SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2018-03-13

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<div><a name="sEC6F50772B81B5C48BE11C4E79DA6EF3"></a></div><div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">This Indemnification Agreement (this &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Agreement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;) is made as of __________, 201___ by and between OptiNose,&#160;Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Corporation</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;), in its own name and on behalf of its direct and indirect subsidiaries, and __________________, an individual (&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Indemnitee</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;). This Agreement supersedes and replaces any and all previous Agreements between the Corporation and Indemnitee covering the subject matter of this Agreement. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">RECITALS</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">WHEREAS</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, directors, officers, employees, controlling persons, fiduciaries and other agents (&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Representatives</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;) 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 corporation or business enterprise itself;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">WHEREAS</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, the Board of Directors of the Company (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Board</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;) believes that highly competent persons have become more reluctant to serve corporations as Representatives unless they are provided with adequate protection through insurance and adequate indemnification against inordinate risks of claims and actions against them arising out of their service to and activities on behalf of the corporation or business enterprise;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">WHEREAS</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, the Board has determined that the increased difficulty in attracting and retaining highly competent persons is detrimental to the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders and that the Corporation should act to assure such persons that there will be increased certainty of protection against inordinate risks of claims and actions against them arising out of their service to and activities on behalf of the Corporation;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">WHEREAS</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, it is reasonable, prudent and necessary for the Corporation 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 Corporation free from undue concern regarding such risks;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">WHEREAS</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, (a)&#160;the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Bylaws</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;) require indemnification of the officers and directors of the Corporation, (b)&#160;Indemnitee may also be entitled to indemnification pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as it may be amended from time to time (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">DGCL</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221;) and (c)&#160;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 Corporation and its Representatives with respect to indemnification;</font></div><div sty