INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.1
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of January [ ], 2008, between MATRIA
HEALTHCARE, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and [ ], a member of the Board of
Directors of the Company (“Indemnitee”).
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(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 twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the total voting power represented by the
Company’s then outstanding Voting Securities, or (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 fifty percent (50%) 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 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 the Company’s assets.
(b) Claim: means any threatened, asserted, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding, or appeal thereof, or any inquiry or investigation, whether instituted by the Company
or any governmental agency or any other party, that Indemnitee in good faith believes might lead to
the institution of any such action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative,
investigative or other, including any arbitration or other alternative dispute resolution
mechanism.
(c) Expenses: include attorneys’ fees and all other costs, charges, expenses and
obligations (including, without limitation, experts’ fees, court costs, retainers, transcript fees,
duplicating, printing and binding costs, as well as telecommunications, postage and courier
charges) paid or incurred in connection with investigating, defending, being a witness in or
participating in, or preparing to investigate, defend, be a witness in or participate in, any Claim
relating to any Indemnifiable Event.
(d) Indemnifiable Amounts: means any and all Expenses, liabilities, losses, damages,
judgments, fines, penalties, excise taxes and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest,
assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such
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Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties, excise taxes (including ERISA excise taxes) or amounts paid
in settlement) arising out of or resulting from any Claim relating to an Indemnifiable Event.
(e) Indemnifiable Event: means any event or occurrence, whether occurring before, on
or after the date of this Agreement, related to the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director
and/or officer or fiduciary of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a
director, officer, employee, trustee, agent or fiduciary of another
corporation, limited liability
company, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other entity or enterprise, or
by reason of anything done or not done by Indemnitee in any such capacity.
(f) Independent Legal Counsel: means an attorney or firm of attorneys, selected in
accordance with the provisions of Section 3 hereof, who is experienced in matters of corporate law
and who shall not have otherwise performed services for the Company, any affiliate of the Company,
or Indemnitee within the last five years (other than with respect to matters concerning the rights
of Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnity agreements).
(g) Reviewing Party: means 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 who
is not a party to the particular Claim for which Indemnitee is seeking indemnification, or
Independent Legal Counsel.
(h) Voting Securities: means any securities of the Company which vote generally in the
election of directors.
(a) In the event Indemnitee was, 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, a Claim by reason of (or
arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company agrees to indemnify Indemnitee to the
fullest extent permitted by law as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty days
after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all Indemnifiable Amounts;
provided that, no indemnification shall be made in respect of any Claim as to which Indemnitee has
been adjudged to be liable to the Company by a court of competent jurisdiction (as to which all
rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or lapsed) unless and only to the extent a court of
competent jurisdiction determines upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but
in view of all circumstances of the case, Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnification for such Expenses.
(b) If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance (within five (5) business days of
such request) any and all Expenses incurred by Indemnitee (an “Expense
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Advance”). The Company shall, in accordance with such request (but without duplication), either (i)
pay such Expenses on behalf of Indemnitee, or (ii) reimburse Indemnitee for such Expenses. Subject
to the limitations contained in Sections 2(c) and (d) below, Indemnitee’s right to an Expense
Advance is absolute and shall not be subject to any prior determination by the Reviewing Party or
any other person, that the Indemnitee has satisfied any applicable standard of conduct for
indemnification.
(c) Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification or advancement of Expenses pursuant to
this Agreement in connection with any Claim initiated by Indemnitee unless (i) the Company’s Board
of Directors has authorized or consented to the initiation of such Claim or (ii) the Claim is one
to enforce Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement.
(d) As to each Claim or Indemnifiable Event, (i) the indemnification obligations of the
Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not
have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the Independent Legal Counsel referred
to in Section 3 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 Expense Advance pursuant to
Section 2(b) 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 (it being understood and agreed that the foregoing
agreement by Indemnitee shall be deemed to satisfy any requirement that Indemnitee provide the
Company with an undertaking to repay any Expense Advance if it is ultimately determined that the
Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under applicable law); 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 undertaking to repay such Expense Advances shall be unsecured and interest-free. If
there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Company’s
Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be
the Independent Legal Counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination
by the Reviewing Party within thirty days after written demand is presented to the Company or if
the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or
in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court
in the States of Georgia or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue
is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by
the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, including the
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legal or factual bases therefor, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to
appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be
conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemnitee.
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9. Nonexclusivity, Etc. The rights of the Indemnitee hereunder shall be in addition to
any other rights Indemnitee may have under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Amended
Bylaws or the Delaware General Corporation Law or otherwise. To the extent that a change in
applicable law (whether by statute or judicial decision) permits greater indemnification by
agreement than would be afforded currently under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or
Amended Bylaws or this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties hereto that Indemnitee shall
enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change.
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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.
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counsel that is defending the Claim recommends that the Indemnitee settle the claim for a specified
dollar amount. The Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Indemnitee, effect
any settlement of any Claim relating to an Indemnifiable Event which the Indemnitee is or could
have been a party unless such settlement solely involves the payment of money and includes a
complete and unconditional release of Indemnitee from all liability on all claims that are the
subject matter of such Claim. Neither the Company nor Indemnitee shall unreasonably withhold its or
his or her consent to any proposed settlement; provided that Indemnitee may withhold consent to any
settlement that does not provide a complete and unconditional release of Indemnitee.
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other respect and of the remaining provisions hereof shall not be in any way impaired and shall
remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.
(a) | If to Indemnitee, to him at: |
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(b) | If to the Company to: Matria Healthcare, Inc. Attention: General Counsel |
or to any other address as may have been furnished in writing by the Company to Indemnitee or by
the Indemnitee to the Company, as the case may be.
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24. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts made and to be performed
in such state without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of laws.
[Signatures on next page.]
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MATRIA HEALTHCARE, INC. |
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