Exhibit 10.15
INDEMNITY AGREEMENT
THIS INDEMNITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made on , 2021, by and between BULLISH, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), and [] (“Indemnitee”).
WHEREAS, highly competent persons have become more reluctant to serve as directors, officers, delegates or in other capacities (including under the terms of intra-group company services agreements) unless they are provided with adequate protection through insurance or adequate indemnification against inordinate risks of claims and actions against them arising out of the discharge of their function(s) relating to such corporations;
WHEREAS, the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of the Company (the “Articles”) provide for the indemnification of the officers and directors of the Company. Indemnitee may also be entitled to indemnification pursuant to applicable Cayman Islands law. The Articles 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 of the Company (the “Board”), officers and other persons with respect to indemnification, hold harmless, exoneration, advancement and reimbursement rights;
WHEREAS, the uncertainties relating to such insurance and to indemnification have increased the difficulty of attracting and retaining such persons;
WHEREAS, the Board has determined that the increased difficulty in attracting and retaining such persons is detrimental to the best interests of the Company’s shareholders and that the Company should act to assure such persons that there will be increased certainty of such protection in the future;
WHEREAS, 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;
WHEREAS, this Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the Articles 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; and
WHEREAS, Indemnitee may not be willing to serve as an officer, director, delegate or in other capacities (including under the terms of intra-group company services agreements) without adequate protection, and the Company desires Indemnitee to serve in such capacity. Indemnitee is willing to serve, continue to serve and to take on additional service for or with respect to the Company on the condition that he or she be so indemnified.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants contained herein, the Company and Indemnitee do hereby covenant and agree as follows:
1. | SERVICES WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPANY |
In consideration of the Company’s covenants and obligations hereunder, Indemnitee will serve or continue to serve as an officer, director, advisor, key employee, delegate or in any other capacity of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (which may include, without limitation, the provision of services pursuant to the terms of an intra-group company services agreement), as applicable, for so long as Indemnitee is duly elected, appointed or retained, until Indemnitee tenders his or her resignation, or until Indemnitee is removed. The foregoing notwithstanding, this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect after Indemnitee has ceased to serve as a director, officer, delegate, advisor, key employee or in any other capacity of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, as provided in Section 17. This Agreement, however, shall not impose any obligation on Indemnitee or the Company to continue Indemnitee’s service with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company beyond any period otherwise required by law or by other agreements or commitments of the parties, if any.
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