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Settlement Agreement

 Exhibit 10.74 
  
 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND MUTUAL GENERAL RELEASE 
  
 This Settlement Agreement and Mutual General Release (the “Agreement”) is entered into as of February 13, 2004 by and between BeMusic, Inc.
(“BeMusic”), on the one hand, and LQ Corporation, Inc., formerly known as Liquid Audio, Inc. (“Liquid Audio”), on the other hand. BeMusic and Liquid Audio shall be referred to herein, from time to time, as the “Parties”
or individually, as a “Party.”) 
  
 WHEREAS, BeMusic is
the successor-in-interest to CDnow, Inc., CDnow Online, Inc. (collectively, “CDnow”) and N2K, Inc. (“N2K”); and 
  
 WHEREAS Liquid Audio and N2K were parties to an “Agreement in Principle” dated February 12, 1998, and Liquid Audio and CDnow were parties to a
“Liquid Remote Inventory Fulfillment System License Agreement” dated October 20, 1999 (collectively, the “RIFFS Licenses”); 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants set forth herein, the Parties, INTENDING TO BE LEGALLY BOUND, hereby agree as
follows: 
  
 1. Execution of this Agreement, or the furnishing of
the consideration provided for by this Agreement, shall not be deemed or construed at any time for any purpose as an admission of liability, fault, wrongdoing, unlawful conduct of any kind whatsoever, or any indemnification obligation on the part of
any of the Parties. 
  
 2. Each of the Parties specifically
represents and confirms that he or it (a) is fully authorized to enter into this Agreement; (b) has reviewed this Agreement, is fully aware of its contents and legal effects and has been independently advised by counsel of his or its choice(s), in
whom he or it has full and complete confidence, with respect to this Agreement and all matters embraced by it; and (c) individually, or through his or its undersigned representatives indicated 
  

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 below, is fully authorized to execute this Agreement. 
  
 3. As consideration for this Agreement, Liquid Audio agrees to pay BeMusic the sum of One Million Four Hundred Fifty Two
Thousand Dollars ($1,452,000.00) (the “Settlement Payment.”). Upon full execution and delivery of this Agreement by all Parties hereto, the Settlement Payment shall be made by bank check deposited in the escrow account of Manatt, Phelps
& Phillips, LLP, account number “38-01602401” with a Federal Tax Identification Number of 95-23-75-841, provided, however, that the Settlement Payment shall be immediately refunded to Liquid Audio by BeMusic without any requirement of
demand or presentment in the event that the Consent Judgment referred to in Paragraph 3 of the Settlement Agreement dated February 12, 2004 between SightSound Technologies, Inc., and BeMusic (the “SightSound Settlement Agreement”) is not
entered within five business days following its submission to the Court for approval, or if the Mutual Releases set forth in Paragraph 4 of the SightSound Settlement Agreement fail to take effect under the terms of that Settlement Agreement. In
consideration for its share of the outstanding balance through February 9, 2004 of BeMusic’s attorneys fees and expenses resulting from the defense and settlement of the lawsuit captioned as Sightsound.com, Inc. v. N2K, Inc., CDnow, Inc. and
CDnow Online, Inc., No. 98-0118 in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (the “Action”), Liquid Audio further agrees to pay the sum of Sixty-Five Thousand Forty-Six Dollars and Forty-Five Cents
($65,046.45) to Edward C. Flynn, Esq., with a Federal Tax Identification Number of 25-18-17-617, and the sum of Two Hundred Forty-Nine Thousand One Hundred Sixteen Dollars and Twenty-Two Cents ($249,116.22) to Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP, with
a Federal Tax Identification Number of 95-23-75-841 (the “Outstanding Bill”) upon full execution and delivery of this Agreement by all Parties hereto. Liquid Audio agrees to pay one-half of the additional 
  

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 attorneys fees and expenses incurred by BeMusic in connection with the Action and from the negotiation and execution of
this Agreement on a going-forward basis from February 9, 2004. 
  
 4. Upon receipt of a copy of this Agreement executed by Liquid Audio and of the Settlement Payment in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 3, BeMusic, in consideration of the Settlement Payment, the releases and other covenants set
forth herein and on behalf of itself, N2K, CDnow and their respective present or future heirs, executors, administrators, agents, representatives, partners, managers, employees, licensees, insurers, attorneys, affiliates, subsidiaries, units,
assigns, general partners, limited partners, entities, related entities, predecessors, successors, parents, owners, officers, managers, shareholders and directors (the “BeMusic Parties”), fully, finally and unconditionally release and
forever discharge Liquid Audio, and its respective present or future heirs, executors, administrators, agents, representatives, partners, managers, employees, licensees, insurers, attorneys, affiliates, subsidiaries, units, assigns, general
partners, limited partners, entities, related entities, predecessors, successors, parents, owners, officers, managers, shareholders and directors (the “Liquid Audio Parties”) from any and all actions, causes of action, suits, debts, dues,
sums of money, accounts, reckonings, bonds, bills, specialties, covenants, contracts, controversies, agreements, disputes, complaints, promises, variances, trespasses, damages (including, without limitation, compensatory, consequential, and/or
punitive damages), judgments, extents, executions, claims, and demands whatsoever, including but not limited to all claims that have, could have or may arise under the RIFFS Licenses, in law, admiralty or equity, which the BeMusic Parties ever had,
now have or hereafter can, shall or may have against the Liquid Audio Parties for, upon, or by reason of any matter, cause or thing whatsoever from the beginning of the world to the date hereof, including, without limitation, any and all events or
transactions 
  

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 relating to the Action (the “BeMusic Released Claims”). For the avoidance of doubt, this paragraph 4 is
intended to be a General Release in favor of the Liquid Audio Parties. No language in this paragraph 4, however, shall be construed as a release of potential claims arising out of or related to the representations and covenants set forth in this
Agreement. 
  
 5. Upon receipt of a copy of this Agreement
executed by BeMusic, the Liquid Audio Parties, in consideration of the releases and other covenants set forth herein, fully, finally and unconditionally release and forever discharge the BeMusic Parties from any and all actions, causes of action,
suits, debts, dues, sums of money, accounts, reckonings, bonds, bills, specialties, covenants, contracts, controversies, agreements, disputes, complaints, promises, variances, trespasses, damages (including, without limitation, compensatory,
consequential, and/or punitive damages), judgments, extents, executions, claims, and demands whatsoever, in law, admiralty or equity, which the Liquid Audio Parties ever had, now have or hereafter can, shall or may have against the BeMusic Parties
for, upon, or by reason of any matter, cause or thing whatsoever from the beginning of the world to the date hereof, including, without limitation, any and all events or transactions relating to the Action. For the avoidance of doubt, this paragraph
5 is intended to be a General Release in favor of the BeMusic Parties. No language in this paragraph 5, however, shall be construed as a release of potential claims arising out of or related to the representations and covenants set forth in this
Agreement. 
  
 6. BeMusic represents and warrants to Liquid Audio
that it is the successor in interest to N2K and CDnow and has the power and legal authority to authorize the releases and other obligations of N2K and CDnow contained herein. BeMusic agrees to indemnify and hold harmless (including the payment of
attorneys’ fees and costs actually incurred, whether or not litigation is commenced) Liquid Audio from and against any BeMusic Released Claim asserted 
  

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 by N2K or CDnow against Liquid Audio. 
  
 7. The Parties hereby specifically agree, as expressly set forth in paragraph 13 below, that this Agreement shall be
governed by and interpreted under the laws of the State of New York. Nevertheless, the Parties hereby specifically agree that in the unexpected event that this Agreement should ever be argued to be or found by a court to be governed by California
law, it is hereby agreed in connection with the releases in paragraphs 4 and 5 above, the Parties expressly waive all rights that may exist under section 1542 of the Civil Code of the State of California that provides as follows: 
  
 “A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES
NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.” 
  
 8. Each Party hereto hereby specifically acknowledges that such Party may hereafter discover facts in addition to or
different from those which it now knows or believes to be true with respect to the released matters, but that it is the intention of each Party to fully, finally and forever to settle and release all released matters, disputes and differences, known
or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, which now exist, may exist or heretofore have existed that relate to the subject matter of the releases subject to paragraphs 4 and 5 above. In furtherance of that intention, the general releases provided in
paragraphs 4 and 5 above, shall be and remain in effect as a full, complete and general release notwithstanding the discovery or existence of any such additional or different facts. 
  
 9. The Parties represent and warrant that they have not heretofore assigned or transferred, or purported to have assigned or
transferred, to any firm, corporation, entity, or 
  

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 person, any rights, claims, debts, liabilities, demands, objections, costs, expenses, actions, or causes of action herein
released, and further represent and warrant that they know of no other party who claims an interest in any such rights released thereby. Each Party shall indemnify and hold harmless the other Party (and any of the BeMusic Parties or the Liquid Audio
Parties, as the case may be) from and against any claim, demand, debt, liability, account, reckoning, obligation, cost, expense, lien, action or cause of action (including the payment of attorneys’ fees and costs actually incurred, whether or
not litigation is commenced) based on, in connection with or arising out of any assignment or transfer or purported or claimed assignment or transfer by such indemnifying Party. 
  
 10. BeMusic on behalf of itself and each of the BeMusic Parties, on one hand, and Liquid Audio on behalf of the Liquid Audio
Parties, on the other hand, agree that no party shall make, assert, or maintain against any other Party any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding arising out of, directly or indirectly, or in connection with any claims and/or matters released in
this Agreement; provided however nothing contained in this Paragraph 10 shall limit any action of any Parties to enforce this Agreement. The Parties further agree to defend, indemnify and hold each other (and any of the BeMusic Parties or the Liquid
Audio Parties, as the case may be) harmless from and against any claim, demand, right, damage, debt, liability, account, action, cause of action, cost or expense, including attorneys’ fees paid arising out of, directly or indirectly, or in
connection with any violation of this Paragraph 10. 
  
 11. (a)
The Parties consider the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the basis for any claims, demands, or negotiations giving rise to this Agreement (the “Confidential Information”) to be strictly confidential. The Parties may not
communicate the Confidential Information to any entity or person except as expressly permitted in the sub-paragraph 11(b) 
  

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 below. 
  
 (b) Notwithstanding any disclosures in the SightSound Settlement Agreement, the Parties expressly understand, accept and agree they will use their best
efforts to prevent any future publicity or disclosure of and will not disclose the Confidential Information to any entity or person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to Paragraph 11(c) below, the Parties may disclose Confidential
Information in the following limited circumstances: (i) as legally necessary in the ordinary course of business to fully and properly comply with any and all obligations and duties to shareholders, analysts, and/or regulators imposed by state and/or
federal securities laws and the reporting requirements thereunder, including making such disclosures in 8K filings, 1OQ filings and/or other periodic public reportings; (ii) as required by a subpoena or court order (after providing the notice
required by paragraph 11(c) below); and (iii) as necessary in the ordinary course of business to the Parties’ attorneys and accountants, the Internal Revenue Service, or any state or municipal tax authority; provided, however, such attorneys
and accountants must be advised about the confidentiality obligations under this paragraph and the potential liability of the Parties for disclosing such Confidential Information, and any disclosure of such Confidential Information by such attorneys
and/or accountants shall constitute a breach of this Agreement. 
  
 (c) The Parties expressly agree that except for the circumstances identified in Paragraph 11(b) above, the Parties shall respond to inquiries about this Agreement or the circumstances underlying it, by stating in substance only that the
Parties amicably resolved this matter. The Parties agree that if they receive a request, subpoena, or court order for testimony regarding Confidential Information, the Party receiving the request must promptly notify the other Party to this
Agreement. 
  

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 12. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Parties expressly agree that they will
not make any statements, comments or suggestions (written, verbal or otherwise), directly or indirectly, that in any way disparage or defame the other Party. 
  
 13. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. The Parties agree that any and all claims, relating to the
enforcement, interpretation or adjudication of the Parties’ obligations under this Agreement shall only be brought in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, and that such court shall have sole and exclusive jurisdiction
over any such claims, including personal jurisdiction over the parties hereto. This provision by which the Parties agree to solely and exclusively submit all claims, disputes, or matters in question to Supreme Court of the State of New York, County
of New York shall be specifically enforceable; and each of the Parties, hereby waiving all objections as to personal jurisdiction and venue, specifically consents to jurisdiction in New York for any action arising out of, relating in any way to, or
any way connected with this Agreement. 
  
 14. This Agreement
shall be binding upon all Parties and their respective representatives, agents, successors and assigns, and all third parties acting in concert with, at the direction of or with the consent of the Parties. 
  
 15. This Agreement shall become effective and binding upon (i) its execution
by each of the Parties and/or their authorized representatives, and (ii) delivery of executed copies of this Agreement to each of the Parties and/or their authorized representations. 
  
 16. If any provision of this Agreement shall be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, such determination shall not affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement, all of which shall remain in full force and effect. If any 
  

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 provision of this Agreement as presently written shall be construed to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable by a court of
competent jurisdiction, said illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision shall be deemed to be amended and shall be construed by the court to have the broadest scope permissible under applicable law, and if no validating construction is possible,
shall be severable from the rest of the Agreement, and, unless the invalidity of such provision(s) fundamentally frustrates the intent of this Agreement (in which case equitable adjustment shall be made to effectuate such intent), the validity,
legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall remain in full force and effect. 
  
 17. This Agreement contains the entire understanding of the Parties hereto and supersedes all prior oral and written
communications and agreements with respect to the subject matter hereof. 
  
 18. This Agreement may not be modified, amended, terminated or otherwise altered without an instrument in writing signed by all of the Parties hereto. This Agreement shall continue in perpetuity and shall be worldwide
in scope unless an instrument in writing signed by all of the Parties hereto otherwise alters such terms. 
  
 19. This Agreement shall be deemed to have been written jointly by the Parties. Ambiguities shall not be construed against the interest of any of the
Parties by reason of it having drafted all or any part of this Agreement. 
  
 20. The Parties may execute this Agreement in separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original instrument as against the Party who has signed it. Each Party’s signature at the bottom hereof will
signify acceptance of, and agreement to, the terms and provisions contained herein. Facsimile copies of this Agreement shall have the same force and effect as an original. 
  

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 21. Any statements, communications or notices to be provided pursuant to this Agreement shall be sent by
certified mail, return receipt requested, and also by facsimile transmission, to the attention of the persons indicated below until such time as notice of any change of the person to be notified or change of address is forwarded in writing to all
Parties: 
  
 (a) for the BeMusic Parties to: 
  
 Steven M. Hayes, Esq. 
 MANATT PHELPS & PHILLIPS LLP 
 500 Fifth
Avenue 
 New York, New York 10110 
 (212) 382-0200 
 Fax: (212) 302-4371 
  
 (b) for the Liquid Audio Parties to: 
  
 Clifford Thau, Esq. 
 VINSON & ELKINS
L.L.P. 
 666 Fifth Avenue 
 New
York, New York 10103 
 Phone: (212) 237-0012 
 Fax: (917) 849-5321 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto knowingly and voluntarily execute this Agreement as of the dates
set forth below: 
  
 AGREED AND ACCEPTED:

  

	
	BEMUSIC, INC.
	
	/s/    Clifton B. Knight, Jr.        
	

	 AN AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

			
	NAME AND TITLE:	 	Clifton B. Knight, Jr.
	 	 	Senior Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs

  

	
	LQ CORPORATION
	
	/s/    James Mitarotonda        
	

	 AN AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

			
	NAME AND TITLE:	 	James Mitarontonda
	 	 	Co-Chairman
	 	 	Co-CEO

  

 -11-Form of Indemnification Agreement

 Exhibit 10.8 
  
 CHART INDUSTRIES, INC. 
  

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT 
  
 THIS INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into effective as of the
                             by and between CHART INDUSTRIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
“Corporation”), and                              (“Indemnitee”), a Director and/or
Officer of the Corporation. 
  
 WHEREAS, it is essential to the
Corporation to retain and attract as Directors and/or Officers the most capable persons available such as Indemnitee; and 
  
 WHEREAS, the prevalence of corporate litigation subjects directors and officers to expensive litigation risks and it is the policy of the Corporation to
indemnify its Directors and/or Officers so as to provide them with the maximum possible protection permitted by law; and 
  
 WHEREAS, in addition, because the statutory indemnification provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) expressly provide
that such statutory indemnification provisions are non-exclusive, it is the policy of the Corporation to indemnify its Directors and Officers who, on behalf of the Corporation, have entered into settlements of derivative suits provided they have not
breached the applicable statutory standard of conduct; and 
  
 WHEREAS, Indemnitee does not regard the protection available under the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate”), By-laws (the “By-laws”), and insurance, if any, as adequate in the present
circumstances, and considers it necessary and desirable to his or her service as a Director and/or Officer to have adequate protection, and the Corporation desires to provide such protection to induce Indemnitee to serve in such capacity; and

  
 WHEREAS, the DGCL provides that indemnification of directors
and officers of a corporation may be authorized by agreement, and thereby contemplates that contracts of this nature may be entered into between the Corporation and Indemnitee. 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, the Corporation and
Indemnitee do hereby agree as follows: 
  
 1. Agreement to
Serve. Indemnitee agrees to serve or continue to serve as a Director and/or Officer of the Corporation for so long as he or she is duly elected or appointed or until such time as he or she tenders his or her resignation in writing or is
otherwise terminated or properly removed from office. 
  
 The
Corporation expressly confirms and agrees that (i) it has entered into this agreement and assumed the obligations imposed on the Corporation hereby in order to induce Indemnitee to continue to serve as a Director and/or Officer of the Corporation
and (ii) the obligations imposed on the Corporation hereby cover service by Indemnitee during and after the period with respect to Indemnitee’s service on the Board of Directors, or as an Officer, of the 

 Corporation, including, specifically, the period prior to the date of this Agreement. The Corporation acknowledges that
Indemnitee is relying upon this Agreement in continuing in his or her capacity as a Director and/or Officer of the Corporation. 
  
 2. Definitions. As used in this Agreement: 
  
 (a) The term “Proceeding” shall include any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, arbitration or proceeding, whether
brought by or in the right of the Corporation or otherwise and whether of a civil, criminal, administrative or investigative nature, in which Indemnitee may be or may have been involved as a party or otherwise, by reason of the fact that Indemnitee
is or was a Director and/or Officer of the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation, by reason of any action taken by Indemnitee or of any inaction on his or her part while acting as such a Director and/or Officer, or by reason of the fact
that he or she is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, member or manager, partner, trustee, employee, agent, or fiduciary of another corporation (domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit), limited liability
company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise; in each case whether before or after the date of this Agreement and whether or not he or she is acting or serving in any such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred
for which indemnification or reimbursement can be provided under this Agreement. 
  
 (b) The term “Expenses” shall include, without limitation, expenses of investigations, judicial or administrative proceedings or
appeals, attorneys’ fees and disbursements and any expenses of establishing a right to indemnification under Paragraph 8 of this Agreement, but shall not include the amount of judgments, fines or penalties against or settlements paid by
Indemnitee. 
  
 (c) References to “other
enterprise” shall include, without limitation, employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include, without limitation, any excise tax assessed with respect to any employee benefit plan; references to “serving at the
request of the Corporation” shall include, without limitation, any service as a Director and/or Officer of the Corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such Director and/or Officer with respect to an employee benefit plan,
its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a
manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation” as referred to in this Agreement. 
  
 3. Indemnity in Third-Party Proceedings. The Corporation shall indemnify Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Paragraph 3 if
Indemnitee is a party to or threatened to be made a party to or otherwise involved in any Proceeding (other than a Proceeding by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor) by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a
Director and/or Officer of the Corporation or a subsidiary of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, member or manager, partner, trustee, employee, agent, or fiduciary of another corporation
(domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit), limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, in each case whether before or after the date of this Agreement, 
  

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 against all Expenses, judgments, settlements, fines and penalties, actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in
connection with the defense or settlement of such Proceeding, but only if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation and, in the case of a
criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. The termination of any such Proceeding by judgment, order of court, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere, or its equivalent, shall not,
of itself, create a presumption that Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and with respect to any criminal proceeding, that such
person had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. 
  
 4. Indemnity for Expenses in Proceedings by or in the Right of the Corporation. The Corporation shall indemnify Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Paragraph 4 if Indemnitee is a party to or
threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a Director and/or Officer of the Corporation or a subsidiary of the Corporation,
or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, member or manager, partner, trustee, employee, agent, or fiduciary of another corporation (domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit), limited liability company,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, in each case whether before or after the date of this Agreement, against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the defense of such Proceeding, but only
if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, except that no indemnification for Expenses shall be made under this Paragraph 4 in respect of any
claim, issue or matter as to which Indemnitee shall have been adjudged by court order or judgment to be liable to the Corporation, unless and only to the extent that any court in which such Proceeding was brought shall determine upon application
that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as such court shall deem proper. 
  
 5. Indemnity for Amounts Paid in Settlement in Proceedings by or in the
Right of the Corporation. The Corporation shall indemnify Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Paragraph 5 if Indemnitee is a party to or threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding by or in the right of the Corporation to
procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a Director and/or Officer of the Corporation or a subsidiary of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, member or
manager, partner, trustee, employee, agent, or fiduciary of another corporation (domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit), limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, in each case whether before or after
the date of this Agreement, against all amounts actually and reasonably paid in settlement by Indemnitee in connection with any such Proceeding, but only if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in
or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation. 
  
 6.
Indemnification of Expenses of Successful Party. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that Indemnitee has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any Proceeding or in defense of any claim,
issue or matter therein, including dismissal without prejudice, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses incurred in connection therewith. 
  

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 7. Advances of Expenses. Any Expenses incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee pursuant to
Paragraphs 3 or 4 in any Proceeding shall be paid by the Corporation in advance upon the written request of Indemnitee if Indemnitee shall undertake to (a) repay such amount to the extent that it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not
entitled to indemnification hereunder, and (b) reasonably cooperate with the Corporation concerning the action, suit or proceeding giving rise to the Expenses. Any advances to be made under this Paragraph 7 shall be paid by the Corporation to
Indemnitee within 30 days following delivery of a written request therefor by Indemnitee to the Corporation. 
  
 8. Procedure. Any indemnification and advances provided for in Paragraph 3, 4, 5 and 6 shall be made no later than 30 days after receipt of the
written request of Indemnitee. If a claim under this Agreement, under any statute, or under any provision of the Corporation’s Certificate or its By-laws providing for indemnification, is not paid in full by the Corporation within 30 days after
a written request for payment thereof has first been received by the Corporation, Indemnitee may, but need not, at any time thereafter bring an action against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, subject to the other
provisions of this Agreement, Indemnitee shall also be entitled to be paid for the Expenses of bringing such action. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in connection with
any action, suit or proceeding in advance of its final disposition) that Indemnitee has not met the standards of conduct that make it permissible under applicable law for the Corporation to indemnify Indemnitee for the amount claimed, but the burden
of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation and Indemnitee shall be entitled to receive advance payments of expenses pursuant to Paragraph 7 hereof unless and until such defense may be finally adjudicated by court order or judgment from
which no further right of appeal exists. It is the parties’ intention that if the Corporation contests Indemnitee’s right to indemnification, the question of Indemnitee’s right to indemnification shall be for the court or arbitrator,
as applicable, to decide, and neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, any committee or subgroup of the Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) to have made a determination that
indemnification of Indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct required by applicable law, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, any committee or
subgroup of the Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that Indemnitee has or has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

  
 9. Allowance for Compliance with SEC Requirements.
Indemnitee acknowledges that the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has expressed the opinion that indemnification of directors and officers from liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and, is therefore, unenforceable. Indemnitee hereby agrees that it will not be a breach of this Agreement for the Corporation to undertake with the SEC in connection with the registration for sale of any
stock or other securities of the Corporation from time to time that, in the event a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Corporation of expenses incurred or paid by a director or officer of the
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 action, suit or proceeding) is asserted in connection with such stock or other securities being registered, the
Corporation will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of competent jurisdiction on the question of whether or not such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. Indemnitee further agrees that such submission to a court of competent jurisdiction shall not be a breach of this Agreement. 
  
 10. Indemnification Hereunder Not Exclusive. The indemnification
provided by this Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee may be entitled under the Certificate or the By-laws of the Corporation, any agreement, any vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, the DGCL,
or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. 
  
 The indemnification under this Agreement for any action taken or not taken while serving in an indemnified capacity shall continue as to Indemnitee even
though he or she may have ceased to be a Director and/or Officer and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and personal representatives of Indemnitee. 
  
 11. Partial Indemnification. If Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this Agreement to indemnification by
the Corporation for some claims, issues or matters, but not as to other claims, issues or matters, or for some or a portion of the Expenses, judgments, fines or penalties actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or amounts actually and
reasonably paid in settlement by Indemnitee in the investigation, defense, appeal or settlement of any Proceeding, but not for the total amount thereof, the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee for the portion of such claims, issues
or matters or Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement to which Indemnitee is entitled. 
  
 12. No Rights of Continued Employment. Nothing contained in this Agreement is intended to create in Indemnitee any right to continued employment.

  
 13. Reimbursement to Corporation by Indemnitee; Limitation
on Amounts Paid by Corporation. To the extent Indemnitee has been indemnified by the Corporation hereunder and later receives payments from any insurance carrier covering the same Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in
settlement so indemnified by the Corporation hereunder, Indemnitee shall immediately reimburse the Corporation hereunder for all such amounts received from the insurer. 
  
 Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to recover amounts under this
Agreement which, when added to the amount of indemnification payments made to, or on behalf of, Indemnitee, under the Certificate or By-laws of the Corporation, in the aggregate exceed the Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee (“Excess Amounts”). To the extent the Corporation has paid Excess Amounts to Indemnitee, Indemnitee shall be obligated to reimburse the Corporation for such Excess Amounts.

  

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 Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Corporation shall not be obligated under
the terms of this Agreement, to indemnify Indemnitee: 
  
 (a) or
advance expenses to Indemnitee with respect to proceedings or claims initiated or brought voluntarily by Indemnitee and not by way of defense, except with respect to Proceedings brought to establish or enforce a right to indemnification under this
Agreement or any other statute or law or otherwise as required under Section 145 of the DGCL, but such indemnification or advancement of expenses may be provided by the Corporation in specific cases if the Board of Directors finds it appropriate;

  
 (b) if it is proved by final judgment in a court of law or
other final adjudication to have been based upon or attributable to Indemnitee in fact having gained any personal profit or advantage to which he or she was not legally entitled; 
  
 (c) for any expenses incurred by Indemnitee with respect to any proceeding instituted by Indemnitee to enforce or interpret
this Agreement, if a court of competent jurisdiction determines that each of the material assertions made by Indemnitee in such proceeding was not made in good faith or was frivolous; 
  
 (d) for a disgorgement of profits made from the purchase and sale by the Indemnitee of securities pursuant to Section 16(b)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or similar provisions of any state statutory law or common law; or 
  
 (e) for any judgment, fine or penalty which the Corporation is prohibited by applicable law from paying as indemnity or for any other reason.

  
 14. Scope. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, the Corporation hereby agrees to indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, notwithstanding that such indemnification is not specifically authorized by the other provisions of this Agreement, the Corporation’s
Certificate, its By-laws, or by statute. In the event of any change, after the date of this Agreement, in any applicable law, statute, or rule which expands the right of a Delaware corporation to indemnify a member of its board of directors or an
officer, such change shall be deemed to be within the purview of Indemnitee’s rights and the Corporation’s obligations under this Agreement. In the event of any change in any applicable law, statute or rule which narrows the right of a
Delaware corporation to indemnify a member of its board of directors or an officer, such change, to the extent not otherwise required by such law, statute or rule to be applied to this Agreement, shall have no effect on this Agreement or the
parties’ rights and obligations hereunder. 
  
 15. Notice
to Insurers. If, at the time of the receipt of a written request of Indemnitee pursuant to Paragraph 8 hereof, the Corporation has director and officer liability insurance in effect, the Corporation shall give prompt notice of the commencement
of such proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the respective policies. The Corporation shall thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of Indemnitee, all amounts
payable as a result of such proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policies. 
  
 16. Selection of Counsel. In the event the Corporation shall be obligated under Paragraphs 3, 4, 5, or 6 hereof to pay the expenses of any Proceeding against Indemnitee, the Corporation, if appropriate, shall
be entitled to assume the defense of such Proceeding, with 
  

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 counsel approved by Indemnitee, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, upon delivery to Indemnitee
of written notice of the Corporation’s election to do so. After delivery of such notice, approval of such counsel by Indemnitee and the retention of such counsel by the Corporation, the Corporation will not be liable to Indemnitee under this
Agreement for any fees of counsel subsequently incurred by Indemnitee with respect to the same proceeding, provided that: (a) Indemnitee shall have the right to employ his or her own counsel in any such proceeding at Indemnitee’s expense; and
(b) if (i) the employment of counsel by Indemnitee has been previously authorized by the Corporation, or (ii) the Corporation shall not, in fact, have employed counsel to assume the defense of such proceeding, then the fees and expenses of
Indemnitee’s counsel shall be at the expense of the Corporation. 
  
 17. Arbitration. With the exception of the provisions of Paragraph 9 hereof, any dispute, controversy or claim between Indemnitee and the Corporation arising out of or relating to or concerning the provisions of this Agreement, shall
be finally settled by arbitration in the City of Cleveland, State of Ohio, before a single arbitrator agreeable to both parties. If the parties cannot agree on a designated arbitrator, arbitration shall proceed in the City of Cleveland, State of
Ohio, before an arbitrator appointed by the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA”). In either case, the arbitration proceeding shall commence promptly in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules of the AAA then in effect and
the arbitrator shall be an attorney other than an attorney who has, or is associated with a firm having associated with it an attorney who has been retained by or performed services for the Corporation or Indemnitee at any time during the five years
preceding the commencement of the arbitration. The award shall be rendered in such form that judgment may be entered thereon in any court having jurisdiction thereof. 
  
 18. Continuation of Rights and Obligations. All rights and obligations of the Corporation and Indemnitee hereunder
shall continue in full force and effect despite the subsequent amendment or modification of the Corporation’s Certificate or By-laws, as such are in effect on the date hereof, and such rights and obligations shall not be affected by any such
amendment or modification, any resolution of directors or stockholders of the Corporation, or by any other corporate action which conflicts with or purports to amend, modify, limit or eliminate any of the rights or obligations of the Corporation
and/or Indemnitee hereunder. 
  
 19. Amendment and
Modification. This Agreement may only be amended, modified or supplemented by the written agreement of the Corporation and Indemnitee. 
  
 20. Assignment. This Agreement shall not be assigned by the Corporation or Indemnitee without the prior written consent of the other party thereto,
except that the Corporation may freely assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any subsidiary for whom Indemnitee is serving as a director and/or officer thereof; provided, however, that no permitted assignment shall release the
assignor from its obligations hereunder. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement and all of the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, including, without
limitation, any successor to the Corporation by way of merger, consolidation and/or sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the capital stock of the Corporation. 
  
 21. Saving Clause. If this Agreement or any portion thereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of
competent jurisdiction, the Corporation shall 
  

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 nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee as to Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement with respect
to any Proceeding to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Agreement that shall not have been invalidated or by any other applicable law. 
  

22. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more fully or partially executed counterparts each of which shall be deemed an
original binding the signer thereof against the other signing parties, but all counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Executed signature pages may be removed from counterpart agreements and attached to one or more fully
executed copies of this Agreement. The parties may execute and deliver this Agreement by facsimile signature, which shall have the same binding effect as an original ink signature. 
  
 23. Notice and Information. Indemnitee shall, as a condition precedent to his or her right to be indemnified under
this Agreement, give to the Corporation notice in writing as soon as practicable of any claim made against him or her for which indemnity will or could be sought under this Agreement. Notice to the Corporation shall be directed to the Corporation at
5885 Landerbrook Drive, Suite 205, Cleveland, Ohio 44124 Attention: Chief Executive Officer (or such other address as the Corporation shall designate in writing to Indemnitee). Notice shall be deemed received three days after the date postmarked if
sent by prepaid mail, properly addressed. In addition, Indemnitee shall give the Corporation such information and cooperation as it may reasonably require within Indemnitee’s power. 
  
 24. Applicable Law. All matters with respect to this Agreement, including, without limitation, matters of validity,
construction, effect and performance shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts made and to be performed therein between the residents thereof (regardless of the laws that might otherwise be applicable
under principles of conflicts of law). 
  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereby have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and signed as of
the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	THE CORPORATION:
	
	 CHART INDUSTRIES, INC.

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 	 	 Samuel F. Thomas, Chief Executive Officer

	
	INDEMNITEE:
	
	  

	 —NAME—

  

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 Schedule of Current and Former Directors and Officers 
 of Registrant who are Party to the Form of Indemnification Agreement 
 to which this Schedule is Attached 
  

	
	 Name

	
	 William T. Allen

	
	 Oliver C. Ewald

	
	 Michael P. Harmon

	
	 Arthur S. Holmes

	
	 Stephen A. Kaplan

	
	 Samuel F. Thomas

	
	 Timothy J. White

	
	 Stephen S. Gray

	
	 Thomas F. McKee

	
	 Lazzaro G. Modigliani

	
	 Geoffrey S. Rehnert

	
	 Robert G. Turner, Jr.

	
	 Michael F. Biehl

	
	 Charles R. Lovett

	
	 Mark H. Ludwig

	
	 Andrew P. Gehrlein

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