Exhibit 10.9

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

This Indemnification Agreement (“Agreement”) is made as of this      day of
             2011, by and between JDS Uniphase Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), and                      (“Indemnitee”).

WHEREAS, the Company and Indemnitee recognize the difficulty in obtaining
directors and officers liability insurance that fully and adequately covers
directors and officers for their acts and omissions on behalf of the Company and
its subsidiaries;

WHEREAS, the Company and Indemnitee further recognize the substantial increase
in corporate litigation in general, subjecting officers and directors to
expensive litigation risks that may not be fully covered by liability insurance;

WHEREAS, Indemnitee does not regard the current protection available as adequate
under the present circumstances, and Indemnitee and other officers and directors
of the Company may not be willing to continue to serve as officers and directors
without additional protection; and

WHEREAS, the Company desires to attract and retain the services of highly
qualified individuals, such as Indemnitee, to serve as officers and directors of
the Company and to indemnify its officers and directors so as to provide them
with the maximum protection permitted by law.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and Indemnitee hereby agree as follows:

Section 1. Services By Indemnitee. Indemnitee hereby agrees to serve or continue
to serve, at the will of the Company, as a director, officer or key employee of
the Company, for as long as Indemnitee is duly elected or appointed, as the case
may be, or until Indemnitee tenders his or her resignation or is removed. For
avoidance of doubt, the Company’s obligations under this Agreement shall
continue to the extent provided for in this Agreement, notwithstanding that
Indemnitee may have ceased to be a director, officer or key employee of the
Company at the time the Proceeding commenced.

Section 2. Indemnification.

(a) General Indemnification. In connection with any Proceeding, the Company
shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as in effect on the
date hereof or as may be amended from time to time to increase the scope of such
permitted indemnification, indemnify Indemnitee against any and all Expenses and
Liabilities, in either case, actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or
on Indemnitee’s behalf by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status unless the
Company shall establish, in accordance with the procedures described in
Section 3 of this Agreement, that Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a
manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the
Company, and, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, had no reasonable cause
to believe Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful.

(b) Witness Expenses. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to
the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of his or her Corporate Status, a
witness in any Proceeding to which Indemnitee is not a party, he or she shall be
indemnified against all Expenses incurred by Indemnitee or on his or her behalf
in connection therewith.

(c) Mandatory Indemnification. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, except as provided in Section 11 of this Agreement, to the extent
that Indemnitee has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any
Proceeding, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses incurred in
connection therewith.

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Section 3. Advancement of Expenses; Indemnification Procedure.

(a) Advancement of Expenses. The Company shall advance all Expenses incurred by
Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding referenced in Section 2(a) of this
Agreement (but not amounts actually paid in settlement of any such Proceeding).
The advances to be made hereunder shall be paid by the Company to Indemnitee
within 10 business days following delivery of a written request therefor by
Indemnitee to the Company provided that such request is accompanied by an
undertaking by or on behalf of Indemnitee to repay the amount received pursuant
to this Section 3(a) if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not
entitled to indemnification of such Expenses. Advances shall be unsecured and
interest free. Advances shall be made without regard to Indemnitee’s ability to
repay such amounts and without regard to Indemnitee’s ultimate entitlement to
indemnification under the other provisions of this Agreement. Advances shall
include any and all Expenses incurred pursuing an action to enforce this right
of advancement, including Expenses incurred preparing and forwarding statements
to the Company to support the advances claimed.

(b) Notice by Indemnitee. Indemnitee shall give the Company notice in writing as
soon as practicable of any Proceeding in respect of which Indemnitee intends to
seek indemnification or advancement of Expenses hereunder. Notice to the Company
shall be directed to the General Counsel of the Company at the address shown in
Section 16(a) of this Agreement (or such other address as the Company shall
designate in writing to Indemnitee). The omission by Indemnitee to so notify the
Company will not relieve the Company from any liability that it may have to
Indemnitee hereunder or otherwise.

(c) Determination of Entitlement.

(i) Where there has been a written notice by Indemnitee for indemnification
pursuant to Section 3(b), then as soon as is reasonably practicable (but in any
event not later than 30 days) after final disposition of the relevant
Proceeding, the Company shall make a determination, if and in the manner
required by applicable law, with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement thereto;
provided, however, that, if a Change in Control shall have occurred, the
determination shall be made by an Independent Counsel (selected pursuant to
Section 3(c)(ii)) in a written opinion to the Company’s Board of Directors, a
copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee. If it is so determined that
Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, payment to Indemnitee shall be made
within ten (10) business days after such determination. Indemnitee shall
reasonably cooperate with the person, persons or entity making such
determination with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification,
including providing to such person, persons or entity upon reasonable advance
request any documentation or information that is not privileged or otherwise
protected from disclosure and that is reasonably available to Indemnitee and
reasonably necessary to such determination. Any costs or expenses (including
attorneys’ fees and disbursements) actually and reasonably incurred by
Indemnitee in so cooperating with the person, persons or entity making such
determination shall be borne by the Company (irrespective of the determination
as to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification).

(ii) If entitlement to indemnification is to be determined by an Independent
Counsel after a Change in Control pursuant to Section 3(c)(i), such Independent
Counsel shall be selected by Indemnitee and approved by the Company (which
approval will not be unreasonably withheld).

(iii) The Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of any
Independent Counsel serving under this Agreement.

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(d) Presumptions and Burdens of Proof.

(i) In making any determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification
hereunder, the person, persons or entity making such determination shall, to the
fullest extent not prohibited by law, presume that Indemnitee is entitled to
indemnification under this Agreement, and the Company shall have, to the fullest
extent not prohibited by law, the burden of proof to overcome that presumption
in connection with the making of any determination contrary to that presumption.
Neither the failure of the person, persons or entity to have made a
determination prior to the commencement of any action pursuant to this Agreement
that indemnification is proper in the circumstances because Indemnitee has met
the applicable standard of conduct, nor an actual determination by the person,
persons or entity that Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of
conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that
Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

(ii) The termination of any Proceeding or of any claim, issue or matter therein,
by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere
or its equivalent, shall not (except as otherwise expressly provided in this
Agreement) of itself adversely affect the right of Indemnitee to indemnification
or create a presumption that Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a
manner that he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Company or, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, that
Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that Indemnitee’s conduct was
unlawful.

(iii) For purposes of any determination of good faith, Indemnitee shall be
deemed to have acted in good faith if Indemnitee’s action is in good faith
reliance on the records or books of account of any Enterprise, including
financial statements, or on information supplied to Indemnitee by the officers
of such Enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal
counsel for such Enterprise or on information or records given or reports made
to such Enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by an
appraiser or other expert selected by such Enterprise. The provisions of this
Section 3(d)(iii) shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the
other circumstances in which Indemnitee may be deemed or found to have met the
applicable standard of conduct set forth in this Agreement.

(e) Notice to Insurers. If, at the time of the receipt of a notice of a
Proceeding pursuant to Section 3(b) of this Agreement, the Company has director
and officer liability insurance in effect, the Company shall give prompt notice
of the commencement of such Proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the
procedures set forth in the respective policies. Thereafter, the Company shall
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 policies.

(f) Subrogation. In the event of any payment under this Agreement, the Company
shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all the rights of recovery
of Indemnitee, who will execute all papers required and shall do everything that
may be necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such
documents necessary to enable the Company to effectively bring suit to enforce
such rights. The Company will pay or reimburse all expenses actually and
reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with such subrogation.

(g) Defense of Claims; Selection of Counsel.

(i) The Company shall not settle any action, claim, or Proceeding (in whole or
in part) that would impose any Expense, judgment, fine, penalty or limitation on
Indemnitee, without Indemnitee’s prior written consent; provided, however, that,
with respect to settlements requiring solely the payment of money either by the
Company or by Indemnitee for which the Company is obligated to reimburse
Indemnitee promptly and completely, in either case without recourse to
Indemnitee, no such consent of Indemnitee shall be required. Indemnitee shall
not settle any action, claim or Proceeding (in whole or in part) that would
impose any Expense, judgment, fine, penalty or limitation on the Company without
the Company’s prior written consent, such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld.

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(ii) In the event the Company shall be obligated under Section 3(a) of this
Agreement to pay the Expenses of any Proceeding against Indemnitee, the Company,
if appropriate, shall be entitled to assume the defense of such proceeding, with
counsel approved by Indemnitee, which approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld, upon the delivery to Indemnitee of written notice of its election so
to do. After delivery of such notice, approval of such counsel by Indemnitee and
the retention of such counsel by the Company, the Company will not be liable to
Indemnitee under this Agreement for any fees subsequently incurred by Indemnitee
with respect to the same Proceeding, provided that (i) Indemnitee shall have the
right to employ Indemnitee’s own counsel in any such Proceeding at Indemnitee’s
expense; and (ii) if (A) the employment of counsel by Indemnitee has been
previously authorized by the Company (or, after a Change in Control, by
Independent Counsel), (B) Indemnitee shall have concluded in good faith that
there may be a conflict of interest between the Company and Indemnitee or
between Indemnitee and any other persons represented by the same counsel, in the
conduct of any such defense, or (C) the Company, in fact, shall not have
employed counsel to assume the defense of such Proceeding, then the reasonable
fees and expenses of Indemnitee’s counsel shall be at the expense of the
Company.

Section 4. Remedies of Indemnitee.

(a) In the event of any dispute between Indemnitee and the Company hereunder as
to entitlement to indemnification, contribution or advancement of Expenses, then
Indemnitee shall be entitled to enforce Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement
by commencing litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware
having subject matter jurisdiction threof. The Company hereby consents to
service of process and to appear in any such proceeding.

(b) If Indemnitee commences a judicial proceeding or arbitration pursuant to
this Section 4, Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for
any advances pursuant to Section 3(a) until a final determination is made with
respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification (as to which all rights
of appeal have been exhausted or lapsed).

(c) If a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 3(c) of this
Agreement that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Company shall be
bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced
pursuant to this Section 4, absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a
material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee’s
statement not materially misleading, in connection with such determination of
Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such
indemnification under applicable law.

(d) The Company shall be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding or
arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 4 that the procedures and
presumptions of this Agreement are not valid, binding or enforceable and shall
stipulate in any such court or before any such arbitrator that the Company is
bound by all the provisions of this Agreement.

(e) The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by
law against all Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any judicial
proceeding or arbitration brought by Indemnitee for (i) indemnification or
advances of Expenses by the Company (or otherwise for the enforcement,
interpretation or defense of his or her rights) under this Agreement or any
other agreement, including any other indemnification, contribution or
advancement agreement, or any provision of the Company’s Certificate of
Incorporation or Bylaws now or hereafter in effect or (ii) recovery or advances
under any directors and officers liability insurance policy maintained by the
Company, regardless of whether Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be
entitled to such indemnification, contribution,

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advancement or insurance recovery, as the case may be; provided, however, that
this Section 4(e) shall not apply if, as part of such judicial proceeding or
arbitration, the court of competent jurisdiction or the arbitrator, as the case
may be, determines that the material assertions made by Indemnitee as a basis
for such judicial proceeding or arbitration were not made in good faith or were
frivolous.

Section 5. Additional Indemnification Rights; Nonexclusivity.

(a) Scope. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company
hereby agrees to indemnify the Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by
law, notwithstanding that such indemnification is not specifically authorized by
the other provisions of this Agreement, the Company’s Certificate of
Incorporation, the Company’s Bylaws or by statute. In the event of any change,
after the date of this Agreement, in any applicable law, statute or rule that
expands the right of a Delaware corporation to indemnify a member of its or a
Subsidiary’s Board of Directors or an officer, such changes shall be, ipso
facto, within the purview of Indemnitee’s rights and the Company’s obligations,
under this Agreement. In the event of any change in any applicable law, statute
or rule that narrows the right of a Delaware corporation to indemnify a member
of the Board of Directors or an officer of the Company or a Subsidiary, such
changes, to the extent not otherwise required by such law, statute or rule to be
applied to this Agreement, shall have no effect on this Agreement or the
parties’ rights and obligations hereunder.

(b) Nonexclusivity. The rights of indemnification, contribution and advancement
of Expenses as provided by this Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any
rights to which Indemnitee may be entitled under the Company’s Certificate of
Incorporation, its Bylaws, any agreement, any vote of stockholders or
disinterested directors, the Delaware General Corporation Law, or otherwise,
both as to action in Indemnitee’s official capacity and as to action or inaction
in another capacity while holding such office; provided, however, that this
Agreement shall supersede any prior indemnification agreement between the
Company and Indemnitee. The indemnification provided under this Agreement shall
continue as to Indemnitee for any action taken or not taken while serving in an
indemnified capacity even though Indemnitee may have ceased to serve in such
capacity at the time any covered Proceeding commenced.

Section 6. Partial Indemnification. If Indemnitee is entitled under any
provision of this Agreement to indemnification by the Company for some or a
portion of the Expenses and Liabilities actually or reasonably incurred by
Indemnitee in any Proceeding, but not, however, for the total amount thereof,
the Company shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee for the portion of such
Expenses and Liabilities to which Indemnitee is entitled.

Section 7. Mutual Acknowledgment. Both the Company and Indemnitee acknowledge
that, in certain instances, Federal law or applicable public policy may prohibit
the Company from indemnifying its directors and officers under this Agreement or
otherwise. Indemnitee understands and acknowledges that the Company has
undertaken or may be required in the future in certain circumstances to
undertake with the Securities and Exchange Commission to submit the question of
indemnification to a court for a determination of the Company’s right under
public policy to indemnify Indemnitee.

Section 8. Directors and Officers Liability Insurance. The Company, from time to
time, shall make the good faith determination whether or not it is practicable
for the Company to obtain and maintain a policy or policies of insurance with
reputable insurance companies providing the officers and directors of the
Company with coverage for losses from wrongful acts or to ensure the Company’s
performance of its indemnification obligations under this Agreement. Among other
considerations, the Company will weigh the costs of obtaining such insurance
coverage against the protection afforded by such coverage. In all policies of
directors and officers liability insurance, Indemnitee shall be named as an
insured in such a manner as to provide Indemnitee the same rights and benefits
as are accorded to the most favorably insured of the Company’s directors, if
Indemnitee is a director; or of the Company’s officers, if

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Indemnitee is not a director of the Company but is an officer. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Company shall have no obligation to obtain or maintain such
insurance if the Company determines in good faith that such insurance is not
reasonably available, if the premium costs for such insurance are
disproportionate to the amount of coverage provided, if the coverage provided by
such insurance is limited by exclusions so as to provide an insufficient
benefit, or if Indemnitee is covered by similar insurance maintained by a
Subsidiary or parent of the Company.

Section 9. Contribution. To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law,
if the indemnification provided for in this Agreement is unavailable to
Indemnitee for any reason whatsoever, the Company, in lieu of indemnifying
Indemnitee, shall contribute to the amount incurred by Indemnitee, whether for
Liabilities and/or for Expenses, in connection with any Proceeding relating to
an indemnifiable event under this Agreement, in such proportion as is deemed
fair and reasonable in light of all of the circumstances of such Proceeding in
order to reflect (1) the relative benefits received by the Company and
Indemnitee as a result of the event(s) and/or transaction(s) giving rise to such
Proceeding; and (2) the relative fault of the Company (and its directors,
officers, employees and agents) and Indemnitee in connection with such event(s)
and/or transaction(s).

Section 10. Severability. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to require or
shall be construed as requiring the Company to do or fail to do any act in
violation of applicable law. The Company’s inability, pursuant to court order,
to perform its obligations under this Agreement shall not constitute a breach of
this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement shall be severable as provided
in this Section 10. If this Agreement or any portion hereof shall be invalidated
on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Company shall
nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee to the full extent permitted by any applicable
portion of this Agreement that shall not have been invalidated, and the balance
of this Agreement not so invalidated shall be enforceable in accordance with its
terms.

Section 11. Exceptions. Any other provision herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Company shall not be obligated pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement:

(a) Excluded Acts. To indemnify Indemnitee for any acts or omissions or
transactions from which a director, officer, employee or agent may not be
relieved of liability under applicable law; or

(b) Claims Initiated by Indemnitee. To indemnify or advance Expenses to
Indemnitee with respect to any Proceeding initiated or brought voluntarily by
Indemnitee and not by way of defense, except with respect to Proceedings brought
to establish or enforce a right to indemnification under this Agreement or any
other statute or law, but such indemnification or advancement of Expenses may be
provided by the Company in specific cases if the Company’s Board of Directors
(or, after a Change in Control has occurred, Independent Counsel) has approved
the initiation or bringing of such Proceeding; or

(c) Lack of Good Faith. To indemnify Indemnitee for any Expenses incurred by the
Indemnitee with respect to any Proceeding instituted by Indemnitee to enforce or
interpret this Agreement, if a court of competent jurisdiction determines that
the material assertions made by the Indemnitee in such Proceeding were not made
in good faith or were frivolous; or

(d) Insured Claims. To indemnify Indemnitee for Expenses or Liabilities that
have been paid directly to Indemnitee by an insurance carrier under a policy of
directors and officers liability insurance maintained by the Company; or

(e) Claims under Section 16(b). To indemnify Indemnitee for Expenses and the
payment of profits arising from the purchase and sale by Indemnitee of
securities in violation of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act or any similar
successor statute; or

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(f) Required Reimbursement. To indemnify Indemnitee for any reimbursement of the
Company 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 Company, as required in each case under the Exchange Act
(including any such reimbursements that (i) arise from an accounting restatement
of the Company pursuant to Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or the
payment to the Company of profits arising from the purchase and sale by
Indemnitee of securities in violation of Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002, (ii) arise pursuant to regulations or policies adopted in compliance
with Section 954 of the Investor Protection and Securities Reform Act of 2010);
or

(g) Company Right to Participate in Defense. To indemnify Indemnitee for
Expenses or Liabilities if the Company was not given a reasonable time and
opportunity, at its expense, to participate in the defense of such action,
unless such participation was barred by this Agreement.

Section 12. Effectiveness of Agreement. This Agreement shall be effective as of
the date set forth on the first page and shall apply to acts or omissions of
Indemnitee which occurred prior to such date if Indemnitee was serving in any
Corporate Status at the time such act or omission occurred.

Section 13. Construction of Certain Phrases.

(a) As used in this Agreement:

“Change in Control” means any one of the following circumstances occurring after
the date hereof: (i) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections
13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) shall have become, without prior approval
of the Company’s Board of Directors by approval of at least a majority of the
Continuing Directors, the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the
Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing
40% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding
voting securities (provided that, for purposes of this clause (i), the term
“person” shall exclude (x) the Company, (y) any trustee or other fiduciary
holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company, and (z) any
corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in
substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company);
(ii) there occurs a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other
entity, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting
securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger or
consolidation continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by
being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) more than 51% of
the combined voting power of the voting securities of the surviving entity
outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation and with the power to
elect at least a majority of the board of directors or other governing body of
such surviving entity; (iii) all or substantially all the assets of the Company
are sold or disposed of in a transaction or series of related transactions;
(iv) the approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation
of the Company; or (v) the Continuing Directors cease for any reason to
constitute at least a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of
Directors.

“Continuing Director” means (i) each director on the Company’s Board of
Directors on the date hereof or (ii) any new director whose election or
nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of
at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who were directors on
the date hereof or whose election or nomination was so approved.

“Corporate Status” means the status of a person who is or was a director,
officer, trustee, general partner, managing member, fiduciary, board of
directors’ committee member, employee or agent of the Company or of any other
Enterprise.

“Enterprise” means the Company, any Subsidiary and any other corporation,
limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit
plan or other enterprise of which Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of
the Company as a director, officer, trustee, general partner, managing member,
fiduciary, board of directors’ committee member, employee or agent.

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“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

“Expenses” means all direct and indirect costs (including without limitation
attorneys’ fees, retainers, court costs, transcripts, fees of experts, witness
fees, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone
charges, postage, delivery service fees, and all other disbursements or
expenses) reasonably and actually incurred in connection with (i) prosecuting,
defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, being or preparing
to be a witness in, or otherwise participating in, a Proceeding or
(ii) establishing or enforcing a right to indemnification under this Agreement,
the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, applicable law or
otherwise. Expenses also shall include Expenses incurred in connection with any
appeal resulting from any Proceeding, including the premium, security for, and
other costs relating to any cost bond, supersedeas bond, or other appeal bond or
its equivalent. For the avoidance of doubt, however, Expenses shall not include
any Liabilities.

“Independent Counsel” means a law firm, or a member of a law firm, that is
experienced in matters of corporate law and neither currently is, nor in the
five years prior to its selection or appointment has been, retained to represent
(i) the Company or Indemnitee in any matter material to either such party (other
than with respect to matters concerning Indemnitee under this Agreement or of
other indemnitees under similar indemnification agreements), or (ii) any other
party to the Proceeding giving rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Independent Counsel” shall not include
any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then
prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company
or Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitee’s rights under this
Agreement.

“Liabilities” means any losses or liabilities, including without limitation any
judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes and penalties, penalties and amounts paid
in settlement, arising out of or in connection with any Proceeding (including
all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with
or in respect of any such judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes and penalties,
penalties or amounts paid in settlement).

“Proceeding” means any threatened, pending or completed action, derivative
action, suit, claim, counterclaim, cross claim, arbitration, alternate dispute
resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry, administrative hearing or any
other actual, threatened or completed proceeding, whether civil (including
intentional and unintentional tort claims), criminal, administrative or
investigative, including any appeal therefrom, and whether instituted by or on
behalf of the Company or any other party, or any inquiry or investigation that
Indemnitee in good faith believes might lead to the institution of any such
action, suit or other proceeding hereinabove listed in which Indemnitee was, is
or will be involved as a party, potential party, non-party witness or otherwise
by reason of any Corporate Status of Indemnitee, or by reason of any action
taken (or failure to act) by him or her or of any action (or failure to act) on
his or her part while serving in any Corporate Status.

(b) For purposes of this Agreement:

References to “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation,
any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent)
absorbed in a consolidation or merger that, if its separate existence had
continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors,
officers, employees or agents, so that, if Indemnitee 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,

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officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the
provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving
corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent
corporation if its separate existence had continued.

References to “Subsidiary” shall include a corporation, company or other entity:

(i) 50% or more of whose outstanding shares or securities (representing the
right to vote for the election of directors or other managing authority) are, or

(ii) that does not have outstanding shares or securities (as may be the case in
a partnership, joint venture or unincorporated association), but 50% or more of
whose ownership interest representing the right to make decisions for such other
entity is,

now or hereafter, owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Company,
or one or more Subsidiaries.

References to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans;
references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with
respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request
of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or
agent of the Company that imposes duties on, or involves services by, such
director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan,
its participants, or beneficiaries.

Section 14. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original.

Section 15. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the
Company and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of
Indemnitee and Indemnitee’s estate, heirs, legal representatives and assigns.
The Company shall require and cause any successor (whether direct or indirect by
purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the
business and/or assets of the Company, by written agreement in form and
substance satisfactory to Indemnitee, expressly to assume and agree to perform
this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would
be required to perform if no such succession had taken place.

Section 16. Notice. All notices, requests, demands and other communications
under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given (i) if
delivered by hand or recognized courier and receipted for by the party
addressee, on the date of such receipt, (ii) if mailed by domestic certified or
registered mail with postage prepaid, on the third business day after the date
postmarked, or (iii) if sent by confirmed facsimile, on the date sent. Notices
shall be addressed as follows:

(a) if to the Company:

JDS Uniphase Corporation

430 North McCarthy Blvd.

Milpitas, California 95035

Attention: General Counsel;

(b) if to Indemnitee, to the address of Indemnitee set forth under Indemnitee’s
signature below; or to such other address or attention of such other person as
any party shall advise the other parties in writing.

Section 18. Choice of Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and its
provisions construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware as
applied to contracts made and to be performed in such State without giving
effect to its principals of conflicts of laws.

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Section 19. Amendments. No supplement, modification, or amendment of this
Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by both of the parties
hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be binding
unless in the form of a writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of
the waiver is sought. Except as specifically provided herein, no failure to
exercise or any delay in exercising any right or remedy hereunder shall
constitute a waiver thereof.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the
date first above written.

 

JDS Uniphase Corporation By:  

             

  Andrew Pollack   General Counsel and Secretary INDEMNITEE By: