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Indemnification Agreement - Tel-Save Holdings Inc. and Edward B. Meyercord III
TEL-SAVE HOLDINGS, INC.
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
This Indemnification Agreement ("Agreement") is made as of
_________, by and between Tel-Save Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), and Edward B.
Meyercord, III ("Indemnitee").
WHEREAS, Indemnitee is an officer of the Company and performs a
valuable service in such capacity for the Company;
WHEREAS, the Company and Indemnitee recognize the difficulty in
obtaining liability insurance for its directors, officers, employees, agents and
fiduciaries, the significant increases in the cost of such insurance and the
general reductions in the coverage of such insurance;
WHEREAS, the Company and Indemnitee further recognize the
substantial increase in corporate litigation in general, subjecting directors,
officers, employees, agents and fiduciaries to expensive litigation risks at the
same time as the availability and coverage of liability insurance has been
severely limited;
WHEREAS, Indemnitee does not regard the current protection
available as adequate under the present circumstances, and the Indemnitee and
other directors, officers, employees, agents and fiduciaries of the Company may
not be willing to continue to serve in such capacities without additional
protection; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to attract and retain the services of
highly qualified individuals, such as Indemnitee, to serve the Company and, in
part, in order to induce Indemnitee to continue to provide services to the
Company, wishes to provide for the indemnification and advancing of expenses to
Indemnitee to the maximum extent permitted by law.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and Indemnitee hereby agree as follows:
1. Indemnification.
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(a) Indemnification of Expenses. The Company shall
indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent
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permitted by law if Indemnitee was or is or becomes a party to or witness or
other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other
participant in, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, proceeding or
alternative dispute resolution mechanism, or any hearing, inquiry or
investigation that Indemnitee in good faith believes might lead to the
institution of any such action, suit, proceeding or alternative dispute
resolution mechanism, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or
other (hereinafter a "Claim") by reason of (or arising in part out of) any event
or occurrence related to the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director, officer,
employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company, or any subsidiary of the Company,
or is or was serving at the request of the Company or any subsidiary of the
Company as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or by reason
of any action or inaction on the part of Indemnitee while serving in such
capacity whether or not the basis of the Claim is the alleged action in an
official capacity as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the
Company or any subsidiary, or in any other capacity while serving as a director,
officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company or any subsidiary, as
described above (hereinafter an "Indemnifiable Event") against any and all
expenses actually and reasonably incurred or paid (including attorneys' fees and
all other costs, expenses and obligations actually and reasonably incurred in
connection with investigating, defending, being a witness in or participating in
(including on appeal), or preparing to defend, be a witness in or participate
in, any such action, suit, proceeding, alternative dispute resolution mechanism,
hearing, inquiry or investigation, and amounts actually and reasonably incurred
or paid in settlement of any such action, suit, proceeding, alternative dispute
resolution mechanism, hearing, inquiry or investigation), and judgments, fines,
penalties and amounts incurred or paid, in connection with the defense or
settlement of such Claim and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed
on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments
under this Agreement (collectively, hereinafter "Expenses"), including all
interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable by the Indemnitee in
connection with or in respect of such Expenses. Such payment of Expenses shall
be made by the Company as soon as practicable but in any event no later than
thirty (30) days after
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written demand by Indemnitee therefor is presented to the Company.
(b) Reviewing Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
(i) the obligations of the Company under Section 1(a) shall be subject to the
condition that the Reviewing Party (as described in Section 10(e) hereof) shall
not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the Independent
Legal Counsel referred to in Section 10(d) hereof is involved) that Indemnitee
would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the
obligation of the Company to make an advance payment of Expenses to Indemnitee
pursuant to Section 2(a) (an "Expense Advance") shall be subject to the
condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines
that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable
law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby
agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid;
provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced or thereafter commences
legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination
that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination
made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be
indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not
be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final
judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of
appeal therefrom have been exhausted or lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to
reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance shall be unsecured and no interest
shall be charged thereon. If there has not been a Change in Control (as defined
in Section 10(c) hereof), the Reviewing Party shall be selected by members of
the Board of Directors who are not or were not a party to the Claim in respect
of which indemnification is sought, and if there has been such a Change in
Control (other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of
the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such
Change in Control), the Reviewing Party shall be the Independent Legal Counsel
referred to in Section 1(c) hereof. If there has been no determination by the
Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee
substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under
applicable law, or if Indemnitee shall not have received full indemnification
from the Company within thirty (30) days after the Company's receipt of written
notice by the
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Indemnitee demanding such indemnification, Indemnitee shall have the right to
commence litigation seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging
any such determination (or lack thereof) by the Reviewing Party or any aspect
thereof, including the legal or factual bases therefor or the failure of the
Company to fully indemnify the Indemnitee, and the Company hereby consents to
service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by
the Reviewing Party not otherwise so challenged shall be conclusive and binding
on the Company and Indemnitee.
(c) Change in Control. The Company agrees that if
there is a Change in Control of the Company (other than a Change in Control
which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who
were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control), then with respect
to all matters thereafter arising concerning the rights of Indemnitee to
payments of Expenses and Expense Advances under this Agreement or any other
agreement or under the Company's Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws as now or
hereafter in effect, the Company shall seek legal advice only from Independent
Legal Counsel (as defined in Section 10(d) hereof) selected by the Company and
approved in writing by the Indemnitee (which approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld). Such counsel, among other things, shall render its written opinion to
the Company and Indemnitee as to whether and to what extent Indemnitee would be
permitted to be indemnified under applicable law. The Company agrees to pay the
reasonable fees of the Independent Legal Counsel referred to above and to fully
indemnify such counsel against any and all expenses (including attorneys' fees),
claims, liabilities and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or
its engagement pursuant hereto.
(d) Mandatory Payment of Expenses. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that Indemnitee has been
successful on the merits or otherwise, including, without limitation, the
dismissal of an action without prejudice, in connection with any Claim,
Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses actually and reasonably
incurred by Indemnitee in connection therewith.
2. Expenses; Indemnification Procedure.
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(a) Advancement of Expenses. The Company shall
advance all Expenses incurred by Indemnitee. The
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advances to be made hereunder shall be paid by the Company to Indemnitee as soon
as practicable but in any event no later than five (5) days after written demand
by Indemnitee therefor to the Company.
(b) Notice/Cooperation by Indemnitee. Indemnitee
shall, as a condition precedent to Indemnitee's right to be indemnified under
this Agreement, give the Company notice in writing as soon as practicable of any
Claim made against Indemnitee for which indemnification will or could be sought
under this Agreement; but the Indemnitee's failure to so notify the Company
shall not relieve the Company from any liability that it may have to Indemnitee
under this Agreement, except to the extent that the Company is able to establish
that its ability to avoid such liability was prejudiced in a material respect by
such failure and except as provided in Section 2(f). Notice to the Company shall
be directed to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company at the address shown
on the signature page of this Agreement (or such other address as the Company
shall designate in writing to Indemnitee). In addition, Indemnitee shall give
the Company such information and cooperation as it may reasonably require and as
shall be within Indemnitee's power. Any costs or expenses (including attorneys'
fees and disbursements) actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in so
cooperating 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.
(c) No Presumptions; Burden of Proof. For purposes
of this Agreement, the termination of any claim, action, suit or proceeding, by
judgment, order, settlement (whether with or without court approval) or
conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere, or its equivalent, shall not
create a presumption that Indemnitee did not meet any particular standard of
conduct or have any particular belief or that a court has determined that
indemnification is not permitted by applicable law. In addition, neither the
failure of the Reviewing Party to have made a determination as to whether
Indemnitee has met any particular standard of conduct or had any particular
belief, nor an actual determination by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee has
not met such standard of conduct or did not have such belief, prior to the
commencement of legal proceedings by Indemnitee to secure a judicial
determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, shall
be a defense to Indemnitee's claim or create a
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presumption that Indemnitee has not met any particular standard of conduct or
did not have any particular belief. In connection with any determination by the
Reviewing Party or otherwise as to whether the Indemnitee is entitled to be
indemnified hereunder, the burden of proof shall be on the Company to establish
that Indemnitee is not so entitled.
(d) Notice to Insurers. If, at the time of the
receipt by the Company of a notice of a Claim pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof,
the Company has liability insurance in effect which may cover such Claim, the
Company shall give prompt notice of the commencement of such Claim 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 action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation in accordance
with the terms of such policies.
(e) Selection of Counsel. In the event the Company
shall be obligated hereunder to pay the Expenses of any action, suit,
proceeding, inquiry or investigation, the Company, except as otherwise provided
below, shall be entitled to assume the defense of such action, suit, proceeding,
inquiry or investigation at its own expense with counsel approved by Indemnitee,
upon the delivery to Indemnitee of written notice of its election so to do.
After delivery of such notice, approval of such counsel by Indemnitee, and the
retention of such counsel by the Company, the Company will not be liable to the
Indemnitee under this Agreement for any fees of counsel subsequently incurred by
the Indemnitee with respect to the same action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or
investigation, other than as provided below. The Company shall not settle any
Proceeding in any manner which would impose any penalty or limitation on the
Indemnitee without the Indemnitee's written consent (which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld). The Indemnitee shall have the right to employ
Indemnitee's own counsel in any such action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or
investigation, but the fees and expenses of such counsel incurred after written
notice from the Company of its assumption of the defense thereof shall be at the
expense of the Indemnitee, unless (i) the employment of counsel by the
Indemnitee has been previously authorized by the Company, or, following a Change
in Control (other than a Change in Control approved by a majority of the members
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of the Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in
Control), the employment of counsel by the Indemnitee has been approved by the
Independent Legal Counsel, (ii) the Indemnitee shall have reasonably concluded
that there may be a conflict of interest between the Company and the Indemnitee
in the conduct of any such defense, or (iii) the Company shall not in fact have
employed or retained or shall not in fact continue to employ or retain counsel
to assume the defense of such action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or
investigation, in each of which cases the fees and expenses of the Indemnitee's
counsel shall be at the expense of the Company. The Company shall not be
entitled to assume or control the defense of any action, suit, proceeding,
inquiry or investigation brought by or on behalf of the Company or as to which
the Indemnitee has made the conclusion that there may be a conflict of interest
between the Company and the Indemnitee.
(f) Settlement of Claims. The Company shall not be liable to
indemnify Indemnitee under this Agreement for any amounts paid in settlement of
any Claim effected without the Company's written consent, such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld; provided, however, that if a Change in Control has
occurred (other than a Change in Control approved by a majority of the members
of the Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in
Control), the Company shall be liable for indemnification of Indemnitee for
amounts paid in settlement if the Independent Legal Counsel has approved the
settlement.
3. Additional Indemnification Rights; Nonexclusivity.
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(a) Scope. The Company hereby agrees to indemnify the
Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, notwithstanding that such
indemnification is not specifically authorized by the other provisions of this
Agreement, the Company's Articles of Incorporation, the Company's Bylaws or by
statute. In the event of any change after the date of this Agreement in any
applicable law, statute or rule which expands the right of the Company to
indemnify the Indemnitee, it is the intent of the parties hereto that Indemnitee
shall enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits afforded by such change. In
the event of any change in any applicable law, statute or rule which narrows the
right of the Company to indemnify the Indemnitee, such change, to the extent not
otherwise required by such law, statute or rule to be applied to this Agreement,
shall have no
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effect on this Agreement or the parties' rights and obligations hereunder.
(b) Nonexclusivity. The indemnification provided by
this Agreement shall be in addition to any rights to which Indemnitee may be
entitled under the Company's Articles of Incorporation, its Bylaws, any
agreement, any vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or otherwise. The indemnification
provided under this Agreement shall continue as to Indemnitee for any action
taken or not taken while serving in an indemnified capacity even though
Indemnitee may have ceased to serve in such capacity.
4. No Duplication of Payments. The Company shall not be
liable under this Agreement to make any payment in connection with any action,
suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation made against Indemnitee to the extent
Indemnitee has otherwise actually received payment (under any insurance policy,
Articles of Incorporation, Bylaw or otherwise) of the amounts otherwise
indemnifiable hereunder.
5. Partial Indemnification. If Indemnitee is entitled under
any provision of this Agreement to indemnification by the Company for some or a
portion of Expenses in the investigation, defense, appeal or settlement of any
civil or criminal action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation, but not,
however, for all of the total amount thereof, the Company shall nevertheless
indemnify Indemnitee for the portion of such Expenses to which Indemnitee is
entitled.
6. Mutual Acknowledgment. Both the Company and Indemnitee
acknowledge that in certain instances, Federal law or applicable public policy
may prohibit the Company from indemnifying its directors, officers, employees,
agents or fiduciaries under this Agreement or otherwise. Indemnitee understands
and acknowledges that the Company has undertaken or may be required in the
future to undertake with the Securities and Exchange Commission to submit the
question of indemnification to a court in certain circumstances for a
determination of the Company's right under public policy to indemnify
Indemnitee.
7. Liability Insurance. To the extent the Company maintains
liability insurance applicable to directors, officers, employees, agents or
fiduciaries, Indemnitee shall be covered by such policies in such a
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manner as to provide Indemnitee the same rights and benefits as are accorded to
the most favorably insured of the Company's directors, if Indemnitee is a
director; or of the Company's officers, if Indemnitee is not a director of the
Company but is an officer; or of the Company's key employees, agents or
fiduciaries, if Indemnitee is not an officer or director but is a key employee,
agent or fiduciary.
8. Exceptions. Any other provision herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Company shall not be obligated pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement:
(a) Excluded Action or Omissions. To indemnify Indemnitee
for any Expenses resulting from acts, omissions or transactions from which
Indemnitee may not be relieved of liability under applicable law, or for any
Expenses resulting from Indemnitee's conduct with is finally adjudged to have
been willful misconduct or knowingly fraudulent;
(b) Claims Initiated by Indemnitee. To indemnify or advance
expenses to Indemnitee with respect to proceedings or claims initiated or
brought voluntarily by Indemnitee and not by way of defense, regardless of
whether Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to such
indemnification, advance expense payment or insurance recovery, as the case may
be, except (i) with respect to proceedings brought to establish or enforce a
right to or for advances of Expenses and/or indemnification under this Agreement
or any other agreement or insurance policy or under the Company's Articles of
Incorporation or Bylaws now or hereafter in effect relating to Claims for
Indemnifiable Events, (ii) in specific cases if the Board of Directors has
approved the initiation or bringing of such suit, or (iii) as otherwise required
under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware;
(c) Lack of Good Faith. To indemnify Indemnitee for any
expenses incurred by the Indemnitee with respect to any proceeding instituted by
Indemnitee to enforce or interpret this Agreement, if a court of competent
jurisdiction determines that each of the material assertions made by the
Indemnitee in such proceeding was not made in good faith or was frivolous; or
(d) Claims Under Section 16(b). To indemnify Indemnitee for
expenses and the payment of
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profits arising from the purchase and sale or, sale and purchase, by Indemnitee
of securities in violation of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, or any similar successor statute.
9. Period of Limitations. No legal action shall be brought
and no cause of action shall be asserted by or in the right of the Company
against Indemnitee, Indemnitee's estate, spouse, heirs, executors or personal or
legal representatives after the expiration of two years from the date of accrual
of such cause of action, and any claim or cause of action of the Company shall
be extinguished and deemed released unless asserted by the timely filing of a
legal action within such two-year period; provided, however, that if any shorter
period of limitations is otherwise applicable to any such cause of action, such
shorter period shall govern.
10. Construction of Certain Phrases.
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(a) For purposes of this Agreement, references to the
"Company" shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any
constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in
a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would
have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, employees,
agents or fiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was a director, officer,
employee, agent or fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was
serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer,
employee, agent or fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the
same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the
resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such
constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, references to "other
enterprises" shall include employee benefit plans; references to "fines" shall
include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee
benefit plan; and references to "serving at the request of the Company" shall
include any service as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the
Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director,
officer, employee, agent or fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan,
its
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participants or its beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in
a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the
participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be
deemed to have acted in a manner "not opposed to the best interests of the
Company" as referred to in this Agreement.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement, a "Change in Control"
shall be deemed to have occurred if (i) any "person" (as such term is used in
Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended),
other than a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee
benefit plan of the Company or a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the
stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their
ownership of stock of the Company, is or becomes the "beneficial owner" (as
defined in Rule 13d-3 under said Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of
the Company representing more than 20% of the total voting power represented by
the Company's then outstanding Voting Securities, (ii) during any period of two
consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute
the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director whose election by the
Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company's stockholders was
approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) 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 majority thereof, or (iii) the stockholders of the
Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other
corporation other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the
Voting Securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto
continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted
into Voting Securities of the surviving entity) at least 80% of the total voting
power represented by the Voting Securities of the Company or such surviving
entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (iv) the
stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the
Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of (in one
transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the
Company's assets.
(d) For purposes of this Agreement, "Independent Legal
Counsel" shall mean an attorney or firm of attorneys, selected in accordance
with the
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provisions of Section 1(c) hereof, who shall not have otherwise performed
services for the Company or Indemnitee within the last three years (other than
with respect to matters concerning the rights of Indemnitee under this
Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnity agreements).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term "Independent Legal Counsel" shall not
include any firm or 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 right to
indemnification under this Agreement.
(e) For purposes of this Agreement, a "Reviewing Party"
shall mean any appropriate person or body consisting of a member or members of
the Company's Board of Directors or any other person or body appointed by the
Board of Directors who is not a party to the particular Claim for which
Indemnitee is seeking indemnification, or Independent Legal Counsel.
(f) For purposes of this Agreement, "Voting Securities"
shall mean any securities of the Company that vote generally in the election of
directors.
11. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or
more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original.
12. Binding Effect; Successors and Assigns. This Agreement
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the
parties hereto and their respective successors, assigns, including any direct or
indirect successor by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise to all or
substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company, spouses, heirs,
and personal and legal representatives. The Company shall require and cause any
successor (whether direct or indirect by purchase, merger, consolidation or
otherwise) to all, substantially all, or a substantial part, of the business
and/or assets of the Company, by written agreement in form and substance
satisfactory to Indemnitee, expressly to assume and agree to perform this
Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be
required to perform if no such succession had taken place. This Agreement shall
continue in effect regardless of whether Indemnitee continues to serve as a
director of the Company or of any other enterprise at the Company's request.
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13. Attorneys' Fees. In the event that any action is
instituted by Indemnitee under this Agreement or under any liability insurance
policies maintained by the Company to enforce or interpret any of the terms
hereof or thereof, Indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid all Expenses actually
and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee with respect to such action, regardless of
whether Indemnitee is ultimately successful in such action, and shall be
entitled to the advancement of Expenses with respect to such action, unless as a
part of such action the court of competent jurisdiction over such action
determines that each of the material assertions made by Indemnitee as a basis
for such action were not made in good faith or were frivolous. In the event of
an action instituted by or in the name of the Company under this Agreement to
enforce or interpret any of the terms of this Agreement, Indemnitee shall be
entitled to be paid all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee
in defense of such action (including costs and expenses incurred with respect to
Indemnitee's counterclaims and cross-claims made in such action), and shall be
entitled to the advancement Expenses with respect to such action, unless as a
part of such action the court having jurisdiction over such action determines
that each of Indemnitee's material defenses to such action were made in bad
faith or were frivolous.
14. Notice. All notices, requests, demands and other
communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly
given (i) if delivered by hand and receipted for by the party addressee, on the
date of such receipt, or (ii) if mailed by domestic certified or registered mail
with postage prepaid, on the third business day after the date postmarked.
Addresses for notice to either party are as shown on the signature page of this
Agreement, or as subsequently modified by written notice.
15. Consent to Jurisdiction. The Company and Indemnitee each
hereby irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of the courts of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania for all purposes in connection with any action or proceeding
which arises out of or relates to this Agreement and agree that any action
instituted under this Agreement shall be commenced, prosecuted and continued
only in the court of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in and for the County of
Philadelphia, which shall be the exclusive and only proper forum for
adjudicating such a claim.
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16. Severability. The provisions of this Agreement shall be
severable in the event that any of the provisions hereof (including any
provision within a single section, paragraph or sentence) are held by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or otherwise unenforceable, and the
remaining provisions shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by
law. Furthermore, to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this
Agreement (including, without limitations, each portion of this Agreement
containing any provision held to be invalid, void or otherwise unenforceable,
that is not itself invalid, void or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to
give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or
unenforceable.
17. Choice of Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and
its provisions construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State
of Delaware, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.
18. Subrogation. In the event of payment under this
Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all
of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee, who shall execute all documents
required and shall do all acts that may be necessary to secure such rights and
to enable the Company effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights.
19. Amendment and Termination. No amendment, modification,
termination or cancellation of this Agreement shall be effective unless it is in
writing signed by both the parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of
this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other
provisions hereof (whether or not similar), nor shall such waiver constitute a
continuing waiver. Except as specifically set forth herein, no failure to
exercise or any delay in exercising any right or remedy hereunder shall
constitute a waiver thereof.
20. Integration and Entire Agreement. This Agreement sets
forth the entire understanding between the parties hereto and supersedes and
merges all previous written and oral negotiations, commitments, understandings
and agreements relating to the subject matter hereof between the parties hereto.
21. No Construction as Employment Agreement. Nothing
contained in this Agreement shall be construed
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as giving Indemnitee any right to be retained in the employ of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement
as of the date first above written.
TEL-SAVE HOLDINGS, INC.
By:
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Title:
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22 Village Square
New Hope, Pennsylvania 18938
AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED
INDEMNITEE:
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(indemnitee)
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(address)