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EXHIBIT
10.2

FIRST
AMENDMENT TO

THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY INCORPORATED

AMENDED AND RESTATED YEAR 2000 OMNIBUS PERFORMANCE STOCK 

INCENTIVE PLAN

[ADOPTED
BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CHEESECAKE 

FACTORY INCORPORATED ON NOVEMBER 28, 2006]

The Cheesecake Factory
Incorporated Amended and
Restated Year 2000 Omnibus Performance Stock Incentive Plan, as adopted
at The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated 2004 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the
“2000 Plan”) is amended as provided
herein and except as so amended, the 2000 Plan remains in full force and
effect.

1.               Article VI, Section
6.2 of the 2000 Plan is amended and restated in its entirety to read as
follows:

6.2  PURCHASE
PRICE. The price (the “Option Price”) at which each share of Common Stock may
be purchased shall be 100% of the Fair Market Value of the shares of Common
Stock on the Grant Date.

If the Common Stock is listed on any established
stock exchange or over-the-counter market, the Fair Market Value of a share of
Common Stock shall be the closing sales price for such stock (or the closing
bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such exchange or market (or the
exchange or market with the greatest volume of trading in the Common Stock) on
the date of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal
or such other source as the Board deems reliable.  Unless otherwise provided by the Board, if
there is no closing sales price (or closing bid if no sales were reported) for
the Common Stock on the date of determination, then the Fair Market Value shall
be the closing selling price (or closing bid if no sales were reported) on the
last preceding date for which such quotation exists.  In the absence of such markets for the Common
Stock, the Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Board in good faith.Exhibit
10.1

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

This Indemnification Agreement (“Agreement”) is made
as of               
   , 2006 by and between Superior Essex Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), and                          
(“Indemnitee”).

RECITALS

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

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

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

WHEREAS, the Board has determined that the increased
difficulty in attracting and retaining such persons is detrimental to the best
interests of the Company and its stockholders and that the Company should act
to assure such persons that there will be increased certainty of such
protection in the future;

WHEREAS, it is reasonable, prudent and necessary for
the Company contractually to obligate itself to indemnify, and to advance
expenses on behalf of, such persons to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law so that they will serve or continue to serve 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 Charter,  the By-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 Charter, the By-laws and insurance as adequate in the
present circumstances, and may not be willing to serve as an [officer]
[director] of the Company [or, at the request of the Company, as a [director]
[officer] [employee] [agent] of another enterprise] without adequate
protection, and the Company desires Indemnitee to serve in such capacity.  Indemnitee is willing to serve, continue to
serve and to take on additional service for or on behalf of the Company on the
condition that [he] [she] be so indemnified; and

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

Section 1.               Services to the Company.  Indemnitee agrees to serve as a [director]
[officer] of the Company [and, at the request of the Company, as a [director]
[officer] [employee] [agent] of another enterprise].  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 have
no 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) and Indemnitee. 
Indemnitee specifically 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 be otherwise 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 director or officer of the Company, by
the Charter, By-laws and the DGCL.  The
foregoing notwithstanding, this Agreement shall continue in force after
Indemnitee has ceased to serve as an [officer] [director] of the Company [and,
at the request of the Company, as a [director] [officer] [employee] [agent] of
another enterprise].

Section 2.               Definitions.   As used in this Agreement:

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

i.              Acquisition
of Stock by Third Party.  Any Person (as
defined below) is or becomes the Beneficial Owner (as defined below), directly
or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing fifteen percent (15%)
or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding
securities;

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
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than a director designated by a person who has entered into an
agreement with the Company to effect a transaction described in Sections
2(a)(i), 2(a)(iii) or 2(a)(iv)) whose election by the Board or nomination for
election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least
two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at
the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was
previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority
of the members of the Board;

iii.            Corporate
Transactions.  The effective date of a
merger or consolidation of the 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 outstanding or 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 elect at
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 to Item 6(e) of
Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A (or a response to any similar item on any
similar schedule or form) promulgated under the Exchange Act (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)          “Exchange Act” shall mean the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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

(C)           “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 a
Beneficial Owner by reason of the stockholders of the Company approving a
merger of the Company with another entity.

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

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

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

(f)            “Independent
Counsel” means a law firm, or a member of a law firm, that is experienced in
matters of corporation law and neither presently is, nor in the past five years
has been, retained to represent:  (i) the
Company or Indemnitee in any matter material to either such party (other than
with respect to matters concerning the Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of
other indemnitees under similar indemnification agreements), or (ii) any other
party to the Proceeding giving rise to a claim for indemnification
hereunder.  Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the term “Independent Counsel” shall not include any person who,
under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have
a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or Indemnitee in an
action to determine Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement.  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 completed proceeding,
whether brought in the right of the Company or otherwise and whether of a
civil, criminal, administrative legislative, or investigative nature, including
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or will be involved as a party, potential party, non-party witness or
otherwise by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director or officer
of the Company, by reason of any action taken by [him] [her] or of any action
on [his] [her] part while acting as director or officer of the Company, or by
reason of the fact that [he] [she] is or was serving at the request of the
Company as a director, 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 for which indemnification, reimbursement,
or advancement of expenses can be provided under this Agreement; except one
initiated by an Indemnitee to enforce [his] [her] rights under this Agreement.

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

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

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

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

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

Section 7.               Additional Indemnification.

(a)           Notwithstanding
any limitation in Sections 3, 4, or 5, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee
to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law if Indemnitee is 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, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the Proceeding.

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

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

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

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

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

(b)           for
(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) hereof) or
similar provisions of state statutory law or common law, or (ii) any reimbursement
of the Company by the Indemnitee of any bonus or other incentive-based or
equity-based compensation or of any profits realized by the Indemnitee from the
sale of securities of the Company, as required in each case under the Exchange
Act (including any such reimbursements that arise from an accounting
restatement of the Company pursuant to Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), or the payment to the Company of profits
arising from the purchase and sale by Indemnitee of securities in violation of
Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act), or

(c)           except
as provided in Section 13(d) of this Agreement, in connection with any
Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee, including
any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee against
the Company or its directors, officers, employees or other indemnitees, unless
(i) the Board 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 9.               Advances of Expenses.   Notwithstanding any provision of this
Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall advance, to the extent not
prohibited by law, the Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any
Proceeding, and such advancement shall be made within thirty (30) days after
the receipt by the Company of a statement or statements requesting such
advances from time to time, whether prior to or after final disposition of any
Proceeding.  Advances shall be unsecured
and interest free.  Advances shall be
made without regard to Indemnitee’s ability to repay the Expenses and without
regard to Indemnitee’s ultimate entitlement to indemnification under the other
provisions of this Agreement.  Advances
shall include any and all reasonable Expenses incurred pursuing an action to
enforce this right of advancement, including Expenses incurred preparing and forwarding
statements to the Company to support the advances claimed.  The Indemnitee shall qualify for advances
upon the execution and delivery to the Company of this Agreement, which shall
constitute an undertaking providing that the Indemnitee undertakes to repay the
advance to the extent that it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not
entitled to be indemnified by the Company. 
This Section 9 shall not apply to any claim made by Indemnitee for which
indemnity is excluded pursuant to Section 8.

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Section 10.             Procedure for Notification and
Defense of Claim.

(a)           Indemnitee
shall notify the Company in writing of any matter with respect to which
Indemnitee intends to seek indemnification or advancement of Expenses hereunder
as soon as reasonably practicable following the receipt by Indemnitee of
written notice thereof.  The written
notification to the Company shall include a description of the nature of the
Proceeding and the facts underlying the Proceeding.  To obtain indemnification under this Agreement,
Indemnitee shall submit to the Company a written request, including therein or
therewith such documentation and information as is reasonably available to
Indemnitee and is reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what extent
Indemnitee is entitled to indemnifica­tion following the final disposition of
such action, suit or proceeding.  The
omission by Indemnitee to notify the Company hereunder will not relieve the
Company from any liability which it may have to Indemnitee hereunder or
otherwise than under this Agreement, and any delay in so notifying the Company
shall not constitute a waiver by Indemnitee of any rights under this
Agreement.  The Secretary of the Company
shall, promptly upon receipt of such a request for indemnification, advise the Board
in writing that Indemnitee has requested indemnification.

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

Section 11.             Procedure Upon Application for
Indemnification.

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

(b)           In
the event the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by
Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 11(a) hereof, the Independent Counsel
shall 

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be selected as provided in this Section 11(b).  If a Change in Control shall not have
occurred, the Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Board of Directors,
and the Company shall give written notice to Indemnitee advising [him] [her] of
the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected.  If a Change in Control shall have occurred,
the Independent Counsel shall be selected by Indemnitee (unless Indemnitee
shall request that such selection be made by the Board of Directors, in which
event the preceding sentence shall apply), and Indemnitee shall give written
notice to the Company advising it of the identity of the Independent Counsel so
selected.  In either event, Indemnitee or
the Company, as the case may be, may, within ten (10) days after such written
notice of selection shall have been given, deliver to the Company or to
Indemnitee, as the case may be, a written objection to such selection; provided,
however, that such objection may be asserted only on the ground that the
Independent Counsel so selected does not meet the requirements of “Independent
Counsel” as defined in Section 2 of this Agreement, and the objection
shall set forth with particularity the factual basis of such assertion.  Absent a proper and timely objection, the person
so selected shall act as Independent Counsel. 
If such written objection is so made and substantiated, the Independent
Counsel so selected may not serve as Independent Counsel unless and until such
objection is withdrawn or a court has determined that such objection is without
merit.  If, within twenty (20) days after
the later of submission by Indemnitee of a written request for indemnification
pursuant to Section 10(a) hereof and the final disposition of the
Proceeding, no Independent Counsel shall have been selected and not objected
to, either the Company or Indemnitee may petition a court of competent
jurisdiction for resolution of any objection which shall have been made by the
Company or Indemnitee to the other’s selection of Independent Counsel and/or
for the appointment as Independent Counsel of a person selected by the Court or
by such other person as the Court shall designate, and the person with respect
to whom all objections are so resolved or the person so appointed shall act as
Independent Counsel under Section 11(a) hereof.  Upon the due commencement of any judicial
proceeding or arbitration pursuant to Section 13(a) of this Agreement,
Independent Counsel shall be discharged and relieved of any further
responsibility in such capacity (subject to the applicable standards of
professional conduct then prevailing).

Section 12.             Presumptions and Effect of
Certain Proceedings.

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

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(b)           Subject
to Section 13(e), if the person, persons or entity empowered or selected under
Section 11 of this Agreement to determine whether Indemnitee is entitled to
indemnification shall not have made a determination within sixty (60) days
after receipt by the Company of the request therefor, the requisite
determination of entitlement to indemnification shall, to the fullest extent
not prohibited by law, be deemed to have been made and Indemnitee shall be
entitled to such indemnification, absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a
material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee’s
statement not materially misleading, in connection with the request for
indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable
law; provided, however, that such 60-day period may be extended for a
reasonable time, not to exceed an additional thirty (30) days, if the person,
persons or entity making the determination with respect to entitlement to
indemnification in good faith requires such additional time for the obtaining
or evaluating of documentation and/or information relating thereto; and
provided, further, that the foregoing provisions of this Section 12(b) shall
not apply (i) if the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be
made by the stockholders pursuant to Section 11(a) of this Agreement and if (A)
within fifteen (15) days after receipt by the Company of the request for such
determination the Board 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 receipt and 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, 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 to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to
Section 11(a) of this Agreement.

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

(d)           Reliance
as Safe Harbor.  For purposes of any
determination of good faith, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in good
faith if Indemnitee’s action is based on the records or books of account of the
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 records
given 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 12(d) shall
not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the other circumstances in
which the Indemnitee may be deemed to have met the applicable standard of
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(e)           Actions
of Others.  The knowledge and/or
actions, or failure to act, of any director, officer, agent or employee of the
Enterprise shall not be imputed to Indemnitee for purposes of determining the
right to indemnification under this Agreement.

Section 13.             Remedies of Indemnitee.

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

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

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

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(d)           The
Company shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, be precluded from
asserting in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this
Section 13 that the procedures and presumptions of this Agreement are not
valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in any such court or before
any such arbitrator that the Company is bound by all the provisions of this
Agreement.  It is the intent of the
Company that the Indemnitee not be required to incur legal fees or other
Expenses associated with the interpretation, enforcement or defense of
Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement by litigation or otherwise because the
cost and expense thereof would substantially detract from the benefits intended
to be extended to the Indemnitee hereunder. 
The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against any and all Expenses and,
if requested by Indemnitee, shall (within ten (10) days after receipt by the
Company of a written request therefor) advance, to the extent not prohibited by
law, such Expenses to Indemnitee, which are incurred by Indemnitee in
connection with any action brought by Indemnitee for indemnification or advance
of Expenses from the Company under this Agreement or under any directors’ and
officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company, regardless of
whether Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to such
indemnification, advancement of Expenses or insurance recovery, as the case may
be.

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

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

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

(b)           To
the extent that the Company maintains an insurance policy or policies providing
liability insurance for directors, officers, employees, or agents of the
Company or of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust,
employee benefit plan or other enterprise which such person serves at the
request of the Company, Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or policies
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available for any such director, officer, employee or 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 commencement of such proceeding to the insurers in
accordance with the procedures set forth in the respective policies.  The Company shall thereafter take all
necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of the
Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such proceeding in accordance
with the terms of such policies.

(c)           In
the event of any payment under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated
to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee,
who shall execute all papers required and take all action necessary to secure
such rights, including execution of such documents as are necessary to enable
the Company to bring suit to enforce such rights.

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

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

Section 15.             Duration of Agreement.  This Agreement shall continue until and
terminate upon the later of: (a) six years after the date that Indemnitee shall
have ceased to serve as a [director] [officer] of the Company [and, at the
request of the Company, as a [director] [officer] [employee] [agent] of another
enterprise] or (b) one year after the final termination of any Proceeding then
pending in respect of which Indemnitee is granted rights of indemnification or
advancement of Expenses hereunder and of any proceeding commenced by Indemnitee
pursuant to Section 13 of this Agreement relating thereto.  This Agreement shall be binding upon the
Company and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of
Indemnitee and [his] [her] heirs, executors and administrators.

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

Section 17.             Enforcement.

(a)           The
Company expressly confirms and agrees that it has entered into this Agreement
and assumed the obligations imposed on it hereby in order to induce Indemnitee
to serve as a [director] [officer] of the Company [and, at the request of the
Company, as a [director] [officer] [employee] [agent] of another enterprise],
and the Company acknowledges that Indemnitee is relying upon this Agreement in
serving in such capacity.

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

Section 18.             Modification and Waiver.  No supplement, modification or amendment of
this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by the parties
thereto.  No waiver of any of the
provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of
any other provisions of this Agreement nor shall any waiver constitute a
continuing waiver.

Section 19.             Notice by Indemnitee.  Indemnitee agrees promptly to notify the
Company in writing upon being served with any summons, citation, subpoena,
complaint, indictment, information or other document relating to any Proceeding
or matter which may be subject to indemnification or advancement of Expenses
covered hereunder.  The failure of
Indemnitee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of any
obligation which it may have to the Indemnitee under this Agreement or
otherwise.

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

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

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(b)           If
to the Company, to

Superior Essex Inc.

150 Interstate North Parkway

Atlanta, GA 30339-2101

Attn: Corporate Secretary

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

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

Section 22.             Applicable Law and Consent to
Jurisdiction.  This Agreement and the
legal relations among the parties shall be governed by, and construed and
enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard
to its conflict of laws rules. Except with respect to any arbitration commenced
by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 13(a) of this Agreement, the Company and
Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (i) agree that any action or
proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought
only in the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware (the “Delaware Court”), and
not in any other state or federal court in the United States of America or any
court in any other country, (ii) consent to submit to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the Delaware Court for purposes of any action or proceeding
arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, (iii) appoint, to the
extent such party is not otherwise subject to service of process in the State
of Delaware, irrevocably Corporation Service Company, 2711 Centerville Road,
Suite 400, Wilmington, Delaware, 19808, New Castle County as its agent in the
State of Delaware for acceptance of legal process in connection with any such
action or proceeding against such party with the same legal force and validity
as if served upon such party personally within the State of Delaware, (iv)
waive any objection to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in
the Delaware Court, and (v) waive, and agree not to plead or to make, any claim
that any such action or proceeding brought in the Delaware Court has been brought
in an improper or inconvenient forum.

Section 23.             Identical Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original
but all of which together shall constitute one and the same Agreement.  Only one such counterpart signed by the party
against whom enforceability is sought needs to be produced to evidence the
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Section 24.             Miscellaneous.    Use of the masculine pronoun shall be
deemed to include usage of the feminine pronoun where appropriate.  The headings of the paragraphs of this
Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to
constitute part of this Agreement or to affect the construction thereof.

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

	
  

  	
   

  	
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