**Exhibit 10.26**

**AMENDED AND RESTATED INDEMNITY AGREEMENT**

ThisAmended and Restated Indemnification Agreement (“Agreement”) is made as of ___________ __, 2009 by and between hhgregg, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and _______________ (“Indemnitee”). 

**RECITALS**

WHEREAS, the Company and Indemnitee entered into that certain Indemnity Agreement, dated [                ] (the “Original Agreement”), and theCompany and Indemnitee wish to amend and restate the Original Agreement; 

WHEREAS, highly competent persons have become morereluctant to serve corporations as directors 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 activitieson behalf of the corporation; 

WHEREAS, directors and other persons in service to corporations or business enterprises arebeing increasingly subjected to expensive and time-consuming litigation relating to, among other things, matters that traditionally would have been brought only against the Company or business enterprise itself; 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) has determined that, in order to attract and retain qualifiedindividuals, 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; 

WHEREAS, the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (the “Certificate”) and the By-Laws of the Company (the“By-Laws”) require indemnification of the directors of the Company, and Indemnitee may also be entitled to indemnification pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended (the “DGCL”); 

WHEREAS, the Certificate, the By-Laws and the DGCL expressly provide that the indemnification provisions set forth therein are notexclusive, and thereby contemplate that contracts may be entered into between the Company and members of the Board, 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 bestinterests 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 onbehalf of, such persons to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law so that they will serve or continue to serve 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, theBy-Laws 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 Company’s Certificate, the By-Laws, insurance or the Original Agreement as adequate in the present circumstances, and may not bewilling to serve as a 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 thecondition 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. Indemniteeagrees to serve as a director of the Company. Indemnitee may at any time and for any reason resign from such position (subject to any other contractual obligation or any obligation imposed by operation of law), in which event the Company shall haveno obligation under this Agreement to continue Indemnitee in such position. This Agreement shall not be deemed an employment contract between the Company (or any of its subsidiaries or any Enterprise (as defined below)) and Indemnitee. Indemniteespecifically acknowledges that Indemnitee’s employment with the Company (or any of its subsidiaries or any Enterprise), if any, is at will, and the Indemnitee may be discharged at any time for any reason, with or without cause, except as may beotherwise provided in any written employment contract between Indemnitee and the Company (or any of its subsidiaries or any Enterprise), other applicable formal severance policies duly adopted by the Board, or, with respect to service as a directorof the Company, by the Certificate, the Company’s By-laws, and the DGCL. The foregoing notwithstanding, this Agreement shall continue in force after Indemnitee has ceased to serve as a director of the Company, its subsidiaries or any otherEnterprise (as defined below) for which Indemnitee may agree to serve as a director at the request of the Company. 

Section 2.Definitions. As used in this Agreement: 

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

i. Acquisitionof Stock by Third Party. Any Person (as defined below), other than FS Capital Partners V, LLC (“Investor”) or its Affiliates (as defined below), is or becomes the Beneficial Owner (as defined below), directly or indirectly, ofsecurities of the Company representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities; 

 

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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 enteredinto 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 ofat 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 at least a majority of themembers of the Board; 

iii. Corporate Transactions. The effective date of a merger or consolidation ofthe Company with any other entity, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continuing to represent (either by remaining outstandingor by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) more than 51% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation and with the power to electat least a majority of the board of directors or other governing body of such surviving entity; 

iv.Liquidation. The approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets; and 

v. Other Events. There occurs any other event of a nature that would be required to be reported in response toItem 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 (as defined below), 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) “Affiliate” shall have the meaning given to such term pursuant to Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the ExchangeAct (as defined below) and, with respect to Investor, shall include (i) Freeman Spogli & Co. V, L.P. and any of its direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiaries and (ii) FS Equity Partners V, L.P. or any investment fund orpartnership that is organized and controlled by three or more of the principals of Freeman Spogli & Co. V, L.P. 

(B) “Beneficial Owner” shall have the meaning given to such term in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act; provided, however, that Beneficial Owner shall exclude any Person otherwise becoming aBeneficial Owner by reason of the stockholders of the Company approving a merger of the Company with another entity. 

 

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(C) “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of1934, as amended. 

(D) “Person” shall have the meaning as set forth in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) ofthe 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 orindirectly, 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 orjoint 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, nor an officer, a director or partner of a party to, the Proceeding in respect of whichindemnification is sought by Indemnitee. 

(d) “Enterprise” shall mean the Company and any othercorporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise of which Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary.

(e) “Expenses” shall include all reasonable attorneys’ fees, retainers, court costs, transcriptcosts, 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 withprosecuting, 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 appealresulting from any Proceeding, including without limitation the premium, security for, and other costs relating to any cost bond, supersedeas bond, or other appeal bond or its equivalent, (ii) any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposedon Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, (iii) all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of the Expenses, and (iv) for purposes ofSection 12(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 amountspaid in settlement by Indemnitee or the amount of judgments or fines against Indemnitee. 

 

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(f) “Independent Counsel” means a law firm, or a member of a lawfirm, 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 tomatters 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 theforegoing, 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 anaction to determine Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement. The Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of the Independent Counsel referred to above and to fully indemnify such counsel against any and all Expenses, claims,liabilities and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or its engagement pursuant hereto. 

(g)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 completedproceeding, 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 thatIndemnitee is or was a director of the Company, by reason of any action taken by him or of any action on his part while acting as director of the Company, or by reason of the fact that he is or was serving at the request of the Company as adirector, officer, employee or agent of another 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 forwhich 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. 

(h) Reference to “other enterprise” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shallinclude 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, orinvolves 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 ofthe 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 Proceedings. The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of thisSection 3 if Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any Proceeding. Pursuant to this Section 3, Indemnitee shall be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law against allExpenses, losses, liabilities, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on his behalf in

 

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connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein; provided that it is determined (in accordance with Section 10(a)) in the specific case that indemnification ofsuch person is permissible under the circumstances because such person has met the standard of conduct for indemnification specified in Section 145 of the DGCL. 

Section 4. 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 andto 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 Indemniteeagainst 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 ormatters 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 whollysuccessful in such Proceeding, the Company also shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses reasonably incurred in connection with a claim, issue or matter related to any claim, issue, or matter on which the Indemnitee was successful. Forpurposes 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. 

Section 5. Indemnification For Expenses of a Witness. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the fullest extentpermitted 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 himor on his behalf in connection therewith. 

Section 6. Additional Indemnification. 

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

(b) For purposes of Section 6(a), the meaning of the phrase “to the fullest extent permitted by applicablelaw” shall include, but not be limited to: 

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

 

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

Section 7. 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 againstIndemnitee: 

(a) for which payment has actually been made to or on behalf of Indemnitee under any insurancepolicy or other indemnity provision, except with respect to any excess beyond the amount paid under any insurance policy or other indemnity provision; provided that the foregoing shall not affect the rights of Indemnitee or any equity holder of theCompany or any Affiliate thereof set forth in Section 13(c) and 13(e) of this Agreement; or 

(b) for(i) 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 (as defined in Section 2(a)), or similarprovisions 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 ofsecurities of the Company, as required in each case under the Exchange Act; or 

(c) except as provided inSection 12(d), 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 of Directors of the Company 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 8. Advances of Expenses. Notwithstandingany provision of this Agreement to the contrary, upon (i) receipt of a written affirmation of Indemnitee’s good faith belief that he has met the standard of conduct prescribed by the DGCL; (ii) receipt of an undertaking of Indemniteeto repay the amount paid by the Company if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification by the Company; and (iii) a determination (made in accordance with Section 10(a)) that the facts then known tothose making the determination would not preclude indemnification under the DGCL, 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 bemade within 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. Advancesshall 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 include any and allreasonable Expenses incurred pursuing an action to enforce this right of advancement, including Expenses incurred preparing

 

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and forwarding statements to the Company to support the advances claimed. This Section 8 shall not apply to any claim made by Indemnitee for which indemnification is excluded pursuantto Section 7. 

Section 9. Procedure for Notification and Defense of Claim.

(a) To obtain indemnification under this Agreement, Indemnitee shall submit to the Company a written request, includingtherein 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 following the final disposition of suchaction, suit or proceeding. The delay or omission to notify the Company will not relieve the Company from any liability which it may have to Indemnitee under this Agreement. The Secretary of the Company shall, promptly upon receipt of such a requestfor indemnification, advise the Board in writing that Indemnitee has requested indemnification. 

(b) TheCompany will be entitled to participate in the Proceeding at its own expense. 

Section 10. Procedure Upon Application forIndemnification.

(a) Upon written request by Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to the first sentenceof Section 9(a) or for advances pursuant to the first sentence of Section 8, 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 voteof the Disinterested Directors, provided that such directors constitute a quorum of the Board, (B) if a quorum of the Board cannot be obtained under the foregoing clause (A), by a committee of two or more Disinterested Directors designated by amajority vote of members of the Board (including directors other than Disinterested Directors) constituting a quorum of the Board, (C) if there are not at least two Disinterested Directors or, if such Disinterested Directors so direct, byIndependent 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 (excluding shares owned by or voted under the control of directorsthat are at the time parties to the Proceeding); provided, however, that if Independent Counsel makes the determination that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under the DGCL, the authorization of indemnification and theevaluation as to reasonableness of expenses shall be made by the persons set forth in the foregoing clause (ii)(A) or, if necessary, clause (ii)(B). If, upon written request made by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 9(a), it is sodetermined that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under the DGCL, payment to Indemnitee of all authorized indemnification amounts, including expenses determined to be reasonable, shall be made within ten (10) days after suchdetermination. 

(b) Indemnitee shall cooperate with the person, persons or entity making the determination withrespect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification,

 

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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 isreasonably 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 suchdetermination 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. 

Section 11. Presumptions and Effect of Certain Proceedings.

(a) In making a determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification hereunder, the person or persons or entitymaking such determination shall presume that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement if Indemnitee has submitted a request for indemnification in accordance with Section 9(a) of this Agreement, and the Companyshall, 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 theCompany (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 theapplicable 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 apresumption that Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct. 

(b) Subject toSection 12(e), if the person, persons or entity empowered or selected under Section 10(a) to determine whether Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification shall not have made a determination within sixty (60) days afterreceipt 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) aprohibition 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 determinationwith 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 thisSection 11(b) shall not apply (i) if the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by the stockholders pursuant to Section 10(a) and if (A) within fifteen (15) days after receipt by theCompany of the request for such determination the Board of Directors 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 receiptand such determination is made thereat, or (B) a special meeting of stockholders is called within fifteen (15) days after such receipt for the purpose of making such determination,

 

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such meeting is held for such purpose within sixty (60) days after having been so called and such determination is made thereat, or (ii) if the determination of entitlement toindemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 10(a). 

(c) Thetermination of any Proceeding or of any claim, issue or matter therein, by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolocontendere or its equivalent, shall not (except as otherwise expressly provided in thisAgreement) of itself adversely affect the right of Indemnitee to 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 theCompany 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 ofaccount of the Enterprise, including financial statements, or on information supplied to Indemnitee by the officers of the Enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Enterprise or on information or recordsgiven or reports made to the Enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected with the reasonable care by the Enterprise. The provisions of this Section 11(d) shall not be deemed to beexclusive 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 ofthe Enterprise shall not be imputed to Indemnitee for purposes of determining the right to indemnification under this Agreement. 

Section 12. Remedies of Indemnitee.

(a) Subject to Section 12(e), in the eventthat (i) a determination is made pursuant to Section 10 that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, (ii) advancement of Expenses is not timely made pursuant to Section 8, (iii) nodetermination of entitlement to indemnification shall have been made pursuant to Section 10(a) within 90 days after receipt by the Company of the request for indemnification, (iv) payment of indemnification is not made pursuant toSection 4 or Section 5 or the last sentence of Section 10(a) of this Agreement within ten (10) days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor, (v) payment of indemnification pursuant toSection 3 or Section 6 is not made within ten (10) days after a determination has been made that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, or (vi) in the event that the Company or any other person takes orthreatens 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 theIndemnitee 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

 

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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 anaward in arbitration within 180 days following the date on which Indemnitee first has the right to commence such proceeding pursuant to this Section 12(a); provided, however, that the foregoing clause shall not apply inrespect of a proceeding brought by Indemnitee to enforce his rights under Section 4. 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 10(a) that Indemnitee is notentitled to indemnification, any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 12 shall be conducted in all respects as a denovo trial, or arbitration, on the merits and Indemnitee shall not beprejudiced by reason of that adverse determination. In any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 12 the Company shall have the burden of proving Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification or advancementof Expenses, as the case may be. 

(c) If a determination shall have been made pursuant toSection 10(a) 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 12, absent (i) a misstatement byIndemnitee 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 underapplicable law. 

(d) The Company shall be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding or arbitrationcommenced pursuant to this Section 12 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 theprovisions 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 bylitigation or otherwise because the cost and expense thereof would substantially detract from the benefits intended to be extended to the Indemnitee hereunder. The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against any and all Expenses and, if requested byIndemnitee, 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 actionbrought 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 Indemniteeultimately 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 ofthe Proceeding. 

 

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Section 13. 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 deemedexclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee may at any time be entitled under applicable law, the Certificate, the By-laws, any agreement, a vote of stockholders or a resolution of directors, or otherwise. No amendment, alteration or repeal ofthis 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 theextent 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, the By-laws and this Agreement, it is the intent of theparties 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 becumulative 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 concurrentassertion or employment of any other right or remedy. 

(b) To the extent that the Company maintains aninsurance policy or policies providing liability insurance for directors, officers, employees, or agents of the Company or of any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or otherenterprise 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, employeeor agent under such policy or policies. 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 commencementof 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 amountspayable as a result of such proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policies. 

(c) In the event of anypayment under this Agreement, the Company shall, except as provided in clause (iii) of Section 13(e) below, be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee, who shall execute all papers requiredand 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. In the event of payment by any equity holder of the Company or any Affiliate ofany such equity holder (other than the Company) under any other agreement or instrument of any indemnification payments or advances to Indemnitee in respect of any Expenses, losses, liabilities, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid insettlement for which the Company would also be obligated pursuant to this Agreement, (i) such equity holder or Affiliate shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee under this Agreement, whoshall execute such documents and do such acts as such equity holder or Affiliate may reasonably request and cooperate with

 

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such equity holder or Affiliate, in each case to the extent necessary to secure such rights and to enable such equity holder or Affiliate to effectively bring suit to enforce such rights and(ii) the Company shall reimburse such equity holder or Affiliate in full on demand in accordance with the last sentence of Section 13(e). 

(d) Except as provided in Section 13(e), 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) To the extent that Indemnitee is entitled to be indemnified by the Company under this Agreement and by any equity holder of the Company or any Affiliate of any such equity holder (other than theCompany) under any other agreement or instrument, or by any insurer under a policy maintained by any such equity holder or Affiliate, (i) the obligations of the Company hereunder shall be primary, and the obligations of such equity holder,Affiliate or insurer secondary, (ii) Indemnitee shall proceed first against the Company and any insurer under any policy maintained by the Company, second, if indemnification is not provided by the Company or any such insurer on a timely basis,against any insurer under a policy maintained by any such equity holder or Affiliate, and third, if indemnification is not provided by the Company, any insurer under a policy maintained by the Company and any insurer under a policy maintained by anysuch equity holder or Affiliate on a timely basis, against any equity holder or Affiliate of such equity holder for whose benefit Indemnitee holds his or her Corporate Status, and (iii) the Company shall not be entitled to contribution orindemnification from or subrogation against any such equity holder, Affiliate or insurer under a policy maintained by any such equity holder or Affiliate. In the event that any such equity holder or Affiliate makes indemnification payments oradvances to Indemnitee in respect of any Expenses, losses, liabilities, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement for which the Company would also be obligated pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall indemnify, reimburse andhold harmless such equity holder or Affiliate in full on demand. 

(f) The Company’s obligation toindemnify 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, employeebenefit 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, employeebenefit plan or other enterprise. 

Section 14. Duration of Agreement. This Agreement shall continue until and terminateupon the later of: (a) 10 years after the date that Indemnitee shall have ceased to serve as a director of the Company or (b) 1 year after the final termination of any Proceeding then pending in respect of which Indemnitee is grantedrights of indemnification or advancement of Expenses hereunder and of any proceeding commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 12 relating thereto. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns andshall inure to the benefit of Indemnitee and his heirs, executors and administrators. 

 

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Section 15. Severability. If any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall beheld 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 Agreementcontaining 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 bylaw; (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 provisionsof 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 soas to give effect to the intent manifested thereby. 

Section 16. Enforcement.

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

(b) This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof andsupersedes 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, theBy-laws and applicable law, and shall not be deemed a substitute therefor, nor to diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee thereunder. 

Section 17. 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 theprovisions 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 waiver. 

Section 18. Notice by Indemnitee. Indemnitee agrees promptly to notify the Company in writing upon being served with any summons, citation, subpoena, complaint, indictment, information or otherdocument 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 haveto the Indemnitee under this Agreement or otherwise. 

 

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Section 19. Notices.** All notices, requests, demands and other communicationsunder 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 orregistered 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 beendirected 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. 

(b) If to the Company to: 

hhgregg, Inc. 

4151 East 96th Street 

Indianapolis, Indiana 46240 

Facsimile No.: (317) 848-8768 

Attention: Chief ExecutiveOfficer 

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

Section 20. Contribution. To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, if the indemnification provided for in thisAgreement 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 bepaid 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 toreflect (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 21. ApplicableLaw. 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. 

Section 22. Identical Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, including by facsimile or pdf, eachof 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 evidencethe existence of this Agreement. 

Section 23. Third Party Beneficiaries. The equity holders of the Company and anyAffiliate of any such equity holder (other than the Company) are express third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement, are entitled to rely upon this Agreement, and may specifically enforce the Company’s obligations hereunder (including but notlimited to the obligations specified in Sections 13(c) and 13(e) of this Agreement). 

 

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Section 24. Limitation of Liability. To the maximum extent permitted by applicablelaw, if Indemnitee is, has been or in the future becomes a director or officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or other Enterprise at the request of the Company, Indemnitee shall not be personally liable to the Company or any suchsubsidiary or Enterprise or to the equity holders of the Company or any such subsidiary or Enterprise for monetary damages. If applicable law shall be amended to permit further elimination or limitation of the personal liability of directors, thenthe liability of Indemnitee shall, automatically, without any further action, be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL or such other applicable law as so amended. 

Section 25. 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 Amended and Restated Indemnity Agreement tobe signed as of the day and year first above written. 

 
hhgregg, Inc.  INDEMNITEE:By:        Name:     Address:          
 

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