Form of Indemnification Agreement for officers and directors



 Exhibit 10.3 
 INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT 
 This Indemnification Agreement (this
“Agreement”) is entered into as of , 20 (the “Effective Date”) by and between Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and
                     (the “Indemnitee”). 
 RECITALS 
 WHEREAS, the Board of Directors has determined that the
inability to attract and retain qualified persons as directors and officers is detrimental to the best interests of the Company’s stockholders and that the Company should act to assure such persons that there shall be adequate certainty of
protection through insurance and indemnification against risks of claims and actions against them arising out of their service to and activities on behalf of the Company; 
 WHEREAS, the Company has adopted provisions in its Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws providing for indemnification and advancement of expenses of its directors and officers to the fullest extent
permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, and the Company wishes to clarify and enhance the rights and obligations of the Company and Indemnitee with respect to indemnification and advancement of expenses; 

WHEREAS, in order to induce and encourage highly experienced and capable persons such as Indemnitee to serve and continue to serve as
directors and officers of the Company and in any other capacity with respect to the Company, and to otherwise promote the desirable end that such persons shall resist what they consider unjustified lawsuits and claims made against them in connection
with the good faith performance of their duties to the Company, with the knowledge that certain costs, judgments, penalties, fines, liabilities and expenses incurred by them in their defense of such litigation are to be borne by the Company and they
shall receive the maximum protection against such risks and liabilities as may be afforded by law, the Board of Directors of the Company has determined that the following Agreement is reasonable and prudent to promote and ensure the best interests
of the Company and its stockholders; and 
 WHEREAS, the Company desires to have Indemnitee continue to serve as a director or
officer of the Company and in such other capacity with respect to the Company as the Company may request, as the case may be, free from undue concern for unpredictable, inappropriate or unreasonable legal risks and personal liabilities by reason of
Indemnitee acting in good faith in the performance of Indemnitee’s duty to the Company; and Indemnitee desires to continue so to serve the Company, provided, and on the express condition, that he or she is furnished with the protections set
forth hereinafter. 







 AGREEMENT 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of Indemnitee’s continued service as a director or officer of the Company, the parties hereto agree as follows: 

1. Service by Indemnitee. Indemnitee shall serve and/or continue to serve as a director or officer of the Company faithfully and
to the best of Indemnitee’s ability so long as Indemnitee is duly elected or appointed and until such time as Indemnitee’s successor is elected and qualified or the Indemnitee dies, is removed as permitted by law or tenders a resignation
in writing. 
 2. Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee,
and shall pay to Indemnitee in advance of the final disposition of any Proceeding all Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in defending any such Proceeding, to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law in effect on the date of
this Agreement or as such law may from time to time be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Company to provide broader rights than said law permitted the Company to provide prior to such
amendment), on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. Without diminishing the scope of the rights provided by this Section, the rights of Indemnitee to indemnification and advancement of Expenses provided hereunder shall include but
shall not be limited to those rights hereinafter set forth, except that no indemnification or advancement of Expenses shall be paid to Indemnitee: 
 (a) to the extent expressly prohibited by law or the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company; 
 (b) for and to the extent that payment is actually made to Indemnitee under a valid and collectible insurance policy or under a valid and enforceable indemnity clause, provision of the certificate of
incorporation or bylaws, or agreement of the Company or any other company or other enterprise where Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company (and Indemnitee shall reimburse the Company for any amounts paid by the Company and
subsequently so recovered by the Indemnitee); or 
 (c) in connection with an action, suit or proceeding, or part thereof
initiated by Indemnitee (including claims and counterclaims, whether such counterclaims are asserted by Indemnitee or the Company, in an action, suit or proceeding initiated by Indemnitee), except a judicial proceeding or arbitration pursuant to
Section 10 to enforce rights under this Agreement, unless the action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or ratified by the Board of Directors of the Company; or 







 (d) with respect to any Proceeding brought by or on behalf of the Company against Indemnitee
that is authorized by the Board of Directors of the Company, except as provided in Sections 4, 5 and 6 below. 
 3. Action or
Proceedings Other than an Action by or in the Right of the Company. Except as limited by Section 2 above, Indemnitee shall be entitled to the indemnification rights provided in this Section if Indemnitee was or is a party or is threatened
to be made a party to, or was otherwise involved in, any Proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the Company, to which Section 4 below shall apply) by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee,
agent or fiduciary of the Company or while a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company, is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of another corporation or a
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan); or by reason of anything done or not done by Indemnitee in any such capacity. Pursuant to this Section, Indemnitee shall be
indemnified against all expense, liability, and loss (including, judgments, penalties, fines, ERISA excise taxes, amounts paid in settlement by or on behalf of Indemnitee and Expenses, actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection
with such Proceeding, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and with respect to any criminal Proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his
or her conduct was unlawful. 
 4. Indemnity in Proceedings by or in the Right of the Company. Except as limited by
Section 2 above, Indemnitee shall be entitled to the indemnification rights provided in this Section if Indemnitee was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or was otherwise involved in, any Proceeding brought by or in the right
of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company or while a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company, is or was
serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan); or by
reason of anything done or not done by Indemnitee in any such capacity. Pursuant to this Section, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all expense, liability and loss (including judgments, penalties, fines, ERISA excise taxes , amounts paid in
settlement by or on behalf of Indemnitee and Expenses), actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with such Proceeding if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
best interests of the Company; provided, however, that no such indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue, or matter as to which Delaware law expressly prohibits such indemnification by reason of any adjudication of liability of
Indemnitee to the Company, unless and only to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, Indemnitee is entitled to
indemnification for such expense, liability or loss as such court shall deem proper. 







 5. Indemnification for Costs, Charges and Expenses of Successful Party.
Notwithstanding the limitations of Sections 2(c), 2(d), 3 and 4 above, to the extent that Indemnitee has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in whole or in part, in defense of any Proceeding or in defense of any claim, issue or matter
therein, including, without limitation, the dismissal of any action without prejudice, or if it is ultimately determined, after all appeals by a court of competent jurisdiction, that Indemnitee is otherwise entitled to be indemnified against
Expenses, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection therewith. 
 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 expense, liability and loss (including
judgments, penalties, fines, ERISA excise taxes, amounts paid in settlement by or on behalf of Indemnitee and Expenses), actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any Proceeding, or in connection with any judicial proceeding or arbitration
pursuant to Section 10 to enforce rights under this Agreement, but not, however, for all of the total amount thereof, the Company shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee for the portion of such expense, liability or loss actually and reasonably
incurred to which Indemnitee is entitled. 
 7. Indemnification for Expenses of a Witness. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement, to the maximum extent permitted by the Delaware law, Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred or suffered by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf if
Indemnitee appears as a witness or otherwise incurs legal expenses as a result of or related to Indemnitee’s service as a director or officer of the Company, in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, alternative dispute
mechanism, inquiry, judicial, administrative or legislative hearing, investigation or any other threatened, pending or contemplated proceeding, whether of a civil, criminal, administrative, investigative, legislative or other nature, to which
Indemnitee neither is, nor is threatened to be made, a party (in which case, the indemnification rights set forth in Sections 2, 3 and 4 shall apply). 
 8. Determination of Entitlement to Indemnification. To receive indemnification under this Agreement, Indemnitee shall submit a written request to the Secretary of the Company. Such request shall
include documentation or information that is necessary for such determination and which is reasonably available to Indemnitee. Upon written request by Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to Sections 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 the entitlement
of Indemnitee to indemnification, to the extent not provided pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, shall be determined by the following person or persons who shall be empowered to make such determination: (a) the Board of Directors of the
Company by a majority vote of Disinterested Directors, whether or not such majority constitutes a quorum; (b) a committee of Disinterested Directors designated by a majority vote of such directors, whether or not such majority constitutes a
quorum; (c) if there are no Disinterested Directors, or if the Disinterested Directors so direct, by Independent Counsel 







 
in a written opinion to the Board of Directors, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee; (d) the stockholders of the Company; or (e) in the event that a Change in Control has
occurred, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board of Directors, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee. Such Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Board of Directors and approved by Indemnitee, except that in the
event that a Change in Control has occurred, Independent Counsel shall be selected by Indemnitee. Upon failure of the Board of Directors so to select such Independent Counsel or upon failure of Indemnitee so to approve (or so to select, in the event
that a Change in Control has occurred), such Independent Counsel shall be selected upon application to a court of competent jurisdiction. The determination of entitlement to indemnification shall be made and, unless a contrary determination is made,
such indemnification shall be paid in fully by the Company not later than 60 calendar days after receipt by the Company of a written request for indemnification. Any amounts incurred by Indemnitee in connection with a request for indemnification or
payment of Expenses hereunder, under any other agreement, any provision of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws or any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, shall be borne by the Company. The Company hereby
indemnifies Indemnitee for any such amounts and agrees to hold Indemnitee harmless therefrom irrespective of the outcome of the determination of Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification. If the person making such determination shall
determine that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification as to part (but not all) of the application for indemnification, such person shall reasonably prorate such partial indemnification among the claims, issues or matters at issue at the time of
the determination. 
 9. Presumptions and Effect of Certain Proceedings. The Secretary of the Company shall, promptly
upon receipt of Indemnitee’s written request for indemnification, advise in writing the Board of Directors or such other person or persons empowered to make the determination as provided in Section 8 that Indemnitee has made such request
for indemnification. Upon making such request for indemnification, Indemnitee shall be presumed to be entitled to indemnification hereunder and the Company shall have the burden of proof in making any determination contrary to such presumption. If
the person or persons so empowered to make such determination shall have failed to make the requested determination with respect to indemnification within 30 calendar days after receipt by the Secretary of Company of such request, a requisite
determination of entitlement to indemnification shall be deemed to have been made and Indemnitee shall be absolutely entitled to such indemnification, absent actual fraud in the request for indemnification. The termination of any Proceeding
described in Sections 3 or 4 by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself: (a) create a presumption 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 Company, or, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, that Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful; or
(b) otherwise adversely affect the rights of Indemnitee to indemnification except as may be provided herein. 







 10. Remedies of Indemnitee in Cases of Determination Not to Indemnify or to Advance
Expenses; Right to Bring Suit. In the event that a determination is made that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification hereunder or if payment has not been timely made following a determination of entitlement to indemnification pursuant to
Sections 8 and 9, or if an advancement of Expenses are not timely paid pursuant to Section 15, Indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Company in a court of competent jurisdiction in the State of Delaware seeking
an adjudication of entitlement to such indemnification or advancement of Expenses. Alternatively, Indemnitee at Indemnitee’s option may seek an award in an arbitration to be conducted by a single arbitrator in the State of Delaware pursuant to
the rules of the American Arbitration Association, such award to be made within 60 calendar days following the filing of the demand for arbitration. The Company shall not oppose Indemnitee’s right to seek any such adjudication or award in
arbitration or any other claim. In any suit or arbitration brought by Indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit or arbitration brought by the Indemnitee to enforce a right to an advancement of Expenses), it shall
be a defense that the 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 Company and, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe
his or her conduct was unlawful. Further, in any suit brought by the Company to recover an advancement of Expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Company shall be entitled to recover such Expenses upon a final judicial decision of a
court of competent jurisdiction from which there is no further right to appeal that the Indemnitee has not met the standard of conduct described above. Neither the failure of the Company (including the Disinterested Directors, a committee of
Disinterested Directors, Independent Counsel or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit or arbitration that indemnification of Indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because Indemnitee has met the
standard of conduct described above, nor an actual determination by the Company (including the Disinterested Directors, a committee of Disinterested Directors, Independent Counsel or its stockholders) that Indemnitee has not met the standard of
conduct described above shall create a presumption that Indemnitee has not met the standard of conduct described above, or, in the case of such a suit brought by Indemnitee, be a defense to such suit. In any suit brought by Indemnitee to enforce a
right to indemnification or to an advancement of Expenses hereunder, or brought by the Company to recover an advancement of Expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be
indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Section 10 or otherwise shall be on the Company. The determination in any such judicial proceeding or arbitration shall be made de novo and Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced by
reason of a determination (if so made) pursuant to Sections 8 or 9 that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification. If a determination is made or deemed to have been made pursuant to the terms of Section 8 or 9 that Indemnitee
is entitled to indemnification, the Company shall be bound by such determination and is precluded from asserting that such determination has not been made or that the procedure by which such determination was made is not valid, binding and
enforceable. The Company further agrees to stipulate in any such court or before any such arbitrator that the Company is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement and is precluded from making any assertions to the contrary. If the court or
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entitled to any indemnification or payment of Expenses hereunder, the Company shall pay all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with such adjudication or award
in arbitration (including, but not limited to, any appellate proceedings) to the fullest extent permitted by law, and in any suit brought by the Company to recover an advancement of Expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Company shall
pay all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with such suit to the extent Indemnitee has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in whole or in part, in defense of such suit, to the fullest extent permitted by
law. 
 11. Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The rights to indemnification and advancement of Expenses provided by this
Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee may now or in the future be entitled under any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company, vote of stockholders or Disinterested Directors,
provision of applicable law, agreement or otherwise. 
 12. Expenses to Enforce Agreement. In the event that Indemnitee
is subject to or intervenes in any action, suit or proceeding in which the validity or enforceability of this Agreement is at issue or seeks an adjudication or award in arbitration to enforce Indemnitee’s rights under, or to recover damages for
breach of, this Agreement, Indemnitee, if Indemnitee prevails in whole or in part in such action, suit or proceeding, shall be entitled to recover from the Company and shall be indemnified by the Company against any Expenses actually and reasonably
incurred by Indemnitee in connection therewith. 
 13. Continuation of Indemnity. All agreements and obligations of the
Company contained herein shall continue during the period Indemnitee is a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company or is serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of another
corporation or a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan) and shall continue thereafter with respect to any possible claims based on the fact that Indemnitee was a director,
officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture trust or other enterprise, including
service with respect to an employee benefit plan). This Agreement shall be binding upon all successors and assigns of the Company (including any transferee of all or substantially all of its assets and any successor by merger or operation of law)
and shall inure to the benefit of Indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators. 
 14. Notification and Defense of
Proceeding. Promptly after receipt by Indemnitee of notice of any Proceeding, Indemnitee shall, if a request for indemnification or an advancement of Expenses in respect thereof is to be made against the Company








 
under this Agreement, notify the Company in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the Company shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to Indemnitee.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, with respect to any such Proceeding of which Indemnitee notifies the Company: 
 (a) The Company shall be entitled to participate therein at its own expense; 
 (b)
Except as otherwise provided in this Section 14(b), to the extent that it may wish, the Company, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, shall be entitled to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to
Indemnitee, upon affirmation by the Company of its indemnification obligations hereunder. After notice from the Company to Indemnitee of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the Company shall not be liable to Indemnitee under this
Agreement for any expenses of counsel subsequently incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the defense thereof except as otherwise provided below. Indemnitee shall have the right to employ Indemnitee’s own counsel in such Proceeding, but the
fees and expenses of such counsel incurred after notice from the Company of its assumption of the defense thereof shall be at the expense of Indemnitee unless (i) the employment of counsel by Indemnitee has been authorized by the Company,
(ii) Indemnitee shall have reasonably concluded that there may be a conflict of interest between the Company and Indemnitee in the conduct of the defense of such Proceeding, or (iii) the Company shall not within 60 calendar days of receipt
of notice from Indemnitee in fact have employed counsel to assume the defense of the Proceeding, in each of which cases the fees and expenses of Indemnitee’s counsel shall be at the expense of the Company. The Company shall not be entitled to
assume the defense of any Proceeding brought by or on behalf of the Company or as to which Indemnitee shall have made the conclusion provided for in (ii) above; and 
 (c) The Company shall not be liable to indemnify Indemnitee under this Agreement for any amounts paid in settlement of any Proceeding effected without the Company’s written consent, or for any
judicial or arbitral award if the Company was not given an opportunity, in accordance with this Section 14, to participate in the defense of such Proceeding. The Company shall not settle any Proceeding in any manner that would impose any
financial obligation, penalty or limitation on or disclosure obligation with respect to Indemnitee without Indemnitee’s written consent. Neither the Company nor Indemnitee shall unreasonably withhold its consent to any proposed settlement.

 15. Advancement of Expenses. All Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in defending any Proceeding described in Sections 3
or 4 in advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding shall be paid by the Company at the request of Indemnitee. To receive an advancement of Expenses under this Agreement, Indemnitee shall submit a written request to the Secretary of the
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Expenses incurred by Indemnitee and shall include or be accompanied by an undertaking, by or on behalf of Indemnitee, to reimburse such amounts if it is finally adjudicated, after all appeals by
a court of competent jurisdiction, that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified against such Expenses by the Company as provided by this Agreement or otherwise. Indemnitee’s undertaking to reimburse any such amounts is not required to be
secured. Each such advancement of Expenses shall be made within 20 calendar days after the receipt by the Secretary of the Company of such written request. Indemnitee’s entitlement to Expenses under this Agreement shall include those incurred
in connection with any action, suit or proceeding by Indemnitee seeking an adjudication or award in arbitration pursuant to Section 10 of this Agreement (including the enforcement of this provision) to the extent the court or arbitrator shall
determine that Indemnitee is entitled to an advancement of Expenses hereunder. 
 16. Separability; Prior Indemnification
Agreements. If any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement
(including without limitation, all portions of any paragraphs of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that are not by themselves invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be
affected or impaired thereby, and (b) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, all portions of any paragraph of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, that are not themselves invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent of the parties that the Company provide protection to Indemnitee to the fullest enforceable extent. This Agreement shall
supersede and replace any prior indemnification agreements entered into by and between the Company and Indemnitee and any such prior agreements shall be terminated upon execution of this Agreement. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency
between this Agreement and the provisions of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Company, such provisions of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Company shall govern, except in respect of any indemnity obligation herein
which is more favorable to the Indemnitee than the applicable provisions of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws, in which case the more favorable provision shall govern. 

17. Headings; References; Pronouns. The headings of the sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not
be deemed to constitute part of this Agreement or to affect the construction thereof. References herein to section numbers are to sections of this Agreement. All pronouns and any variations thereof shall be deemed to refer to the masculine,
feminine, neuter, singular or plural as appropriate. 
 18. Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement: 

(a) A “Change in Control” will be deemed to have occurred if the individuals who, as of the Effective Date, constitute
the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the 







 
Board of Directors; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to such effective date whose election, or nomination for election by the stockholders of
the Company, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual
whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a person
other than the Board of Directors. 
 (b) “Disinterested Director” means a director of the Company who is not
or was not a party to the Proceeding in respect of which indemnification is being sought by the Indemnitee. 
 (c)
“Expenses” includes, without limitation, expenses incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of any action, suit, arbitration, alternative dispute mechanism, inquiry, judicial, administrative, or legislative hearing,
investigation, or any other threatened, pending, or completed proceeding, whether brought by or in the right of the Company or otherwise, including any and all appeals, whether of a civil, criminal, administrative, legislative, investigative, or
other nature, attorneys’ fees, witness fees and expenses, fees and expenses of accountants and other advisors, retainers and disbursements and advances thereon, the premium, security for, and other costs relating to any bond (including cost
bonds, appraisal bonds, or their equivalents), and any expenses of establishing a right to indemnification or advancement under Sections 8, 10, 12, and 15 hereof, but shall not include the amount of judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes, or
penalties actually levied against the Indemnitee, or any amounts paid in settlement by or on behalf of the Indemnitee. 
 (d)
“Independent Counsel” means a law firm or a member of a law firm that neither is presently nor in the past five years has been retained to represent (i) the Company or the Indemnitee in any matter material to either such party
or (ii) any other party to the Proceeding giving rise to a request 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 the Indemnitee in an action to determine the Indemnitee’s right to indemnification under this Agreement. 

(e) “Proceeding” means any action, suit, arbitration, alternative dispute mechanism, inquiry, judicial, administrative,
or legislative hearing, investigation, or any other threatened, pending, or completed proceeding, whether brought by or in the right of the Company or otherwise, including any and all appeals, whether of a civil, criminal, administrative,
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the Indemnitee was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in by reason of the fact that the Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee, agent, or
trustee of the Company or while a director, officer, employee, agent, or trustee of the Company is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, agent, or trustee of another corporation or of a partnership, joint
venture, trust, or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan, or by reason of anything done or not done by the Indemnitee in any such capacity, whether or not the Indemnitee is serving in such capacity at the time
any expense, liability, or loss is incurred for which indemnification or advancement can be provided under this Agreement. 

19. Other Provisions. 
 (a) This Agreement and all disputes or controversies arising out of or related to this Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without
regard to the laws of any other jurisdiction that might be applied because of conflicts of laws principles of the State of Delaware. 
 (b) This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same instrument and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by
each of the parties and delivered to the other party. 
 (c) This Agreement shall not be deemed an employment contract between
the Company and any Indemnitee who is an officer of the Company, and, if the Indemnitee is an officer of the Company, the Indemnitee specifically acknowledges that the Indemnitee may be discharged at any time for any reason, with or without cause,
and with or without severance compensation, except as may be otherwise provided in a separate written contract between the Indemnitee and the Company. 
 (d) In the event of payment under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of the Indemnitee, who shall execute all papers required
and shall do everything that may be necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents necessary to enable the Company effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights. 

(e) This Agreement may not be amended, modified, or supplemented in any manner, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, except by an
instrument in writing specifically designated as an amendment hereto, signed on behalf of each party. No failure or delay of either party in exercising any right or remedy 







 
hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, and no single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such right or power, or any
course of conduct, shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement on and as of the day and
year first above written. 
  

			
	Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group, Inc.
		
	By	 	 


  

	
	Indemnitee