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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)  October 18, 2006
RADYNE CORPORATION
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware   0-11685   11-2569467
 
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
3138 E. Elwood Street, Phoenix AZ
  85034
 
(Address of principal executive offices)
  (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code            602-437-9620
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
     
¨
  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
   
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  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
   
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  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
   
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  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 

 


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Item 1.01 Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
Exhibit Index
EX-3.1
EX-10.1
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Item 1.01 Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Indemnification Agreements
On October 18, 2006, the Board of Directors (“Board”) of Radyne Corporation (the “Company”) adopted a form of indemnification agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1, for its directors and executive officers or other employees of the Company that the Board may designate from time to time. In addition, the Board authorized the Company to enter into separate indemnification agreements with each director and the Chief Financial Officer.
The form of indemnification agreement is designed to provide members of the Board and selected executive officers or other employees the maximum protection available under applicable law in connection with their services to the Company.
In general, the indemnification agreements provide that, subject to the procedures set forth in the indemnification agreement: (i) the Company will indemnify the indemnitee in the event the indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in a proceeding by reason of the indemnitee being or formerly being a director or officer of the Company or serving at the request of the Company as a director or officer (or in other similar capacities) of another entity or enterprise; (ii) if requested by the indemnitee, and subject to certain exceptions, the Company will advance the expenses of defending claims to the indemnitee; (iii) the rights of the indemnitee under the indemnification agreement are in addition to any other rights the indemnitee may have under the Company’s charter or bylaws or Delaware law or otherwise; (iv) subject to certain limitations, the Company will maintain an insurance policy or policies providing directors’ and officers’ liability insurance which would indemnify indemnitee or advance expenses to indemnitee whether or not such indemnity or advancement of expenses is of the type provided by the indemnification agreement; and (v) in the event of a “potential change of control,” if requested by the indemnitee, the Company must establish a trust fund to secure potential indemnification obligations of the Company to such indemnitee, unless the Company maintains directors’ and officers’ liability insurance with coverage levels at least as favorable to indemnitee as the coverage levels provided by the Company’s existing insurance policies at the time the indemnification agreement is entered into.
The above description of the indemnification agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of indemnification agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Amendment No. 1 to the Change in Control Agreement with Malcolm C. Persen
On May 5, 2006, the Company and Malcom C. Persen (“Mr. Persen”), the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, Vice President of Finance, and Secretary, entered into an amendment to Mr. Persen’s Change in Control Agreement dated May 13, 2004 (the “Amendment”). The Amendment was ratified by the Board on October 20, 2006. The Amendment provides that if Mr. Persen is terminated without Cause (as defined in the Amendment) or if he resigns for Good Reason (as defined in the Amendment) within twenty-four (24) months following a Change in Control (as defined in the Amendment), Mr. Persen will be paid a lump sum equal to two times his current base salary.
The above description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
(a) Amendment to Bylaws.
On October 18, 2006, the Board approved an amendment and restatement of the Company’s existing Bylaws (the “Amended Bylaws”). The Amended and Restated Bylaws were effective as of October 18, 2006.
The Amended Bylaws include certain changes to the existing advance notice bylaws and other provisions that, among other things: (i) provide that the only business that may be conducted at a special meeting is business provided for in the Company’s notice of special meeting; (ii) require that, before taking action by written consent,

 


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stockholders must provide notice to the board requesting the establishment of a record date for the taking of such action; (iii) provide in the advance notice bylaws that, for stockholder notice of nominations or other proposals to be timely, such notice must be received within a specified “window period” not earlier than 120 days and not later than 90 days prior to the anniversary of the last annual meeting; (iv) add a requirement that a stockholder must actually appear in person at a meeting in order to bring business before the meeting, (v) provide that the Board has the exclusive authority to determine the size of the Board and to fill vacancies; and (iv) provide that the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the stockholders entitled to vote is required to amend or repeal the Amended Bylaws.
The description of the changes and the new provisions of the Amended and Restated Bylaws contained in this report has been simplified in some regards and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the prior Bylaws, a copy of which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 13, 2000, as Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Form 8-A12G and incorporated herein by reference, and the Amended and Restated Bylaws, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
     
Exhibit   Description
 
   
3.1
  Amended and Restated Bylaws of Radyne Corporation
10.1
  Form of Indemnification Agreement
10.2.
  Amendment to the Change in Control Agreement by and between Radyne Corporation and Malcolm C. Persen, May 5, 2006

 


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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
             
    Radyne Corporation
 
           
October 24, 2006   By:   /s/ Malcolm C. Persen
         
 
      Name:   Malcolm C. Persen
 
      Title:   Chief Financial Officer, Vice President of Finance, and Secretary

 


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Exhibit Index
     
Exhibit No.   Description
3.1
  Amended and Restated Bylaws of Radyne Corporation
 
   
10.1
  Form of Indemnification Agreement
 
   
10.2
  Amendment to the Change in Control Agreement by and between Radyne Corporation and Malcolm C. Persen, effective May 5, 2006

 

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Exhibit 3.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF RADYNE CORPORATION
I. REFERENCES TO CERTAIN TERMS AND CONSTRUCTION
      1.01. Certain References. Any reference herein made to law will be deemed to refer to the law of the State of Delaware, including any applicable provision of Chapter 1 of Title 8 of the Delaware Statutes, or any successor statutes, as from time to time amended and in effect (sometimes referred to herein as the “Delaware General Corporation Law”). Any reference herein made to the corporation’s Certificate will be deemed to refer to its Certificate of Incorporation and all amendments thereto as at any given time on file with the Delaware Secretary of State (any reference herein to that office being intended to include any successor to the incorporating and related functions being performed by that office at the date of the initial adoption of these Bylaws). Except as otherwise required by law, the term “stockholder” as used herein shall mean one who is a holder of record of shares of the corporation.
      1.02. Seniority. The law and the Certificate (in that order of precedence) will in all respects be considered senior and superior to these Bylaws, with any inconsistency to be resolved in favor of the law and such Certificate (in that order of precedence), and with these Bylaws to be deemed automatically amended from time to time to eliminate any such inconsistency which may then exist.
      1.03. Computation of Time. The time during which an act is required to be done, including the time for the giving of any required notice herein, shall be computed by excluding the first day or hour, as the case may be, and including the last day or hour.
II. OFFICES
      2.01. Principal Office. The principal office or place of business of the corporation in the State of Delaware shall be the registered office of the corporation in the State of Delaware. The corporation may change its registered office from time to time in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law. The corporation may have such other offices, either within or without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors may designate or as the business of the corporation may require from time to time.
III. STOCKHOLDERS
      3.01. Annual Stockholder Meeting. The annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held on such date and at such time and place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors or, in the absence of action by the Board, as set forth in the notice given or waiver signed with respect to such meeting pursuant to Section 3.03 below, for the purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. If any

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annual meeting is for any reason not held on the date determined as aforesaid, a deferred annual meeting may thereafter be called and held in lieu thereof, at which the same proceedings may be conducted. If the day fixed for the annual meeting shall be a legal holiday in the State of Delaware such meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day.
      3.02. Special Stockholder Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders may be held whenever and wherever, either within or without the State of Delaware, called for by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or upon the written request of the Chief Executive Officer, and approval thereof by the Board of Directors. Any such written request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting. Business to be transacted at any such meeting shall be confined to the purposes stated in the corporation’s notice of meeting thereof and to such additional matters as the chairman of the meeting may rule to be germane to such purposes. No business shall be conducted at any special meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section. The Board may postpone or reschedule any previously scheduled special meeting.
      3.03. Notice of Stockholders Meetings.
          (a) Required Notice. Except as otherwise allowed or required by law, written or electronic notice stating the place, day and hour of any annual or special stockholders meeting shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting by or at the direction of the person or persons calling the meeting, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting and to any other stockholder entitled to receive notice of the meeting by law or the Certificate. Such notice may be given either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, by telegraph, by private delivery service (including overnight courier), or by facsimile transmission, charges prepaid, to each stockholder at his/her address as it appears on the records of the corporation. If the notice is sent by mail, by telegraph or by private delivery service, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto when deposited in the United States mail or with a telegraph office or private delivery service for transmission to such person. If the notice is sent by facsimile transmission, it shall be deemed to have been given upon transmission, if transmission occurs before 12:00 noon at the place of receipt, and upon the day following transmission, if transmission occurs after 12:00 noon.
          (b) Adjourned Meeting. If any stockholders meeting is adjourned to a different date, time, or place, notice need not be given of the new date, time, and place, if the new date, time, and place are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. But if the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, then notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to such notice pursuant to Section 3.03(a) above.
          (c) Waiver of Notice. Any stockholder may waive notice of a meeting (or any notice of any other action required to be given by the Delaware General Corporation Law, the corporation’s Certificate, or these Bylaws), at any time before,

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during, or after the meeting or other action, by a writing signed by the stockholder entitled to the notice. Each such waiver shall be delivered to the corporation for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate records.
Attendance of a stockholder at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when the stockholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
          (d) Contents of Notice. The notice of each special stockholders meeting shall include a description of the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Except as required by law or the corporation’s Certificate, the notice of an annual stockholders meeting need not include a description of the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.
      3.04. Fixing of Record Date. For the purpose of determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or in order to make a determination of stockholders for any other proper purpose, the Board of Directors may fix a date as the record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. In the case of determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, such record date shall not be more than sixty (60) days nor less than ten (10) days prior to the date of such meeting.
      In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date for the taking of written consents, which record date shall not precede the date upon which such resolution is adopted by the Board of Directors. Any stockholder of record seeking to have the stockholders authorize or take action by written consent shall, by written notice to the Secretary, request the Board of Directors to fix a record date. After the date on which such noticed is received, the Board of Directors shall reasonably promptly, adopt a resolution fixing the record date.
      In the case of determining stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the record date shall be not more than sixty (60) days prior to such action. If no record date is so fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for the determination of stockholders shall be as provided in the Delaware General Corporation Law.
      When a determination of stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders has been made as provided in this Section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof, unless the Board of Directors fixes a new record date.

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      3.05. Stockholder List. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the corporation shall make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address and the number of shares held by each. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or (ii) during ordinary business hours, at the principal executive office of the corporation. The method by which the corporation makes the list available shall be determined by the corporation in its sole discretion. In the event that the corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then the list shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting. Such list shall presumptively determine the identity of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting and the number of shares held by each of them.
      3.06. Stockholder Quorum and Voting Requirements. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate or these Bylaws or required by law,
          (a) a majority of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of stockholders;
          (b) in all matters other than the election of directors, the affirmative vote of the majority of shares present in person or represented by proxy at a meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be at the act of the stockholders;
          (c) directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at a meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors; and
          (d) where a separate vote by a class or classes is required, a majority of the outstanding shares of such class or classes, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to that vote on that matter and the affirmative vote of the majority of shares of such class or classes present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting shall be the act of such class.
      Except as provided below, voting will be by ballot on any question as to which a ballot vote is demanded prior to the time the voting begins by any person entitled to vote on such question; otherwise, a voice vote will suffice. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate, all elections of directors will be by written ballot. No ballot or change of vote will be accepted after the polls have been declared closed following the ending of the announced time for voting.
      3.07. Proxies. At all meetings of stockholders, a stockholder may vote in person or by proxy duly executed in writing by the stockholder or the stockholder’s duly authorized attorney-in-fact. Such proxy shall comply with law and shall be filed with the Secretary of the corporation or other person authorized to tabulate votes before or at the time of the meeting. No proxy shall be valid after three (3) years from the date of its execution unless otherwise provided in the proxy. The burden of proving the validity of

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any undated, irrevocable, or otherwise contested proxy at a meeting of the stockholders will rest with the person seeking to exercise the same. A facsimile appearing to have been transmitted by a stockholder or by such stockholder’s duly authorized attorney-in-fact may be accepted as a sufficiently written and executed proxy.
      3.08. Voting of Shares. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate or the Delaware General Corporation Law, each outstanding share entitled to vote shall be entitled to one (1) vote upon each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of stockholders.
      3.09. Election Inspectors. The Board of Directors, in advance of any meeting of the stockholders, may appoint an election inspector or inspectors to act at such meeting (and at any adjournment thereof). If an election inspector or inspectors are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting may, or upon request of any person entitled to vote at the meeting will, make such appointment. If any person appointed as an inspector fails to appear or to act, a substitute may be appointed by the chairman of the meeting.
If appointed, the election inspector or inspectors (acting through a majority of them if there be more than one) will determine the number of shares outstanding, the authenticity, validity, and effect of proxies, the credentials of persons purporting to be stockholders or persons named or referred to in proxies, and the number of shares represented at the meeting in person and by proxy; will receive and count votes, ballots, and consents and announce the results thereof; will hear and determine all challenges and questions pertaining to proxies and voting; and, in general, will perform such acts as may be proper to conduct elections and voting with complete fairness to all stockholders. No such election inspector need be a stockholder of the corporation.
      3.10. Organization and Conduct of Meetings. Each meeting of the stockholders will be called to order and thereafter chaired by the Chairman of the Board of Directors if there is one, or, if not, or if the Chairman of the Board is absent or so requests, then by the Chief Executive Officer, or if both the Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer are unavailable, then by such other officer of the corporation or such stockholder as may be appointed by the Board of Directors. The corporation’s Secretary or in his or her absence, an Assistant Secretary will act as secretary of each meeting of the stockholders. If neither the Secretary nor an Assistant Secretary is in attendance, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person (whether a stockholder or not) to act as secretary for the meeting. After calling a meeting to order, the chairman thereof may require the registration of all stockholders intending to vote in person and the filing of all proxies with the election inspector or inspectors, if one or more have been appointed (or, if not, with the secretary of the meeting). After the announced time for such filing of proxies has ended, no further proxies or changes, substitutions, or revocations of proxies will be accepted. Absent a showing of bad faith on his or her part, the chairman of a meeting will, among other things, have absolute authority to fix the period of time allowed for the registration of stockholders and the filing of proxies, to determine the order of business to be conducted at such meeting, and to establish reasonable rules for expediting the business of the meeting and preserving the

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orderly conduct thereof (including any informal, or question and answer portions thereof).
      3.11. Stockholder Approval or Ratification. The Board of Directors may submit any contract or act for approval or ratification of the stockholders at a duly constituted meeting of the stockholders. Except as otherwise required by law, if any contract or act so submitted is approved or ratified by a majority of the votes cast thereon at such meeting, the same will be valid and as binding upon the corporation and all of its stockholders as it would be if it were the act of its stockholders.
      3.12. Informalities and Irregularities. All informalities or irregularities in any call or notice of a meeting of the stockholders or in the areas of credentials, proxies, quorums, voting, and similar matters, will be deemed waived if no objection is made at the meeting.
      3.13. Stockholder Action by Written Consent. Subject to Section 3.04, any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the stockholders may be taken without a meeting if one (1) or more consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Each consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent. The consents shall be delivered to the corporation in accordance with law for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate record. Prompt notice of the taking of corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented to the action.
      3.14. Nomination of Directors. Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the following procedures shall be eligible for election as directors of the corporation. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at any annual meeting of stockholders or at a special meeting called by the Board of Directors for that purpose (a) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof) or (b) by any stockholder of the corporation (i) who is a stockholder of record on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 3.14 and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such annual meeting and (ii) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 3.14.
      In addition to any other applicable requirements, for a nomination to be made by a stock holder, such stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary of the corporation, as prescribed below.
      No person shall be elected to the Board of Directors of this corporation at an annual meeting of the stockholders, or at a special meeting called for that purpose, unless, with respect to a person nominated by a stockholder of the corporation, a written notice of nomination of such person by the stockholder shall have been received by the Secretary of the corporation not earlier than one hundred and twenty (120) days and not later than

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ninety (90) days prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting if an annual meeting, or seven (7) days after notice of the meeting is mailed to stockholders if a special meeting. Each such notice shall set forth: (a) the name and address of the stockholder who intends to make the nomination and of the person or persons to be nominated; (b) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the corporation entitled to vote at such meeting (including the number of shares of stock of the corporation owned beneficially or of record by such stockholder and the nominee or nominees) and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the person or persons specified in the notice; (c) a description of all arrangements or understandings between the stockholders and each nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nomination or nominations are to be made by the stockholder; (d) such other information regarding each nominee proposed by such stockholder as would have been required to be included in a proxy statement filed pursuant to the proxy rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission had each nominee been nominated, or intended to be nominated, by the Board of Directors; and (e) the consent of each nominee to serve as a director of the corporation if so elected. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.14, unless otherwise required by law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the annual or special meeting of stockholders of the corporation to present a nomination, such nomination shall be disregarded, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the corporation. For purposes of this Section 3.14, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders. No person shall be eligible for election as a director of the corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 3.14. If the chairman of the meeting determines that a nomination was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedures, the chairman shall declare to the meeting that the nomination was defective and such defective nomination shall be disregarded.
      Notwithstanding compliance with the foregoing provisions, the Board of Directors shall not be obligated to include information as to any stockholder nominee for director in any proxy statement or other communication sent to stockholders.
      3.15. Business at Annual Meetings. No business may be transacted at an annual meeting of stockholders, other than business that is either (a) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof), (b) otherwise properly brought before the annual meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof) or (c) otherwise properly brought before the annual meeting by any stockholder of the corporation (i) who is a stockholder of record on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 3.15 and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such annual meeting and (ii) who

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(x) complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 3.15 or (y) as to matters set forth therein, complies with Section 3.14 hereof.
      In addition to any other applicable requirements, for business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, such stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary of the corporation.
      To be timely, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Company earlier than one hundred and twenty (120) days and not later than ninety (90) days prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that in the event that the annual meeting is called for a date that is not within thirty (30) days before or after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder in order to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which such notice of the date of the annual meeting was mailed or such public disclosure of the date of the annual meeting was made, whichever first occurs.
      To be in proper written form, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary must set forth as to each matter such stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting, (ii) the name and record address of such stockholder, (iii) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the corporation entitled to vote on such matter (including the number of shares of stock of the corporation owned beneficially or of record by such stockholder) and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to vote on the matters specified in the notice, (iv) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such stockholder and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder and any material interest of such stockholder in such business and (v) a representation that such stockholder shall appear in person at the annual meeting to bring such business before the meeting.
      Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.15, unless otherwise required by law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the annual meeting of stockholders of the corporation to present proposed business, such proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the corporation. For purposes of this Section 3.15, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.
      No business shall be conducted at the annual meeting of stockholders except business brought before the annual meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in

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this Section 3.15, provided, however, that, once business has been properly brought before the annual meeting in accordance with such procedures, nothing in this Section 3.15 shall be deemed to preclude discussion by any stockholder of any such business. If the chairman of an annual meeting determines that business was not properly brought before the annual meeting in accordance with the foregoing procedures, the chairman shall declare to the meeting that the business was not properly brought before the meeting and such business shall not be transacted.
IV. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
      4.01. General Powers. The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.
      4.02. Number, Tenure, and Qualification of Directors. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate, the authorized number of directors shall be not less than one (1) nor more than nine (9). The number of directors in office from time to time shall be within the limits specified above, except as prescribed initially in the Certificate, or by the initial director or directors of the corporation and thereafter, as prescribed from time to time, exclusively by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall have the exclusive power to increase or decrease its size within the aforesaid limits and to fill any vacancies that may occur in its membership, whether resulting from an increase in the size of the Board or otherwise. Each director shall hold office until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Unless required by the Certificate, directors do not need to be residents of the State of Delaware or stockholders of the corporation.
      4.03. Regular Meetings of the Board of Directors. A regular annual meeting of the Board of Directors is to be held as soon as practicable after the adjournment of each annual meeting of the stockholders, either at the place of the stockholders meeting or at such other place as the directors elected at the stockholders meeting may have been informed of at or prior to the time of their election. Additional regular meetings may be held at regular intervals at such places and at such times as the Board of Directors may determine.
      4.04. Special Meetings of the Board of Directors. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held whenever and wherever called for by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, or the number of directors that would be required to constitute a quorum.
      4.05. Notice of, and Waiver of Notice for, Directors Meetings. No notice need be given of regular meetings of the Board of Directors. Notice of the time and place (but not necessarily the purpose or all of the purposes) of any special meeting will be given to each director in person or by telephone, or via mail or facsimile transmission or electronic transmission (which shall include electronic e-mail via the internet). Notice to any director of any such special meeting will be deemed given sufficiently in advance

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when (i), if given by mail, the same is deposited in the United States mail at least four (4) days before the meeting date, with postage thereon prepaid, (ii), if given by facsimile or electronic transmission, the same is transmitted at least 24 hours prior to the convening of the meeting, or (iii), if personally delivered (including by overnight courier) or given by telephone, the same is handed, or the substance thereof is communicated over the telephone to the director or to an adult member of his or her office staff or household, at least 24 hours prior to the convening of the meeting. Any director may waive notice of any meeting and any adjournment thereof at any time before, during, or after it is held, as provided by law.
      Except as provided in the next sentence below, the waiver must be (a) in writing, signed by the director entitled to the notice, and filed with the minutes or corporate records, or (b) by electronic transmission identifying the party waiving notice, and printed out in paper form and filed with the minutes or corporate records. The attendance of a director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
      4.06. Director Quorum. A majority of the total number of directors then in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors, unless the Certificate requires a greater number.
      4.07. Directors, Manner of Acting.
          (a) The affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors unless the Certificate or these Bylaws require a greater percentage and except as otherwise required by law.
          (b) Unless the Certificate provides otherwise, any or all directors may participate in a regular or special meeting by, or conduct the meeting through the use of, conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting may hear each other, in which case any required notice of such meeting may generally describe the arrangements (rather than or in addition to the place) for the holding thereof. A director participating in a meeting by this means is deemed to be present in person at the meeting.
          (c) A director who is present at a meeting of the Board of Directors or a committee of the Board of Directors when corporate action is taken is deemed to have assented to the action taken unless: (1) the director objects at the beginning of the meeting (or promptly upon his/her arrival) to holding it or transacting business at the meeting; or (2) his/her dissent or abstention from the action taken is entered in the minutes of the meeting; or (3) he/she delivers written notice of his/her dissent or abstention to the presiding officer of the meeting before its adjournment or to the

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corporation before 5:00 p.m. on the next business day after the meeting. The right of dissent or abstention is not available to a director who votes in favor of the action taken.
      4.08. Director Action Without a Meeting. Unless the Certificate provides otherwise, any action required or permitted to be taken by the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if the action is taken by unanimous written consent of the members of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, as evidenced by one (1) or more written or electronic consents describing the action taken, signed by each director, and filed with the minutes or proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee.
      4.09. Removal of Directors by Stockholders. Except as limited by the Certificate or by law, any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares of stock then entitled to vote generally at an election of directors, voting as a single class.
      4.10. Board of Director Vacancies. Unless the Certificates provides otherwise and except as otherwise provided by law, any vacancy or newly created directorship shall be filled solely by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director.
      4.11. Director Compensation. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate, by resolution of the Board of Directors, each director may be paid his/her expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, and may be paid a stated salary as director or a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, or both. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the corporation in any capacity and receiving compensation therefor.
      4.12. Director Committees.
          (a) Creation of Committees. Unless the Certificate provides otherwise, the Board of Directors may create one (1) or more committees and appoint members of the Board of Directors to serve on them. Each committee shall have one (1) or more members, who serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.
          (b) Selection of Members. The creation of a committee and appointment of members to it shall be approved by the greater of (1) a majority of all the directors in office when the action is taken or (2) the number of directors required by the Certificate to take such action. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of any member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he/she or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.

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          (c) Required Procedures. Sections 4.03 through 4.08 of this Article IV, which govern meetings, action without meetings, notice and waiver of notice, and quorum and voting requirements of the Board of Directors, apply to committees and their members.
          (d) Authority. Unless limited by the Certificate and except to the extent limited by law, each committee may exercise those aspects of the authority of the Board of Directors which the Board of Directors confers upon such committee in the resolution creating the committee.
      4.13. Director Resignations. Any director or committee member may resign from his or her office at any time by written notice delivered to the corporation as required by law. Any such resignation will be effective upon its receipt unless some later time is therein fixed, and then from that time. The acceptance of a resignation will not be required to make it effective.
V. OFFICERS
      5.01. Number of Officers. The officers of the corporation shall be a Chief Executive Officer, a Chief Operating Officer, Secretary, and Treasurer, each of whom shall be appointed by the Board of Directors. Such other officers and assistant officers as may be deemed necessary, including any Vice Presidents, may be appointed by the Board of Directors. If specifically authorized by the Board of Directors, an officer may appoint one (1) or more other officers or assistant officers. The same individual may simultaneously hold more than one (1) office in the corporation.
      5.02. Appointment and Term of Office. The officers of the corporation shall be appointed by the Board of Directors for a term as determined by the Board of Directors. The designation of a specified term grants to the officer no contract rights, and the Board of Directors can remove the officer at any time prior to the termination of such term. If no term is specified, an officer of the corporation shall hold office until he or she resigns, dies, or until he or she is removed in the manner provided by law or in Section 5.03 of this Article V. The regular election or appointment of officers will take place at each annual meeting of the Board of Directors, but elections of officers may be held at any other meeting of the Board.
      5.03. Resignation and Removal of Officers. An officer may resign at any time by delivering written notice to the corporation. A resignation is effective when the notice is delivered unless the notice specifies a later effective date or event. Any officer may be removed by the Board of Directors at any time, with or without cause. Such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed. Appointment of an officer shall not of itself create contract rights.
      5.04. Duties of Officers. Officers of the corporation shall have authority to perform such duties as may be prescribed from time to time by law, in these Bylaws, or by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the superior officer of any such

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officer. Each officer of the corporation (in the order designated herein or by the Board) will be vested with all of the powers and charged with all of the duties of his or her superior officer in the event of such superior officer’s absence, death, or disability.
      5.05. Bonds and Other Requirements. The Board of Directors may require any officer to give bond to the corporation (with sufficient surety and conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his or her office) and to comply with such other conditions as may from time to time be required of him or her by the Board of Directors.
      5.06. Chief Executive Officer. Unless otherwise specified by resolution of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer shall be the principal executive officer of the corporation and, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, shall supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the corporation and the performance by all of its other officers of their respective duties and in general shall perform all duties incident to the office of the Chief Executive Officer and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors from time to time. The Chief Executive Officer shall, when present, and in the absence of a Chairman of the Board, preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors. The Chief Executive Officer will be a proper officer to sign on behalf of the corporation any deed, bill of sale, assignment, option, mortgage, pledge, note, bond, evidence of indebtedness, application, consent (to service of process or otherwise), agreement, indenture, contract, or other instrument, except in each such case where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors or by these Bylaws to some other officer or agent of the corporation, or shall be required by law to be otherwise signed or executed. The Chief Executive Officer may represent the corporation at any meeting of the stockholders or members of any other corporation, association, partnership, joint venture, or other entity in which the corporation then holds shares of capital stock or has an interest, and may vote such shares of capital stock or other interest in person or by proxy appointed by him or her, provided that the Board of Directors may from time to time confer the foregoing authority upon any other person or persons.
      5.07. The Vice-President. If appointed, in the absence of the Chief Executive Officer or in the event of his/her death or disability, the Vice-President (or in the event there be more than one Vice-President, the Vice-Presidents in the order designated at the time of their election, or in the absence of any such designation, then in the order of their appointment) shall perform the duties of the Chief Executive Officer, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Chief Executive Officer. If there is no Vice-President or in the event of the death or disability of all Vice-Presidents, then the Treasurer shall perform such duties of the Chief Executive Officer in the event of his or her absence, death, or disability. Each Vice-President will be a proper officer to sign on behalf of the corporation any deed, bill of sale, assignment, option, mortgage, pledge, note, bond, evidence of indebtedness, application, consent (to service of process or otherwise), agreement, indenture, contract, or other instrument, except in each such case where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors or by these Bylaws to some other officer or agent of the

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corporation, or shall be required by law to be otherwise signed or executed. Any Vice-President may represent the corporation at any meeting of the stockholders or members of any other corporation, association, partnership, joint venture, or other entity in which the corporation then holds shares of capital stock or has an interest, and may vote such shares of capital stock or other interest in person or by proxy appointed by him or her, provided that the Board of Directors may from time to time confer the foregoing authority upon any other person or persons. A Vice-President shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him/her by the Chief Executive Officer or by the Board of Directors.
      5.08. The Secretary. The Secretary shall: (a) keep the minutes of the proceedings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors and any committee of the Board of Directors and all unanimous written consents of the stockholders, Board of Directors, and any committee of the Board of Directors in one (1) or more books provided for that purpose; (b) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws or as required by law; (c) be custodian of the corporate records and of any seal of the corporation; (d) when requested or required, authenticate any records of the corporation; (e) keep a register of the address of each stockholder which shall be furnished to the Secretary by such stockholder; and (f) in general perform all duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him/her by the Chief Executive Officer or by the Board of Directors. Except as may otherwise be specifically provided in a resolution of the Board of Directors, the Secretary will be a proper officer to take charge of the corporation’s stock transfer books and to compile the voting record pursuant to Section 3.05 above, and to impress the corporation’s seal, if any, on any instrument signed by the Chief Executive Officer, any Vice President, or any other duly authorized person, and to attest to the same. In the absence of the Secretary, a secretary pro tempore may be chosen by the directors or stockholders as appropriate to perform the duties of the Secretary.
      5.09. The Treasurer. The Treasurer shall: (a) have charge and custody of and be responsible for all funds and securities of the corporation; (b) receive and give receipts for moneys due and payable to the corporation from any source whatsoever, and deposit all such moneys in the name of the corporation in such bank, trust companies, or other depositories as shall be selected by the Board of Directors or any proper officer; (c) keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books and records of the corporation; and (d) in general perform all of the duties incident to the office of Treasurer and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him/her by the Chief Executive Officer or by the Board of Directors. The Treasurer will render to the Chief Executive Officer, the directors, and the stockholders at proper times an account of all his or her transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation. The Treasurer shall be responsible for preparing and filing such financial reports, financial statements, and returns as may be required by law.
      5.10. Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. The Assistant Secretaries and the Assistant Treasurers, when authorized by the Board of Directors, may sign with the Chief Executive Officer or a Vice-President certificates for shares of the corporation,

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the issuance of which shall have been authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors. The Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers, in general, shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them by the Secretary or the Treasurer, respectively, or by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors.
      5.11. Chairman of the Board. The Board of Directors may elect a Chairman to serve as a general executive officer of the corporation, and, if specifically designated as such by the Board of Directors, as the chief executive officer of the corporation. If elected, the Chairman will preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and be vested with such other powers and duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time delegate to him or her.
      5.12. Salaries. The salaries of the officers of the corporation may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors or (except as to the Chief Executive Officer ‘s own) left to the discretion of the Chief Executive Officer. No officer will be prevented from receiving a salary by reason of the fact that he or she is also a director of the corporation.
      5.13. Additional Appointments. In addition to the officers contemplated in this Article V, the Board of Directors may appoint other agents of the corporation with such authority to perform such duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors.
VI. CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER
      6.01. Certificates for Shares.
          (a) Content. Certificates representing shares of the corporation shall, at a minimum, state on their face the name of the issuing corporation and that it is formed under the laws of the State of Delaware, the name of the person to whom issued, and the number and class of shares and the designation of the series, if any, the certificate represents. Such certificates shall be signed (either manually or by facsimile to the extent allowable by law) by any of the Chairman of the Board (if any), the Chief Executive Officer, or any Vice-President and by the Secretary or any assistant secretary or the Treasurer or any assistant treasurer of the corporation, and may be sealed with a corporate seal or a facsimile thereof. Each certificate for shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified and will exhibit such information as may be required by law. If a supply of unissued certificates bearing the facsimile signature of a person remains when that person ceases to hold the office of the corporation indicated on such certificates or ceases to be the transfer agent or registrar of the corporation, they may still be issued by the corporation and countersigned, registered, issued, and delivered by the corporation’s transfer agent and/or registrar thereafter, as though such person had continued to hold the office indicated on such certificate.
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preferences, and relative, participating, optional, or other special rights applicable to each class or series and the qualifications, limitations, or restrictions of such preference and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the front or back of each certificate as required by law. Alternatively, each certificate may state on its front or back that the corporation will furnish a stockholder this information on request and without charge.
          (c) Stockholder List. The name and address of the person to whom shares are issued, with the number of shares and date of issue, shall be entered on the stock transfer books of the corporation.
          (d) Lost Certificates. In the event of the loss, theft, or destruction of any certificate representing shares of the corporation or of any predecessor corporation, the corporation may issue (or, in the case of any such shares as to which a transfer agent and/or registrar have been appointed, may direct such transfer agent and/or registrar to countersign, register, and issue) a new certificate, and cause the same to be delivered to the registered owner of the shares represented thereby; provided that such owner shall have submitted such evidence showing the circumstances of the alleged loss, theft, or destruction, and his, her, or its ownership of the certificate, as the corporation considers satisfactory, together with any other facts that the corporation considers pertinent; and further provided that, if so required by the corporation, the owner shall provide a bond or other indemnity in form and amount satisfactory to the corporation (and to its transfer agent and/or registrar, if applicable).
      6.02. Registration of the Transfer of Shares. Registration of the transfer of shares of the corporation shall be made only on the stock transfer books of the corporation. In order to register a transfer, the record owner shall surrender the shares to the corporation for cancellation, properly endorsed by the appropriate person or persons with reasonable assurances that the endorsements are genuine and effective. Unless the corporation has established a procedure by which a beneficial owner of shares held by a nominee is to be recognized by the corporation as the owner, the corporation will be entitled to treat the registered owner of any share of the capital stock of the corporation as the absolute owner thereof and, accordingly, will not be bound to recognize any beneficial, equitable, or other claim to, or interest in, such share on the part of any other person, whether or not it has notice thereof, except as may expressly be provided by applicable law, including as may be contemplated by Title 6, Subtitle I, Article 8 of the Delaware code (or any comparable successor statutes), as in effect from time to time.
      6.03. Shares Without Certificates. The Board of Directors may authorize the issuance of uncertificated shares by the corporation and may prescribe procedures for the issuance and registration of transfer thereof and with respect to such other matters as the Board of Directors shall deem necessary or appropriate.
VII. DISTRIBUTIONS
      7.01. Distributions. Subject to such restrictions or requirements as may be imposed by applicable law or the corporation’s Certificate or as may otherwise be binding

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upon the corporation, the Board of Directors may from time to time declare, and the corporation may pay or make, dividends or other distributions to its stockholders.
VIII. CORPORATE SEAL
      8.01. Corporate Seal. The Board of Directors may provide for a corporate seal of the corporation that will have inscribed thereon any designation including the name of the corporation, Delaware as the state of incorporation, the year of incorporation, and the words “Corporate Seal.”
IX. AMENDMENTS
      9.01. Amendments. These bylaws may be adopted, amended or repealed by the Board of Directors. The fact that such power has been so conferred upon the Board of Directors shall not divest the stockholders of the power, nor limit their power to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of stock of the corporation required by the Delaware General Corporation Law or by the Certificate, the amendment or repeal of all or any provision of these bylaws by the stockholders shall require the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the shares of voting stock then entitled to vote generally, voting together as a single class.

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Exhibit 10.1
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
     This Indemnification Agreement (“Agreement”) is made as of                     , 200___by and between Radyne Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and                      (“Indemnitee”).
RECITALS
     WHEREAS, highly competent persons have become more reluctant to serve publicly-held corporations as directors, officers 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;
     WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) 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 Certificate of Incorporation of the Company requires indemnification of the officers and directors of the Company. Indemnitee may also be entitled to indemnification pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”). The Certificate of Incorporation 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;
     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 stockholders 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, 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;

 


 

     WHEREAS, this Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the Certificate of Incorporation 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;
     WHEREAS, Indemnitee does not regard the protection available under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and insurance as adequate in the present circumstances, and may not be willing to serve or continue to serve as an officer or director 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 on behalf of the Company on the condition that he be so indemnified; and
     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants contained herein, the Company and Indemnitee do hereby covenant and agree as follows:
     Section 1. Services to the Company. Indemnitee agrees to serve or continue to serve [as a [director] [officer] [employee] [agent] of the Company] [,at the request of the Company, as a [director] [officer] [employee] [agent] [fiduciary] of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise]. Indemnitee may at any time and for any reason resign from such position (subject to any other contractual obligation or any obligation imposed by operation of law), in which event the Company shall have no obligation under this Agreement to continue Indemnitee in such position. This Agreement shall not be deemed an employment contract between the Company (or any of its subsidiaries or any Enterprise) and Indemnitee. Indemnitee specifically acknowledges that Indemnitee’s employment with the Company (or any of its subsidiaries or any Enterprise), if any, is at will, and the Indemnitee may be discharged at any time for any reason, with or without cause, except as may be otherwise provided in any written employment contract between Indemnitee and the Company (or any of its subsidiaries or any Enterprise), other applicable formal severance policies duly adopted by the Board, or, with respect to service as a director or officer of the Company, by the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, the Company’s By-laws, and the DGCL. The foregoing notwithstanding, this Agreement shall continue in force after Indemnitee has ceased to serve as an [officer] [director] [agent] [employee] of the Company.
     Section 2. Definitions. As used in this Agreement:
          (a) “Access Period” mean the period commencing on the date Indemnitee first became a member of the Board of the Company and ending on the date this Agreement is terminated in accordance with Section 16 hereof.
          (b) “Board Papers” means all materials provided to Indenmitee specifically in connection with any meeting of the Board or any committee of the Board, whether in documentary form or some other form, including, but not limited to, board papers, submissions, minutes, memoranda, legal opinions, financial statements and subcommittee papers during the Relevant Period.
          (c) A “Change in Control” shall be deemed to occur upon the earliest to occur after the date of this Agreement of any of the following events:
               i. Acquisition of Stock by Third Party. Any Person (as defined below) is or becomes the Beneficial Owner (as defined below), directly or indirectly, of

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securities of the Company representing twenty percent (20%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities;
               ii. Change in Board of Directors. During any period of two (2) consecutive years (not including any period prior to the execution of this Agreement), individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board, and any new director (other than a director designated by a person who has entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a transaction described in Sections 2(c)(i), 2(c)(iii) or 2(c)(iv)) whose election by the Board 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 least a majority of the members of the Board;
               iii. Corporate Transactions. The effective date of a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other entity, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) more than 51% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation and with the power to elect at least a majority of the board of directors or other governing body of such surviving entity;
               iv. Liquidation. The approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets; and
               v. Other Events. There occurs any other event of a nature that would be required to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A (or a response to any similar item on any similar schedule or form) promulgated under the Exchange Act (as defined below), whether or not the Company is then subject to such reporting requirement.
For purposes of this Section 2(c) and Section 2(i) of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
     (A) “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
     (B) “Person” shall have the meaning as set forth in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act; provided, however, that Person shall exclude (i) the Company, (ii) any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company, and (iii) any corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company.
     (C) “Beneficial Owner” shall have the meaning given to such term in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act; provided, however, that Beneficial Owner shall exclude any Person

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otherwise becoming a Beneficial Owner by reason of the stockholders of the Company approving a merger of the Company with another entity.
          (d) “Corporate Status” describes the status of a person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or of any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership or joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise which such person is or was serving at the request of the Company.
          (e) “Director Indemnitee” means, for purposes of Section 14(f) of this Agreement, an Indemnitee who is or was a director of the Company as of the date of this Agreement or who hereafter becomes a director of the Company prior to the termination of this Agreement.
          (f) “Disinterested Director” means a director of the Company who is not and was not a party to the Proceeding in respect of which indemnification is sought by Indemnitee.
          (g) “Enterprise” shall mean the Company and any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise of which Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary.
          (h) “Expenses” shall include all reasonable attorneys’ 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 all other disbursements or expenses of the types customarily incurred in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, being or preparing to be a witness in, or otherwise participating in, a Proceeding. Expenses also shall include Expenses incurred in connection with any appeal resulting from any Proceeding, including without limitation the premium, security for, and other costs relating to any cost bond, supersedeas bond, or other appeal bond or its equivalent. Expenses, however, shall not include amounts paid in settlement by Indemnitee or the amount of judgments or fines against Indemnitee.
          (i) “Independent Counsel” means a law firm, or a member of a law firm, that is experienced in matters of corporation law and neither presently is, nor in the past five years has been, retained to represent: (i) the Company or Indemnitee in any matter material to either such party (other than with respect to matters concerning the Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnification agreements), or (ii) any other party to the Proceeding giving rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Independent Counsel” shall not include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement. The Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of the Independent Counsel referred to above and to fully indemnify such counsel against any and all Expenses, claims, liabilities and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or its engagement pursuant hereto.
          (j) A “Potential Change in Control” shall be deemed to occur upon the earliest to occur after the date of this Agreement of any of the following events:

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               i. Agreement Relating to Change in Control. The Company enters into an agreement, the consummation of which would result in the occurrence of a Change in Control;
               ii. Public Announcement Relating to Change in Control. 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. Acquisition of Stock by Third Party. Any Person (other than (i) the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or (ii) any pension, profit sharing, employee stock ownership or other employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any trustee of or fiduciary with respect to any such plan when acting in such capacity) who is or becomes the Beneficial Owner of ten percent (10%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities, increases his, her or its Beneficial Ownership of such combined voting power by five percent (5%) or more over the percentage so owned by such Person on the date hereof; or
               iv. Board Declaration. The Board adopts a resolution to the effect that, for purposes of this Agreement, a Potential Change in Control has occurred.
          (k) The term “Proceeding” shall include any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry, administrative hearing or any other actual, threatened or completed proceeding, whether brought in the right of the Company or otherwise and whether of a civil, criminal, administrative or investigative nature, in which Indemnitee was, is or will be involved as a party or otherwise by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director or officer of the Company, by reason of any action taken by him or of any action on his part while acting as director or officer of the Company, or by reason of the fact that he is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, in each case whether or not serving in such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification, reimbursement, or advancement of expenses can be provided under this Agreement; except one initiated by a Indemnitee to enforce his rights under this Agreement.
          (l) “Relevant Period” means the period commencing on the date that Indemnitee first became a member of the Board of the Company and ending on the date Indemnitee ceases to serve as a member of the Board.
          (m) Reference to “other enterprise” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise tax assessed with respect to any employee benefit plan; references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.

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     Section 3. Indemnity in Third-Party Proceedings. The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3 if Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any Proceeding, other than a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor. Pursuant to this Section 3, Indemnitee shall be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law against all Expenses, judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on his behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and, in the case of a criminal proceeding had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
     Section 4. Indemnity in Proceedings by or in the Right of the Company. The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4 if Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor. Pursuant to this Section 4, Indemnitee shall be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company. No indemnification for Expenses shall be made under this Section 4 in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which Indemnitee shall have been finally adjudged by a court to be liable to the Company, unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or any court in which the Proceeding was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification.
     Section 5. Indemnification for Expenses of a Party Who is Wholly or Partly Successful. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and to the extent that Indemnitee is a party to (or a participant in) and is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in any Proceeding or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, in whole or in part, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith. If Indemnitee is not wholly successful in such Proceeding but is successful, on the merits or otherwise, as to one or more but less than all claims, issues or matters in such Proceeding, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection with each successfully resolved claim, issue or matter. If the Indemnitee is not wholly successful in such Proceeding, the Company also shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses reasonably incurred in connection with a claim, issue or matter related to any claim, issue, or matter on which the Indemnitee was successful. For purposes of this Section 5 and without limitation, the termination of any claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding by dismissal, with or without prejudice, shall be deemed to be a successful result as to such claim, issue or matter.
     Section 6. Indemnification For Expenses of a Witness. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and to the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of his Corporate Status, a witness in any Proceeding to which Indemnitee is not a party, he shall be indemnified against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection therewith.

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     Section 7. Additional Indemnification.
          (a) Notwithstanding any limitation in Sections 3, 4, or 5, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law if Indemnitee is a party to or threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding (including a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor) against all Expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the Proceeding.
          (b) For purposes of Section 7(a), the meaning of the phrase “to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law” shall include, but not be limited to:
               i. to the fullest extent permitted by the provision of the DGCL that authorizes or contemplates additional indemnification by agreement, or the corresponding provision of any amendment to or replacement of the DGCL, and
               ii. to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by any amendments to or replacements of the DGCL adopted after the date of this Agreement that increase the extent to which a corporation may indemnify its officers and directors.
     Section 8. Exclusions. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement, the Company shall not be obligated under this Agreement to make any indemnity in connection with any claim made against Indemnitee:
          (a) for which payment has actually been made to or on behalf of Indemnitee under any insurance policy or other indemnity provision, provided that the Company shall remain obligated in accordance with the terms hereof to provide indemnity for any excess beyond the amount paid under any insurance policy or other indemnity provision; or
          (b) for an accounting of profits made from the purchase and sale (or sale and purchase) by Indemnitee of securities of the Company within the meaning of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or similar provisions of state statutory law or common law; or
          (c) in connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee, including any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or its directors, officers, employees or other indemnitees, unless (i) the Board of Directors of the Company authorized the Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) prior to its initiation or (ii) the Company provides the indemnification, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Company under applicable law.
     Section 9. Advances of Expenses. In accordance with the pre-existing requirement of Article VIII of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, and notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall advance, to the extent not prohibited by law, the Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding, and such advancement shall be made within ten (10) days after the receipt by the Company of a statement or statements requesting such advances from time to time, whether prior to or after final disposition of any Proceeding. Advances shall be unsecured and interest free. Advances shall be made without regard to Indemnitee’s ability to repay the Expenses and without regard to

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Indemnitee’s ultimate entitlement to indemnification under the other provisions of this Agreement. Advances shall include any and all reasonable Expenses incurred pursuing an action to enforce this right of advancement, including Expenses incurred preparing and forwarding statements to the Company to support the advances claimed. The Indemnitee shall qualify for advances upon the execution and delivery to the Company of this Agreement, which shall constitute an undertaking providing that the Indemnitee undertakes to repay the advance to the extent that it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. This Section 9 shall not apply to any claim made by Indemnitee for which indemnity is excluded pursuant to Section 8.
     Section 10. Procedure for Notification and Defense of Claim.
          (a) To obtain indemnification under this Agreement or to cause the establishment of a Trust in favor of Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of Section 14(f) of this Agreement, Indemnitee shall submit to the Company a written request, including therein or therewith such documentation and information as is reasonably available to Indemnitee and is reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what extent Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification following the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding. The Secretary of the Company shall, promptly upon receipt of such a request for indemnification, advise the Board in writing that Indemnitee has requested indemnification.
          (b) The Company will be entitled to participate in the Proceeding at its own expense.
     Section 11. Procedure Upon Application for Indemnification.
          (a) Upon written request by Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to the first sentence of Section 10(a), a determination, if required by applicable law, with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement thereto shall be made in the specific case: (i) if a Change in Control shall have occurred, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board of Directors, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee; or (ii) if a Change in Control shall not have occurred, (A) by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even though less than a quorum of the Board; (B) if there are no such Disinterested Directors or, if such Disinterested Directors so direct, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee; or (C) by the stockholders of the Company; and, if it is so determined that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, payment to Indemnitee shall be made within ten (10) days after such determination. Indemnitee shall cooperate with the person, persons or entity making such determination with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification, including providing to such person, persons or entity upon reasonable advance request any documentation or information which is not privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and which is reasonably available to Indemnitee and reasonably necessary to such determination. Any costs or expenses (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements) incurred by Indemnitee in so cooperating with the person, persons or entity making such determination shall be borne by the Company (irrespective of the determination as to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification) and the Company hereby indemnifies and agrees to hold Indemnitee harmless therefrom.

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          (b) In the event the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 11(a) hereof, the Independent Counsel shall be selected as provided in this Section 11(b). If a Change in Control shall not have occurred, the Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and the Company shall give written notice to Indemnitee advising him of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. If a Change in Control shall have occurred, the Independent Counsel shall be selected by Indemnitee (unless Indemnitee shall request that such selection be made by the Board of Directors, in which event the preceding sentence shall apply), and Indemnitee shall give written notice to the Company advising it of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. In either event, Indemnitee or the Company, as the case may be, may, within 10 days after such written notice of selection shall have been given, deliver to the Company or to Indemnitee, as the case may be, a written objection to such selection; provided, however, that such objection may be asserted only on the ground that the Independent Counsel so selected does not meet the requirements of “Independent Counsel” as defined in Section 2 of this Agreement, and the objection shall set forth with particularity the factual basis of such assertion. Absent a proper and timely objection, the person so selected shall act as Independent Counsel. If such written objection is so made and substantiated, the Independent Counsel so selected may not serve as Independent Counsel unless and until such objection is withdrawn or a court has determined that such objection is without merit. If, within 20 days after the later of submission by Indemnitee of a written request for indemnification pursuant to Section 10(a) hereof and the final disposition of the Proceeding, no Independent Counsel shall have been selected and not objected to, either the Company or Indemnitee may petition a court of competent jurisdiction for resolution of any objection which shall have been made by the Company or Indemnitee to the other’s selection of Independent Counsel and/or for the appointment as Independent Counsel of a person selected by the Court or by such other person as the Court shall designate, and the person with respect to whom all objections are so resolved or the person so appointed shall act as Independent Counsel under Section 11(a) hereof. Upon the due commencement of any judicial proceeding or arbitration pursuant to Section 13(a) of this Agreement, Independent Counsel shall be discharged and relieved of any further responsibility in such capacity (subject to the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing).
     Section 12. Presumptions and Effect of Certain Proceedings.
          (a) In making a determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification hereunder, the person or persons or entity making such determination shall presume that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement if Indemnitee has submitted a request for indemnification in accordance with Section 10(a) of this Agreement, and the Company shall have the burden of proof to overcome that presumption in connection with the making by any person, persons or entity of any determination contrary to that presumption. Neither the failure of the Company (including by its directors or independent legal counsel) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of any action pursuant to this Agreement that indemnification is proper in the circumstances because Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct, nor an actual determination by the Company (including by its directors or independent legal counsel) that Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

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          (b) Subject to Section 13(e), if the person, persons or entity empowered or selected under Section 11 of this Agreement to determine whether Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification shall not have made a determination within sixty (60) days after receipt by the Company of the request therefor, the requisite determination of entitlement to indemnification shall 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; provided, however, that such 60-day period may be extended for a reasonable time, not to exceed an additional thirty (30) days, if the person, persons or entity making the determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification in good faith requires such additional time for the obtaining or evaluating of documentation and/or information relating thereto; and provided, further, that the foregoing provisions of this Section 12(b) shall not apply (i) if the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by the stockholders pursuant to Section 11(a) of this Agreement and if (A) within fifteen (15) days after receipt by the Company of the request for such determination the Board of Directors has resolved to submit such determination to the stockholders for their consideration at an annual meeting thereof to be held within seventy five (75) days after such receipt and such determination is made thereat, or (B) a special meeting of stockholders is called within fifteen (15) days after such receipt for the purpose of making such determination, such meeting is held for such purpose within sixty (60) days after having been so called, and such determination is made thereat, or (ii) if the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 11(a) of this Agreement.
          (c) The termination of any Proceeding or of any claim, issue or matter therein, by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement) of itself create a presumption that Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company or, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, that Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
          (d) Reliance as Safe Harbor. For purposes of any determination of good faith, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in good faith if Indemnitee’s action is based on the records or books of account of the Enterprise, including financial statements, or on information supplied to Indemnitee by the officers of the Enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Enterprise or on information or records given or reports made to the Enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected with the reasonable care by the Enterprise. The provisions of this Section 12(d) shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the other circumstances in which the Indemnitee may be deemed to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in this Agreement.
          (e) Actions of Others. The knowledge and/or actions, or failure to act, of any director, officer, agent or employee of the Enterprise shall not be imputed to Indemnitee for purposes of determining the right to indemnification under this Agreement.

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     Section 13. Remedies of Indemnitee.
          (a) Subject to Section 13(e), in the event that (i) a determination is made pursuant to Section 11 of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement; (ii) advancement of Expenses is not timely made pursuant to Section 9 of this Agreement; (iii) no determination of entitlement to indemnification shall have been made pursuant to Section 11(a) of this Agreement within 90 days after receipt by the Company of the request for indemnification; (iv) payment of indemnification is not made pursuant to Section 5 or 6 or the last sentence of Section 11(a) of this Agreement within ten (10) days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefore; or (v) payment of indemnification pursuant to Section 3, 4 or 7 of this Agreement is not made within ten (10) days after a determination has been made that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication by a court of his entitlement to such indemnification or advancement of Expenses. Alternatively, Indemnitee, at his option, may seek an award in arbitration to be conducted by a single arbitrator pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. Indemnitee shall commence such proceeding seeking an adjudication or an award in arbitration within 180 days following the date on which Indemnitee first has the right to commence such proceeding pursuant to this Section 13(a); provided, however, that the foregoing clause shall not apply in respect of a proceeding brought by Indemnitee to enforce his rights under Section 5 of this Agreement. The Company shall not oppose Indemnitee’s right to seek any such adjudication or award in arbitration.
          (b) In the event that a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 11(a) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 13 shall be conducted in all respects as a de novo trial, or arbitration, on the merits and Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced by reason of that adverse determination. In any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 13 the Company shall have the burden of proving Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification or advancement of Expenses, as the case may be.
          (c) If a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 11(a) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Company shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 13, 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.
          (d) The Company shall be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 13 that the procedures and presumptions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in any such court or before any such arbitrator that the Company is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement. The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against any and all Expenses and, if requested by Indemnitee, shall (within ten (10) days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor) advance, to the extent not prohibited by law, such Expenses to Indemnitee, which are incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any action brought by Indemnitee for indemnification or advance of Expenses from the Company under this Agreement or under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company, regardless of whether

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Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to such indemnification, advancement of Expenses or insurance recovery, as the case may be.
          (e) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no determination as to entitlement to indemnification under this Agreement shall be required to be made prior to the final disposition of the Proceeding.
     Section 14. Non-exclusivity; Survival of Rights; Insurance; Subrogation; Establishment of Trust.
          (a) The rights of indemnification and to receive advancement of Expenses as provided by this Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee may at any time be entitled under applicable law, the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, the Company’s By-laws, any agreement, a vote of stockholders or 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 in his Corporate Status prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal. To the extent that a change in Delaware law, whether by statute or judicial decision, permits greater indemnification or advancement of Expenses than would be afforded currently under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation 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.
          (b) To the extent that the Company maintains an insurance policy or policies providing liability insurance for directors, officers, employees, or agents of the Company or of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise which such person serves at the request of the Company, 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 such director, officer, employee or agent under such policy or policies. If, at the time of the receipt of a notice of a claim pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company has director and officer liability insurance in effect, the Company shall give prompt notice of the commencement 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 proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policies. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to maintain director and officer liability insurance in respect of acts or omissions occurring during the period of time that Indemnitee serves or served as an officer, director, agent or employee of the Company covering Indemnitee on terms at least as favorable as the coverage currently in effect on the date hereof, provided that in satisfying its obligation under this Section 14(b), the Company shall not be obligated to pay premiums in excess of 200% of the amount per annum the Company paid in its last full fiscal year prior to the date hereof, and if the Company is unable to obtain the insurance required by this Section 14(b), it shall obtain as much comparable insurance as possible for an annual premium equal to such maximum amount.

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          (c) In the event of any 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 take all action necessary to secure such rights, including execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Company to bring suit to enforce such rights.
          (d) The Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment of amounts otherwise indemnifiable (or for which advancement is provided hereunder) hereunder if and to the extent that Indemnitee has otherwise actually received such payment under any insurance policy, contract, agreement or otherwise.
          (e) The Company’s obligation to indemnify or advance Expenses hereunder to Indemnitee who is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise shall be reduced by any amount Indemnitee has actually received as indemnification or advancement of expenses from such other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise.
          (f) In the event of a Potential Change in Control the Company shall, upon written request by a Director Indemnitee containing the information required by Section 10(a) of this Agreement, create a trust (the “Trust”) for the benefit of the Director Indemnitee and from time to time upon written request of the Director Indemnitee shall fund the Trust in an amount sufficient to satisfy any and all amounts for which the Director Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification or advancement of Expenses hereunder that are actually paid or that the Director Indemnitee reasonably determines from time to time may be payable by the Company under this Agreement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to establish the Trust if, at the time a written request by the Director Indemnitee is made pursuant to this Section 14(f), the Company provides the Director Indemnitee with written evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Director Indemnitee that the Company maintains director and officer liability insurance in respect of acts or omissions occurring during the period of time that the Director Indemnitee serves or served as an officer, director, agent or employee of the Company covering the Director Indemnitee on terms at least as favorable as the coverage currently in effect on the date hereof, without taking into account the limitation on premiums the Company is required to pay pursuant to Section 14(b) of this Agreement. The amount or amounts to be deposited in the Trust pursuant to the foregoing funding obligation (or, if applicable, the adequacy of director and officer liability insurance maintained by the Company pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence) shall be determined by the applicable party specified in Section 11(a) of this Agreement. The terms of the Trust shall provide that upon a Change in Control: (i) the Trust shall not be revoked or the principal thereof invaded without the written consent of the Director Indemnitee; (ii) the trustee of the Trust shall advance, within ten (10) days of a request by the Director Indemnitee, any and all Expenses to the Director Indemnitee (and the Director Indemnitee hereby agrees to reimburse the Trust under the circumstances under which the Director Indemnitee would be required to reimburse the Company under Section 9 of this Agreement); (iii) the Company shall continue to fund the Trust from time to time in accordance with the funding obligations set forth above; (iv) the trustee of the Trust shall promptly pay to the Director Indemnitee all amounts and Expenses for which the Director Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement; and (v) all unexpended funds in the Trust

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shall revert to the Company upon a final determination by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final decision from which there is no further right of appeal that the Director Indemnitee has been fully indemnified under the terms of this Agreement. The trustee of the Trust shall be chosen by the Director Indemnitee.
     Section 15. Access to Board Papers.
          (a) The Company agrees to maintain a complete set of Board Papers, in a systematic and organized manner, in secure custody during the Access Period; provided, however, that if the relevant Board Papers were created prior to the date of this Agreement, the Company shall be deemed to have satisfied its obligations under this Section 15(a) if it uses all reasonable efforts to collate and keep those Board Papers in the manner required hereby. Subject to the foregoing proviso and the limitation in Sections 15(b) and 15(c), if Indemnitee asks to inspect, or for a copy of, any Board Paper during the Access Period and the request is made in connection with any Proceedings or the threat of any Proceedings, the Company must, within fourteen (14) days after receiving that request: (i) allow Indemnitee (or a person nominated in writing by Indemnitee) to inspect the Board Paper at the Company’s registered office (or any other place agreed by the Company and Indemnitee), and (ii) provide Indemnitee a copy of the Board Paper without charge.
          (b) Indemnitee hereby acknowledges that: (i) the Company remains the owner of all Board Papers and the Company may request Indemnitee to provide the Company with reasons why Indemnitee requires access to a document, (ii) as a condition to Indemnitee’s right to receive any Board Papers, Indemnitee must, on written request by the Company, provide the Company with written reasons why Indemnitee requires access to a document, and (iii) Indemnitee must return to the Company or destroy all copies of any Board Paper obtained from the Company under this Section 15 within ten (10) days after the relevant Proceedings are finally resolved or the threat of such Proceedings has ceased to materially exist.
          (c) If the Company has any right (including a right it has jointly or in common with Indemnitee or with Indemnitee and others) to privilege, such as attorney-client privilege, with respect to any document which Indemnitee inspects, copies or uses under this Agreement or the DGCL: (i) that document is to be treated by Indemnitee as confidential; (ii) by permitting the inspection, copying or use to Indemnitee or Indemnitee’s permitted nominee, the Company does not waive any privilege; and (iii) in so inspecting, copying or using the document by himself or herself or through Indemnitee’s permitted nominee, Indemnitee must use his or her best efforts to ensure that so far as is practical the right to privilege is not lost or waived, whether by Indemnitee or the Indemnitee’s nominee or otherwise and as a condition to providing any such document to Indemnitee the Company may require Indemnitee to enter into a reasonable and customary joint defense or other similar agreement for the protection of any such privilege. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to prevent or preclude the Company from relying on privilege in proceedings between Indemnitee and the Company (including in respect of a document which the Company has disclosed to Indemnitee outside those proceedings).
          (d) Nothing in this Section 15 shall be deemed to limit any right of access Indemnitee otherwise has to Board Papers.

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          (e) Indemnitee hereby agrees not to disclose any confidential information contained in a Board Paper to a third party unless: (i) the Company has given its prior written consent to such disclosure; (ii) Indemnitee is required to do so by law; (iii) the disclosure is made for the purpose of obtaining professional advice or in connection with the relevant Proceedings or the threat of such Proceedings in relation to which Indemnitee was given access to the Board Paper; or (iv) the disclosure is made on behalf of the Company and for Company purposes in furtherance of Indemnitee’s duties as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company at the time such disclosure is made; provided, however, if Indemnitee is entitled to disclose confidential information under this Section 15(e) and the Board Papers include any information to which attorney-client privilege attaches for the benefit of the Company, or both the Company and Indemnitee, Indemnitee must use his or her best efforts to avoid doing anything that will cause that privilege to be waived, extinguished or lost by the Company in relation to third parties.
     Section 16. Duration of Agreement. This Agreement shall continue until and terminate upon the later of: (a) ten years after the date that Indemnitee shall have ceased to serve as a [director] [officer] [agent] [employee] of the Company or (b) one year after the final termination of any Proceeding then pending in respect of which Indemnitee is granted rights of indemnification or advancement of Expenses hereunder and of any proceeding commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 13 of this Agreement relating thereto. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of Indemnitee and his heirs, executors and administrators.
     Section 17. Severability. If any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement (including without limitation, each portion of any Section of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law; (b) such provision or provisions shall be deemed reformed to the extent necessary to conform to applicable law and to give the maximum effect to the intent of the parties hereto; and (c) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of any Section of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested thereby.
     Section 18. Enforcement.
          (a) The Company expressly confirms and agrees that it has entered into this Agreement and assumed the obligations imposed on it hereby in order to induce Indemnitee to serve or continue to serve as a director or officer of the Company, and the Company acknowledges that Indemnitee is relying upon this Agreement in serving as a director or officer of the Company.
          (b) This Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, the By-laws of the Company and applicable law, and shall not be deemed a substitute therefor, nor to diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee thereunder or under any other prior written agreement to which the Company or its predecessors, on the one

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hand, and Indemnitee and his or her affiliates, on the other, are a party [; provided, however, that this Agreement shall be deemed to supersede that certain Indemnification Agreement, dated as of                      (the “Prior Indemnification Agreement”), between                      and Indemnitee, which Prior Indemnification Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force or effect upon the execution and delivery hereof by the Company and Indemnitee].
     Section 19. Modification and Waiver. No supplement, modification or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by the parties thereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions of this Agreement nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver.
     Section 20. Notice by Indemnitee. Indemnitee agrees promptly to notify the Company in writing upon being served with any summons, citation, subpoena, complaint, indictment, information or other document relating to any Proceeding or matter which may be subject to indemnification or advancement of Expenses covered hereunder. The failure of Indemnitee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of any obligation which it may have to the Indemnitee under this Agreement or otherwise.
     Section 21. Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if (a) delivered by hand and receipted for by the party to whom said notice or other communication shall have been directed; (b) mailed by certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, on the third business day after the date on which it is so mailed; (c) mailed by reputable overnight courier and receipted for by the party to whom said notice or other communication shall have been directed; or (d) sent by facsimile transmission, with receipt of oral confirmation that such transmission has been received:
          (a) If to Indemnitee, at the address indicated on the signature page of this Agreement, or such other address as Indemnitee shall provide to the Company.
          (b) If to the Company to:
Radyne Corporation
3138 E. Elwood Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85034
Attn: [                 ]
Facsimile: (___) __-____
or to any other address as may have been furnished to Indemnitee by the Company.
     Section 22. Contribution. To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, if the indemnification provided for in this Agreement is unavailable to Indemnitee for any reason whatsoever, the Company, in lieu of indemnifying Indemnitee, shall contribute to the amount incurred by Indemnitee, whether for judgments, fines, penalties, excise taxes, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement and/or for Expenses, in connection with any claim relating to an indemnifiable event under this Agreement, 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

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received by the Company and 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 Indemnitee in connection with such event(s) and/or transaction(s).
     Section 23. 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. Except with respect to any arbitration commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 13(a) of this Agreement, 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 Chancery Court of the State of Delaware (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 otherwise subject to service of process in the State of Delaware, Capital Services, Inc., 615 S. Dupont Highway, Dover, Delaware 19901, 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.
     Section 24. 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.
     Section 25. Miscellaneous. Use of the masculine pronoun shall be deemed to include usage of the feminine pronoun where appropriate. The headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute part of this Agreement or to affect the construction thereof.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be signed as of the day and year first above written.
                 
RADYNE CORPORATION       INDEMNITEE
 
               
By:
               
   
 
     
 
Name:
          Name:    
Title:
               
 
               
Address:
  3138 E. Elwood Street       Address:  
 
 
  Phoenix, Arizona 85034          
 
 
  Attn: [                    ]          
 

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Exhibit 10.2
May 5, 2006
Malcolm Persen
Chief Financial officer
          Re: Your Change in Control Agreement
Dear Malcolm:
Upon execution by you, this letter will constitute your Change in Control Agreement (“Agreement”) with Radyne ComStream Inc., (the “Company”).
1.   Term. This Agreement will become effective May 13, 2005 and will terminate when you terminate your employment with the Company.
 
2.   Termination in Connection with a Change in Control. In the event of a Change of Control (as defined in the Company’s Long-Term Incentive Plan, a copy of which definition is attached), you will be entitled to receive the following:
  (a)   Immediately prior to the effective date of a Change of Control, all stock options granted to you and not otherwise vested shall vest and become exercisable by you for a minimum of 90 days (or, if longer, the term thereof) so that you may participate in the Change of Control transaction to the fullest extent feasible, provided, however, that if the acceleration of your options would cause a charge to the Company’s earnings, then at the Company’s option it may offer you a consulting position for the term of your options during which your options would continue to vest;
 
  (b)   Upon any termination of your employment after a Change of Control, for a period of eighteen months from the date of your termination, the Company will pay for the COBRA benefits due you;
 
  (c)   If you are terminated without Cause (as defined in the attachment), or you resign for Good Reason (as set forth in the attachment) within the first twenty-four (24) months following the Change in Control, upon such event you shall be paid in a lump sum an amount equal to two times your current salary from the Company;

 


 

  (d)   Upon a Change in Control, funds sufficient to satisfy your Change of Control payments in (b) or (c) above shall be deposited into a trust account maintained by a major financial institution and shall be paid to you upon your written notice to the Trustee to the effect that you have been terminated without Cause or you have resigned for Good Reason. The Company shall not have the ability to prevent such payment from the trust upon your notice, but shall have the right to dispute your termination as provided in Section 8 below, and pursue all other available remedies;
 
  (e)   To the extent that the benefits provided to you upon a Change in Control would exceed the amount deductible pursuant to Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code (or any successor law), or the rules and regulations thereunder, and thereby result in an excise tax payable by you, then at least 30 days prior to the due date of any such tax, the Company shall pay you an amount equal to the tax (together with any tax on such payment).
3.   Covenant Not to Compete.
 
    (a) For a period of 1 year from any termination of your employment, (or, if later, upon conclusion of your service as a consultant), you shall not, directly or indirectly, for your own benefit or for, with or through any other individual, firm, corporation, partnership or other entity, whether acting in an individual, fiduciary or other capacity, own, manage, operate, control, advise, invest in (except as a 1% or less shareholder of a public company), loan money to, or participate or assist in the ownership, management, operation or control of or be associated as a director, officer, employee, partner, consultant, advisor, creditor, agent, independent contractor or otherwise with, or acquiesce in the use of your name by, any business enterprise that is in direct competition with the Company or any subsidiary within the United States of America or any other country that the Company conducts business at the time of your termination.
 
    (b) In addition to the foregoing, at all times during the period of your employment and for 1 year after any termination thereof (or, if later, upon conclusion of your services as a consultant), you will not, directly or indirectly (as described above), for your benefit or for, with or through any business, hire, employ, solicit, or otherwise encourage or entice any of the Company’s (or subsidiary’s) employees or consultants to leave or terminate their employment with the Company.
 
    (c) You and the Company consider the restrictions contained in subparagraphs (a) and (b) above to be reasonable for the purpose of preserving the Company’s proprietary rights and interests. If a court makes a final judicial determination that any such restrictions are unreasonable or otherwise

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    unenforceable against you, you and the Company hereby authorize such court to amend this Agreement so as to produce the broadest, legally enforceable agreement, and for this purpose the restrictions on time period, geographical area and scope of activities set forth in subparagraphs (a) and (b) above are divisible; if the court refuses to do so, you and the Company hereto agree to modify the provisions held to be unenforceable to preserve each party’s anticipated benefits thereunder to the maximum extent legal.
 
    (d) You acknowledge and agree that the Company’s remedies at law for breach or threatened breach of any of the provisions of this Paragraph would be inadequate. Therefore, you agree that in the event of a breach or threatened breach by you of the provisions in this Paragraph, the Company shall be entitled to, in addition to its remedies at law and without posting any bond, equitable relief in the form of specific performance, a temporary restraining order, a temporary or permanent injunction, or any other equitable remedy that may then be available.
 
4.   Personal Rights and Obligations. This Agreement and all rights and obligations hereunder are personal and shall not be assignable by either you or the Company except as provided in this subparagraph, and any purported assignment in violation thereof shall be null and void. Any person, firm or corporation succeeding to the business of the Company by merger, consolidation, purchase of assets or otherwise, shall assume by contract or operation of law the obligations of the Company hereunder and in such a case you shall continue to honor this Agreement with such business substituted for the Company as the employer.
 
5.   Notices. Any notice, election or communication to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and delivered in person or deposited, certified or registered, in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
         
 
  If to the Company:   Radyne ComStream Inc.
 
      3138 East Elwood Street
 
      Phoenix, Arizona 85034
 
      Attn: Chief Executive Officer
 
       
 
  If to you:   Malcolm Persen
 
      5014 E Desert Park Lane
 
      Paradise Vally, AZ 85253
or to such other addresses as the Company or you may from time to time designate by notice hereunder. Notices will be effective upon delivery in person

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      or upon receipt of any facsimile or e-mail, or at midnight on the fourth business day after the date of mailing, if mailed.
 
6.   Entire Agreement. Except for any confidentiality agreement, option grants or Company plans or policies, to which you are subject, this Agreement constitutes and embodies the full and complete understanding and agreement of the Company and you with respect to your employment by the Company and supersedes all prior understandings or agreements whether oral or in writing. This Agreement may be amended only by a writing signed by you and the Company. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which will be considered a duplicate original.
 
7.   Binding Nature of Agreement. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns and shall be binding upon you, your heirs and legal representatives.
 
8.   Arbitration. Any controversy relating to this Agreement or relating to the breach hereof shall be settled by arbitration conducted in Phoenix, Arizona in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association then in effect. The award rendered by the arbitrator(s) shall be final and judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered upon it in any court having jurisdiction thereof. The arbitrator(s) shall possess the powers to issue mandatory orders and restraining orders in connection with such arbitration. The expenses of the arbitration shall be borne by the losing party unless otherwise allocated by the arbitrator(s). This agreement to arbitrate shall be specifically enforceable under the prevailing arbitration law. During the continuance of any arbitration proceedings, the parties shall continue to perform their respective obligations under this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall preclude the Company or any affiliate or successor from seeking equitable relief, including injunction or specific performance, in any court having jurisdiction, in connection with the non-compete provisions herein and any obligations of confidentiality.
 
9.   Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Arizona.
 
10.   Withholding and Release. You acknowledge and agree that payments made to you hereunder may be subject to taxes and withholding. You further acknowledge and agree that payment of any of the benefits to be provided to you under this Agreement following any termination of your employment is subject to:
 
    (a) your compliance with your agreements hereunder, including in particular the non-competition provisions of Paragraph 3,

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    (b) any reasonable and lawful policies or procedures of the Company relating to employee severances; and
 
    (c) the execution and delivery by you of a release reasonably satisfactory to the Company of any and all claims that you may have against the Company or related persons, except for (i) the continuing obligations provided herein, and (ii) for any continuing obligations of indemnification due you as an officer or director (or a former officer or director).
     
 
  Very truly yours,
 
   
 
  /s/ Robert C. Fitting
 
  Robert C. Fitting
Chief Executive Officer
ACCEPTED:
   
 
   
/s/ Malcolm C. Persen
Malcolm C. Persen
   
 
   
Date:May 5, 2006
   

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Definitions
      “Cause” means in the event that you, in the reasonable judgment of the Board:
     (1) materially breach this Agreement;
     (2) fail to follow any reasonable and lawful direction of the Board of Directions of the Company or materially violate any reasonable rule or regulation established by the Company from time to time regarding conduct of its business;
     (3) engage in any act of dishonesty with respect to the Company;
     (4) engage in criminal conduct (whether related to or not related to your employment); or
     (5) fail to perform your duties satisfactorily.
      “Change of Control” means any of the following:
     (1) any merger of the Company in which the Company is not the continuing or surviving entity, or pursuant to which Stock would be converted into cash, securities, or other property other than a merger of the Company in which the holders of the Company’s Stock immediately prior to the merger have the same proportionate ownership of beneficial interest of common stock or other voting securities of the surviving entity immediately after the merger;
     (2) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of assets or earning power aggregating more than 50% of the assets or earning power of the Company and its subsidiaries (taken as a whole), other than pursuant to a sale-leaseback, structured finance or other form of financing transaction;
     (3) the shareholders of the Company approve any plan or proposal for liquidation or dissolution of the Company;
     (4) any person (as such term is used in Section 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), other than any current shareholder of the Company or affiliate thereof or any employee benefit plan of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company or any entity holding shares of capital stock of the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such employee benefit plan in its role as an agent or trustee for such plan, shall become the beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of 50% or more of the Company’s outstanding Stock; or
     (5) during any two-year period, individuals who at the beginning of such period do not constitute a majority of the Board at the end of that period, excluding any new director approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors who were directors at the beginning of the period.

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      “Good Reason” means, without your consent:
     (6) you suffer a reduction in position or a material change in your functions, duties or responsibilities;
     (7) your annual salary is reduced by the Company or there is a material reduction in your current benefits (other than a reduction in benefits as part of overall reduction applicable to all or substantially all other officers arising out of deteriorating economic conditions effecting the Company); or
      you are required to reside other than in Maricopa County, Arizona.

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