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CreditCards.com, Inc.
  Incentive Bonus Plan—FY07

PLAN PURPOSE  

        The Creditcards.com, Inc. Incentive Bonus (IB) Plan incentivizes participants to assist the company in achieving its financial goals. 

PLAN PERIOD  

        January 1, 2007, to December 31, 2007. Each plan year stands alone. 

PLAN ELIGIBILITY  

        Positions nominated for participation and their corresponding financial targets require the approval of the Chief Executive Officer. 

        Any
participant who has a percentage change in their plan target (including a reduction or removal from the Plan) with an effective date
after the beginning of a fiscal quarter will have that change impact their IB calculation at the beginning of the next fiscal quarter. 

Example  

        Employee has a plan target increase of $100 with an effective date of 4/30/07. Plan calculations will not be affected until the quarter that begins 7/1/07. 

PLAN COMPONENTS  

        Company
and Individual Performance Targets: 

	•
	Quarterly
and annual adjusted EBITDA (Earnings Before  Interest, Taxes,
Depreciation, and  Amortization as defined by the Company's loan agreement, referred to in this document as "adjusted EBITDA").

	•
	Quarterly
and annual revenue growth

	•
	Individual
performance goals (Smart Goals) 

        A
40% weighting each will apply to adjusted EBITDA and revenue performance (80% total) and 20% will apply to individual performance goals (beginning with the second quarter) 

QUARTERLY ACHIEVEMENT AND PAYOUTS  

        A quarterly bonus payout may occur for the first 3 quarters, at the company's discretion, when the variance to target for revenue is -10.0% or better,
when the variance to target for adjusted EBITDA is -10.0% or better and if an individual meets their performance
goals. Each target achievement will be judged separately (i.e. all, none, or any combination of the three targets could be achieved). In addition, Q2 and Q3 IB calculations are subject to a
year-to-date review. If year-to-date performance is less than 90% of year-to-date revenue or adjusted EBITDA plan, actual IB
payments for those quarters may be adjusted downward to appropriately reflect the year-to-date performance. 

        Potential
quarterly payments will be calculated using Table 1: Plan Payment Calculation Matrix Fiscal Quarters 1 through 3. The maximum amount for a quarterly payment is capped at 25% of
the participant's annual target. Quarterly bonus payments, if any, are generally made within 60 days after the end of the quarter. 

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QUARTERLY ACHIEVEMENT CALCULATION (example)  

        The quarterly equivalent of a $2,000 annualized target is $500 ($2,000 × 25%). If Q1 company performance was -3.0% for
revenue and -5.0% for adjusted EBITDA and the individual met their smart goals, the Q1 IB calculation would be as follows: 

Revenue:
$500*40%*85% = $170

Adjusted EBITDA: $500*40%*75% = $150

Smart Goal: $500*20%*100% = $100

Total Paid Q1 = $420 

FINAL PLAN PAYMENT  

        Once the company's annual financial results have been audited after the end of the fiscal year, the total expected bonus payout for the entire fiscal year is
calculated (including any overachievement) based on fiscal year performance against the annual revenue target and the annual adjusted EBITDA target. This expected payout amount is compared to the
actual cumulative IB payouts throughout the first three quarters of the fiscal year. If the actual year-to-date IB payout is  less than the expected full year payout, plan participants will
receive the difference as their final plan payment. If the actual
year-to-date IB payout is greater than or equal to
the expected full year plan payout, no more payments are made. The final calculation is based on the numbers in Table 1: Plan Payment Calculation Matrix, Fiscal Year 2007. 

Example 1  

        Participant has a $2,000 annualized IB target. Annual company performance resulted in attainment of revenue and adjusted EBITDA growth of 102% each and the
individual met their smart goals all year long. In addition, the plan paid 100% of target in Q1 ($500), 100% of target in Q2 ($500), and 100% of target in Q3 ($500) for a total
year-to-date payout of $1,500. The final plan payment calculation would be as follows: 

Revenue:
($2,000*40%*110%)-(40%*$1500) = $280

Adjusted EBITDA: ($2,000*40%*110%)-(40%*$1500) = $280

Smart Goal: ($2,000*20%*110%)-(20%*$1500) = $140

Total Final Plan Payment = $700 

Total
Paid Fiscal Year 2007 = $1,500+$700= $2,200 or 110% of the $2,000 annual IB target 

        Examples are included only for the purpose of illustrating quarterly and annual payments. Actual quarterly and annual performance to revenue and adjusted EBITDA
Plan will vary and cannot be predicted or guaranteed. The IB plan is "at risk" compensation and the IB Plan includes the possibility that the IB Plan will pay zero.

OTHER PLAN PROVISIONS  

	•
	To
receive a final plan payment, an individual must be a participant in the Plan for all of Q4. Individuals removed from the Plan as of the beginning of fiscal Q4 or earlier
are not eligible for a final plan payment (including any overachievement), if any.

	•
	Except
as otherwise required by law, a participant whose employment terminates, voluntarily or involuntarily, prior to the calculation date of a bonus for either a quarterly
award or a final plan payment may be ineligible to receive a payment for that plan quarter or the final plan payment at the discretion of the Company.

	•
	Only
regular, full-time employees are eligible to participate in the Plan. 

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	•
	Participants
in the IB Plan may not participate simultaneously in any other incentive plan unless otherwise notified in writing and with the approval of and the Chief
Executive Officer.

	•
	No
allowance will be made for factors beyond the control of plan participants that either adversely or favorably affects the plan's performance. There is no vested
entitlement to any bonus. Plan participants are advised not to assume they will receive any payments under the Plan in advance of any such payment; target awards represent
"pay-at-risk" and as such should not be prospectively relied on to meet financial commitments.

	•
	All
company incentive plans require review and approval by the Chief Executive Officer. Incentive bonus plans and payment terms, including individual participation and
eligibility for payment, may be changed at any time, retroactively or prospectively, with or without prior notice, at the discretion of the Chief Executive Officer. Bonus payments are made at the sole
discretion of the Chief Executive Officer and the Audit Committee of the Company. 

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CreditCards.com, Inc. Incentive Bonus Plan—FY07Exhibit 10.10

 

 

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

 

This Agreement is made as of «Date», between CreditCards.com, Inc. (formerly CCCI Holdings, Inc.),
a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and «Indemnitee»
(the “Indemnitee”).

 

RECITALS

 

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

 

In recognition of Indemnitee’s need for substantial protection against
personal liability in order to enhance Indemnitee’s continued service to the
Company in an effective manner and Indemnitee’s reliance on the provisions of
the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation (“Certificate of Incorporation”) and
the Company’s Bylaws (the “Bylaws”) requiring indemnification of the Indemnitee
to the fullest extent permitted by law, and in part to provide Indemnitee with
specific contractual assurance that the protection promised by such Certificate
of Incorporation and Bylaws will be available to Indemnitee (regardless of,
among other things, any amendment to or revocation of such Certificate of
Incorporation or Bylaws or any change in the composition of the Company’s Board
of Directors or acquisition transaction relating to the Company), the Company
wishes to provide in this Agreement for the indemnification of and the
advancing of expenses to Indemnitee to the fullest extent (whether partial or
complete) permitted by law and as set forth in this Agreement.

 

The Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws and the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (“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.

 

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.

 

This Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the Certificate
of Incorporation and Bylaws and any resolutions adopted pursuant thereto and
shall not be deemed a substitute

 

 

therefor, nor to diminish or abrogate any rights of
Indemnitee thereunder.

 

AGREEMENT

 

In consideration of the premises and of Indemnitee agreeing to serve or
continuing to serve the Company directly or, at its request, with another
enterprise, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree
as follows:

 

1.                                       Basic Indemnification Agreement.

 

(a)                                  In the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a
party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a
party to or witness or other participant in, a Claim (as defined in Section
9(b)) by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event (as
defined in Section 9(d)), the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest
extent permitted by law as soon as practicable but in any event no later than
30 days after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all
Expenses (as defined in Section 9(c)), judgments, fines, penalties and amounts
paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid
or payable in connection therewith) of such Claim actually and reasonably
incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with such Claim and any
federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on Indemnitee as a result of the
actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement. If requested by
Indemnitee in writing, the Company shall advance (within ten business days of
such written request) any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an “Expense Advance”).
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, prior to a Change
of Control (as defined in Section 9(a)) and except as set forth in Sections
1(b), 3 and 7, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to
this Agreement in connection with any Claim (i) initiated by Indemnitee against
the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has
joined in or consented to the initiation of such Claim; (ii) made on account of
Indemnitee’s conduct which constitutes a breach of Indemnitee’s duty of loyalty
to the Company or its stockholders or is an act or omission not in good faith
or which involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the law; or
(iii) 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
(the “Exchange Act”).

 

(b)                                 Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the
indemnification obligations of the Company under Section 1(a) shall not be
applicable if the Reviewing Party (as defined in Section 9(f)) has determined
(in a written opinion, in any case in which the special independent counsel
referred to in Section 2 is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to
be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to
make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 1(a) shall be subject to the
condition that the Company receives an undertaking that, if, when and to the
extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted
to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be
reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all
such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has
commenced legal proceedings in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware
(the “Delaware Court”) to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be
indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party
that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under

 

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applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be
required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final
judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of
appeal therefrom have been exhausted or lapsed). Indemnitee’s obligation to
reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest
shall be charged thereon. If there has not been a Change in Control, the
Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has
been such a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special
independent counsel referred to in Section 2. If there has been no
determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that
Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or
in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence
litigation in the Delaware Court seeking an initial determination by the court
or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect
thereof and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in
any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall
be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemnitee. The Company shall
indemnify Indemnitee for Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the
successful establishment or enforcement, in whole or in part, by Indemnitee of
Indemnitee’s right to indemnification or advances.

 

2.                                       Change in Control. The Company agrees that if there is a Change
in Control of the Company (other than a Change in Control which has been
approved by two- thirds or more of the Company’s Board of Directors who were
directors immediately prior to such Change in Control) then with respect to all
matters thereafter arising concerning the rights of Indemnitee to indemnity
payments and Expense Advances under this Agreement or any other agreement, the
Bylaws or Certificate of Incorporation now or hereafter in effect relating to
Claims for Indemnifiable Events, the Company shall seek legal advice only from
special independent counsel selected by Indemnitee and approved by the Company
(which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and who has not
otherwise performed services for the Company within the last five years (other
than in connection with such matters) or for Indemnitee. In the event that
Indemnitee and the Company are unable to agree on the selection of the special
independent counsel, such special independent counsel shall be selected by lot
from among at least five law firms with offices in the State of Delaware having
more than fifty attorneys, having a rating of “av” or better in the then
current Martindale Hubbell Law Directory and having attorneys which specialize
in corporate law. Such selection shall be made in the presence of Indemnitee
(and his legal counsel or either of them, as Indemnitee may elect). Such
counsel, among other things, shall, within 90 days of its retention, render its
written opinion to the Company and Indemnitee as to whether and to what extent
Indemnitee would be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law. The
Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees of the special independent counsel
referred to above and to fully indemnify such counsel against any and all
expenses (including attorneys’ fees), claims, liabilities, and damages arising
out of or relating to this Agreement or its engagement pursuant hereto.

 

3.                                       Indemnification for Additional
Expenses.
The Company shall indemnify
Indemnitee against any and all expenses (including attorneys’ fees) and, if
requested by Indemnitee in writing, shall (within ten business days of such
written request) advance such expenses to Indemnitee, which are incurred by
Indemnitee in connection with any Claim asserted against or action brought by
Indemnitee for (i) indemnification or advance payment of Expenses

 

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by the Company under this
Agreement or any other agreement, the Bylaws or Certificate of Incorporation
now or hereafter in effect relating to Claims for Indemnifiable Events and/or
(ii) recovery under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies
maintained by the Company, regardless of whether Indemnitee ultimately is
determined to be entitled to such indemnification, advance expense payment or
insurance recovery, as the case may be. The Indemnitee shall qualify for
advances solely 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 the Indemnitee is not entitled to be
indemnified by the Company.

 

4.                                       Partial Indemnity. If Indemnitee is entitled under any provisions
of this Agreement to indemnification by the Company of some but not all of the
Expenses, liabilities, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in
settlement of a Claim, the Company shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee for
the portion thereof to which Indemnitee is entitled. Moreover, notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that Indemnitee has been
successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any or all Claims relating
in whole or in part to an Indemnifiable Event or in defense of any issue or
matter therein, including dismissal without prejudice, Indemnitee shall be
indemnified against all Expenses incurred in connection therewith. In
connection with any determination by the Reviewing Party or otherwise as to
whether Indemnitee is entitled to be indemnified hereunder the burden of proof
shall be on the Company to establish that Indemnitee is not so entitled.

 

5.                                       No Presumption. For purposes of this Agreement, the
termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement
(whether with or without court approval) or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo
contendere, or its equivalent, shall not create a presumption that Indemnitee
did not meet any particular standard of conduct or have any particular belief.

 

6.                                       Notification and Defense of Claim. Within 30 days after receipt by Indemnitee of
notice of the commencement of a Claim which may involve an Indemnifiable Event,
Indemnitee will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the
Company under this Agreement, submit to the Company a written notice
identifying the proceeding, but the omission so to notify the Company will not
relieve it from any liability which it may have to Indemnitee under this
Agreement unless the Company is materially prejudiced by such lack of notice. With
respect to any such Claim as to which Indemnitee notifies the Company of the
commencement thereof:

 

(a)                                  the Company will be entitled to participate
therein at its own expense;

 

(b)                                 except as otherwise provided below, to the
extent that it may wish, the Company jointly with any other indemnifying party
similarly notified will be entitled to assume the defense thereof, with counsel
selected by the Board of Directors and satisfactory to Indemnitee. After notice
from the Company to Indemnitee of its election to assume the defense thereof,
the Company will not be liable to Indemnitee under this Agreement for any legal
or other expenses subsequently incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the
defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation or as otherwise
provided below. Indemnitee shall have the right to employ its own counsel in
such action, suit or proceeding, but the fees and expenses of such counsel
incurred after notice from the Company of its assumption of the defense thereof
shall be

 

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at the expense of Indemnitee unless (i) the employment of counsel by
Indemnitee has been authorized by the Company, (ii) Indemnitee shall have
reasonably concluded that there may be a conflict of interest between the
Company and the Indemnitee in the conduct of the defense of such action, or
(iii) the Company shall not in fact have employed counsel to assume the defense
of such action, in each of which cases the fees and expenses of counsel shall
be at the expense of the Company. The Company shall not be entitled to assume
the defense of any claim brought by or on behalf of the Company or as to which
Indemnitee shall have made the conclusion provided for in clause (ii) above;
and

 

(c)                                  the Company shall not be liable to indemnify
Indemnitee under this Agreement for any amounts paid in settlement of any
action or claim effected without its prior written consent. The Company shall
not settle any action or claim in any manner which would impose any penalty or
limitation on Indemnitee without Indemnitee’s prior written consent. Neither
the Company nor Indemnitee will unreasonably withhold or delay their consent to
any proposed settlement.

 

7.                                       Non-exclusivity. The rights of Indemnitee hereunder shall be
in addition to any other rights Indemnitee may have under the Certificate of
Incorporation, the Bylaws, the DGCL, any agreement, a vote of the stockholders,
a resolution of directors or otherwise. No amendment, alteration or repeal of
this Agreement or of any provision hereof shall limit or restrict any right of
Indemnitee under this Agreement in respect of any action taken or omitted by
such Indemnitee acting on behalf of the Company and at the request of the
Company prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal. To the extent that a
change in the DGCL (whether by statute or judicial decision), the Certificate
of Incorporation or the Bylaws permits greater indemnification by agreement
than would be afforded currently under the Certificate of Incorporation, the
Bylaws and this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties hereto that
Indemnitee shall enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by
such change. No right or remedy herein conferred is intended to be exclusive of
any other right or remedy, and every other right and remedy shall be cumulative
and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or
hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or
employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent
the concurrent assertion or employment of any other right or remedy.

 

8.                                       Liability Insurance. To the extent the Company maintains an
insurance policy or policies providing directors’ and officers’ 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 available for any
Company director or officer. If, at the time the Company receives notice from
any source of a Claim as to which Indemnitee is a party or a participant (as a
witness or otherwise), 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 the Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a
result of such Claim in accordance with the terms of such policies. In the event
of a Potential Change in Control (as defined in Section 9), the Company shall
maintain in force any and all insurance policies then maintained by the Company
providing directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, in respect of
Indemnitee, for a period of six years thereafter. The Company shall

 

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indemnify Indemnitee for
Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any successful action
brought by Indemnitee for recovery under any insurance policy referred to in
this Section 8 and shall advance to Indemnitee the Expenses of such action in
the manner provided in Section 3 above.

 

9.                                       Certain Definitions.

 

(a)                                  A “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have
occurred if:

 

(i)                                     before the
Company has a class of securities registered under Section 12 of the Exchange
Act:

 

(A)                              the Company, or any material subsidiary of
the Company, is merged, consolidated or reorganized into or with another
corporation or other legal person (an “Acquiring Person”) or securities of the
Company are exchanged for securities of an Acquiring Person, and as a result of
such merger, consolidation, reorganization or exchange less than a majority of
the combined voting power of the then outstanding securities of the Acquiring
Person immediately after such transaction are held, directly or indirectly, in
the aggregate by the holders of Voting Securities immediately prior to such
transaction;

 

(B)                                the Company, or any material subsidiary of
the Company, in any transaction or series of related transactions, sells or
otherwise transfers all or substantially all of its assets to an Acquiring
Person, and less than a majority of the combined voting power of the then
outstanding securities of the Acquiring Person immediately after such sale or transfer
are held, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate by the holders of Voting
Securities immediately prior to such sale or transfer;

 

(C)                                during any period of two consecutive years,
individuals who at the beginning of any such period constitute the directors of
the Company cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof,
unless the election, or the nomination for election by the Company’s
stockholders, of each director of the Company first elected during such period
was approved by a unanimous vote of the directors of the Company then still in
office who were directors of the Company at the beginning of any such period;

 

(D)                               the Company and its subsidiaries, in any
transaction or series of related transactions, sells or otherwise transfers
business operations that generated two thirds or more of the consolidated
revenues (determined on the basis of the Company’s four most recently completed
fiscal quarters) of the Company and its subsidiaries immediately prior thereto;
or

 

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(E)                                 any other transaction or series of related
transactions occur that have substantially the effect of the transactions
specified in any of the preceding clauses in this paragraph (i); or

 

(ii)                                  after the
Company has a class of securities registered under Section 12 of the Exchange
Act:

 

(A)                              any person, as that term is used in Section
13(d) and Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, becomes, is discovered to be,
or files a report on Schedule 13D or 14D-1 (or any successor schedule, form or
report) disclosing that such person is a beneficial owner (as defined in Rule
13d-3 under the Exchange Act or any successor rule or regulation), directly or
indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 20% or more of the total voting
power of the Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities (unless such person
becomes such a beneficial owner in connection with the initial public offering
of the Company); provided, however, that this definition shall not apply to
Austin Ventures LP and its affiliates;

 

(B)                                individuals who, as of the consummation date
of the Company’s initial public offering, constitute the Board of Directors of
the Company cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board
of Directors of the Company, unless any such change is approved by a unanimous
vote of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company in office
immediately prior to such cessation;

 

(C)                                the Company, or any material subsidiary of
the Company, is merged, consolidated or reorganized into or with another
corporation or legal person (an “Acquiring Person”) or securities of the
Company are exchanged for securities of an Acquiring Person, and immediately
after such merger, consolidation, reorganization or exchange less than a
majority of the combined voting power of the then outstanding securities of the
Acquiring Person immediately after such transaction are held, directly or
indirectly, in the aggregate by the holders of Voting Securities immediately
prior to such transaction;

 

(D)                               the Company, or any material subsidiary of
the Company, in any transaction or series of related transactions, sells or
otherwise transfers all or substantially all of its assets to an Acquiring
Person, and less than a majority of the combined voting power of the then
outstanding securities of the Acquiring Person immediately after such sale or
transfer is held, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate by the holders of
Voting Securities immediately prior to such sale or transfer;

 

(E)                                 the Company and its subsidiaries, in any
transaction or series of related transactions, sells or otherwise transfers
business

 

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operations
that generated two thirds or more of the consolidated revenues (determined on
the basis of the Company’s four most recently completed fiscal quarters) of the
Company and its subsidiaries immediately prior thereto;

 

(F)                                 the Company files a report or proxy statement
with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act
disclosing that a change in control of the Company has or may have occurred or
will or may occur in the future pursuant to any then existing contract or
transaction; or

 

(G)                                any other transaction or series of related
transactions occur that have substantially the effect of the transactions
specified in any of the preceding clauses in this paragraph (ii).

 

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section
9(a)(ii)(A) or 9(a)(ii)(D), unless otherwise determined in a specific case by
majority vote of the Board of Directors of the Company, a Change of Control
shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of this Agreement solely
because (i) the Company, (ii) an entity in which the Company directly or
indirectly beneficially owns 50% or more of the voting securities or (iii) any
Company sponsored employee stock ownership plan, or any other employee benefit
plan of the Company, either files or becomes obligated to file a report or a
proxy statement under or in response to Schedule 13D, Schedule 14D-1, Form 8-K
or Schedule 14A (or any successor schedule, form or report or item therein)
under the Exchange Act, disclosing beneficial ownership by it of shares of
stock of the Company, or because the Company reports that a Change in Control
of the Company has or may have occurred or will or may occur in the future by
reason of such beneficial ownership.

 

(b)                                 A “Claim” is any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit, proceeding or alternative dispute resolution mechanism,
or any inquiry, hearing or investigation whether conducted by the Company or
any other party, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or
other.

 

(c)                                  “Expenses” include attorneys’ fees and all
other costs, fees, expenses and obligations of any nature whatsoever paid or
incurred in connection with investigating, defending, being a witness in or
participating in (including appeal), or preparing to defend, be a witness in or
participate in any Claim relating to any Indemnifiable Event.

 

(d)                                 An “Indemnifiable Event” is any event or
occurrence (whether before or after the date hereof) related to the fact that
Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee, consultant, agent or
fiduciary of or to the Company, or any subsidiary of the Company, or is or was
serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee,
trustee, agent or fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, or by reason of anything done
or not done by Indemnitee in any such capacity.

 

(e)                                  A “Potential Change in Control” shall be
deemed to have occurred if (i) the Company enters into an agreement, the
consummation of which would result in the

 

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occurrence of a Change in Control; (ii) any person (including the Company)
publicly announces an intention to take or to consider taking actions which, if
consummated, would constitute a Change in Control; (iii) any person, other than
a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan
of the Company or a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the
stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their
ownership of stock of the Company, who is or becomes the beneficial owner,
directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 9.5% or more
of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding Voting
Securities, increases such person’s beneficial ownership of such securities by
five percentage points or more over the initial percentage of such securities;
or (iv) the Board of Directors of the Company adopts a resolution to the effect
that, for purposes of this Agreement, a Potential Change in Control has
occurred.

 

(f)                                    A “Reviewing Party” is (i) the Company’s
Board of Directors (provided that a majority of directors are not parties to
the particular Claim for which Indemnitee is seeking indemnification) or (ii)
any other person or body appointed by the Company’s Board of Directors, who is
not a party to the particular Claim for which Indemnitee is seeking
indemnification, or (iii) if there has been a Change in Control, the special
independent counsel referred to in Section 2 hereof.

 

(g)                                 “Voting Securities” means any securities of
the Company which vote generally in the election of directors.

 

10.                                 Amendments, Termination and
Waiver.
No supplement, modification,
amendment or termination of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in
writing by both of the parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of
this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other
provisions hereof (whether or not similar) nor shall such waiver constitute a
continuing waiver.

 

11.                                 Contribution. If the indemnification provided in Sections 1
and 3 is unavailable, then, in respect of any Claim in which the Company is
jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in the Claim), the
Company shall contribute to the amount of Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties
and amounts paid in settlement as appropriate to reflect: (i) the relative
benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and Indemnitee, on the other
hand, from the transaction from which the Claim arose, and (ii) the relative
fault of the Company, on the one hand, and of Indemnitee, on the other, in
connection with the events which resulted in such Expenses, judgments, fines,
penalties and amounts paid in settlement, as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand,
and of Indemnitee, on the other, shall be determined by reference to, among
other things, the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information
and opportunity to correct or prevent the circumstances resulting in such
Expenses and liabilities. The Company agrees that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 11 were determined by pro
rata allocation or any other method of allocation which does not take account
of the equitable considerations described in this Section 11.

 

12.                                 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

 

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shall execute all papers
required and shall do everything that may be necessary to secure such rights,
including the execution of such documents necessary to enable the Company
effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights.

 

13.                                 No Duplication of Payments. The Company shall not be liable under this
Agreement to make any payment in connection with any Claim made against
Indemnitee to the extent Indemnitee has otherwise actually received payment
(under insurance policy, Certificate of Incorporation or otherwise) of the
amounts otherwise identifiable hereunder.

 

14.                                 Binding Effect. 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, spouse, heirs, and personal and legal
representatives. This Agreement shall continue in effect regardless of whether
Indemnitee continues to serve as a director or officer (or in one of the
capacities enumerated in Section 9(d) hereof) of the Company or of any other
enterprise at the Board of Directors’ request.

 

15.                                 Severability. The provisions of this Agreement shall be
severable in the event that any of the provisions hereof (including any
provision within a single section, paragraph or sentence) are held by a court
of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or otherwise unenforceable, and
the remaining provisions shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent
permitted by law.

 

16.                                 Applicable Law and Consent to
Jurisdiction.
This Agreement and the legal
relations among the parties shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in
accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its
conflict of laws rules. 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 Delaware Court and
not in any other state or federal court in the United States of America or any
court in any other country, (ii) consent to submit to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the Delaware Court for purposes of any action or proceeding
arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, (iii) appoint,
irrevocably, to the extent such party is not a resident of the State of
Delaware, as its agent in the State of Delaware as such party’s agent for
acceptance of legal process in connection with any such action or proceeding
against such party with the same legal force and validity as if served upon
such party personally within the State of Delaware, (iv) waive any
objection to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in the
Delaware Court, and (v) waive, and agree not to plead or to make, any claim
that any such action or proceeding brought in the Delaware Court has been
brought in an improper or inconvenient forum.

 

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

 

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  CreditCards.com, Inc.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
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   Its: Chief Financial Officer

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  «Indemnitee»

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