DIGITALFX INTERNATIONAL,
INC.
INDEMNIFICATION
AGREEMENT
This Indemnification Agreement (“
Agreement ”) is entered into on October __,
2008 to be effective as of the Effective Date (as defined below),
by and between DigitalFX International, Inc., a Florida corporation
(the “ Company ”), and
_________________________ (“ Indemnitee
”).
WHEREAS, Indemnitee’s service to the
Company substantially benefits, and has benefited since the
Effective Date, the Company;
WHEREAS, competent and experienced individuals
are reluctant to serve as directors or officers of corporations or
in certain other capacities unless they are provided with adequate
protection through insurance or indemnification against the risks
of claims and actions against them arising out of such
service;
WHEREAS, Indemnitee does not regard the
protection currently provided by applicable law, the
Company’s governing documents and any insurance as adequate
under the present circumstances, and Indemnitee would not have been
willing to serve as a director or officer without additional
protection;
WHEREAS, in order to originally induce
Indemnitee to provide services to the Company and/or its
subsidiaries, and to induce Indemnitee to continue to provide such
services, it is reasonable, prudent and necessary for the Company
to contractually obligate itself to indemnify, and to advance
expenses on behalf of, Indemnitee as permitted by applicable law,
in all cases from and after the Effective Date; and
WHEREAS, this Agreement is a supplement to and
in furtherance of the indemnification provided in the
Company’s articles of incorporation and bylaws, and any
resolutions adopted pursuant thereto, and this Agreement shall not
be deemed a substitute therefor, nor shall this Agreement be deemed
to limit, diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee
thereunder.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and Indemnitee do
hereby agree as follows:
(a) “ Corporate Status
” describes the status of a person who is or was a director,
trustee, general partner, managing member, officer, employee, agent
or fiduciary of the Company or any other Enterprise.
(b) “ FBS ” means the
Florida Business Statutes, as amended.
(c) “ 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.
(d) “ Effective Date ”
means the date that Indemnitee first commenced services as a
director, officer or manager of the Company or one or more of its
subsidiaries.
(e) “ Enterprise ”
means the Company and any other corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, 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, trustee, general partner,
managing member, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary.
(f) “ Expenses ”
include all reasonable attorneys’ fees, retainers, court
costs, transcript costs, fees and costs 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 include (i)
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 their equivalent, and (ii) for purposes of
Section 12(d), Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with
the interpretation, enforcement or defense of Indemnitee’s
rights under this Agreement or under any directors’ and
officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the
Company. Expenses, however, shall not include amounts paid in
settlement by Indemnitee or the amount of judgments or fines
against Indemnitee.
(g) “ Independent Counsel
” means a law firm, or a partner or 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 as Independent Counsel with respect
to matters concerning Indemnitee under this Agreement, or 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.
(h) “ Proceeding ”
means any threatened, pending or completed action, suit,
arbitration, mediation, alternate dispute resolution mechanism,
investigation, inquiry, administrative hearing or proceeding,
whether brought in the right of the Company or otherwise and
whether of a civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
nature, including any appeal therefrom, in which Indemnitee was, is
or will be involved as a party, a potential party, a non-party
witness or otherwise by reason of (i) the fact that Indemnitee is
or was a director or officer of the Company, (ii) any action taken
by Indemnitee or any action or inaction on Indemnitee’s part
while acting as a director or officer of the Company, or (iii) the
fact that he or she is or was serving at the request of the Company
as a director, trustee, general partner, managing member, officer,
employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company or any other
Enterprise, in each case whether or not serving in such capacity at
the time any liability or Expense is incurred for which
indemnification or advancement of expenses can be provided under
this Agreement.
(i) Reference to “ other
enterprises ” shall include employee benefit plans;
references to “ fines ” shall include
any excise taxes assessed on a person 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 or she 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 a manner “
not opposed to the best interests of the Company
” as referred to in this Agreement.
2.
Indemnity in Third-Party
Proceedings . The Company
shall indemnify Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of
this Section 2 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 2, 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
or her behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim,
issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a
manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
best interests of the Company and, with respect to any criminal
action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his
or her conduct was unlawful.
3.
Indemnity in Proceedings by or in
the Right of the Company . 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 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 actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee
or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with such Proceeding
or any claim, issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good
faith and in a manner he or she 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 3 in respect of any
claim, issue or matter as to which Indemnitee shall have been
adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be liable to the
Company, unless and only to the extent that a court of competent
jurisdiction 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 for such expenses as such court shall deem proper,
subject to the right of Indemnitee under Section 8.
4.
Indemnification for Expenses of a
Party Who is Wholly or Partly Successful . To the extent that Indemnitee is a party to or
a participant in and is successful (on the merits or otherwise) in
defense of any Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein,
the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses
actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on
Indemnitee’s behalf in connection therewith. To the extent
permitted by applicable law, if Indemnitee is not wholly successful
in such Proceeding but is successful, on the merits or otherwise,
in defense of 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 Indemnitee
or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with (a) each
successfully resolved claim, issue or matter and (b) any claim,
issue or matter related to any such successfully resolved claim,
issuer or matter. For purposes of this Section, 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.
5.
Indemnification for Expenses of a
Witness . Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that
Indemnitee is, by reason of his or her Corporate Status, a witness
in any Proceeding to which Indemnitee is not a party, Indemnitee
shall be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by
Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection
therewith.
6.
Additional
Indemnification .
(a) Notwithstanding any limitation in Sections 2, 3
or 4, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law if Indemnitee is, or is threatened to
be made, a party to or a participant in 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
or on his or her behalf in connection with the Proceeding or any
claim, issue or matter therein.
(b) For purposes of Section 6(a), the meaning of the
phrase “ to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law ” shall include, but not be limited
to:
(i) the fullest extent permitted by the provision of
the FBS that authorize or contemplate additional indemnification by
agreement, or the corresponding provision of any amendment to or
replacement of the FBS; and
(ii) the fullest extent authorized or permitted by
any amendments to or replacements of the FBS adopted after the date
of this Agreement that increase the extent to which a corporation
may indemnify its officers and directors.
7.
Exclusions
. Notwithstanding any provision in
this Agreement, the Company shall not be obligated under this
Agreement to make any indemnity in connection with any Proceeding
(or any part of any Proceeding):
(a) for which payment has actually been made to or
on behalf of Indemnitee under any statute, insurance policy,
indemnity provision, vote or otherwise, except with respect to any
excess beyond the amount paid;
(b) for an accounting or disgorgement of profits
(after indemnitee is finally adjudged (without opportunity for
further appeal)) pursuant to Section 16(b) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or similar provisions of federal,
state or local statutory law or common law, if Indemnitee is held
liable therefor (including pursuant to any settlement
arrangements);
(c) for any reimbursement of the Company by
Indemnitee of any bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based
compensation or of any profits realized by Indemnitee (after
indemnitee is finally adjudged (without opportunity for further
appeal)) from the sale of securities of the Company, as required in
each case under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(including any such reimbursements that arise from an accounting
restatement of the Company pursuant to Section 304 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “ Sarbanes-Oxley
Act ”), or the payment to the Company of profits
arising from the purchase and sale by Indemnitee of securities in
violation of Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act), if Indemnitee
is held liable therefor (including pursuant to any settlement
arrangements);
(d) initiated by Indemnitee, including any
Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee
against the Company or its directors, officers, employees, agents
or other indemnitees, unless (i) the Company’s board of
directors authorized the Proceeding (or the relevant part of the
Proceeding) prior to its initiation, (ii) the Company provides the
indemnification, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers
vested in the Company under applicable law, (iii) otherwise
authorized in Section 12(d) or (iv) otherwise required by
applicable law; or
(e) if prohibited by applicable law.
8.
Advances of Expenses
. 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 as soon as reasonably practicable, but in any event no later
than sixty (60) days, after the receipt by the Company of a written
statement or statements requesting such advances from time to time
(which shall include invoices received by Indemnitee in connection
with such Expenses but, in the case of invoices in connection with
legal services, any references to legal work performed or to
expenditure made that would cause Indemnitee to waive any privilege
accorded by applicable law shall not be included with the invoice).
Advances shall be unsecured and interest free and made without
regard to Indemnitee’s ability to repay such advances.
Indemnitee hereby undertakes to repay any advance to the extent
that it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to
be indemnified by the Company. This Section 8 shall not apply to
any claim made by Indemnitee for which indemnity is excluded
pursuant to this Agreement (it being understood and agreed that
nothing in this sentence shall limit the right of Indemnitee to be
receive advances of expenses pursuant to and in accordance with
this Section 8.)
9.
Procedure for Notification and
Defense of Claim .
(a) Indemnitee shall notify the Company in writing
of any matter with respect to which Indemnitee intends to seek
indemnification or advancement of Expenses as soon as reasonably
practicable following the receipt by Indemnitee of written notice
thereof. The written notification to the Company shall include a
description of the nature of the Proceeding and facts known by
Indemnitee to be un
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