Rights
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Dear Mr. Schwartz:
In light of certain recent court
decisions concerning the advancement and indemnification rights of
corporate directors and officers, including the indemnification
rights of directors designated by sponsor shareholder investors,
[Sponsor Name] (the “ Sponsor ”) hereby requests
that Toys “R” Us, Inc. (the “ Company
” or “Toys”) enter into this Letter Agreement
(this “ Agreement ”). Capitalized terms used but
not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in
Section 7.
This Agreement clarifies certain
rights of (i) the Sponsor, (ii) any persons or entities
providing management, advisory, consulting or other services at the
direction or request of the Sponsor or any Sponsor Affiliate, to or
for the benefit of the Company or any successors or direct or
indirect subsidiaries of the Company (collectively, the “
Toys Companies ”), (iii) any investment fund
formed or managed by the Sponsor or any Sponsor Affiliate or for
which the Sponsor or any Sponsor Affiliate serves as an investment
adviser (a “ Fund ”); (iv) any direct or
indirect general partner, managing member and/or controlling
shareholder of any Fund; (v) any persons designated by the
Sponsor, any Sponsor Affiliate or any Fund, to serve as a director,
officer, board observer, partner, trustee, fiduciary, manager,
employee, consultant or advisor, or functional or foreign
equivalent of the foregoing, to any of the Toys Companies
(collectively, the “ Sponsor Designees ”); and
(vi) any direct or indirect partners (including general
partners), shareholders, members (including managing members),
affiliates, controlling persons, subsidiaries, directors, officers,
fiduciaries, managers, employees and agents of each of the
foregoing (those persons and entities identified in (i), (ii),
(iii), (iv), (v) and (iv) are herein collectively the
“ Indemnitees, ” and each is individually an
“ Indemnitee ”), whether such right exists
pursuant to any Organizational Document, Advisory Agreement or any
other agreement or document.
It is the intent of the parties that
(i) the Toys Companies are and shall be the indemnitors of
first resort with respect to any matters for which advancement and
indemnification are provided by
the Toys Companies to or on behalf of the
Indemnitees, whether for claims and liabilities arising prior to or
after the date of this Agreement and whether such claims or
liabilities arise out of any act, statement or omission occurring
prior to or after the date of this Agreement, (ii) that the
Toys Companies shall provide advancement and/or indemnification to
each Indemnitee on a primary basis; and (iii) that any
Indemnitee may be expected to seek advancement and/or
indemnification from any other potential source of advancement or
indemnification (including without limitation from any other
Indemnitee) only if, and to the extent, that the Toys Companies are
legally and/or financially unable to pay advancement and/or
indemnification, as the case may be, to or on behalf of such
Indemnitee.
Accordingly, in consideration of the
mutual promises and agreements herein contained, and other good and
valuable consideration – including, without limitation, the
Sponsor’s agreement to provide management, advisory,
consulting or other services to the Toys Companies and each Sponsor
Designee’s agreement to serve as a director, officer, board
observer, partner, trustee, fiduciary, manager, employee,
consultant, or advisor of any of the Toys Companies – the
receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, all
parties intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereby
agree as follows:
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1.
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Indemnification; Insurance; Expenses
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(a)
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No Other or
Further Changes .
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Except as, and to the extent,
specifically provided herein, any and all rights to advancement
and/or indemnification to which each Indemnitee has ever been, is
or may in the future be entitled from the Toys Companies shall
remain unchanged by this Agreement.
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(b)
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Company as
Primary Indemnitor .
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Each of the Toys Companies hereby
agrees and acknowledges that (i) it is the indemnitor of first
resort; (ii) its obligations to each Indemnitee are primary,
and any obligations of the Sponsor, any Sponsor Affiliate or any
Fund or other Indemnitee to provide advancement or indemnification
for any damages, judgments, liabilities, assessments, fines,
penalties, amounts paid in settlement, fees and costs (including
attorneys fees and costs) or other losses (herein “
Losses ”) incurred by Indemnitee and for which one or
more of the Toys Companies have agreed to, or are otherwise
obligated to, indemnify Indemnitee (whether under any
Organizational Document, Advisory Agreement or any other agreement
or document) are secondary, and (iii) if the Sponsor, any
Sponsor Affiliate or any Fund or other Indemnitee is obligated to
pay, or pays or causes to be paid for any reason, any Losses which
any of the Toys Companies is otherwise obligated (whether under any
Organizational Document, Advisory Agreement or other document or
agreement) to pay (as advancement or indemnification) to or on
behalf of Indemnitee, then (A) such Sponsor, Sponsor
Affiliate, Fund or other Indemnitee, as the case may be, shall be
fully subrogated to and otherwise succeed to all rights of
Indemnitee with respect to such payment; and (B) each of the
Toys Companies shall jointly and severally reimburse, indemnify and
hold harmless the Sponsor, Sponsor Affiliate, Fund or
other
Indemnitee, as the case may be, for
all such payments actually made by such entity or person on behalf
of or for the benefit of Indemnitee.
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(c)
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Director and
Officer Insurance .
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Each of the Toys Companies shall use
its reasonable best efforts to purchase and maintain (or be covered
under) a policy or policies of insurance with reputable insurance
companies with A.M. Best ratings of “A” or better,
providing each Indemnitee with coverage for any liability asserted
against, and incurred by, Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s
behalf by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was or has
agreed to serve as a director, officer, employee or agent of any of
the Toys Companies. Such insurance p