FORM OF INDEMNITY AGREEMENT
This Indemnity Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into on __________ by and between Tang Capital Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), and __________ (the “Indemnitee”). Notwithstanding the date of execution of this Agreement, each of the parties hereto agrees that their respective rights, duties and obligations pursuant to this Agreement shall come into effect upon the earliest date that the Indemnitee is duly elected or appointed as a director or officer of the Company.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) has determined that the inability to attract and retain qualified persons as directors and officers is detrimental to the best interests of the Company and that the Company should act to assure such persons that there shall be adequate certainty of protection through insurance and indemnification against risks of claims and actions against them arising out of their service to and activities on behalf of the Company;
WHEREAS, provisions in the Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association (as may be amended or restated from time to time, the “Articles”) provide for indemnification and advancement of expenses of its directors and officers to the fullest extent authorized by applicable law, and the Company wishes to clarify and enhance the rights and obligations of the Company and the Indemnitee with respect to indemnification and advancement of expenses;
WHEREAS, in order to induce and encourage highly experienced and capable persons such as the Indemnitee to serve and continue to serve as directors and officers of the Company and in any other capacity with respect to the Company as the Company may request, and to otherwise promote the desirable end that such persons shall resist what they consider unjustified lawsuits and claims made against them in connection with the good faith performance of their duties to the Company, with the knowledge that certain costs, judgments, penalties, fines, liabilities and expenses incurred by them in their defense of such litigation are to be borne by the Company and they shall receive appropriate protection against such risks and liabilities, the Board has determined that the following Agreement is reasonable and prudent to promote and ensure the best interests of the Company; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to have the Indemnitee serve or continue to serve as a director or officer of the Company and in any other capacity with respect to the Company as the Company may request, as the case may be, free from undue concern for unpredictable, inappropriate, or unreasonable legal risks and personal liabilities by reason of the Indemnitee acting in good faith in the performance of the Indemnitee’s duty to the Company; and the Indemnitee desires to continue so to serve the Company, provided, and on the express condition, that he or she is furnished with the protections set forth hereinafter.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the Indemnitee’s service or continued service as a director or officer of the Company, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement:
(a) A “Change in Control” will be deemed to have occurred if, with respect to any particular 24-month period, the individuals who, at the beginning of such 24-month period, constituted the Board (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the beginning of such 24-month period