SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
July 25, 2014

 

Evolving Systems, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation)

 

001-34261
(Commission File Number)

 

84-1010843
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

9777 Pyramid Court, Suite 100

Englewood, Colorado 80112

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (303) 802-1000

 

N/A
Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o             Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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o             Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o             Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

Item 1.01                     Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

Effective July 25, 2014, Evolving Systems, Inc. (“Company”) entered into a Board Observer Agreement with Julian Singer (“Agreement”).  Mr. Singer is a beneficiary of The Singer Children’s Management Trust, which owns approximately 22.7% of the Company’s outstanding common stock.  Under the Agreement, Mr. Singer was appointed to serve as an observer to the Board of Directors, entitled to attend all meetings of the Board of Directors (“Board”) and participate in Board matters.  The position is non-voting and Mr. Singer will not have voting rights afforded to Board members.  Mr. Singer will not receive any compensation for his participation as a Board observer, but will be entitled to reimbursement of expenses. The Company agreed to indemnify Mr. Singer with respect to claims arising as a result of his participation as a Board observer, subject to certain limitations as required by Delaware law.  The position is terminable at any time by either the Company or Mr. Singer and expires at the 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, subject to extension upon mutual agreement of the Company and Mr. Singer.

 

Julian D. Singer, 30, is currently engaged as an independent investment advisor. Prior to that, from April 2006 through June 2011, Mr. Singer served as an assistant trader and an analyst with York Capital Management where he evaluated potential mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Singer serves on the Board of Directors of Live MicroSystems, Inc, which recently sold its operating assets, and Fiber-Span, a privately held company providing distributed antenna systems (DAS) technology primarily for public safety projects. Mr. Singer has a BS in Finance from Lehigh University and an MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business.

 

Text of Agreement.  The full text of the Agreement is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.  The foregoing descriptions are qualified in their entirety by reference to such exhibit.

 

Item 5.02    Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

 

Effective July 29, 2014, the Board approved a new form of Indemnification Agreement to be entered into with the Company’s officers, directors and Board Observers (“Indemnitees”).  The new form of Indemnification Agreement changed the current agreement in the following respects:  removal of the right of an Indemnitee to be indemnified for making a claim against the Company’s insurers; modification of provisions dealing with contribution, notice, settlement and insurance; removal of certain listed exclusions to provide that indemnification be provided to the fullest extent permitted by law; granting the Indemnitee the right to engage independent counsel when the Indemnitee is personally exposed in an amount over $500,000; and removal of 409A limitations.  The Company entered into the new form of Indemnification Agreement with Julian Singer and intends to replace the existing Indemnification Agreement with the new form for all current members of the Board and the Company’s VP of Finance & Administration.

 

Text of Agreement.  The full text of the Indemnification Agreement is attached as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.  The foregoing descriptions are qualified in their entirety by reference to such exhibit.

 

Item 5.03    Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

 

Effective July 29, 2014 the Company’s Board of Directors adopted resolutions amending the Company’s Bylaws to establish the State of Delaware as the exclusive forum for the adjudication of certain disputes to provide as follows:

 

ARTICLE XV

 

Section 47.    Forum for Adjudication of Disputes

 

Unless the corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee of the corporation to the corporation or the corporation’s stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine shall be a state or federal court located within the State of Delaware, in all cases subject to the court’s having personal jurisdiction over the indispensable parties

 

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named as defendants. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of capital stock of the corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Article XV.

 

Text of Amended and Restated Bylaws.  The full text of the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws is attached as Exhibit 3(ii) to this Current Report on Form 8-K.  The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.

 

Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

3(ii)

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws of Evolving Systems, Inc.

10.1

 

Board Observer Agreement between Evolving Systems, Inc. and Julian Singer

10.2

 

Form of Indemnification Agreement

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated:  July 31, 2014

 

 

EVOLVING SYSTEMS, INC.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ DANIEL J. MOORHEAD

 

 

Daniel J. Moorhead

 

 

Vice President of Finance

 

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EXHIBIT 3(ii)

 

AMENDED

 

AND

 

RESTATED

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

EVOLVING SYSTEMS, INC.

 

(A DELAWARE CORPORATION)

 

(Amended July 29, 2014)

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

PAGE

ARTICLE I. OFFICES

1

 

 

Section 1.

Registered Office

1

Section 2.

Other Offices

1

 

 

 

ARTICLE II. CORPORATE SEAL

1

 

 

Section 3.

Corporate Seal

1

 

 

 

ARTICLE III. STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETINGS

1

 

 

Section 4.

Place of Meetings

1

Section 5.

Annual Meeting

1

Section 6.

Special Meetings

3

Section 7.

Notice of Meetings

3

Section 8.

Quorum

3

Section 9.

Adjournment and Notice of Adjourned Meetings

4

Section 10.

Voting Rights

4

Section 11.

Joint Owners of Stock

4

Section 12.

List of Stockholders

4

Section 13.

Action Without Meeting

4

Section 14.

Organization

4

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV. DIRECTORS

5

 

 

Section 15.

Number and Qualifications

5

Section 16.

Powers

5

Section 17.

Classes of Directors and Terms of Office

5

Section 18.

Vacancies

5

Section 19.

Resignation

5

Section 20.

Removal

6

Section 21.

Meetings

6

 

(a)  Annual Meetings

6

 

(b)  Regular Meetings

6

 

(c)  Special Meetings

6

 

(d)  Telephone Meetings

6

 

(e)  Notice of Meetings

6

 

(f)  Waiver of Notice

6

Section 22.

Quorum and Voting

6

Section 23.

Action Without Meeting

7

Section 24.

Fees and Compensation

7

Section 25.

Committees

7

 

(a)  Executive Committee

7

 

(b)  Other Committees

7

 

(c)  Chairman of the Board of Directors

7

 

(d)  Term

7

 

(e)  Meetings

8

Section 26.

Organization

8

 

 

 

ARTICLE V. OFFICERS

 

8

 

 

 

Section 27.

Officers Designated

8

 

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Section 28.

Tenure and Duties of Officers

8

 

(a)  General

8

 

(b)  Duties of Chief Executive Officer

9

 

(c)  Duties of President

9

 

(d)  Duties of Vice Presidents

9

 

(e)  Duties of Secretary

9

 

(f)  Duties of Chief Financial Officer

9

Section 29.

Delegation of Authority

9

Section 30.

Resignations

9

Section 31.

Removal

10

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI. EXECUTION OF CORPORATE INSTRUMENTS AND VOTING OF SECURITIES OWNED BY THE CORPORATION

10

 

 

Section 32.

Execution of Corporate Instruments

10

Section 33.

Voting of Securities Owned by the Corporation

10

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII. SHARES OF STOCK

10

 

 

 

Section 34.

Form of Certificates

10

Section 35.

Lost Certificates

11

Section 36.

Transfers

11

Section 37.

Fixing Record Dates

11

Section 38.

Registered Stockholders

12

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII. OTHER SECURITIES OF THE CORPORATION

12

 

 

Section 39.

Execution of Other Securities

12

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX. DIVIDENDS

12

 

 

 

Section 40.

Declaration of Dividends

12

Section 41

Dividend Reserve

12

 

 

 

ARTICLE X. FISCAL YEAR

12

 

 

 

Section 42.

Fiscal Year

12

 

 

 

ARTICLE XI. INDEMNIFICATION

13

 

 

 

Section 43.

Indemnification of Directors, Executive Officers, Other Officers, Employees and Other Agents

13

 

(a)  Directors and Executive Officers

13

 

(b)  Other Officers, Employees and Other Agents

13

 

(c)  Expenses

13

 

(d)  Enforcement

13

 

(e)  Non-Exclusivity of Rights

14

 

(f)  Survival of Rights

14

 

(g)  Insurance

14

 

(h)  Amendments

14

 

(i)  Saving Clause

14

 

(j)  Certain Definitions

14

 

 

 

ARTICLE XII. NOTICES

 

15

 

 

 

Section 44.

Notices

15

 

(a)  Notice to Stockholders

15

 

(b)  Notice to Directors

15

 

(c)  Affidavit of Mailing

15

 

(d)  Time Notices Deemed Given

15

 

(e)  Methods of Notice

16

 

(f)  Failure to Receive Notice

16

 

(g)  Notice to Person with Whom Communication is Unlawful

16

 

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(h)  Notice to Person with Undeliverable Address

16

 

 

 

ARTICLE XIII. AMENDMENTS

16

 

 

 

Section 45.

Amendments

16

 

 

 

ARTICLE XIV. LOANS TO DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

16

 

 

Section 46.

Loans to Directors and Executive Officers

16

 

 

 

ARTICLE XV. FORUM FOR ADJUDICATION OF DISPUTES

17

 

 

Section 47.

Forum for Adjudication of Disputes

17

 

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RESTATED BYLAWS

 

OF

 

EVOLVING SYSTEMS, INC.

 

(A DELAWARE CORPORATION)

 

ARTICLE I

 

OFFICES

 

Section  1 .   Registered Office.  The registered office of the corporation in the State of Delaware shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle.

 

Section  2 .   Other Offices. The corporation shall also have and maintain an office or principal place of business at such place as may be fixed by the Board of Directors, and may also have offices at such other places, both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

CORPORATE SEAL

 

Section 3 .   Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall consist of a die bearing the name of the corporation and the inscription, “Corporate Seal-Delaware.” Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.

 

ARTICLE III

 

STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETINGS

 

Section  4 .   Place of Meetings. Meetings of the stockholders of the corporation shall be held at such place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors, or, if not so designated, then at the office of the corporation required to be maintained pursuant to Section 2 hereof.

 

Section  5 .   Annual Meeting.

 

( a )   The annual meeting of the stockholders of the corporation, for the purpose of election of directors and for such other business as may lawfully come before it, shall be held on such date and at such time as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors.

 

( b )   At an annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting.  To be properly brought before an annual meeting, business must be:  (A) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (B) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or (C) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder.  For business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the corporation.  To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than the close of business on the sixtieth (60th) day nor earlier than the close of business on the ninetieth (90th) day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that no annual meeting was held in the previous year or the date of the annual

 

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meeting has been changed by more than thirty (30) days from the date contemplated at the time of the previous year’s proxy statement, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so received not earlier than the close of business on the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the sixtieth (60th) day prior to such annual meeting or, in the event public announcement of the date of such annual meeting is first made by the corporation fewer than seventy (70) days prior to the date of such annual meeting, the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the corporation. A stockholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth as to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting:  (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting, (ii) the name and address, as they appear on the corporation’s books, of the stockholder proposing such business, (iii) the class and number of shares of the corporation which are beneficially owned by the stockholder, (iv) any material interest of the stockholder in such business and (v) any other information that is required to be provided by the stockholder pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), in his capacity as a proponent to a stockholder proposal. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in order to include information with respect to a stockholder proposal in the proxy statement and form of proxy for a stockholder’s meeting, stockholders must provide notice as required by the regulations promulgated under the 1934 Act.  Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at any annual meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this paragraph (b). The chairman of the annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare at the meeting that business was not properly brought before the meeting and in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph (b), and, if he should so determine, he shall so declare at the meeting that any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted.

 

( c )   Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this paragraph (c) shall be eligible for election as directors.  Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the corporation may be made at a meeting of stockholders by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or by any stockholder of the corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors at the meeting who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this paragraph (c).  Such nominations, other than those made by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, shall be made pursuant to timely notice in writing to the Secretary of the corporation in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section 5.  Such stockholder’s notice shall set forth (i) as to each person, if any, whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director:  (A) the name, age, business address and residence address of such person, (B) the principal occupation or employment of such person, (C) the class and number of shares of the corporation which are beneficially owned by such person, (D) a description of all arrangements or understandings between the stockholder and each nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nominations are to be made by the stockholder, and (E) any other information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the 1934 Act (including without limitation such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement, if any, as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected); and (ii) as to such stockholder giving notice, the information required to be provided pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 5. At the request of the Board of Directors, any person nominated by a stockholder for election as a director shall furnish to the Secretary of the corporation that information required to be set forth in the stockholder’s notice of nomination which pertains to the nominee.  No person shall be eligible for election as a director of the corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this paragraph (c).  The chairman of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare at the meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by these Bylaws, and if he should so determine, he shall so declare at the meeting, and the defective nomination shall be disregarded.

 

( d )   For purposes of this Section 5, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act.

 

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Section  6 Special Meetings.

 

( a Special meetings of the stockholders of the corporation may be called, for any purpose or purposes, by (i) the Chairman of the Board of Directors, (ii) the Chief Executive Officer, (iii) the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of authorized directors (whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships at the time any such resolution is presented to the Board of Directors for adoption), or (iv) by the holders of shares entitled to cast not less than two-thirds (2/3) of the votes at the meeting, and shall be held at such place, on such date, and at such time as the Board of Directors, shall fix.

 

( b If a special meeting is called by any person or persons other than the Board of Directors, the request shall be in writing, specifying the general nature of the business proposed to be transacted, and shall be delivered personally or sent by registered mail or by telegraphic or other facsimile transmission to the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the Secretary of the corporation.  No business may be transacted at such special meeting otherwise than specified in such notice.  The Board of Directors shall determine the time and place of such special meeting, which shall be held not less than thirty-five (35) nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days after the date of the receipt of the request.  Upon determination of the time and place of the meeting, the officer receiving the request shall cause notice to be given to the stockholders entitled to vote, in accordance with the provisions of Section 7 of these Bylaws.  If the notice is not given within sixty (60) days after the receipt of the request, the person or persons requesting the meeting may set the time and place of the meeting and give the notice. Nothing contained in this paragraph (b) shall be construed as limiting, fixing, or affecting the time when a meeting of stockholders called by action of the Board of Directors may be held.

 

Section  7 .   Notice of Meetings. Except as otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, written notice of each meeting of stockholders shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting, such notice to specify the place, date and hour and purpose or purposes of the meeting.  Notice of the time, place and purpose of any meeting of stockholders may be waived in writing, signed by the person entitled to notice thereof, either before or after such meeting, and will be waived by any stockholder by his attendance thereat in person or by proxy, except when the stockholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.  Any stockholder so waiving notice of such meeting shall be bound by the proceedings of any such meeting in all respects as if due notice thereof had been given.

 

Section  8 .   Quorum. At all meetings of stockholders, except where otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation, or by these Bylaws, the presence, in person or by proxy duly authorized, of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.  In the absence of a quorum, any meeting of stockholders may be adjourned, from time to time, either by the chairman of the meeting or by vote of the holders of a majority of the shares represented thereat, but no other business shall be transacted at such meeting.  The stockholders present at a duly called or convened meeting, at which a quorum is present, may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum.  Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, all action taken by the holders of a majority of the vote cast, excluding abstentions, at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be valid and binding upon the corporation; provided, however, that directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors.  Where a separate vote by a class or classes or series is required, except where otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a majority of the outstanding shares of such class or classes or series, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to that vote on that matter and, except where otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the affirmative vote of the majority (plurality, in the case of the election of directors) of the votes cast, including abstentions, by the holders of shares of such class or classes or series shall be the act of such class or classes or series.

 

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Section  9 .   Adjournment and Notice of Adjourned Meetings. Any meeting of stockholders, whether annual or special, may be adjourned from time to time either by the chairman of the meeting or by the vote of a majority of the shares casting votes, excluding abstentions.  When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken.  At the adjourned meeting, the corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting.  If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section  10 Voting Rights. For the purpose of determining those stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of the stockholders, except as otherwise provided by law, only persons in whose names shares stand on the stock records of the corporation on the record date, as provided in Section 12 of these Bylaws, shall be entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders.  Every person entitled to vote shall have the right to do so either in person or by an agent or agents authorized by a proxy granted in accordance with Delaware law.  An agent so appointed need not be a stockholder.  No proxy shall be voted after three (3) years from its date of creation unless the proxy provides for a longer period.

 

Section  11 Joint Owners of Stock. If shares or other securities having voting power stand of record in the names of two (2) or more persons, whether fiduciaries, members of a partnership, joint tenants, tenants in common, tenants by the entirety, or otherwise, or if two (2) or more persons have the same fiduciary relationship respecting the same shares, unless the Secretary is given written notice to the contrary and is furnished with a copy of the instrument or order appointing them or creating the relationship wherein it is so provided, their acts with respect to voting shall have the following effect:  (a) if only one (1) votes, his act binds all; (b) if more than one (1) votes, the act of the majority so voting binds all; (c) if more than one (1) votes, but the vote is evenly split on any particular matter, each faction may vote the securities in question proportionally, or may apply to the Delaware Court of Chancery for relief as provided in the General Corporation Law of Delaware, Section 217(b).  If the instrument filed with the Secretary shows that any such tenancy is held in unequal interests, a majority or even-split for the purpose of subsection (c) shall be a majority or even-split in interest.

 

Section  12 .   List of Stockholders. The Secretary shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at said meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder.  Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held.  The list shall be produced and kept at the time and place of meeting during the whole time thereof and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.

 

Section  13 .   Action Without Meeting. No action shall be taken by the stockholders except at an annual or special meeting of stockholders called in accordance with these Bylaws, and no action shall be taken by the stockholders by written consent.

 

Section  14 .   Organization.

 

( a ) At every meeting of stockholders, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or, if a Chairman has not been appointed or is absent, the Chief Executive Officer or, if the Chief Executive Officer is absent, the President, or, if the President is absent, a chairman of the meeting chosen by a majority in interest of the stockholders entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy, shall act as chairman.  The Secretary, or, in his absence, an Assistant Secretary directed to do so by the President, shall act as secretary of the meeting.

 

( b ) The Board of Directors of the corporation shall be entitled to make such rules or regulations for the conduct of meetings of stockholders as it shall deem necessary, appropriate or

 

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convenient.  Subject to such rules and regulations of the Board of Directors, if any, the chairman of the meeting shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are necessary, appropriate or convenient for the proper conduct of the meeting, including, without limitation, establishing an agenda or order of business for the meeting, rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present, limitations on participation in such meeting to stockholders of record of the corporation and their duly authorized and constituted proxies and such other persons as the chairman shall permit, restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof, limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants and regulation of the opening and closing of the polls for balloting on matters which are to be voted on by ballot.  Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with rules of parliamentary procedure.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

DIRECTORS

 

Section  15 .   Number and Qualifications. The authorized number of directors of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.  Directors need not be stockholders.  If for any cause, the directors shall not have been elected at an annual meeting, they may be elected as soon thereafter as convenient at a special meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose in the manner provided in these Bylaws.

 

Section  16 .   Powers. The powers of the corporation shall be exercised, its business conducted and its property controlled by the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

Section  17 .   Classes of Directors and Terms of Office. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of stockholders for a term expiring at the next succeeding annual meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each director shall serve until his successor is duly elected and qualified or until his death, resignation or removal. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

 

Section  18 .   Vacancies. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, disqualification, removal or other causes and any newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors, shall, unless the Board of Directors determines by resolution that any such vacancies or newly created directorships shall be filled by stockholders, be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors.  Any director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the director for which the vacancy was created or occurred and until such director’s successor shall have been elected and qualified.  A vacancy in the Board of Directors shall be deemed to exist under this Bylaw in the case of the death, removal or resignation of any director.

 

Section  19 .   Resignation. Any director may resign at any time by delivering his written resignation to the Secretary, such resignation to specify whether it will be effective at a particular time, upon receipt by the Secretary or at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. If no such specification is made, it shall be deemed effective at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. When one or more directors shall resign from the Board of Directors, effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective, and each Director so chosen shall hold office for the unexpired portion of the term of the Director whose place shall be vacated and until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified.

 

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Section  20 .   Removal. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, the Board of Directors or any individual director may be removed from office at any time (i) with cause by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all the then-outstanding shares of voting stock of the corporation, entitled to vote at an election of directors (the “Voting Stock”) or (ii) without cause by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the voting power of all the then-outstanding shares of the Voting Stock.

 

Section  21 .   Meetings.

 

( a )   Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held immediately before or after the annual meeting of stockholders and at the place where such meeting is held.  No notice of an annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be necessary and such meeting shall be held for the purpose of electing officers and transacting such other business as may lawfully come before it.

 

( b ) Regular Meetings. Except as hereinafter otherwise provided, regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held in the office of the corporation required to be maintained pursuant to Section 2 hereof. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, regular meetings of the Board of Directors may also be held at any place within or without the State of Delaware which has been designated by resolution of the Board of Directors or the written consent of all directors.

 

( c )   Special Meetings. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any time and place within or without the State of Delaware whenever called by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any two of the directors.

 

( d )   Telephone Meetings. Any member of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

 

( e )   Notice of Meetings. Notice of the time and place of all special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be given in writing, by facsimile, telegraph or telex, during normal business hours, at least twenty-four (24) hours before the date and time of the meeting, or sent in writing to each director by (i) overnight courier with a nationally recognized courier service at least two (2) days before the date of the meeting or (ii) first class mail, charges prepaid, at least three (3) days before the date of the meeting. Notice of any meeting may be waived in writing at any time before or after the meeting and will be waived by any director by attendance thereat, except when the director attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

 

( f )   Waiver of Notice. The transaction of all business at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, however called or noticed, or wherever held, shall be as valid as though had at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice, if a quorum be present and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the directors not present shall sign a written waiver of notice. All such waivers shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting.

 

Section  22 .   Quorum and Voting.

 

( a Unless the Certificate of Incorporation requires a greater number and except with respect to indemnification questions arising under Section 43 hereof, for which a quorum shall be one-third of the exact number of directors fixed from time to time in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation, a quorum of the Board of Directors shall consist of a majority of the exact number of directors fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation; provided, however, at any meeting whether a quorum be present or otherwise, a majority of the directors present may

 

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adjourn from time to time until the time fixed for the next regular meeting of the Board of Directors, without notice other than by announcement at the meeting.

 

( b At each meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is present, all questions and business shall be determined by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present, unless a different vote be required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

 

Section  23 .   Action Without Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and such writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee.

 

Section  24 .   Fees and Compensation. Directors shall be entitled to such compensation for their services as may be approved by the Board of Directors, including, if so approved, by resolution of the Board of Directors, a fixed sum and expenses of attendance, if any, for attendance at each regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors and at any meeting of a committee of the Board of Directors. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity as an officer, agent, employee, or otherwise and receiving compensation therefor.

 

Section  25 .   Committees and Chairman of the Board.

 

( a ) Executive Committee. The Board of Directors may by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board of Directors appoint an Executive Committee to consist of one (1) or more members of the Board of Directors. The Executive Committee, to the extent permitted by law and provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation, including without limitation the power or authority to declare a dividend, to authorize the issuance of stock and to adopt a certificate of ownership and merger, and may authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to amending the Certificate of Incorporation (except that a committee may, to the extent authorized in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of shares of stock adopted by the Board of Directors fix the designations and any of the preferences or rights of such shares relating to dividends, redemption, dissolution, any distribution of assets of the corporation or the conversion into, or the exchange of such shares for, shares of any other class or classes or any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock of the corporation or fix the number of shares of any series of stock or authorize the increase or decrease of the shares of any series), adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation, recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the corporation’s property and assets, recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the corporation or a revocation of a dissolution, or amending the bylaws of the corporation.

 

( b )   Other Committees. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board of Directors, from time to time appoint such other committees as may be permitted by law.  Such other committees appointed by the Board of Directors shall consist of one (1) or more members of the Board of Directors and shall have such powers and perform such duties as may be prescribed by the resolution or resolutions creating such committees, but in no event shall such committee have the powers denied to the Executive Committee in these Bylaws.

 

(c)  Chairman of the Board of Directors . The Board of Directors shall appoint a Chairman of the Board.  The Chairman of the Board of Directors, when present, shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall perform other duties commonly incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time.

 

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Directors. The Board of Directors, subject to the provisions of subsections (a) or (b) of this Bylaw may at any time increase or decrease the number of members of a committee or terminate the existence of a committee.  The membership of a committee member shall terminate on the date of his death or voluntary resignation from the committee or from the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may at any time for any reason remove the Chairman of the Board and any individual committee member and the Board of Directors may fill any Chairman position and committee vacancy created by death, resignation, removal or increase in the number of members of the committee. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, and, in addition, in the absence or disqualification of any member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.

 

(e)   Meetings. Unless the Board of Directors shall otherwise provide, regular meetings of the Executive Committee or any other committee appointed pursuant to this Section 25 shall be held at such times and places as are determined by the Board of Directors, or by any such committee, and when notice thereof has been given to each member of such committee, no further notice of such regular meetings need be given thereafter.  Special meetings of any such committee may be held at any place which has been determined from time to time by such committee, and may be called by any director who is a member of such committee, upon written notice to the members of such committee of the time and place of such special meeting given in the manner provided for the giving of written notice to members of the Board of Directors of the time and place of special meetings of the Board of Directors.  Notice of any special meeting of any committee may be waived in writing at any time before or after the meeting and will be waived by any director by attendance thereat, except when the director attends such special meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. A majority of the authorized number of members of any such committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of those present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of such committee.

 

Section  26 .   Organization. At every meeting of the directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or, if a Chairman has not been appointed or is absent, the Chief Executive Officer or, if the Chief Executive Officer is absent, the President, or if the President is absent, the most senior Vice President, or, in the absence of any such officer, a chairman of the meeting chosen by a majority of the directors present, shall preside over the meeting.  The Secretary, or in his absence, an Assistant Secretary directed to do so by the President, shall act as secretary of the meeting.

 

ARTICLE V

 

OFFICERS

 

Section  27 .   Officers Designated. The officers of the corporation shall include, if and when designated by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, one or more Vice Presidents, the Secretary and the Chief Financial Officer all of whom shall be elected at the annual organizational meeting of the Board of Directors.  The Board of Directors may also appoint one or more Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Treasurers, Assistant Controllers and such other officers and agents with such powers and duties as it shall deem necessary.  The Board of Directors may assign such additional titles to one or more of the officers as it shall deem appropriate. Any one person may hold any number of offices of the corporation at any one time unless specifically prohibited therefrom by law. The salaries and other compensation of the officers of the corporation shall be fixed by or in the manner designated by the Board of Directors.

 

Section  28 .   Tenure and Duties of Officers.

 

( a )   General. All officers shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors and until their successors shall have been duly elected and qualified, unless sooner removed. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the Board of Directors. If

 

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the office of any officer becomes vacant for any reason, the vacancy may be filled by the Board of Directors.

 

(b)   Duties of Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and at all meetings of the Board of Directors, unless the Chairman of the Board of Directors has been appointed and is present. The Chief Executive Officer shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, have general supervision, direction and control of the business and officers of the corporation. The Chief Executive Officer shall perform other duties commonly incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time.

 

(c)   Duties of President. The President may assume and perform the duties of the Chief Executive Officer in the absence or disability of the Chief Executive Officer or whenever the office of Chief Executive Officer is vacant.  The President, subject to the control of the Board of Directors and the Chief Exectuvive Officer, shall have general supervision, direction and control of the business and officers of the corporation.  The President shall perfom other duties commonly incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time.

 

( d )   Duties of Vice Presidents. The Vice Presidents may assume and perform the duties of the Chief Executive Officer or the President in the absence or disability of both of the Chief Executive Officer and the President or whenever the office of Chief Executive Officer and President is vacant. The Vice Presidents shall perform other duties commonly incident to their office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer or President shall designate from time to time.

 

( e )   Duties of Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors and shall record all acts and proceedings thereof in the minute book of the corporation.  The Secretary shall give notice in conformity with these Bylaws of all meetings of the stockholders and of all meetings of the Board of Directors and any committee thereof requiring notice. The Secretary shall perform all other duties given him in these Bylaws and other duties commonly incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time.  The President may direct any Assistant Secretary to assume and perform the duties of the Secretary in the absence or disability of the Secretary, and each Assistant Secretary shall perform other duties commonly incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the President shall designate from time to time.

 

( f Duties of Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall keep or cause to be kept the books of account of the corporation in a thorough and proper manner and shall render statements of the financial affairs of the corporation in such form and as often as required by the Board of Directors or the President.  The Chief Financial Officer, subject to the order of the Board of Directors, shall have the custody of all funds and securities of the corporation. The Chief Financial Officer shall perform other duties commonly incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the President shall designate from time to time. The President may direct the Controller or any Assistant Controller to assume and perform the duties of the Chief Financial Officer in the absence or disability of the Chief Financial Officer, and each Controller and Assistant Controller shall perform other duties commonly incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the President shall designate from time to time.

 

Section  29 .   Delegation of Authority. The Board of Directors may from time to time delegate the powers or duties of any officer to any other officer or agent, notwithstanding any provision hereof.

 

Section  30 .   Resignations.  Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or to the President or to the Secretary.  Any such resignation shall be effective when received by the person or persons to whom such notice is given, unless a later time is specified therein, in

 

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which event the resignation shall become effective at such later time.  Unless otherwise specified in such notice, the acceptance of any such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.  Any resignation shall be without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the corporation under any contract with the resigning officer.

 

Section  31 .   Removal. Any officer may be removed from office at any time, either with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors in office at the time, or by the unanimous written consent of the directors in office at the time, or by any committee or superior officers upon whom such power of removal may have been conferred by the Board of Directors.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

EXECUTION OF CORPORATE INSTRUMENTS AND VOTING
OF SECURITIES OWNED BY THE CORPORATION

 

Section  32 .   Execution of Corporate Instruments. The Board of Directors may, in its discretion, determine the method and designate the signatory officer or officers, or other person or persons, to execute on behalf of the corporation any corporate instrument or document, or to sign on behalf of the corporation the corporate name without limitation, or to enter into contracts on behalf of the corporation, except where otherwise provided by law or these Bylaws, and such execution or signature shall be binding upon the corporation.

 

Unless otherwise specifically determined by the Board of Directors or otherwise required by law, promissory notes, deeds of trust, mortgages and other evidences of indebtedness of the corporation, and other corporate instruments or documents requiring the corporate seal, and certificates of shares of stock owned by the corporation, shall be executed, signed or endorsed by the Chief Executive Officer or the President or any Vice President, and by the Secretary or Chief Financial Officer. All other instruments and documents requiring the corporate signature, but not requiring the corporate seal, may be executed as aforesaid or in such other manner as may be directed by the Board of Directors.

 

All checks and drafts drawn on banks or other depositories on funds to the credit of the corporation or in special accounts of the corporation shall be signed by such person or persons as the Board of Directors shall authorize so to do.

 

Unless authorized or ratified by the Board of Directors or within the agency power of an officer, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or for any amount.

 

Section  33 .   Voting of Securities Owned by the Corporation. All stock and other securities of other corporations owned or held by the corporation for itself, or for other parties in any capacity, shall be voted, and all proxies with respect thereto shall be executed, by the person authorized so to do by resolution of the Board of Directors, or, in the absence of such authorization, by the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or any Vice President.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

SHARES OF STOCK

 

Section  34 .   Form of Certificates. Shares of the corporation may be certificated or uncertificated to the extent permitted by Delaware law, in such form as may be prescribed by law and by the Board of Directors, certifying the number and class of shares owned by a holder in the corporation.  If a certificate is issued, it shall be signed in the name of the corporation by the Chief Executive Officer, or the President or a Vice President, and the Chief Financial Officer or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the corporation.  Signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent, or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such

 

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officer, transfer agent, or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue.

 

Each certificate for shares of stock which are subject to any restriction on transfer pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws, applicable securities laws or any agreement among any stockholders and the corporation shall have conspicuously noted on the face or back of such certificate either the full text of the restriction or a statement of the existence of such restriction.

 

Note:  On July 1, 2009, the Board of Directors adopted a resolution to eliminate paper stock certificates. From and after that date, all common stock is issued in uncertificated form through the electronic direct registration system (DRS) of The Depository Trust Company (DTC) or another securities depository.

 

Section  35 .   Lost Certificates. An account set up via the electronic direct registration system shall be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen, or destroyed. The corporation may require, as a condition precedent to the issuance of a DRS account, the owner of such lost, stolen, or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require or to give the corporation a surety bond in such form and amount as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed.

 

Section  36 .   Transfers.

 

( a ) Except as otherwise established by rules and regulations adopted by the Board of Directors, and subject to applicable law, shares of stock may be transferred on the books of the corporation, if such shares are certificated, by the surrender to the corporation or the transfer agent of the certificate representing such shares properly endorsed or accompanied by a written assignment or power of attorney properly executed, or upon proper instructions from the holder of uncertificated shares, in each case with such proof of authority or the authenticity of signature as the corporation or its transfer agent may reasonably require.

 

( b ) The corporation shall have the power to enter into and perform any agreement with any number of stockholders of any one or more classes of stock of the corporation to restrict the transfer of shares of stock of the corporation of any one or more classes owned by such stockholders in any manner not prohibited by the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

 

Section  37 .   Fixing Record Dates.

 

( a ) In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

 

( b ) In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than sixty (60) days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining

 

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stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

 

Section  38 Registered Stockholders. The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Delaware.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

OTHER SECURITIES OF THE CORPORATION

 

Section  39 .   Execution of Other Securities. All bonds, debentures and other corporate securities of the corporation, other than stock certificates (covered in Section 34), may be signed by the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Vice President, or such other person as may be authorized by the Board of Directors, and the corporate seal impressed thereon or a facsimile of such seal imprinted thereon and attested by the signature of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, or the Chief Financial Officer or Assistant Financial Officer; provided, however, that where any such bond, debenture or other corporate security shall be authenticated by the manual signature, or where permissible facsimile signature, of a trustee under an indenture pursuant to which such bond, debenture or other corporate security shall be issued, the signatures of the persons signing and attesting the corporate seal on such bond, debenture or other corporate security may be the imprinted facsimile of the signatures of such persons.  Interest coupons appertaining to any such bond, debenture or other corporate security, authenticated by a trustee as aforesaid, shall be signed by the Chief Financial Officer or an Assistant Financial Officer of the corporation or such other person as may be authorized by the Board of Directors, or bear imprinted thereon the facsimile signature of such person. In case any officer who shall have signed or attested any bond, debenture or other corporate security, or whose facsimile signature shall appear thereon or on any such interest coupon, shall have ceased to be such officer before the bond, debenture or other corporate security so signed or attested shall have been delivered, such bond, debenture or other corporate security nevertheless may be adopted by the corporation and issued and delivered as though the person who signed the same or whose facsimile signature shall have been used thereon had not ceased to be such officer of the corporation.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

DIVIDENDS

 

Section  40 .   Declaration of Dividends. Dividends upon the capital stock of the corporation, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors pursuant to law at any regular or special meeting.  Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

Section  41 .   Dividend Reserve. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other purpose as the Board of Directors shall think conducive to the interests of the corporation, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

 

ARTICLE X

 

FISCAL YEAR

 

Section  42 .   Fiscal Year.   The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

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ARTICLE XI

 

INDEMNIFICATION

 

Section  43 .            Indemnification of Directors, Executive Officers, Other Officers, Employees and Other Agents.

 

( a )   Directors and Executive Officers. The corporation shall indemnify its directors and executive officers (for the purposes of this Article XI, “executive officers” shall have the meaning defined in Rule 3b-7 promulgated under the 1934 Act) to the fullest extent not prohibited by the Delaware General Corporation Law; provided, however, that the corporation may modify the extent of such indemnification by individual contracts with its directors and executive officers; and, provided, further, that the corporation shall not be required to indemnify any director or executive officer in connection with any proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless (i) such indemnification is expressly required to be made by law, (ii) the proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors of the corporation, (iii) such indemnification is provided by the corporation, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the corporation under the Delaware General Corporation Law or (iv) such indemnification is required to be made under subsection (d).

 

( b Other Officers, Employees and Other Agents. The corporation shall have power to indemnify its other officers, employees and other agents as set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

( c Expenses. The corporation shall advance to any person who was or is 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, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or executive officer, of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, prior to the final disposition of the proceeding, promptly following request therefor, all expenses incurred by any director or executive officer in connection with such proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay said amounts if it should be determined ultimately that such person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Bylaw or otherwise.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise determined pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Bylaw, no advance shall be made by the corporation to an executive officer of the corporation (except by reason of the fact that such officer is or was a director of the corporation in which event this paragraph shall not apply) in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, if a determination is reasonably and promptly made (i) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the proceeding, or (ii) if such quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, 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 such person acted in bad faith or in a manner that such person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation.

 

( d )   Enforcement. Without the necessity of entering into an express contract, all rights to indemnification and advances to directors and executive officers under this Bylaw shall be deemed to be contractual rights and be effective to the same extent and as if provided for in a contract between the corporation and the director or executive officer.  Any right to indemnification or advances granted by this Bylaw to a director or executive officer shall be enforceable by or on behalf of the person holding such right in any court of competent jurisdiction if (i) the claim for indemnification or advances is denied, in whole or in part, or (ii) no disposition of such claim is made within ninety (90) days of request therefor.  The claimant in such enforcement action, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting his claim.  In connection with any claim for indemnification, the corporation shall be entitled to raise as a defense to any such action that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct that make it permissible under the Delaware General Corporation Law for the corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed.  In connection with any claim by an executive officer of

 

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the corporation (except in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such executive officer is or was a director of the corporation) for advances, the corporation shall be entitled to raise a defense as to any such action clear and convincing evidence that such person acted in bad faith or in a manner that such person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, or with respect to any criminal action or proceeding that such person acted without reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was lawful.  Neither the failure of the corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by the corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.  In any suit brought by a director or executive officer to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, the burden of proving that the director or executive officer is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Article XI or otherwise shall be on the corporation.

 

( e )   Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Bylaw shall not be exclusive of any other right which such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding office. The corporation is specifically authorized to enter into individual contracts with any or all of its directors, officers, employees or agents respecting indemnification and advances, to the fullest extent not prohibited by the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

( f Survival of Rights.   The rights conferred on any person by this Bylaw shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or other agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

 

( g Insurance. To the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, the corporation, upon approval by the Board of Directors, may purchase insurance on behalf of any person required or permitted to be indemnified pursuant to this Bylaw.

 

( h Amendments. Any repeal or modification of this Bylaw shall only be prospective and shall not affect the rights under this Bylaw in effect at the time of the alleged occurrence of any action or omission to act that is the cause of any proceeding against any agent of the corporation.

 

( i )   Saving Clause.  If this Bylaw or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each director and executive officer to the full extent not prohibited by any applicable portion of this Bylaw that shall not have been invalidated, or by any other applicable law.

 

( j Certain Definitions.  For the purposes of this Bylaw, the following definitions shall apply:

 

( i )   The term “proceeding” shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, the investigation, preparation, prosecution, defense, settlement, arbitration and appeal of, and the giving of testimony in, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative.

 

( ii )   The term “expenses” shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, court costs, attorneys’ fees, witness fees, fines, amounts paid in settlement or judgment and any other costs and expenses of any nature or kind incurred in connection with any proceeding.

 

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( iii )   The term the “corporation” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Bylaw with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.

 

( iv )   References to a “director,” “executive officer,” “officer,” “employee,” or “agent” of the corporation shall include, without limitation, situations where such person is serving at the request of the corporation as, respectively, a director, executive officer, officer, employee, trustee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.

 

( v )   References to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the corporation” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee, or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the corporation” as referred to in this Bylaw.

 

ARTICLE XII

 

NOTICES

 

Section  44 .   Notices.

 

( a Notice to Stockholders. Whenever, under any provisions of these Bylaws, notice is required to be given to any stockholder, it shall be given in writing, timely and duly deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, and addressed to his last known post office address as shown by the stock record of the corporation or its transfer agent.

 

( b Notice to Directors. Any notice required to be given to any director may be given by the method stated in subsection (a), or by overnight courier, facsimile, telex or telegram, except that such notice other than one which is delivered personally shall be sent to such address as such director shall have filed in writing with the Secretary, or, in the absence of such filing, to the last known post office address of such director.

 

( c Affidavit of Mailing. An affidavit of mailing, executed by a duly authorized and competent employee of the corporation or its transfer agent appointed with respect to the class of stock affected, specifying the name and address or the names and addresses of the stockholder or stockholders, or director or directors, to whom any such notice or notices was or were given, and the time and method of giving the same, shall in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts therein contained.

 

( d Time Notices Deemed Given. All notices given by mail or overnight courier, as above provided, shall be deemed to have been given as at the time of mailing, and all notices given by facsimile, telex or telegram shall be deemed to have been given as of the sending time recorded at time of transmission.

 

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( e Methods of Notice. It shall not be necessary that the same method of giving notice be employed in respect of all directors, but one permissible method may be employed in respect of any one or more, and any other permissible method or methods may be employed in respect of any other or others.

 

( f ) Failure to Receive Notice. The period or limitation of time within which any stockholder may exercise any option or right, or enjoy any privilege or benefit, or be required to act, or within which any director may exercise any power or right, or enjoy any privilege, pursuant to any notice sent him in the manner above provided, shall not be affected or extended in any manner by the failure of such stockholder or such director to receive such notice.

 

( g Notice to Person with Whom Communication Is Unlawful. Whenever notice is required to be given, under any provision of law or of the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the corporation, to any person with whom communication is unlawful, the giving of such notice to such person shall not be required and there shall be no duty to apply to any governmental authority or agency for a license or permit to give such notice to such person.  Any action or meeting which shall be taken or held without notice to any such person with whom communication is unlawful shall have the same force and effect as if such notice had been duly given.  In the event that the action taken by the corporation is such as to require the filing of a certificate under any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the certificate shall state, if such is the fact and if notice is required, that notice was given to all persons entitled to receive notice except such persons with whom communication is unlawful.

 

( h Notice to Person with Undeliverable Address. Whenever notice is required to be given, under any provision of law or the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the corporation, to any stockholder to whom (i) notice of two consecutive annual meetings, and all notices of meetings or of the taking of action by written consent without a meeting to such person during the period between such two consecutive annual meetings, or (ii) all, and at least two, payments (if sent by first class mail) of dividends or interest on securities during a twelve-month period, have been mailed addressed to such person at his address as shown on the records of the corporation and have been returned undeliverable, the giving of such notice to such person shall not be required.  Any action or meeting which shall be taken or held without notice to such person shall have the same force and effect as if such notice had been duly given.  If any such person shall deliver to the corporation a written notice setting forth his then current address, the requirement that notice be given to such person shall be reinstated.  In the event that the action taken by the corporation is such as to require the filing of a certificate under any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the certificate need not state that notice was not given to persons to whom notice was not required to be given pursuant to this paragraph.

 

ARTICLE XIII

 

AMENDMENTS

 

Section  45 .   Amendments.

 

Subject to paragraph (h) of Section 43 of the Bylaws, the Bylaws may be altered or amended or new Bylaws adopted by the affirmative vote of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares of the Voting Stock.  The Board of Directors shall also have the power to adopt, amend, or repeal the Bylaws.

 

ARTICLE  XIV
LOANS TO DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

 

Section  46 .  Loans to Directors and Executive Officers .

 

The corporation may not, directly or indirectly, including through any subsidiary, extend or maintain credit, or arrange for the extension of credit, or renew any extension of credit, in the form of a personal loan to or for the benefit of any director or executive officer of the corporation. For purposes of this provision, the term “director’ shall mean a member of the corporation’s board of directors and the term “executive officer” shall mean the chief executive officer, the president, any vice president in charge of a

 

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principal business unit, division or function, any other officer who performs a policy-making function for the corporation or any other person who performs a similar policy-making function.

 

ARTICLE XV
FORUM FOR ADJUDICATION OF DISPUTES

 

Section 47.  Forum for Adjudication of Disputes.

 

Unless the corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee of the corporation to the corporation or the corporation’s stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine shall be a state or federal court located within the state of Delaware, in all cases subject to the court’s having personal jurisdiction over the indispensable parties named as defendants. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of capital stock of the corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Article XV.

 

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EXHIBIT 10.1

 

BOARD OBSERVER AGREEMENT

 

THIS BOARD OBSERVER AGREEMENT (“ Agreement ”) is made effective as of the date set forth on the signature page (“ Effective Date ”) by and between Julian Singer , an individual (“ Observer ”), whose address is 2200 Fletcher Ave., 5th Floor, Fort Lee, NJ 07624 and Evolving Systems, Inc ., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), with principal place of business at 9777 Pyramid Ct., Suite 100, Englewood, CO 80112.

 

In consideration of the mutual covenants and conditions contained in this Agreement, the parties agree as follows:

 

1.                                       Board Observer Rights .

 

1.1                                Right to Attend Board Meetings . The Company agrees that it will invite Observer to attend, in a nonvoting observer capacity, meetings of its Board of Directors (the “ Board ”), whether in person or telephonically. Concurrently with the delivery to the Board, the Company will provide Observer with all notices of Board meetings, all Board packages and all other information distributed to members of the Board in connection with such meetings. Any failure to deliver notice to Observer in connection with Observer’s right to attend any meeting of the Board will not impair the action of the Board taken at such meeting.  Observer will not have any voting rights that members of the Board have.

 

1.2                                Actions in Lieu of Meetings . Observer will be entitled to copies of any action taken by consent in lieu of a meeting within five (5) days after the date of such consent. Notice of such request for consent will be sent to Observer concurrently with notice to the Board. Any failure to deliver notice to Observer in connection with actions in lieu of a meeting will not impair the action of the Board taken.

 

2.                                       Company’s Right to Withhold Information or Exclude Observer from Meetings

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will have the right to withhold from Observer written materials and other information, including portions of the minutes of meetings or any committee thereof, and to exclude Observer from any meeting of the Board or portion thereof, if the Board determines, in its sole discretion, that the Observer’s access to such information (a) could jeopardize an attorney client privilege; (b) result in the breach by the Company of any of its obligations under an agreement, arrangement or understanding or a violation of any applicable law; (c) is necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the Board’s discharging its fiduciary duties to the Company; or (d) should be withheld based upon the advice of counsel.  In addition, if the Board or a committee is considering any transaction in which The Singer Children’s Management Trust or its Affiliates (within the meaning of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) (collectively the “ Singer Trust ”) has an existing interest, then the Company may withhold from the Observer any information pertaining to such transaction and the Observer will excuse himself from any portion of the meeting in which such transaction is being discussed.

 

3.                                       Payment and Reimbursement of Expenses/No Compensation . Company will reimburse Observer for (i) Observer’s reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with Board meeting attendance and (ii) other pre-approved out-of-pocket expenses directly related to services rendered by Observer under this Agreement but not incurred in connection with Observer’s attendance at Board meetings. Reimbursement will be made by the Company according to its usual and customary expense reimbursement procedures. No compensation (cash, stock, stock options or other equity) will be paid to Observer for serving under this Agreement.

 

4.                                       Confidentiality .

 

4.1                                The Observer acknowledges that, during the course of performing his services, the Company will be disclosing information about the Company, including but not limited to projects, products, services, potential customers, personnel, business plans, and finances, as well as other commercially valuable information.  Observer agrees that all information concerning the Company and its related entities, in any

 



 

form whatsoever, which is disclosed or made available to Observer and which is not publicly available will be considered “ Confidential Information ”.

 

4.2                                Except as provided in this Agreement Observer agrees that he will:

 

a.               Use the Confidential Information only in connection with his Observer rights under this Agreement and not for any other purpose.

b.               Not disclose, directly or indirectly, the Confidential Information to any third person or entity, other than representatives or agents of the Company and the Singer Trust and its accountants, attorneys and advisors (collectively “ Advisors ”), provided the Singer Trust and its Advisors agree to be bound by the provisions of this Section 4 . The Observer will treat all such information as confidential and proprietary property of the Company.

c.                Not use any Confidential Information in violation of any applicable laws, including, but not limited to, any applicable U.S. federal or state securities laws.

 

4.3                                The term “Confidential Information” does not include information that (a) is or becomes generally available to the public other than by disclosure in violation of this Agreement, (b) was within the Observer’s possession prior to being furnished by the Company, (c) becomes available to the Observer on a non-confidential basis, or (d) was independently developed by the Observer without reference to the information provided by the Company.

 

4.4                                Mandatory Disclosure Exemption:  Observer may disclose any Confidential Information that is required to be disclosed by law, government regulation or court order. If disclosure is required, the Observer will, to the extent permitted by law, use his reasonable efforts to give the Company advance notice so that the Company may seek a protective order or take other action reasonable in light of the circumstances and any such disclosure will be limited only to that portion of the Confidential Information required to be disclosed.

 

4.5                                Observer agrees that upon request of the Company he will return or destroy, at the Company’s option, all Confidential Information provided to him except that one copy of the Confidential Information may be retained for Observer’s records, subject to the confidentiality provisions of this Section 4.

 

4.6                                Observer agrees that the Company may be irreparably injured by a breach of the confidentiality provisions of this Section 4.   Accordingly, Observer agrees that the Company may seek equitable relief, including injunctive relief and specific performance, in the event of any breach of this Section 4 .  No bond will be required in seeking equitable relief. Such remedies will not be deemed to be the exclusive remedy, but will be in addition to all other remedies available at law or in equity.

 

4.7                                Observer will continue to be bound by the terms of the confidentiality provisions contained in this Section 4 for a period of one (1) year after the expiration or termination of this Agreement.

 

5.                                       Other Matters . Observer understands that the Company is not seeking to obtain any information that is proprietary to any prior or current business relation of Observer. Observer will not, in performing services for the Company, make use of any such proprietary information of third parties.

 

6.                                      Restrictions on Trading in the Company’s Stock . The Observer agrees that he will be subject to the provisions of the Company’s Insider Trading Policy (the “ Trading Policy ”), as if he were a director.  A copy of the current policy is attached as Exhibit A . The Company reserves the right to modify the Trading Policy at any time, in its sole discretion.  Observer agrees that he will instruct all of the recipients to whom he discloses Confidential Information as permitted under this Agreement that they may not take any action relating to the securities of the Company which would constitute insider trading, market manipulation or any other violation of applicable securities law.

 

7.                                       No Right to Bind the Compan y . Observer will have no right to bind the Company, transact any business in the name of the Company or on its behalf in any matter, or make any promises or representations on behalf of the Company.

 

8.                                       Indemnification . The Company agrees to indemnify Observer in accordance with the terms and conditions of Exhibit B .

 



 

9.                                       Term and Termination . This Agreement will expire on the date of the Company’s 2015 Annual Meeting; provided that the Company and Observer may elect to continue this Agreement for an additional one (1) year term upon mutual agreement. This Agreement and the relationship of the parties are terminable at will by either party, at any time, with or without cause. All rights and obligations under this Agreement will terminate upon expiration or termination of this agreement, except for the confidentiality obligation which will continue in accordance with Section   4.7 .

 

10.                                Use of Name . It is understood that the name of the Observer and Observer’s affiliation with the Singer Trust may appear in disclosure documents as required by securities laws, and in other regulatory and administrative filings in the ordinary course of the Company’s business.

 

11.                                No Conflict; Valid and Binding . The Observer represents that neither the execution of this Agreement nor the performance of the Observer’s obligations under this Agreement will result in a violation or breach of any other agreement by which the Observer is bound. The Company represents that this Agreement has been duly authorized and executed and is a valid and legally binding obligation of the Company, subject to no conflicting agreements.

 

12.                                Assignment . This Agreement may not be assigned by Observer.

 

13.                                Notices . All notices between the parties will be in writing and will be deemed effective as follows: (a) if delivered in person, on the date it is delivered; (b) if sent by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, five (5) business days from the date such notice was posted through the U.S. Postal Service (or other applicable postal delivery service), or (c) if sent by nationally recognized overnight courier, one (1) business day after the sender provides it to the courier for dispatch. Such notices, demands, authorizations, approvals, or consents will be sent to each party’s address set forth at the beginning of this Agreement, or such other address provided by a party in accordance with this Agreement.

 

14.                                Entire Agreement; Waiver; Separability . This Agreement, except as supplemented or modified in writing between the parties, constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. No waiver of breach will constitute a subsequent waiver of any subsequent breach, and if any provision of this Agreement be held invalid, the remaining provisions will remain enforceable.

 

15.                                Governing Law . This Agreement will be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware (without giving effect to any choice or conflict of laws provision or rule). Venue of any action or other proceeding brought on or in connection with this Agreement will be in Douglas County, Colorado.

 

16.                                Administrative Ease .  The parties agree that this Agreement may be executed in counterparts, and that such counterpart signatures will be considered effective if provided by PDF or facsimile transmission.

 

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Dated this 25th day of July, 2014

 

 

 

 

 

Evolving Systems, Inc.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ THADDEUS DUPPER

 

Thaddeus Dupper, CEO

 

 

 

 

 

Observer

 

 

 

/s/ JULIAN SINGER

 

Julian Singer

 

 

[Signature Page to Board Observer Agreement/Julian Singer]

 



 

Exhibit A

Evolving Systems Insider Trading Policy

 

TO:

All Company Insiders

 

 

FROM:

Compliance Officer

 

 

RE:

Insider Trading Policy and Trading Blackout Policy

 

 

DATE:

June 2014

 

This is a reminder about Evolving Systems, Inc.’s (the “Company”) Insider Trading Policy and Trading Blackout Policy. All recipients of this memorandum are subject to the Company’s Insider Trading Policy and Trading Blackout Policy.   Some of you—officers and directors—are subject to additional rules described in this memo. Please read this memo carefully and acknowledge your acceptance of the policies by signing the acknowledgement sheet and returning it to Alice Ahern (alice.ahern@evolving.com).

 

1.                           General Statement. The Company’s policy, applicable to all employees, directors, contractors and consultants (“Insiders”) prohibits trading, and tipping others who may trade, when you know material, non-public information. The Company also has a Trading Blackout Policy that applies to certain employees. Generally, those employees are the officers and directors of the Company, as well as selected employees who have access to material information about the Company prior to its public release.

 

What information is “material”?

 

Information is “material” if it is likely that it would be important for an investor in making an investment decision about the Company. Information that is likely to affect the price of the Company’s stock is material.  Either positive or negative information may be material.

 

Because any information that is not disclosed to the trading public may be construed as being “material,” as a general rule you should keep all Company information private.  If any of you has any doubt as to whether specific information could be considered material, you should talk with the Company’s Compliance Officer.

 

Examples of some types of material information are:

 

·                   Financial results

 

·                   Projections of future earnings or losses

 

·                   Changes in management or key professional personnel

 

·                   A pending or proposed acquisition or merger

 

·                   Signing or termination of a substantial contract

 

·                   Commencement or cancellation of a new product development effort

 

·                   Stock splits or stock dividends

 

·                   New equity or debt offerings

 



 

·                   Actual or threatened litigation, or developments relating to it

 

·                   Bankruptcy or financial liquidity problems

 

What is “non-public” information?

 

Information is considered to be non-public unless it has been effectively disclosed to the public.  Examples of public disclosures include public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and Company press releases. For information to be considered public, it must not only be disclosed publicly, but there also must be adequate time for the market as a whole to digest the information. Although timing may vary depending upon the circumstances, a good rule of thumb is that information is considered non-public until the close of regular trading on the stock market on the first business day after public disclosure.

 

2.                           Specific Policies Applicable to You

 

Trading on Material, Non-Public Information

 

When you know material, non-public information about any company, you, your spouse, members of your immediate family living in your household, and any trust, partnership or other entity in which you have direct or indirect investment power or authority (“Attributed Persons”), are prohibited from three activities:

 

·                   trading in that company’s securities (including trading in options, puts, calls or other derivative securities of that company)

 

·                   having others trade for you in that company’s securities

 

·                   disclosing the information to anyone else who then might trade.

 

Neither you, nor anyone acting on your behalf, nor anyone who learns the information directly or indirectly from you (including your spouse and family members), nor any entity in which you have any investment power or authority, can trade. This prohibition continues whenever and for as long as you know material, non-public information, even if you planned to make the transaction before you learned of the inside information and even if the failure to execute such transaction may result in loss or in the inability to generate an anticipated profit.  It applies even if you obtained the information as an employee and you have left the employment of the Company.

 

Although it is most likely that any material, non-public information you might learn would be about the Company, these prohibitions apply to trading in the securities of any company about which you have material, non-public information that you obtained in the course of your employment with the Company, or one of its affiliates or its subsidiaries.

 

You are responsible for distributing this memorandum to the Attributed Persons and ensuring that they comply with these procedures.

 

Tipping

 

An Insider may not disclose (“tip”) Inside Information to any other person (including family members) where such information may be used by such person to his or her profit by trading in the securities of companies to which such information relates.  An Insider or related person may not make recommendations or express opinions on the basis of the Inside Information as to trading in the Company’s securities. Material non-public information communicated (even casually or unintentionally) to a friend, business associate or a family member who in turn uses that information to trade may be a violation of SEC regulations for which you, and the outsider, can be held liable.

 



 

Don’t Discuss Company Information with the Press, Analysts or Other Persons Outside of the Company

 

Announcements of Company information are regulated by Company policy (separate from this Policy) and may only be made by persons specifically authorized by the Company to make such announcements. Laws and regulations govern the nature and timing of such announcements to outsiders or the public and unauthorized disclosure could result in substantial liability for you, the Company and its management. If you receive inquiries by any third party about the Company’s financial information, you should notify the Vice President of Finance immediately. If you receive inquiries about other Company information, you should notify the Vice President, Chief Counsel immediately.

 

Don’t Participate in Internet “chat rooms” in which the Company is Discussed

 

You may not participate in on-line dialogues (or similar activities) involving the Company, its business or its stock.

 

Investment Advice

 

The Company will not at any time issue recommendations with respect to its own securities, and no employee is permitted to recommend or solicit transactions in the Company’s securities.  If any customer, representative of the media or other person requests information from you relating to the Company’s stock, you should refer him or her to the Company’s publicly filed disclosures, or to the Company’s CEO or Vice President of Finance.

 

Trading Blackout Policy/Trading Window

 

Certain employees of the Company (if you receive this memo, you are one of those employees), as well as the members of the Company’s Board of Directors, their spouses, and members of their immediate families, are prohibited from engaging in any transaction involving the Company’s securities other than during the “Trading Window,” except as noted below relating to Rule 10b5-1 trading plans. The Trading Window closes and you enter into a Trading Blackout Period prior to the opening of trading on the fifteenth day of the last month of each quarter, i.e., before March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year. The Trading Window opens at the close of regular trading on the stock market on the first business day (“Trading Day”) after the Company publicly discloses its financial results for the previous quarter or fiscal year. (For example, if the Company announces its 2013 financial results for the calendar year after the close of the market on March 11, 2014, the Trading Blackout Period which began on December 15, 2013 continues until the close of trading on the NASDAQ market on March 12, 2014.)

 

From time to time, the Company may also recommend that directors, selected employees or consultants and others suspend trading because of developments known to the Company and not yet known to the public (for example, a pending merger or acquisition).  In such event, such persons may not engage in any transaction involving the Company’s securities during such period and may not disclose to others the fact that trading has been suspended.

 

Option Exercises and Sales/Purchases under the Company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan

 

Holders of options to purchase stock of the Company are prohibited from same day exercises and sales outside the Trading Window. The exercise of stock options for cash under the Company’s stock option plan (but not the sale of any such shares) is exempt from this Policy, since the other party to the transaction is the Company itself and the price does not vary with the market but is fixed by the terms of the option agreement or the plan.  Any subsequent sale of shares acquired upon the exercise of stock options is subject to this Policy.

 

Purchases under the Company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan, since not purchased on the open market, are also exempt from the Trading Blackout Policy.  Any subsequent sale of shares acquired through participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan is subject to this Policy.

 



 

Standing Order

 

You may have a standing order with your broker to buy or sell the Company’s stock at a certain price.  It is your responsibility to assure that those orders are suspended during the Company’s Trading Blackout Periods.

 

Exception for Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans

 

Insiders may choose to enter into pre-arranged trading plans under SEC Rule 10b5-1.  The Board of Directors has authorized the Compliance Officer to waive the Trading Blackout rules for insiders who enter into such plans.  Entering into a trading plan can help reduce an insider’s trading risks. If you are interested in entering into a trading plan, you should contact the Compliance Officer for further details about a 10b5-1 trading plan.

 

General Pre-Clearance of Trades — Contact Compliance Officer

 

“Preclearance” of trades is required of all persons listed as an insider (see below for special additional requirements if you are an officer or a director of the Company).  You must contact the Compliance Officer at least two (2) business days before proceeding to trade in the Company’s securities.  The Compliance Officer will review the Trading Windows to assure that your trade is not taking place during a Trading Blackout Period and review any special circumstances that might otherwise prevent you from trading in the Company’s stock.

 

3.                           Additional Requirements Applicable to Directors and Officers-Section 16 Compliance

 

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act that was signed into law as of July 30, 2002, accelerated the deadline for filing Form 4 reports on transactions in the Company’s stock.  Directors and officers of the Company (“Section 16 Reporting Persons”) are required to file Forms 4 with the SEC two (2) business days after the day the transaction is executed.  All Section 16 Reporting Persons are required to report to the Compliance Officer any transaction in securities of the Company by you, your spouse, any immediate family member sharing your household, or any trust, partnership, or other entity in which you have direct or indirect investment power or authority, not later than two (2) business days after the transaction occurs. Transactions that are subject to the 2-day filing deadline include:

 

·                   option exercises of any type;

 

·                   purchases or sales of stock, regardless of whether the transactions occur in the open market or between you and the Company; and

 

·                   grants of stock options and restricted stock.

 

Section 16 Reporting Persons are personally responsible for complying with Section 16 reporting rules. The Company will continue to assist its officers and directors with their Section 16 filings (if you so request — see attached acknowledgment). Those who want the Company to continue to provide this assistance must follow all of the compliance procedures set forth below.  If you elect not to have the Company assist in the preparation and filing of your Section 16 reports, you must still comply with the pre-clearance procedures described in this memo. These procedures will help to promote compliance with the accelerated reporting requirements and to prevent inadvertent violations of the federal securities laws.

 

These procedures apply to any transaction effected by you, by any broker or plan administrator effecting transactions in the Company stock for your account and by family members or trusts that hold, purchase or sell Company stock that is attributed to you.  You are responsible for distributing this memorandum to those other persons (“Attributed Persons”) and ensuring that they comply with these procedures.

 



 

Special Pre-Clearance Procedures for Section 16 Reporting Persons

 

All transactions in Company Securities by Section 16 Reporting Persons and all transactions by Attributed Persons must be pre-approved by our Company Compliance Officer.  This procedure also requires advance approval of pre-arranged trading plans.  All requests for pre-clearance should be submitted to the Compliance Officer at least two (2) business days in advance of the proposed transaction. You are responsible for personally speaking with the Compliance Officer; if you leave a voicemail or email message and the Compliance Officer does not respond, you should follow-up to ensure that your message was received.

 

When you call for a pre-clearance, the Compliance Officer will require detailed information on the proposed transaction. This includes exactly how many shares are involved and, if stock options are involved, exactly which stock options are proposed to be exercised. You will also need to indicate the exact date the transaction is proposed to occur or other conditions to the transaction and you will need to provide contact information for the broker who will be responsible for the order.  Approval for a trade will remain effective for only a limited period to be communicated to you at the time you receive clearance.

 

Once a transaction is pre-cleared, you and the broker will need to remain in on-going contact with the Company in order to provide detailed transaction information. You, or the Attributed Person, will need to authorize the broker to provide information directly to the Company.

 

If you would like the Company to assist you in preparing and filing your Section 16 reporting forms, you will be required to sign a Power of Attorney, authorizing the Company representatives to act on your behalf. The Company will contact you if you elect to have the Company assist you in the preparation and filing of the Section 16 reports and the Company does not already have a valid Power of Attorney for this purpose. In executing the Power of Attorney, please understand that the Company will attempt to timely and accurately file Section 16 reporting forms on your behalf.  However, because of the short reporting deadlines, possible time zone differences and the Company’s need to rely on others, including brokers, the Company may not always be able to achieve that goal. The Company will take the steps it believes are appropriate to verify information before filing a Form 4, although there may be times that, in order to meet the filing deadline, we may file on your behalf without seeking your confirmation of the information reported.

 

Observe the Section 16 Liability Rules Applicable to Officers and Board Members and 10% Stockholders

 

If you are subject to reporting obligations under Section 16, you (and not the Company) are personally responsible for ensuring that your transactions do not give rise to “short swing” liability under Section 16.  The practical effect of these provisions is that officers and directors who purchase and sell, or sell and purchase, Company securities within a six-month period must disgorge all profits to the Company whether or not they had any nonpublic information at the time of the transactions.

 

Prohibition on Short Sales and Purchases, Puts and Calls

 

Neither you, your spouse, any immediate family member sharing your household, nor any trust, partnership or other entity in which you have direct or indirect investment power or authority, may sell any securities of the Company that are not owned by such person at the time of the sale ( a “short sale”).  Also, no such person may buy or sell puts, calls or other derivative securities of the Company at any time.

 

Individual Responsibility to Comply with Policy

 

Every officer and director has the individual responsibility to comply with this Policy.  Beyond the guidelines set forth in this Policy, appropriate judgment should be exercised in connection with any trade in the Company’s securities.  If you know or have reason to believe that the Company’s policy on insider trading or the special rules and trading procedures described above have been or are about to be violated, you should bring the actual or potential violation to the attention of the Compliance Officer.

 



 

Appointment and Duties of Compliance Officer

 

The Company has appointed Dan Moorhead as the Company’s Insider Trading Compliance Officer. The duties of the Insider Trading Compliance Officer include the following:

 

1.               Assisting in preparing and filing Section 16 reports.

 

2.               Serving as the designated recipient at the Company of copies of reports filed with the SEC by Section 16 Reporting Persons.

 

3.               To the extent the Insider Trading Compliance Officer deems necessary, mailing reminders to all Section 16 Reporting Persons regarding their obligation to report.

 

4.               Performing periodic cross-checks of available materials to determine trading activity by officers, directors and others who have or may have access to Inside Information.

 

5.               Circulating this Policy as described above.

 

6.               Coordinating compliance activities with respect to Rule 144 requirements.

 

7.               Reviewing Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans; waiving Trading Blackout rules for trades made in connection with such plans.

 

4.                                       Modifications and Waivers

 

The Company reserves the right to amend or modify the procedures set forth herein at any time.  Waiver of any provision of this policy statement in a specific instance may be authorized in writing by the Compliance Officer, and any such waiver shall be reported to the Board of Directors at its next regularly scheduled meeting.

 

5.                                       Inquiries

 

Please direct your questions as to any of the matters discussed in this memorandum to Dan Moorhead at +1 303 802 2415 or via email at dan.moorhead@evolving.com.

 



 

Evolving Systems, Inc.

Acknowledgment of Insider Trading Policy and Trading Blackout Policy

 

I hereby acknowledge that I have read, and that I understand, and that I agree to comply with, the Statement of Company Policy on Insider Trading and Trading Blackout Policy. I understand that, if I am an employee of the Company or one of its subsidiaries or affiliates, my failure to comply in all respects with the Company’s policy is a basis for termination of my employment.  I will instruct members of my immediate family and any other Attributed Persons as to these compliance procedures.

 

Date:

July 25, 2014

 

Signature:

/s/ JULIAN SINGER

 

Name:

Julian Singer

 

 



 

Exhibit B

 

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

 

This Indemnification Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated as this 25 th  day of July, 2014 is made by and between Evolving Systems, Inc ., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”) and Julian Singer (the “Indemnitee”).

 

RECITALS

 

A. The Corporation recognizes that competent and experienced persons willing to serve as observers to the board of directors of corporations desire to be protected by comprehensive liability insurance or indemnification, or both, due to increased exposure to litigation costs and risks resulting from their service to such corporations;

 

B. The Corporation believes that it is unfair for such persons to assume the risk of judgments and other expenses which may occur in cases in which such person received no personal profit and in cases where such person was not culpable;

 

C. The Corporation, after reasonable investigation, has determined that the liability insurance coverage presently available to the Corporation may be inadequate in certain circumstances to cover all possible exposure for which Indemnitee should be protected. The Corporation believes that the interests of the Corporation and its stockholders would best be served by a combination of such insurance and the indemnification by the Corporation of the Indemnitee;

 

D. The Corporation’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws each permit the Corporation to indemnify its directors, officers, employees and agents to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”).

 

E. Section 145 of the DGCL (“Section 145”), under which the Corporation is organized, empowers the Corporation to indemnify its officers, directors, employees and agents by agreement and to indemnify persons who serve, at the request of the Corporation, as the directors, officers, employees or agents of other corporations or enterprises, and expressly provides that the indemnification provided by Section 145 is not exclusive;

 

F. The Board of Directors has determined that contractual indemnification as set forth in this Agreement is not only reasonable and prudent but also promotes the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders;

 

G. The Corporation desires and has requested Indemnitee to serve or continue to serve as an observer to the board of directors of the Corporation and/or one or more subsidiaries or affiliates of the Corporation free from undue concern for unwarranted claims for damages arising out of or related to such services to the Corporation and/or one or more subsidiaries or affiliates of the Corporation; and

 

H. Indemnitee is willing to serve, continue to serve or to provide additional service for or on behalf of the Corporation on the condition that he or she is furnished the indemnity provided for in this Agreement.

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth below, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are acknowledged, the parties, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:

 



 

Section 1. Generally .

 

To the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware:

 

(a) The Corporation will indemnify Indemnitee if Indemnitee was or is 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, by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was or has agreed to serve at the request of the Corporation as a director, observer to the board of directors, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or while serving as a director, observer to the board of directors or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Corporation as a director, observer to the board of directors, officer, employee or agent (which, for purposes of this Agreement, will include a trustee, partner or manager or similar capacity) of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity (collectively, a “Claim”).

 

(b) The indemnification provided by this Section 1 will be from and against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with such Claim and any appeal therefrom, but will only be provided 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 Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action, suit or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful.

 

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1, in the case of any Claim by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director, observer to the board of directors, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or while serving as a director, observer to the board of directors or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Corporation as a director, observer to the board of directors, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, no indemnification will be made in respect of any Claim as to which Indemnitee will have been adjudged to be liable to the Corporation unless, and only to the extent that, the Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which such Claim was pending determines 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 Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court deems proper.

 

(d) The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, will not, of itself, create a presumption that 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 Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful.

 

Section 2. Successful Defense; Partial Indemnification . Indemnitee will be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), actually and reasonably incurred, to the extent that Indemnitee has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any Claim. For purposes of this Agreement and without limiting the foregoing, if any Claim is disposed of, on the merits or otherwise (including a disposition without prejudice), without (a) the disposition being adverse to Indemnitee, (b) an adjudication that Indemnitee was liable to the Corporation, (c) a plea of guilty or nolo contendere by Indemnitee, (d) an adjudication that Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and (e) with respect to any criminal proceeding, an adjudication that Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful, Indemnitee will be considered to have been wholly successful with respect to his or her defense of such Claim.

 

If Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this Agreement to indemnification by the Corporation for some or a portion of the expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines or amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with any Claim, or in defense of any Claim, and any appeal therefrom but not, however, for the total amount of such Claim, the Corporation will

 



 

nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee for the portion of such expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines or amounts paid in settlement to which Indemnitee is entitled.

 

Section 3. Determination That Indemnification Is Proper . Any indemnification under this Agreement will (unless otherwise ordered by a court) be made by the Corporation unless a determination is made that indemnification of such person is not proper in the circumstances because he or she has not met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 1(b).  Any such determination will be made in accordance with Section 5 and (a) by a majority vote of the directors who are not and were not parties to, or threatened to be made a party to, the Claim in question (“disinterested directors”), even if less than a quorum, (b) by a majority vote of a committee of disinterested directors designated by majority vote of disinterested directors, even if less than a quorum, (c) by a majority vote of a quorum of the outstanding shares of stock of all classes entitled to vote on the matter, voting as a single class, which quorum will consist of stockholders who are not at that time parties to the action, suit or proceeding in question, (d) by one independent legal counsel (regardless whether indemnification is sought by one or more than one director or officer), or (e) by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided, however, that if a Change in Control will have occurred or indemnification is sought in connection with a Company Authorized Proceeding, an indemnification determination under this Agreement will be made by the independent legal counsel in a written opinion to the Board of Directors, a copy of which will be delivered to Indemnitee, or by a court of competent jurisdiction if no independent legal counsel is timely selected or is willing or able to act.

 

Section 4. Advance Payment of Expenses; Notification and Defense of Claim .

 

(a) Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by Indemnitee in defending a Claim, or in connection with an enforcement action pursuant to Section 5(b), will be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Corporation of (i) a statement or statements from Indemnitee requesting such advance or advances from time to time, and (ii) an undertaking by or on behalf of Indemnitee to repay such amount or amounts, only if, and to the extent that, it ultimately is determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized by this Agreement or otherwise.  Such undertaking will be accepted without reference to the financial ability of Indemnitee to make such repayment. Advances will be unsecured and interest-free.

 

(b) Promptly after receipt by Indemnitee of notice of the commencement of any Claim, Indemnitee will, if a claim thereof is to be made against the Corporation, notify the Corporation of the commencement of the Claim.  The failure to promptly notify the Corporation of the commencement of the Claim, or Indemnitee’s request for indemnification, will not relieve the Corporation from any liability that it may have to Indemnitee under this Agreement, except to the extent the Corporation is prejudiced in its defense of such Claim as a result of such failure.

 

(c) In the event the Corporation is obligated to pay the expenses of Indemnitee with respect to an Claim, as provided in this Agreement, the Corporation, if appropriate, will be entitled to assume the defense of such action, suit or proceeding, with counsel reasonably acceptable to 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 Corporation, the Corporation will not be liable to Indemnitee under this Agreement for any fees of counsel subsequently incurred by Indemnitee with respect to the same Claim, provided that (i) Indemnitee will have the right to employ Indemnitee’s own counsel in such Claim at Indemnitee’s expense and (ii) if (1) the employment of counsel by Indemnitee has been previously authorized in writing by the Corporation, (2) counsel to the Corporation has reasonably concluded that there may be a conflict of interest or position, or reasonably believes that a conflict is likely to arise, on any significant issue between the Corporation and Indemnitee in the conduct of any such defense, or (3) the Corporation has not, in fact, employed counsel to assume the defense of such Claim, then the fees and expenses of Indemnitee’s counsel will be at the expense of the Corporation, except as otherwise expressly provided by this Agreement.  The Corporation will not be entitled, without the consent of Indemnitee, to assume the defense of any claim brought by or in the right of the Corporation or as to which counsel for the Corporation will have reasonably made the conclusion provided for in clause (2) above.

 



 

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of Indemnitee’s corporate status with respect to the Corporation or any corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise which Indemnitee is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Corporation, a witness or otherwise participates in any action, suit or proceeding at a time when Indemnitee is not a party in the Claim, the Corporation will indemnify Indemnitee against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with such Claim.

 

Section 5. Procedure for Indemnification

 

(a) To obtain indemnification, Indemnitee will promptly submit to the Corporation a written request, including such documentation and information as is reasonably available to Indemnitee and is reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what extent Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification. The Corporation will, promptly upon receipt of such a request for indemnification, advise the Board of Directors in writing that Indemnitee has requested indemnification.  Indemnitee will reasonably cooperate with the person, persons or entity making such determination with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification.  Any expenses incurred by Indemnitee in so cooperating will be borne by the Corporation (irrespective of the determination as to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification) and the Corporation will indemnify and hold Indemnitee harmless therefrom.

 

(b) The Corporation’s determination whether to grant Indemnitee’s indemnification request will be made promptly, and in any event within 60 days following receipt of a request for indemnification pursuant to Section 5(a). The right to indemnification as granted by Section 1 of this Agreement will be enforceable by Indemnitee in any court of competent jurisdiction if the Corporation denies such request, in whole or in part, or fails to respond within such 60-day period.  It will be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for the advance of costs, charges and expenses under Section 4 where the required undertaking, if any, has been received by the Corporation) that Indemnitee has not met the standard of conduct set forth in Section 1, but the burden of proving such defense by clear and convincing evidence will be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors or one of its committees, its independent legal counsel, and its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of Indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 1, nor the fact that there has been an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors or one of its committees, its independent legal counsel, and its stockholders) that Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, will be a defense to the action or create a presumption that Indemnitee has or has not met the applicable standard of conduct.  The Indemnitee’s expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in connection with successfully establishing Indemnitee’s right to indemnification, in whole or in part, in any such Claim will also be indemnified by the Corporation.

 

(c) The Indemnitee will be presumed to be entitled to indemnification under this Agreement upon submission of a request for indemnification pursuant to this Section 5, and the Corporation will have the burden of proof in overcoming that presumption in reaching a determination contrary to that presumption.  Such presumption will be used as a basis for a determination of entitlement to indemnification unless the Corporation overcomes such presumption by clear and convincing evidence.

 

(d) If it is determined that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, payment will be timely made after that determination.

 

(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no determination as to entitlement to indemnification under this Agreement will be required to be made prior to a judgment or pending settlement in the action, suit or proceeding.

 

Section 6. Insurance and Subrogation .

 

(a) The Corporation will use commercially reasonable efforts to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of Indemnitee, in his capacity as an observer to the board of directors of the Corporation and any other capacity for

 



 

which he may be entitled to indemnification hereunder, against any liability asserted against, and incurred by, Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in any such capacity, or arising out of Indemnitee’s status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify Indemnitee against such liability under the provisions of this Agreement. If the Corporation has such insurance in effect at the time the Corporation receives from Indemnitee any notice of the commencement of a proceeding, the Corporation will give prompt notice of the commencement of such proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the policy.  The Corporation will thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of the Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policy.

 

(b) In the event of any payment by the Corporation under this Agreement, the Corporation will be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee with respect to any insurance policy, who will execute all papers required and take all action necessary to secure such rights, including execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Corporation to bring suit to enforce such rights in accordance with the terms of such insurance policy. The Corporation will pay or reimburse all expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with such subrogation.

 

(c) The Corporation will not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment of amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder (including, but not limited to, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, and amounts paid in settlement) if and to the extent that Indemnitee has otherwise actually received such payment under this Agreement or any insurance policy, contract, agreement or otherwise.

 

Section 7. Certain Definitions . For purposes of this Agreement, the following definitions will apply:

 

(a) The term “Claim” will be broadly construed and will include, without limitation, the investigation, preparation, prosecution, defense, settlement, arbitration and appeal of, and the giving of testimony in, any threatened, pending or completed claim, action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative.

 

(b) The term “by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director, observer to the board of directors, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or while serving as a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise” will be broadly construed and will include, without limitation, any actual or alleged act or omission to act.

 

(c) The term “expenses” will be broadly and reasonably construed and will include, without limitation, all direct and indirect costs of any type or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, all attorneys’ fees and related disbursements, appeal bonds, other out-of-pocket costs and reasonable compensation for time spent by Indemnitee for which Indemnitee is not otherwise compensated by the Corporation or any third party, provided that the rate of compensation and estimated time involved is approved by the Board of Directors, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld), actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with either the investigation, defense or appeal of a proceeding or establishing or enforcing a right to indemnification under this Agreement, Section 145 of the DGCL or otherwise.

 

(d) The term “judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement” will be broadly construed and will include, without limitation, all direct and indirect payments of any type or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, all penalties and amounts required to be forfeited or reimbursed to the Corporation), as well as any penalties or excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan.

 

(e) The term “Corporation” will include, without limitation and in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, will stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving

 



 

corporation as he or she would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.

 

(f) The term “other enterprises” will include, without limitation, employee benefit plans.

 

(g) The term “serving at the request of the Corporation” will include, without limitation, any service as a director, observer to the board of directors, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, observer to the board of directors, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries.

 

(h) A person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan will be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation” as referred to in this Agreement.

 

(i) “Independent legal counsel” means a law firm, or a member of a law firm, that is experienced in matters of corporation law and neither is, nor in the past five years has been retained to represent:  (i) the Corporation, the Indemnitee or one of the other directors of the Corporation in any matter material to any such party, or (ii) any other party to the action, suit or proceeding giving rise to a claim for indemnification under this Agreement.  Independent legal counsel will be selected by the Corporation, with the approval of Indemnitee, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld; provided, however, that the independent legal counsel will be selected by Indemnitee, with the approval of the Board of Directors, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld (i) from and after the occurrence of a Change in Control, and (ii) in connection with an action, suit or proceeding by or in the right of the Corporation authorized or not disapproved by the Board of Directors alleging claims against Indemnitee that, if sustained, reasonably might give rise to a judgment for money damages of more than $500,000 and/or injunctive relief (“Company Authorized Proceeding”).  Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, if Indemnitee and the Corporation are unable to agree with reasonable promptness on the selection of the independent legal counsel, such counsel will be selected by lot from among the ten (10) law firms, which, according to publicly available sources, have the most lawyers practicing in offices located in Colorado or Delaware.  The Corporation will contact these law firms in order of their selection by lot, requesting each such firm to accept an engagement until one of such firms qualifies hereunder and accepts the engagement.  The fees and costs of independent legal counsel will be paid by the Corporation.

 

(j) “Change in Control” means a “Change of Control” as defined in the Corporation’s Amended and Restated 2007 Stock Incentive Plan.

 

Section 8. Limitation on Indemnification .  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Corporation will not be obligated pursuant to this Agreement:

 

(a)  Claims Initiated by Indemnitee . To indemnify or advance expenses to Indemnitee with respect to a Claim (or part thereof) initiated by Indemnitee, except with respect to a Claim brought to establish or enforce a right to indemnification (which will be governed by the provisions of Section 8(b) of this Agreement), unless such action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or consented to by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

 

(b)  Action for Indemnification . To indemnify Indemnitee for any expenses incurred by Indemnitee with respect to any Claim instituted by Indemnitee to enforce or interpret this Agreement, unless Indemnitee is successful in establishing Indemnitee’s right to indemnification in such Claim, in whole or in part, or unless and to the extent that the court in such action, suit or proceeding will determine that, despite Indemnitee’s failure to establish Indemnitee’s right to indemnification, Indemnitee is entitled to indemnity for such expenses; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 8(b) is intended to limit the Corporation’s obligation with respect to the advancement of expenses to Indemnitee in connection with any such Claim instituted by Indemnitee to enforce or interpret this Agreement, as provided in Section 4.

 

(c)  Certain Exchange Act Claims . To indemnify Indemnitee on account of any proceeding with respect to which final judgment is rendered against Indemnitee for (i) payment or an accounting of profits arising from the purchase or

 



 

sale by Indemnitee of securities in violation of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any similar successor statute; or (ii) any reimbursement of the Corporation by Indemnitee of any bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based compensation or of any profits realized by Indemnitee from the sale of securities of the Corporation, as required in each case under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (including any such reimbursements that arise from an accounting restatement of the Corporation pursuant to Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”) or Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, or the payment to the Corporation of profits arising from the purchase and sale by Indemnitee of securities in violation of Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act); provided, however, that to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any such proceeding will be advanced and deemed to be expenses that are subject to indemnification under this Agreement.

 

(d)  Non-compete and Non-disclosure .  To indemnify Indemnitee in connection with proceedings or claims involving the enforcement of non-compete and/or non-disclosure agreements or the non-compete and/or non-disclosure provisions of employment, consulting or similar agreements the Indemnitee may be a party to with the Corporation, or any subsidiary of the Corporation or any other applicable foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, if any.

 

Section 9. Certain Settlement Provisions . The Corporation will have no obligation to indemnify Indemnitee under this Agreement for amounts paid in settlement of any Claim without the Corporation’s prior written consent, which will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.  The Corporation will not settle any Claim in any manner that would impose any fine or other obligation on Indemnitee without Indemnitee’s prior written consent, which will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

 

Section 10. Savings Clause . If any provision or provisions of this Agreement is invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Corporation will nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee as to costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any Claim, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the Corporation, to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Agreement that will not have been invalidated and to the full extent permitted by applicable law.

 

Section 11. Contribution .  In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to Indemnitee in whole or in part, it is agreed that, in such event, the Corporation will, to the fullest extent permitted by law, contribute to the payment of Indemnitee’s costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any Claim in an amount that is just and equitable in the circumstances, taking into account, among other things, contributions by other directors and officers of the Corporation or others pursuant to indemnification agreements or otherwise; provided, that, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such contribution will not be required where such holding by the court is due to (a) the failure of Indemnitee to meet the standard of conduct set forth in Section 1 hereof, or (b) any limitation on indemnification set forth in Section 6(d), 8 or 9 hereof.

 

Section 12. Form and Delivery of Communications . Any notice, request or other communication required or permitted to be given to the parties under this Agreement will be in writing and either delivered in person or sent by telecopy, telex, telegram, overnight mail or courier service, or certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, to the parties at the following addresses (or at such other addresses for a party as will be specified by like notice):

 



 

If to the Corporation:

 

Chief Executive Officer

Evolving Systems, Inc.

9777 Pyramid Ct.

Suite 100

Englewood, CO 80112

 

If to Indemnitee:

 

Julian Singer

2200 Fletcher Ave.

5th Floor

Fort Lee, NJ 07624

 

Section 13. Subsequent Legislation . If the DGCL is amended after adoption of this Agreement to expand further the indemnification permitted to directors or officers, then the Corporation will indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of Delaware, as so amended.

 

Section 14. Non-exclusivity . The provisions for indemnification and advancement of expenses set forth in this Agreement will not be deemed exclusive of any other rights which Indemnitee may have under any provision of law, the Corporation’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, in any court in which a proceeding is brought, the vote of the Corporation’s stockholders or disinterested directors, other agreements or otherwise.  The exercise of any right or remedy under this Agreement, or otherwise, will not prevent the concurrent exercise of any other right or remedy.  Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement will continue after Indemnitee has ceased acting as an observer to the board of directors of the Corporation and will inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of Indemnitee.  However, no amendment or alteration of the Corporation’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws or any other agreement will adversely affect the rights provided to Indemnitee under this Agreement.

 

Section 15. Enforcement . The Corporation will be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding that the procedures and presumptions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable. The Corporation agrees that its execution of this Agreement will constitute a stipulation by which it will be irrevocably bound in any court of competent jurisdiction in which a proceeding by Indemnitee for enforcement of Indemnitee’s rights will have been commenced, continued or appealed, that its obligations set forth in this Agreement are unique and special, and that failure of the Corporation to comply with the provisions of this Agreement will cause irreparable and irremediable injury to Indemnitee, for which a remedy at law will be inadequate. As a result, in addition to any other right or remedy Indemnitee may have at law or in equity with respect to breach of this Agreement, Indemnitee will be entitled to seek injunctive or mandatory relief directing specific performance by the Corporation of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

Section 16. Interpretation of Agreement .  It is understood that the parties hereto intend this Agreement to be interpreted and enforced so as to provide indemnification to Indemnitee to the fullest extent now or later permitted by law.

 

Section 17. Entire Agreement . This Agreement and the documents expressly referred to in this Agreement constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the matters described, and any other prior or contemporaneous oral or written understandings or agreements with respect to the matters covered by this Agreement are expressly superceded by this Agreement.

 

Section 18. Modification and Waiver .  No supplement, modification or amendment of this Agreement will be binding unless executed in writing by both of the parties.  No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement will be deemed or will constitute a waiver of any other provision (whether or not similar) nor will such waiver constitute a continuing waiver.

 



 

Section 19. Successor and Assigns .  All of the terms and provisions of this Agreement will be binding upon, will inure to the benefit of and will be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors, assigns, heirs, executors, administrators and legal representatives. The Corporation will require and cause any direct or indirect successor (whether by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Corporation, by written agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Indemnitee, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Corporation would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place.

 

Section 20. Supercedes Prior Agreement . This Agreement supercedes any prior indemnification agreement between Indemnitee and the Corporation or its predecessors.

 

Section 21. Governing Law & Venue .  This Agreement will be governed exclusively by and construed according to the laws of the State of Delaware, as applied to contracts between Delaware residents entered into and to be performed entirely within Delaware.  The Corporation and Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (i) agree that any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement will be brought only in the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware (the “Delaware Court”), and not in any other state or federal court in the United States of America or any court in any other country, (ii) consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Court for purposes of any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, (iii) waive any objection to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in the Delaware Court, and (iv) waive, and agree not to plead or to make, any claim that any such action or proceeding brought in the Delaware Court has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum.  If it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the provisions of the law of any state other than Delaware govern indemnification by the Corporation of its officers and directors, then the indemnification provided under this Agreement will in all instances be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted under such law, notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary.

 

Section 22. Employment Rights . Nothing in this Agreement is intended to create in Indemnitee any right to employment or continued employment.

 

Section 23. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed to be an original and all of which together will be deemed to be one and the same instrument, notwithstanding that both parties are not signatories to the original or same counterpart.  Electronic copies (e.g. PDF) of this Agreement may serve as originals.

 

Section 24. Headings . The section and subsection headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and will not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

Signature page follows.

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered to be effective as of the date first above written.

 

EVOLVING SYSTEMS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ THADDEUS DUPPER

 

Thaddeus Dupper, CEO & Chairman of the Board

 

 

 

INDEMNITEE

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ JULIAN SINGER

 

Julian Singer

 

 


EXHIBIT 10.2

 

FORM OF INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

 

This Indemnification Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated as of this            day of                    , 20     is made by and between Evolving Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”) and                                   (the “Indemnitee”).

 

RECITALS

 

A. The Corporation recognizes that competent and experienced persons willing to serve as directors, observers to the board of directors (collectively, “directors”) or officers of corporations desire to be protected by comprehensive liability insurance or indemnification, or both, due to increased exposure to litigation costs and risks resulting from their service to such corporations;

 

B. The Corporation believes that it is unfair for its directors and officers to assume the risk of judgments and other expenses which may occur in cases in which the director or officer received no personal profit and in cases where the director or officer was not culpable;

 

C. The Corporation, after reasonable investigation, has determined that the liability insurance coverage presently available to the Corporation may be inadequate in certain circumstances to cover all possible exposure for which Indemnitee should be protected.  The Corporation believes that the interests of the Corporation and its stockholders would best be served by a combination of such insurance and the indemnification by the Corporation of the directors and officers of the Corporation;

 

D. The Corporation’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws each permit the Corporation to indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”).

 

E. Section 145 of the DGCL (“Section 145”), under which the Corporation is organized, empowers the Corporation to indemnify its officers, directors, employees and agents by agreement and to indemnify persons who serve, at the request of the Corporation, as the directors, officers, employees or agents of other corporations or enterprises, and expressly provides that the indemnification provided by Section 145 is not exclusive;

 

F. The Board of Directors has determined that contractual indemnification as set forth in this Agreement is not only reasonable and prudent but also promotes the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders;

 

G.  The Corporation desires and has requested Indemnitee to serve or continue to serve as a director or officer of the Corporation and/or one or more subsidiaries or affiliates of the Corporation free from undue concern for unwarranted claims for damages arising out of or related to such services to the Corporation and/or one or more subsidiaries or affiliates of the Corporation; and

 

H. Indemnitee is willing to serve, continue to serve or to provide additional service for or on behalf of the Corporation on the condition that he or she is furnished the indemnity provided for in this Agreement.

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth below, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are acknowledged, the parties, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:

 



 

Section 1. Generally .

 

To the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware:

 

(a) The Corporation will indemnify Indemnitee if Indemnitee was or is 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, by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was or has agreed to serve at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or while serving as a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent (which, for purposes of this Agreement, will include a trustee, partner or manager or similar capacity) of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity (collectively, a “Claim”).

 

(b) The indemnification provided by this Section 1 will be from and against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with such Claim and any appeal therefrom, but will only be provided 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 Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action, suit or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful.

 

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1, in the case of any Claim by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or while serving as a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, no indemnification will be made in respect of any Claim as to which Indemnitee will have been adjudged to be liable to the Corporation unless, and only to the extent that, the Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which such Claim was pending determines 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 Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court deems proper.

 

(d) The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, will not, of itself, create a presumption that 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 Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful.

 

Section 2. Successful Defense; Partial Indemnification .  Indemnitee will be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), actually and reasonably incurred, to the extent that Indemnitee has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any Claim. For purposes of this Agreement and without limiting the foregoing, if any Claim is disposed of, on the merits or otherwise (including a disposition without prejudice), without (a) the disposition being adverse to Indemnitee, (b) an adjudication that Indemnitee was liable to the Corporation, (c) a plea of guilty or nolo contendere by Indemnitee, (d) an adjudication that Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and (e) with respect to any criminal proceeding, an adjudication that Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful, Indemnitee will be considered to have been wholly successful with respect to his or her defense of such Claim.

 

If Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this Agreement to indemnification by the Corporation for some or a portion of the expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines or amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with any Claim, or in defense of any Claim, and any appeal therefrom but not, however, for the total amount of such Claim, the Corporation will nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee for the portion of such expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines or amounts paid in settlement to which Indemnitee is entitled.

 



 

Section 3. Determination That Indemnification Is Proper . Any indemnification under this Agreement will (unless otherwise ordered by a court) be made by the Corporation unless a determination is made that indemnification of such person is not proper in the circumstances because he or she has not met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 1(b).  Any such determination will be made in accordance with Section 5 and (a) by a majority vote of the directors who are not and were not parties to, or threatened to be made a party to, the Claim in question (“disinterested directors”), even if less than a quorum, (b) by a majority vote of a committee of disinterested directors designated by majority vote of disinterested directors, even if less than a quorum, (c) by a majority vote of a quorum of the outstanding shares of stock of all classes entitled to vote on the matter, voting as a single class, which quorum will consist of stockholders who are not at that time parties to the action, suit or proceeding in question, (d) by one independent legal counsel (regardless whether indemnification is sought by one or more than one director or officer), or (e) by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided, however, that if a Change in Control will have occurred or indemnification is sought in connection with a Company Authorized Proceeding, an indemnification determination under this Agreement will be made by the independent legal counsel in a written opinion to the Board of Directors, a copy of which will be delivered to Indemnitee, or by a court of competent jurisdiction if no independent legal counsel is timely selected or is willing or able to act.

 

Section 4. Advance Payment of Expenses; Notification and Defense of Claim .

 

(a) Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by Indemnitee in defending a Claim, or in connection with an enforcement action pursuant to Section 5(b), will be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Corporation of (i) a statement or statements from Indemnitee requesting such advance or advances from time to time, and (ii) an undertaking by or on behalf of Indemnitee to repay such amount or amounts, only if, and to the extent that, it ultimately is determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized by this Agreement or otherwise.  Such undertaking will be accepted without reference to the financial ability of Indemnitee to make such repayment. Advances will be unsecured and interest-free.

 

(b) Promptly after receipt by Indemnitee of notice of the commencement of any Claim, Indemnitee will, if a claim thereof is to be made against the Corporation, notify the Corporation of the commencement of the Claim.  The failure to promptly notify the Corporation of the commencement of the Claim, or Indemnitee’s request for indemnification, will not relieve the Corporation from any liability that it may have to Indemnitee under this Agreement, except to the extent the Corporation is prejudiced in its defense of such Claim as a result of such failure.

 

(c) In the event the Corporation is obligated to pay the expenses of Indemnitee with respect to an Claim, as provided in this Agreement, the Corporation, if appropriate, will be entitled to assume the defense of such action, suit or proceeding, with counsel reasonably acceptable to 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 Corporation, the Corporation will not be liable to Indemnitee under this Agreement for any fees of counsel subsequently incurred by Indemnitee with respect to the same Claim, provided that (i) Indemnitee will have the right to employ Indemnitee’s own counsel in such Claim at Indemnitee’s expense and (ii) if (1) the employment of counsel by Indemnitee has been previously authorized in writing by the Corporation, (2) counsel to the Corporation has reasonably concluded that there may be a conflict of interest or position, or reasonably believes that a conflict is likely to arise, on any significant issue between the Corporation and Indemnitee in the conduct of any such defense, or (3) the Corporation has not, in fact, have employed counsel to assume the defense of such Claim, then the fees and expenses of Indemnitee’s counsel will be at the expense of the Corporation, except as otherwise expressly provided by this Agreement.  The Corporation will not be entitled, without the consent of Indemnitee, to assume the defense of any claim brought by or in the right of the Corporation or as to which counsel for the Corporation will have reasonably made the conclusion provided for in clause (2) above.

 

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of Indemnitee’s corporate status with respect to the Corporation or any corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise which Indemnitee is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Corporation, a witness or otherwise participates in any action, suit or proceeding at a

 



 

time when Indemnitee is not a party in the Claim, the Corporation will indemnify Indemnitee against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with such Claim.

 

Section 5. Procedure for Indemnification

 

(a) To obtain indemnification, Indemnitee will promptly submit to the Corporation a written request, including such documentation and information as is reasonably available to Indemnitee and is reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what extent Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification. The Corporation will, promptly upon receipt of such a request for indemnification, advise the Board of Directors in writing that Indemnitee has requested indemnification.  Indemnitee will reasonably cooperate with the person, persons or entity making such determination with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification.  Any expenses incurred by Indemnitee in so cooperating will be borne by the Corporation (irrespective of the determination as to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification) and the Corporation will indemnify and hold Indemnitee harmless therefrom.

 

(b) The Corporation’s determination whether to grant Indemnitee’s indemnification request will be made promptly, and in any event within 60 days following receipt of a request for indemnification pursuant to Section 5(a). The right to indemnification as granted by Section 1 of this Agreement will be enforceable by Indemnitee in any court of competent jurisdiction if the Corporation denies such request, in whole or in part, or fails to respond within such 60-day period.  It will be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for the advance of costs, charges and expenses under Section 4 where the required undertaking, if any, has been received by the Corporation) that Indemnitee has not met the standard of conduct set forth in Section 1, but the burden of proving such defense by clear and convincing evidence will be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors or one of its committees, its independent legal counsel, and its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of Indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 1, nor the fact that there has been an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors or one of its committees, its independent legal counsel, and its stockholders) that Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, will be a defense to the action or create a presumption that Indemnitee has or has not met the applicable standard of conduct.  The Indemnitee’s expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in connection with successfully establishing Indemnitee’s right to indemnification, in whole or in part, in any such Claim will also be indemnified by the Corporation.

 

(c) The Indemnitee will be presumed to be entitled to indemnification under this Agreement upon submission of a request for indemnification pursuant to this Section 5, and the Corporation will have the burden of proof in overcoming that presumption in reaching a determination contrary to that presumption.  Such presumption will be used as a basis for a determination of entitlement to indemnification unless the Corporation overcomes such presumption by clear and convincing evidence.

 

(d) If it is determined that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, payment will be timely made after that determination.

 

(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no determination as to entitlement to indemnification under this Agreement will be required to be made prior to a judgment or pending settlement in the action, suit or proceeding.

 

Section 6. Insurance and Subrogation .

 

(a) The Corporation will use commercially reasonable efforts to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of Indemnitee who is or was or has agreed to serve at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer of the Corporation, and may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of Indemnitee who is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise against any liability asserted against, and incurred by, Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in any such capacity, or arising out of Indemnitee’s status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify Indemnitee against such liability under the provisions

 



 

of this Agreement. If the Corporation has such insurance in effect at the time the Corporation receives from Indemnitee any notice of the commencement of a proceeding, the Corporation will give prompt notice of the commencement of such proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the policy.  The Corporation will thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of the Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policy.

 

(b) In the event of any payment by the Corporation under this Agreement, the Corporation will be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee with respect to any insurance policy, who will execute all papers required and take all action necessary to secure such rights, including execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Corporation to bring suit to enforce such rights in accordance with the terms of such insurance policy. The Corporation will pay or reimburse all expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with such subrogation.

 

(c) The Corporation will not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment of amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder (including, but not limited to, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, and amounts paid in settlement) if and to the extent that Indemnitee has otherwise actually received such payment under this Agreement or any insurance policy, contract, agreement or otherwise.

 

Section 7. Certain Definitions . For purposes of this Agreement, the following definitions will apply:

 

(a) The term “Claim” will be broadly construed and will include, without limitation, the investigation, preparation, prosecution, defense, settlement, arbitration and appeal of, and the giving of testimony in, any threatened, pending or completed claim, action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative.

 

(b) The term “by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or while serving as a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise” will be broadly construed and will include, without limitation, any actual or alleged act or omission to act.

 

(c) The term “expenses” will be broadly and reasonably construed and will include, without limitation, all direct and indirect costs of any type or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, all attorneys’ fees and related disbursements, appeal bonds, other out-of-pocket costs and reasonable compensation for time spent by Indemnitee for which Indemnitee is not otherwise compensated by the Corporation or any third party, provided that the rate of compensation and estimated time involved is approved by the Board of Directors, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld), actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with either the investigation, defense or appeal of a proceeding or establishing or enforcing a right to indemnification under this Agreement, Section 145 of the DGCL or otherwise.

 

(d) The term “judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement” will be broadly construed and will include, without limitation, all direct and indirect payments of any type or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, all penalties and amounts required to be forfeited or reimbursed to the Corporation), as well as any penalties or excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan.

 

(e) The term “Corporation” will include, without limitation and in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, will stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he or she would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.

 

(f) The term “other enterprises” will include, without limitation, employee benefit plans.

 



 

(g) The term “serving at the request of the Corporation” will include, without limitation, any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries.

 

(h) A person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan will be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation” as referred to in this Agreement.

 

(i) “Independent legal counsel” means a law firm, or a member of a law firm, that is experienced in matters of corporation law and neither is, nor in the past five years has been retained to represent:  (i) the Corporation, the Indemnitee or one of the other directors of the Corporation in any matter material to any such party, or (ii) any other party to the action, suit or proceeding giving rise to a claim for indemnification under this Agreement.  Independent legal counsel will be selected by the Corporation, with the approval of Indemnitee, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld; provided, however, that the independent legal counsel will be selected by Indemnitee, with the approval of the Board of Directors, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld (i) from and after the occurrence of a Change in Control, and (ii) in connection with an action, suit or proceeding by or in the right of the Corporation authorized or not disapproved by the Board of Directors alleging claims against Indemnitee that, if sustained, reasonably might give rise to a judgment for money damages of more than $500,000 and/or injunctive relief (“Company Authorized Proceeding”).  Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, if Indemnitee and the Corporation are unable to agree with reasonable promptness on the selection of the independent legal counsel, such counsel will be selected by lot from among the ten (10) law firms, which, according to publicly available sources, have the most lawyers practicing in offices located in Colorado or Delaware.  The Corporation will contact these law firms in order of their selection by lot, requesting each such firm to accept an engagement until one of such firms qualifies hereunder and accepts the engagement.  The fees and costs of independent legal counsel will be paid by the Corporation.

 

(j) “Change in Control” means a “Change of Control” as defined in the Corporation’s Amended and Restated 2007 Stock Incentive Plan.

 

Section 8. Limitation on Indemnification .  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Corporation will not be obligated pursuant to this Agreement:

 

(a)  Claims Initiated by Indemnitee . To indemnify or advance expenses to Indemnitee with respect to a Claim (or part thereof) initiated by Indemnitee, except with respect to a Claim brought to establish or enforce a right to indemnification (which will be governed by the provisions of Section 8(b) of this Agreement), unless such action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or consented to by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

 

(b)  Action for Indemnification . To indemnify Indemnitee for any expenses incurred by Indemnitee with respect to any Claim instituted by Indemnitee to enforce or interpret this Agreement, unless Indemnitee is successful in establishing Indemnitee’s right to indemnification in such Claim, in whole or in part, or unless and to the extent that the court in such action, suit or proceeding will determine that, despite Indemnitee’s failure to establish Indemnitee’s right to indemnification, Indemnitee is entitled to indemnity for such expenses; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 8(b) is intended to limit the Corporation’s obligation with respect to the advancement of expenses to Indemnitee in connection with any such Claim instituted by Indemnitee to enforce or interpret this Agreement, as provided in Section 4.

 

(c)  Certain Exchange Act Claims . To indemnify Indemnitee on account of any proceeding with respect to which final judgment is rendered against Indemnitee for (i) payment or an accounting of profits arising from the purchase or sale by Indemnitee of securities in violation of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any similar successor statute; or (ii) any reimbursement of the Corporation by Indemnitee of any bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based compensation or of any profits realized by Indemnitee from the sale of securities of the Corporation, as required in each case under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (including any such reimbursements that arise from an accounting restatement of the Corporation pursuant to Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”) or Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and

 



 

Consumer Protection Act, or the payment to the Corporation of profits arising from the purchase and sale by Indemnitee of securities in violation of Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act); provided, however, that to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any such proceeding will be advanced and deemed to be expenses that are subject to indemnification under this Agreement.

 

(d)  Non-compete and Non-disclosure .  To indemnify Indemnitee in connection with proceedings or claims involving the enforcement of non-compete and/or non-disclosure agreements or the non-compete and/or non-disclosure provisions of employment, consulting or similar agreements the Indemnitee may be a party to with the Corporation, or any subsidiary of the Corporation or any other applicable foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, if any.

 

Section 9. Certain Settlement Provisions . The Corporation will have no obligation to indemnify Indemnitee under this Agreement for amounts paid in settlement of any Claim without the Corporation’s prior written consent, which will not be unreasonably withheld.  The Corporation will not settle any Claim in any manner that would impose any fine or other obligation on Indemnitee without Indemnitee’s prior written consent, which will not be unreasonably withheld.

 

Section 10. Savings Clause . If any provision or provisions of this Agreement is invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Corporation will nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee as to costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any Claim, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the Corporation, to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Agreement that will not have been invalidated and to the full extent permitted by applicable law.

 

Section 11. Contribution .  In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to Indemnitee in whole or in part, it is agreed that, in such event, the Corporation will, to the fullest extent permitted by law, contribute to the payment of Indemnitee’s costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any Claim in an amount that is just and equitable in the circumstances, taking into account, among other things, contributions by other directors and officers of the Corporation or others pursuant to indemnification agreements or otherwise; provided, that, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such contribution will not be required where such holding by the court is due to (a) the failure of Indemnitee to meet the standard of conduct set forth in Section 1 hereof, or (b) any limitation on indemnification set forth in Section 6(d), 8 or 9 hereof.

 

Section 12. Form and Delivery of Communications . Any notice, request or other communication required or permitted to be given to the parties under this Agreement will be in writing and either delivered in person or sent by telecopy, telex, telegram, overnight mail or courier service, or certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, to the parties at the following addresses (or at such other addresses for a party as will be specified by like notice):

 

If to the Corporation:

 

Chief Executive Officer

Evolving Systems, Inc.

9777 Pyramid Ct.

Suite 100

Englewood, CO 80112

 

If to Indemnitee:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Section 13. Subsequent Legislation . If the DGCL is amended after adoption of this Agreement to expand further the indemnification permitted to directors or officers, then the Corporation will indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of Delaware, as so amended.

 

Section 14. Non-exclusivity .  The provisions for indemnification and advancement of expenses set forth in this Agreement will not be deemed exclusive of any other rights which Indemnitee may have under any provision of law, the Corporation’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, in any court in which a proceeding is brought, the vote of the Corporation’s stockholders or disinterested directors, other agreements or otherwise.  The exercise of any right or remedy under this Agreement, or otherwise, will not prevent the concurrent exercise of any other right or remedy.  Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement will continue after Indemnitee has ceased acting as an agent of the Corporation and will inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of Indemnitee.  However, no amendment or alteration of the Corporation’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws or any other agreement will adversely affect the rights provided to Indemnitee under this Agreement.

 

Section 15. Enforcement .  The Corporation will be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding that the procedures and presumptions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable. The Corporation agrees that its execution of this Agreement will constitute a stipulation by which it will be irrevocably bound in any court of competent jurisdiction in which a proceeding by Indemnitee for enforcement of Indemnitee’s rights will have been commenced, continued or appealed, that its obligations set forth in this Agreement are unique and special, and that failure of the Corporation to comply with the provisions of this Agreement will cause irreparable and irremediable injury to Indemnitee, for which a remedy at law will be inadequate. As a result, in addition to any other right or remedy Indemnitee may have at law or in equity with respect to breach of this Agreement, Indemnitee will be entitled to seek injunctive or mandatory relief directing specific performance by the Corporation of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

Section 16. Interpretation of Agreement .  It is understood that the parties hereto intend this Agreement to be interpreted and enforced so as to provide indemnification to Indemnitee to the fullest extent now or later permitted by law.

 

Section 17. Entire Agreement . This Agreement and the documents expressly referred to in this Agreement constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the matters described, and any other prior or contemporaneous oral or written understandings or agreements with respect to the matters covered by this Agreement are expressly superseded by this Agreement.

 

Section 18. Modification and Waiver .  No supplement, modification or amendment of this Agreement will be binding unless executed in writing by both of the parties.  No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement will be deemed or will constitute a waiver of any other provision (whether or not similar) nor will such waiver constitute a continuing waiver.

 

Section 19. Successor and Assigns .  All of the terms and provisions of this Agreement will be binding upon, will inure to the benefit of and will be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors, assigns, heirs, executors, administrators and legal representatives. The Corporation will require and cause any direct or indirect successor (whether by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Corporation, by written agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Indemnitee, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Corporation would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place.

 

Section 20. Supersedes Prior Agreement . This Agreement supersedes any prior indemnification agreement between Indemnitee and the Corporation or its predecessors.

 

Section 21. Governing Law & Venue . This Agreement will be governed exclusively by and construed according to the laws of the State of Delaware, as applied to contracts between Delaware residents entered into and to be performed entirely within Delaware. The Corporation and Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (i)

 



 

agree that any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement will be brought only in the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware (the “Delaware Court”), and not in any other state or federal court in the United States of America or any court in any other country, (ii) consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Court for purposes of any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, (iii) waive any objection to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in the Delaware Court, and (iv) waive, and agree not to plead or to make, any claim that any such action or proceeding brought in the Delaware Court has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum.  If it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the provisions of the law of any state other than Delaware govern indemnification by the Corporation of its officers and directors, then the indemnification provided under this Agreement will in all instances be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted under such law, notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary.

 

Section 22. Employment Rights . Nothing in this Agreement is intended to create in Indemnitee any right to employment or continued employment.

 

Section 23. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed to be an original and all of which together will be deemed to be one and the same instrument, notwithstanding that both parties are not signatories to the original or same counterpart.  Electronic copies (e.g. PDF) of this Agreement may serve as originals.

 

Section 24. Headings . The section and subsection headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and will not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

Signature page follows.

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered to be effective as of the date first above written.

 

EVOLVING SYSTEMS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

 

INDEMNITEE