Form of Indemnity Agreement



 Exhibit 10(l) 
 INVACARE CORPORATION 
 FORM OF INDEMNITY AGREEMENT 
 THIS AGREEMENT is made as of the      day of         ,
20    , by and between INVACARE CORPORATION, an Ohio corporation (the “Corporation”), and
                     (“Indemnitee”), a Director and an Officer of the Corporation. 
 WHEREAS, it is essential to the Corporation to retain and attract as Directors and/or Officers the most capable persons available, such
as Indemnitee; and 
 WHEREAS, the prevalence of corporate litigation subjects directors and officers to expensive litigation
risks, and it is the policy of the Corporation to indemnify its Directors and/or Officers so as to provide them with the maximum possible protection permitted by law; and 
 WHEREAS, in addition, because the statutory indemnification provisions of the Ohio Revised Code expressly provide that they are non-exclusive, it is the policy of the Corporation to indemnify
Directors and Officers who, on behalf of the Corporation, have entered into settlements of derivative suits or have paid judgments, fines or penalties therefor, provided they have not breached the applicable statutory standard of conduct; and

 WHEREAS, Indemnitee does not regard the protection available under the Corporation’s Code of Regulations and
insurance, if any, as adequate in the present circumstances, and considers it necessary and desirable to his or her service as a Director and/or Officer to have maximum protection, and the Corporation desires to provide such protection to induce
Indemnitee to serve in such capacity; and 
 WHEREAS, the Ohio Revised Code Section 1701.13(E) and the Corporation’s
Code of Regulations Article V(a) provide that indemnification of Directors and Officers of the Corporation may be authorized by agreement, and thereby contemplates that contracts of this nature may be entered into between the Corporation and
Indemnitee with respect to indemnification of Indemnitee as a Director or an Officer of the Corporation. 
 NOW, THEREFORE,
for good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, the Corporation and Indemnitee do hereby agree as follows: 
 1. Agreement to Serve. Indemnitee agrees to serve or continue to serve as a Director and/or Officer of the Corporation for so long as he or she is duly elected or appointed or until such time as
he or she tenders his or her resignation in writing or is otherwise terminated or removed from office. 
 The Corporation
expressly confirms and agrees that it has entered into this Agreement and assumed the obligations imposed on the Corporation hereby in order to induce Indemnitee to continue to serve as a Director and/or 








 
Officer of the Corporation, and acknowledges that Indemnitee is relying upon this Agreement in continuing in such capacity. 
 2. Definitions. As used in this Agreement: 
 The term “Proceeding” shall include any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether brought by or in the right of the Corporation or otherwise and whether of a civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative nature, in which Indemnitee may be or may have been involved as a party or otherwise, by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a Director and/or Officer of the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation,
by reason of any action taken by Indemnitee or of any inaction on his or her part while acting as such a Director and/or Officer, or by reason of the fact that he or she is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer,
member or manager, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign, non-profit or for-profit, a limited liability company or a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise; in each case whether or not he or
she is acting or serving in any such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification or reimbursement can be provided under this Agreement. 
 The term “Expenses” shall include, without limitation, expenses of investigations, judicial or administrative proceedings or appeals, attorneys’ fees and disbursements and any
expenses of establishing a right to indemnification under Paragraph 9 of this Agreement, but shall not include the amount of judgments, fines or penalties against or settlements paid by Indemnitee. 
 References to “other enterprise” shall include, without limitation, employee benefit plans; references to “fines”
shall include, without limitation, any excise tax assessed with respect to any employee benefit plan; references to “serving at the request of the Corporation” shall include, without limitation, any service as a Director or Officer of the
Corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such Director or Officer with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to
be in the best interests of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation” as referred to in this Agreement. 
 3. Indemnity in Third-Party Proceedings. The Corporation shall indemnify Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Paragraph 3
if Indemnitee is a party to or threatened to be made a party to or otherwise involved in any Proceeding (other than a Proceeding by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor) by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or
was a Director and/or Officer of the Corporation or a subsidiary of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, member or manager, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation,
domestic or foreign, non-profit or for-profit, a limited liability company or a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against all Expenses, judgments, settlements, fines and penalties, actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee
in connection with the defense or settlement of such Proceeding, but only if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of 








 
the Corporation and, in the case of a criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. The termination of any
such Proceeding by judgment, order of court, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere, or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and with respect to any criminal proceeding, that such person had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. 
 4. Indemnity for Expenses in Proceedings by or in the Right of the Corporation. The Corporation shall indemnify Indemnitee in accordance
with the provisions of this Paragraph 4 if Indemnitee is a party to or threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a
Director and/or Officer of the Corporation or a subsidiary of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, member or manager, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation, domestic or
foreign, non-profit or for-profit, a limited liability company or a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the defense of such Proceeding, but
only if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, except that no indemnification for Expenses shall be made under this Paragraph 4 in respect
of any claim, issue or matter as to which Indemnitee shall have been adjudged by a court order or judgment, by a court of competent jurisdiction, to be liable to the Corporation, unless and only to the extent that any court in which such Proceeding
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 indemnity for such expenses as such court shall deem proper.

 5. Indemnity for Amounts Paid in Settlement in Proceedings by or in the Right of the Corporation. The Corporation shall
indemnify Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Paragraph 5 if Indemnitee is a party to or threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact
that Indemnitee is or was a Director and/or Officer of the Corporation or a subsidiary of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, member or manager, partner, trustee, officer, employee, or
agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign, non-profit or for-profit, a limited liability company or a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against all amounts actually and reasonably paid in settlement by Indemnitee in
connection with any such Proceeding, but only if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation. 
 6. Indemnity for Amounts Paid for in Judgments in Proceedings by or in the Right of the Corporation. The Corporation shall indemnify
Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Paragraph 6 if Indemnitee is a party to or threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that
Indemnitee is or was a Director and/or Officer of the Corporation or a subsidiary of the Corporation, 








 
or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, member or manager, partner, trustee, officer, employee, or agent of another
corporation, domestic or foreign, non-profit or for-profit, a limited liability company or a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against all judgments, fines and penalties actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in
connection with any such Proceeding, but only if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation. 
 7. Indemnification of Expenses of Successful Party. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that Indemnitee
has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any Proceeding or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, including dismissal without prejudice, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses incurred in connection
therewith. 
 8. Advances of Expenses. Any Expenses incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee pursuant to Paragraphs 3 or 4 in
any Proceeding shall be paid by the Corporation in advance upon the written request of Indemnitee if Indemnitee shall undertake to (a) repay such amount to the extent that it is ultimately determined by clear and convincing evidence in a court
that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification hereunder, and (b) reasonably cooperate with the Corporation concerning the action, suit or proceeding giving rise to the Expenses. Any advances to be made under this Paragraph 8 shall be paid
by the Corporation to Indemnitee within twenty (20) days following delivery of a written request therefor by Indemnitee to the Corporation. 
 9. Procedure. Any indemnification and advances provided for in Paragraph 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 shall be made no later than twenty (20) days after receipt of the written request of Indemnitee. If a claim under this
Agreement, under any statute, or under any provision of the Corporation’s Code of Regulations or Articles of Incorporation providing for indemnification, is not paid in full by the Corporation within twenty (20) days after a written
request for payment thereof has been first received by the Corporation, Indemnitee may, but need not, at any time thereafter bring an action against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, subject to the other provisions of
this Agreement, Indemnitee also shall be entitled to be paid for the Expenses of bringing such action. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for Expenses incurred in connection with any action,
suit or proceeding in advance of its final disposition) that Indemnitee has not met the standards of conduct which make it permissible under applicable law for the Corporation to indemnify Indemnitee for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving
such defense shall be on the Corporation and Indemnitee shall be entitled to receive advance payments of expenses pursuant to Paragraph 8 hereof unless and until such defense may be finally adjudicated by court order or judgment from which no
further right of appeal exists. It is the parties’ intention that if the Corporation contests Indemnitee’s right to indemnification, the question of Indemnitee’s right to indemnification shall be for the court to decide. There shall
exist in such action a rebuttable presumption that Indemnitee has met the applicable standard(s) of conduct and is therefore entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of
Directors, any committee or subgroup of the Board of Directors, 








 
independent legal counsel or its shareholders) to have made a determination that indemnification of Indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because
Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct as may be required by applicable law, nor any actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, any committee or subgroup of the Board of Directors, independent legal
counsel, or its shareholders) that Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall (a) constitute a defense to such action, (b) create a presumption that Indemnitee has or has not met the applicable standard of conduct,
or (c) otherwise alter the presumption in favor of Indemnitee referred to in the preceding sentence. 
 10. Allowance
for Compliance with SEC Requirements. Indemnitee acknowledges that the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has expressed the opinion that indemnification of directors and officers from liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “Act”), is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. Indemnitee hereby acknowledges and agrees that it will not be a breach of this Agreement for the Corporation to undertake with the
SEC in connection with the registration for sale of any capital stock or other securities of the Corporation from time to time that, in the event a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Corporation of
expenses incurred or paid by a director or officer of the Corporation in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted in connection with such capital stock or other securities being registered, the Corporation will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of competent jurisdiction on the question of whether or not such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue. Indemnitee further agrees that such submission to a court of competent jurisdiction shall not be a breach of this Agreement. 
 11. Indemnification Hereunder Not Exclusive. The indemnification provided by this Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee may be entitled under the
Articles of Incorporation or the Code of Regulations of the Corporation, any agreement, any vote of shareholders or disinterested directors, the Ohio General Corporation Laws, or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to
action in another capacity while holding such office. 
 The indemnification under this Agreement for any action taken or not
taken while serving in an indemnified capacity shall continue as to Indemnitee even though he or she may have ceased to be a Director and/or Officer and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and personal representatives of Indemnitee.

 12. Partial Indemnification. If Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this Agreement to indemnification by the
Corporation for some claims, issues or matters, but not as to other claims, issues or matters, or for some or a portion of the Expenses, judgments, fines or penalties actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or amounts actually and reasonably
paid in settlement by Indemnitee in the investigation, defense, appeal or settlement of any Proceeding, but not for the total amount thereof, the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify 








 
Indemnitee for the portion of such claims, issues or matters or Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement to which Indemnitee is
entitled. 
 13. No Rights of Continued Employment. Nothing contained in this Agreement is intended to create in Indemnitee
any right to continued employment with the Corporation. 
 14. Reimbursement to Corporation by Indemnitee; Limitation on
Amounts Paid by Corporation. To the extent Indemnitee has been indemnified by the Corporation hereunder and later receives payments from any insurance carrier covering the same Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement so
indemnified by the Corporation hereunder, Indemnitee shall immediately reimburse the Corporation hereunder for all such amounts received from the insurer. 
 Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to recover amounts under this Agreement which, when added to the amount of indemnification payments made to, or on behalf of,
Indemnitee, under the Articles of Incorporation or Code of Regulations of the Corporation, in the aggregate exceed the Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee (“Excess
Amounts”). To the extent the Corporation has paid Excess Amounts to Indemnitee, Indemnitee shall be obligated to immediately reimburse the Corporation for such Excess Amounts. 
 Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Corporation shall not be obligated under the terms of this Agreement to
indemnify Indemnitee: 
 (a) or advance expenses to Indemnitee with respect to proceedings or claims initiated or brought
voluntarily by Indemnitee and not by way of defense, except with respect to Proceedings brought to establish or enforce a right to indemnification under this Agreement or any other statute or law or otherwise, but such indemnification or advancement
of expenses may be provided by the Corporation in specific cases if the Board of Directors finds it appropriate; 
 (b) if it
is proved by final judgment in a court of law or other final adjudication to have been based upon or attributable to the Indemnitee’s in fact having gained any personal profit or advantage to which he or she was not legally entitled;

 (c) for any expenses incurred by Indemnitee with respect to any proceeding instituted by Indemnitee to enforce or
interpret this Agreement, if a court of competent jurisdiction determines that each of the material assertions made by Indemnitee in such proceeding was not made in good faith or was frivolous; 
 (d) for a disgorgement of profits made from the purchase and sale by Indemnitee of securities pursuant to Section 16(b) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or similar provisions of any state statutory law or common law; or 
 (e) for any Expenses,
judgment, fine or penalty which the Corporation is prohibited by applicable law from paying as indemnity or for any other reason. 







 15. Scope. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, except Paragraph 14
hereof, the Corporation hereby agrees to indemnify the Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, notwithstanding that such indemnification is not specifically authorized by the other provisions of this Agreement, the Corporation’s Code
of Regulations or Articles of Incorporation, or by statute. In the event of any change, after the date of this Agreement, in any applicable law, statute or rule which expands the right of an Ohio corporation to indemnify a member of its board of
directors or an officer, such change shall be deemed to be within the purview of the Indemnitee’s rights and the Corporation’s obligations under this Agreement. In the event of any change in any applicable law, statute or rule which
narrows the right of an Ohio corporation to indemnify a member of its board of directors or an officer, such change, to the extent not otherwise required by such law, statute or rule to be applied to this Agreement, shall have no effect on this
Agreement or the parties’ rights and obligations hereunder. 
 16. Notice to Insurers. If, at the time of the receipt of
a written request of Indemnitee pursuant to Paragraph 9 hereof, the Corporation has director and officer liability insurance in effect, the Corporation shall give prompt notice of the commencement of such proceeding to the insurers in accordance
with the procedures set forth in the respective policies. The Corporation shall thereafter take all necessary or desirable action, using commercially reasonable efforts, to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of the Indemnitee, all amounts payable
as a result of such proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policies. 
 17. Continuation of Rights and Obligations.
All rights and obligations of the Corporation and Indemnitee hereunder shall continue in full force and effect despite the subsequent amendment or modification of the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation or Code of Regulations, as such are
in effect on the date hereof, and such rights and obligations shall not be affected by any such amendment or modification, any resolution of directors or shareholders of the Corporation, or by any other corporate action which conflicts with or
purports to amend, modify, limit or eliminate any of the rights or obligations of the Corporation and/or Indemnitee hereunder. 
 18. Amendment and Modification. This Agreement may only be amended, modified or supplemented by the written agreement of the Corporation and Indemnitee. 
 19. Assignment. This Agreement shall not be assigned by the Corporation or Indemnitee without the prior written consent of the other party thereto, except that the Corporation may freely assign
its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any subsidiary for whom Indemnitee is serving as a director and/or officer thereof; provided, however, that no permitted assignment shall release the assignor from its obligations hereunder. Subject
to the foregoing, this Agreement and all of the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, including, without limitation, any successor to the Corporation by
way of merger, consolidation and/or sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the capital stock of the Corporation. 







 20. Saving Clause. If this Agreement or any portion thereof shall be invalidated on any
ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee as to Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any Proceeding to the full extent permitted by any
applicable portion of this Agreement that shall not have been invalidated or by any other applicable law. 
 21.
Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more fully or partially executed counterparts each of which shall be deemed an original binding the signer thereof against the other signing parties, but all counterparts together shall
constitute one and the same instrument. Executed signature pages may be removed from counterpart agreements and attached to one or more fully executed copies of this Agreement. The parties may execute and deliver this Agreement by facsimile
signature, which shall have the same binding effect as an original ink signature. 
 22. Notice. Indemnitee shall, as a
condition precedent to his or her right to be indemnified under this Agreement, give to the Corporation notice in writing as soon as practicable of any claim made against him or her for which indemnity will or could be sought under this Agreement.
Notice to the Corporation shall be directed to the Corporation at its headquarters located at One Invacare Way, Elyria, Ohio 44035, Attention: Chairman (or such other address as the Corporation shall designate in writing to Indemnitee). Notice shall
be deemed received three days after the date postmarked if sent by prepaid mail, properly addressed. In addition, Indemnitee shall give the Corporation such information and cooperation as it may reasonably require within Indemnitee’s power.

 23. Applicable Law. All matters with respect to this Agreement, including, without limitation, matters of validity,
construction, effect and performance, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio applicable to contracts made and to be performed therein between the residents thereof (regardless of the laws that might
otherwise be applicable under principles of conflict of law). 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereby have caused this
Agreement to be duly executed and signed as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	 INVACARE CORPORATION

	 THE “CORPORATION”

		
	 By
	 	  

	 Its:
	 	
	
	 “INDEMNITEE”










 Schedule of Indemnity Agreements with Current Directors and Executive Officers 
  

					
	 Name
	  	 Position
	  	 Date of Agreement

	 A. Malachi Mixon, III
	  	 Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
	  	May 24, 2001
	 Gerald B. Blouch
	  	 President, Chief Operating Officer and Director
	  	May 24, 2001
	 Robert K. Gudbranson
	  	 Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
	  	April 1, 2008
	 Anthony C. LaPlaca
	  	 Senior Vice President and General Counsel
	  	December 29, 2008
	 Joseph B. Richey, II
	  	 President - Invacare Technologies, Senior Vice President - Electronics and Design Engineering and Director
	  	May 24, 2001
	 Louis F.J. Slangen
	  	 Senior Vice President - Sales & Marketing
	  	May 24, 2001
	 Joseph S. Usaj
	  	 Senior Vice President - Human Resources
	  	May 17, 2004
	 James C. Boland
	  	 Director
	  	May 24, 2001
	 Michael F. Delaney
	  	 Director
	  	May 24, 2001
	 Dr. C. Martin Harris
	  	 Director
	  	January 24, 2003
	 Dr. Bernadine P.Healy
	  	 Director
	  	May 24, 2001
	 John R. Kasich
	  	 Director
	  	May 24, 2001
	 Dan T. Moore, III
	  	 Director
	  	May 24, 2001
	 William M. Weber
	  	 Director
	  	May 24, 2001
	 Dale C. LaPorte
	  	 Director
	  	February 12, 2009

  

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