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SMART MODULAR TECHNOLOGIES (WWH), INC. INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

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Title: SMART MODULAR TECHNOLOGIES (WWH), INC. INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
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Exhibit 10.1
SMART MODULAR TECHNOLOGIES (WWH), INC.
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
     This Indemnification Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made as of March ___, 2005 by and between SMART Modular Technologies (WWH), Inc., an exempted company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”), and ___ (the “Indemnitee”).
     WHEREAS, the Company and the Indemnitee recognize the difficulty in obtaining directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, the cost of such insurance and the limited scope of coverage of such insurance;
     WHEREAS, the Company and the Indemnitee further recognize the substantial increase in corporate litigation in general, subjecting officers and directors to expensive litigation risks at the same time as the availability and coverage of liability insurance has been severely limited;
     WHEREAS, the Indemnitee does not regard the current protection available as adequate under the present circumstances, and the Indemnitee and other officers and directors of the Company may not be willing to continue to serve as officers and directors without additional protection; and
     WHEREAS, the Company desires to attract and retain the services of highly qualified individuals, such as the 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 the Indemnitee hereby agree as follows:
     1. Indemnification.
          (a) Third Party Actions. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnitee if the Indemnitee was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or is involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action, suit or proceeding by or in the right of the Company) by reason of the fact that the Indemnitee is or was a director or officer of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director or officer 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 in advance by the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner the 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 the 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 itself, create a presumption that the Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner which the 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 reasonable cause to believe that the Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful.
          (b) Actions by or in the Right of the Company. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnitee if the Indemnitee was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or is involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the Indemnitee is or was a director or officer of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director or officer 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 in advance by the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner the Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, except that, if applicable law so provides, no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which the Indemnitee shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Company unless and to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which such action, suit or proceeding was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, the Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Indemnitee shall not be indemnified hereunder for any expenses or amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action to recover short-swing profits under Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
          (c) Mandatory Payment of Expenses. To the extent that the Indemnitee has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 1 or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, the Indemnitee shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee in connection therewith.
          (d) Determination of Conduct. Any indemnification under Subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 1 (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Company upon a determination that the indemnification of the Indemnitee

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is proper in the circumstances because the Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 1. Such determination shall be made (1) by a majority vote of the disinterested directors, even though less than a quorum, (2) by independent legal counsel in a written opinion or (3) by the stockholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Indemnitee shall be entitled to contest any determination as to the Indemnitee’s standard of conduct set forth in Subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 1 by petitioning a court of competent jurisdiction.
          (e) Selection of Independent Counsel. If the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by independent counsel pursuant to Subsection (d) of this Section 1, the independent counsel shall be selected jointly by the Indemnitee and the Company. In the event the Indemnitee and the Company cannot agree on the selection of the independent counsel, either party may petition the Delaware Court of Chancery or other court of competent jurisdiction to resolve the issue or to make its own provisions for the selection of independent counsel. The Company shall pay any and all reasonable fees and expenses of the independent counsel incurred in connection with acting pursuant to Section 1(d) hereof, and the Company shall pay all reasonable fees and expenses incident to the procedures of this Subsection (e), regardless of the manner in which such independent counsel was selected or appointed.
     2. Expenses; Indemnification Procedure.
          (a) Advancement of Expenses. Expenses incurred in connection with any action, suit or proceeding by the Indemnitee, if the Indemnitee reasonably believes that he is entitled to indemnification pursuant to Subsection (a) or (b) of Section 1 hereof, shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company pursuant to this Agreement (the “Undertaking”); provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to advance expenses to the Indemnitee in connection with any proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by the Indemnitee unless the action, suit or proceeding was authorized in advance by the board of directors of the Company; provided further that no advance shall be made by the Company to the Indemnitee in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, if a determination is reasonably and promptly made (i) by a majority vote of disinterested directors or (ii) by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, that the facts known to the decision-making party at the time such determination is made demonstrate clearly and convincingly that the Indemnitee acted in bad faith or in a manner that the Indemnitee did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company. Nonetheless, the Indemnitee shall be entitled to receive interim payments of expenses pursuant to this Subsection (a) unless and until such

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defense may be finally adjudicated by court order or judgment from which no further right of appeal exists.
          (b) Notice/Cooperation by the Indemnitee. The Indemnitee shall, as a condition precedent to his or her right to be indemnified under this Agreement, give the Company notice in writing as soon as practicable of any action, suit or proceeding involving the Indemnitee for which indemnification will or could be sought under this Agreement. Notice to the Company shall be directed to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company at the address shown on the signature page of this Agreement (or such other address as the Company shall designate in writing to the Indemnitee). In addition, the Indemnitee shall cooperate with, and provide such information to, the Company as it may reasonably require and as shall be within the Indemnitee’s power.
          (c) Procedure. Any indemnification and advances determined proper in accordance with Sections 1 or 2 hereof shall be made no later than 45 days after such determination. If a claim under this Agreement, any law, statute or rule, or any provision of the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or Amended and Restated Bylaws providing for indemnification, is not paid in full by the Company within 45 days after such determination, the 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, the 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 the Indemnitee has not met the standards of conduct required under applicable law for the Company to indemnify the Indemnitee for the amount claimed.
          (d) Notice to Insurers. If, at the time of the receipt of a notice of an action, suit or proceedi
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