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EXHIBIT 10.3

ENDEAVOR IP, INC.

 

DIRECTOR AND OFFICER INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

 

This Director and Officer Indemnification Agreement, dated as of this 7th day of November 2014 (this “Agreement”), is made by and between Endeavor IP, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Corporation”), and FRANCISCUS DIABA (the “Indemnitee”).

 

RECITALS:

 

A.           Chapter 78.115 of the Nevada Revised Statutes provides that the business and affairs of a corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors.

 

B.           By virtue of the managerial prerogatives vested in the directors and officers of a Nevada corporation, directors and officers act as fiduciaries of the corporation and its stockholders.

 

C.           Thus, it is critically important to the Corporation and its stockholders that the Corporation be able to attract and retain the most capable persons reasonably available to serve as directors and officers of the Corporation.

 

D.           In recognition of the need for corporations to be able to induce capable and responsible persons to accept positions in corporate management, Nevada law authorizes (and in some instances requires) corporations to indemnify their directors and officers, and further authorizes corporations to purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of their directors and officers.

 

E.           Indemnitee is, or will be, a director and/or officer of the Corporation and his or her willingness to serve in such capacity is predicated, in substantial part, upon the Corporation’s willingness to indemnify him or her to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of Nevada, and upon the other undertakings set forth in this Agreement.

 

F.           Therefore, in recognition of the need to provide Indemnitee with substantial protection against personal liability, in order to procure Indemnitee’s service (or continued service) as a director and/or officer of the Corporation and to enhance Indemnitee’s ability to serve the Corporation in an effective manner, and in order to provide such protection pursuant to express contract rights (intended to be enforceable irrespective of, among other things, any amendment to the Corporation’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws (collectively, the “Constituent Documents”), any change in the composition of the Corporation’s board of directors (the “Board”) or any change-in-control or business combination transaction relating to the Corporation), the Corporation wishes to provide in this Agreement for the indemnification and advancement of Expenses to Indemnitee on the terms, and subject to the conditions, set forth in this Agreement.

 

G.           In light of the considerations referred to in the preceding recitals, it is the Corporation’s intention and desire that the provisions of this Agreement be construed liberally, subject to their express terms, to maximize the protections to be provided to Indemnitee hereunder.

  

  

  

AGREEMENT:

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree as follows:

1. Certain Definitions.  In addition to terms defined elsewhere herein, the following terms have the following meanings when used in this Agreement with initial capital letters:

 

(a) “Change in Control” shall have occurred at such time, if any, as Incumbent Directors cease for any reason to constitute a majority of Directors.  For purposes of this Section 1(a),  “Incumbent Directors” means the individuals who, as of the date hereof, are Directors of the Corporation and any individual becoming a Director subsequent to the date hereof whose election, nomination for election by the Corporation’s stockholders, or appointment, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the then Incumbent Directors (either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement of the Corporation in which such person is named as a nominee for director, without objection to such nomination); provided, however,  that an individual shall not be an Incumbent Director if such individual’s election or appointment to the Board occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest (as described in Rule 14a-12(c) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) 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.

 

(b) “Claim” means (i) any threatened, asserted, pending or completed claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative, investigative or other, and whether made pursuant to federal, state or other law; and (ii) any inquiry or investigation, whether made, instituted or conducted by the Corporation or any other Person, including, without limitation, any federal, state or other governmental entity, that Indemnitee reasonably determines might lead to the institution of any such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Corporation intends indemnity to be provided hereunder in respect of acts or failure to act prior to, on or after the date hereof.

 

(c) “Controlled Affiliate” means any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other entity or enterprise, whether or not for profit, that is directly or indirectly controlled by the Corporation.  For purposes of this definition,  “control”  means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of an entity or enterprise, whether through the ownership of voting securities, through other voting rights, by contract or otherwise;  provided  that direct or indirect beneficial ownership of capital stock or other interests in an entity or enterprise entitling the holder to cast 15% or more of the total number of votes generally entitled to be cast in the election of directors (or persons performing comparable functions) of such entity or enterprise shall be deemed to constitute control for purposes of this definition.

 

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

 

(e) “Expenses” means attorneys’ and experts’ fees and expenses and all other costs and expenses paid or payable in connection with investigating, defending, being a witness in or participating in (including on appeal), or preparing to investigate, defend, be a witness in or participate in (including on appeal), any Claim.

  

  

  

(f) “Indemnifiable Claim” means any Claim based upon, arising out of or resulting from (i) any actual, alleged or suspected act or failure to act by Indemnitee in his or her capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or as a director, officer, employee, member, manager, trustee or agent of any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other entity or enterprise, whether or not for profit, as to which Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Corporation, (ii) any actual, alleged or suspected act or failure to act by Indemnitee in respect of any business, transaction, communication, filing, disclosure or other activity of the Corporation or any other entity or enterprise referred to in clause (i) of this sentence, or (iii) Indemnitee’s status as a current or former director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or as a current or former director, officer, employee, member, manager, trustee or agent of the Corporation or any other entity or enterprise referred to in clause (i) of this sentence or any actual, alleged or suspected act or failure to act by Indemnitee in connection with any obligation or restriction imposed upon Indemnitee by reason of such status.  In addition to any service at the actual request of the Corporation, for purposes of this Agreement, Indemnitee shall be deemed to be serving or to have served at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, member, manager, trustee or agent of another entity or enterprise if Indemnitee is or was serving as a director, officer, employee, member, manager, agent, trustee or other fiduciary of such entity or enterprise and (i) such entity or enterprise is or at the time of such service was a Controlled Affiliate, (ii) such entity or enterprise is or at the time of such service was an employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Corporation or a Controlled Affiliate, or (iii) the Corporation or a Controlled Affiliate (by action of the Board, any committee thereof or the Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) (other than as the CEO him or herself)) caused or authorized Indemnitee to be nominated, elected, appointed, designated, employed, engaged or selected to serve in such capacity.

(g) “Indemnifiable Losses” means any and all Losses relating to, arising out of or resulting from any Indemnifiable Claim; provided, however, that Indemnifiable Losses shall not include Losses incurred by Indemnitee in respect of any Indemnifiable Claim (or any matter or issue therein) as to which Indemnitee shall have been adjudged liable to the Corporation, unless and only to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction in which such Indemnifiable Claim was brought shall have determined 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 for such Expenses as the court shall deem proper.

 

(h) “Independent Counsel” means a nationally recognized law firm, or a member of a nationally recognized law firm, that is experienced in matters of Nevada corporate law and neither presently is, nor in the past five years has been, retained to represent:  (i) the Corporation (or any subsidiary) 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 named (or, as to a threatened matter, reasonably likely to be named) party to the Indemnifiable Claim 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 Agreement.

  

  

  

(i) “Losses” means any and all Expenses, damages, losses, liabilities, judgments, fines, penalties (whether civil, criminal or other) and amounts paid or payable in settlement, including, without limitation, all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of any of the foregoing.

 

(j) “Person” means any individual, entity or group, within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

(k) “Standard of Conduct” means the standard for conduct by Indemnitee that is a condition precedent to indemnification of Indemnitee hereunder against Indemnifiable Losses relating to, arising out of or resulting from an Indemnifiable Claim.  The Standard of Conduct is (i) good faith and a reasonable belief by Indemnitee that his action was in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, that Indemnitee had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

 

2. Indemnification Obligation.  Subject only to Section 7 and to the proviso in this Section, the Corporation shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Indemnitee, to the fullest extent permitted or required by the laws of the State of Nevada in effect on the date hereof or as such laws may from time to time hereafter be amended to increase the scope of such permitted indemnification, against any and all Indemnifiable Claims and Indemnifiable Losses;  provided, however,  that, except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with (i) any Claim initiated by Indemnitee against the Corporation or any director or officer of the Corporation unless the Corporation has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Claim, or (ii) the purchase and sale by Indemnitee of securities in violation of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  The Corporation acknowledges that the foregoing obligation may be broader than that now provided by applicable law and the Corporation’s Constituent Documents and intends that it be interpreted consistently with this Section and the recitals to this Agreement.

 

3. Advancement of Expenses.  Indemnitee shall have the right to advancement by the Corporation prior to the final disposition of any Indemnifiable Claim of any and all actual and reasonable Expenses relating to, arising out of or resulting from any Indemnifiable Claim paid or incurred by Indemnitee.  Without limiting the generality or effect of any other provision hereof, Indemnitee’s right to such advancement is not subject to the satisfaction of any Standard of Conduct.  Without limiting the generality or effect of the foregoing, within five business days after any request by Indemnitee that is accompanied by supporting documentation for specific reasonable Expenses to be reimbursed or advanced, the Corporation shall, in accordance with such request (but without duplication), (a) pay such Expenses on behalf of Indemnitee, (b) advance to Indemnitee funds in an amount sufficient to pay such Expenses, or (c) reimburse Indemnitee for such Expenses;  provided  that Indemnitee shall repay, without interest, any amounts actually advanced to Indemnitee that, at the final disposition of the Indemnifiable Claim to which the advance related, were in excess of amounts paid or payable by Indemnitee in respect of Expenses relating to, arising out of or resulting from such Indemnifiable Claim.  In connection with any such payment, advancement or reimbursement, at the request of the Corporation, Indemnitee shall execute and deliver to the Corporation an undertaking, which need not be secured and shall be accepted without reference to Indemnitee’s ability to repay the Expenses, by or on behalf of the Indemnitee, to repay any amounts paid, advanced or reimbursed by the Corporation in respect of Expenses relating to, arising out of or resulting from any Indemnifiable Claim in respect of which it shall have been determined, following the final disposition of such Indemnifiable Claim and in accordance with Section 7, that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification hereunder.

  

  

  

4. Indemnification for Additional Expenses.  Without limiting the generality or effect of the foregoing, the Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee against and, if requested by Indemnitee, shall reimburse Indemnitee for, or advance to Indemnitee, within five business days of such request accompanied by supporting documentation for specific Expenses to be reimbursed or advanced, any and all actual and reasonable Expenses paid or incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any Claim made, instituted or conducted by Indemnitee for (a) indemnification or reimbursement or advance payment of Expenses by the Corporation under any provision of this Agreement, or under any other agreement or provision of the Constituent Documents now or hereafter in effect relating to Indemnifiable Claims, and/or (b) recovery under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Corporation;  provided, however,  if it is ultimately determined that the Indemnitee is not entitled to such indemnification, reimbursement, advance or insurance recovery, as the case may be, then the Indemnitee shall be obligated to repay any such Expenses to the Corporation;  provided further,  that, regardless in each case of whether Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to such indemnification, reimbursement, advance or insurance recovery, as the case may be, Indemnitee shall return, without interest, any such advance of Expenses (or portion thereof) which remains unspent at the final disposition of the Claim to which the advance related.

5. Partial Indemnity.  If Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this Agreement to indemnification by the Corporation for some or a portion of any Indemnifiable Loss but not for all of the total amount thereof, the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee for the portion thereof to which Indemnitee is entitled.

6. Procedure for Notification.  To obtain indemnification under this Agreement in respect of an Indemnifiable Claim or Indemnifiable Loss, Indemnitee shall submit to the Corporation a written request therefore, including a brief description (based upon information then available to Indemnitee) of such Indemnifiable Claim or Indemnifiable Loss.  If, at the time of the receipt of such request, the Corporation has directors’ and officers’ liability insurance in effect under which coverage for such Indemnifiable Claim or Indemnifiable Loss is potentially available, the Corporation shall give prompt written notice of such Indemnifiable Claim or Indemnifiable Loss to the applicable insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the applicable policies.  The Corporation shall thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of the Indemnitee, all Indemnifiable Claims and Indemnifiable Losses in accordance with the terms of such policies.  The Corporation shall provide to Indemnitee a copy of such notice delivered to the applicable insurers, substantially concurrently with the delivery thereof by the Corporation.  The failure by Indemnitee to timely notify the Corporation of any Indemnifiable Claim or Indemnifiable Loss shall not relieve the Corporation from any liability hereunder unless, and only to the extent that, the Corporation did not otherwise learn of such Indemnifiable Claim or Indemnifiable Loss and to the extent that such failure results in forfeiture by the Corporation of substantial defenses, rights or insurance coverage.

7. Determination of Right to Indemnification.

 

(a) To the extent that Indemnitee shall have been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any Indemnifiable Claim or any portion thereof or in defense of any issue or matter therein, including, without limitation, dismissal without prejudice, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Indemnifiable Losses relating to, arising out of or resulting from such Indemnifiable Claim in accordance with Section 2 and no Standard of Conduct Determination (as defined in Section 7(b)) shall be required.

 

  

  

  

(b) To the extent that the provisions of Section 7(a) are inapplicable to an Indemnifiable Claim that shall have been finally disposed of, any determination of whether Indemnitee has satisfied the applicable Standard of Conduct (a “Standard of Conduct Determination” ) shall be made as follows:  (i) if a Change in Control shall not have occurred, or if a Change in Control shall have occurred but Indemnitee shall have requested that the Standard of Conduct Determination be made pursuant to this clause (i), (A) by a majority vote of a quorum of the Board consisting entirely of Disinterested Directors, or (B) if there is no quorum consisting of Disinterested Directors, or if a quorum consisting of Disinterested Directors so directs, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion addressed to the Board, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee; and (ii) if a Change in Control shall have occurred and Indemnitee shall not have requested that the Standard of Conduct Determination be made pursuant to clause (i) above, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion addressed to the Board, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee.

 

(c) If (i) Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification hereunder against any Indemnifiable Losses pursuant to Section 7(a), (ii) no determination of whether Indemnitee has satisfied any applicable standard of conduct under Nevada law is a legally required condition precedent to indemnification of Indemnitee hereunder against any Indemnifiable Losses, or (iii) Indemnitee has been determined or deemed pursuant to Section 7(b) to have satisfied the applicable Standard of Conduct, then the Corporation shall pay to Indemnitee, within five business days after the later of (x) the Notification Date in respect of the Indemnifiable Claim or portion thereof to which such Indemnifiable Losses are related, out of which such Indemnifiable Losses arose or from which such Indemnifiable Losses resulted, and (y) the earliest date on which the applicable criterion specified in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above shall have been satisfied, an amount equal to the amount of such Indemnifiable Losses.  Nothing herein is intended to, or shall, dispense with any requirement that Indemnitee meet an applicable Standard of Conduct in order to be indemnified if and to the extent required by applicable law.

(d) If a Standard of Conduct Determination is required to be, but has not been, made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 7(b)(i), the Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Board or a committee of the Board, and the Corporation shall give written notice to Indemnitee advising him or her of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected.  If a Standard of Conduct Determination is required to be, or to have been, made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 7(b)(ii), the Independent Counsel shall be selected by Indemnitee, and Indemnitee shall give written notice to the Corporation advising it of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected.  In either case, Indemnitee or the Corporation, as applicable, may, within five business days after receiving written notice of selection from the other, deliver to the other 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 satisfy the criteria set forth in the definition of “Independent Counsel” in Section 1(h), 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 properly and timely made and substantiated, (i) 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 and (ii) the non-objecting party may, at its option, select an alternative Independent Counsel and give written notice to the other party advising such other party of the identity of the alternative Independent Counsel so selected, in which case the provisions of the two immediately preceding sentences and clause (i) of this sentence shall apply to such subsequent selection and notice.  If applicable, the

  

  

  

provisions of clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence shall apply to successive alternative selections.  If no Independent Counsel that is permitted under the foregoing provisions of this Section 7(d) to make the Standard of Conduct Determination shall have been selected within 30 calendar days after the Corporation gives its initial notice pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 7(d) or Indemnitee gives its initial notice pursuant to the second sentence of this Section 7(d), as the case may be, either the Corporation or Indemnitee may petition the district court of the State of Nevada 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 or firm selected by the Court or by such other person as the Court shall designate, and the person or firm with respect to whom all objections are so resolved or the person or firm so appointed will act as Independent Counsel.  In all events, the Corporation shall pay all of the actual and reasonable fees and expenses of the Independent Counsel incurred in connection with the Independent Counsel’s determination pursuant to Section 7(b).

8. Cooperation.  Indemnitee shall cooperate with reasonable requests of the Corporation in connection with any Indemnifiable Claim and any individual or firm making such Standard of Conduct Determination, including providing to such Person documentation or information which is not privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and which is reasonably available to Indemnitee and reasonably necessary to defend the Indemnifiable Claim or make any Standard of Conduct Determination without incurring any unreimbursed cost in connection therewith.  The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee against and, if requested by Indemnitee, shall reimburse Indemnitee for, or advance to Indemnitee, within five business days of such request accompanied by supporting documentation for specific costs and expenses to be reimbursed or advanced, any and all costs and expenses (including attorneys’ and experts’ fees and expenses) actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in so cooperating with the Person defending the Indemnifiable Claim or making such Standard of Conduct Determination.

 

9. Presumption of Entitlement.  Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, in making any Standard of Conduct Determination, the Person making such determination shall presume that Indemnitee has satisfied the applicable Standard of Conduct.

 

10. No Other Presumption.  For purposes of this Agreement, the termination of any Claim by judgment, order, settlement (whether with or without court approval) or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, will not create a presumption that Indemnitee did not meet any applicable Standard of Conduct or that indemnification hereunder is otherwise not permitted.

11. Non-Exclusivity.  The rights of Indemnitee hereunder will be in addition to any other rights Indemnitee may have under the Constituent Documents, or the substantive laws of the Corporation’s jurisdiction of incorporation, any other contract or otherwise (collectively, “Other Indemnity Provisions”); provided, however, that (a) to the extent that Indemnitee otherwise would have any greater right to indemnification under any Other Indemnity Provision, Indemnitee will without further action be deemed to have such greater right hereunder, and (b) to the extent that any change is made to any Other Indemnity Provision which permits any greater right to indemnification than that provided under this Agreement as of the date hereof, Indemnitee will be deemed to have such greater right hereunder.  The Corporation may not, without the consent of Indemnitee, adopt any amendment to any of the Constituent Documents the effect of which would be to deny, diminish or encumber Indemnitee’s right to indemnification under this Agreement.

12. Liability Insurance and Funding.  For the duration of Indemnitee’s service as a director and/or officer of the Corporation and for a reasonable period of time thereafter, which such period shall be determined by the Corporation in its sole discretion, the Corporation shall use commercially reasonable efforts (taking into account the scope and amount of coverage available relative to the cost thereof) to cause to be maintained in effect policies of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance providing coverage for directors and/or officers of the Corporation, and, if applicable, that is substantially comparable in scope and amount to that provided by the Corporation’s current policies of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance.  Upon reasonable request, the Corporation shall provide Indemnitee or his or her counsel with a copy of all directors’ and officers’ liability insurance applications, binders, policies, declarations, endorsements and other related materials.  In all policies of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance obtained by the Corporation, Indemnitee shall be named as an insured in such a manner as to provide Indemnitee the same rights and benefits, subject to the same limitations, as are accorded to the Corporation’s directors and officers most favorably insured by such policy.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Corporation may, but shall not be required to, create a trust fund, grant a security interest or use other means, including, without limitation, a letter of credit, to ensure the payment of such amounts as may be necessary to satisfy its obligations to indemnify and advance expenses pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) in renewing or seeking to renew any insurance hereunder, the Corporation will not be required to expend more than 2.0 times the premium amount of the immediately preceding policy period (equitably adjusted if necessary to reflect differences in policy periods).

 

13. Subrogation.  In the event of payment under this Agreement, the Corporation shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the related rights of recovery of Indemnitee against other Persons (other than Indemnitee’s successors), including any entity or enterprise referred to in clause (i) of the definition of “Indemnifiable Claim” in Section 1(f).  Indemnitee shall execute all papers reasonably required to evidence such rights (all of Indemnitee’s reasonable Expenses, including attorneys’ fees and charges, related thereto to be reimbursed by or, at the option of Indemnitee, advanced by the Corporation).

14. No Duplication of Payments.  The Corporation shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment to Indemnitee in respect of any Indemnifiable Losses to the extent Indemnitee has otherwise already actually received payment (net of Expenses incurred in connection therewith) under any insurance policy, the Constituent Documents and Other Indemnity Provisions or otherwise (including from any entity or enterprise referred to in clause (i) of the definition of “Indemnifiable Claim” in Section 1(f)) in respect of such Indemnifiable Losses otherwise indemnifiable hereunder.

 

15. Defense of Claims.  Subject to the provisions of applicable policies of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, if any, the Corporation shall be entitled to participate in the defense of any Indemnifiable Claim or to assume or lead the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnitee;  provided  that if Indemnitee determines, after consultation with counsel selected by Indemnitee, that (a) the use of counsel chosen by the Corporation to represent Indemnitee would present such counsel with an actual or potential conflict, (b) the named parties in any such Indemnifiable Claim (including any impleaded parties) include both the Corporation and Indemnitee and Indemnitee shall conclude that there may be one or more legal defenses available to him or her that are different from or in addition to those available to the Corporation, (c) any such representation by such counsel would be precluded under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, or (d) Indemnitee has interests in the claim or underlying subject matter that are different from or in addition to those of other Persons against whom the Claim has been made or might reasonably be expected to be made, then Indemnitee shall be entitled to retain separate counsel (but not more than one law firm plus, if applicable, local counsel in respect of any particular Indemnifiable Claim for all indemnitees in Indemnitee’s

 

  

  

  

circumstances) at the Corporation’s expense.  The Corporation shall not be liable to Indemnitee under this Agreement for any amounts paid in settlement of any threatened or pending Indemnifiable Claim effected without the Corporation’s prior written consent.  The Corporation shall not, without the prior written consent of the Indemnitee, effect any settlement of any threatened or pending Indemnifiable Claim which the Indemnitee is or could have been a party unless such settlement solely involves the payment of money and includes a complete and unconditional release of the Indemnitee from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such Indemnifiable Claim.  Neither the Corporation nor Indemnitee shall unreasonably withhold its consent to any proposed settlement; provided that Indemnitee may withhold consent to any settlement that does not provide a complete and unconditional release of Indemnitee.

 

16. Mutual Acknowledgment.  Both the Corporation and the Indemnitee acknowledge that in certain instances, Federal law or applicable public policy may prohibit the Corporation from indemnifying its directors and officers under this Agreement or otherwise.  Indemnitee understands and acknowledges that the Corporation may be required in the future to undertake to the Securities and Exchange Commission to submit the question of indemnification to a court in certain circumstances for a determination of the Corporation’s right under public policy to indemnify Indemnitee and, in that event, the Indemnitee’s rights and the Corporation’s obligations hereunder shall be subject to that determination.

17. Successors and Binding Agreement.

 

(a) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Corporation and any successor to the Corporation, including, without limitation, any Person acquiring directly or indirectly all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Corporation whether by purchase, merger, consolidation, reorganization or otherwise (and such successor will thereafter be deemed the “Corporation” for purposes of this Agreement), but shall not otherwise be assignable or delegatable by the Corporation.

 

(b) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Indemnitee’s personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, heirs, distributees, legatees and other successors.

 

(c) This Agreement is personal in nature and neither of the parties hereto shall, without the consent of the other, assign or delegate this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder except as expressly provided in Sections 17(a) and 17(b).  Without limiting the generality or effect of the foregoing, Indemnitee’s right to receive payments hereunder shall not be assignable, whether by pledge, creation of a security interest or otherwise, other than by a transfer by the Indemnitee’s will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and, in the event of any attempted assignment or transfer contrary to this Section 17(c), the Corporation shall have no liability to pay any amount so attempted to be assigned or transferred.

 

  

  

  

18. Notices.  For all purposes of this Agreement, all communications, including without limitation notices, consents, requests or approvals, required or permitted to be given hereunder must be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when hand delivered or dispatched by electronic facsimile transmission (with receipt thereof orally confirmed), or one business day after having been sent for next-day delivery by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Corporation (to the attention of the Secretary of the Corporation) and to Indemnitee at the applicable address shown on the signature page hereto, or to such other address as any party may have furnished to the other in writing and in accordance herewith, except that notices of changes of address will be effective only upon receipt.

19. Governing Law.  The validity, interpretation, construction and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of the State of Nevada, without giving effect to the principles of conflict of laws of such State.  The Corporation and Indemnitee each hereby irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of the district court of the State of Nevada for all purposes in connection with any action or proceeding which arises out of or relates to this Agreement, waive all procedural objections to suit in that jurisdiction, including, without limitation, objections as to venue or inconvenience, agree that service in any such action may be made by notice given in accordance with Section 18.

 

20. Validity.  If any provision of this Agreement or the application of any provision hereof to any Person or circumstance is held invalid, unenforceable or otherwise illegal, the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such provision to any other Person or circumstance shall not be affected, and the provision so held to be invalid, unenforceable or otherwise illegal shall be reformed to the extent, and only to the extent, necessary to make it enforceable, valid or legal.  In the event that any court or other adjudicative body shall decline to reform any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, unenforceable or otherwise illegal as contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence, the parties thereto shall take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate to replace the provision so held to be invalid, unenforceable or otherwise illegal with one or more alternative provisions that effectuate the purpose and intent of the original provisions of this Agreement as fully as possible without being invalid, unenforceable or otherwise illegal.

21. Miscellaneous.  No provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified or discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in writing signed by Indemnitee and the Corporation.  No waiver by either party hereto at any time of any breach by the other party hereto or compliance with any condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed by such other party shall be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions at the same or at any prior or subsequent time.  No agreements or representations, oral or otherwise, expressed or implied with respect to the subject matter hereof have been made by either party that are not set forth expressly in this Agreement.

  

  

  

22. Certain Interpretive Matters.  Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise requires, (1) “it” or “its” or words of any gender include each other gender, (2) words using the singular or plural number also include the plural or singular number, respectively, (3) the terms “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby” and derivative or similar words refer to this entire Agreement, (4) the terms “Article,” “Section,” “Annex” or “Exhibit” refer to the specified Article, Section, Annex or Exhibit of or to this Agreement, (5) the terms “include,” “includes” and “including” will be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation” (whether or not so expressed), and (6) the word “or” is disjunctive but not exclusive.  Whenever this Agreement refers to a number of days, such number will refer to calendar days unless business days are specified and whenever action must be taken (including the giving of notice or the delivery of documents) under this Agreement during a certain period of time or by a particular date that ends or occurs on a non-business day, then such period or date will be extended until the immediately following business day.  As used herein, “business day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or a United States federal holiday.

 

23. Entire Agreement.  This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.  Any prior agreements or understandings between the parties hereto with respect to indemnification are hereby terminated and of no further force or effect.  This Agreement is not the exclusive means of securing indemnification rights of Indemnitee and is in addition to any rights Indemnitee may have under any Constituent Documents.

 

24. Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Indemnitee has executed and the Corporation has caused its duly authorized representative to execute this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

CORPORATION:

ENDEAVOR IP, INC.

/s/ Ravinder Dhat 

Ravinder Dhat, Chief Executive Officer

INDEMNITEE:

/s/ Franciscus Diaba 

FRANCISCUS DIABA

Address:           200 Rector Place, Apt. 27B,

New York, New York 102802014.11.10 Exhibit 10.1

Exhibit 10.1

MEMORANDUM OF RETIREMENT
This Memorandum of Retirement (“Memorandum”) sets forth the terms of Jack Cuneo’s (“Cuneo”) retirement as Chief Executive Officer and President of Chambers Street Properties (the “Company”) and CSP Operating Partnership, L.P. (the “OP”) (Cuneo, the Company, and the OP shall be collectively referred to herein as the “Parties”).  All capitalized terms in this Memorandum that are not specifically defined herein shall have the meaning given them in Cuneo’s Executive Employment Agreement dated the 25th of September 2012 (“Employment Agreement”) and, except as modified herein, the Employment Agreement will continue in full force and effect.  
1.Cuneo’s retirement will include his resignation from the Board of Trustees of the Company (the “Board”) and any committees thereof and from any boards of directors (and any committees thereof) of any Subsidiary and as an officer of the Company and any Subsidiary, effective upon his retirement.
2.Cuneo will have primary say, subject to the reasonable approval of the independent members of the Board (the “Independent Trustees”), regarding the content of the message announcing his retirement.  The Parties will agree on the key message points prior to the release of the announcement.
3.During the period between the announcement of Cuneo’s retirement and the naming of an interim CEO, or the hiring of his successor (the “Transition Period”), Cuneo will continue to be titled Chief Executive Officer and will perform such duties and have such authority and responsibilities as may be prescribed by the Board.  Until any modification by the Board, Cuneo will continue to have the authority, responsibility and duties as he presently enjoys.  Cuneo will cooperate in the search process (to be initiated by the Independent Trustees) to identify his successor.
4.For calendar year 2014, Cuneo will participate in the 2014 compensation process regarding the determination of his cash bonus and equity grant.
5.Following the termination of Cuneo’s employment, he will be compensated as if he had been terminated without Cause pursuant to Section 4.4 of the Employment Agreement, plus the additional compensation referenced in Section 6 hereof.  For purposes of clarity, Cuneo will be entitled to receive:
(a)     Cuneo’s Accrued Rights through the date of termination, to the extent not previously paid;
(b)     An amount equal to two times Cuneo’s current Base Salary of $725,000 (i.e., $1.45 million) which will be payable over a two year period in accordance with the Company’s customary payroll practices (subject to Section 6.1 of the Employment Agreement); 
(c)     An amount equal to two times Cuneo’s current Target Cash Bonus of $900,000 (i.e., $1.8 million) which amount will be payable in accordance with the Company’s customary payroll practices (subject to Section 6.1 of the Employment Agreement) within thirty (30) days after Cuneo executes and delivers the General Release referenced in Section 4.7 of the 

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Employment Agreement substantially in the form and substance of Exhibit A attached to the Employment Agreement.  
Notwithstanding any earlier termination of the Transition Period, Cuneo will continue to be compensated as currently until March 16, 2015.  Subject to a Board determination otherwise, Cuneo will continue to be provided a senior title, an office and administrative support between the termination of the Transition Period and March 16, 2015.
Additionally, each equity grant previously given to Cuneo pursuant to the Incentive Plan or any similar plan, (including, without limitation, any Long Term Incentive Award) (i) that is subject to a time-based vesting condition will become vested immediately, and (ii) that is subject to subsequent performance-based conditions will be considered to be vested and earned at the target level of performance.  Cuneo will have (a) ninety (90) days or (b) the period specified in the grant or award, whichever is greater, to exercise any rights contained in any such grant or award that are subject to exercise by him.
6.Cuneo will receive an equity grant of 200,000 shares of Company stock effective no later than the effective date of his resignation.  These shares will vest upon the effective date of Cuneo’s resignation.  
7.This Memorandum shall be interpreted to avoid any penalty sanctions under Section 409A of the Tax Code.  If any payment or benefit cannot be provided or made at the time specified herein without incurring sanctions under Section 409A, then such benefit or payment shall be provided in full at the earliest time thereafter when such sanctions will not be imposed.  
8.This Memorandum will govern Cuneo’s compensation upon the termination of his employment without regard to any intervening, death/disability, Change of Control, adjustment of his duties or other event other than a breach of his duties hereunder or under his Employment Agreement.
9.Cuneo’s receipt of the post-termination compensation described in Paragraphs 5 and 6 of this Memorandum (other than the Accrued Rights) is contingent upon Cuneo’s executing and delivering the General Release referenced in Section 4.7 of the Employment Agreement within the time specified in Section 4.7 and substantially in the form and substance of Exhibit A attached to the Employment Agreement and his continued compliance with all additional requirements as described in Section 4.7 of the Employment Agreement.
10.The Parties expressly acknowledge and agree that this Memorandum and the terms set forth herein are in addition to and except as expressly set forth herein, do not modify or otherwise affect the terms of the Employment Agreement, which shall also remain in full force and effect.  
Signatures on Following Page

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AGREED AND ACCEPTED:
This 9th day of November, 2014
CHAMBERS STREET PROPERTIES 
/s/   Charles E. Black
Title:    Chairman of the Board of Trustees
CSP OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P. 
By:    Chambers Street Properties, its General Partner
/s/    Charles E. Black 
Title:    Chairman of the Board of Trustees of
Chambers Street Properties
/s/    Jack Cuneo
JACK CUNEO

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