EXHIBIT 10.3
FORM OF INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
GOLDEN STAR RESOURCES LTD.
Golden Star Resources Ltd. has entered into indemnification agreements
in substantially the form attached with the following officers and directors:
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INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
THIS INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT made as of __________ between GOLDEN STAR
RESOURCES LTD., a Canadian Corporation (the "Company") and _____________ (the
"Indemnitee").
WHEREAS, it is essential to the Company and its shareholders to attract
and retain qualified and capable directors, officers, employees, agents and
fiduciaries; and
WHEREAS, historically, basic protection against undue risk of personal
liability of directors and officers has been provided through insurance coverage
providing reasonable protection at reasonable cost; and
WHEREAS, it is presently uncertain whether, and to what extent, such
insurance is or will continue to be available to the Company at a reasonable
cost for the protection of the Indemnitee; and
WHEREAS, it has been the policy of the Company to indemnify its
directors and officers so as to provide them with the maximum possible
protection permitted by law; and
WHEREAS, in recognition of the Indemnitee's need for protection against
personal liability in order to induce the Indemnitee to serve or continue to
serve the Company in an effective manner, and, in the case of directors and
officers, to supplement or replace the Company's directors' and officers'
liability insurance coverage, and in part to provide the Indemnitee with
specific contractual assurance that the protection contemplated hereby will be
available to the Indemnitee (regardless of, among other things, any amendment to
the Company's Articles of Arrangement or By-Laws or any change in the
composition of the Company's Board of Directors or any acquisition transaction
relating to the Company), the Company wishes to provide the Indemnitee with the
benefits contemplated by this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, as a result of the provision of such benefits the Indemnitee
has agreed to serve or to continue to serve the Company;
NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS. The following terms, as used herein, shall have the following
respective meanings:
(a) AN AFFILIATE: of a specified Person is a Person who directly, or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or
is under common control with, the Person specified. The term Associate used to
indicate a relationship with any Person shall mean (i) any corporation or
organization (other than the Company or a Subsidiary) of which such Person is an
officer or partner or is, directly, or indirectly, the Beneficial Owner of ten
percent or more of any class of Equity Securities, (ii) any trust or other
estate in which such Person has a substantial beneficial interest or as to which
such Person serves as trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity (other than as
trustee of an employee stock ownership or similar plan of the Company or any
Subsidiary), (iii) any Relative of such Person, or (iv) any officer or director
of any corporation controlling or controlled by such Person.
(b) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP: shall be determined, and a Person shall be
the BENEFICIAL OWNER of all securities which such Person is deemed to own
beneficially, pursuant to Rule 13d-3 made under the United States Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (or any successor rule or statutory provision),
or, if said Rule 13d-3 shall be rescinded and there shall be no successor rule
or statutory provision thereto, pursuant to said Rule 13d-3 as in effect on the
date hereof; provided, however, that a Person shall, in any event, also be
deemed to the BENEFICIAL OWNER of any Voting Shares: (A) of which such Person or
any of its Affiliates or Associates is, directly or indirectly, the Beneficial
Owner, or (B) of which such Person or any of its Affiliates or Associates has
(i) the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only
after the passage of time), pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or
understanding or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights,
warrants, or options, or otherwise, or (ii) sole or shared voting or investment
power with respect thereto pursuant to any agreement, arrangement,
understanding, relationship or otherwise (but shall not be deemed to be the
Beneficial Owner of any Voting Shares solely by reason of a revocable proxy
granted for a particular meeting of stockholders, pursuant to a public
solicitation of proxies for such meeting, with respect to shares of which
neither such Person nor any such Affiliate or Associate is otherwise deemed the
Beneficial Owner), or (C) of which any other Person is directly or indirectly,
the Beneficial Owner if such first mentioned Person or any of its Affiliates or
Associates acts with such other Person as a partnership, syndicate or other
group pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of
acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of any shares of the Company.
(c) "CBCA": means the Canada Business Corporations Act under which the
Company presently subsists.
(d) A CHANGE IN CONTROL: shall be deemed to have occurred if (A) any
Person (other than (i) the Company or any Subsidiary, (ii) any pension, profit
sharing, employee stock ownership or other employee benefit plan of the Company
or any Subsidiary or any trustee of or fiduciary with respect to any such plan
when acting in such capacity, or (iii) any Person who is as of the date hereof
the Beneficial Owner of 20% or more of the total voting power of the Voting
Shares) is or becomes, after the date of this Agreement, the Beneficial Owner of
20% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Shares, (B) during any
period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period
constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director whose
election or appointment by the Board of Directors or nomination or
recommendation for election by the Company's shareholders was approved by a vote
of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either
were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination
for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a
majority thereof, or (C) the shareholders of the Company approve a business
combination of the Company with any other corporation, other than a business
combination which would result in the Voting Shares of the Company outstanding
immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining
outstanding or by being converted into Voting Shares of the surviving entity) at
least 80% of the total voting power represented by the Voting Shares of the
Company or such surviving entity outstanding, or the shareholders of the Company
approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an
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agreement for the sale of disposition by the Company of all or substantially all
of the Company's assets.
(e) CLAIM: means any threatened, pending or completed action, suit,
arbitration or proceeding, or any inquiry or investigation, whether brought by
or in the right of the Company or otherwise, that the Indemnitee in good faith
believes might lead to the institution of any such action, suit, arbitration or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other, or
any appeal therefrom.
(f) D&O INSURANCE: means any valid directors' and officers' liability
insurance policy, if any, maintained by the Company for the benefit of the
Indemnitee.
(g) DERIVATIVE CLAIM: has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3(b)
hereof.
(h) DETERMINATION: means a determination, and DETERMINED in relation to
a matter means a matter which has been determined based on the facts known at
the time, by: (i) a majority vote of a quorum of disinterested directors, or
(ii) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or even if obtainable, if a quorum of
disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written
opinion, or, in the event there has been a Change in Control, by the Special
Independent Counsel (in a written opinion) selected by the Indemnitee as set
forth in Section 6, or (iii) a majority of the disinterested shareholders of the
Company, or (iv) a final adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(i) EQUITY SECURITY: shall have the meaning given to such term under
Rule 3a11-1 made under the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as in
effect on the date hereof.
(j) EXCLUDED CLAIM: means any payment for Losses or Expenses in
connection with any Claim: (i) based upon or attributable to the Indemnitee
gaining in fact any personal profit or advantage to which the Indemnitee is not
entitled; or (ii) for the return by the Indemnitee of any remuneration paid to
the Indemnitee without the previous approval of the shareholders of the Company
which is illegal; or (iii) for an accounting of profits in fact made from the
purchase or sale by the Indemnitee of securities of the Company within the
meaning of Section 16 of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, if applicable, or similar provisions of any state law; or (iv)
resulting from the Indemnitee's failure to act honestly and in good faith with a
view to the best interests of the Company or, in the case of a criminal or
administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, the
Indemnitee did not have reasonable grounds for believing that the Indemnitee's
conduct was lawful; or (v) the payment of which by the Company under this
Agreement is not permitted by applicable law.
(k) EXPENSES: means any reasonable expenses incurred by the Indemnitee
as a result of a Claim or Claims made against the Indemnitee for Indemnifiable
Events including, without limitation, legal fees and all other costs, expenses
and obligations paid or incurred in connection with investigating, defending,
being a witness in or participating in (including on appeal), or preparing to
defend, be a witness in or participate in any Claim relating to any
Indemnifiable Event.
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(l) FINE: means any fine, penalty or, with respect to an employee
benefit plan, any excise tax or penalty assessed with respect thereto.
(m) INDEMNIFIABLE EVENT: means any event or occurrence, occurring prior
to or after the date of this Agreement, related to the fact that the Indemnitee
is or was a director, officer, employee, trustee, agent or fiduciary of the
Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director,
officer, employee, trustee, agent or fiduciary of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, or
by reason of anything done or not done by the Indemnitee, including, but not
limited to, any breach of duty, neglect, error, misstatement, misleading
statement, omission, or other act done or wrongfully attempted by the
Indemnitee, or any of the foregoing alleged by any claimant, in any such
capacity.
(n) LOSSES: means any amounts or sums which the Indemnitee is legally
obligated to pay as a result of a Claim or claims made against the Indemnitee
for Indemnifiable Events including, without limitation, damages, judgments and
sums or amounts paid in settlement of a Claim or Claims, and Fines.
(o) PERSON: means any individual, partnership, corporation, business
trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture,
governmental authority or other entity of whatever nature.
(p) POTENTIAL CHANGE IN CONTROL: shall be deemed to have occurred if
(A) the Company enters into an agreement, the consummation of which would result
in the occurrence of a Change in Control; (B) any Person (including the Company)
publicly announces an intention to take or to consider taking actions which if
consummated would constitute a Change in Control; or (C) the Board of Directors
adopts a resolution to the effect that, for purposes of this Agreement, a
Potential Change in Control has occurred.
(q) RELATIVE: means Person's spouse, parents, children, siblings,
mothers- and fathers-in-law, sons- and daughters-in-law, and brothers- and
sisters-in-law.
(r) REVIEWING PARTY: means any appropriate person or body consisting of
a member or members of the Company's Board of Directors or any other person or
body appointed by the Board (including the Special Independent Counsel referred
to in Section 6) who is not a party to the particular Claim for which the
Indemnitee is seeking indemnification.
(s) SPECIAL INDEPENDENT COUNSEL: has the meaning ascribed thereto in
Section 6 hereof.
(t) SUBSIDIARY: means any corporation of which a majority of any class
of Equity Security is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company.
(u) TRUST: means the trust established pursuant to Section 7 hereof.
(v) VOTING SHARES: means any issued and outstanding shares in the
capital of the Company which are entitled to be voted generally in the election
of directors.
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2. BASIC INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT. In consideration of, and as an inducement
to, the Indemnitee rendering valuable services to the Company, in the event the
Indemnitee 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 Claim by
reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company hereby
indemnifies the Indemnitee to the fullest extent authorized by law, against any
and all Expenses and Losses (including all interest, assessments, and other
charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses and
Losses) of such Claim, whether or not such Claim proceeds to judgment or is
settled or otherwise is brought to final disposition, subject in each case, to
the further provisions of this Agreement.
3. LIMITATIONS OF INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2, the Indemnitee shall
not be indemnified and hold harmless from any Losses or Expenses (i) which have
been Determined, as provided herein, to constitute an Excluded Claim; (ii) to
the extent the Indemnitee is indemnified by the Company and has actually
received payment pursuant to D&O Insurance or otherwise; or (iii) unless
otherwise entitled pursuant to the last sentence of Section 4(d) or Section 14,
or unless the Company has joined in or the Board of Directors has authorized
such Claim, in connection with any Claim initiated by the Indemnitee.
(b) The Indemnitee acknowledges that for so long as the Company is a
CBCA corporation, with respect to a Claim brought by or in the right of the
Company (a "Derivative Claim"), the Indemnitee may not be indemnified and held
harmless from any Losses or Expenses incurred therewith unless previously
approved by a "court" (as defined under the CBCA) if such court approval is
required under the CBCA. The Company agrees to promptly seek such approval, if
so required, with respect to all Derivative Claims which are not Determined to
be Excluded Claims.
4. INDEMNIFICATION PROCEDURES.
(a) Promptly after receipt by the Indemnitee of notice of any Claim,
the Indemnitee shall, if indemnification with respect thereto may be sought from
the Company under this Agreement, notify the Company of the commencement thereof
and the Indemnitee agrees further not to make any admission or effect any
settlement with respect to such Claim without the consent of the Company, except
any Claim with respect to which the Indemnitee has undertaken the defense in
accordance with the second to last sentence of Section 4(d).
(b) If, at the time of the receipt of such notice, the Company has D&O
Insurance in effect, the Company shall give prompt notice of the commencement of
Claim 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 the Indemnitee, all
Losses and Expenses payable as a result of such Claim.
(c) To the extent that the Company does not, at the time of the Claim
have applicable D&O Insurance, of if a Determination is made that any Expenses
arising out of such Claims will not be
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payable under the D&O Insurance then in effect, the Company shall be obligated,
subject to Section 4(f), to pay the Expenses of any claim in advance of the
final disposition thereof and the Company, if appropriate, shall be entitled to
assume the defense of such Claim, with counsel satisfactory to the Indemnitee,
upon the delivery to the Indemnitee of written notice of its election so to do.
After delivery of such notice, the Company will not be liable to the Indemnitee
under this Agreement for any legal or other Expenses subsequently incurred by
the Indemnitee in connection with such defense other than reasonable Expenses of
investigation; provided that the Indemnitee shall have the right to employ the
Indemnitee's counsel in such Claims but the fees and expenses of such counsel
incurred after delivery of notice from the Company of its assumption of such
defense shall be at the Indemnitee's expense; provided further that if: (i) the
employment of counsel by the Indemnitee has been previously authorized by the
Company; (ii) the Indemnitee shall have reasonably concluded that there may be a
conflict of interest between the Company and the Indemnitee in the conduct of
any such defense; or (iii) the Company shall not, in fact, have employed counsel
to assume the defense of such action, the reasonable fees and expenses of
counsel shall be at the expense of the Company.
(d) Subject to Section 4(f), all payments on account of the Company's
indemnification obligations under this Agreement shall be made within 60 days of
the Indemnitee's written request therefor unless a Determination is made that
the Claims giving rise to the Indemnitee's request are Excluded Claims or
otherwise not payable under this Agreement, provided that all payments on
account of the Company's obligation to pay Expenses under Section 4(c) of this
Agreement prior to final disposition of any Claim shall be made within 20 days
of the Indemnitee's written request therefor and such obligation shall not be
subject to any such Determination but shall be subject to Section 4(e) of this
Agreement. In the event the Company takes the position that the Indemnitee is
not entitled to indemnification in connection with the proposed settlement of
any claim, the Indemnitee shall have the right at its own expense to undertake
the defense of any such claim, insofar as such proceeding involves Claims
against the Indemnitee, by written notice given to the Company within 10 days
after the Company has notified the Indemnitee in writing of its contention that
the Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification. If it is subsequently
determined in connection with such proceeding that the Indemnifiable Events are
not Excluded Claims and that the Indemnitee, therefore, is entitled to be
indemnified under the provisions of Section 2 hereof, the Company shall promptly
indemnify the Indemnitee.
(e) The Indemnitee hereby expressly undertakes and agrees to promptly
reimburse the Company for all Losses and Expenses paid by the Company in
connection with any Claim against the Indemnitee in the event and only to the
extent that a Determination shall have been made by a court of competent
jurisdiction in a decision from which there is no further right to appeal that
the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company for such Losses
and Expenses because the Claim is an Excluded Claim or because the Indemnitee is
otherwise not entitled to payment under this Agreement.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4 or of Section
7, but subject to Section 13, the Indemnitee acknowledges that for so long as
the Company is a CBCA corporation, neither the Company nor the Trustee (as such
term is defined in Section 7), as the case may be, shall be obligated to pay the
Indemnitee for any Expenses or Losses associated with a Derivative Claim until
the payment of such Expenses or Losses has been approved by a "court" (as
defined under the CBCA) if such court approval is required under the CBCA. Upon
such approval, if so required, being given,
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the Company agrees to pay (or in the case of the Trustee, shall be permitted to
pay) the Indemnitee forthwith for such Expenses and Losses.
5. SETTLEMENT. The Company shall have no obligation to indemnify the Indemnitee
under this Agreement for any amounts paid in settlement of any Claim effected
without the Company's prior written consent. The Company shall not settle any
Claim in which it takes the position that the Indemnitee is not entitled to
indemnification in connection with such settlement without the consent of the
Indemnitee, nor shall the Company settle any Claim in any manner which would
impose any Fine or any obligation on the Indemnitee without the Indemnitee's
written consent. Neither the Company nor the Indemnitee shall unreasonably
withhold their consent to any proposed settlement.
6. CHANGE IN CONTROL: EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS. The Company and the Indemnitee
agree that if there is a Change in Control of the Company (other than a Change
in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of
Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control) then
all Determinations thereafter with respect to the rights of the Indemnitee to be
paid Losses and Expenses under this Agreement shall be made only by a special
independent counsel (the "Special Independent Counsel") selected by the
Indemnitee and approved by the Company (which approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld) or by a court of competent jurisdiction. The Company shall pay the
reasonable fees of such Special Independent Counsel and shall indemnify such
Special Independent Counsel against any and all reasonable expenses (including
reasonable attorney's fees), claims, liabilities and damages arising out of or
relating to this Agreement or its engagement pursuant hereto.
The Company covenants and agrees that, in the event of a Change in Control of
the sort set forth in clause (B) of Section l(c), the Company will use its best
efforts (a) to have the obligations of the Company under this Agreement
including, but not limited to those under Section 7, expressly assumed by the
surviving, purchasing or succeeding entity, to (b) otherwise to adequately
provide for the satisfaction of the Company's obligations under this Agreement,
in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Indemnitee.
7. ESTABLISHMENT OF TRUST. In the event of a Potential Change in Control, the
Company shall upon written request by the Indemnitee, create a trust (the
"Trust") for the benefit of the Indemnitee and from time to time upon written
request of the Indemnitee shall fund the Trust in an amount sufficient to
satisfy any and all Losses and Expenses which are actually paid or which the
Indemnitee reasonably determines from time to time may be payable by the Company
under this Agreement. The amount or amounts to be deposited in the Trust
pursuant to the foregoing funding obligation shall be determined by the
Reviewing Party, in any case in which the Special Independent Counsel is
involved. The terms of the Trust shall provide that upon a Change in Control:
(i) the Trust shall not be revoked or the principal thereof withdrawn without
the written consent of the Indemnitee; (ii) the trustee of the Trust (the
"Trustee") shall advance, within 20 days of a request by the Indemnitee, any and
all Expenses to the Indemnitee (and the Indemnitee hereby agrees to reimburse
the Trust under the circumstances under which the Indemnitee would be required
to reimburse the Company under Section 4(e) of this Agreement); (iii) the
Company shall continue to fund the Trust from time to time in accordance with
the funding obligations set forth above; (iv) the Trustee shall promptly pay to
the Indemnitee all Losses and Expenses for which the Indemnitee shall be
entitled to indemnification
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pursuant to this Agreement; and (v) all unexpected funds in the Trust shall
revert to the Company upon a final determination by a court of competent
jurisdiction in a final decision from which there is no further right of appeal
that the Indemnitee has been fully indemnified under the terms of this
Agreement. The Trustee shall be chosen by the Indemnitee.
8. NO PRESUMPTION. For purposes of this Agreement, the termination of any Claim
by judgment, order, settlement (whether with or without court approval) or
conviction shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the Indemnitee did
not meet any particular standard of conduct or have any particular belief or
that a court has determined that indemnification is not permitted by applicable
law.
9. NON-EXCLUSIVITY, ETC. The rights of the Indemnitee hereunder shall be in
addition to any other rights the Indemnitee may have under the Company's
By-Laws, the CBCA, any other applicable law or any vote of shareholders or
disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in the Indemnitee's
official capacity and as to action in any other capacity by holding such office,
and shall continue after the Indemnitee ceases to serve the Company as a
director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary, for so long as the Indemnitee
shall be subject to any Claim by reason of (or arising in part out of) an
Indemnifiable Event. To the extent that a change in the CBCA the provisions of,
or any other applicable law, permits greater indemnification by agreement than
would be afforded currently under the Company's By-Laws and this Agreement, it
is the intent of the parties hereto that the Indemnitee shall enjoy by this
Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change.
10. LIABILITY INSURANCE. To the extent the Company maintains an insurance policy
or policies providing directors' and officers' liability insurance, the
Indemnitee, if an officer or director of the Company, shall be covered by such
policy or policies, in accordance with its or their terms, to the maximum extent
of the coverage available for any director or officer of the Company.
11. SUBROGATION. In the event of payment under this Agreement, the Company shall
be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of
the Indemnitee, who shall execute all papers required and shall do everything
that may be necessary to secure such right, including the execution of such
documents necessary to enable the Company to effectively bring suit to enforce
such rights.
12. PARTIAL INDEMNITY. If the Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this
Agreement to indemnification by the Company for some or a portion of the
Expenses and Losses of a Claim but not, however, for all of the total amount
thereof, the Company shall nevertheless indemnify the Indemnitee for the portion
thereof to which the Indemnitee is entitled.
13. INDEMNITY AS OF RIGHT. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, to the extent that the Indemnitee has been substantially successful
on the merits in the defense of a Claim relating in whole or in part to any
Indemnifiable Event or in defense of any issue or matter therein and the
Indemnitee
a) acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests
of the Company and,
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b) in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding
that is enforced by a monetary penalty, he had reasonable grounds
for believing that his conduct was lawful,
the Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses of the Claim incurred
in connection therewith.
14. LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY. The Indemnity agrees that neither the shareholders
nor the directors nor any officer, employee, representative or agent of the
Company shall be personally liable for the satisfaction of the Company's
obligations under this Agreement and the Indemnitee shall look solely to the
assets of the Company for satisfaction of any claims hereunder.
15. ENFORCEMENT.
(a) The Indemnitee's right to indemnification and other rights under
this Agreement shall be specifically enforceable by the Indemnitee only in any
"court" (as defined in the CBCA) or in any superior court of any state of the
United States and shall be enforceable notwithstanding any adverse Determination
by the Company's Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, the Special
Independent Counsel or the Company's shareholders and no such Determination
shall create a presumption that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified
hereunder. In any such action the Company shall have the burden of proving that
indemnification is not required under this Agreement.
(b) In the event that any action is instituted by the Indemnitee under
this Agreement, or to enforce or interpret any of the terms of this Agreement,
the Indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid all court costs and reasonable
expenses, including reasonable counsel fees, incurred by the Indemnitee with
respect to such action, unless the court determines that each of the material
assertions made by the Indemnitee as a basis for such action were not made in
good faith or were frivolous.
16. SEVERABILITY. In the event that any provision of this Agreement is
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to require the Company to do or
to fail to do an act which is in violation of applicable law, such provision
(including any provision within a single section, paragraph or sentence) shall
be limited or modified in its application to the minimum extent necessary to
avoid a violation of law, and, as so limited or modified, such provision and the
balance of this Agreement shall be enforceable in accordance with their terms to
the fullest extent permitted by law.
17. APPLICABLE LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Colorado applicable to agreements made
and to be performed entirely within such state.
18. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. The Company and the Indemnitee each hereby
irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of any court mentioned in Section 15(a)
for all purposes in connection with any action or proceeding which arises out of
or relates to this Agreement and agree that any action instituted under this
Agreement shall be brought only in any such court.
19. NOTICES. All notices, or other communications required or permitted
hereunder shall be sufficiently given for all purposes if in writing and
personally delivered, telegraphed, telexed, sent by
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facsimile transmission or sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt
requested, with postage prepaid addressed as follows, or to such address of
which the parties shall have given notice pursuant hereto:
(a) If to the Company, to:
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Corporate Secretary
(b) If to the Indemnitee, at the address indicated below.
20. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which
shall be an original and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one
and the same instrument.
21. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall be (i) binding upon all
successors and assigns of the Company, including any direct or indirect
successor by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise to all or
substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company, and (ii) shall
be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs, and personal or legal
representatives of the Indemnitee.
22. AMENDMENT: WAIVER. No amendment, modification, termination or cancellation
of this Agreement shall be effective unless made in a writing signed by both
parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be
deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provision hereof (whether or
not similar) nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Indemnitee have executed this
Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
GOLDEN STAR RESOURCES LTD. [NAME OF INDEMNITEE]
By: By:
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Witness Witness
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