Exhibit 10.1 Indemnification Agreement 08102005


    


    INDEMNIFICATION
      AGREEMENT

     

    This
      Indemnification Agreement ("Agreement") is made as of ______, 200__ 
      by and between
      Weider Nutrition International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
      and _____________________ ("Indemnitee").

     

    RECITALS

     

    WHEREAS,
      highly
      competent persons have become more reluctant to serve publicly-held corporations
      as directors or officers or in other capacities unless they are provided with
      adequate protection through insurance or adequate indemnification against
      inordinate risks of claims and actions against them arising out of their service
      to and activities on behalf of the corporation;

     

    WHEREAS,
      the Board
      of Directors of the Company (the "Board") has determined that, in order to
      attract and retain qualified individuals, the Company will attempt to maintain
      on an ongoing basis, at its sole expense, liability insurance to protect persons
      serving the Company and its subsidiaries from certain liabilities. Although
      the
      furnishing of such insurance has been a customary and widespread practice among
      United States-based corporations and other business enterprises, the Company
      believes that, given current market conditions and trends, such insurance may
      be
      available to it in the future only at higher premiums and with more exclusions.
      At the same time, directors, officers, and other persons in service to
      corporations or business enterprises are being increasingly subjected to
      expensive and time-consuming litigation relating to, among other things, matters
      that traditionally would have been brought only against the corporation or
      business enterprise itself. The Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of
      Incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) and the Company’s Amended and
      Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”) require indemnification of the officers and
      directors of the Company. Indemnitee may also be entitled to indemnification
      pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware ("DGCL").
      The
      Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws and DGCL indemnification provisions are
      not
      exclusive, and thereby contemplate that contracts may be entered into between
      the Company and members of the Board, officers and other persons with respect
      to
      indemnification;

     

    WHEREAS,
      the
      uncertainties relating to such insurance and to indemnification have increased
      the difficulty of attracting and retaining such persons;

     

    WHEREAS,
      the Board
      has determined that the increased difficulty in attracting and retaining such
      persons 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 increased
      certainty of such protection in the future;

     

    WHEREAS,
      it is
      reasonable, prudent and necessary for the Company contractually to obligate
      itself to indemnify, and to advance expenses on behalf of, such persons to
      the
      fullest extent permitted by applicable law so that they will serve or continue
      to serve for or on behalf of the Company free from undue concern that they
      will
      not be so indemnified; 

     

    WHEREAS,
      this
      Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the Certificate of
      Incorporation and Bylaws and any resolutions adopted pursuant thereto, and
      shall
      not be deemed a substitute therefor, nor to diminish or abrogate any rights
      of
      Indemnitee thereunder;

     

    WHEREAS,
      Indemnitee
      does not regard the protection available under the Certificate of Incorporation
      and Bylaws and insurance as adequate in the present circumstances, and may
      not
      be willing to serve as an officer or director without adequate protection,
      and
      the Company desires Indemnitee to serve in such capacity. Indemnitee is willing
      to serve, continue to serve and to take on additional service for or on behalf
      of the Company on the condition that he be so indemnified; and

     

    NOW,
      THEREFORE, in
      consideration of the premises and the covenants contained herein, the Company
      and Indemnitee do hereby covenant and agree as follows:

     


    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    


    


     

    Section
      1.  Services
      to the
      Company.
      Indemnitee agrees
      to serve as an officer/director of the Company and to serve as a director,
      officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of such other subsidiary, corporation,
      limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit
      plan or other enterprise as the Company may request from time to time.
      Indemnitee may at any time and for any reason resign from any such position
      (subject to any other contractual obligation or any obligation imposed by
      operation of law). This Agreement shall not be deemed an employment contract
      between the Company (or any of its subsidiaries) and Indemnitee. Indemnitee
      specifically acknowledges that Indemnitee's employment with the Company (or
      any
      of its subsidiaries), if any, is at will, and the Indemnitee may be discharged
      at any time for any reason, with or without cause, except as may be otherwise
      provided in any written employment contract between Indemnitee and the Company
      (or any of its subsidiaries), other applicable formal severance policies duly
      adopted by the Board, or, with respect to service as a director or officer
      of
      the Company, by the Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, and the DGCL. The
      foregoing notwithstanding, with respect to acts or omissions occurring in the
      course of Indemnitee’s service as a director or officer at the request of the
      Company, this Agreement shall continue in force after Indemnitee has ceased
      to
      serve as such.

     

    Section
      2.  Definitions.
      As used in this
      Agreement:

     

    (a)  A
      "Change in
      Control" shall be deemed to occur upon the earliest to occur after the date
      of
      this Agreement of any of the following events:

     

    i.  Acquisition
      of
      Stock by Third Party. A transaction or series of transactions (other than an
      offering of securities of the Company to the general public through a
      registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission)
      whereby any Person (as defined below) (other than the Company, any of its
      subsidiaries, an employee benefit plan maintained by the Company or any of
      its
      subsidiaries or a Person that, prior to such transaction, directly or indirectly
      controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Company)
      directly or indirectly acquires beneficial ownership (within the meaning of
      Rule
      13d-3 under the Exchange Act (as defined below)) of securities of the Company
      possessing more than 50% of the total combined voting power of the Company’s
      securities outstanding immediately after such acquisition, excluding any
      transaction involving a distribution of Stock held by Weider Health and Fitness
      (“WHF”)
      to individual
      stockholders of WHF or their family trusts;

     

    ii.  Change
      in Board of
      Directors. During any period of two (2) consecutive years (not including any
      period prior to the execution of this Agreement), individuals who at the
      beginning of such period constitute the Board, and any new director (other
      than
      a director designated by a person who has entered into an agreement with the
      Company to effect a transaction described in Sections 2(a)(i), 2(a)(iii) or
      2(a)(iv)) whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the
      Company's stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the
      directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of
      the
      period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved,
      cease for any reason to constitute a least a majority of the members of the
      Board;

     

    iii.  Corporate
      Transactions. The consummation by the Company (whether directly involving the
      Company or indirectly involving the Company through one or more intermediaries)
      of (x) a merger, consolidation, reorganization, or business combination
      or
      (y) a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
      Company’s assets or (z) the acquisition of assets or stock of another
      entity, in each case other than a transaction:

     

    A.     Which
      results in
      the Company’s voting securities outstanding immediately before the transaction
      continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted
      into voting securities of the Company or the person that, as a result of the
      transaction, controls, directly or indirectly, the Company or owns, directly
      or
      indirectly, all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or otherwise
      succeeds to the business of the Company (the Company or such person, the
“Successor
      Entity”))
      directly or
      indirectly, at least a majority of the combined voting power of the Successor
      Entity’s outstanding voting securities immediately after the transaction, or


     


    
      
        
        

      

      
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    B.     After
      which no
      person or group beneficially owns voting securities representing 50% or more
      of
      the combined voting power of the Successor Entity; provided,
      however,
      that no person or
      group shall be treated for purposes of this Section 2(a)(iii)(B) as beneficially
      owning 50% or more of combined voting power of the Successor Entity solely
      as a
      result of the voting power held in the Company prior to the consummation of
      the
      transaction;

     

    iv.  Liquidation.
      The
      approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or
      dissolution of the Company; or 

     

    v.  Other
      Events. There
      occurs any other event of a nature that would be required to be reported in
      response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A (or a response to any
      similar item on any similar schedule or form) promulgated under the Exchange
      Act, whether or not the Company is then subject to such reporting
      requirement.

     

    For
      purposes of
      this Section 2(a), the following terms shall have the following
      meanings:

     

    (A)     "Exchange
      Act"
      shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

     

    (B)     "Person"
      shall have
      the meaning as set forth in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act;
      provided, however, that Person shall exclude (i) the Company, (ii) any trustee
      or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the
      Company, and (iii) any corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the
      stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their
      ownership of stock of the Company. 

     

    (b)  "Corporate
      Status"
      describes the status of a person who is or was a director, officer, employee
      or
      agent of the Company or of any other corporation, limited liability company,
      partnership or joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise
      which such person is or was serving at the request of the Company.

     

    (c)  "Disinterested
      Director" means a director of the Company who is not and was not a party to
      the
      Proceeding in respect of which indemnification is sought by
      Indemnitee.

     

    (d)    
      "Expenses" shall include all reasonable attorneys' fees, retainers, court costs,
      transcript costs, fees of experts, witness fees, travel expenses, duplicating
      costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service
      fees, and all other disbursements or expenses of the types customarily incurred
      in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend,
      investigating, being or preparing to be a witness in, or otherwise participating
      in, a Proceeding. Expenses also shall include (i) Expenses incurred in
      connection with any appeal resulting from any Proceeding, including without
      limitation the premium, security for, and other costs relating to any cost
      bond,
      supersedes bond, or other appeal bond or its equivalent, and (ii) for purposes
      of Section 13(d) only, Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the
      interpretation, enforcement or defense of Indemnitee's rights under this
      Agreement, by litigation or otherwise. Expenses, however, shall not include
      amounts paid in settlement by Indemnitee or the amount of judgments or fines
      against Indemnitee.

     

    (e)  "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 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 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 rights under this Agreement. 

     


    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (f)  The
      term
      "Proceeding" shall include any threatened, pending or completed action, suit,
      arbitration, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry,
      administrative hearing or any other actual, threatened or completed proceeding,
      whether brought in the right of the Company or otherwise and whether of a civil,
      criminal, administrative or investigative nature, in which Indemnitee was,
      is or
      will be involved as a party or otherwise by reason of the fact that Indemnitee
      is or was a director or officer of the Company, by reason of any action taken
      by
      him or of any action on his part while acting as director or officer of the
      Company, or by reason of the fact that he is or was serving at the request
      of
      the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another subsidiary,
      corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or
      other enterprise, in each case whether or not serving in such capacity at the
      time any liability or Expense is incurred for which indemnification,
      reimbursement, or advancement of Expenses can be provided under this Agreement;
      except one initiated by an Indemnitee to enforce his rights under this
      Agreement.

     

    (g)  Reference
      to "other
      enterprise" shall include employee benefit plans; references to "fines" shall
      include any excise tax assessed with respect to any employee benefit plan;
      references to "serving at the request of the Company" shall include any service
      as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties
      on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with
      respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and
      a
      person who acted in good faith and in a manner he 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 manner "not opposed to the best interests
      of the Company" as referred to in this Agreement.

     

    Section
      3.  Indemnity
      in
      Third-Party Proceedings.
      The Company shall
      indemnify Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3 if
      Indemnitee is named in or made a party to or a participant in any Proceeding,
      other than a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment
      in its favor. Pursuant to this Section 3, Indemnitee shall be indemnified to
      the
      fullest extent permitted by applicable law against all Expenses, judgments,
      fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by
      Indemnitee or on his behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim,
      issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner
      he
      reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company
      and, in the case of a criminal proceeding had no reasonable cause to believe
      that his conduct was unlawful. 

     

    Section
      4.  Indemnity
      in
      Proceedings by or in the Right of the Company.
      The Company shall
      indemnify Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4 if
      Indemnitee is named in or made a party to or a participant in any Proceeding
      by
      or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor. Pursuant
      to
      this Section 4, Indemnitee shall be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted
      by applicable law against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by
      him
      or on his behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or
      matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
      believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company. No
      indemnification for Expenses shall be made under this Section 4 in respect
      of
      any claim, issue or matter as to which Indemnitee shall have been finally
      adjudged by a court to be liable to the Company, unless and only to the extent
      that the Delaware Court of Chancery or any court in which the 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 indemnification.

     

    Section
      5.  Indemnification
      for Expenses of a Party Who is Wholly or Partly Successful.
      Notwithstanding
      any other provisions of this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by
      applicable law and to the extent that Indemnitee is a party to (or a participant
      in) and is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in any Proceeding or in
      defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, in whole or in part, the Company
      shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred
      by him in connection therewith. If Indemnitee is not wholly successful in such
      Proceeding but is successful, on the merits or otherwise, as to one or more
      but
      less than all claims, issues or matters in such Proceeding, the Company shall
      indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred
      by
      him or on his behalf in connection with each successfully resolved claim, issue
      or matter. If the Indemnitee is not wholly successful in such Proceeding, the
      Company also shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and
      reasonably incurred in connection with a claim, issue or matter related to
      any
      claim, issue, or matter on which the Indemnitee was successful. For purposes
      of
      this Section and without limitation, the termination of any claim, 

    
      issue
        or matter in
        such a Proceeding by dismissal, with or without prejudice, shall be deemed
        to be
        a successful result as to such claim, issue or matter.

    


    
      
        
        

      

      
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    Section
      6.  Indemnification
      For Expenses of a Witness.
      Notwithstanding
      any other provision of this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by
      applicable law and to the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of his Corporate
      Status, a witness in any Proceeding to which Indemnitee is not a party, he
      shall
      be indemnified against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him
      or
      on his behalf in connection therewith.

     

    Section
      7.  Additional
      Indemnification.

     

    (a)  Notwithstanding
      any
      limitation in Sections 3, 4, or 5, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to
      the
      fullest extent permitted by applicable law if Indemnitee is named in or made
      a
      party to or a participant in any Proceeding (including a Proceeding by or in
      the
      right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor) against all Expenses,
      judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
      by Indemnitee in connection with a Proceeding. 

     

    (b)  For
      purposes of
      Section 7(a), the meaning of the phrase "to the fullest extent permitted by
      applicable law" shall include, but not be limited to:

     

    i.  to
      the fullest
      extent permitted by the provision of the DGCL that authorizes or contemplates
      additional indemnification by agreement, or the corresponding provision of
      any
      amendment to or replacement of the DGCL, and

     

    ii.  to
      the fullest
      extent authorized or permitted by any amendments to or replacements of the
      DGCL
      adopted after the date of this Agreement that increase the extent to which
      a
      corporation may indemnify its officers and directors.

     

    Section
      8.  Exclusions.
      Notwithstanding
      any provision in this Agreement, the Company shall not be obligated under this
      Agreement to make any indemnity in connection with any claim made against
      Indemnitee:

     

    (a)  for
      which payment
      has actually been made to or on behalf of Indemnitee under any insurance policy
      or other indemnity provision, except with respect to any excess beyond the
      amount paid under any insurance policy or other indemnity provision;
      or

     

    (b)    
      for an accounting of profits made from the purchase and sale (or sale and
      purchase) by Indemnitee of securities of the Company within the meaning of
      Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act or similar provisions of state statutory
      law
      or common law, or (ii) any reimbursement of the Company by the Indemnitee of
      any
      bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based compensation or of any profits
      realized by the Indemnitee from the sale of securities of the Company, as
      required in each case under the Exchange Act; or

     

    (c)    
      except as provided in Section 13(d) of this Agreement, in connection with any
      Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee, including
      any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee against
      the Company or its directors, officers, employees or other indemnitees, unless
      (i) the Board authorized the Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) prior
      to
      its initiation or (ii) the Company provides the indemnification, in its sole
      discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Company under applicable
      law.

     

    Section
      9.  Advances
      of
      Expenses.
      Notwithstanding
      any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall advance,
      to
      the extent not prohibited by law, the Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in
      connection with any Proceeding, and such advancement shall be made within thirty
      (30) days after the receipt by the Company of a statement or statements
      requesting such advances from time to time, whether prior to or after final
      disposition of any Proceeding. Advances shall be unsecured and interest free.
      Advances shall be made without regard to Indemnitee's ability to repay the
      Expenses and without regard to Indemnitee's ultimate entitlement to
      indemnification under the other provisions of this Agreement. Advances shall
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    incurred
      pursuing
      an action to enforce this right of advancement, including Expenses incurred
      preparing and forwarding statements to the Company to support the advances
      claimed. The Indemnitee shall qualify for advances upon the execution and
      delivery to the Company of this Agreement which shall constitute an undertaking
      providing that the Indemnitee undertakes to repay the advance to the extent
      that
      it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified
      by
      the Company. Indemnitee will provide information regarding Indemnitee’s capacity
      to repay such advances as reasonably requested by the Board. This Section 9
      shall not apply to any claim made by Indemnitee for which indemnity is excluded
      pursuant to Section 8.

     

    Section
      10.  Procedure
      for
      Notification and Defense of Claim.

     

    (a)  To
      obtain
      indemnification under this Agreement, Indemnitee shall submit to the Company
      a
      written request, including therein or therewith such documentation and
      information as is reasonably available to Indemnitee and is reasonably necessary
      to determine whether and to what extent Indemnitee is entitled to
      indemnification. The omission by Indemnitee to notify the Company hereunder
      will
      not relieve the Company from any liability which it may have to Indemnitee
      otherwise than under this Agreement except to the extent the Company has been
      materially prejudiced by such omission to notify. The Secretary of the Company
      shall, promptly upon receipt of such a request for indemnification, advise
      the
      Board in writing that Indemnitee has requested indemnification.

     

    (b)  The
      Company will be
      entitled to participate in any Proceeding at its own expense.

     

    Section
      11.  Procedure
      Upon
      Application for Indemnification. 

     

    (a)  Upon
      written
      request by Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to the first sentence of
      Section 10(a), a determination, if required by applicable law, with respect
      to
      Indemnitee's entitlement thereto shall be made in the specific case: (i) if
      a
      Change in Control shall have occurred, by Independent Counsel in a written
      opinion to the Board, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee; or
      (ii)
      if a Change in Control shall not have occurred, (A) by a majority vote of the
      Disinterested Directors, even though less than a quorum of the Board, (B) by
      a
      committee of Disinterested Directors designated by a majority vote of the
      Disinterested Directors, even though less than a quorum of the Board, (C) if
      there are no such Disinterested Directors or, if such Disinterested Directors
      so
      direct, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board, a copy of
      which shall be delivered to Indemnitee or (D) if so directed by the Board,
      by
      the stockholders of the Company; and, if it is so determined that Indemnitee
      is
      entitled to indemnification, payment to Indemnitee shall be made within ten
      (10)
      days after such determination. Indemnitee shall cooperate with the person,
      persons or entity making such determination with respect to Indemnitee's
      entitlement to indemnification, including providing to such person, persons
      or
      entity upon reasonable advance request any 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. Any
      costs or expenses (including attorneys' fees and disbursements) incurred by
      Indemnitee in so cooperating with the person, persons or entity making such
      determination shall be borne by the Company (irrespective of the determination
      as to Indemnitee's entitlement to indemnification) and the Company hereby
      indemnifies and agrees to hold Indemnitee harmless therefrom.

     

    (b)  In
      the event the
      determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent
      Counsel pursuant to Section 11(a), the Independent Counsel shall be selected
      as
      provided in this Section 11(b). If a Change in Control shall not have
      occurred, the Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Board, and the
      Company shall give written notice to Indemnitee advising him of the identity
      of
      the Independent Counsel so selected. If a Change in Control shall have occurred,
      the Independent Counsel shall be selected by Indemnitee (unless Indemnitee
      shall
      request that such selection be made by the Board, in which event the preceding
      sentence shall apply), and Indemnitee shall give written notice to the Company
      advising it of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. In either
      event, Indemnitee or the Company, as the case may be, may, within ten (10)
      days
      after such written notice of selection shall have been given, deliver to the
      Company or to Indemnitee, as the case may be, a written objection to such
      selection; provided,
however,
      that such
      objection may be asserted only on the ground that the Independent Counsel so
      selected does not meet the requirements of "Independent Counsel" as defined
      in
      Section 2 of this Agreement, and the objection shall set forth with
      particularity the factual basis of such assertion. Absent a proper and timely
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    shall
      act as
      Independent Counsel. If such written objection is so made and substantiated,
      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. If, within twenty (20) days after the later of submission
      by
      Indemnitee of a written request for indemnification pursuant to
      Section 10(a) hereof and the final disposition of the Proceeding, no
      Independent Counsel shall have been selected and not objected to, either the
      Company or Indemnitee may petition a court of competent jurisdiction 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 selected by the Court or by
      such
      other person as the Court shall designate, and the person with respect to whom
      all objections are so resolved or the person so appointed shall act as
      Independent Counsel under Section 11(a) hereof. Upon the due commencement
      of any judicial proceeding or arbitration pursuant to Section 13(a) of this
      Agreement, Independent Counsel shall be discharged and relieved of any further
      responsibility in such capacity (subject to the applicable standards of
      professional conduct then prevailing).

     

    Section
      12.  Presumptions
      and
      Effect of Certain Proceedings.

     

    (a)  In
      making a
      determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification hereunder, the
      person or persons or entity making such determination shall, to the fullest
      extent not prohibited by law, presume that Indemnitee is entitled to
      indemnification under this Agreement if Indemnitee has submitted a request
      for
      indemnification in accordance with Section 10(a) of this Agreement, and the
      Company shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, have the burden
      of
      proof to overcome that presumption in connection with the making by any person,
      persons or entity of any determination contrary to that presumption. Neither
      the
      failure of the Company (including by its directors or independent legal counsel)
      to have made a determination prior to the commencement of any action pursuant
      to
      this Agreement that indemnification is proper in the circumstances because
      Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct, nor an actual
      determination by the Company (including by its directors or independent legal
      counsel) that Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall
      be a defense to the action or create a presumption that Indemnitee has not
      met
      the applicable standard of conduct.

     

    (b)  Subject
      to Section
      13(e), if the person, persons or entity empowered or selected under Section
      11
      of this Agreement to determine whether Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification
      shall not have made a determination within sixty (60) days after receipt by
      the
      Company of the request therefor, the requisite determination of entitlement
      to
      indemnification shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, be deemed
      to
      have been made and Indemnitee shall be entitled to such indemnification, absent
      (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a
      material fact necessary to make Indemnitee's statement not materially
      misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification, or (ii) a
      prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law; provided, however,
      that such 60-day period may be extended for a reasonable time, not to exceed
      an
      additional thirty (30) days, if the person, persons or entity making the
      determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification in good faith
      requires such additional time for the obtaining or evaluating of documentation
      and/or information relating thereto; and provided, further, that the foregoing
      provisions of this Section 12(b) shall not apply (i) if the determination of
      entitlement to indemnification is to be made by the stockholders pursuant to
      Section 11(a) of this Agreement and if (A) within fifteen (15) days after
      receipt by the Company of the request for such determination the Board has
      resolved to submit such determination to the stockholders for their
      consideration at an annual meeting thereof to be held within seventy five (75)
      days after such receipt and such determination is made thereat, (B) a special
      meeting of stockholders is called within fifteen (15) days after such receipt
      for the purpose of making such determination, such meeting is held for such
      purpose within sixty (60) days after having been so called and such
      determination is made thereat, or (C) a written consent in lieu of meeting
      is
      distributed to the stockholders within fifteen (15) days after such receipt
      for
      the purpose of making such determination and sufficient votes to make such
      determination are received by the Company within sixty (60) days after such
      distribution, or (ii) if the determination of entitlement to indemnification
      is
      to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 11(a) of this
      Agreement.

     

    (c)  The
      termination of
      any Proceeding or of any claim, issue or matter therein, by judgment, order,
      settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere
      or its equivalent,
      shall not (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement) of itself
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    indemnification
      or
      create a presumption that Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner
      which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests
      of
      the Company or, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, that Indemnitee had
      reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

     

    (d)  Reliance
      as Safe
      Harbor.
      For purposes of
      any determination of good faith, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in
      good faith if Indemnitee's action is based on the records or books of account
      of
      the Company, any if its subsidiaries or any other enterprise for which
      Indemnitee is serving as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary
      at
      the request of the Company, including financial statements, or on information
      supplied to Indemnitee by the officers of the Company, any of its subsidiaries
      or any such other enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice
      of
      legal counsel for the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any such other
      enterprise or on information or records given or reports made to the Company,
      any of its subsidiaries or any such other enterprise by an independent certified
      public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected with the
      reasonable care by the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any such other
      enterprise. The provisions of this Section 12(d) shall not be deemed to be
      exclusive or to limit in any way the other circumstances in which the Indemnitee
      may be deemed to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in this
      Agreement.

     

    (e)  Actions
      of
      Others.
      The knowledge
      and/or actions, or failure to act, of any director, officer, agent or employee
      of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or other enterprise for which Indemnitee
      is serving as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary at the request
      of the Company shall not be imputed to Indemnitee for purposes of determining
      the right to indemnification under this Agreement.

     

    Section
      13.  Remedies
      of
      Indemnitee. 

     

    (a)  Subject
      to Section
      13(e), in the event that (i) a determination is made pursuant to Section 11
      of
      this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this
      Agreement, (ii) advancement of Expenses is not timely made pursuant to
      Section 9 of this Agreement, (iii) no determination of entitlement to
      indemnification shall have been made pursuant to Section 11(a) of this Agreement
      within ninety (90) days after receipt by the Company of the request for
      indemnification, (iv) payment of indemnification is not made pursuant to
      Section 5 or 6 or the last sentence of Section 11(a) of this Agreement
      within ten (10) days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor,
      (v) payment of indemnification pursuant to Section 3, 4 or 7 of this Agreement
      is not made within ten (10) days after a determination has been made that
      Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification,
      or (vi) 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 deny, or to recover from, the Indemnitee the
      benefits provided or intended to be provided to the Indemnitee
      hereunder,
      Indemnitee shall
      be entitled to an adjudication by a court of his entitlement to such
      indemnification or advancement of Expenses. Alternatively, Indemnitee, at his
      option, may seek an award in arbitration to be conducted by a single arbitrator
      pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration
      Association. Indemnitee shall commence such proceeding seeking an adjudication
      or an award in arbitration within 180 days following the date on which
      Indemnitee first has the right to commence such proceeding pursuant to this
      Section 13(a); provided,
however,
      that the
      foregoing clause shall not apply in respect of a proceeding brought by
      Indemnitee to enforce his rights under Section 5 of this Agreement.
      The
      Company shall not oppose Indemnitee's right to seek any such adjudication or
      award in arbitration.

     

    (b)  In
      the event that a
      determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 11(a) of this Agreement
      that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, any judicial proceeding
      or
      arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 13 shall be conducted
      in all
      respects as a de novo
      trial, or
      arbitration, on the merits and Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced by reason
      of
      that adverse determination. In any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced
      pursuant to this Section 13 the Company shall have the burden of proving
      Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification or advancement of Expenses, as
      the
      case may be.

     


    
      
        
        

      

      
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    (c)  If
      a determination
      shall have been made pursuant to Section 11(a) of this Agreement that
      Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Company shall be bound by such
      determination in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant
      to
      this Section 13, absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material
      fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee's statement
      not materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification,
      or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law.

     

    (d)  The
      Company shall,
      to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, be precluded from asserting in
      any
      judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 13 that
      the procedures and presumptions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and
      enforceable and shall stipulate in any such court or before any such arbitrator
      that the Company is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement. It
      is the intent of
      the Company that the Indemnitee not be required to incur legal fees 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 the Indemnitee hereunder. Subject
      to the
      repayment provisions of Section 9, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee
      against any and all Expenses and, if requested by Indemnitee, shall (within
      ten
      (10) days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefore) advance,
      to the extent not prohibited by law, such Expenses to Indemnitee, which are
      incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any action brought by Indemnitee
      for
      indemnification or advance of Expenses from the Company under this Agreement
      or
      under any directors' and officers' liability insurance policies maintained
      by
      the Company, regardless of whether Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be
      entitled to such indemnification, advancement of Expenses or insurance recovery,
      as the case may be.

     

    (e)  Notwithstanding
      anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no determination as to entitlement
      to indemnification under this Agreement shall be required to be made prior
      to
      the final disposition of the Proceeding.

     

    Section
      14.  Non-exclusivity;
      Survival of Rights; Insurance; Subrogation. 

     

    (a)  The
      rights of
      indemnification and to receive advancement of Expenses as provided by this
      Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee
      may at any time be entitled under applicable law, the Certificate of
      Incorporation, the Bylaws, any agreement, a vote of stockholders or a resolution
      of directors, or otherwise. No amendment, alteration or repeal of this Agreement
      or of any provision hereof shall limit or restrict any right of Indemnitee
      under
      this Agreement in respect of any action taken or omitted by such Indemnitee
      in
      his Corporate Status prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal. To the
      extent that a change in Delaware law, whether by statute or judicial decision,
      permits greater indemnification or advancement of Expenses than would be
      afforded currently under the Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws and this
      Agreement, it is the intent of the parties hereto that Indemnitee shall enjoy
      by
      this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change. No right or
      remedy herein conferred is intended to be exclusive of any other right or
      remedy, and every other right and remedy shall be cumulative and in addition
      to
      every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at
      law
      or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy
      hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or
      employment of any other right or remedy.

     

    (b)  To
      the extent that
      the Company maintains an insurance policy or policies providing liability
      insurance for directors, officers, employees, or agents of the Company or of
      any
      other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan
      or
      other enterprise which such person serves at the request of the Company,
      Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or policies in accordance with its
      or
      their terms to the maximum extent of the coverage available for any such
      director, officer, employee or agent under such policy or policies (provided
      no
      special premiums are required). If, at the time of the receipt of a notice
      of a
      claim pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company has director and officer
      liability insurance in effect, the Company 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 Company shall thereafter
      take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf
      of the Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such proceeding in
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    (c)  In
      the event of any
      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 take all action necessary to secure such rights,
      including execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Company
      to
      bring suit to enforce such rights.

     

    (d)  The
      Company shall
      not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment of amounts otherwise
      indemnifiable (or for which advancement is provided hereunder) hereunder if
      and
      to the extent that Indemnitee has otherwise actually received such payment
      under
      any insurance policy, contract, agreement or otherwise.

     

    (e)  The
      Company's
      obligation to indemnify or advance Expenses hereunder to Indemnitee who is
      or
      was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee
      or
      agent of any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint
      venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise shall be reduced
      by
      any amount Indemnitee has actually received as indemnification or advancement
      of
      Expenses from such other corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
      joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise. 

     

    Section
      15.  Duration
      of
      Agreement. This
      Agreement
      shall continue until and terminate upon the later of: (a) 25 years after the
      date that Indemnitee shall have ceased to serve as an officer/director of the
      Company or, at the request of the Company, as a director, officer, employee,
      agent, fiduciary of any other corporation, limited liability company,
      partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise
      or
      (b) 1 year after the final termination of any Proceeding then pending in respect
      of which Indemnitee is granted rights of indemnification or advancement of
      Expenses hereunder and of any proceeding commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to
      Section 13 of this Agreement relating thereto. This Agreement shall
      be
      binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns and shall inure to
      the
      benefit of Indemnitee and his heirs, executors and administrators.

     

    Section
      16.  Severability.
      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, each portion of any Section of this Agreement containing any such
      provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself
      invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired
      thereby and shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law;
      (b)
      such provision or provisions shall be deemed reformed to the extent necessary
      to
      conform to applicable law and to give the maximum effect to the intent of the
      parties hereto; and (c) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this
      Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of any Section of this
      Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or
      unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall
      be
      construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested thereby.

     

    Section
      17.  Enforcement.

     

    (a)  The
      Company
      expressly confirms and agrees that it has entered into this Agreement and
      assumed the obligations imposed on it hereby in order to induce Indemnitee
      to
      serve and continue to serve as a director or officer of the Company, and the
      Company acknowledges that Indemnitee is relying upon this Agreement in serving
      as a director or officer of the Company.

     

    (b)  This
      Agreement
      constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to
      the
      subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings,
      oral, written and implied, between the parties hereto with respect to the
      subject matter hereof; provided, however, that this Agreement is a supplement
      to
      and in furtherance of the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws and
      applicable law, and shall not be deemed a substitute therefor, nor to diminish
      or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee thereunder or under any applicable
      insurance policies.

     

    Section
      18.  Modification
      and
      Waiver.
      No supplement,
      modification or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed
      in
      writing by the parties thereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this
      Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions
      of this Agreement nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing
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    Section
      19.  Notice
      by
      Indemnitee.
      Indemnitee agrees
      promptly to notify the Company in writing upon being served with any summons,
      citation, subpoena, complaint, indictment, information or other document
      relating to any Proceeding or matter which may be subject to indemnification
      or
      advancement of Expenses covered hereunder. The failure of Indemnitee to so
      notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of any obligation which it
      may
      have to the Indemnitee under this Agreement or otherwise except to the extent
      that the Company has been materially prejudiced by such failure to notify.
      

     

    Section
      20.  Notices.
      All notices,
      requests, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in
      writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if (a) delivered by hand
      and
      receipted for by the party to whom said notice or other communication shall
      have
      been directed, (b) mailed by certified or registered mail with postage prepaid,
      on the third business day after the date on which it is so mailed, (c) mailed
      by
      reputable overnight courier and receipted for by the party to whom said notice
      or other communication shall have been directed or (d) sent by facsimile
      transmission, with receipt of oral confirmation that such transmission has
      been
      received:

     

    (a)  If
      to Indemnitee,
      at the address indicated on the signature page of this Agreement, or such other
      address as Indemnitee shall provide to the Company in writing.

     

    (b)  If
      to the Company
      to

     

    Weider
      Nutrition
      International, Inc.

    2002
      South 5070
      West

    Salt
      Lake City,
      Utah 84104

    Attn:
      Corporate
      Secretary

    Fax:
      (801)
      972-1924

    


    or
      to any other address as may have been furnished to Indemnitee by the Company
      in
      writing.

     

    Section
      21.  Contribution.
      To the fullest
      extent permissible under applicable law, if the indemnification provided for
      in
      this Agreement is unavailable to Indemnitee for any reason whatsoever, the
      Company, in lieu of indemnifying Indemnitee, shall contribute to the amount
      incurred by Indemnitee, whether for judgments, fines, penalties, excise taxes,
      amounts paid or to be paid in settlement and/or for Expenses, in connection
      with
      any claim relating to an indemnifiable event under this Agreement, in such
      proportion as is deemed fair and reasonable in light of all of the circumstances
      of such Proceeding in order to reflect (i) the relative benefits received by
      the
      Company and Indemnitee as a result of the event(s) and/or transaction(s) giving
      cause to such Proceeding; and/or (ii) the relative fault of the Company (and
      its
      directors, officers, employees and agents) and Indemnitee in connection with
      such event(s) and/or transaction(s).

     

    Section
      22.  Applicable
      Law
      and Consent to Jurisdiction.
      This Agreement and
      the legal relations among the parties shall be governed by, and construed and
      enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard
      to its conflict of laws rules. Except with respect to any arbitration commenced
      by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 13(a) of this Agreement, the Company and
      Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (i) agree that any
action
      or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall
      be brought
      only in the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware (the "Delaware Court"),
      and
      not in any other state or federal court in the United States of America or
      any
      court in any other country, (ii) consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction
      of the Delaware Court for purposes of any action or proceeding arising out
      of or
      in connection with this Agreement, (iii) waive any objection to the laying
      of
      venue of any such action or proceeding in the Delaware Court, and (iv) waive,
      and agree not to plead or to make, any claim that any such action or proceeding
      brought in the Delaware Court has been brought in an improper or inconvenient
      forum.

     

    Section
      23.  Identical
      Counterparts.
      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 to evidence the existence of
      this
      Agreement.

     

    Section
      24.  Miscellaneous.
      Use of the
      masculine pronoun shall be deemed to include usage of the feminine pronoun
      where
      appropriate. The headings of the paragraphs 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.

     


    
      
        
        

      

      
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    IN
      WITNESS WHEREOF,
      the parties have caused this Agreement to be signed as of the day and year
      first
      above written.

     

    WEIDER
      NUTRITION
      INTERNATIONAL, INC.                                 INDEMNITEE


    

      


       

      
        	
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