Model Indemnification Agreement
This page previews the Model Indemnification Agreement and the fields it contains. NVCA provides the official Word document — download it from the source linked on this page, then fill it in.
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Cover page fields
| Field | Description | Options |
|---|---|---|
| Indemnitee Name | Full legal name of the indemnitee (director or officer) | |
| Indemnitee Address | Address of the indemnitee | |
| Company Name | Name of the corporation providing indemnification | |
| Agreement Effective Date | Effective date in the opening clause (ISO YYYY-MM-DD, e.g. 2026-03-20, rendered as March 20, 2026) | |
| Fund Sponsor Name | Name of the sponsoring fund or entity appointing the indemnitee | |
| Appointing Stockholder Name | Full legal name of the venture fund or entity defined as the Appointing Stockholder in Section 1(d) | |
| Indemnitee Role Scope | Corporate roles covered by the agreement. The directors_or_officers option renders the source recital as "directors or officers" and the operative undertaking as "an officer or director." | |
| Indemnitee Pronoun Possessive | Possessive pronoun for the indemnitee entity (e.g. its) | |
| Indemnitee Pronoun Subject | Subject pronoun for the indemnitee (for this fixture, they) | |
| Indemnitee Pronoun Object | Object pronoun for the indemnitee (for this fixture, them) | |
| Company Signatory Name | Printed name of the Company's authorized signatory | |
| Company Signatory Title | Title of the Company's authorized signatory | |
| Company Notice Address | Company's notice address | |
| Company Notice Attention | Person and title receiving Company notices | |
| Process Agent Name | Delaware process agent named for the Indemnitee | |
| Process Agent Address | Delaware address of the process agent | |
| Bylaws Name | Name of the company's bylaws document | |
| Certificate Name | Name of the company's certificate of incorporation | |
| Include Appointing Stockholder Ipo Termination | Whether the Appointing Stockholder's Section 1(d) rights terminate at the closing of the Company's initial public offering, subject to the source form's protection for proceedings based on pre-termination facts | |
| Appointing Stockholder Ipo Termination Carrier | Complete punctuation-bearing Section 1(d) carrier set by computed.json from the IPO-termination election | |
| Signature Page Marker | Signature page marker text |
This template is a drafter's starting point. It does not constitute legal advice. Workflow support only. Not legal advice.