SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2021-03-23

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<DESCRIPTION>FORM OF INDEMNITY AGREEMENT
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>Exhibit 10.5</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM OF INDEMNITY AGREEMENT</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>THIS INDEMNITY AGREEMENT</B>
(this &ldquo;<B><I>Agreement</I></B>&rdquo;) is made as of March 17, 2021, by and between American Acquisition Opportunity Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (the &ldquo;<B><I>Company</I></B>&rdquo;), and [_____________] (&ldquo;<B><I>Indemnitee</I></B>&rdquo;).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>RECITALS</U></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>WHEREAS</B>, 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 such corporations.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>WHEREAS</B>, the
Board of Directors of the Company (the &ldquo;<B><I>Board</I></B>&rdquo;) has determined that, in order to attract and retain qualified
individuals, the Company will attempt to maintain on an ongoing basis, at its sole expense, liability insurance to protect persons
serving the Company and its subsidiaries from certain liabilities. Although the furnishing of such insurance has been a customary
and widespread practice among United States-based corporations and other business enterprises, the Company believes that, given
current market conditions and trends, such insurance may be available to it in the future only at higher premiums and with more
exclusions. At the same time, directors, officers and other persons in service to corporations or business enterprises are being
increasingly subjected to expensive and time-consuming litigation relating to, among other things, matters that traditionally would
have been brought only against the Company or business enterprise itself. The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
(the &ldquo;<B><I>Charter</I></B>&rdquo;) and the Bylaws (the &ldquo;<B><I>Bylaws</I></B>&rdquo;) of the Company require indemnification
of the officers and directors of the Company. Indemnitee may also be entitled to indemnification pursuant to applicable provisions
of the Delaware General Corporation Law (&ldquo;<B><I>DGCL</I></B>&rdquo;). The Bylaws and the DGCL expressly provide that the
indemnification provisions set forth therein are not exclusive, and thereby contemplate that contracts may be entered into between
the Company and members of the board of directors, officers and other persons with respect to indemnification, hold harmless, exoneration,
advancement and reimbursement rights.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>WHEREAS</B>, the
uncertainties relating to such insurance and to indemnification have increased the difficulty of attracting and retaining such
persons.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>WHEREAS</B>, the
Board has determined that the increased difficulty in attracting and retaining such persons is detrimental to the best interests
of the Company&rsquo;s stockholders and that the Company should act to assure such persons that there will be increased certainty
of such protection in the future.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>WHEREAS</B>, it
is reasonable, prudent and necessary for the Company contractually to obligate itself to indemnify, hold harmless, exonerate 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 protected against liabilities.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>WHEREAS</B>, this
Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the Charter and Bylaws of the Company and any resolutions adopted pursuant thereto,
and shall not be deemed a substitute therefor, nor to diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee thereunder.</P>

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