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Prepared by R.R. Donnelley Financial -- Form of Indemnification Agreement

 Exhibit 10.38 
  
 INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT 
  
 This Indemnification Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made as of «Date», by and between RITA
Medical Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and «IndemniteeName» (the “Indemnitee”). 
  
 RECITALS 
  
 The Company and Indemnitee recognize the increasing difficulty in obtaining liability insurance for directors, officers and key employees, the significant
increases in the cost of such insurance and the general reductions in the coverage of such insurance. The Company and Indemnitee further recognize the substantial increase in corporate litigation in general, subjecting directors, officers and key
employees to expensive litigation risks at the same time as the availability and coverage of liability insurance has been severely limited. Indemnitee does not regard the current protection available as adequate under the present circumstances, and
Indemnitee and agents of the Company may not be willing to continue to serve as agents of the Company without additional protection. The Company desires to attract and retain the services of highly qualified individuals, such as Indemnitee, and to
indemnify its directors, officers and key employees so as to provide them with the maximum protection permitted by law. 
  
 AGREEMENT 
  
 In consideration of the mutual promises made in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged,
the Company and Indemnitee hereby agree as follows: 
  
 1.    Indemnification. 
  
 (a)    Third Party Proceedings.    The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee if Indemnitee is or was a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Company) by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent
of the Company, or any subsidiary of the Company, by reason of any action or inaction on the part of Indemnitee while an officer or director or by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement (if such settlement is approved in advance
by the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to
be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by
judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner which Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the Company, or, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, that Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful. 

 (b)    Proceedings By or in the Right of the
Company.    The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee if Indemnitee was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or proceeding by or in the right of the Company or any
subsidiary of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or any subsidiary of the Company, by reason of any action or inaction on the part of
Indemnitee while an officer or director or by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, amounts paid in settlement (if such settlement is approved in advance by the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), in each case to
the extent actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Company and its stockholders, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which Indemnitee shall have been finally adjudicated by court order or judgment to be liable to the Company in
the performance of Indemnitee’s duty to the Company and its stockholders unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action or proceeding is or was pending shall determine upon application that, in view of all the circumstances
of the case, Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such court shall deem proper. 
  
 (c)    Mandatory Payment of Expenses.    To the extent that Indemnitee has been
successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Section 1(a) or Section 1(b) or the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against expenses (including
attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection therewith. 
  
 2.    No Employment Rights.    Nothing contained in this Agreement is intended to create in Indemnitee any right to continued employment. 
  
 3.    Expenses; Indemnification Procedure.

  
 (a)    Advancement
of Expenses.    The Company shall advance all expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of any civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding referred to in Section
l (a) or Section 1(b) hereof (including amounts actually paid in settlement of any such action, suit or proceeding). Indemnitee hereby undertakes to repay such amounts advanced only if, and to the extent that, it shall ultimately be determined that
Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company as authorized hereby. 
  
 (b)    Notice/Cooperation by Indemnitee.    Indemnitee shall, as a condition
precedent to his or her right to be indemnified under this Agreement, give the Company notice in writing as soon as practicable of any claim made against Indemnitee for which indemnification will or could be sought under this Agreement. Notice to
the Company shall be directed to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and shall be given in accordance with the provisions of Section 12(d) below. In addition, Indemnitee shall give the Company such information and cooperation as it may
reasonably require and as shall be within Indemnitee’s power. 
  

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 (c)    Procedure.    Any
indemnification and advances provided for in Section 1 and this Section 3 shall be made no later than twenty (20) days after receipt of the written request of Indemnitee. If a claim under this Agreement, under any statute, or under any provision of
the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws providing for indemnification, is not paid in full by the Company within twenty (20) days after a written request for payment thereof has first been received by the Company, Indemnitee may,
but need not, at any time thereafter bring an action against the Company to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, subject to Section 11 of this Agreement, Indemnitee shall also be entitled to be paid for the expenses (including attorneys’
fees) of bringing such action. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in connection with any action, suit or proceeding in advance of its final disposition) that Indemnitee has
not met the standards of conduct which make it permissible under applicable law for the Company to indemnify Indemnitee for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Company and Indemnitee shall be entitled to
receive interim payments of expenses pursuant to Section 3 (a) unless and until such defense may be finally adjudicated by court order or judgment from which no further right of appeal exists. It is the parties’ intention that if the Company
contests Indemnitee’s right to indemnification, the question of Indemnitee’s right to indemnification shall be for the court to decide, and neither the failure of the Company (including its Board of Directors, any committee or subgroup of
the Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination that indemnification of Indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct required by
applicable law, nor an actual determination by the Company (including its Board of Directors, any committee or subgroup of the Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard
of conduct, shall create a presumption that Indemnitee has or has not met the applicable standard of conduct. 
  
 (d)    Notice to Insurers.    If, at the time of the receipt of a notice of a claim
pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof, the Company has director and officer liability insurance in effect, the Company shall give prompt notice of the commencement of such proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the
respective policies. The Company shall thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of the Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policies.

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

  

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 4.    Additional Indemnification Rights; Nonexclusivity. 
  
 (a)    Scope.    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company hereby agrees to indemnify the Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, notwithstanding that
such indemnification is not specifically authorized by the other provisions of this Agreement, the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, the Company’s Bylaws or by statute. In the event of any change, after the date of this Agreement, in
any applicable law, statute, or rule which expands the right of a Delaware corporation to indemnify a member of its board of directors or an officer, such changes shall be deemed to be within the purview of Indemnitee’s rights and the
Company’s obligations under this Agreement. In the event of any change in any applicable law, statute or rule which narrows the right of a Delaware corporation to indemnify a member of its board of directors or an officer, such changes, to the
extent not otherwise required by such law, statute or rule to be applied to this Agreement shall have no effect on this Agreement or the parties’ rights and obligations hereunder. 
  
 (b)    Nonexclusivity.    The indemnification provided
by this Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any rights to which Indemnitee may be entitled under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, its Bylaws, any agreement, any vote of stockholders or disinterested members of the
Company’s Board of Directors, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or otherwise, both as to action in Indemnitee’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. The indemnification
provided under this Agreement shall continue as to Indemnitee for any action taken or not taken while serving in an indemnified capacity even though he or she may have ceased to serve in any such capacity at the time of any action, suit or other
covered proceeding. 
  
 5.    Partial
Indemnification.    If Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this Agreement to indemnification by the Company for some or a portion of the expenses, judgments, fines or penalties actually or reasonably incurred in
the investigation, defense, appeal or settlement of any civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding, but not, however, for the total amount thereof, the Company shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee for the portion of such expenses, judgments,
fines or penalties to which Indemnitee is entitled. 
  
 6.    Mutual Acknowledgment.    Both the Company and Indemnitee acknowledge that in certain instances, Federal law or public policy may override applicable state law and prohibit the
Company from indemnifying its directors and officers under this Agreement or otherwise. For example, the Company and Indemnitee acknowledge that the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has taken the position that
indemnification is not permissible for liabilities arising under certain federal securities laws, and federal legislation prohibits indemnification for certain ERISA violations. Indemnitee understands and acknowledges that the Company has undertaken
or may be required in the future to undertake with the SEC to submit the question of indemnification to a court in certain circumstances for a determination of the Company’s right under public policy to indemnify Indemnitee. 
  

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 7.    Officer and Director Liability
Insurance.    The Company shall, from time to time, make the good faith determination whether or not it is practicable for the Company to obtain and maintain a policy or policies of insurance with reputable insurance
companies providing the officers and directors of the Company with coverage for losses from wrongful acts, or to ensure the Company’s performance of its indemnification obligations under this Agreement. Among other considerations, the Company
will weigh the costs of obtaining such insurance coverage against the protection afforded by such coverage. In all policies of director and officer liability insurance, Indemnitee shall be named as an insured in such a manner as to provide
Indemnitee the same rights and benefits as are accorded to the most favorably insured of the Company’s directors, if Indemnitee is a director; or of the Company’s officers, if Indemnitee is not a director of the Company but is an officer;
or of the Company’s key employees, if Indemnitee is not an officer or director but is a key employee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall have no obligation to obtain or maintain such insurance if the Company determines in good
faith that such insurance is not reasonably available, if the premium costs for such insurance are disproportionate to the amount of coverage provided, if the coverage provided by such insurance is limited by exclusions so as to provide an
insufficient benefit, or if Indemnitee is covered by similar insurance maintained by a parent or subsidiary of the Company. 
  
 8.    Severability.    Nothing in this Agreement is intended to require or shall be construed as
requiring the Company to do or fail to do any act in violation of applicable law. The Company’s inability, pursuant to court order, to perform its obligations under this Agreement shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement. The provisions
of this Agreement shall be severable as provided in this Section 8. If this Agreement or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Company shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee to the
full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Agreement that shall not have been invalidated, and the balance of this Agreement not so invalidated shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms. 
  
 9.    Exceptions.    Any other provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall not be obligated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement: 
  
 (a)    Claims Initiated by
Indemnitee.    To indemnify or advance expenses to Indemnitee with respect to proceedings or claims initiated or brought voluntarily by Indemnitee and not by way of defense, except with respect to proceedings brought to
establish or enforce a right to indemnification under this Agreement or any other statute or law or otherwise as required under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, but such indemnification or advancement of expenses may be provided
by the Company in specific cases if the Board of Directors finds it to be appropriate; 
  
 (b)    Lack of Good Faith.    To indemnify Indemnitee for any expenses incurred by
Indemnitee with respect to any proceeding instituted by Indemnitee to enforce or interpret this Agreement, if a court of competent jurisdiction determines that each of the material assertions made by Indemnitee in such proceeding was not made in
good faith or was frivolous; 
  

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 (c)    Insured Claims.    To
indemnify Indemnitee for expenses or liabilities of any type whatsoever (including, but not limited to, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, and amounts paid in settlement) to the extent such expenses or liabilities have been paid
directly to Indemnitee by an insurance carrier under a policy of officers’ and directors’ liability insurance maintained by the Company; or 
  
 (d)    Claims under Section 16(b).    To indemnify Indemnitee for expenses or the
payment of profits arising from the purchase and sale by Indemnitee of securities in violation of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any similar successor statute. 
  
 10.    Construction of Certain Phrases.

  
 (a)    For purposes of
this Agreement, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting 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, and employees or agents, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was
serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this
Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued. 
  
 (b)    For purposes of this Agreement, references to “other
enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of
the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company 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 if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in
a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement. 
  
 11.    Attorneys’ Fees.    In the event that any action is instituted by Indemnitee under this
Agreement to enforce or interpret any of the terms hereof, Indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid all court costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred by Indemnitee with respect to such action, unless as a part of such
action, the court of competent jurisdiction determines that each of the material assertions made by Indemnitee as a basis for such action were not made in good faith or were frivolous. In the event of an action instituted by or in the name of the
Company under this Agreement or to enforce or interpret any of the terms of this Agreement, Indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid all court costs and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by Indemnitee in defense of such action
(including with respect to Indemnitee’s counterclaims and cross-claims made in such action), unless as a part of such action the court determines that each of Indemnitee’s material defenses to such action were made in bad faith or were
frivolous. 
  

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 12.    Miscellaneous. 
  
 (a)    Governing
Law.    This Agreement and all acts and transactions pursuant hereto and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed, construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware,
without giving effect to principles of conflict of law. 
  
 (b)    Entire Agreement; Enforcement of Rights.    This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement and understanding of the parties relating to the subject matter herein and merges all
prior discussions between them. No modification of or amendment to this Agreement, nor any waiver of any rights under this Agreement, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the parties to this Agreement. The failure by either party to
enforce any rights under this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of any rights of such party. 
  
 (c)    Construction.    This Agreement is the result of negotiations between and has
been reviewed by each of the parties hereto and their respective counsel, if any; accordingly, this Agreement shall be deemed to be the product of all of the parties hereto, and no ambiguity shall be construed in favor of or against any one of the
parties hereto. 
  
 (d)    Notices.    Any notice, demand or request required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed sufficient when delivered personally or
sent by telegram or fax, or forty-eight (48) hours after being deposited in the U.S. mail, as certified or registered mail, with postage prepaid, and addressed to the party to be notified at such party’s address as set forth below or as
subsequently modified by written notice. 
  
 (e)    Counterparts.    This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

  
 (f)    Successors
and Assigns.    This Agreement shall be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns, and inure to the benefit of Indemnitee and Indemnitee’s heirs, legal representatives and assigns. 
  
 (g)    Subrogation.    In the event of payment under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee, who
shall execute all documents required and shall do all acts that may be necessary to secure such rights and to enable the Company to effectively bring suit to enforce such rights. 
  
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 The parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year set forth on the first page of
this Agreement. 
  

	RITA MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
		
	 By:
	 	 
	 	 	

		
	 Title:
	 	 
	 	 	

		
	 Address:
	 	 967 Shoreline Blvd.
 Mountain View, CA
94043

  
 AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED:

  

	
	 
	

	«IndemniteeName» (Signature)

		
	 Address:
	 	 «IndemniteeAddress1»
 «IndemniteeAddress2»

  

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 Exhibit 10.39 
  
 CHANGE OF CONTROL AGREEMENT 
  

This Change of Control Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into effective as of
                              , 200    , by and between
                             (the “Employee”) and RITA Medical Systems, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”). 
  
 RECITALS 
  
 A.    It is understood that another company or other
entity may from time to time consider the possibility of acquiring the Company or that a change in control may otherwise occur, with or without the approval of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”). The Board has identified
the Employee, an officer of the Company, as a key employee whose continued employment with the Company is critical to the Company’s future success and has determined that it is important to provide Employee with an incentive to continue his or
her employment with the Company in the event that the Company consummates a Change of Control transaction. For purposes of this Agreement, this shall include Employee’s employment in a majority-owned subsidiary or other surviving entity of an
acquiring Company. 
  
 B.    To accomplish the
foregoing objectives, the Board of Directors has directed the Company, upon execution of this Agreement by the Employee, to agree to the terms provided in this Agreement. 
  
 C.    The Board believes that it is imperative to provide the Employee with certain benefits upon a
Change of Control and, under certain circumstances, upon termination of the Employee’s employment in connection with a Change of Control, which benefits are intended to provide the Employee with financial security and provide sufficient income
and encouragement to the Employee to remain with the Company notwithstanding the possibility of a Change of Control. 
  
 D.    To accomplish the foregoing objectives, the Board of Directors has directed the Company, upon execution of this Agreement by the
Employee, to agree to the terms provided in this Agreement. 
  
 E.    Certain capitalized terms used in the Agreement are defined in Section 3 below. 
  
 In consideration of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and in consideration of the continuing employment of Employee by the Company, the
parties agree as follows: 
  
 1.    At-Will
Employment.    The Company and the Employee acknowledge that the Employee’s employment is and shall continue to be at-will, as defined under applicable law. If the Employee’s employment terminates for any reason,
including (without limitation) any termination prior to a Change of Control, the Employee shall not be entitled to any payments or benefits, other than as provided by this Agreement, or as may otherwise be available in 

 
accordance with the terms of the Company’s established employee plans and written policies at the time of termination. The terms of this Agreement shall
terminate upon the earlier of (i) the date on which Employee ceases to be employed as an officer of the Company, other than as a result of an involuntary termination by the Company without Cause, (ii) the date that all obligations of the parties
hereunder have been satisfied, or (iii) twelve (12) months after a Change of Control. A termination of the terms of this Agreement pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be effective for all purposes, except that such termination shall not affect
the payment or provision of compensation or benefits on account of a termination of employment occurring prior to the termination of the terms of this Agreement. 
  
 2.    Change of Control. 
  
 (a)    Stock Options and Restricted Stock.    Subject to Section 4 below, in
the event of a Change of Control, on the effective date of the transaction, fifty percent (50%) of all unvested options to purchase the Company’s securities held by the Employee (the “Option”) prior to the effective date of the Change
of Control transaction shall become fully vested and immediately exercisable and shall be exercisable to the extent so vested in accordance with the provisions of the Option Agreement and Plan pursuant to which such Option was granted and repurchase
rights of the Company with respect to fifty percent (50%) of the shares of restricted stock held by the Employee purchased by the Employee pursuant to the terms of a Stock Purchase Agreement shall immediately lapse. In addition, on each one month
anniversary of the effective date of the Change of Control transaction 1/12 of all remaining unvested options held by the Employee shall become fully vested and immediately exercisable and repurchase rights of the Company with respect to 1/12 of all
remaining shares of restricted stock held by Employee shall lapse. 
  
 (b)    Termination Following A Change of Control.    If the Employee’s employment with the Company is involuntarily terminated at any time within twelve (12) months after a Change of
Control all unvested options held by the Employee shall become fully vested and immediately exercisable and shall be exercisable to the extent so vested in accordance with the provisions of the Option Agreement and Plan pursuant to which such Option
was granted and repurchase rights of the Company with respect to all of the shares of restricted stock held by the Employee purchased by the Employee pursuant to the terms of a Stock Purchase Agreement shall immediately lapse. 
  
 (i)    Voluntary Resignation and Termination for
Cause.    If the Employee voluntarily resigns from the Company or is terminated for Cause following the Change of Control, then the Employee shall not be entitled to any acceleration of the vesting of his or her unvested
options or lapse of repurchase rights with respect to his or her restricted stock. 
  

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 3.    Definition of Terms.    The following terms referred
to in this Agreement shall have the following meanings: 
  
 (a)    Change of Control.    “Change of Control” shall mean the consummation of any of the following events: 
  
 (i)    Ownership.    Any “Person” (as such term is used in
Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) is or becomes the “Beneficial Owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under said Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing fifty percent
(50%) or more of the total voting power represented by the Company’s then outstanding voting securities without the approval of the Board of Directors of the Company; or 
  
 (ii)    Merger/Sale of Assets.    A merger or consolidation of the Company
whether or not approved by the Board of Directors of the Company, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining
outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) at least fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power represented by the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such
merger or consolidation, or the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets. 
  
 (b)    Cause.    “Cause” shall mean (i) gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of the Employee’s duties to the Company where such gross negligence or willful
misconduct has resulted or is likely to result in substantial and material damage to the Company or its subsidiaries, (ii) repeated unexplained or unjustified absence from the Company, (iii) a material and willful violation of any federal or state
law; (iv) commission of any act of fraud with respect to the Company; or (v) conviction of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude causing material harm to the standing and reputation of the Company, in each case as determined in good faith by
the Board of Directors of the Company. 
  
 (c)    Involuntary Termination.    “Involuntary Termination” shall include any termination by the Company other than for Cause and the Employee’s voluntary termination, upon 30
days prior written notice to the Company, following (i) a material reduction or change in job duties, responsibilities and requirements inconsistent with the Employee’s position with the Company and the Employee’s prior duties,
responsibilities and requirements, taking into account the differences in job title and duties that are normally occasioned by reason of an acquisition of one company by another and that do not actually result in a material change in duties,
responsibilities and requirements inconsistent with an employee’s prior position with the acquired company; (ii) any reduction of the Employee’s base and cash bonus compensation (other than in connection with a general decrease in base
salaries for most similarly situated employees of the successor corporation); or (iii) the Employee’s refusal to relocate to a location more than 50 miles from the Company’s current location. 
  
 4.    Limitation on Payments. 
  
 (a)    In the event that the severance benefits provided
for in this Agreement to the Employee (i) constitute “parachute payments” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and (ii) but for this Section, would be subject to the
excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code, then the Employee’s benefits under Section 2 shall be payable either: (i) in full, or (ii) as to such lesser 

  

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amount which would result in no portion of such severance benefits being subject to excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code, whichever of the foregoing
amounts, taking into account the applicable federal, state and local income taxes and the excise tax imposed by Section 4999, results in the receipt by the Employee on an after-tax basis, of the greatest amount of benefits under Section 2,
notwithstanding that all or some portion of such benefits may be taxable under Section 4999 of the Code. Unless the Company and the Employee otherwise agree in writing, any determination required under this Section 4 shall be made in writing by the
Company’s independent public accountants (the “Accountants”), whose determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the Employee and the Company for all purposes. For purposes of making the calculations required by this Section 4,
the Accountants may make reasonable assumptions and approximations concerning applicable taxes and may rely on reasonable, good faith interpretations concerning the application of Section 280G and 4999 of the Code. The Company and the Employee shall
furnish to the Accountants such information and documents as the Accountants may reasonably request in order to make a determination under this Section. The Company shall bear all costs the Accountants may reasonably incur in connection with any
calculations contemplated by this Section 4. 
  
 (b)    The payment of severance benefits provided for in this Agreement shall be subject to all applicable income, employment and social tax rules and regulations. 
  
 5.    Successors.    Any
successor to the Company (whether direct or indirect and whether by purchase, lease, merger, consolidation, liquidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the Company’s business and/or assets shall assume the obligations under this
Agreement and agree expressly to perform the obligations under this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent as the Company would be required to perform such obligations in the absence of a succession. The terms of this Agreement and all
of the Employee’s rights hereunder shall inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the Employee’s personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees. 
  
 6.    Notice.    Notices and
all other communications contemplated by this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when personally delivered or when mailed by U.S. registered or certified mail, return receipt requested and postage prepaid.
Mailed notices to the Employee shall be addressed to the Employee at the home address which the Employee most recently communicated to the Company in writing. In the case of the Company, mailed notices shall be addressed to its corporate
headquarters, and all notices shall be directed to the attention of its Secretary. 
  
 7.    Miscellaneous Provisions. 
  
 (a)    No Duty to Mitigate.    The Employee shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment contemplated by this Agreement (whether by seeking new employment
or in any other manner), nor, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, shall any such payment be reduced by any earnings that the Employee may receive from any other source. 
  

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 (b)    Waiver.    No provision of this Agreement shall be
modified, waived or discharged unless the modification, waiver or discharge is agreed to in writing and signed by the Employee and by an authorized officer of the Company (other than the Employee). No waiver by either party of any breach of, or of
compliance with, any condition or provision of this Agreement by the other party shall be considered a waiver of any other condition or provision or of the same condition or provision at another time. 
  
 (c)    Whole Agreement.    No
agreements, representations or understandings (whether oral or written and whether express or implied) which are not expressly set forth in this Agreement have been made or entered into by either party with respect to the subject matter hereof. This
Agreement supersedes any agreement of the same title and concerning similar subject matter dated prior to the date of this Agreement, and by execution of this Agreement both parties agree that any such predecessor agreement shall be deemed null and
void. 
  
 (d)    Choice of
Law.    The validity, interpretation, construction and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of California without reference to conflict of laws provisions. 
  
 (e)    Severability.    If
any term or provision of this Agreement or the application thereof to any circumstance shall, in any jurisdiction and to any extent, be invalid or unenforceable, such term or provision shall be ineffective as to such jurisdiction to the extent of
such invalidity or unenforceability without invalidating or rendering unenforceable the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement or the application of such terms and provisions to circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid
or unenforceable, and a suitable and equitable term or provision shall be substituted therefor to carry out, insofar as may be valid and enforceable, the intent and purpose of the invalid or unenforceable term or provision. 
  
 (f)    Arbitration.    Any
dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement may be settled at the option of either party by binding arbitration in the County of Santa Clara, California, in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration
Association then in effect. Judgment may be entered on the arbitrator’s award in any court having jurisdiction. Punitive damages shall not be awarded. 
  
 (g)    Legal Fees and Expenses.    The parties shall each bear their own expenses, legal fees and other
fees incurred in connection with this Agreement. 
  
 (h)    No Assignment of Benefits.    The rights of any person to payments or benefits under this Agreement shall not be made subject to option or assignment, either by voluntary or involuntary
assignment or by operation of law, including (without limitation) bankruptcy, garnishment, attachment or other creditor’s process, and any action in violation of this subsection (h) shall be void. 
  
 (i)    Employment
Taxes.    All payments made pursuant to this Agreement will be subject to withholding of applicable income and employment taxes. 
  

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 (j)    Assignment by the Company.    The Company may
assign its rights under this Agreement to an affiliate, and an affiliate may assign its rights under this Agreement to another affiliate of the Company or to the Company; provided, however, that no assignment shall be made if the net worth of the
assignee is less than the net worth of the Company at the time of assignment. In the case of any such assignment, the term “Company” when used in a section of this Agreement shall mean the corporation that actually employs the Employee.

  
 (k)    Counterparts.    This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument.

  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has executed this Agreement, in the case of the Company by its
duly authorized officer, as of the day and year first above written. 
  

	RITA MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.	 	 	 	EMPLOYEE
				
	By:	 	
	 	 	 	

	 Title:
	 	  

	 	 	 	 

  

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