Director and Officer Indemnification (a) From and after the Effective Time and for a period of six (6) years thereafter, each of Parent and Surviving Corporation shall (i) indemnify and hold harmless each individual who at the Effective Time is, or any time prior to the Effective Time was, a director, officer or employee of Company or any of its Subsidiaries (the “Indemnitees”) in respect of all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, judgments, fines, penalties costs and expenses (including legal expenses) in connection with any claim, suit, action, proceeding or investigation, whenever asserted, based on or arising out the fact that Indemnitee was an officer, director or employee of Company or any Subsidiary or acts or omissions by Indemnitee in such capacity or taken at the request of Company or any Subsidiary, at or any time prior to the Effective Time (including any claim, suit, action, proceeding or investigation relating to the Transactions), to the fullest extent permitted by Law and (ii) assume all obligations of Company and Subsidiaries to Indemnitees in respect of indemnification and exculpation from liabilities for acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Effective Time as provided in Company Charter Documents and the organizational documents of Company Subsidiaries. Without limiting the foregoing, Parent, from and after the Effective Time, shall cause the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation, and upon the effective date of the Second Merger, the certificate of formation and limited liability company agreement of Merger Sub I, and its Subsidiaries to contain provisions no less favorable to the Indemnitees with respect to limitation of liabilities of directors, officers and managers and indemnification than are set forth as of the date of this Agreement in the Company Charter Documents, which provisions shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified in a manner that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of the Indemnitees. In addition, Parent, from and after the Effective Time, shall and shall cause Surviving Corporation to, advance any expenses (including legal expenses) of any Indemnitee under this Section 5.9 as incurred to the fullest extent permitted by Law, provided that the Indemnitee to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay advances if it shall be determined that such Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified pursuant to this Section 5.9.
Director and Officer Indemnification and Insurance (a) From and after the Effective Time, each of Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law, the present and former officers and directors of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and any person who becomes an officer or director of the Company or any Company Subsidiary prior to the Effective Time (each, an “Indemnified Person”), against all claims, losses, liabilities, damages, judgments, inquiries, fines and any fees, costs and expenses (including the reasonable attorneys’ fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel of the respective Indemnified Party's choosing) incurred or arising in connection with any claim, action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or related to such Indemnified Party’s service as an officer, employee or director at or prior to the Effective Time, or services performed by such Indemnified Party, at the request of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, as a fiduciary under any Company Benefit Plan, in each case to the extent they arise out of (i) matters existing or occurring or alleged to have existed or occurred at or prior to the Effective Time, (ii) matters related to this Agreement and the Transactions and (iii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any Indemnified Party. In the event of any such claim, action, suit or proceeding, (A) each Indemnified Person will be entitled to advancement of expenses incurred in the defense of any such claim, action, suit or proceeding within ten Business Days of receipt by the Surviving Corporation from such Indemnified Person of a request therefor, provided that the Indemnified Person provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is determined by a final determination of a court of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to appeal) that such Indemnified Person is not entitled to indemnification under applicable Law and (B) Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall use their respective best efforts to cooperate in the defense of any such matter.
Director and Officer Liability Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation, and the Surviving Corporation hereby agrees, to do the following:
Director and Officer Liability and Indemnification (a) For a period of six years after the Closing, the Buyer shall not, and shall not permit the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to amend, repeal or modify any provision in the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ governing documents, including the Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws, relating to the exculpation or indemnification of former officers and directors (unless required by applicable Law), it being the intent of the Parties that the officers and directors of the Company and its Subsidiaries prior to the Closing shall continue to be entitled to such exculpation and indemnification to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law.
Director and Officer Insurance As of the Closing, the Company will have obtained director and officer insurance in an aggregate coverage amount of not less than $5,000,000, to be effective as of the Closing, under a form of insurance policy that is reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter.
Director and Officer Liability Insurance The Company will maintain an insurance policy or policies providing directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, and the Insiders shall be covered by such policy or policies, in accordance with its or their terms, to the maximum extent of the coverage available for any of the Company’s directors or officers.
Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification (a) After the Effective Time, PalEx shall, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, indemnify and hold harmless, each present and former director, officer and agent of the Company (each, together with such person's heirs, executors or administrators, an "INDEMNIFIED PARTY" and collectively, the "INDEMNIFIED PARTIES") against any costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages, liabilities and amounts paid in settlement in connection with any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of, relating to or in connection with any action or omission of PalEx occurring prior to the Effective Time (including, without limitation, acts or omissions in connection with such persons serving as an officer, director or other fiduciary in any entity if such service was at the request or for the benefit of the Company). In the event of any such claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation (whether arising before or after the Effective Time), (i) PalEx shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel selected by the indemnified parties, which counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to PalEx, promptly after statements therefor are received, (ii) PalEx will cooperate in the defense of any such matter, and (iii) any determination required to be made with respect to whether an indemnified party's conduct complies with the standards set forth under the DGCL or other applicable statutes and PalEx's or the Surviving Corporation's respective Certificates of Incorporation or By-Laws shall be made by independent legal counsel acceptable to PalEx as the case may be, and the indemnified party; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that PalEx shall not be liable for any settlement effected without its written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld).
Directors and Officers Insurance; Indemnification (a) The Company shall provide the Executive with (i) the coverage applicable to the officers of the Company under the Company’s policies of directors’ and officers’ insurance as may be in effect from time to time, and (ii) the most favorable indemnification that the Company from time to time extends to any of its officers or directors, whether under the Company’s by-laws, Certificate of Incorporation, by contract or otherwise.
Directors and Officers Exculpation Indemnification and Insurance (a) From the Effective Time and for a period of six (6) years thereafter, the Surviving Corporation and Parent shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws, as now or hereafter in effect: (i) indemnify and hold harmless each person who is at the date hereof, was previously, or during the period from the date hereof through the Effective Time will be, serving as a director, officer or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and each Person who served as a director, officer, member, trustee or fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, pension or other employee benefit plan or enterprise at the request of or for the benefit of any Company Group Member (collectively, the “Covered Persons”) in connection with any D&O Claim and any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, fines, penalties, amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of any thereof) and out-of-pocket attorneys’ fees and all other out-of-pocket costs relating to or resulting from such D&O Claim. In addition, from the Effective Time and for a period of six (6) years thereafter, each of the Surviving Corporation and Parent shall advance costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) as incurred by any Covered Person in connection with any D&O Claim promptly (and in any event within ten (10) days) after receipt by Parent of a written request for such advance to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law; provided, that the Person to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined (after exhausting all available appeals) that such Person is not entitled to indemnification. Any Covered Person wishing to claim indemnification under this Section 6.7, upon learning of any claim, action or proceeding in respect of which such indemnification will be sought, shall notify Parent thereof in writing; provided, that the failure to so notify the Surviving Corporation shall not affect the indemnification obligations of the Surviving Corporation or Parent under this Section 6.7(a), except to the extent such failure to notify materially prejudices the Surviving Corporation or Parent. In the event of any such D&O Claim, Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall cooperate with the Covered Person in the defense of any such D&O Claim. All rights to the indemnification and advancement conferred hereunder shall continue as to a Person who has ceased to be a director, officer or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries after the date hereof and shall inure to the benefit of such Person’s heirs, successors, executors and personal and legal representatives.
Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification and Insurance (a) From and after the Effective Time, Parent agrees that it shall, and shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, indemnify, defend and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law, each current or former director and officer of the Company (determined as of the Effective Time), in each case, when acting in such capacity or in serving as a director, officer, member, trustee or fiduciary of another entity or enterprise, including a Plan, at the request or benefit of the Company (each, a “D&O Indemnified Party” and, collectively, the “D&O Indemnified Parties”) against any costs or expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expenses), amounts paid in settlement, judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred in connection with, arising out of or otherwise related to any Legal Proceeding in connection with, arising out of or otherwise related to matters existing or occurring or alleged to have occurred prior to, at or after the Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Effective Time, including actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Indemnified Party, and Parent or the Surviving Corporation shall also advance expenses as incurred to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law (upon receipt of appropriate undertakings in favor of Parent or the Surviving Corporation to repay such advanced expenses if it is ultimately determined in a final and non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction that such D&O Indemnified Party was not entitled to be indemnified pursuant to this sentence). In the event of any such Legal Proceeding, Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall cooperate with the D&O Indemnified Party in the defense of any such Legal Proceeding. For a period of six (6) years from the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall, and Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses equivalent to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Company as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to the Effective Time and shall not amend, repeal or otherwise modify any such provisions in any manner that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of any D&O Indemnified Parties; provided that all rights to indemnification in respect of any claim made for indemnification within such period shall continue until the disposition of such action or resolution of such claim. The Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries as of the Effective Time shall (and Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries as of the Effective Time to) honor and fulfill in all respects the obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries under any indemnification Contracts between any executive, officer or director and the Company in effect prior to the date of this Agreement that are set forth on Section 7.8(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter (and made available to Parent), and shall not amend, repeal or otherwise modify any such Contracts in any manner that would adversely affect in any respect the rights thereunder of any D&O Indemnified Parties.
