EX-10.2 5 tm2028928d5_ex10-2.htm EXHIBT 10.2

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

This Indemnity Agreement is made on the [•] day of [•] 2020.

 

Between:

 

(1)Vitru Limited, an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands (the "Company"); and

 

(2)[●], a director and/or officer of the Company (the "Indemnitee").

 

Whereas:

 

(A)The Indemnitee serves as a director and/or officer of the Company.

 

(B)The Indemnitee will perform valuable services to the Company.

 

(C)The substantial increase in corporate litigation subjects directors and officers to expensive litigation risks at the same time that the availability of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance has been severely limited.

 

(D)It is a condition to the appointment of the Indemnitee as a director and/or officer of the Company that the Company indemnify the Indemnitee so as to provide him with the maximum possible protection permitted by law.

 

(E)The Company wishes to indemnify the Indemnitee on the terms of this Agreement.

 

Now it is agreed as follows:

 

1Definitions

 

In this Agreement the following capitalised words and expressions shall have the following meanings:

 

1.1In this Agreement:

 

(a)the term "Proceeding" shall include any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, alternative dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry, administrative hearing or proceeding, whether brought by or in the right of the Company or otherwise and whether of a civil, criminal, administrative, regulatory or investigative nature and whether formal or informal, including any appeal therefrom, and the term "decided in a Proceeding" shall mean a decision by a court, arbitrator(s), hearing officer or other judicial agent having the requisite legal authority to make such a decision, which decision has become final and from which no appeal or other review proceeding is permissible;

 

(b)the term "Expenses" shall include, but is not limited to, all losses, liabilities, damages, judgments, fines, penalties, awards, amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, taxes, assessments and other charges in connection therewith) by or on behalf of the Indemnitee, expenses of investigations, judicial or administrative proceedings or appeals, reasonable attorney’s fees, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, witness fees, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees and disbursements and any expenses of establishing a right to indemnification under this Agreement; and

 

(c)the terms "Director" and "Director of the Company" shall include the Indemnitee’s service at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise as well as a director or officer of the Company.

 

 

 

 

2Indemnity of Director

 

Subject only to the limitations set forth in Clause 3, the Company hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnitee in respect of and to pay on behalf of the Indemnitee all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee because of any claim or claims made against him in a Proceeding by reason of the fact that he is or was a Director of the Company, in each case whether or not serving in such capacity as a Director of the Company at the time any liability or Expense is incurred for which indemnification, reimbursement or advancement of expenses can be provided under this Agreement.

 

If the Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this Agreement to indemnification by the Company for a portion of any Expenses but not for the total amount thereof, the Company shall nevertheless indemnify the Indemnitee for such portion.

 

Without limiting the foregoing, in the event any Proceeding is initiated by the Indemnitee, the Company or any other person to enforce or interpret this Agreement or any rights of the Indemnitee to indemnification or advancement of Expenses, or any other related obligations of the Indemnitee, under the Company’s articles of association or instruments or any other agreement to which the Indemnitee or the Company is party, Cayman Islands or any other applicable law or any liability insurance policy, to the fullest extent allowable under applicable law, the Company shall indemnify the Indemnitee against Expenses incurred by the Indemnitee or on the Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with such proceeding in proportion to the success achieved by the Indemnitee in such Proceeding, as determined by the court presiding over such Proceeding.

 

3Limitations on Indemnity

 

The Company shall not be obligated under this Agreement to make any payment of Expenses to the Indemnitee if:

 

(a)such payment is prohibited by applicable law;

 

(b)such payment is actually made to the Indemnitee under an insurance policy, except in respect of any excess beyond the amount of payment under such insurance;

 

(c)the Indemnitee is indemnified by the Company otherwise than pursuant to this Agreement;

 

(d)such payment would result in the Indemnitee gaining any personal profit or advantage to which he or she was not legally entitled; and

 

(e)it is decided in a Proceeding that such payment is brought about or contributed to by the dishonesty, wilful default or actual fraud of the Indemnitee seeking payment hereunder; however, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Indemnitee shall be indemnified under this Agreement as to any claims upon which suit may be brought against him by reason of any alleged dishonesty on his part, unless it shall be decided in a Proceeding that he committed acts of active and deliberate dishonesty with actual dishonest purpose and intent, and which acts were material to the cause of action so adjudicated.

 

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4Advance Payment of Costs

 

4.1Expenses incurred by the Indemnitee in defending a claim against him in a Proceeding shall be paid by the Company as incurred and in advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding and without regard to whether the Indemnitee will ultimately be entitled to be indemnified for such Expenses and without regard to whether any determination as to whether indemnification of the Indemnitee is proper in the circumstances has been made.

 

4.2The Company agrees that for purposes of any advancement of Expenses for which the Indemnitee has made a demand to the Company, all Expenses included in such demand that are certified by affidavit of the Indemnitee’s counsel as being reasonable shall be presumed conclusively to be reasonable.

 

4.3The Indemnitee hereby agrees and undertakes to repay such amounts advanced by the Company if it shall be decided in a Proceeding that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise. Such repayment obligation shall be unsecured and shall not bear interest.

 

4.4If a claim under this Agreement is not paid by the Company, or on its behalf, within thirty (30) days after a written claim has been received by the Company, the Indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Company to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and if successful in whole or in part, the Indemnitee shall also be entitled to be paid the Expenses of prosecuting such claim.

 

5Enforcement

 

The Company expressly confirms and agrees that it has entered into this Agreement and assumes the obligations imposed on it hereby in order to induce the Indemnitee to serve as a Director of the Company, and the Company acknowledges that the Indemnitee is relying upon this Agreement in serving as a Director of the Company, provided that nothing contained herein shall be construed as giving the Indemnitee any right to be retained as a director or in the employ of the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, the indemnification and advancement of Expenses provided under this Agreement shall continue as to the Indemnitee even though such Indemnitee may have ceased to be a director or officer of the Company.

 

6Subrogation

 

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 the 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.

 

7Procedure for Indemnification; Notification and Defense of Claim.

 

7.1Promptly after receipt by Indemnitee of notice of the commencement of any action, suit or proceeding, Indemnitee shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the Company hereunder, notify the Company in writing of the commencement thereof. The failure to promptly notify the Company of the commencement of the action, suit or proceeding, or of Indemnitee’s request for indemnification, will not relieve the Company from any liability that it may have to Indemnitee hereunder, except to the extent the Company is actually and materially prejudiced in its defense of such action, suit or proceeding as a result of such failure. To obtain indemnification under this Agreement, Indemnitee shall submit to the Company a written request therefor including such documentation and information as is reasonably available to Indemnitee and is reasonably necessary to enable the Company to determine whether and to what extent Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification.

 

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7.2With respect to any action, suit or proceeding of which the Company is so notified as provided in this Agreement, the Company shall, subject to the last two sentences of this paragraph, be entitled to assume the defense of such action, suit or proceeding, with counsel reasonably acceptable to Indemnitee, upon the delivery to Indemnitee of written notice of its election to do so. After delivery of such notice, approval of such counsel by Indemnitee and the retention of such counsel by the Company, the Company will not be liable to Indemnitee under this Agreement for any subsequently-incurred fees of separate counsel engaged by Indemnitee with respect to the same action, suit or proceeding unless the employment of separate counsel by Indemnitee has been previously authorized in writing by the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Indemnitee, based on the advice of his or her counsel, shall have reasonably concluded (with written notice being given to the Company setting forth the basis for such conclusion) that, in the conduct of any such defense, there is or is reasonably likely to be a conflict of interest or position between the Company and Indemnitee with respect to a significant issue, then the Company will not be entitled, without the written consent of Indemnitee, to assume such defense. In addition, the Company will not be entitled, without the written consent of Indemnitee, to assume the defense of any claim brought by or in the right of the Company.

 

7.3To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company’s assumption of the defense of an action, suit or proceeding in accordance with paragraph 7.2 above will constitute an irrevocable acknowledgement by the Company that any loss and liability suffered by Indemnitee and expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement by or for the account of Indemnitee incurred in connection therewith are indemnifiable by the Company under Section 2 of this Agreement unless such Indemnitee is ineligible for indemnification pursuant to Section 3.

 

7.4The determination whether to grant Indemnitee’s indemnification request shall be made promptly and in any event within 60 days following the Company’s receipt of a request for indemnification in accordance with Section 7.1. If the Company determines that Indemnitee is entitled to such indemnification or, as contemplated by paragraph 7.3 above, the Company has acknowledged such entitlement, the Company will make payment to Indemnitee of the indemnifiable amount within such 60-day period. If the Company is not deemed to have so acknowledged such entitlement or the Company’s determination of whether to grant Indemnitee’s indemnification request shall not have been made within such 60-day period, the requisite determination of entitlement to indemnification shall, subject to Section 3, and to the fullest extent permitted by law, nonetheless be deemed to have been made and Indemnitee shall be entitled to such indemnification, absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee’s statement not materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law.

 

7.5In the event that (i) the Company determines in accordance with this Section 7 that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, in whole or in part, under this Agreement, (ii) the Company fails to respond or make a determination of entitlement to indemnification required by law within 60 days following receipt of a request for indemnification as described above, (iii) payment of indemnification is not made within such 60-day period, (iv) advancement of expenses is not timely made in accordance with Section 4, or (v) the Company or any other person takes or threatens to take any action to declare this Agreement void or unenforceable, or institutes any litigation or other action or proceeding designed to deny, or to recover from, the Indemnitee the benefits provided or intended to be provided to Indemnitee hereunder, Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication in any court of competent jurisdiction of his or her entitlement to such indemnification or advancement of expenses. Indemnitee’s expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in connection with successfully establishing Indemnitee’s right to indemnification or advancement of expenses, in whole or in part, in any such proceeding or otherwise shall also be indemnified by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

 

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8Contribution

 

8.1The Company hereby agrees to fully indemnify and hold the Indemnitee harmless from any claims of contribution which may be brought by officers, directors or employees of the Company, other than the Indemnitee, who may be jointly liable with the Indemnitee.

 

8.2To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, if the indemnification provided for in this Agreement is unavailable to the Indemnitee for any reason whatsoever, the Company, in lieu of indemnifying the Indemnitee, shall contribute to the amount of Expenses incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding in such proportion as is deemed fair and reasonable in light of all of the circumstances of such Proceeding in order to reflect (i) the relative benefits received by the Company and the Indemnitee as a result of the event(s) and/or transaction(s) giving cause to such Proceeding and/or (ii) the relative fault of the Company (and its directors, officers, employees and agents) and the Indemnitee in connection with such event(s) and/or transaction(s).

 

9Notice

 

9.1Notice to the Company shall be given at its principal office and shall be directed to the Company’s chief executive officer (or such other address as the Company shall designate in writing to the Indemnitee from time to time).

 

9.2Notice shall be deemed received if (i) delivered by hand, on the date so delivered, or (ii) sent by overnight courier, on the next business day after being so sent, or (iii) sent by facsimile, on the date so sent, or (iv) if sent by e-mail, upon receipt of a confirmation of receipt e-mail.

 

10Directors and Officers Liability Insurance

 

10.1So long as the Company maintains liability insurance for any directors, officers, employees or agents of any such person, the Company shall ensure that the Indemnitee is covered by such insurance in such a manner as to provide the Indemnitee the same rights and benefits as are accorded to the most favorably insured of the Company’s then current directors and officers. If at any date (i) such insurance ceases to cover acts and omissions occurring during all or any part of the period of the Indemnitee serving as a Director of the Company or (ii) the Company no longer maintains any such insurance, the Company shall ensure that Indemnitee is covered, with respect to acts and omissions prior to such date, for at least six years (or such shorter period as is available on commercially reasonable terms) from such date, by other directors and officers liability insurance, in amounts and on terms (including the portion of the period of the Indemnitee serving as a Director of the Company) no less favorable to Indemnitee than the amounts and terms of the liability insurance maintained by the Company on the date hereof.

 

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10.2Upon receipt of notice of a Proceeding pursuant to Section 8.1, the Company shall give or cause to be given prompt notice of such Proceeding to all insurers providing liability insurance in accordance with the procedures set forth in all applicable or potentially applicable policies. The Company shall thereafter take all necessary action to cause such insurers to pay all amounts payable in accordance with the terms of such policies, unless the Company shall have paid in full all indemnification, advancement and other obligations payable to the Indemnitee under this Agreement.

 

11Saving Clause

 

If this Agreement or any portion thereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, the Company shall nevertheless indemnify the Indemnitee to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Agreement that shall not have been invalidated or by any other applicable law.

 

12Indemnification Hereunder Not Exclusive

 

Nothing herein shall be deemed to diminish or otherwise restrict the Indemnitee’s right to indemnification under any provision of the constitutional documents of the Company, under Cayman Islands law, any other agreement, any vote of shareholders or directors or any liability insurance policy; provided that the obligation of the Company hereunder shall be primary and the obligations of such other indemnitors secondary.

 

13Coverage and Continuation of Indemnification

 

13.1The indemnification under this Agreement is intended to and shall extend to the Indemnitee’s service as a Director prior to and after the date of the Agreement.

 

13.2The indemnification under this Agreement shall continue as to the Indemnitee even though he may have ceased to be a Director and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs and personal representatives of the Indemnitee.

 

14Successors and Assigns

 

This Agreement shall be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns, and inure to the benefit of the Indemnitee and Indemnitee’s heirs, legal representatives and assigns.

 

15Counterparts

 

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall constitute the original.

 

16Applicable Law

 

The terms and conditions of this Agreement and the rights of the parties hereunder shall be governed by and construed in all respects in accordance with the laws of the Cayman Islands. The parties to this Agreement hereby irrevocably agree that the courts of the Cayman Islands shall have exclusive jurisdiction in respect of any dispute, suit, action, arbitration or proceedings which may arise out of or in connection with this Agreement and waive any objection to such proceedings in the courts of the Cayman Islands on the grounds of venue or on the basis that they have been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

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17Entire Agreement

 

This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, oral, written and implied, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

 

 

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In witness whereof the parties hereto have entered into this Agreement on the day and year first above written.

 

 

SIGNED for and on behalf of )
Vitru Limited )
by: )
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    Authorised Signatory
     
SIGNED by: )
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