Director and Officer Matters. (a) From and after the date hereof, the Company, the Surviving Corporation and their respective Subsidiaries shall provide such cooperation and assistance as Verizon may reasonably request to enable, if Verizon so chooses, Verizon or a Subsidiary thereof to maintain following the Closing, at Verizon’s expense, directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies and fiduciary liability insurance policies covering each person who is, or has been at any time prior to the Effective Time, an officer or director of Verizon or a Contributing Company and each person who served at the request of a Contributing Company as a director, officer, trustee or fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, pension or other employee benefit plan or enterprise, including any person serving in such capacity with respect to Spinco or a Spinco Subsidiary (the “Identified Persons”). (b) Effective as of the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation, on behalf of itself, its Subsidiaries and their respective successors and assigns, and for all parties claiming by, through or under them (the “Surviving Corporation Releasors”), hereby irrevocably release, remise and forever discharge each of the Identified Persons, and each of their respective estates and heirs, of and from any and all claims, whether presently known or unknown, which any Surviving Corporation Releasor has or may have of any kind arising out of or pertaining to acts or omissions, or alleged acts or omissions, by the Identified Persons in the capacities specified in Section 7.12(a) prior to the Closing. (c) In the event of any claim, action, suit, arbitration, proceeding or investigation (“Action”) arising out of or pertaining to acts or omissions, or alleged acts or omissions, by the Identified Persons in the capacities specified in Section 7.12(a) prior to the Closing, from and after the Effective Time the Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries shall provide reasonable cooperation, at Verizon’s expense, in defense of any such Action.
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Director and Officer Matters. (a) From and after the date hereof, the Company, the Surviving Corporation and their respective Subsidiaries shall provide such cooperation and assistance as Verizon may reasonably request to enable, if Verizon so chooses, Verizon or a Subsidiary thereof to maintain following the Closing, at Verizon’s expense, directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies and fiduciary liability insurance policies covering each person who is, or has been at any time prior to the Effective Time, an officer or director of Verizon or a Contributing Company and each person who served at the request of a Contributing Company as a director, officer, trustee or fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, pension or other employee benefit plan or enterprise, including any person serving in such capacity with respect to Spinco or a Spinco Subsidiary (the “Identified Persons”).Persons”).
(b) Effective as of At the Effective TimeClosing, the Surviving CorporationCorporation will, on behalf of itself, its Subsidiaries and their respective successors and assigns, assigns and for all parties claiming by, through or under them (the “Surviving Corporation Releasors”), hereby execute and deliver to each Identified Person a release irrevocably releasereleasing, remise remising and forever discharge each of the discharging such Identified PersonsPerson, and each of their respective its estates and heirs, of and from any and all claims, whether presently known or unknown, which any Surviving Corporation Releasor has or may have of any kind arising out of or pertaining to acts or omissions, or alleged acts or omissions, by the such Identified Persons Person in the capacities specified in Section 7.12(a) prior to the Closing.Effective Time; provided, however, that such release shall also include a release, executed by such Identified Person, on behalf of itself and its estates and heirs and for all parties claiming by, through or under them (the “Identified Persons Releasors”), irrevocably releasing, remising and forever discharging the Surviving Corporation, its Subsidiaries and their respective successors and assigns, of and from any and all claims, whether presently known or unknown, which any Identified Persons Releasor has or may have of any kind.
(c) In the event of any claim, action, suit, arbitration, proceeding or investigation (“Action”) arising out of or pertaining to acts or omissions, or alleged acts or omissions, by the Identified Persons in the capacities specified in Section 7.12(a) prior to the Closing, from and after the Effective Time the Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries shall provide reasonable cooperation, at Verizon’s expense, in defense of any such Action.Action.
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Director and Officer Matters. (a) From and after the date hereof, the Company, the Surviving Corporation and their respective Subsidiaries shall provide such cooperation and assistance as Verizon may reasonably request to enable, if Verizon so chooses, Verizon or a Subsidiary thereof to maintain following the Closing, at Verizon’s expense, directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies and fiduciary liability insurance policies covering each person who is, or has been at any time prior to the Effective Time, an officer or director of Verizon or a Contributing Company and each person who served at the request of a Contributing Company as a director, officer, trustee or fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, pension or other employee benefit plan or enterprise, including any person serving in such capacity with respect to Spinco or a Spinco Subsidiary (the “Identified Persons”).Persons”).
(b) Effective as of the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation, on behalf of itself, its Subsidiaries and their respective successors and assigns, and for all parties claiming by, through or under them (the “Surviving Corporation Releasors”), hereby irrevocably release, remise and forever discharge each of the Identified Persons, and each of their respective estates and heirs, of and from any and all claims, whether presently known or unknown, which any Surviving Corporation Releasor has or may have of any kind arising out of or pertaining to acts or omissions, or alleged acts or omissions, by the Identified Persons in the capacities specified in Section 7.12(a) prior to the Closing.Closing.
(c) In the event of any claim, action, suit, arbitration, proceeding or investigation (“Action”) arising out of or pertaining to acts or omissions, or alleged acts or omissions, by the Identified Persons in the capacities specified in Section 7.12(a) prior to the Closing, from and after the Effective Time the Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries shall provide reasonable cooperation, at Verizon’s expense, in defense of any such Action.Action.
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Director and Officer Matters. (a) From and after the date hereof, the Company, the Surviving Corporation and their respective Subsidiaries shall provide such cooperation and assistance as Verizon may reasonably request to enable, if Verizon so chooses, Verizon or a Subsidiary thereof to maintain following the Closing, at Verizon’s expense, directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies and fiduciary liability insurance policies covering each person who is, or has been at any time prior to the Effective Time, an officer or director of Verizon or a Contributing Company and each person who served at the request of a Contributing Company as a director, officer, trustee or fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, pension or other employee benefit plan or enterprise, including any person serving in such capacity with respect to Spinco or a Spinco Subsidiary (the “Identified Persons”).Persons”).
(b) Effective as of At the Effective TimeClosing, the Surviving CorporationCorporation will, on behalf of itself, its Subsidiaries and their respective successors and assigns, assigns and for all parties claiming by, through or under them (the “Surviving Corporation Releasors”), hereby execute and deliver to each Identified Person a release irrevocably releasereleasing, remise remising and forever discharge each of the discharging such Identified PersonsPerson, and each of their respective its estates and heirs, of and from any and all claims, whether presently known or unknown, which any Surviving Corporation Releasor has or may have of any kind arising out of or pertaining to acts or omissions, or alleged acts or omissions, by the such Identified Persons Person in the capacities specified in Section 7.12(a) prior to the Closing.Effective Time; provided, however, that such release shall also include a release, executed by such Identified Person, on behalf of itself and its estates and heirs and for all parties claiming by, through or under them (the “Identified Persons Releasors”), irrevocably releasing, remising and forever discharging the Surviving Corporation, its Subsidiaries and their respective successors and assigns, of and from any and all claims, whether presently known or unknown, which any Identified Persons Releasor has or may have of any kind. Table of Contents
(c) In the event of any claim, action, suit, arbitration, proceeding or investigation (“Action”) arising out of or pertaining to acts or omissions, or alleged acts or omissions, by the Identified Persons in the capacities specified in Section 7.12(a) prior to the Closing, from and after the Effective Time the Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries shall provide reasonable cooperation, at Verizon’s expense, in defense of any such Action.Action.
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