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EXHIBIT 10.38
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
This Indemnification Agreement (the Agreement) is made as of February 23, 2004, by
and between GlobalSecure Holdings Ltd., a Delaware corporation (the Company), and C.
Thomas McMillen (the Indemnitee).
RECITALS
The Company and Indemnitee recognize the increasing difficulty in obtaining liability
insurance for directors, officers and key employees, the significant increases in the cost of such
insurance and the general reductions in the coverage of such insurance. The Company and Indemnitee
further recognize the substantial increase in corporate litigation in general, subjecting
directors, officers and key employees to expensive litigation risks at the same time as the
availability and coverage of liability insurance has been severely limited. Indemnitee does not
regard the current protection available as adequate under the present circumstances, and Indemnitee
and agents of the Company may not be willing to continue to serve as agents of the Company without
additional protection. The Company desires to attract and retain the services of highly qualified
individuals, such as Indemnitee, and to indemnify its directors, officers and key employees so as
to provide them with the maximum protection permitted by law.
AGREEMENT
In consideration of the mutual promises made in this Agreement, and for other good and
valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company and Indemnitee hereby
agree as follows:
1. Indemnification.
(a) Third Party Proceedings. The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee if Indemnitee is
or was a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action
by or in the right of the Company) by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of the Company, or any subsidiary of the Company, by reason of any
action or inaction on the part of Indemnitee while an officer, director, employee or agent or by
reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement (if such settlement is approved in advance by the Company, which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld) actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with such
action, suit or proceeding if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and, with [missing text]
conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order,
settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself,
create a presumption that Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner which Indemnitee
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, or, with respect
to any criminal action or proceeding, that Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that
Indemnitees conduct was unlawful.
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(b) Proceedings By or in the Right of the Company. The Company shall indemnify
Indemnitee if Indemnitee was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action or proceeding by or in the right of the Company or any subsidiary of
the Company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or any subsidiary of the Company, by reason of
any action or inaction on the part of Indemnitee while an officer, director, employee oragent or by
reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys fees) and, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, amounts paid in settlement (if such settlement is approved in advance by the Company, which
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), in each case to the extent actually and reasonably
incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if
Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the Company and its stockholders, except that no indemnification
shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which Indemnitee shall have been
finally adjudicated by court order or judgment to be liable to the Company in the performance of
Indemnitees duty to the Company and its stockholders unless and only to the extent that the court
in which such action or proceeding is or was pending shall determine upon application that, in view
of all the circumstances of the case, Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for
such expenses which such court shall deem proper.
(c) Mandatory Payment of Expenses. To the extent that Indemnitee has been successful
on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Section 1(a)
or Section 1(b) or the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, Indemnitee shall be
indemnified against expenses (including attorneys fees) actually and reasonably incurred by
Indemnitee in connection therewith.
2. No Employment Rights. Nothing contained in this Agreement is intended to create in
Indemnitee any right to continued employment.
3. Expenses; Indemnification Procedure.
(a) Advancement of Expenses. The Company shall advance all expenses incurred by
Indemnitee in connection with the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of any civil or
criminal action, suit or proceeding referred to in Section 1(a) or Section 1(b) hereof (including
amounts actually paid in settlement of any such action, suit or proceeding). Indemnitee hereby
undertakes to repay such amounts advanced only if, and to the extent that, it shall ultimately be
determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company as authorized hereby.
(b) Notice/Cooperation by Indemnitee. Indemnitee shall, as a condition precedent to
his or her 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. Notice to the Company shall be directed to the Chief Executive
Officer of the Company and shall be given in accordance with the provisions of
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Section 12(d) below. In addition, Indemnitee shall give the Company such information and
cooperation as it may reasonably require and as shall be within Indemnitees power.
(c) Procedure. Any indemnification and advances provided for in Section 1 and this
Section 3 shall be made no later than twenty (20) days after receipt of the written request of
Indemnitee. If a claim under this Agreement, under any statute, or under any provision of the
Companys Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws providing for indemnification, is not paid in full
by the Company within twenty (20) days after a written request for payment thereof has first been
received by the Company, Indemnitee may, but need not, at any time thereafter bring an action
against the Company to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, subject to Section 11 of this
Agreement, Indemnitee shall also be entitled to be paid for the expenses (including attorneys
fees) of bringing such action. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action
brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in connection with any action, suit or proceeding
in advance of its final disposition) that Indemnitee has not met the standards of conduct which
make it permissible under applicable law for the Company to indemnify Indemnitee for the amount
claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Company and Indemnitee shall be
entitled to receive interim payments of expenses pursuant to Section 3(a) unless and until such
defense may be finally adjudicated by court order or judgment from which no further right of appeal
exists. It is the parties intention that if the Company contests Indemnitees right to
indemnification, the question of Indemnitees right to indemnification shall be for the court to
decide, and neither the failure of the Company (including its Board of Directors, any committee or
subgroup of the Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a
determination that indemnification of Indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because Indemnitee
has met the applicable standard of conduct required by applicable law, nor an actual determination
by the Company (including its Board of Directors, any committee or subgroup of the Board of
Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that Indemnitee has not met such
applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that Indemnitee has or has not met the
applicable standard of conduct.
(d) Notice to Insurers. If, at the time of the receipt of a notice of a claim
pursuant to Section 3(b) 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.
(e) Selection of Counsel. In the event the Company shall be obligated under Section
3(a) hereof to pay the expenses of any proceeding against Indemnitee, the Company if appropriate,
shall be entitled to assume the defense of such proceeding, with counsel approved by Indemnitee
(which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or unduly delayed), 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 Indemnitee under this Agreement for any fees of counsel subsequently incurred by
Indemnitee with respect to the same proceeding, provided that (i) Indemnitee shall have the right
to employ counsel in any such proceeding at Indemnitees expense; and (ii) if (A) the employment of
counsel by Indemnitee has been previously authorized
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by the Company, (B) Indemnity shall have reasonably concluded that there may be a conflict of
interest between the Company and Indemnitee in the conduct of any such defense or (C) the Company
shall not, in fact, have employed counsel to assume the defense of such proceeding, then the fees
and expenses of Indemnitees counsel shall be at the expense of the Company.
4. Additional Indemnification Rights; Nonexclusivity.
(a) Scope. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, 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
Companys Certificate of Incorporation, the Companys 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 a Delaware corporation to indemnify a member of its board of directors or an officer, such
changes shall be deemed to be within the purview of Indemnitees rig






