LANGER BIOMECHANICS GROUP INC
SC TO-T, EX-99.(D)(1)(J), 2001-01-10
ORTHOPEDIC, PROSTHETIC & SURGICAL APPLIANCES & SUPPLIES
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                                                               Exhibit (d)(1)(J)

                            INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

            AGREEMENT made as of this _____day of ___, 2000,  between The Langer
Biomechanics  Group,  Inc., a New York corporation  (the  "Company"),  Kanders &
Company,  Inc.,  a  __________  corporation  ("Kanders  & Co."),  and  Warren B.
Kanders,  an  individual  ("Kanders"  and,  together  with  Kanders  &  Co.  the
"Indemnitee").

            WHEREAS,  it is  essential  to the Company and its  stockholders  to
attract and retain qualified and capable consultants;

            WHEREAS,  in recognition of Indemnitee's need for protection against
personal  liability  in order to induce  Indemnitee  to serve the  Company in an
effective  manner,  and to supplement or replace the  Company's  directors'  and
officers' liability insurance coverage, and, in part, to provide Indemnitee with
specific contractual assurance that indemnification protection will be available
to Indemnitee,  the Company  wishes to provide the Indemnitee  with the benefits
contemplated by this Agreement; and

            WHEREAS,  as a result of the provision of such  benefits  Indemnitee
has agreed to continue to serve the Company as a consultant;

            NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

            1. Definitions.  The following terms, as used herein, shall have the
following respective meanings:

            a.  Affiliate:  of a specified  Person is a Person who directly,  or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries,  controls or is controlled by, or
is under common control with, the Person  specified.  The term Associate used to
indicate a  relationship  with any  Person  shall  mean (i) any  corporation  or
organization (other than the Company or a Subsidiary) of which such Person is an
officer or partner or is,  directly or indirectly,  the Beneficial  Owner of ten
(10) percent or more of any class of Equity Securities;  (ii) any trust or other
estate in which such Person has a substantial beneficial interest or as to which
such Person serves as trustee or in a similar fiduciary  capacity (other than an
Employee Plan Trustee),  (iii) any Relative of such Person,  or (iv) any officer
or director of any corporation controlling or controlled by such Person.

            b. Beneficial Ownership:  shall be determined, and a Person shall be
the  Beneficial  Owner of all  securities  which  such  Person  is deemed to own
beneficially,  pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations under
the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as amended  (or any  successor  rule or
statutory provision),  or, if such Rule 13d-3 shall be rescinded and there shall
be no successor rule or statutory provision thereto, pursuant to such Rule 13d-3
as in effect


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on the date hereof;  provided,  however, that a Person shall, in any event, also
be deemed to be the  Beneficial  Owner of any Voting  Shares:  (A) of which such
Person or any of its  Affiliates or Associates is,  directly or indirectly,  the
Beneficial  Owner;  or (B) of which  such  Person  or any of its  Affiliates  or
Associates  has (i) the right to  acquire  (whether  such  right is  exercisable
immediately  or only after the  passage  of time),  pursuant  to any  agreement,
arrangement or understanding or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange
rights,  warrants or options,  or  otherwise,  and (ii) sole or shared voting or
investment  power with respect thereto  pursuant to any agreement,  arrangement,
understanding,  relationship  or  otherwise  (but  shall not be deemed to be the
Beneficial  Owner of any Voting  Shares  solely by reason of a  revocable  proxy
granted  for  a  particular  meeting  of  stockholders,  pursuant  to  a  public
solicitation  of  proxies  for such  meeting,  with  respect  to shares of which
neither such Person nor any such Affiliate or Associate is otherwise  deemed the
Beneficial  Owner),  or (C) of which another Person is,  directly or indirectly,
the Beneficial  Owner if such first mentioned Person or any of its Affiliates or
Associates  acts with such other  Person as a  partnership,  syndicate  or other
group pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of
acquiring,  holding,  voting or disposing of any shares of capital  stock of the
Company; and provided further,  however,  that (i) no director or officer of the
Company, nor any Associate or Affiliate of any such director or officer,  shall,
solely by reason of any or all of such  directors  and officers  acting in their
capacities as such, be deemed for any purpose hereof, to be the Beneficial Owner
of any  Voting  Shares of which any  other  such  director  or  officer  (or any
Associate or Affiliate  thereof) is the  Beneficial  Owner (ii) no trustee of an
employee  stock  ownership  or similar  plan of the  Company  or any  Subsidiary
("Employee  Plan  Trustee") or any  Associate or Affiliate of any such  Trustee,
shall,  solely by reason of being an  Employee  Plan  Trustee  or  Associate  or
Affiliate of an Employee Plan Trustee,  be deemed for any purposes  hereof to be
the Beneficial Owner of any Voting Shares held by or under any such plan.

            (c) A Change in Control: shall be deemed to have occurred if (A) any
Person (other than (a) the Company or any subsidiary, or (b) any pension, profit
sharing,  employee stock ownership or other employee benefit plan of the Company
or any  subsidiary or any trustee of or fiduciary  with respect to any such plan
when acting in such capacity) is or becomes,  after the date of this  Agreement,
the  Beneficial  Owners of 30% or more of the total  voting  power of the Voting
Shares, (B) during any period of two consecutive  years,  individuals who at the
beginning  of such period  constitute  the Board of Directors of the Company and
any new  director  whose  election or  appointment  by the Board of Directors or
nomination  or  recommendation  for election by the Company's  stockholders  was
approved by a vote of at least  two-thirds  (2/3) of the directors then still in
office  who  either  were  directors  at the  beginning  of the  period or whose
election or nomination  for election was  previously so approved,  cease for any
reason to constitute a majority thereof,  or (C) the stockholders of the Company
approve a merger or  consolidation  of the Company  with any other  corporation,
other than a merger or consolidation  which would result in the Voting Shares of
the Company  outstanding  immediately  prior  thereto  continuing  to  represent
(either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Shares of the
surviving  entity) at least 75% of the total  voting  power  represented  by the
Voting  Shares of the  Company  or such  surviving  entity  outstanding,  or the
stockholders  of the  Company  approve  a plan of  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.

            (d) Claim: means any threatened,  pending or completed action, suit,
arbitration or proceeding,  or any inquiry or investigation,  whether brought by
or in the right of the  Company  or  otherwise,  that  Indemnitee  in good faith
reasonably believes might lead to the institution of any


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such  action,  suit,   arbitration  or  proceeding,   whether  civil,  criminal,
administrative, investigative or other, or any appeal therefrom.

            (e) Equity Security: shall have the meaning given to such term under
Rule 3a11- 1 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities  Exchange
Act of 1934, as in effect on the date hereof.

            (f)  D&O  Insurance:   means  any  valid  directors'  and  officers'
liability  insurance  policy  maintained  by the  Company for the benefit of the
Indemnitee, if any.

            (g)  Determination:  means a  determination,  and Determined means a
matter which has been determined based on the facts known at the time, by: (i) a
majority vote of a quorum of disinterested  directors,  or (ii) if such a quorum
is not obtainable, or even if obtainable, if a quorum of disinterested directors
so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion,  or, in the event
there has been a Change in  Control,  by the Special  Independent  Counsel (in a
written  opinion)  selected by  Indemnitee as set forth in Section 6, or (iii) a
majority  of the  disinterested  stockholders  of the  Company,  or (iv) a final
adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction.

            (h)  Excluded  Claim:  means any  payment  for Losses or Expenses in
connection with any Claim:  (i) based or  attributable to Indemnitee  personally
gaining in fact any financial  profit or other advantage to which  Indemnitee is
not legally  entitled;  or (ii) for the return by Indemnitee of any remuneration
paid to  Indemnitee  without the previous  approval of the  stockholders  of the
Company  which is illegal;  or (iii) for an  accounting  of profits in fact made
from the purchase or sale by Indemnitee of securities of the Company  within the
meaning of Section 16 of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,  as amended,  or
similar  provisions  of any  state  law;  or (iv)  resulting  from  Indemnitee's
knowingly fraudulent, dishonest or willful misconduct; or (v) resulting from the
Indemnitee's bad faith or as a result of active and deliberate  dishonesty which
was material to the adjudicated  cause of action or (vi) the payment of which by
the Company under this Agreement is not permitted by applicable law.

            (i) Expenses:  means any reasonable  expenses incurred by Indemnitee
as a result of a Claim or  Claims  made  against  Indemnitee  for  Indemnifiable
Events including,  without limitation,  reasonable attorneys' fees and all other
costs,   expenses  and   obligations   paid  or  incurred  in  connection   with
investigating,  defending,  being a witness in or participating in (including on
appeal),  or preparing to defend,  be a witness in or  participate  in any Claim
relating to any Indemnifiable Event.

            (j) Fines:  means any fine,  penalty or, with respect to an employee
benefit plan, any excise tax or penalty assessed with respect thereto.

            (k) Indemnifiable  Event:  means any event or occurrence,  occurring
prior  to or  after  the  date of  this  Agreement,  related  to the  fact  that
Indemnitee  is, was or has agreed to serve as, a  director,  officer,  employee,
consultant,  trustee, agent or fiduciary of the Company, or is or was serving at
the  request  of the  Company  as a  director,  officer,  employee,  consultant,
trustee, agent or fiduciary of another corporation,  partnership, joint venture,
employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise,  or by reason of anything done
or not done by  Indemnitee,  including,  but not limited to, any breach of duty,
neglect, error, misstatement, misleading statement, omission, or other act done


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or wrongfully  attempted by Indemnitee,  or any of the foregoing  alleged by any
claimant, in any such capacity.

            (l) Losses:  means any amounts or sums which  Indemnitee  is legally
obligated  to pay as a result of a Claim or Claims made against  Indemnitee  for
Indemnifiable Events including, without limitation,  damages, judgments and sums
or amounts paid in settlement of a Claim or Claims, and Fines.

            (m) Person: means any individual, partnership,  corporation, limited
liability company,  business trust, joint stock company,  trust,  unincorporated
association,  joint venture,  governmental authority or other entity of whatever
nature.

            (n) Potential Change in Control: shall be deemed to have occurred if
(A) the  Company,  enters into an  agreement,  the  consummation  of which would
result in the  occurrence of a Change in Control;  or (B) the Board of Directors
adopts a  resolution  to the effect  that,  for  purposes of this  Agreement,  a
Potential Change in Control has occurred.

            (o) Relative: means a Person's spouse, parents, children,  siblings,
mother-  and  father-in-law,  sons-  and  daughters-in-law,  and  brothers-  and
sisters-in-law.

            (p) Reviewing Party: means any appropriate person or body consisting
of a member or members of the  Company's  Board of Directors or any other person
or body  appointed  by the Board  (including  the  Special  Independent  Counsel
referred to in Section 6) who is not a party to the  particular  Claim for which
Indemnitee is seeking indemnification.

            (q)  Subsidiary:  means any  corporation  of which a majority of any
class of Equity Security is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company.

            (r) Trust: means the trust established pursuant to Section 7 hereof.

            (s)  Voting  Shares:  means any  issued  and  outstanding  shares of
capital  stock of the Company  entitled  to vote  generally  in the  election of
directors.

            2. Basic Indemnification  Agreement.  In consideration of, and as an
inducement to, the Indemnitee  rendering  valuable services to the Company,  the
Company agrees that in the event  Indemnitee is or becomes a party to or witness
or other  participant  in, or is  threatened to be made a party to or witness or
other  participant  in,  a Claim by  reason  of (or  arising  in part out of) an
Indemnifiable Event, the Company will indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent
authorized  by law,  against  any and all Losses  and  Expenses  (including  all
interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in
respect of such Losses and  Expenses)  of such Claim,  whether or not such Claim
proceeds  to  judgment  or  is  settled  or  otherwise  is  brought  to a  final
disposition, subject in each case, to the further provisions of this Agreement.

            3. Limitations on Indemnification. Notwithstanding the provisions of
Section 2, Indemnitee shall not be indemnified and held harmless from any Losses
or Expenses (a) which have been Determined, as provided herein, to constitute an
Excluded Claim; (b) indemnifiable hereunder if and to the extent that Indemnitee
has actually received payment in connection with


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such Losses and Expenses pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation,  By-laws,
D&O Insurance or  otherwise;  or (c) other than pursuant to the last sentence of
Section 4(d) or Section 14, in connection with any claim or proceeding initiated
by  Indemnitee,  or brought or made by  Indemnitee  against  the  Company or any
director  or officer of the  Company,  unless the  Company  has joined in or the
Board of Directors has authorized such claim or proceeding.

            4. Indemnification Procedures.

            (a) Promptly  after  receipt by  Indemnitee  of notice of any Claim,
Indemnitee shall, if indemnification with respect thereto may be sought from the
Company under this Agreement,  notify the Company of the  commencement  thereof;
provided,  however,  that the  failure to give such  notice  promptly  shall not
affect or limit the Company's  obligations with respect to the matters described
in the notice of such Claim, except to the extent that the Company is prejudiced
thereby.  Indemnitee  agrees,  further,  not to make any admission or effect any
settlement with respect to such Claim without the consent of the Company, except
any Claim with respect to which the  Indemnitee  has  undertaken  the defense in
accordance with the second to last sentence of Section 4(d).

            (b) If, at the time of the receipt of such  notice,  the Company has
D&O  Insurance  in  effect,   the  Company  shall  give  prompt  notice  of  the
commencement  of any Claim 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
Indemnitee, all Losses and Expenses payable as a result of such Claim.

            (c) The Indemnitee  shall be entitled employ counsel of its choosing
in defense of all Claims,  and the Company shall be liable to  Indemnitee  under
this  Agreement  for any  legal or other  Expenses  incurred  by  Indemnitee  in
connection with such defense. The Company shall be obligated to pay the Expenses
of any Claim in advance of the final disposition thereof.

            (d)  All  payments  on  account  of  the  Company's  indemnification
obligations  under  this  Agreement  shall  be  made  within  five  (5)  days of
Indemnitee's  written request  therefor unless a Determination  is made that the
Claims giving rise to Indemnitee's  request are Excluded Claims or otherwise not
payable  under this  Agreement,  and all  payments  on account of the  Company's
obligation  to pay Expenses  under Section 4(c) of this  Agreement  prior to the
final  disposition  of  any  Claim  shall  be  made  within  five  (5)  days  of
Indemnitee's  written request  therefor and such obligation shall not be subject
to any  such  Determination  but  shall  be  subject  to  Section  4(e)  of this
Agreement.  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  such  five (5) day  period  may be
extended for a reasonable  time, not to exceed an additional  fifteen (15) days,
if  the  Person  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.  In the event
the  Company   takes  the   position   that   Indemnitee   is  not  entitled  to
indemnification  in  connection  with  the  proposed  settlement  of any  Claim,
Indemnitee  shall have the right at his own expense to undertake  defense of any
such Claim,  insofar as such proceeding  involves Claims against the Indemnitee,
by written  notice  given to the  Company  within 10 days after the  Company has
notified Indemnitee in writing of its contention that Indemnitee is not entitled
to  indemnification;  provided,  however,  that the  failure to give such notice
within such 10-day  period shall not affect or limit the  Company's  obligations
with respect to any such Claim if such Claim is  subsequently  determined not to
be an Excluded Claim or otherwise to be payable under this Agreement,  except to
the  extent  that the  Company  is  prejudiced  thereby.  If it is  subsequently
determined in connection with such proceeding


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that the  Indemnifiable  Events are not  Excluded  Claims  and that  Indemnitee,
therefore,  is  entitled to be  indemnified  under the  provisions  of Section 2
hereof, the Company shall promptly indemnify Indemnitee.

            (e) Indemnitee  hereby expressly  undertakes and agrees to reimburse
the Company for all Losses and Expenses paid by the Company in  connection  with
any  Claim  against  Indemnitee  in the  event  and  only to the  extent  that a
Determination  shall have been made by a court of  competent  jurisdiction  in a
decision from which there is no further  right to appeal that  Indemnitee is not
entitled to be indemnified  by the Company for such Losses and Expenses  because
the Claim is an Excluded  Claim or because  Indemnitee is otherwise not entitled
to payment under this Agreement.

            (f) In connection with any Determination as to whether Indemnitee is
entitled  to be  indemnified  hereunder,  the  burden  of proof  shall be on the
Company to establish that Indemnitee is not so entitled.

            (g) Indemnitee hereby expressly  undertakes and agrees to (i) notify
(and  deliver  to,  as  applicable)  the  Company  in  writing  of any  and  all
information  or  documents  relating  to any Claim or matter  which may  entitle
Indemnitee to indemnification  for Losses or Expenses under this Agreement;  and
(ii) to notify the  Company in writing of any and all  developments  relating to
any Claim to which the Company has notified  Indemnitee  in writing  pursuant to
the terms of  Section  4(d)  herein of its  contention  that  Indemnitee  is not
entitled to indemnification under this Agreement.

            5.  Settlement.  The Company  shall have no  obligation to indemnify
Indemnitee  under this Agreement for any amounts paid in settlement of any Claim
effected  without the  Company's  prior written  consent.  The Company shall not
settle any Claim in which it takes the position that  Indemnitee is not entitled
to  indemnification  in connection with such  settlement  without the consent of
Indemnitee,  nor shall the  Company  settle any Claim in any manner  which would
impose any Fine or any obligation on Indemnitee,  without  Indemnitee's  written
consent.  Neither the Company nor Indemnitee shall unreasonably  withhold its or
his consent to any proposed settlement.

            6. Change in Control;  Extraordinary  Transactions.  The Company and
Indemnitee agree that if there is a Change in Control of the Company (other than
a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board
of Directors who were  directors  immediately  prior to such Change in Control),
then all  Determinations  thereafter with respect to the rights of Indemnitee to
be paid Losses and Expenses under this Agreement shall be made only by a special
independent counsel (the "Special  Independent  Counsel") selected by Indemnitee
and approved by the Company (which approval shall not be unreasonably  withheld)
or by a court of competent  jurisdiction.  The Company shall pay the  reasonable
fees of such  Special  Independent  Counsel  and shall  indemnify  such  Special
Independent   Counsel  against  any  and  all  reasonable   expenses  (including
reasonable  attorneys' fees), claims,  liabilities and damages arising out of or
relating to this Agreement or its engagement pursuant hereto.

            The Company  covenants  and agrees that, in the event of a Change in
Control of the type  described in clause (C) of Section  1(c),  the Company will
use its best  efforts  (a) to have the  obligations  of the  Company  under this
Agreement  including,  but not limited  to,  those  under  Section 7,  expressly
assumed by the  surviving,  purchasing  or succeeding  entity,  or (b) otherwise
adequately to provide for the  satisfaction of the Company's  obligations  under
this Agreement, in a manner


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reasonably acceptable to the Indemnitee.

            7.  Establishment  of Trust.  In the event of a Potential  Change in
Control,  the Company shall, upon written request by Indemnitee,  create a trust
(the "Trust") for the benefit of  Indemnitee  and from time to time upon written
request of  Indemnitee  shall fund the Trust in an amount  sufficient to satisfy
any and all Losses and  Expenses  which are  actually  paid or which  Indemnitee
reasonably determines from time to time may be payable by the Company under this
Agreement.  The amount or amounts to be deposited  in the Trust  pursuant to the
foregoing funding  obligation shall be determined by the Reviewing Party, in any
case in which the  Special  Independent  Counsel is  involved.  The terms of the
Trust shall  provide  that upon a Change in Control:  (i) the Trust shall not be
revoked  or the  principal  thereof  invaded  without  the  written  consent  of
Indemnitee;  (ii) the  trustee of the Trust shall  advance,  within 20 days of a
request by Indemnitee, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (and Indemnitee hereby
agrees to reimburse  the Trust under the  circumstances  under which  Indemnitee
would  be  required  to  reimburse  the  Company  under  Section  4(e)  of  this
Agreement); (iii) the Company shall continue to fund the Trust from time to time
in accordance with the funding  obligations set forth above; (iv) the trustee of
the Trust shall  promptly  pay to  Indemnitee  all Losses and Expenses for which
Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification  pursuant to this Agreement; and
(v) all  unexpended  funds in the Trust shall revert to the Company upon a final
determination  by a court of competent  jurisdiction  in a final  decision  from
which  there is no  further  right of  appeal  that  Indemnitee  has been  fully
indemnified under the terms of this Agreement. The trustee of the Trust shall be
chosen by Indemnitee and shall be approved by the Company,  which approval shall
not be unreasonably withheld.

            8. No Presumption.  For purposes of this Agreement,  the termination
of any Claim by  judgment,  order,  settlement  (whether  with or without  court
approval) or conviction,  or upon a plea of nolo contendere,  or its equivalent,
shall not, of itself,  create a  presumption  that  Indemnitee  did not meet any
particular standard of conduct or have any particular belief or that a court has
determined that indemnification is not permitted by applicable law.

            9. Non-exclusivity, Etc. The rights of Indemnitee hereunder shall be
in addition to any other rights  Indemnitee  may have under the  Certificate  of
Incorporation,  the By-laws,  the New York Business Corporation Law, any vote of
stockholders  or  disinterested  directors  or  otherwise,  both as to action in
Indemnitee's official capacity and as to action in any other capacity by holding
such office,  and shall continue after Indemnitee ceases to serve the Company as
a director,  officer, employee, or consultant for so long as Indemnitee shall be
subject to any Claim by reason of (or  arising in part out of) an  Indemnifiable
Event.  To the extent  that a change in the New York  Business  Corporation  Law
(whether by statute or judicial  decision)  permits greater  indemnification  by
agreement   than  would  be  afforded   currently   under  the   Certificate  of
Incorporation,  the By-laws 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.

            10.  Liability  Insurance.  The Company shall  maintain an insurance
policy or policies providing directors' and officers' liability  insurance,  and
the Indemnitee  shall be covered by such policy or policies,  in accordance with
its or their terms, in the minimum amount of $5 million. If the Company fails to
maintain  such  insurance,  or if the Company does not  maintain  such policy or
policies in the minimum  amount of $5 million,  the  Indemnitee  may obtain such
insurance for its or his account, and the Company shall reimburse the Indemnitee
for any and all costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith.


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            11. Subrogation.  In the event of 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 shall do
everything that may be necessary to secure such rights,  including the execution
of such documents  necessary to enable the Company  effectively to bring suit to
enforce such rights.

            12.  Partial  Indemnity,  Etc. If Indemnitee  is entitled  under any
provision  of this  Agreement  to  indemnification  by the Company for some or a
portion of the Losses and Expenses of a Claim but not,  however,  for all of the
total amount thereof,  the Company shall nevertheless  indemnify  Indemnitee for
the portion thereof to which Indemnitee is entitled.  Moreover,  notwithstanding
any other  provision of this  Agreement,  to the extent that Indemnitee has been
successful  on the merits or otherwise in defense of any or all Claims  relating
in whole or in part to any  Indemnifiable  Event or in  defense  of any issue or
matter therein,  including  dismissal  without  prejudice,  Indemnitee  shall be
indemnified against all Expenses incurred in connection therewith.

            13.  Liability  of  Company.  Indemnitee  agrees  that  neither  the
stockholders   nor  the  directors  nor  any  officer,   employee,   consultant,
representative  or  agent of the  Company  shall be  personally  liable  for the
satisfaction  of the Company's  obligations  under this Agreement and Indemnitee
shall look solely to the assets of the Company  for  satisfaction  of any claims
hereunder.

            14. Enforcement.

            (a)  Indemnitee's  right to  indemnification  and other rights under
this Agreement shall be specifically enforceable by Indemnitee only in the state
or  Federal  courts  of  the  States  of  New  York  and  shall  be  enforceable
notwithstanding  any adverse  Determination by the Company's Board of Directors,
independent  legal  counsel,  the Special  Independent  Counsel or the Company's
stockholders  and  no  such  Determination   shall  create  a  presumption  that
Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified  hereunder.  In any such action the
Company  shall have the burden of proving that  indemnification  is not required
under this Agreement.

            (b) In the event that any action is instituted  by Indemnitee  under
this  Agreement,  or to enforce or interpret any of the terms of this Agreement,
Indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid all court costs and reasonable expenses,
including  reasonable counsel fees,  incurred by Indemnitee with respect to such
action, unless the court determines that each of the material assertions made by
Indemnitee  as a basis  for  such  action  was not  made  in good  faith  or was
frivolous.

            15. Term. This  Indemnification  Agreement shall survive termination
of the Consulting  Agreement of even date herewith between Kanders & Co. and the
Company for a period of six (6) years after such termination.

            16. Severability.  In the event that any provision of this Agreement
is  determined  by a court to require  the Company to do or to fail to do an act
which is in violation of applicable law, such provision (including any provision
within a single section,  paragraph or sentence) shall be limited or modified in
its  application  to the minimum  extent  necessary to avoid a violation of law,
and, as so limited or modified, such provision and the balance of this Agreement
shall be  enforceable  in  accordance  with their  terms to the  fullest  extent
permitted by law.

            17. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed
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accordance  with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made
and to be performed entirely within such State.

            18. Consent to Jurisdiction.  The Company and Indemnitee each hereby
irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of the courts of the States of New York
for all purposes in connection with any action or proceeding which arises out of
or relates to this  Agreement and agrees that any action  instituted  under this
Agreement  shall be brought only in the state and Federal courts of the State of
New York.

            19.  Notices.  All  notices  or  other  communications  required  or
permitted  hereunder shall be sufficiently  given for all purposes if in writing
and personally delivered or sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt
requested,  with postage prepaid addressed as follows,  or to such other address
as the parties shall have given notice of pursuant hereto:

            (a)   If to the Company, to:

                  With  a copy to:

            (b)   If to Indemnitee, to:

                  Kanders & Company, Inc.
                  2 Soundview Drive
                  Greenwich, Connecticut 06830
                  Attn: Warren B. Kanders

                  With a copy to:

                  Kane Kessler, P.C.
                  1350 Avenue of the Americas
                  New York, New York 10019
                  Attn: Robert L. Lawrence, Esq.

            20. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each
of which  shall be an  original  and all of which,  when taken  together,  shall
constitute one and the same instrument.

            21. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be (i) binding upon
all  successors  and assigns of the  Company,  including  any direct or indirect
successor  by   purchase,   merger,   consolidation   or  otherwise  to  all  or
substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company, and (ii) binding
upon and inure to the benefit of any successors and assigns, heirs, and personal
or legal representatives of Indemnitee.

            22. Amendment;  Waiver. No amendment,  modification,  termination or
cancellation  of this  Agreement  shall be  effective  unless  made in a writing
signed by each of the parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this
Agreement  shall be deemed or shall  constitute a waiver of any other  provision
hereof (whether or not similar) nor shall such waiver


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constitute a continuing waiver.

            IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the Company and Indemnitee  have executed this
Agreement as of the day and year first above written.


                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Warren B. Kanders

                                           KANDERS & COMPANY, INC.

                                           By:
                                               ---------------------------------
                                               Name:
                                               Title:

                                           THE LANGER BIOMECHANICS GROUP, INC.

                                           By:
                                               ---------------------------------
                                               Name:
                                               Title:

ATTEST:

By:
    ---------------------------------
    Name:
    Title:


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