Exhibit 10.1

DIRECTOR AND OFFICER INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
 
This Director and Officer Indemnification Agreement, dated as of ___________
___, 2008 (this “Agreement”), is made by and between HSW International, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and _____________________ (“Indemnitee”).
 
RECITALS:
 
A.           Section 141 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that
the business and affairs of a corporation shall be managed by or under the
direction of its board of directors.  Section 142 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law authorizes the appointment of persons to serve as officers of a
corporation.
 
B.           By virtue of the managerial prerogatives vested in the directors
and officers of a Delaware corporation, directors and officers act as
fiduciaries of the corporation and its stockholders.
 
C.           Thus, it is critically important to the Company and its
stockholders that the Company be able to attract and retain the most capable
persons reasonably available to serve as directors and officers of the Company.
 
D.           In recognition of the need for corporations to be able to induce
capable and responsible persons to accept positions in corporate management,
Delaware law authorizes (and in some instances requires) corporations to
indemnify their directors and officers, and further authorizes corporations to
purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of their directors and officers.
 
E.           The Delaware courts have recognized that indemnification by a
corporation serves the dual policies of (1) allowing corporate officials to
resist unjustified lawsuits, secure in the knowledge that, if vindicated, the
corporation will bear the expense of litigation, and (2) encouraging capable
women and men to serve as corporate directors and officers, secure in the
knowledge that the corporation will absorb the costs of defending their honesty
and integrity.
 
F.           The number of lawsuits challenging the judgment and actions of
directors and officers of Delaware corporations, the costs of defending those
lawsuits and the threat to directors’ personal assets have all materially
increased over the past several years, chilling the willingness of capable women
and men to undertake the responsibilities imposed on corporate directors and
officers.
 
G.           Recent federal legislation and rules adopted by the Securities and
Exchange Commission and the national securities exchanges have exposed such
directors and officers to new and substantially broadened civil liabilities.
 
H.           Under Delaware law, a director or officer’s right to be reimbursed
for the costs of defense of criminal actions, whether such claims are asserted
under state or federal law, does not depend upon the merits of the claims
asserted against the director or officer and is separate and distinct from any
right to indemnification the director or officer may be able to establish.
 

 
 

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I.           Indemnitee is, or will be, a director and/or officer of the Company
and his willingness to serve in such capacity is predicated, in substantial
part, upon the Company’s willingness to indemnify him in accordance with the
principles reflected above, to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the
State of Delaware, and upon the other undertakings set forth in this Agreement.
 
J.           Therefore, in recognition of the need to provide Indemnitee with
substantial protection against personal liability, in order to procure
Indemnitee’s continued service as a director of the Company and to enhance
Indemnitee’s ability to serve the Company in an effective manner, and in order
to provide such protection pursuant to express contract rights (intended to be
enforceable irrespective of, among other things, any amendment to the Company’s
certificate of incorporation or bylaws (collectively, the “Constituent
Documents”), any change in the composition of the Company’s Board of Directors
(the “Board”) or any change-in-control or business combination transaction
relating to the Company), the Company wishes to provide in this Agreement for
the indemnification of and the advancement of Expenses to Indemnitee as set
forth in this Agreement and for the continued coverage of Indemnitee under the
Company’s directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies.
 
K.           In light of the considerations referred to in the preceding
recitals, it is the Company’s intention and desire that the provisions of this
Agreement be construed liberally, subject to their express terms, to maximize
the protections to be provided to Indemnitee hereunder.
 
AGREEMENT:
 
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree as follows:
 
1.    Certain Definitions.  In addition to terms defined elsewhere herein, the
following terms have the following meanings when used in this Agreement with
initial capital letters:
 
(a)           “Change in Control” shall have occurred at such time, if any, as
Incumbent Directors cease for any reason to constitute a majority of
Directors.  For purpose of this Section 1(a), “Incumbent Directors” means the
individuals who, as of the date hereof, are Directors of the Company and any
individual becoming a Director subsequent to the date hereof whose election,
nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders, or appointment, was
approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the then Incumbent Directors
(either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement of the Company
in which such person is named as a nominee for director, without objection to
such nomination); provided, that an individual shall not be an Incumbent
Director if such individual’s election or appointment to the Board occurs as a
result of an actual or threatened election contest (as described in Rule
14a-12(c) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) with respect to
the election or removal of Directors or other actual or threatened solicitation
of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board.
 
(b)           “Claim” means (i) any threatened, asserted, pending or completed
claim, demand, action, suit, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution
mechanism, administrative hearing or any other proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative (including on
 
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appeal), and whether made pursuant to federal, state or other law; and (ii) any
inquiry or investigation, whether made, instituted or conducted, by the Company
or any other Person, including any federal, state or other governmental entity,
that Indemnitee determines might lead to the institution of any such claim,
demand, action, suit or proceeding.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Company
intends indemnity to be provided hereunder in respect of acts or failure to act
prior to, on or after the date hereof.
 
(c)           “Controlled Affiliate” means any corporation, limited liability
company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other entity or enterprise,
whether or not for profit, that is directly or indirectly controlled by the
Company.  For purposes of this definition, “control” means the possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management or policies of an entity or enterprise, whether through the ownership
of voting securities, through other voting rights, by contract or otherwise;
provided, that direct or indirect Beneficial Ownership of capital stock or other
interests in an entity or enterprise entitling the holder to cast 15% or more of
the total number of votes generally entitled to be cast in the election of
directors (or persons performing comparable functions) of such entity or
enterprise shall be deemed to constitute control for purposes of this
definition.
 
(d)           “Disinterested Director” means a director of the Company who is
not and was not a party to the Claim in respect of which indemnification is
sought by Indemnitee.
 
(e)           “Expenses” means attorneys’ and experts’ fees and expenses and all
other costs and expenses paid or payable in connection with investigating,
defending, being a witness in or participating in (including on appeal), or
preparing to investigate, defend, be a witness in or participate in (including
on appeal), any Claim.
 
(f)           “Indemnifiable Claim” means any Claim based upon, arising out of
or resulting from (i) any actual, alleged or suspected act or failure to act by
Indemnitee in his or her capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent of
the Company or as a director, officer, employee, member, manager, trustee or
agent of any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other entity or enterprise, whether or not for profit, as to
which Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company, (ii) any
actual, alleged or suspected act or failure to act by Indemnitee in respect of
any business, transaction, communication, filing, disclosure or other activity
of the Company or any other entity or enterprise referred to in clause (i) of
this sentence, or (iii) Indemnitee’s status as a current or former director,
officer, employee or agent of the Company or as a current or former director,
officer, employee, member, manager, trustee or agent of the Company or any other
entity or enterprise referred to in clause (i) of this sentence or any actual,
alleged or suspected act or failure to act by Indemnitee in connection with any
obligation or restriction imposed upon Indemnitee by reason of such status.  In
addition to any service at the actual request of the Company, for purposes of
this Agreement, Indemnitee shall be deemed to be serving or to have served at
the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, member, manager,
agent, trustee or other fiduciary of another entity or enterprise if Indemnitee
is or was serving as a director, officer, employee, member, manager, agent,
trustee or other fiduciary of such entity or enterprise and (A) such entity or
enterprise is or at the time of such service was a Controlled Affiliate,
(B) such entity or enterprise is or at the time of such service was an employee
benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or a
Controlled Affiliate, or
 
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(C) the Company or a Controlled Affiliate (by action of the Board, any committee
thereof or the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) (other than as the CEO
him or herself)) caused or authorized Indemnitee to be nominated, elected,
appointed, designated, employed, engaged or selected to serve in such capacity.
 
(g)           “Indemnifiable Losses” means any and all Losses relating to,
arising out of or resulting from any Indemnifiable Claim; provided, that
Indemnifiable Losses shall not include Losses incurred by Indemnitee in respect
of any Indemnifiable Claim (or any matter or issue therein) as to which
Indemnitee shall have been adjudged liable to the Company, unless and only to
the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which such
Indemnifiable Claim was brought 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 the court shall deem proper.
 
(h)           “Independent Counsel” means a law firm, or a 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 any
Subsidiary) or Indemnitee in any matter material to either such party (other
than with respect to matters concerning the Indemnitee under this Agreement, or
of other indemnitees under similar indemnification agreements) or (ii) any other
named (or, as to a threatened matter, reasonably likely to be named) party to
the Indemni­fiable Claim 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.
 
(i)           “Losses” means any and all Expenses, damages, losses, liabilities,
judgments, fines, penalties (whether civil, criminal or other) and amounts paid
or payable in settlement, including all interest, assessments and other charges
paid or payable in connection with or in respect of any of the foregoing.
 
(j)           “Person” means any individual, entity, or group, within the
meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended.
 
(k)           “Standard of Conduct” means the standard for conduct by Indemnitee
that is a condition precedent to indemnification of Indemnitee hereunder against
Indemnifiable Losses relating to, arising out of or resulting from an
Indemnifiable Claim.  The Standard of Conduct is (i) good faith and reasonable
belief by Indemnitee that his action was in or not opposed to the best interests
of the Company and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, that
Indemnitee had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful, or
(ii) any other applicable standard of conduct that may hereafter be substituted
under Section 145(a) or (b) of the Delaware General Corporation Law or any
successor to such provision(s).
 
2.    Indemnification Obligation.  Subject only to Section 7 and to the proviso
in this Section, the Company shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless
Indemnitee, to the fullest extent permitted or required by the laws of the State
of Delaware in effect on the date hereof or as such laws may from time to time
hereafter be amended to increase the scope of such permitted
 
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indemnification, against any and all Indemnifiable Claims and Indemnifiable
Losses; provided, that, except as provided in Sections 4 and 20, Indemnitee
shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in
connection with any Claim initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any
director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented
to the initiation of such Claim.  The Company acknowledges that the foregoing
obligation is substantially broader than that now provided by applicable law and
the Company’s Constituent Documents and intends that it be interpreted
consistently with this Section and the recitals to this Agreement.
 
3.    Advancement of Expenses.  Indemnitee shall have the right to advancement
by the Company prior to the final disposition of any Indemnifiable Claim of any
and all Expenses relating to, arising out of or resulting from any Indemnifiable
Claim paid or incurred by Indem­nitee or which Indemnitee determines in good
faith are reasonably likely to be paid or incurred by Indemnitee and as to which
Indemnitee’s counsel provides supporting docu­men­ta­tion.  Without limiting the
generality or effect of any other provision hereof, Indemnitee’s right to such
advancement is not subject to the satisfaction of any Standard of
Conduct.  Without limiting the generality or effect of the foregoing, within ten
business days after any request by Indemnitee that is accompanied by supporting
documentation for specific Expenses to be reimbursed or advanced, the Company
shall, in accordance with such request (but without duplication), (a) pay such
Expenses on behalf of Indemnitee, (b) advance to Indemnitee funds in an amount
sufficient to pay such Expenses, or (c) reimburse Indemnitee for such Expenses;
provided, that Indemnitee shall repay, without interest any amounts actually
advanced to Indemnitee that, at the final disposition of the Indemnifiable Claim
to which the advance related, were in excess of amounts paid or payable by
Indemnitee in respect of Expenses relating to, arising out of or resulting from
such Indemnifiable Claim.  In connection with any such payment, advancement or
reimburse­ment, at the request of the Company, Indemnitee shall execute and
deliver to the Company an undertaking, which need not be secured and shall be
accepted without reference to Indemnitee’s ability to repay the Expenses, by or
on behalf of the Indemnitee, to repay any amounts paid, advanced or reimbursed
by the Company in respect of Expenses relating to, arising out of or resulting
from any Indemnifiable Claim in respect of which it shall have been determined,
following the final disposition of such Indemnifiable Claim and in accordance
with Section 7, that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification hereunder.
 
4.    Indemnification for Additional Expenses.  Without limiting the generality
or effect of the foregoing, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless
Indemnitee against and, if requested by Indemnitee, shall reimburse Indemnitee
for, or advance to Indemnitee, within ten business days of such request
accompanied by supporting documentation for specific Expenses to be reimbursed
or advanced, any and all Expenses paid or incurred by Indemnitee or which
Indemnitee determines in good faith are reasonably likely to be paid or incurred
by Indemnitee in connection with any Claim made, instituted or conducted by
Indemnitee for (a) indemnification or reimbursement or advance payment of
Expenses by the Company under any provision of this Agreement, or under any
other agreement or provision of the Constituent Documents now or hereafter in
effect relating to Indemnifiable Claims, and/or (b) recovery under any
directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company,
regardless in each case of whether Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be
entitled to such indemnification, reimburse­ment, advance or insurance recovery,
as the case may be; provided, that Indemnitee shall return,
 
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without interest, any such advance of Expenses (or portion thereof) which
remains unspent at the final disposition of the Claim to which the advance
related.
 
5.    Partial Indemnity.  If Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this
Agree­ment to indemnification by the Company for some or a portion of any
Indemnifiable Loss but not for all of the total amount thereof, the Company
shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee for the portion thereof to which
Indemnitee is entitled.
 
6.    Procedure for Notification.  To obtain indemnification under this
Agreement in respect of an Indemnifiable Claim or Indemnifiable Loss, Indemnitee
shall submit to the Company a written request therefor, including a brief
description (based upon information then available to Indemnitee) of such
Indemnifiable Claim or Indemnifiable Loss.  If, at the time of the receipt of
such request, the Company has directors’ and officers’ liability insurance in
effect under which coverage for such Indemnifiable Claim or Indemnifiable Loss
is potentially avail­able, the Company shall give prompt written notice of such
Indemnifiable Claim or Indemni­fi­able Loss to the applicable insurers in
accordance with the procedures set forth in the applicable policies.  The
Company shall provide to Indemnitee a copy of such notice delivered to the
applicable insurers and, upon Indemnitee’s request, copies of all subsequent
correspondence between the Company and such insurers regarding the Indemnifiable
Claim or Indemnifiable Loss, in each case substantially concurrently with the
delivery thereof by the Company.  The failure by Indemnitee to timely notify the
Company of any Indemnifiable Claim or Indemnifiable Loss shall not relieve the
Company from any liability hereunder unless, and only to the extent that, the
Company did not otherwise learn of such Indemnifiable Claim or Indemnifiable
Loss and such failure results in forfeiture by the Company of substantial
defenses, rights or insurance coverage.
 
7.    Determination of Right to Indemnification.
 
(a)           To the extent that Indemnitee shall have been successful on the
merits or otherwise in defense of any Indemnifiable Claim or any portion thereof
or in defense of any issue or matter therein, including dismissal without
prejudice, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Indemnifiable Losses
relating to, arising out of or resulting from such Indemnifiable Claim in
accordance with Section 2 and no Standard of Conduct Determination (as defined
in Section 7(b)) shall be required.
 
(b)           To the extent that the provisions of Section 7(a) are inapplicable
to an Indemnifiable Claim that shall have been finally disposed of, any
determination of whether Indemnitee has satisfied the applicable Standard of
Conduct (a “Standard of Conduct Deter­mi­na­tion”) shall be made as follows:
 
(i)           if a Change in Control shall not have occurred, or if a Change in
Control shall have occurred but Indemnitee shall have requested that the
Standard of Conduct Determination be made pursuant to this clause (i),
 
(A)           by a majority vote of the Dis­interested Directors, even if less
than a quorum of the Board,
 

 
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                (B)           if such Disinterested Directors so direct, by a
majority vote of a committee of Disinterested Directors designated by a majority
vote of all Disinterested Directors, or
 
(C)           if there are no such Disinterested Directors, or if a majority of
the Disinterested Directors so direct, by Independent Counsel (who shall be
selected in accordance with Section 7(e) below) in a written opinion addressed
to the Board, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee; and
 
(ii)           if a Change in Control shall have occurred and Indemnitee shall
not have requested that the Standard of Conduct Determination be made pursuant
to clause (i), by Independent Counsel (who shall be selected in accordance with
Section 7(e) below) in a written opinion addressed to the Board, a copy of which
shall be delivered to Indemnitee.
 
Indemnitee shall cooperate with reasonable requests of the individual or firm
making such Standard of Conduct Determination, including providing to such
Person documentation or information which is not privileged or otherwise
protected from disclosure and which is reasonably available to Indemnitee and
reasonably necessary to such determination without incurring any unreimbursed
cost in connection therewith.  The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless
Indemnitee against and, if requested by Indemnitee, shall reimburse Indemnitee
for, or advance to Indemnitee, within ten business days of such request
accompanied by supporting documentation for specific costs and expenses to be
reimbursed or advanced, any and all costs and expenses (including attorneys’ and
experts’ fees and expenses) incurred by Indemnitee in so cooperating with the
Person making such Standard of Conduct Determination.
 
(c)           The Company shall use its reasonable efforts to cause any Standard
of Conduct Determination required under Section 7(b) to be made as promptly as
practicable.  If (i) the Person empowered or selected under Section 7 to make
the Standard of Conduct Deter­mi­na­tion shall not have made a determination
within 30 calendar days after the later of (A) receipt by the Company of written
notice from Indemnitee advising the Company of the final disposition of the
applicable Indemnifiable Claim (the date of such receipt being the “Notification
Date”) and (B) the selection of an Independent Counsel, if such determination is
to be made by Independent Counsel, that is permitted under the provisions of
Section 7(e) to make such determination, and (ii) Indemnitee shall have
fulfilled his/her obligations set forth in the second sentence of Section 7(b),
then Indemnitee shall be deemed to have satisfied the applicable Standard of
Conduct; provided, that such 30-day period may be extended for a reasonable
time, not to exceed an additional 30 calendar days, if the Person making such
determination in good faith requires such additional time for the obtaining or
evaluation or documentation and/or information relating thereto.
 
(d)           If (i) Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification hereunder
against any Indemnifiable Losses pursuant to Section 7(a), (ii) no determination
of whether Indemnitee has satisfied any applicable standard of conduct under
Delaware law is a legally required condition precedent to indemnification of
Indemnitee hereunder against any Indemnifiable Losses, or (iii) Indemnitee has
been determined or deemed pursuant to Section 7(b) or (c) to have satisfied the
applicable Standard of Conduct, then the Company shall pay to Indemnitee, within
ten business days after the later of (x) the Notification Date in respect of the
Indemnifiable Claim or portion thereof to which such Indemnifiable Losses are
related, out of which such IndemnifiableLosses arose or from which such
Indemnifiable Losses resulted and (y) the earliest date on which the applicable
criterion specified in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above shall have been
satisfied, an amount equal to the amount of such Indemnifiable Losses.  Nothing
herein is intended to mean or imply that the Company is intending to use Section
145(f) of the Delaware General Cor­por­a­tion Law to dispense with a requirement
that Indemnitee meet the applicable Standard of Conduct where it is otherwise
required by such statute.
 
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(e)           If a Standard of Conduct Determination is required to be, but has
not been, made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 7(b)(i), the
Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Board or a Board Committee, and the
Company shall give written notice to Indemnitee advising him or her of the
identity of the Independent Counsel so selected.  If a Standard of Conduct
Determination is required to be, or to have been, made by Independent Counsel
pursuant to Section 7(b)(ii), the Independent Counsel shall be selected by
Indemnitee, and Indemnitee shall give written notice to the Company advising it
of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected.  In either case,
Indemnitee or the Company, as applicable, may, within five business days after
receiving written notice of selection from the other, deliver to the other a
written objection to such selection; provided, that such objection may be
asserted only on the ground that the Independent Counsel so selected does not
satisfy the criteria set forth in the definition of “Independent Counsel” in
Section 1(h), and the objection shall set forth with particularity the factual
basis of such assertion.  Absent a proper and timely objection, the Person so
selected shall act as Independent Counsel.  If such written objection is
properly and timely made and substantiated, (i) the Independent Counsel so
selected may not serve as Independent Counsel unless and until such objection is
withdrawn or a court has determined that such objection is without merit and
(ii) the non-objecting party may, at its option, select an alternative
Independent Counsel and give written notice to the other party advising such
other party of the identity of the alternative Independent Counsel so selected,
in which case the provisions of the two immediately preceding sentences and
clause (i) of this sentence shall apply to such subsequent selection and
notice.  If applicable, the provisions of clause (ii) of the immediately
preceding sentence shall apply to successive alternative selections.  If no
Independent Counsel that is permitted under the foregoing provisions of this
Section 7(e) to make the Standard of Conduct Determination shall have been
selected within 30 calendar days after the Company gives its initial notice
pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 7(e) or Indemnitee gives its
initial notice pursuant to the second sentence of this Section 7(e), as the case
may be, either the Company or Indemnitee may petition the Court of Chancery of
the State of Delaware for resolution of any objection which shall have been made
by the Company or Indemnitee to the other’s selection of Independent Counsel
and/or for the appointment as Independent Counsel of a person or firm selected
by the Court or by such other person as the Court shall designate, and the
person or firm with respect to whom all objections are so resolved or the person
or firm so appointed will act as Independent Counsel.  In all events, the
Company shall pay all of the actual and reasonable fees and expenses of the
Independent Counsel incurred in connection with the Independent Counsel’s
determination pursuant to Section 7(b).
 
8.    Presumption of Entitlement.  Notwithstanding any other provision hereof,
in making any Standard of Conduct Determination, the Person making such
determination shall presume that Indemnitee has satisfied the applicable
Standard of Conduct, and the Company may overcome such presumption only by its
adducing clear and convincing evidence to the contrary.
 
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Any Standard of Conduct Determination that is adverse to Indemnitee may be
challenged by the Indemnitee in the Court of Chancery of the State of
Delaware.  No determination by the Company (including by its directors or any
Independent Counsel) that Indemnitee has not satisfied any applicable Standard
of Conduct shall be a defense to any Claim by Indemnitee for indemnification or
reimbursement or advance payment of Expenses by the Company hereunder or create
a presumption that Indemnitee has not met any applicable Standard of Conduct.
 
9.    No Other Presumption.  For purposes of this Agreement, the termination of
any Claim by judgment, order, settlement (whether with or without court
approval) or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent,
will not create a presumption that Indemnitee did not meet any applicable
Standard of Conduct or that indemnification hereunder is otherwise not
permitted.
 
10.    Non-Exclusivity.  The rights of Indemnitee hereunder will be in addition
to any other rights Indemnitee may have under the Constituent Documents, or the
substantive laws of the Company’s jurisdiction of incorporation, any other
contract or otherwise (collectively, “Other Indemnity Provisions”); provided,
that (a) to the extent that Indemnitee otherwise would have any greater right to
indemnification under any Other Indemnity Provision, Indemnitee will without
further action be deemed to have such greater right hereunder, and (b) to the
extent that any change is made to any Other Indemnity Provision which permits
any greater right to indem­ni­fi­ca­tion than that provided under this Agreement
as of the date hereof, Indemnitee will be deemed to have such greater right
hereunder.  The Company may not, without the consent of Indemnitee, adopt any
amendment to any of the Constituent Documents the effect of which would be to
deny, diminish or encumber Indemnitee’s right to indemnification under this
Agreement.
 
11.    Liability Insurance and Funding.  For the duration of Indemnitee’s
service as a director and/or officer of the Company and for not less than five
years thereafter, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts (taking
into account the scope and amount of coverage available relative to the cost
thereof) to cause to be maintained in effect policies of directors’ and
officers’ liability insurance providing coverage for Indemnitee that is at least
as favorable in scope and amount to that provided by the Company’s current
policies of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance.  Upon request, the
Company shall provide Indemnitee or his or her counsel with a copy of all
directors’ and officers’ liability insurance applications, binders, policies,
declarations, endorsements and other related materials.  In all policies of
directors’ and officers’ liability insurance obtained by the Company, Indemnitee
shall be named as an insured in such a manner as to provide Indemnitee the same
rights and benefits, subject to the same limitations, as are accorded to the
Company’s directors and officers most favorably insured by such
policy.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Company may, but shall not be
required to, create a trust fund, grant a security interest or use other means,
including a letter of credit, to ensure the payment of such amounts as may be
necessary to satisfy its obligations to indemnify and advance expenses pursuant
to this Agreement and (ii) in renewing or seeking to renew any insurance
hereunder, the Company will not be required to expend more than 3.0 times the
premium amount of the immediately preceding policy period (equitably adjusted if
necessary to reflect differences in policy periods).
 
 
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12.    Subrogation.  In the event of payment under this Agreement, the Company
shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the related rights
of recovery of Indemnitee against other Persons (other than Indemnitee’s
successors), including any entity or enterprise referred to in clause (i) of the
definition of “Indemnifiable Claim” in Section 1(f).  Indemnitee shall execute
all papers reasonably required to evidence such rights (all of Indemnitee’s
reasonable Expenses, including attorneys’ fees and charges, related thereto to
be reimbursed by or, at the option of Indemnitee, advanced by the Company).
 
13.    No Duplication of Payments.  The Company shall not be liable under this
Agree­ment to make any payment to Indemnitee in respect of any Indemnifiable
Losses to the extent Indemnitee has otherwise already actually received payment
(net of Expenses incurred in con­nec­tion therewith) under any insurance policy,
the Constituent Documents and Other Indemnity Provisions or otherwise (including
from any entity or enterprise referred to in clause (i) of the definition of
“Indemnifiable Claim” in Section 1(f)) in respect of such Indemnifiable Losses
otherwise indemnifiable hereunder.
 
14.    Defense of Claims.  Subject to the provisions of applicable policies of
directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, the Company shall be entitled to
participate in the defense of any Indemnifiable Claim or to assume or lead the
defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnitee;
provided, that if Indemnitee determines, after consultation with counsel
selected by Indemnitee, that (a) the use of counsel chosen by the Company to
represent Indemnitee would present such counsel with an actual or potential
conflict, (b) the named parties in any such Indemnifiable Claim (including any
impleaded parties) include both the Company and Indemnitee and Indemnitee shall
conclude that there may be one or more legal defenses available to him or her
that are different from or in addition to those available to the Company,
(c) any such representation by such counsel would be precluded under the
applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, or (d) Indemnitee
has interests in the claim or underlying subject matter that are different from
or in addition to those of other Persons against whom the Claim has been made or
might reasonably be expected to be made, then Indemnitee shall be entitled to
retain separate counsel (but not more than one law firm plus, if applicable,
local counsel in respect of any particular Indemnifiable Claim for all
indemnitees in Indemnitee’s circumstances) at the Company’s expense.  The
Company shall not be liable to Indemnitee under this Agreement for any amounts
paid in settlement of any threatened or pending Indemnifiable Claim effected
without the Company’s prior written consent.  The Company shall not, without the
prior written consent of the Indemnitee, effect any settlement of any threatened
or pending Indemnifiable Claim 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 the Indemnitee from all liability on any
claims that are the subject matter of such Indemnifiable Claim.  Neither the
Company nor Indemnitee shall unreasonably withhold its 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.
 
15.    Successors and Binding Agreement.
 
(a)           The Company shall require any successor (whether direct or
indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation, reorganization or otherwise) to
all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company expressly to
assume and agree to perform this Agreement in
 
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the same manner and to the same extent the Company would be required to perform
if no such succession had taken place.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the Company and any successor to the Company, including
any Person acquiring directly or indirectly all or substantially all of the
business or assets of the Company whether by purchase, merger, consolidation,
reorganization or otherwise (and such successor will thereafter be deemed the
“Company” for purposes of this Agreement), but shall not otherwise be assignable
or delegable by the Company.
 
(b)           This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by
the Indemnitee’s personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators,
heirs, distributees, legatees and other successors.
 
(c)           This Agreement is personal in nature and neither of the parties
hereto shall, without the consent of the other, assign or delegate this
Agreement or any rights or obli­ga­tions hereunder except as expressly provided
in Sections 15(a) and 15(b).  Without limiting the generality or effect of the
foregoing, Indemnitee’s right to receive payments hereunder shall not be
assignable, whether by pledge, creation of a security interest or otherwise,
other than by a transfer by the Indemnitee’s will or by the laws of descent and
distribution, and, in the event of any attempted assignment or transfer contrary
to this Section 15(c), the Company shall have no liability to pay any amount so
attempted to be assigned or transferred.
 
16.    Notices.  For all purposes of this Agreement, all communications,
including notices, consents, requests or approvals, required or permitted to be
given hereunder must be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given
when hand delivered or dispatched by electronic facsimile transmission (with
receipt thereof orally confirmed), or one business day after having been sent
for next-day delivery by a nationally recognized overnight courier service,
addressed to the Company (to the attention of the Secretary of the Company) and
to Indemnitee at the applicable address shown on the signature page hereto, or
to such other address as any party may have furnished to the other in writing
and in accordance herewith, except that notices of changes of address will be
effective only upon receipt.
 
17.    Governing Law.  The validity, interpretation, construction and
performance of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the substantive laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the
principles of conflict of laws of such State.  The Company and Indemnitee each
hereby irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of the Chancery Court of the
State of Delaware for all purposes in connection with any action or proceeding
which arises out of or relates to this Agreement, waive all procedural
objections to suit in that jurisdiction, including objections as to venue or
inconvenience, agree that service in any such action may be made by notice given
in accordance with Section 16 and also agree that any action instituted under
this Agreement shall be brought only in the Chancery Court of the State of
Delaware.
 
18.    Validity.  If any provision of this Agreement or the application of any
provision hereof to any Person or circumstance is held invalid, unenforceable or
otherwise illegal, the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such
provision to any other Person or cir­cum­stance shall not be affected, and the
provision so held to be invalid, unenforceable or otherwise illegal shall be
reformed to the extent, and only to the extent, necessary to make it
 
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enforceable, valid or legal.  In the event that any court or other adjudicative
body shall decline to reform any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid,
unenforceable or otherwise illegal as contemplated by the immediately preceding
sentence, the parties thereto shall take all such action as may be necessary or
appropriate to replace the provision so held to be invalid, unenforceable or
otherwise illegal with one or more alternative provisions that effectuate the
purpose and intent of the original provisions of this Agreement as fully as
possible without being invalid, unenforceable or otherwise illegal.
 
19.    Miscellaneous.  No provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified or
discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in writing
signed by Indemnitee and the Company.  No waiver by either party hereto at any
time of any breach by the other party hereto or compliance with any condition or
provision of this Agreement to be performed by such other party shall be deemed
a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions at the same or at any
prior or subsequent time.  No agreements or representations, oral or otherwise,
expressed or implied with respect to the subject matter hereof have been made by
either party that are not set forth expressly in this Agreement.  This Agreement
shall not impose any obligation on Indemnitee or the Company to continue
Indemnitee’s service to the Company beyond any period otherwise required by law
or by other agreements or commitments of the parties, if any.
 
20.    Legal Fees and Expenses.  It is the intent of the Company that Indemnitee
not be required to incur legal fees and or other Expenses associated with the
interpretation, enforcement or defense of Indemnitee’s rights under this
Agreement by litigation or otherwise because the cost and expense thereof would
substantially detract from the benefits intended to be extended to Indemnitee
hereunder.  Accordingly, without limiting the generality or effect of any other
provision hereof, if it should reasonably appear to Indemnitee that the Company
has failed to comply with any of its obligations under this Agreement or in the
event that the Company or any other Person takes or threatens to take any action
to declare this Agreement void or un­enforce­able, or institutes any litigation
or other action or proceeding designed to improperly deny, or to improperly
recover from, Indemnitee the benefits provided or intended to be provided to
Indemnitee hereunder, the Company irrevocably authorizes the Indemnitee from
time to time to retain counsel of Indemnitee’s choice, at the expense of the
Company as hereafter provided, to advise and represent Indemnitee in connection
with any such interpretation, enforcement or defense, including the initiation
or defense of any litigation or other legal action, whether by or against the
Company or any director, officer, stockholder or other Person affiliated with
the Company, in any jurisdiction.  Without limiting the generality or effect of
any other provision hereof or respect to whether Indemnitee prevails, in whole
or in part, in connec­tion with any of the foregoing, the Company will pay and
be solely financially responsible for any and all attorneys’ and related fees
and expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with
any of the foregoing.
 
21.    Certain Interpretive Matters.  Unless the context of this Agreement
otherwise requires, (1) “it” or “its” or words of any gender include each other
gender, (2) words using the singular or plural number also include the plural or
singular number, respectively, (3) the terms “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby” and
derivative or similar words refer to this entire Agreement, (4) the terms
“Article,” “Section,” “Annex” or “Exhibit” refer to the specified Article,
Section, Annex or Exhibit of or to this Agreement, (5) the terms “include,”
“includes” and “including” will be deemed to be followed by the words “without
limitation” (whether or not so expressed), and (6) the word “or” is disjunctive
but not exclusive.  Whenever this Agreement refers to a number of days, such
number will refer to calendar days unless business days are specified and
whenever action must be taken (including the giving of notice or the delivery of
documents) under this Agreement during a certain period of time or by a
particular date that ends or occurs on a non-business day, then such period or
date will be extended until the immediately following business day.  As used
herein, “business day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or a United
States federal holiday.
 
 
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22.    Entire Agreement.  This Agreement and the Constituent Documents
constitute the entire agreement, and supersede all prior agreements and
understandings, both written and oral, between the parties hereto with respect
to the subject matter of this Agreement.  Any prior agreements or understandings
between the parties hereto with respect to indemnification are hereby terminated
and of no further force or effect.
 
23.    Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which will be deemed to be an original but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Indemnitee has executed and the Company has caused its duly
authorized representative to execute this Agreement as of the date first above
written.
 
 
                                              HSW INTERNATIONAL, INC.
 
 
 
                                              By: ________________________________          
                                              Name:______________________________                      
                                              Title:_______________________________                      
 
 
                                              INDEMNITEE
 
 
 
                                          ___________________________________

                                              Name:  ______________________________
 
 
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