SENESCO TECHNOLOGIES,
INC.
INDEMNIFICATION
AGREEMENT
This Indemnification Agreement ("Agreement") is
made as of October 24, 2008 by and between Senesco Technologies,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and Harlan Waksal
("Indemnitee").
WHEREAS , Indemnitee is a director of the Company and
performs valuable services in such capacities for the
Company;
WHEREAS , the Company and Indemnitee recognize the
substantial increase in corporate litigation in general, subjecting
directors, officers, employees, agents and fiduciaries to expensive
litigation risks at the same time as the availability and coverage
of liability insurance may be limited;
WHEREAS , the Company and Indemnitee further recognize
the difficulty in obtaining liability insurance for its directors,
officers, employees, agents and fiduciaries, the significant
increases in the cost of such insurance and the general reductions
in the coverage of such insurance;
WHEREAS , Indemnitee does not regard the current
protection available as adequate under the present circumstances,
and the Indemnitee and other directors, officers, employees, agents
and fiduciaries of the Company may not be willing to continue to
serve in such capacities without additional protection;
and
WHEREAS , the Company desires to attract and retain the
services of highly qualified individuals, such as Indemnitee, to
serve the Company and, in part, in order to induce Indemnitee to
continue to provide services to the Company as a director, the
Company wishes to provide for the indemnification and advancing of
expenses to Indemnitee to the maximum extent permitted by
law.
NOW, THEREFORE , the Company and Indemnitee hereby agree as
follows:
(a)
Indemnification of Expenses . The Company shall
indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law if
Indemnitee was or 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, any threatened, pending or completed
action, suit, proceeding or alternative dispute resolution
mechanism, or any hearing, inquiry or investigation that Indemnitee
in good faith believes might lead to the institution of any such
action, suit, proceeding or alternative dispute resolution
mechanism, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative
or other (hereinafter a "Claim") by reason of (or arising in part
out of) any event or occurrence related to the fact that Indemnitee
is or was a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the
Company, or any subsidiary of the Company, or is or was serving at
the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, agent
or fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise, or by reason of any action or inaction
on the part of Indemnitee while serving in such capacity
(hereinafter an "Indemnifiable Event") against any and all expenses
(including attorneys’ fees and all other costs, expenses and
obligations 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 such
action, suit, proceeding, alternative dispute resolution mechanism,
hearing, inquiry or investigation), judgments, fines, penalties and
amounts paid in settlement (if such settlement is approved in
advance by the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld) of such Claim and any federal, state, local or foreign
taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed
receipt of any payments under this Agreement (collectively,
hereinafter "Expenses"), including all interest, assessments and
other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of
such Expenses. Such payment of Expenses shall be made by
the Company as soon as practicable but in any event no later than
thirty (30) days after written demand by Indemnitee therefor is
presented to the Company.
(b)
Reviewing Party . Notwithstanding the foregoing,
(i) the obligations of the Company under Section l(a) shall be
subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party (as described in
Section 10(e) hereof) shall not have determined (in a written
opinion, in any case in which the Independent Legal Counsel
referred to in Section 1(c) hereof is involved) that Indemnitee
would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and
(ii) the obligation of the Company to make an advance payment of
Expenses to Indemnitee pursuant to Section 2(a) (an "Expense
Advance") shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to
the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee
would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law,
the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who
hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts
theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has
commenced or thereafter commences legal proceedings in a court of
competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee
should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made
by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be
indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and
Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any
Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with
respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have
been exhausted or lapsed). Indemnitee’s obligation to
reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance shall be unsecured
and no interest shall be charged thereon. If there has
not been a Change in Control (as defined in Section 10(c) hereof),
the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors,
and if there has been such a Change in Control (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), the Reviewing Party shall be the
Independent Legal Counsel referred to in Section l(c)
hereof. If there has been no determination by the
Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that
Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified
in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the
right to commence litigation seeking an initial determination by
the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing
Party or any aspect thereof, including the legal or factual bases
therefor, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and
to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by
the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on
the Company and Indemnitee.
(c)
Change in Control . The Company agrees 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 with respect to all matters
thereafter arising concerning the rights of Indemnitee to payments
of Expenses and Expense Advances under this Agreement or any other
agreement or under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation
or By-laws as now or hereafter in effect, the Company shall seek
legal advice only from Independent Legal Counsel (as defined in
Section 10(d) hereof) selected by Indemnitee and approved by the
Company (which approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld). Such counsel, among other things, shall
render its written opinion to the Company and Indemnitee as to
whether and to what extent Indemnitee would be permitted to be
indemnified under applicable law.&nbs

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