Exhibit 10.1

 
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
 
 
This Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of the __ day of ________,
2009 by and between Charter Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”) CCH II, LLC (“CCH II”), a Delaware limited liability company (solely
for the purposes of Section 19 hereof) and ____________ (“Indemnitee”).
 
RECITALS
 
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors has determined that the inability to attract and
retain qualified persons as directors and officers is detrimental to the best
interests of the Company's stockholders and that the Company should act to
assure such persons that there will be adequate certainty of protection through
insurance and indemnification against risks of claims and actions against them
arising out of their service to and activities on behalf of the Company;
 
WHEREAS, the Company has adopted provisions in its By-laws providing for
indemnification of its officers and directors to the fullest extent authorized
by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and the Company wishes
to clarify and enhance the rights and obligations of the Company and Indemnitee
with respect to indemnification;
 
WHEREAS, in order to induce and encourage highly experienced and capable persons
such as Indemnitee to serve and continue to serve as directors and officers of
the Company and in any other capacity with respect to the Company, and to
otherwise promote the desirable end that such persons will resist what they
consider unjustified lawsuits and claims made against them in connection with
the good faith performance of their duties to the Company, with the knowledge
that certain costs, judgments, penalties, fines, liabilities and expenses
incurred by them in their defense of such litigation are to be borne by the
Company and they will receive the maximum protection against such risks and
liabilities as may be afforded by law, the Board of Directors of the Company has
determined that the following Agreement is reasonable and prudent to promote and
ensure the best interests of the Company and its stockholders;
 
WHEREAS, the Company desires to have Indemnitee continue to serve as a director
or officer of the Company and in such other capacity with respect to the Company
as the Company may request, as the case may be, free from undue concern for
unpredictable, inappropriate or unreasonable legal risks and personal
liabilities by reason of Indemnitee acting in good faith in the performance of
Indemnitee's duty to the Company; and Indemnitee desires to continue so to serve
the Company, provided, and on the express condition, that he or she is furnished
with the indemnity set forth hereinafter; and
 
WHEREAS, capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the
respective meanings ascribed to such terms in Section 22.
 
AGREEMENT
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of Indemnitee's continued service as a director
or officer of the Company, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 
 

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1.    Service by Indemnitee.  Indemnitee will serve and/or continue to serve as
a director or officer of the Company so long as Indemnitee is duly elected or
appointed and until such time as Indemnitee is removed as permitted by law or
tenders a resignation in writing.
 
2.   Indemnification.  The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee
to the fullest extent authorized by the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of
any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Company
to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Company to
provide prior to such amendment).  Without diminishing the scope of the
indemnification provided by this Section, the rights of indemnification of
Indemnitee provided hereunder shall include but shall not be limited to those
rights hereinafter set forth, except that no indemnification shall be paid to
Indemnitee:
 
(a) to the extent expressly prohibited by Delaware law or the By-laws of the
Company;
 
(b) for which payment is actually made to Indemnitee under a valid and
collectible insurance policy or under a valid and enforceable indemnity clause,
by-law or agreement of the Company or any other company or other enterprise
where Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company, except in
respect of any indemnity exceeding the payment under such insurance, clause,
by-law or agreement; and
 
(c) in connection with an action, suit or proceeding, or part thereof (including
claims and counterclaims) initiated by Indemnitee, except a judicial proceeding
or arbitration (including claims and counterclaims) pursuant to Section 11 to
enforce rights under this Agreement, unless the action, suit or proceeding (or
part thereof) was authorized or ratified by the Board of Directors of the
Company.
 
3.   Action or Proceedings Other than an Action by or in the Right of the
Company.  Except as limited by Section 2 above, Indemnitee shall be entitled to
the indemnification rights provided in this Agreement if Indemnitee was or is a
party or threatened to be made a party to, or was or is otherwise involved in,
any Proceeding (other than an action by or in the name of the Company) by reason
of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee, agent or
trustee of the Company or while a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee
of the Company is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director,
officer, employee, agent or trustee of another corporation or of a partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an
employee benefit plan, or by reason of anything done or not done by Indemnitee,
whether the basis of such Proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity
as a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee or in any other capacity
while serving as a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee.  Pursuant to
this Section, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all expense, liability and
loss (including judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, amounts paid
in settlement by or on behalf of Indemnitee, and Expenses) actually and
reasonably incurred or suffered by Indemnitee in connection with such
Proceeding, if Indemnitee met any applicable standard of conduct set forth in
the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 
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4.   Indemnity in Proceedings by or in the Name of the Company.  Except as
limited by Section 2 above, Indemnitee shall be entitled to the indemnification
rights provided in this Agreement if Indemnitee was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to, or was or is otherwise involved in, any
Proceeding brought by or in the name of the Company to procure a judgment in its
favor by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director, officer,
employee, agent or trustee of the Company or while a director, officer,
employee, agent or trustee of the Company is or was serving at the request of
the Company as a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee of another
corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
including service with respect to an employee benefit plan, or by reason of
anything done or not done by Indemnitee, whether the basis of such Proceeding is
alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee, agent
or trustee or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer,
employee, agent or trustee.  Pursuant to this Section, Indemnitee shall be
indemnified against all expense, liability and loss (including judgments, fines,
ERISA excise taxes or penalties, amounts paid in settlement by or on behalf of
Indemnitee, and Expenses) actually and reasonably incurred or suffered by
Indemnitee in connection with such Proceeding if Indemnitee met any applicable
standard of conduct set forth in the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware; provided, however, that no such indemnification shall be made in
respect of any claim, issue, or matter as to which Delaware law expressly
prohibits such indemnification by reason of any adjudication of liability of
Indemnitee to the Company, unless and only to the extent that the Court of
Chancery of the State of Delaware or the court in which such action or suit was
brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of
liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, Indemnitee is
entitled to indemnification for such expense, liability and loss as such court
shall deem proper.
 
5.   Indemnification for Costs, Charges and Expenses of Successful
Party.  Notwithstanding any limitations of Sections 3 and 4 above, to the extent
that Indemnitee has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in whole or in
part, in defense of any Proceeding, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter
therein, including, without limitation, the dismissal of any action without
prejudice, or if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is otherwise
entitled to be indemnified against Expenses, Indemnitee shall be indemnified
against all Expenses reasonably incurred or suffered by Indemnitee in connection
therewith.
 
6.   Partial Indemnification.  If Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of
this Agreement to indemnification by the Company for some or a portion of the
expense, liability and loss (including judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or
penalties, amounts paid in settlement by or on behalf of Indemnitee, and
Expenses) actually and reasonably incurred or suffered in connection with any
Proceeding (including a Proceeding brought by or on behalf of the Company), but
not, however, for all of the total amount thereof, the Company shall
nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee for the portion of such expense, liability and
loss actually and reasonably incurred or suffered to which Indemnitee is
entitled.
 
7.   Indemnification for Expenses of a Witness.  Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law,
Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification against all Expenses actually
and reasonably incurred or suffered by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee's behalf if
Indemnitee appears as a witness or otherwise incurs legal expenses as a result
of or related to Indemnitee's service as a director or officer of the Company,

 
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in any threatened, pending or completed legal, administrative, investigative or
other proceeding or matter to which Indemnitee neither is, nor is threatened to
be made, a party.
 
8.   Contribution in the Event of Joint Liability.
 
(a) To the fullest extent not prohibited by (and not merely to the extent
affirmatively permitted by) law, if the indemnification rights provided for in
this Agreement are unavailable to Indemnitee in whole or in part for any reason
(other than those set forth in clauses (a) through (c) of Section 2 above), the
Company, in lieu of indemnifying Indemnitee, shall pay, in the first instance,
the entire amount incurred by Indemnitee, whether for judgments, liabilities,
fines, penalties, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement and/or for Expenses,
in connection with any Proceeding without requiring Indemnitee to contribute to
such payment, and the Company hereby waives and relinquishes any right of
contribution it may have at any time against Indemnitee.
 
(b) The Company shall not enter into any settlement of any Proceeding in which
the Company is or is alleged to be jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be
if joined in such Proceeding) unless such settlement provides for a full and
final release of all claims asserted against Indemnitee.
 
(c) The Company hereby agrees to fully indemnify, hold harmless and exonerate
Indemnitee from any claims for contribution which may be brought by officers,
directors or employees of the Company (other than Indemnitee) who may be jointly
liable with Indemnitee.
 
9.   Determination of Entitlement to Indemnification.  Indemnification and
contribution shall be paid in full by the Company, not later than ten business
days after receipt by the Company of a written request for indemnification or
contribution.  Such request shall include documentation or information which is
necessary for such determination and which is reasonably available to
Indemnitee.  Any Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with a request
for indemnification, contribution or payment of Expenses hereunder, under any
other agreement, any provision of the Company's By-laws or any directors' and
officers' liability insurance, shall be borne by the Company.  The Company
hereby indemnifies Indemnitee for any such Expense and agrees to hold Indemnitee
harmless therefrom irrespective of the outcome of the determination of
Indemnitee's entitlement to indemnification or contribution.
 
10.   Presumptions and Effect of Certain Proceedings.  Upon making such request
for indemnification or contribution, Indemnitee shall be presumed to be entitled
to indemnification or contribution hereunder and the Company shall have the
burden of proof in making any determination contrary to such presumption.  If
the person or persons so empowered to make such determination shall have failed
to make the requested determination with respect to indemnification or
contribution within ten business days after receipt by the Company of such
request, a requisite determination of entitlement to indemnification or
contribution shall be deemed to have been made and Indemnitee shall be
absolutely entitled to such indemnification or contribution, absent actual and
material fraud in the request for indemnification or contribution.  The
termination of any Proceeding described in Sections 3 or 4 by judgment, order,
settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent,
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presumption that Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct set
forth in the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware; or (b) otherwise
adversely affect the rights of Indemnitee to indemnification or contribution
except as may be provided herein.
 
11.   Remedies of Indemnitee in Cases of Determination Not to Indemnify or to
Pay Expenses; Right to Bring Suit.  In the event that payment has not been
timely made following a request therefor or if Expenses have not been timely
paid pursuant to Section 17, Indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit
against the Company in a court of competent jurisdiction in the State of
Delaware of entitlement to such indemnification, contribution or
payment.  Alternatively, Indemnitee at Indemnitee's option may seek an award in
an arbitration to be conducted by a single arbitrator pursuant to the rules of
the American Arbitration Association, such award to be made within sixty days
following the filing of the demand for arbitration.  The Company shall not
oppose Indemnitee's right to seek any such adjudication or award in arbitration
or any other claim.  In (a) any suit or arbitration brought by Indemnitee to
enforce a right to indemnification or contribution hereunder (but not in a suit
or arbitration brought by Indemnitee to enforce a right to an advancement of
Expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (b) any suit brought by the Company to
recover an advancement of Expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the
Company shall be entitled to recover such Expenses in the event of a final
judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal that,
Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard for indemnification set forth in
the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.  Neither the failure of
the Company (including the Disinterested Directors, a committee of Disinterested
Directors, Independent Counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a
determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification or
contribution in favor of Indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because
Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, nor an actual determination by the
Company (including the Disinterested Directors, a committee of Disinterested
Directors, Independent Counsel, or its stockholders) that Indemnitee has not met
such applicable standard of conduct shall create a presumption that Indemnitee
has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit
brought by Indemnitee, be a defense to such suit.  If a determination is made or
deemed to have been made pursuant to the terms hereof that Indemnitee is
entitled to indemnification or contribution, the Company shall be bound by such
determination and is precluded from asserting that such determination has not
been made or that the procedure by which such determination was made is not
valid, binding and enforceable.  The Company further agrees to stipulate in any
court or before any arbitrator pursuant to this Section 11 that the Company is
bound by all the provisions of this Agreement and is precluded from making any
assertions to the contrary.  If the court or arbitrator shall determine that
Indemnitee is entitled to any indemnification, contribution or payment of
Expenses hereunder, the Company shall pay all Expenses actually and reasonably
incurred by Indemnitee in connection with such adjudication or award in
arbitration (including, but not limited to, any appellate Proceedings), and in
any suit brought by the Company to recover an advancement of Expenses pursuant
to the terms of an undertaking, the Company shall pay all Expenses actually and
reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with such suit to the extent
Indemnitee has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in whole or in part,
in defense of such suit.
 
12.   Non-Exclusivity of Rights.  The rights to indemnification, contribution
and to the advancement of Expenses provided by this Agreement shall not be
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other right which Indemnitee may now or hereafter acquire under any law,
agreement, vote of stockholders or Disinterested Directors, provisions of the
Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws or otherwise.
 
13.   Priority of Obligation to Indemnify.  The Company hereby agrees (a) that
its obligations to Indemnitee are primary with respect to any obligation of the
Indemnitee-Related Entities to advance Expenses or to provide indemnification or
contribution for the same Expenses or any expense, liability or loss incurred by
Indemnitee are secondary), (b) that it shall be required to advance the full
amount of Expenses incurred by Indemnitee and shall be liable for the full
amount of all Expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in
settlement to the extent required by the terms of this Agreement and the
Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of the Company (or any other agreement
between the Company and Indemnitee), without regard to any rights Indemnitee may
have against the Indemnitee-Related Entities, and (c) that it irrevocably
waives, relinquishes and releases the Indemnitee-Related Entities from any and
all claims against the Indemnitee-Related Entities for contribution, subrogation
or any other recovery of any kind in respect thereof.  The Company further
agrees that no advancement or payment by the Indemnitee-Related Entities on
behalf of Indemnitee with respect to any claim for which Indemnitee has sought
indemnification or contribution from the Company shall reduce or otherwise alter
the rights of Indemnitee or the obligations of the Company hereunder.  In the
event that any of the Indemnitee-Related Entities shall make any advancement or
payment on behalf of Indemnitee with respect to any claim for which Indemnitee
has sought indemnification or contribution from the Company, the
Indemnitee-Related Entity making such payment shall have a right of contribution
and/or be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the
rights of recovery of Indemnitee against the Company, and Indemnitee shall
execute all papers reasonably required and take all action reasonably necessary
to secure such rights, including, without limitation, execution of such
documents as are necessary to enable the Indemnitee-Related Entities to bring
suit to enforce such rights.  The Company and Indemnitee agree that the
Indemnitee-Related Entities are express third party beneficiaries of the terms
of this Section 13, entitled to enforce this Section 13 as though each of the
Indemnitee-Related Entities were a party to this Agreement.
 
14.   Expenses to Enforce Agreement.  In the event that Indemnitee is subject to
or intervenes in any Proceeding in which the validity or enforceability of this
Agreement is at issue or seeks an adjudication or award in arbitration to
enforce Indemnitee's rights under, or to recover damages for breach of, this
Agreement, Indemnitee, if Indemnitee prevails in whole or in part in such
action, shall be entitled to recover from the Company and shall be indemnified
by the Company against any Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by
Indemnitee.
 
15.   Continuation of Indemnity.  All agreements and obligations of the Company
contained herein shall continue during the period Indemnitee is a director,
officer, employee or agent of the Company or is serving at the request of the
Company as a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee of another
corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
including service with respect to an employee benefit plan, and shall continue
thereafter with respect to any possible claims based on the fact that Indemnitee
was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or was serving at the
request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee of
another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan. 

 
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This Agreement shall be binding upon all successors and assigns of the Company
(including any transferee of all or substantially all of its assets and any
successor by merger or operation of law) and shall inure to the benefit of
Indemnitee's heirs, executors and administrators.
 
16.   Notification and Defense of Claim.  Promptly after receipt by Indemnitee
of notice of any Proceeding, Indemnitee will, if a claim in respect thereof is
to be made against the Company under this Agreement, notify the Company in
writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the Company
will not relieve it from any liability that it may have to
Indemnitee.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, with respect
to any such Proceeding of which Indemnitee notifies the Company:
 
(a) The Company shall be entitled to participate therein at its own expense; and
 
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 16(b), to the extent that it
may wish, the Company, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly
notified, shall be entitled to assume the defense thereof, with counsel
satisfactory to Indemnitee.  After notice from the Company to Indemnitee of its
election so to assume the defense thereof, the Company shall not be liable to
Indemnitee under this Agreement for any expenses of counsel subsequently
incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the defense thereof except as
otherwise provided below.  Indemnitee shall have the right to employ
Indemnitee's own counsel in such Proceeding, but the fees and expenses of such
counsel incurred after notice from the Company of its assumption of the defense
thereof shall be at the expense of Indemnitee unless (i) the employment of
counsel by Indemnitee has been authorized by the Company, (ii) Indemnitee shall
have reasonably concluded that there may be a conflict of interest between the
Company and Indemnitee in the conduct of the defense of such action or (iii) the
Company shall not within 30 calendar days of receipt of notice from Indemnitee
in fact have employed counsel to assume the defense of the action, in each of
which cases the fees and expenses of Indemnitee's counsel shall be at the
expense of the Company.  The Company shall not be entitled to assume the defense
of any Proceeding brought by or on behalf of the Company or as to which
Indemnitee shall have made the conclusion provided for in (ii) above; and
 
(c) The Company shall not be liable to indemnify Indemnitee under this Agreement
for any amounts paid in settlement of any Proceeding effected without the
Company's written consent, or for any judicial or arbitral award if the Company
was not given an opportunity, in accordance with this Section 16, to participate
in the defense of such Proceeding.  The Company shall not settle any Proceeding
in any manner that would impose any penalty or limitation on or disclosure
obligation with respect to Indemnitee without Indemnitee's written
consent.  Neither the Company nor Indemnitee will unreasonably withhold its
consent to any proposed settlement.
 
    17.   Advancement of Expenses.  All Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in
advance of the final disposition of any Proceeding shall be paid by the Company
at the request of Indemnitee, each such payment to be made within twenty
calendar days after the receipt by the Company of a statement or statements from
Indemnitee requesting such payment or payments from time to time.  Indemnitee's
entitlement to such Expenses shall include those incurred in connection with any
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award in arbitration pursuant to this Agreement (including the enforcement of
this provision).  Such statement or statements shall:  (a) reasonably evidence
the expenses and costs incurred by Indemnitee in connection therewith; and
(b) if the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware requires, where the
Expenses were incurred by Indemnitee in Indemnitee's capacity as a director or
officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by
Indemnitee) shall include or be accompanied by an undertaking, in the form as
set forth on Exhibit 1, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately
be determined, by final judicial decision from which there is no further right
to appeal, that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such Expenses
by the Company as provided by this Agreement or otherwise.  Indemnitee's
undertaking is not required to be secured.
 
18.   Insurance.  The Company may maintain insurance against liability arising
out of this Agreement or otherwise.
 
19.   Guaranty.  It is hereby acknowledged by the parties that the Company is
the manager of CCH II and that the Company’s successful ability to attract and
retain highly experienced and capable persons such as Indemnitee to serve and
continue to serve as directors and officers of the Company and in any other
capacity with respect to the Company is a material benefit to CCH II.  In
consideration for such material benefit, CCH II hereby guarantees the prompt and
complete payment and performance by the Company of each of the Company’s
obligations under this Agreement, including, without limitation,
indemnification, contribution and payment of Expenses. If any default is made by
the Company in the payment of its indemnification, contribution or payment of
Expenses obligations under this Agreement, Indemnitee may immediately proceed to
enforce its rights hereunder against CCH II.
 
20.   Separability; Prior Indemnification Agreements.  If any provision or
provisions of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable for any reason whatsoever (a) the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement (including without
limitation, all portions of any paragraphs of this Agreement containing any such
provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that are not by
themselves invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected
or impaired thereby, and (b) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of
this Agreement (including, without limitation, all portions of any paragraph of
this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, that are not themselves invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall
be construed so as to give effect to the intent of the parties that the Company
provide protection to Indemnitee to the fullest enforceable extent.  This
Agreement shall supersede and replace any prior indemnification agreements
entered into by and between the Company and Indemnitee and any such prior
agreements shall be terminated upon execution of this Agreement.
 
21.   Headings; References; Pronouns.  The headings of the sections of this
Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to
constitute part of this Agreement or to affect the construction
thereof.  References herein to section numbers are to sections of this
Agreement.  All pronouns and any variations thereof shall be deemed to refer to
the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular or plural as appropriate.
 
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(a) “Disinterested Director” means a director of the Company who is not or was
not a party to the Proceeding in respect of which indemnification is being
sought by Indemnitee.
 
(b) “Expenses” includes, without limitation, expenses incurred in connection
with the defense or settlement of any and all investigations, judicial or
administrative proceedings or appeals, attorneys' fees, witness fees and
expenses, fees and expenses of accountants and other advisors, retainers and
disbursements and advances thereon, the premium, security for, and other costs
relating to any bond (including cost bonds, appraisal bonds or their
equivalents), and any expenses of establishing a right to indemnification or
payment of Expenses under Sections 9, 11 and 14 above but shall not include the
amount of judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties actually levied
against Indemnitee or any amounts paid in settlement by or on behalf of
Indemnitee.
 
(c)           “Indemnitee-Related Entities” means any corporation, limited
liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or
other enterprise (each, an “Enterprise”) (other than the (i) Company, (ii) any
Enterprise of which any voting power of the voting equity securities or equity
interest is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company, and (iii)  any other
Enterprise or constituent Enterprise (including, without limitation, any
constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation,  merger or similar
transaction to which the Company or any of its wholly owned subsidiaries or
other entities of which a majority of the voting power of the voting equity
securities or equity interest is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company
is a party)  from whom Indemnitee may be entitled to indemnification or
advancement of expenses with respect to which, in whole or in part, the Company
or any other entity identified in clauses (ii) or (iii) of this definition and
controlled by the Company may also have an indemnification or advancement
obligation.
 
(d)           “Independent Counsel” means a law firm or a member of a law firm
that neither is presently nor in the past five years has been retained to
represent:  (i) the Company or Indemnitee in any matter material to either such
party, 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 right to indemnification under this Agreement.
 
(e) “Proceeding” means any action, suit, arbitration, alternative dispute
mechanism, inquiry, administrative or legislative hearing, investigation or any
other actual, threatened or completed proceeding, for which indemnification is
not prohibited under Sections 2(a)-(c), including any and all appeals, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, to which Indemnitee was or is
made a party or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved by
reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee or
agent of the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a
director, officer, employee, agent or trustee of another corporation or of a
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with
respect to an employee benefit plan.

 
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23.   Other Provisions.
 
(a) This Agreement shall be interpreted and enforced in accordance with the laws
of Delaware.
 
(b) This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which
shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original but all of which together
shall constitute one and the same Agreement.  Only one such counterpart signed
by the party against whom enforceability is sought needs to be produced as
evidence of the existence of this Agreement.
 
(c) This Agreement shall not be deemed an employment contract between the
Company and any Indemnitee who is an officer of the Company, and, if Indemnitee
is an officer of the Company, Indemnitee specifically acknowledges that
Indemnitee may be discharged at any time for any reason, with or without cause,
and with or without severance compensation, except as may be otherwise provided
in a separate written contract between Indemnitee and the Company.
 
(d) 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 papers required and shall do everything that
may be necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such
documents necessary to enable the Company effectively to bring suit to enforce
such rights.
 
(e) This Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented in any manner,
whether by course of conduct or otherwise, except by an instrument in writing
specifically designated as an amendment hereto, signed on behalf of each
party.  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.
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement on and as of
the day and year first above written.
 
The Company
 
 

 
By   _______________________                                                                        
 
 
 
 
CCH II
(solely for the purposes of Section 19 hereof)
 

 
 
By _______________________                                                                        
 
 
 

 

______________________________
Indemnitee

 

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EXHIBIT 1

UNDERTAKING TO REPAY INDEMNIFICATION EXPENSES
 
 
I, ___________________________________________________, agree to reimburse the
Company for all expenses paid to me by the Company in connection with any
Proceeding (as defined in the Indemnification Agreement dated as of ___________
between me and the Company), in the event, and to the extent that it shall
ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no
further right to appeal that I am not entitled to be indemnified by the Company
for such expenses.
 
Signature 
______________________                                                                         
 
Typed
Name ____________________                                                                                                                                            
 
Office _________________________                                                                                                                                                  
 
State of __________________   )
                                                           )  ss.:
County of ________________    )
 
Before me, ______________________, on this day personally appeared
___________________, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to
the foregoing instrument, and who, after being duly sworn, stated that the
contents of said instrument are to the best of his/her knowledge and belief true
and correct and who acknowledged that he/she executed the same for the purpose
and consideration therein expressed.
 
GIVEN under my hand and official seal at ________, this _______ day of
___________, 200__.
 

_________________________________
Notary Public
 
My commission expires:

 
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