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INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT




     This Indemnification Agreement (“Agreement”) is made and entered into as of                           , 2008
by and between Tesoro Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), and                     
(“Indemnitee”). This Agreement supersedes and replaces any and all previous Agreements between the
Corporation and Indemnitee covering the subject matter of this Agreement.



RECITALS




     WHEREAS, highly competent persons have become more reluctant to serve publicly-held
corporations as directors and officers or in other capacities unless they are provided with
adequate protection through insurance or adequate indemnification against inordinate risks of
claims and actions against them arising out of their service to and activities on behalf of the
corporation;



     WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) has determined that, in order
to attract and retain qualified individuals, the Corporation will attempt to maintain on an ongoing
basis, at its sole expense, liability insurance to protect persons serving the Corporation and its
subsidiaries from certain liabilities. Although the furnishing of such insurance has been a
customary and widespread practice among United States-based corporations and other business
enterprises, the Corporation believes that, given current market conditions and trends, such
insurance may be available to it in the future only at higher premiums and with more exclusions.
At the same time, directors, officers, and other persons in service to corporations or business
enterprises are being increasingly subjected to expensive and time-consuming litigation relating
to, among other things, matters that traditionally would have been brought only against the
Corporation or business enterprise itself. Article 7 of the By-Laws of the Corporation requires
indemnification of the officers and directors of the Corporation. Indemnitee may also be entitled
to indemnification pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”).
The By-Laws and the DGCL expressly provide that the indemnification provisions set forth therein
are not exclusive, and thereby contemplate that contracts may be entered into between the
Corporation and members of the board of directors, officers and other persons with respect to
indemnification;



     WHEREAS, the uncertainties relating to such insurance and to indemnification have increased
the difficulty of attracting and retaining such persons;



     WHEREAS, the Board has determined that the increased difficulty in attracting and retaining
such persons is detrimental to the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders and that
the Corporation should act to assure such persons that there will be increased certainty of such
protection in the future;



     WHEREAS, it is reasonable, prudent and necessary for the Corporation contractually to obligate
itself to indemnify, and to advance expenses on behalf of, such persons to the fullest



 









 







extent permitted by applicable law so that they will serve or continue to serve the
Corporation free from undue concern that they will not be so indemnified;



     WHEREAS, this Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of Article 7 of the By-Laws of
the Corporation and any rights granted under the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Corporation and any resolutions adopted pursuant thereto, and shall not be deemed a substitute
therefor, nor to diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee thereunder;



     WHEREAS, Indemnitee is willing to serve as a director of the Corporation, and the Corporation
desires Indemnitee to serve in such capacity and is willing to indemnify Indemnitee as described
hereunder; and



     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants contained herein, the
Corporation and Indemnitee do hereby covenant and agree as follows:



     Section 1. Services to the Corporation. Indemnitee agrees to serve as a director of
the Corporation and, 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. Indemnitee may at any time and for any reason resign or be removed from such position
(subject to any other contractual obligation or any obligation imposed by operation of law), in
which event the Corporation shall have no obligation under this Agreement to continue Indemnitee in
such position. This Agreement shall continue in force after Indemnitee has ceased to serve as a
director of the Corporation.



     Section 2. Definitions. As used in this Agreement:



          (a) References to “agent” shall mean any person who is or was a director, officer, or employee
of the Corporation or a Subsidiary of the Corporation or other person authorized by the Corporation
to act for the Corporation, to include such person serving in such capacity as a director, officer,
employee, fiduciary or other official of another corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture, trust or other Enterprise at the request of, for the convenience of, or to
represent the interests of the Corporation or a Subsidiary of the Corporation.




          (b) A “Change in Control” shall be deemed to occur upon the earliest to occur after the date
of this Agreement of any of the following events:




                    i. Acquisition of Stock by Third Party. Any Person (as defined below) is or becomes the
Beneficial Owner (as defined below), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Corporation
representing thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the combined voting power of the Corporation’s
then outstanding securities, without prior approval of at least two-thirds members of the Board of
Directors in office immediately prior to such person attained such percentage interest;



                    ii. Change in Board of Directors. During any period of two (2) consecutive years (not
including any period prior to the execution of this Agreement),



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individuals who at the beginning of
such period constitute the Board, and any new director (other
than a director designated by a person who has entered into an agreement with the Corporation
to effect a transaction described in Sections 2(b)(i), 2(b)(iii) or 2(b)(iv)) whose election by the
Board or nomination for election by the Corporation’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at
least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning
of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for
any reason to constitute at least a majority of the members of the Board;




                    iii. Corporate Transactions. The effective date of a merger or consolidation of the
Corporation with any other entity, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the
voting securities of the Corporation 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;



                    iv. Liquidation. The approval by the stockholders of the Corporation of a complete
liquidation of the Corporation or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Corporation of
all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets; and



                    v. Other Events. There occurs any other event of a nature that would be required to be
reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A (or a response to any similar
item on any similar schedule or form) promulgated under the Exchange Act (as defined below),
whether or not the Corporation is then subject to such reporting requirement.


For purposes of this Section 2(b), the following terms shall have the following meanings:





     (A) “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended from time to time.




     (B) “Person” shall have the meaning as set forth in Sections
13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act; provided, however, that Person
shall exclude (i) the Corporation, (ii) any trustee or other
fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the
Corporation, and (iii) any corporation owned, directly or
indirectly, by the stockholders of the Corporation in substantially
the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Corporation.




     (C) “Beneficial Owner” shall have the meaning given to such
term in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act; provided, however, that
Beneficial Owner shall exclude any Person otherwise becoming a
Beneficial Owner by reason of the



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stockholders of the Corporation
approving a merger of the Corporation with another entity.




          (c) “Corporate Status” describes the status of a person who is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of the Corporation or of any other corporation, limited liability company,
partnership or joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise which such person is
or was serving at the request of the Corporation.




          (d) “Disinterested Director” means a director of the Corporation who is not and was not a
party to the Proceeding in respect of which indemnification is sought by Indemnitee.




          (e) “Enterprise” shall mean the Corporation 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 Corporation as a director, officer, employee,
agent or fiduciary.




          (f) “Expenses” shall include all reasonable attorneys’ fees, retainers, court costs,
transcript costs, fees of experts, witness fees, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and
binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, any federal, state, local or
foreign taxes imposed on Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments
under this Agreement, ERISA excise taxes and penalties, and all other disbursements or expenses of
the types customarily incurred in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or
defend, investigating, being or preparing to be a witness in, or otherwise participating in, a
Proceeding. Expenses also shall include (i) Expenses incurred in connection with any appeal
resulting from any Proceeding, including without limitation the premium, security for, and other
costs relating to any cost bond, supersedeas bond, or other appeal bond or its equivalent, and (ii)
for purposes of Section 14(d) only, Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the
interpretation, enforcement or defense of Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement, by litigation
or otherwise. The parties agree that for the purposes of any advancement of Expenses for which
Indemnitee has made written demand to the Corporation in accordance with this Agreement, all
Expenses included in such demand that are certified by affidavit of Indemnitee’s counsel as being
reasonable shall be presumed conclusively to be reasonable. Expenses, however, shall not include
amounts paid in settlement by Indemnitee or the amount of judgments or fines against Indemnitee.




          (g) “Independent Counsel” means a law firm, or a member of a law firm, that is experienced in
matters of corporation law and neither presently is, nor in the past five years has been, retained
to represent: (i) the Corporation or Indemnitee in any matter material to either such party (other
than with respect to matters concerning the 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
Corporation or Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitee’s rights under this



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Agreement. The
Corporation agrees to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of the Independent Counsel referred to
above and to fully indemnify such counsel against any and all Expenses, claims, liabilities and
damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or its engagement pursuant hereto.





          (h) The term “Proceeding” shall include any threatened, pending or completed action, suit,
arbitration, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry, administrative hearing
or any other actual, threatened or completed proceeding, whether brought in the right of the
Corporation or otherwise and whether of a civil, criminal, administrative legislative, or
investigative (formal or informal) nature, including any appeal therefrom, in which Indemnitee was,
is or will be involved as a party, potential party, non-party witness or otherwise by reason of the
fact that Indemnitee is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, by reason of any action
taken by him or of any action on his part while acting as director or officer of the Corporation,
or by reason of the fact that he is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, in each case whether or not serving in such capacity at the
time any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification, reimbursement, or advancement
of expenses can be provided under this Agreement. If the Indemnitee believes in good faith that a
given situation may lead to or culminate in the institution of a Proceeding, this shall be
considered a Proceeding under this paragraph.




          (i) Reference to “other enterprise” shall include employee benefit plans; references to
“fines” shall include any excise tax assessed with respect to any employee benefit plan; 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 best interests of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be
deemed to have acted in manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation” as referred
to in this Agreement.



     Section 3. Indemnity in Third-Party Proceedings. The Corporation shall indemnify
Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3 if Indemnitee is, or is threatened
to be made, a party to or a participant in any Proceeding, other than a Proceeding by or in the
right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor. Pursuant to this Section 3,
Indemnitee shall be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law against all
Expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by
Indemnitee or on his behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter
therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the Corporation and, in the case of a criminal Proceeding had no
reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. The parties hereto intend that this
Agreement shall provide to the fullest extent permitted by law for indemnification in excess of
that expressly permitted by statute, including, without limitation, any indemnification provided by
the Corporation’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, its Bylaws, vote of its stockholders or
disinterested directors or applicable law.



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     Section 4. Indemnity in Proceedings by or in the Right of the Corporation. The
Corporation shall indemnify Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4 if
Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any Proceeding by or in
the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor. Pursuant to this Section 4,
Indemnitee shall be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law against all
Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection with such
Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner
he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation. No
indemnification for Expenses shall be made under this Section 4 in respect of any claim, issue or
matter as to which Indemnitee shall have been finally adjudged by a court to be liable to the
Corporation, unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or any court in
which the Proceeding was brought shall determine 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 indemnification.



     Section 5. Indemnification for Expenses of a Party Who is Wholly or Partly Successful.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law and to the extent that Indemnitee is a party to (or a participant in) and is
successful, on the merits or otherwise, in any Proceeding or in defense of any claim, issue or
matter therein, in whole or in part, the Corporation shall indemnify Indemnitee against all
Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith. If Indemnitee is not
wholly successful in such Proceeding but is successful, on the merits or otherwise, as to one or
more but less than all claims, issues or matters in such Proceeding, the Corporation shall
indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf
in connection with or related to each successfully resolved claim, issue or matter to the fullest
extent permitted by law. For purposes of this Section and without limitation, the termination of
any claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding by dismissal, with or without prejudice, shall be
deemed to be a successful result as to such claim, issue or matter.



     Section 6. Indemnification For Expenses of a Witness. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and to the extent
that Indemnitee is, by reason of his Corporate Status, a witness or otherwise asked to participate
in any Proceeding to which Indemnitee is not a party, he shall be indemnified against all Expenses
actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection therewith.



     Section 7. Partial Indemnification. If Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of
this Agreement to indemnification by the Corporation for some or a portion of Expenses, but not,
however, for the total amount thereof, the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee for
the portion thereof to which Indemnitee is entitled.



     Section 8. Additional Indemnification.



          (a) Notwithstanding any limitation in Sections 3, 4, or 5, the Corporation shall indemnify
Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law if Indemnitee is a party to or
threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding (including a Proceeding by or in the right of




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the
Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor) against all Expenses, judgments, fines and amounts
paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the
Proceeding.




          (b) For purposes of Section 8(a), the meaning of the phrase “to the fullest extent permitted
by applicable law” shall include, but not be limited to:





                     i. to the fullest extent permitted by the provision of the DGCL that authorizes or
contemplates additional indemnification by agreement, or the corresponding provision of any
amendment to or replacement of the DGCL, and




                     ii. to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by any amendments to or replacements of the
DGCL adopted after the date of this Agreement that increase the extent to which a corporation may
indemnify its officers and directors.



     Section 9. Exclusions. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement, the
Corporation shall not be obligated under this Agreement to make any indemnity in connection with
any claim made against Indemnitee:



          (a) for which payment has actually been made to or on behalf of Indemnitee under any insurance
policy or other indemnity provision, except with respect to any excess beyond the amount paid under
any insurance policy or other indemnity provision; or




          (b) for (i) an accounting of profits made from the purchase and sale (or sale and purchase) by
Indemnitee of securities of the Corporation within the meaning of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act
(as defined in Section 2(b) hereof) or similar provisions of state statutory law or common law, or
(ii) any reimbursement of the Corporation by the Indemnitee of any bonus or other incentive-based
or equity-based compensation or of any profits realized by the Indemnitee from the sale of
securities of the Corporation, as required in each case under the Exchange Act (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 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); or




          (c) except as provided in Section 14(d) of this Agreement, in connection with any Proceeding
(or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee, including any Proceeding (or any part of
any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee against the Corporation or its directors, officers,
employees or other indemnitees, unless (i) the Board authorized the Proceeding (or any part of any
Proceeding) prior to its initiation or (ii) the Corporation provides the indemnification, in its
sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Corporation under applicable law, provided,
however, that this prohibition shall not apply to any counter-claim, cross-claim or third-party
claim brought against the Indemnitee in any Proceeding.




     Section 10. Advances of Expenses. In accordance with the pre-existing requirement of
Section 7.2 of Article 7 of the By-Laws of the Corporation, and notwithstanding any provision of
this Agreement to the contrary, the Corporation shall advance, to the extent not prohibited by



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law,
the Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding, and such advancement shall
be made within thirty (30) days after the receipt by the Corporation of a statement or statements
requesting such advances from time to time, whether prior to or after final disposition of any
Proceeding. Advances shall be unsecured and interest free. Advances shall be made without regard
to Indemnitee’s ability to repay the Expenses and without regard to Indemnitee’s ultimate
entitlement to indemnification under the other provisions of this Agreement. Advances shall
include any and all reasonable Expenses incurred pursuing an action
to enforce this right of advancement, including Expenses incurred preparing and forwarding
statements to the Corporation to support the advances claimed. The Indemnitee shall qualify for
advances upon the execution and delivery to the Corporation of this Agreement, which shall
constitute an undertaking providing that the Indemnitee undertakes to repay the amounts advanced
(without interest) to the extent that it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled
to be indemnified by the Corporation. No other form of undertaking shall be required other than
the execution of this Agreement. This Section 10 shall not apply to any claim made by Indemnitee
for which indemnity is excluded pursuant to Section 9.



     Section 11. Procedure for Notification and Defense of Claim.



          (a) Indemnitee shall notify the Corporation in writing of any matter with respect to which
Indemnitee intends to seek indemnification or advancement of Expenses hereunder as soon as
reasonably practicable following the receipt by Indemnitee of written notice thereof. The written
notification to the Corporation shall include a description of the nature of the Proceeding and the
facts underlying the Proceeding. To obtain indemnification under this Agreement, Indemnitee shall
submit to the Corporation a written request, including therein or therewith 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 following the final
disposition of such action, suit or proceeding. The omission by Indemnitee to notify the
Corporation hereunder will not relieve the Corporation from any liability which it may have to
Indemnitee hereunder or otherwise than under this Agreement, and any delay in so notifying the
Corporation shall not constitute a waiver by Indemnitee of any rights under this Agreement. The
Secretary of the Corporation shall, promptly upon receipt of such a request for indemnification,
advise the Board in writing that Indemnitee has requested indemnification.




          (b) The Corporation will be entitled to participate in the Proceeding at its own expense.




     Section 12. Procedure Upon Application for Indemnification.



          (a) Upon written request by Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to the Section 11(a), a
determination, if required by applicable law, with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement thereto
shall be made in the specific case: (i) if a Change in Control shall have occurred, by Independent
Counsel in a written opinion to the Board, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee; or
(ii) if a Change in Control shall not have occurred, (A) by a majority vote of the Disinterested
Directors, even though less than a quorum of the Board, (B) by a




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committee of Disinterested
Directors designated by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even though less than a
quorum of the Board, (C) if there are no such Disinterested Directors or, if such Disinterested
Directors so direct, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board, a copy of which
shall be delivered to Indemnitee or (D) if so directed by the Board, by the stockholders of the
Corporation; and, if it is so determined that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, payment to
Indemnitee shall be made within ten (10) days after such determination. Indemnitee shall 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 which is not privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and which is reasonably
available to Indemnitee and reasonably necessary to such determination. Any costs or Expenses
(including attorneys’ fees and disbursements) incurred by Indemnitee in so cooperating with the
person, persons or entity making such determination shall be borne by the Corporation (irrespective
of the determination as to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification) and the Corporation hereby
indemnifies and agrees to hold Indemnitee harmless therefrom.




          (b) In the event the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by
Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 12(a) hereof, the Independent Counsel shall be selected as
provided in this Section 12(b). If a Change in Control shall not have occurred, the Independent
Counsel shall be selected by the Board, and the Corporation shall give written notice to Indemnitee
advising him of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. If a Change in Control shall
have occurred, the Independent Counsel shall be selected by Indemnitee (unless Indemnitee shall
request that such selection be made by the Board, in which event the preceding sentence shall
apply), and Indemnitee shall give written notice to the Corporation advising it of the identity of
the Independent Counsel so selected. In either event, Indemnitee or the Corporation, as the case
may be, may, within ten (10) days after such written notice of selection shall have been given,
deliver to the Corporation or to Indemnitee, as the case may be, a written objection to such
selection; provided, however, that such objection may be asserted only on the
ground that the Independent Counsel so selected does not meet the requirements of “Independent
Counsel” as defined in Section 2 of this Agreement, and the objection shall set forth with
particularity the factual basis of such assertion. Absent a proper and timely objection, the
person so selected shall act as Independent Counsel. If such written objection is so made and
substantiated, the Independent Counsel so selected may not serve as Independent Counsel unless and
until such objection is withdrawn or a court has determined that such objection is without merit.
If, within twenty (20) days after the later of submission by Indemnitee of a written request for
indemnification pursuant to Section 11(a) hereof and the final disposition of the Proceeding, no
Independent Counsel shall have been selected and not objected to, either the Corporation or
Indemnitee may petition a court of competent jurisdiction for resolution of any objection which
shall have been made by the Corporation or Indemnitee to the other’s selection of Independent
Counsel and/or for the appointment as Independent Counsel of a person selected by the Court or by
such other person as the Court shall designate, and the person with respect to whom all objections
are so resolved or the person so appointed shall act as Independent Counsel under Section 12(a)
hereof. Upon the due commencement of any judicial proceeding or arbitration pursuant to Section
14(a) of this Agreement, Independent Counsel shall be discharged and




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relieved of any further
responsibility in such capacity (subject to the applicable standards of professional conduct then
prevailing).




     Section 13. Presumptions and Effect of Certain Proceedings.



          (a) In making a determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification hereunder, the
person or 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 if Indemnitee
has submitted a request for indemnification in accordance with Section 11(a) of this Agreement, and
the Corporation shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law,
have the burden of proof to overcome that presumption in connection with the making by any
person, persons or entity of any determination contrary to that presumption. Neither the failure
of the Corporation (including by its directors or independent legal counsel) 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 Corporation (including by its directors or
independent legal counsel) 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.




          (b) Subject to Section 14(e), if the person, persons or entity empowered or selected under
Section 12 of this Agreement to determine whether Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification shall
not have made a determination within sixty (60) days after receipt by the Corporation of the
request therefor, the requisite determination of entitlement to indemnification shall, to the
fullest extent not prohibited by law, be deemed to have been made and Indemnitee shall be entitled
to such indemnification, 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 the request for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification
under applicable law; provided, however, that such 60-day period may be extended for a reasonable
time, not to exceed an additional thirty (30) days, if the person, persons or entity making the
determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification in good faith requires such additional
time for the obtaining or evaluating of documentation and/or information relating thereto; and
provided, further, that the foregoing provisions of this Section 13(b) shall not apply (i) if the
determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by the stockholders pursuant to
Section 12(a) of this Agreement and if (A) within fifteen (15) days after receipt by the
Corporation of the request for such determination the Board has resolved to submit such
determination to the stockholders for their consideration at an annual meeting thereof to be held
within seventy-five (75) days after such receipt and such determination is made thereat, or (B) a
special meeting of stockholders is called within fifteen (15) days after such receipt for the
purpose of making such determination, such meeting is held for such purpose within sixty (60) days
after having been so called and such determination is made thereat, or (ii) if the determination of
entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 12(a) of
this Agreement.




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          (c) 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 which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the Corporation or, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, that Indemnitee
had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.




          (d) Reliance as Safe Harbor. For purposes of any determination of good faith,
Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in good faith if Indemnitee’s action is based on the
records or books of account of the Enterprise, including financial statements, or on information
supplied to Indemnitee by the officers of the Enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the
advice of legal counsel for the Enterprise or on information or records given or reports made
to the Enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert
selected with the reasonable care by the Enterprise. The provisions of this Section 13(d) shall
not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the other circumstances in which the
Indemnitee may be deemed to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in this
Agreement.




          (e) Actions of Others. The knowledge and/or actions, or failure to act, of any
director, officer, agent or employee of the Enterprise shall not be imputed to Indemnitee for
purposes of determining the right to indemnification under this Agreement.




     Section 14. Remedies of Indemnitee.



          (a) Subject to Section 14(e), in the event that (i) a determination is made pursuant to
Section 12 of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this
Agreement, (ii) advancement of Expenses is not timely made pursuant to Section 10 of this
Agreement, (iii) no determination of entitlement to indemnification shall have been made pursuant
to Section 12(a) of this Agreement within ninety (90) days after receipt by the Corporation of the
request for indemnification, (iv) payment of indemnification is not made pursuant to Section 5, 6
or 7 or the last sentence of Section 12(a) of this Agreement within ten (10) days after receipt by
the Corporation of a written request therefor, (v) payment of indemnification pursuant to Section
3, 4 or 8 of this Agreement is not made within ten (10) days after a determination has been made
that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, or (vi) in the event that the Corporation or any
other person takes or threatens to take any action to declare this Agreement void or unenforceable,
or institutes any litigation or other action or Proceeding designed to deny, or to recover from,
the Indemnitee the benefits provided or intended to be provided to the Indemnitee hereunder,
Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication by a court of his entitlement to such
indemnification or advancement of Expenses. Alternatively, Indemnitee, at his option, may seek an
award in arbitration to be conducted by a single arbitrator pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration
Rules of the American Arbitration Association. Indemnitee shall commence such proceeding seeking
an adjudication or an award in arbitration within 180 days following the date on which Indemnitee
first has the right to commence such proceeding pursuant to this Section 14(a); provided,
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apply in respect of a proceeding brought by
Indemnitee to enforce his rights under Section 5 of this Agreement. The Corporation shall not
oppose Indemnitee’s right to seek any such adjudication or award in arbitration.




          (b) In the event that a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 12(a) of this
Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, any judicial proceeding or
arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 14 shall be conducted in all respects as a
de novo trial, or arbitration, on the merits and Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced
by reason of that adverse determination. In any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced
pursuant to this Section 14 the Corporation shall have the burden of proving Indemnitee is not
entitled to indemnification or advancement of Expenses, as the case may be.




          (c) If a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 12(a) of this Agreement that
Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Corporation shall be bound by such determination in
any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 14, 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 the request for
indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law.




          (d) The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, be precluded from
asserting in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 14 that the
procedures and presumptions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall
stipulate in any such court or before any such arbitrator that the Corporation is bound by all the
provisions of this Agreement. It is the intent of the Corporation that, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, the Indemnitee not be required to incur legal fees or other Expenses associated
with the interpretation, enforcement or defense of Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement by
litigation or otherwise because the cost and expense thereof would substantially detract from the
benefits intended to be extended to the Indemnitee hereunder. The Corporation shall, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify Indemnitee against any and all Expenses and, if
requested by Indemnitee, shall (within ten (10) days after receipt by the Corporation of a written
request therefor) advance, to the extent not prohibited by law, such Expenses to Indemnitee, which
are incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any action brought by Indemnitee for indemnification
or advance of Expenses from the Corporation under this Agreement or under any directors’ and
officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Corporation if Indemnitee is wholly
successful on the underlying claims; if Indemnitee is not wholly successful on the underlying
claims, then such indemnification and advancement shall be only to the extent Indemnitee is
successful on such underlying claims or otherwise as permitted by law, whichever is greater.




          (e) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no determination as to
entitlement of Indemnitee to indemnification under this Agreement shall be required to be made
prior to the final disposition of the Proceeding.




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     Section 15. Non-exclusivity; Survival of Rights; Insurance; Subrogation.



          (a) The rights of indemnification and to receive advancement of Expenses as provided by this
Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee may at any time be
entitled under applicable law, the Corporation’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the
Corporation’s By-laws, any agreement, a vote of stockholders or a resolution of directors, or
otherwise. No amendment, alteration or repeal of this Agreement or of any provision hereof shall
limit or restrict any right of Indemnitee under this Agreement in respect of any action taken or
omitted by such Indemnitee in his Corporate Status prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal.
To the extent that a change in Delaware law, whether by statute or judicial decision, permits
greater indemnification or advancement of Expenses than would be afforded currently under the
Corporation’s By-Laws and this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties hereto that Indemnitee
shall enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change. No right or remedy
herein conferred is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every other right
and remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other
right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or
otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not
prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other right or remedy.




          (b) To the extent that the Corporation maintains an insurance policy or policies providing
liability insurance for directors, officers, employees, or agents of the Corporation or of any
other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise
which such person serves at the request of the Corporation, Indemnitee shall be covered by such
policy or policies in accordance with its or their terms to the maximum extent of the coverage
available for any such director, officer, employee or agent under such policy or policies. If, at
the time of the receipt of a notice of a claim pursuant to the terms hereof, the Corporation has
director and officer liability insurance in effect, the Corporation shall give prompt notice of
such claim or of the commencement of a proceeding, as the case may be, to the insurers in
accordance with the procedures set forth in the respective policies. The Corporation shall
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
policies.




          (c) In the event of any payment under this Agreement, the Corporation shall be subrogated to
the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee, who shall 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.




          (d) The Corporation shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment of amounts
otherwise indemnifiable (or for which advancement is provided hereunder) hereunder if and to the
extent that Indemnitee has otherwise actually received such payment under any insurance policy,
contract, agreement or otherwise.




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          (e) The Corporation’s obligation to indemnify or advance Expenses hereunder to Indemnitee who
is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee
benefit plan or other enterprise shall be reduced by any amount Indemnitee has actually received as
indemnification or advancement of Expenses from such other corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise.




     Section 16. Duration of Agreement. This Agreement shall continue until and terminate
upon the later of: (a) ten (10) years after the date that Indemnitee shall have ceased to serve as
a director of the Corporation or, 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 or (b) one (1) year after the final termination of any Proceeding then pending
in respect of which Indemnitee is granted rights of indemnification or advancement of Expenses
hereunder and of any proceeding commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 14 of this Agreement
relating thereto. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Corporation and its
successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of Indemnitee and his heirs, executors
and administrators.



     Section 17. Severability. 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,
each portion of any Section of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any
way be affected or impaired thereby and shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by
law; (b) such provision or provisions shall be deemed reformed to the extent necessary to conform
to applicable law and to give the maximum effect to the intent of the parties hereto; and (c) to
the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each
portion of any Section of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal
or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to
give effect to the intent manifested thereby.



     Section 18. Enforcement.



          (a) The Corporation expressly confirms and agrees that it has entered into this Agreement and
assumed the obligations imposed on it hereby in order to induce Indemnitee to serve as a director
of the Corporation, and the Corporation acknowledges that Indemnitee is relying upon this Agreement
in serving as a director or officer of the Corporation.




          (b) This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to
the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, oral, written and
implied, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof; provided, however,
that this Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the Corporation, the By-laws of the Corporation and


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applicable law, and shall not
be deemed a substitute therefor, nor to diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee thereunder.




     Section 19. Modification and Waiver. No supplement, modification or amendment of this
Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by the parties thereto. No waiver of any of
the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other
provisions of this Agreement nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver.



     Section 20. Notice by Indemnitee. Indemnitee agrees promptly to notify the
Corporation in writing upon being served with any summons, citation, subpoena, complaint,
indictment, information or other document relating to any Proceeding or matter which may be subject
to indemnification or advancement of Expenses covered hereunder. The failure of Indemnitee to so
notify the Corporation shall not relieve the Corporation of any obligation which it may have to the
Indemnitee under this Agreement or otherwise.



     Section 21. Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications under
this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if (a) delivered by
hand and receipted for by the party to whom said notice or other communication shall have
been directed, (b) mailed by certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, on the third
business day after the date on which it is so mailed, (c) mailed by reputable overnight courier and
receipted for by the party to whom said notice or other communication shall have been directed or
(d) sent by facsimile transmission, with receipt of oral confirmation that such transmission has
been received:



          (a) If to Indemnitee, at the address indicated on the signature page of this Agreement, or
such other address as Indemnitee shall provide to the Corporation.




          (b) If to the Corporation to



Tesoro Corporation



Attention: Corporate Secretary

300 Concord Plaza Drive

San Antonio, Texas 78216-6999



or to any other address as may have been furnished to Indemnitee by the Corporation.




     Section 22. 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 Corporation, in lieu of indemnifying Indemnitee, shall contribute to the amount
incurred by Indemnitee, whether for judgments, fines, penalties, excise taxes, amounts paid or to
be paid in settlement and/or for Expenses, in connection with any claim 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 (i) the relative benefits
received by the Corporation and Indemnitee as a result of the event(s) and/or transaction(s) giving
cause to such Proceeding; and/or (ii) the relative fault of the Corporation (and its



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directors,
officers, employees and agents) and Indemnitee in connection with such event(s) and/or
transaction(s).



     Section 23. Applicable Law and Consent to Jurisdiction. This Agreement and the legal
relations among the parties shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with,
the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. Except with
respect to any arbitration commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 14(a) of this Agreement, the
Corporation and Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (i) agree that any action or
proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall 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) appoint, to the extent such party is not
otherwise subject to service of process in the State of Delaware, irrevocably
                                                             as its agent in the State of Delaware as such party’s agent
for acceptance of legal process in connection with any such action or proceeding against such party
with the same legal force and validity as if served upon such party personally within the State of
Delaware, (iv) waive any objection to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in the
Delaware Court, and (v) 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.



     Section 24. Identical Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. Only one such counterpart signed by the
party against whom enforceability is sought needs to be produced to evidence the existence of this
Agreement.



     Section 25. Miscellaneous. Use of the masculine pronoun shall be deemed to include
usage of the feminine pronoun where appropriate. The headings 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.



     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be signed as of the day and year
first above written.



	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	TESORO CORPORATION	 	 	 	INDEMNITEE	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Name:

	 	 	 	 	 	Name:	 	 	 	 
	Title:

	 	 	 	 	 	Address:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 






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