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Exhibit 10.10

 

 

May 21, 2021

 

Via email

William R. White

[***]

Email: [***]

Tel: [***]

Re:Ventyx Biosciences, Inc. Board of Directors

Dear Mr. White:

On behalf of Ventyx Biosciences, Inc. (the “Company”), we would like to invite you to join the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) as a member of the Board.  Once you accept this invitation, we anticipate the Board moving quickly to formalize your membership. 

As you are aware, the Company is a Delaware corporation and, therefore, your rights and duties as a Board member are prescribed by Delaware law and the Company’s charter documents, as well as by the policies established by our Board from time to time and the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulatory bodies, as applicable.  In addition, please note that, as a member of the Board, you will be subject to the corporate policies of the Company.

The Board has established three standing committees – the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee, and from time to time, the Board may establish additional committees to which it may delegate certain duties.  As a member of the Board, you would be asked to serve on one or more committees.  We anticipate that the Board will appoint you to serve as chairperson of the Audit Committee and that you would serve as our audit committee financial expert, as that term is defined under the SEC rules implementing Section 407 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

In addition to committee meetings, which shall be convened as appropriate, the Company’s Board meetings are generally held at our corporate headquarters in Encinitas, California, and you would be expected to attend these meetings, as well as any special meetings that may be scheduled from time to time. Please note that such meetings are currently attended virtually due to the ongoing pandemic.

You agree that you will hold in strictest confidence, and not use, except for the benefit of the Company, or disclose to any person, firm, corporation or other entity, without written authorization of the Board, any non-public, confidential or proprietary information of the Company, except to the extent that such disclosure or use may be required in direct connection with your duties as a member of the Board.  It is expected that during the term of your Board membership you will not engage in any other employment, occupation, consulting or other business activity that competes with the business in which the Company is now involved in or becomes involved in during the term of your service on the Board, nor will you engage in any other activities that conflict with your obligations to the Company.

If you decide to join the Board, we will recommend to the Board that you be granted a nonstatutory stock option entitling you to purchase up to 1,458,321 shares of common stock of the Company at an exercise price equal to the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant as determined in the discretion of the Board (the “Option”).  The Option shall be subject 

 

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to the terms and conditions of the Company's 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) and form of stock option agreement (the “Stock Option Agreement”).  Subject to the Board’s approval, the shares subject to the Option shall vest monthly over forty-eight (48) months in equal monthly amounts commencing on the one-month anniversary of your election to the Board, subject to your continued service to the Company through each such date. Thereafter, the Option shall continue to be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and the Stock Option Agreement.  No right to any stock is earned or accrued until such time as that vesting occurs, nor does the grant confer any right to continue vesting or maintenance of your status as a service provider to the Company or member of the Board.

 Additionally, as a non-employee member of the Board, you will receive $50,000 for each calendar year that you remain a member of the Board, which amount shall be pro-rated for the current year based on your length of service during the year. Such amounts shall be paid periodically in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll practices and be subject to the usual, required withholdings. The payment of compensation to Board members is subject to many restrictions under applicable law, and as such, you should be aware that the foregoing compensation is subject to such future changes and modifications as the Board, or its appropriate committees, may deem necessary or appropriate.  

You will be entitled to reimbursement for any reasonable documented expenses incurred by you in connection with your service to the Company and attendance of Board and committee meetings in accordance with the Company’s established business expense reimbursement policies. In addition, as with all our directors and executive officers, you and the Company will also enter into, and be afforded indemnity protections pursuant to the Company’s standard Indemnification Agreement.

Please note that nothing in this letter or any agreement granting you equity awards under the Plan should be construed to interfere with or otherwise restrict in any way the rights of the Company, its Board or stockholders from removing you from the Board or any committee in accordance with the provisions of applicable law.  Furthermore, except as otherwise provided to other non-employee Board members or required by law, the Company does not intend to afford you any rights as an employee, including without limitation, the right to further employment or any other benefits.

We hope that you find the foregoing terms acceptable.  You may indicate your agreement with these terms by signing this letter and returning it to me. By signing this letter, you also represent that the execution and delivery of this agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof will not require the consent of another person, constitute a default under or conflict with any agreement or other instrument to which you are bound or a party.  

We look forward to you joining the Board, and we anticipate your leadership and experience will make a key contribution to our success at this critical time in our growth and development.

 

	
Regards,
	
 
	
Agreed this 22nd day of May, 2021

	
 
	
 
	
 

	
/s/ Raju Mohan
	
 
	
/s/ William R. White

	
Raju Mohan, Chief Executive Officer
	
 
	
William R. White

 

 

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 Exhibit 10.1 

FORM OF INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT 

This Indemnification Agreement (this “Agreement”), made and entered into as of the ____ day of ______, 2021, by and between
Claire’s Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and _________ (“Indemnitee”). 
 W I T N E S S E
T H: 
 WHEREAS, highly competent persons have become more reluctant to serve publicly held corporations as directors or executive officers
unless they are provided with adequate protection through insurance or adequate indemnification against 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 Company (the “Board”) has determined that, in order to attract and retain qualified
individuals, the Company will attempt to maintain on an ongoing basis, at its sole expense, liability insurance to protect persons serving the Company 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 Company 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 Company or business enterprise itself. 
 WHEREAS, the Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (the “Charter”) and the Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company (the
“By-laws”) provide that the Company shall indemnify and advance expenses to all directors and officers of the Company to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware (“DGCL”), and the Charter provides for limitation of monetary liability for directors. In addition, Indemnitee may be entitled to indemnification pursuant to the DGCL. The Charter 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 Company 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, which is detrimental to the best interests of the Company’s stockholders and the Company should act to assure such persons that there will be increased certainty of such protection in the future. 

 WHEREAS, the Board has determined that it is reasonable, prudent and necessary for the
Company 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 Company free from undue concern that they
will not be so indemnified. 
 WHEREAS, this Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the Charter and the By-laws and any resolutions adopted pursuant thereto and any liability insurance procured by the Company and shall not be deemed a substitute therefor, nor to diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee
thereunder. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants contained herein, the Company and Indemnitee do hereby
covenant and agree as follows: 
 ARTICLE 1 

CERTAIN DEFINITIONS 

(a) As used in this Agreement: 

“Change of Control” means any one of the following circumstances occurring after the date hereof: (i) there shall have
occurred an event required to be reported with respect to the Company in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A (or in response to any similar item or any similar schedule or form) under the Exchange Act, regardless of whether the
Company is then subject to such reporting requirement; (ii) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) shall have become, without prior approval of the Company’s
Board by approval of at least a majority of the Continuing Directors, the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company
representing 15% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding voting securities (provided that, for purposes of this clause (ii), the term “beneficial owner” shall exclude any such person otherwise becoming a
beneficial owner by reason of the stockholders of the Company approving a merger of the Company with another entity and the term “person” shall exclude (x) the Company, (y) any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under
an employee benefit plan of the Company, and (z) any corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company); (iii) there occurs a merger or
consolidation of the Company with any other entity, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continuing to represent (either by
remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) more than 51% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation and
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least a majority of the board of directors or other governing body of such surviving entity; (iv) all or substantially all the assets of the Company are sold or disposed of in a transaction
or series of related transactions; (v) the approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation of the Company; or (vi) the Continuing Directors cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the members of the
Board. 
 “Continuing Director” means (i) each director on the Board on the date hereof or (ii) any new director
whose election or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then still in office who were directors on the date hereof or whose election or nomination was so approved.

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

“Disinterested Director” means a director of the Company who is not and was not a party to the Proceeding in respect of which
indemnification is sought by Indemnitee. 
 “Enterprise” means the Company and any other corporation, constituent
corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger to which the Company (or any of its wholly owned subsidiaries) is a party, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit
plan or other enterprise of which Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, trustee, general partner, managing member, fiduciary, board of directors’ committee member, employee or agent. 

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

“Expenses” means all direct and indirect costs (including attorneys’ fees, retainers, court costs, transcripts, fees of
experts, witness fees, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, and all other disbursements or expenses) actually and reasonably incurred in connection with
(i) prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, being or preparing to be a witness in, or otherwise participating in, a Proceeding or (ii) establishing or enforcing a right to indemnification or advancement
under this Agreement, the Charter, the By-laws, applicable law or otherwise. Expenses also shall include Expenses incurred in connection with any appeal resulting from any Proceeding, including the premium,
security for, and other costs relating to any cost bond, supersedeas bond, or other appeal bond or its equivalent. For the avoidance of doubt, Expenses, however, shall not include any Liabilities. 

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

“Proceeding” means any threatened, pending or completed action, derivative action, suit, claim, counterclaim, cross claim,
arbitration, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry, administrative hearing or any other actual, threatened or completed proceeding, whether civil (including intentional and unintentional tort claims), criminal,
administrative or investigative, including any appeal therefrom, and whether instituted by or on behalf of the Company or any other party, or any inquiry or investigation that Indemnitee in good faith believes might lead to the institution of any
such action, suit or other proceeding hereinabove listed in which Indemnitee was, is or will be involved as a party, potential party, non-party witness or otherwise by reason of any Corporate Status of
Indemnitee, or by reason of any action taken (or failure to act) by him or her or of any action (or failure to act) on his or her part while serving in any Corporate Status, in each case whether or not serving in such capacity at the time Expenses
are incurred for which indemnification, reimbursement or advancement of Expenses can be provided under this Agreement. 
 (b) For the
purposes of this Agreement: 
 References to “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting or surviving corporation, any
constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, employees, fiduciary
or agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of such constituent corporation or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, then Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect
to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued. 

  
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 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 Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company
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 or she 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 a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement. 

Reference to “including” shall mean “including, without limitation,” regardless of whether the words “without
limitation” actually appear, references to the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular paragraph, subparagraph,
section, subsection or other subdivision. 
 ARTICLE 2 

SERVICES BY INDEMNITEE 

Section 2.01. Services by Indemnitee. Indemnitee hereby agrees to serve or continue to serve, at the will of the Company, as a
director or executive officer of the Company, for so long as Indemnitee is duly elected or appointed or until Indemnitee tenders his or her resignation or is removed. This Agreement shall not be deemed an employment contract between the Company or
any of its subsidiaries or any Enterprise and Indemnitee. 
 ARTICLE 3 

INDEMNIFICATION 

Section 3.01. General. (a) The Company hereby agrees to and shall indemnify Indemnitee and hold Indemnitee harmless
from and against any and all Expenses and Liabilities, in either case, actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
The Company’s indemnification obligations set forth in this Section 3.01 shall apply (i) in respect of Indemnitee’s past, present and future service in any Corporate Status and (ii) regardless of whether Indemnitee is
serving in any Corporate Status at the time any such Expense or Liability is incurred. 
 For purposes of this Agreement, the meaning of the
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 (i) to the fullest extent permitted by any provision of the DGCL or other
applicable law in effect from time to time, or the corresponding provision of any successor statute, and 
 (ii) to the
fullest extent 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. 

(b) Witness Expenses. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of his or her
Corporate Status, a witness in any Proceeding, or otherwise asked to participate in any Proceeding, to which Indemnitee is not a party, he or she shall be indemnified against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on his or
her behalf in connection therewith. 
 (c) Expenses as a Party Where Wholly or Partly Successful. Notwithstanding any other provisions
of this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, 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 Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or her 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 Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred
by Indemnitee or on his or her behalf in connection with each successfully resolved claim, issue or matter. 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 3.02. Exclusions.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement and unless Indemnitee ultimately is successful on the merits with respect to any such claim, the Company shall not be obligated under this Agreement to make any indemnity in connection with any
claim made against Indemnitee: 
 (a) for (i) which payment has actually been received by or on behalf of Indemnitee under any insurance
policy or other indemnity provision, except with respect to any excess beyond the amount actually received under any insurance policy or other indemnity provision; (ii) an accounting of profits made from the purchase and sale (or sale and
purchase) by Indemnitee of securities of the Company within the meaning of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act or similar provisions of state statutory law or common law or (iii) any reimbursement of the Company by Indemnitee of any bonus or
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of the Company, as required in each case under the Exchange Act (including any such reimbursements that arise from an accounting restatement of the Company pursuant to Section 304 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”) or Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, or the payment to the Company of profits arising from the purchase and sale by Indemnitee of
securities in violation of Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act); or 
 (b) except as otherwise provided in Sections 6.01(e), prior to
a Change of Control, in connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee (other than any cross claim or counterclaim asserted by the Indemnitee), including any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding)
initiated by Indemnitee against the Company 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, (ii) the Company provides the
indemnification, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Company under applicable law or (iii) the Proceeding is a compulsory counterclaim brought by an Indemnitee in response to a Proceeding otherwise indemnifiable under
this Agreement. 
 ARTICLE 4 

ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES; DEFENSE OF CLAIMS 

Section 4.01. Advances. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall advance any Expenses
actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding within twenty (20) days after the receipt by the Company of each statement requesting such advance 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 such amounts and without regard to Indemnitee’s ultimate entitlement to indemnification under the
other provisions of this Agreement. Advances shall include any and all reasonable Expenses incurred pursuing an action to enforce this right of advancement, including Expenses incurred preparing and forwarding statements to the Company to support
the advances claimed. The Indemnitee shall qualify for Advances upon the execution and delivery to the Company of an undertaking providing that the Indemnitee undertakes to repay the advance to the extent that it is ultimately determined that
Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company under the provisions of this Agreement, the Charter, the By-laws, applicable law or otherwise. This Section 4.01 shall be subject to
Section 4.03 and shall not apply to any claim made by Indemnitee for which indemnity is excluded pursuant to Section 3.02. 

  
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 Section 4.02. Repayment of Advances or Other Expenses. Indemnitee agrees that
Indemnitee shall reimburse the Company for all Expenses advanced by the Company pursuant to Section 4.01, in the event and only to the extent that it shall be determined by final judgment or other final adjudication under the provisions of any
applicable law (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or lapsed) that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company for such Expenses. This Section 4.02 shall constitute the undertaking required by
Section 4.01 and no other form of undertaking shall be required other than the execution by Indemnitee of this Agreement. 

Section 4.03. Defense of Claims. The Company will be entitled to participate in the Proceeding at its own expense. The Company
shall not settle any action, claim or Proceeding (in whole or in part) which would impose any Expense, judgment, fine, penalty or limitation on Indemnitee without Indemnitee’s prior written consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld.
Indemnitee shall not settle any action, claim or Proceeding (in whole or in part) without the Company’s prior written consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld. 

ARTICLE 5 

PROCEDURES FOR NOTIFICATION OF AND DETERMINATION
OF ENTITLEMENT TO INDEMNIFICATION 
 Section 5.01. Notification; Request
for Indemnification. (a) As soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by Indemnitee of written notice, or Indemnitee otherwise becoming aware, that he or she is a party to or a participant (as a witness or otherwise) in any Proceeding or of
any other matter in respect of which Indemnitee intends to seek indemnification or advancement of Expenses hereunder, Indemnitee shall provide to the Company written notice thereof, including the nature of and the facts underlying the Proceeding.
The omission by Indemnitee to so notify the Company will not relieve the Company from any liability which it may have to Indemnitee hereunder or otherwise, except to the extent of any actual prejudice to the Company caused by such omission,
including adversely affecting the Company’s ability to participate in the defense of such claim. 
 (b) To obtain indemnification under
this Agreement, Indemnitee shall deliver to the Company a written request for indemnification, including therewith such information as is reasonably available to Indemnitee and reasonably necessary to determine Indemnitee’s entitlement to
indemnification hereunder. Such request(s) may be delivered from time to time and at such time(s) as Indemnitee deems appropriate in his or her sole discretion. Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification shall be determined according to
Section 5.02 of this Agreement and applicable law. 

  
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 Section 5.02. Determination of Entitlement. (a) Where there has been a written
request by Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to Section 5.01(b), then as soon as is reasonably practicable (but in any event not later than 60 days) after final disposition of the relevant Proceeding, 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 of 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 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 Company, or (ii) if a Change of
Control shall have occurred, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee. If it is so determined that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, payment to Indemnitee shall be made
within ten (10) days after such determination. Indemnitee shall reasonably cooperate with the person, persons or entity making such determination with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification, including providing to such
person, persons or entity upon reasonable advance request any documentation or information 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) actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in so cooperating with the person, persons or entity making such determination shall be borne by the Company (irrespective of the
determination as to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification). 
 (b) If entitlement to indemnification is to be determined by
Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 5.02(a)(ii), such Independent Counsel shall be selected by Indemnitee, and Indemnitee shall give written notice to the Company advising it of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. If
entitlement to indemnification is to be determined by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 5.02(a)(i)(C) (or if Indemnitee requests that such selection be made by the Board), such Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Company in which
case the Company shall give written notice to Indemnitee advising him or her of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. In either event, Indemnitee or the Company, as the case may be, may, within 10 days after such written notice of
selection shall have been received, deliver to the Company 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 1 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 of competent jurisdiction 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 5.01(b) hereof and
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and not objected to, either the Company or Indemnitee may petition the Delaware Court (as defined herein) for resolution of any objection which shall have been made by the Company or Indemnitee
to the other’s selection of Independent Counsel and/or for the appointment as Independent Counsel of a person selected by the Delaware Court or by such other person as the Delaware 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 5.02(a) hereof. Upon the due commencement of any judicial proceeding or arbitration pursuant to Section 6.01(a) of this Agreement, the
Independent Counsel shall be discharged and relieved of any further responsibility in such capacity (subject to the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing). 

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

Section 5.03. Presumptions and Burdens of Proof; Effect of Certain Proceedings. (a) In making any 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 5.01(b) of this Agreement, and the Company shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, have the burden of proof to overcome that presumption in connection with the
making by the Company, any person, persons or entity of any determination contrary to that presumption. Neither the failure of any person, persons or entity to have made a determination prior to the commencement of any action pursuant to this
Agreement that indemnification is proper in the circumstances because Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct, nor an actual determination by the Company, any person, persons or entity that Indemnitee has not met such applicable
standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct. 

(b) If the person, persons or entity empowered or selected under Section 5.02 of this Agreement to determine whether Indemnitee is
entitled to indemnification shall not have made a determination within the sixty (60) day period referred to in Section 5.02(a), 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
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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 or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company or, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, that Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe
that his or her conduct was unlawful. 
 (d) For purposes of any determination of good faith, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in
good faith if Indemnitee’s action is in good faith reliance on the records or books of account of any Enterprise, including financial statements, or on information supplied to Indemnitee by the officers of such Enterprise in the course of their
duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for such Enterprise or on information or records given or reports made to such Enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected by such Enterprise. The
provisions of this Section 5.03(d) shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the other circumstances in which Indemnitee may be deemed or found to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in this Agreement. 

(e) The knowledge and/or actions, or failure to act, of any other director, trustee, partner, managing member, fiduciary, officer, agent or
employee of any Enterprise shall not be imputed to Indemnitee for purposes of determining any right to indemnification under this Agreement. 

ARTICLE 6 
 REMEDIES
OF INDEMNITEE 
 Section 6.01. Adjudication or Arbitration. (a) In the event of any dispute
between Indemnitee and the Company hereunder as to entitlement to indemnification or advancement of Expenses (including where (i) a determination is made pursuant to Section 5.02 of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to
indemnification under this Agreement, (ii) advancement of Expenses is not timely made pursuant to Section 4.01 of this Agreement, (iii) payment of indemnification pursuant to Section 3.01 of this Agreement is not made within ten
(10) days after a determination has been made that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, (iv) no determination as to entitlement to indemnification is timely made pursuant to Section 5.02 of this Agreement and no payment of
indemnification is made within ten (10) days after entitlement is deemed to have been determined pursuant to Section 5.03(b)) or (v) a contribution payment is not made in a timely manner pursuant to Section 8.04 of this
Agreement), then Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication by the Delaware Court to such indemnification, contribution or advancement. Alternatively, in such case, Indemnitee, at his or her 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. The Company shall not oppose Indemnitee’s right to seek any such adjudication or award in arbitration. 

  
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 (b) In the event that a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 5.02(a)
of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 6.01 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 6.01 the Company shall have the burden of proving Indemnitee is not entitled to
indemnification or advancement of Expenses, as the case may be, and the Company may not refer to or introduce into evidence any determination pursuant to Section 5.02(a) of this Agreement adverse to Indemnitee for any purpose. If Indemnitee
commences a judicial proceeding or arbitration pursuant to this Section 6.01, Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any advances pursuant to Section 4.02 until a final determination is made with respect to
Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification (as to which all rights of appeal have been exhausted or lapsed). 
 (c) If a determination
shall have been made pursuant to Section 5.02(a) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Company shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this
Section 6.01, 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 Company shall be precluded from asserting in any judicial
proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 6.01 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 Company
is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement. 
 (e) The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law
against all Expenses and, if requested by Indemnitee, shall (within ten (10) days after the Company’s receipt of such written request) advance such Expenses to Indemnitee, which are reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any
judicial proceeding or arbitration brought by Indemnitee for (i) indemnification or advances of Expenses by the Company (or otherwise for the enforcement, interpretation or defense of his or her rights) under this Agreement or any other
agreement, including any other indemnification, contribution or advancement agreement, or any provision of the Charter or By-laws now or hereafter in effect or (ii) recovery or advances under any
directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy maintained by the Company, regardless of whether Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to such indemnification, contribution, advancement or insurance recovery, as the case
may be. 

  
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 ARTICLE 7 

DIRECTORS’ AND OFFICERS’ LIABILITY INSURANCE 

Section 7.01. D&O Liability Insurance. To the extent the Company maintains an insurance policy or policies providing
directors’ and officers’ liability insurance (“D&O Liability Insurance”), Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or policies, in accordance with its or their terms, to the maximum extent of the coverage provided
for any Company director or officer. 
 Section 7.02. Evidence of Coverage. Upon request by Indemnitee, the Company shall
provide copies of all policies of D&O Liability Insurance obtained and maintained in accordance with Section 7.01 of this Agreement. The Company shall promptly notify Indemnitee of any changes in such insurance coverage. 

ARTICLE 8 

MISCELLANEOUS 

Section 8.01. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights of indemnification, contribution and 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 to under applicable law, the Charter, the By-laws, any agreement, a vote of stockholders or a
resolution of directors, or otherwise. 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. 

Section 8.02. Insurance and Subrogation. (a) Indemnitee shall be covered by the Company’s D&O Liability Insurance in
accordance with its or their terms to the maximum extent of the coverage available for any director or executive officer under such policy or policies. If, at the time the Company receives notice of a claim hereunder, the Company has director and
officer liability insurance in effect, the Company shall give prompt notice of such Proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the respective policies. The Company shall thereafter take all necessary or desirable
action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such Proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policies. The failure or refusal of any such insurer to pay any such amount shall not affect or
impair the obligations of the Company under this Agreement. 
 (b) In the event of any payment under this Agreement, the Company 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
Company to bring suit to enforce such rights. 

  
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 (c) The Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment of amounts
otherwise indemnifiable (or for which advancement is provided) hereunder if and to the extent that Indemnitee has actually received such payment under any insurance policy or other indemnity provision. 

Section 8.03. Reduction of Amount. The Company’s obligation to indemnify or advance Expenses hereunder to Indemnitee who is
or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, trustee, partner, managing member, fiduciary, board of directors’ committee member, employee or agent of any other Enterprise shall be reduced by any amount Indemnitee has
actually received as indemnification or advancement of Expenses from such Enterprise. 
 Section 8.04. Contribution. To the
fullest extent permissible under applicable law, if the indemnification provided for in this Agreement is unavailable to Indemnitee for any reason whatsoever, the Company, in lieu of indemnifying Indemnitee, shall contribute to the amount incurred
by Indemnitee, whether for 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 Company and Indemnitee as a result of the event(s) and/or transaction(s) giving rise to such Proceeding;
and/or (ii) the relative fault of the Company (and its directors, officers, employees and agents) and Indemnitee in connection with such event(s) and/or transaction(s). 

Section 8.05. Amendment. This Agreement may not be modified or amended except by a written instrument executed by or on behalf of
each of the parties hereto. No amendment, alteration or repeal of this Agreement or of any provision hereof shall limit, restrict or reduce any right of Indemnitee under this Agreement in respect of any act or omission, or any event occurring, prior
to such amendment, alteration or repeal. To the extent that a change in applicable law, whether by statute or judicial decision, (i) permits greater indemnification, contribution or advancement of Expenses than would be afforded currently under
the Charter 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 or (ii) limits rights with respect to indemnification, contribution or
advancement of Expenses, it is the intent of the parties hereto that the rights with respect to indemnification, contribution or advancement of Expenses in effect prior to such change shall remain in full force and effect to the extent permitted by
applicable law. 

  
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 Section 8.06. Waivers. The observance of any term of this Agreement may be
waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively) by the party entitled to enforce such term only by a writing signed by the party against which such waiver is to be asserted. Unless otherwise expressly
provided herein, no delay on the part of any party hereto in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any waiver on the part of any party hereto of any right, power or privilege hereunder
operate as a waiver of any other right, power or privilege hereunder nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or
privilege hereunder. 
 Section 8.07. Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the documents referred to herein constitute the
entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the matters covered hereby, and any other prior or contemporaneous oral or written understandings or agreements with respect to the matters covered hereby are superseded by this Agreement,
provided that this Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the Charter and By-laws and applicable law, and shall not be deemed a substitute therefor, nor to diminish or abrogate any rights of
Indemnitee thereunder. 
 Section 8.08. 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 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
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 8.09. Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing
(which may be by facsimile transmission or via e-mail). All such notices, requests and other communications shall be deemed received on the date of receipt by the recipient thereof if received prior to 5:00
p.m. in the place of receipt and such day is a business day in the place of receipt. Otherwise, any such notice, request or communication shall be deemed not to have been received until the next succeeding business day in the place of receipt. The
address for notice to a party is as shown on the signature page of this Agreement, or such other address as any party shall have given by written notice to the other party as provided above. 

Section 8.10. Binding Effect. (a) The Company 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 or executive officer of the Company, and the Company acknowledges that Indemnitee is relying upon this Agreement in serving as a director or executive
officer of the Company. 

  
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 (b) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by
the parties hereto and their respective successors, assigns, including any direct or indirect successor by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company, spouses, heirs, and
executors, administrators, personal and legal representatives. The Company shall require and cause any successor (whether direct or indirect by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all, or a substantial part of the
business or assets of the Company, by written agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Indemnitee, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if
no such succession had taken place. 
 (c) The indemnification, contribution and advancement of Expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to
this Agreement shall continue as to a person who has ceased his or her Corporate Status at the Company’s request or otherwise and shall continue thereafter so long as Indemnitee shall be subject to any possible Proceeding by reason of
Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, whether or not Indemnitee is acting in such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification can be provided under this Agreement, and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs,
executors, administrators, legatees and assigns of such a person. 
 Section 8.11. Governing Law. 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. 

Section 8.12. Consent to Jurisdiction. Except with respect to any arbitration commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to
Section 6.01(a) of this Agreement, the Company 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) waive any objection to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in the Delaware Court, and (iv) waive, and agree not to
plead or to make, any claim that any such action or proceeding brought in the Delaware Court has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum, or is subject (in whole or in part) to a jury trial. 

  
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 Section 8.13. Headings. The Article and Section headings in this Agreement are
for convenience of reference only, and shall not be deemed to alter or affect the meaning or interpretation of any provisions hereof. 

Section 8.14. 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. The
words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement or any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed to include
electronic signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including any electronic signature covered by the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, Uniform Electronic
Transactions Act, the Electronic Signatures and Records Act or other applicable law, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually
executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, and the parties hereto consent to conduct the transactions contemplated hereunder by electronic means. 

Section 8.15. Use of Certain Terms. As used in this Agreement, the words “herein,” “hereof,” and
“hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular paragraph, subparagraph, section, subsection, or other subdivision. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun used in this
Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns, pronouns and verbs shall include the plural and vice versa. 

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

			
	CLAIRE’S INC.
		
	By:	 	
                     
                    

		 	Name:
		 	Title:

 
	
	  
 Address: Claire’s Inc.

               2400 West Central Road

               Hoffman Estates, IL 60192

 
 Attention:

E-mail:
  

With a copy to:
  

Address: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

               450 Lexington Avenue

               New York, NY 10017

Attention: John Meade

E-mail: john.meade@davispolk.com

  

	
	INDEMNITEE
	
	
                     
                                         
   

	  
 Address:

E-mail:
  

With a copy to:
  

Address:
 Attention:

E-mail:

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