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Exhibit 10.4    
    

 
 

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT    
    

        This Agreement is made as of                        ,
200    , between Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and
                        (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 Amended and Restated 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 promises 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 (to the extent permitted by law). If requested by Indemnitee in writing, the Company shall advance (within
30 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) (other than the obligation of the Company to make
Expense Advances) 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 in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. 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. Advances shall include any and all
reasonable Expenses incurred pursuing an action to enforce this right of advancement, so long as the claim for indemnification is not frivolous. 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 three law firms with offices in the State of Delaware having more than fifty attorneys resident in such offices, 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). 

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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 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 the Company believes that Indemnitee is 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 adverse 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 

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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 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 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 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 and provided further, that in connection with a Change
in Control the Company shall ensure that said directors' and officers' tail liability insurance policy is at least comparable to the Company's existing insurance. The Company shall 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. 

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        9.    Certain Definitions.    

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

        (1)   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); 

        (2)   during
any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director whose
election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company's stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either
were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof; 

        (3)   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 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; 

        (4)   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; 

        (5)   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; 

        (6)   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 

        (7)   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)(1) or 9(a)(4), 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, 

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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, formal or informal 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
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, 

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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 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 indemnifiable 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 Director's 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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        The parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date set forth on the first page of this Agreement. 

	 	 	ANACOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

    

	 	 	Name:	 	    

	 	 	Title:	 	    

	 	 	Address:	 	1060 East Meadow Circle

Palo Alto, CA 94303
	

 	
 	

    
[Indemnitee]

SIGNATURE PAGE TO INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

ANACOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.  

 
FORM OF UNDERTAKING 

        The
undersigned is the Indemnitee as defined in that certain Indemnification Agreement dated                        between the
undersigned and Anacor Pharmaceutical, Inc. (the
"Indemnification Agreement"). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings give in such agreement. 

        As
a condition to receiving Expense Advances, Indemnitee agrees that, if, when and to the extent that a final judicial determination is made that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be
so indemnified under applicable law, the Indemnitee shall reimburse the Company for all amounts theretofore paid by the Company to Indemnitee pursuant to the Indemnification Agreement 

	 	 	    
 [Indemnitee]

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Exhibit 10.4

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENTExhibit 4.1

 

	
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  REVERSE FOR     

  CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

  	
  WATTLES
  ACQUISITION CORP.

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  CUSIP
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UNITS
CONSISTING OF ONE SHARE OF COMMON STOCK AND ONE WARRANT TO

PURCHASE ONE SHARE OF COMMON STOCK

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT 

 

is the owner of

Units.

 

Each Unit (“Unit”) consists of one (1) share of common
stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), of Wattles Acquisition
Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and one warrant (a
“Warrant”).  Each Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one (1) share of
Common Stock for $7.50 per share (subject to adjustment).  Each Warrant
will become exercisable on the later of (i) [                  ],
2009 [one year following the date of the final
prospectus], and (ii) the Company’s completion of a merger, capital
stock exchange, asset or stock acquisition, exchangeable share transaction,
joint venture or other similar business combination, and will expire unless
exercised before 5:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on [                  ],
2012 [four years following the date of final prospectus]
or earlier upon redemption. The Common Stock and Warrants comprising the Units
will begin separate trading ten days following the earlier to occur of the
expiration of the underwriters’ over-allotment option, its exercise in full, or
the announcement by the underwriters of their intention not to exercise all or
any remaining portion of the over-allotment option, subject to our filing of a
Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the
SEC, containing an audited balance sheet reflecting our receipt of the gross
proceeds of this offering and issuing a press release announcing when such
separate trading will begin.  The terms
of the Warrants are governed by a Warrant Agreement, dated as of [                  ],
between the Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Warrant
Agent, and are subject to the terms and provisions contained therein, all of
which terms and provisions the holder of this certificate consents to by
acceptance hereof.  Copies of the Warrant Agreement are on file at the
office of the Warrant Agent at 6201-15th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11219, and
are available to any Warrant holder on written request and without cost.

This certificate is not valid unless countersigned by
the Transfer Agent and Registrar of the Company.

WITNESS the facsimile seal of the Company and the
facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers.

	
  By

  	
   

  	
  Wattles
  Acquisition Corp.

  CORPORATE

  THE STATE OF DELAWARE

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Chief Executive Officer

  	
  SEAL

  	
  Secretary

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  2007

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Countersigned

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Transfer Agent and
  Registrar

  	
   

  	
   

  

 

 

Wattles Acquisition Corp.

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the
inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they
were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM—as tenants in
common

 

TEN ENT—as tenants by the
entireties

 

JT TEN—as joint tenants
with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

 

	
  UNIF GIFT MIN ACT—

  	
   

  	
  Custodian

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  (Cust)

  	
   

  	
  (Minor)

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  under Uniform Gifts to
  Minors Act

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  (State)

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  

 

Additional Abbreviations may also be used though not
in the above list.

For value received,                                                                             hereby
sell, assign and transfer unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL
SECURITY OR

OTHER

IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

 

(PLEASE PRINT OR
TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE)

 

 

Units

 

represented by the within Certificate, and do
hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint

Attorney to transfer the said

Units on the books of the within
named Company will full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated

 

	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Notice:

  	
  The signature to this
  assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the
  certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any
  change whatever.

  

Signature(s) Guaranteed:

	
   

  	
   

  
	
  THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD
  BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS,
  SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN
  APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE
  17Ad-15).

  

 

The holder of this certificate shall be entitled to
receive funds from the trust account only in the event that the Corporation is
liquidated because it does not consummate a business combination or the holder
seeks to convert his, her or its respective shares into cash upon a business
combination which he, she or it voted against and which is actually completed
by the Corporation.  In no other circumstances shall the holder have any
right or interest of any kind in or to the trust account.

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