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Exhibit 10.6
AGREEMENT OF INDEMNITY
This Agreement, made this 11th day of October, 2000, between Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx ("Indemnitor") and Mega Group, Inc., a New York corporation, and Small
Business Investment Corporation of America, Inc., an Oregon corporation,
(collectively, "Indemnitee").
For $10.00 and other good and valuable consideration paid by Indemnitee
and received in hand by Indemnitor, contingent on the successful completion of a
securities offering by the Indemnitee, Indemnitor shall indemnify and hold
harmless Indemnitee and its directors, officers, shareholders, affiliates,
associates, representatives, agents, successors, and assigns (collectively,
"Indemnitee Group") from and against any and all claims or liabilities, whether
actual or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, or accrued or unaccrued,
arising out of or related in any way to the business or operations of Mega
Group, Inc., including without limitation any claim asserted or which might be
asserted in those arbitration proceedings and civil actions identified in the
MEGA Exceptions Schedule attached to that certain Agreement and Plan of Share
Exchange, dated July 13, 2000, by and between Mega Group, Inc. and Small
Business Investment Corporation of America, Inc. (the "Agreement and Plan of
Share Exchange"), or the breach by MEGA of any of the representations, warrants,
and covenants given therein which arise or occur on or before the Effective
Date; provided, however, that Indemnitor shall not be required to indemnify and
hold harmless the Indemnitee Group from and against any and all claims or
liabilities arising out of or related in any way to the Xxxxx Award, as defined
in the Agreement and Plan of Share Exchange.
Indemnitor may, at his option, assume the defense of the claim
(including, but not limited to, the employment of counsel, who shall be counsel
satisfactory to Indemnitee, and the payment of expenses of said counsel), and
shall be entitled to settle and compromise said claim in the name of the
Indemnitee Group on such terms as the Indemnitor may negotiate, provided that
the Indemnitee Group shall have no obligation to contribute any funds or assets
to said settlement. The Indemnitee Group shall have the right to employ separate
counsel in any such action or claim and to participate in the defense thereof,
and such fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the
Indemnitor. Promptly after the settlement or other final determination of the
amount of any such claim, the Indemnitor shall pay to the Indemnitee, for the
benefit of the Indemnitee Group, an amount in cash equal to the claim.
Notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary, the
obligation of Indemnitor hereunder shall be non-recourse to Indemnitor and shall
be satisfied only from the security and in the manner provided hereinbelow.
Indemnitor hereby grants to Indemnitee, for the benefit of the Indemnitee Group,
a security interest in all of his shares of Mega Common Stock, as defined in the
Agreement and Plan of Share Exchange, to secure the obligation provided herein.
Upon the settlement or other final determination of any such claim, Indemnitor
will assign to the Indemnitee absolutely, for the benefit of the member or
members of the Indemnitee Group against which the claim has been asserted, such
number of his shares of Mega Common Stock, and will endorse in blank and deliver
to the Indemnitee one or more certificates evidencing such number of shares, as
is determined by dividing the amount of the claim as settled or finally
determined by $2.50.
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The aforementioned security interest shall terminate four years after
the date hereof or thirty days after the settlement or final determination of
the last remaining claim, whichever comes last, whereupon this Agreement of
Indemnity shall terminate and be of no further force and effect.
This Agreement shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of the
heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns of the respective
parties to this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal,
this 11th day of October, 2000.
"Indemnitor"
/s/ XXXXX XXXXXXX
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
"Indemnitee"
MEGA GROUP, INC.
By: /s/ XXXXX XXXXXXX, PRESIDENT
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, President
SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT
CORPORATION OF AMERICA, INC.
By: /s/ XXXX X. XXXXX
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Xxxx X. Xxxxx, Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer
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