Exhibit 10.10
SECOND AMENDED AND
RESTATED
INDEMNIFICATION
AGREEMENT
THIS INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
(“Agreement”) is made as of this ___ day of _________,
200_, by and between Sunoco, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the
“Company”) and _____________________________
(“Indemnitee”).
WHEREAS, the Company and Indemnitee
recognize the increasing difficulty in obtaining directors’
and officers’ liability insurance, the significant increases
in the cost of such insurance and the general reduction in the
coverage of such insurance; and
WHEREAS, the Company and Indemnitee
further recognize the substantial increase in corporate litigation,
in general, subjecting officers and directors to expensive
litigation risks at the same time as liability insurance has been
severely limited; and
WHEREAS, Indemnitee does not regard
the current protection available as adequate given the present
circumstances, and Indemnitee and other officers and directors of
the Company may not be willing to serve as officers and directors
without adequate protection; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to
attract and retain the services of highly qualified individuals,
such as Indemnitee, to serve as officers and directors of the
Company and to indemnify its officers and directors so as to
provide them with the maximum protection permitted by
law.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and
Indemnitee, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as
follows:
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(a)
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Third Party
Proceedings . The Company
shall indemnify Indemnitee if Indemnitee is or was a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative
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(other than an action by or in
the right of the Company) by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is
or was a director, officer, trustee, fiduciary, employee or agent
of the Company, or any affiliate of the Company, by reason of any
action or inaction on the part of Indemnitee while an officer or
director, or by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was
serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer,
trustee, fiduciary, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against
expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement (if such settlement is approved pursuant
to Section 2(f) hereof) actually and reasonably incurred by
Indemnitee in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if
Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests
of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe Indemnitee’s
conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or
proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a
plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, in and of
itself, create a presumption that (i) Indemnitee did not act
in good faith and in a manner which Indemnitee reasonably believed
to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and,
(ii) with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,
Indemnitee did not have reasonable cause to believe his conduct was
lawful.
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(b)
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Proceedings By or in the Right
of the Company . The
Company shall indemnify Indemnitee if Indemnitee was or is a party
or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action or suit by or in the right of the Company or any
subsidiary of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor by
reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director, officer,
trustee, fiduciary, employee or agent of the Company, or any
affiliate of the Company, by reason of any action or inaction on
the part of Indemnitee while an officer or director or by reason of
the fact that Indemnitee is or was serving at the request
of
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the Company as a director,
officer, trustee, fiduciary, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) and amounts paid
in settlement (if such settlement is approved pursuant to
Section 2(f) hereof) actually and reasonably incurred by
Indemnitee in connection with the defense or settlement of such
action or suit if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner
Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Company, except that no indemnification shall be
made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which
Indemnitee shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Company
unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action
or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite
the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances
of the case, Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnity for such expenses which the court shall deem
proper.
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(c)
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Mandatory
Indemnification . To the
extent that Indemnitee has been successful on the merits or
otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to
in Sections 1(a) and 1(b) or in defense of any claim, issue or
matter therein, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against expenses
(including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred
by Indemnitee in connection therewith. For purposes of this
Section 1(c), the term “successful on the merits or
otherwise” shall include, but not be limited to, (i) any
termination, withdrawal, or dismissal (with or without prejudice)
of any claim, action, suit or proceeding against Indemnitee without
any express finding of liability or guilt against him, or
(ii) the expiration of a reasonable period of time after the
making of any claim or threat of an action, suit or proceeding
without the institution of the same and without any promise or
payment made to induce a settlement.
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2.
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Expenses
and Indemnification Procedure .
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(a)
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Advancement of
Expenses . The Company
shall advance all reasonable expenses incurred by Indemnitee in
connection with the investigation, defense,
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settlement or appeal of any civil
or criminal action, suit or proceeding referenced in
Section 1(a) or Section 1(b) hereof. For purposes of any
advancement hereunder, the Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted
(i) in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be
in or not opposed to the best interest of the Company, and
(ii) with respect to any criminal action or procedure, to have
had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful if,
under either (i) or (ii), his action is based on the records
or books of account of the Company, or the records or books of
account of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust
or other enterprise (collectively, the “other
enterprises”), including financial statements, or on
information supplied to him by the officers of the Company or other
enterprises in the course of their duties, or on the advice of
legal counsel for the Company or other enterprises or on
information or records given or reports made to the Company or
other enterprises by an independent certified public accountant or
by an appraiser or other expert selected with reasonable care by
the Company or other enterprises. Indemnitee hereby undertakes to
repay such amounts advanced only if, and to the extent that, it
shall ultimately be determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to
be indemnified by the Company as authorized hereby.
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(b)
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Notice/Cooperation by
Indemnitee . Indemnitee
shall, as a condition precedent to his right to be indemnified
under this Agreement, give the Company notice in writing as soon as
practicable of any claim made against Indemnitee for which
indemnification will or could be sought under this Agreement.
Notice to the Company shall be directed to Sunoco, Inc., Inc., 1735
Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Attention: Senior Vice
President and General Counsel (or such other address as the Company
may from time to time designate in writing to Indemnitee). Notice
shall be deemed received on the third business day after the date
postmarked if sent by domestic certified or registered mail,
properly addressed; otherwise, notice shall be deemed received when
such notice shall actually be received by the Company.
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In addition, Indemnitee shall
give the Company such information and cooperation as it may
reasonably require and as shall be within Indemnitee’s
power.
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(c)
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Procedure
. Any indemnification and advances
provided for in Section 1 hereof and this Section 2 shall
be made no later than forty-five (45) days after receipt of
the written request of Indemnitee, coupled with appropriate
documentation to support the requested payment. If a claim under
this Agreement, under any statute, or under any provision of the
Company’s Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws providing for
indemnification is not paid in full by the Company within
forty-five (45) days after receipt of a fully documented
written request for payment thereof has first been received by the
Company, Indemnitee may, but need not, at any time thereafter bring
an action against the Company to recover the unpaid amount of the
claim and, subject to Section 13 hereof, Indemnitee shall also
be entitled to be paid for the expenses (including attorneys’
fees) of bringing such action. It shall be a defense to any such
action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for
expenses incurred in connection with any action, suit or proceeding
in advance of its final disposition) that Indemnitee has not met
the standards of conduct which make it permissible under applicable
law for the Company to indemnify Indemnitee for the amount claimed,
but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Company, and
Indemnitee shall be entitled to receive interim payments of
expenses pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof unless and until such
defense may be finally adjudicated by court order or judgment from
which no further right of appeal exists. It is the parties’
intention that if the Company contests Indemnitee’s right to
indemnification, the question of Indemnitee’s right to
indemnification shall be for the court to decide, and neither the
failure of the Company (including its Board of Directors, any
committee or subgroup of the Board of Directors, independent legal
counsel, or its shareholders) to have made a determination that
indemnification of Indemnitee is proper in the circumstances
because Indemnitee has met the
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applicable standard of conduct
required by applicable law, nor an actual determination by the
Company (including its Board of Directors, any committee or
subgroup of the Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or
its shareholders) that Indemnitee has not met such applicable
standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that Indemnitee has
or has not, as the case may be, met the applicable standard of
conduct.
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(d)
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Notice to
Insurers . If, at the
time of the receipt of a notice of claim pursuant to
Section 2(b) hereof, the Company has directors’ and
officers’ liability insurance in effect, the Company shall
give prompt notice of the commencement of such proceeding to the
insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the
respective policies. The Company shall thereafter take all
necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on
behalf of Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such
proceeding in accordance with the terms of such
policies.
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(e)
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Selection of
Counsel . If the Company
shall be obligated under Section 1 or Section 2 hereof to
pay the expenses of any proceeding against Indemnitee, the Company,
if appropriate, shall be entitled to assume the defense of such
proceeding, with counsel approved by Indemnitee, upon the delivery
to Indemnitee of written notice of its election to do so. After
delivery of such notice, approval of such counsel by Indemnitee and
the retention of such counsel by the Company, the Company will not
be liable to Indemnitee under this Agreement for any fees of
counsel subsequently incurred by Indemnitee with respect to the
same proceeding; provided that (i) Indemnitee shall have the
right to employ separate counsel in any such proceeding at
Indemnitee’s expense; and (ii) if (A) the
employment of counsel by Indemnitee has been previously authorized
by the Company, (B) Indemnitee shall have reasonably concluded
that there may be a conflict of interest between the Company and
Indemnitee in the conduct of any such defense, or (C) the
Company shall not, in fact, have
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employed counsel to assume the
defense of such proceeding, then the reasonable fees and expenses
of Indemnitee’s counsel shall be at the expense of the
Company.
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(f)
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Settlements . The Company shall not be liable to Indemnitee
under this Agreement for any amounts paid in settlement of any
action or claim effected without its written consent. The Company
shall not settle any action or claim in any manner which would
impose any penalty or limitation on Indemnitee without
Indemnitee’s written c
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