Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification and Insurance. (a) The certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation and the organizational documents of each of its subsidiaries shall contain provisions no less favorable to the persons covered thereby with respect to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses than are set forth in the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of XETA as of the date of this Agreement, which provisions shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified for a period of six years from the Effective Time in any manner that would affect adversely the rights thereunder of individuals who at any time from and after the date of this Agreement and to and including the Effective Time were directors, officers, employees, fiduciaries or agents of XETA or any of its subsidiaries in respect of actions or omissions occurring at or prior to the Effective Time (including, without limitation, the matters contemplated by this Agreement).
(b) From and after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted under Applicable Law, indemnify, hold harmless and advance expenses to each present and former director, officer, employee, fiduciary and agent of XETA and each of its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) against all costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages, inquiries, liabilities and settlement amounts paid in connection with any threatened or actual claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation (whether arising before or after the Effective Time), whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or pertaining to any action or omission in their capacity as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent (including, without limitation, any claim arising out of this Agreement or any of the Transactions), whether occurring before or after the Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Effective Time, for a period of six years after the Effective Time, in each case to the fullest extent permitted under Applicable Law (and shall pay any expenses in advance of the final disposition of any such action or proceeding to each Indemnified Party to the fullest extent permitted under Applicable Law, upon receipt from the Indemnified Party to whom expenses are advanced of an undertaking to repay such advances as required under Applicable Law). In the event of any such claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, (i) the...
Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification and Insurance. (a) For a period ending on the earlier of (i) the sixth anniversary of the Effective Time and (ii) the Liquidation Date, the By-laws of the Company shall contain provisions no less favorable with respect to indemnification or the liability of directors than are set forth in Article VII, Section 7.2 of the By-laws of the Company, and such provisions shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified in any manner that would affect adversely the rights thereunder of individuals who at or prior to the time of the consummation of the Offer were directors, officers, fiduciaries or agents of the Company, unless such modification shall be required by Law.
(b) The Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law, indemnify and hold harmless each present and former director, officer, fiduciary and agent of the Company and each of its subsidiaries (collectively, the "Indemnified Parties") against all costs and expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages, liabilities and settlement amounts paid in connection with any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation (whether arising before or after the date hereof), whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or pertaining to any action or omission occurring before or after the date hereof. In the event of any such claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, (i) the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel selected by the Indemnified Parties, which counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, promptly after statements therefor are received and (ii) the Company shall cooperate in the defense of any such matter; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable for any settlement effected without its written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld).
(c) The Company shall maintain until the earlier of (i) the sixth anniversary of the Effective Time and (ii) the Liquidation Date, if available, the current directors' and officers' liability insurance policies maintained by the Company (provided that the Company may substitute therefor policies of at least the same coverage containing terms and conditions which are not less favorable).
(d) In the event the Company or any of its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges into any other person and shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers all or sub...
Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification and Insurance. Following the Effective Time, Buyer shall (a) indemnify and hold harmless, and provide advancement of expenses to, all past and present directors, officers and employees of the Company (in all of their capacities) (the "Indemnified Parties") to the same extent such individuals are indemnified or have the right to advancement of expenses as of the date of this Agreement by the Company pursuant to the Company's certificate of incorporation, bylaws and indemnification agreements, if any, in existence on the date hereof with, or for the benefit of, any directors, officers and employees of the Company for acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Effective Time (including for acts or omissions occurring in connection with the approval of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby), (b) include and cause to be maintained in effect in the Surviving Corporation's (or any successor's) certificate of incorporation and bylaws for a period of six years after the Effective Time, the provisions set forth in the Company's Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws on the date of this Agreement regarding elimination of liability of directors, indemnification of officers, directors and employees and advancement of expenses, which provisions shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified during such six-year period in any manner that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of any Indemnified Party. After the Company Stockholder Approval has been obtained and as close as practicable to the Effective Time, the Company shall purchase a five-year (measured from the Effective Time) extended reporting period endorsement with commercially reasonable terms ("REPORTING TAIL COVERAGE") under its existing directors' and officers' liability insurance policy(ies) covering those persons who are currently covered by the Company's directors' and officers' liability insurance policy on terms no more favorable to such Indemnified Parties than the terms of such current insurance coverage; provided, that the cost of such reporting tail coverage shall not exceed 400% of the current annualized costs of all the Company's directors' and officers' liability insurance policies effective during the period from January 31, 2002 to January 31, 2003. Buyer and the Surviving Corporation jointly and severally agree to pay all expenses, including attorneys' fees, that may be incurred by the Indemnified Parties in enforcing the indemnity and other obligations pr...
Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification and Insurance. (a) The indemnification, advancement and exculpation provisions of the indemnification agreements by and among the Company and its directors and certain executive officers as in effect at the Effective Time shall survive the Merger and shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified for a period of six years from the Effective Time in any manner that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of the current or former directors or officers of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. The memorandum and articles of association of the Surviving Company shall contain provisions no less favorable to the intended beneficiaries with respect to exculpation and indemnification of liability and advancement of expenses than are set forth in the memorandum and articles of association of the Company as in effect on the date hereof, and Parent shall cause such provisions not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified for a period of six (6) years from the Effective Time in any manner that would affect adversely the rights thereunder of individuals who, at or prior to the Effective Time, were directors, officers, employees, fiduciaries or agents of the Company, unless such modification shall be required by Law. From and after the Effective Time, any agreement of any Indemnified Party with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries regarding exculpation or indemnification of liability or advancement of expenses shall be assumed by the Surviving Company, shall survive the Merger and shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.
(b) The Surviving Company shall, and Parent shall cause the Surviving Company to, maintain in effect for six (6) years from the Effective Time the current directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company with respect to matters occurring prior to the Effective Time, including acts or omissions occurring in connection with this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions (the parties covered thereby, the “Indemnified Parties”) on terms with respect to coverage and amount no less favorable to the Indemnified Parties than those in effect as of the Effective Time; provided, that the Surviving Company may substitute therefor policies of at least the same coverage containing terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are no less favorable than those provided under the Company’s current policies; provided, further, that in no event shall the Surviving Company be required to expe...
Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification and Insurance. (a) The Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation shall contain provisions no less favorable with respect to indemnification and advancement of expenses for matters occurring prior to the Effective Time than are set forth in the Company Certificate of Incorporation as in effect on the date hereof, which provisions shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified for a period of six years from the Effective Time in any manner that would affect adversely the rights thereunder of individuals who, at or prior to the Effective Time, were directors or officers of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and each person who serves or served as a director, officer, member, trustee or fiduciary of any trust, pension or other employee benefit plan or enterprise or partnership or joint venture of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (each, together with such Person’s heirs, executives, administrators and Representatives, the “Indemnified Parties”), unless such modification shall be required by Law.
(b) The Surviving Corporation shall maintain or cause to be maintained in effect for six years from the Effective Time directors’ and officers’ liability insurance with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to the Effective Time covering each of the Indemnified Parties, on terms with respect to coverage, amount and advancement of expenses no less favorable than the directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company in effect as of the date hereof; provided, however, that in no event shall the Surviving Corporation be required to expend pursuant to this Section 6.7(b) for any annual premium more than 250% of the current annual premium paid by the Company for its directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies in effect as of the date hereof; provided further, however, that, if the amount of the annual premium necessary to maintain or procure such insurance coverage exceeds such maximum amount, the Surviving Corporation shall maintain or procure, for such six-year period, directors’ and officers’ insurance providing (to the Knowledge of the Surviving Corporation at the time such insurance is procured, and after inquiry of its insurance broker) the greatest coverage then available for an annual premium equal to that maximum amount. The provisions of the immediately preceding sentence shall be deemed to have been satisfied if prepaid policies have been obtained prior to the Effective Time from an insurer or insurers...
Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification and Insurance. (a) The Company agrees that all rights to indemnification and exculpation from liabilities for acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Effective Time (and rights for advancement of expenses) now existing in favor of the current or former directors or officers of the Company (the “Indemnified D&Os”) as provided in its Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws and any indemnification or other agreements of the Company as in effect on the date of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with their terms subsequent to the Effective Time. Further, the Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws of the Company after the Effective Time shall contain provisions no less favorable with respect to indemnification, advancement of expenses and exculpation of former or present directors and officers than are presently set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws of the Company, which provisions shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified for a period of six years from the Effective Time in any manner that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of any such individuals, except as amendments may be required by the DGCL during such period.
(b) The Company shall, at its option, either (A) purchase a tail policy of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance which shall be in effect for a period of six years from the Effective Time, if available, and shall contain substantially the same coverage and amount as, and contain terms and conditions no less advantageous, in the aggregate, than the coverage provided in the D&O Insurance Policies or (B) use its reasonable best efforts to maintain in effect for six years from the Effective Time, if available, the D&O Insurance Policies (provided that the Surviving Corporation may substitute therefor policies of at least the same coverage containing terms and conditions that are not materially less favorable), in either case with respect to matters occurring prior to the Effective Time; provided, however, that in no event shall the Company be required to expend pursuant to this Section 10.06(b) more than $2,500,000 as a premium for the tail policy or an amount per year equal to 300% of current annual premiums paid by the Company for such insurance (which premiums the Company represents and warrants to be $940,000 in the aggregate), as the case may be.
(c) In the event the Company or any of its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges into any other Person and shall ...
Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification and Insurance. (a) Except to the extent required by law (i) Buyer will not take any action (including the exercise of voting rights in connection with the Ilijan Entities) so as to amend, modify or repeal the provisions for indemnification of any present and former employee, agent, director or officer of the Company and its Subsidiaries (each, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, an “Indemnified Party” and, collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) contained in the Organizational Documents of the Company, its Subsidiaries or the Ilijan Entities, or the terms of any indemnification agreements, in such a manner as would adversely affect the rights of any Indemnified Parties to be indemnified in respect of their serving in such capacities prior to the Closing, without the prior written consent of each affected Indemnified Party, and (ii) Buyer shall honor, and shall cause the Company and its Subsidiaries to honor, and, to the extent reasonably possible, shall exercise the voting, governance and contractual powers available to the Company and its Subsidiaries to cause the Ilijan Entities to honor, such provisions for indemnification contained in the Organizational Documents and terms of any indemnification agreements.
(b) For a period of six (6) years after the Closing Date, Buyer shall cause to be maintained in effect directors’ and officers’ liability insurance to a minimum limit of US$50 million with respect to claims arising from or related to facts or events that occurred at or before the Closing.
(c) In the event that, after the Closing Date, the Company or Buyer or any of their respective Subsidiaries or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges into any other person and shall not be the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers all or a substantial portion of its properties and assets to any person, then, and in either such case, proper provisions shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the Company, its Subsidiaries or Buyer, as the case may be, shall assume the obligations set forth in this Section 5.4.
(d) The provisions of this Section 5.4 are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, in addition to Sellers, each Indemnified Party, his or her heirs, executors or administrators and his or her other representatives.
Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification and Insurance. (a) thereunder of individuals who at the Effective Time were directors, officers or employees of the Company.
(b) Parent shall cause to be maintained in effect for six years from the Effective Time the current policies of the directors' and officers' liability insurance maintained by the Company (provided that Parent may substitute therefor policies of at least the same coverage containing terms and conditions which are not materially less advantageous) with respect to matters or events occurring prior to the Effective Time to the extent available; provided, however, that in no event shall Parent or the Company be required to expend more than an amount per year equal to 200% of current annual premiums paid by the Company (which amounts under current policies are set forth on Schedule 6.7) to maintain or procure insurance coverage pursuant hereto; and, provided, further that if the annual premiums of such insurance coverage exceed such amount, the Surviving Corporation shall be obligated to obtain a policy with the greatest coverage available for a cost not exceeding such amount.
(c) For six years after the Effective Time, Parent agrees that it will or will cause the Surviving Corporation to indemnify and hold harmless each present and former director and officer of the Company, determined as of the Effective Time (the "Indemnified Parties"), against any costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities (collectively, "Costs") incurred in connection with any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or pertaining to matters relating to their duties or actions in their capacity as officers and directors and existing or occurring at or prior to the Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Effective Time, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law (and Parent shall, or shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, also advance fees and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) as incurred to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law provided the person to whom expenses are advanced provides a customary undertaking complying with applicable law to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to indemnification).
(d) Nothing in this Agreement is intended to, shall be construed to or shall release, waive or impair any rights to direc...
Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification and Insurance. (a) ASC agrees that all rights to indemnification now existing in favor of any employee, agent, director or officer of MeriStar and the MeriStar Subsidiaries (the "Indemnified Parties") as provided in their respective charters or by-laws, in an agreement between an Indemnified Party and MeriStar or one of the MeriStar Subsidiaries, or otherwise in effect on the date of this Agreement shall survive the Merger and shall continue in full force and effect for a period of not less than six years after the Effective Time; provided that in the event any claim or claims are asserted or made within such six-year period, all rights to indemnification in respect of any such claim or claims shall continue until final disposition of any and all such claims. The Surviving Corporation shall indemnify all Indemnified Parties to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law with respect to all acts and omissions arising out of such individuals' services as officers, directors, employees or agents of MeriStar or any of the MeriStar Subsidiaries or as trustees or fiduciaries of any plan for the benefit of employees, or otherwise on behalf of, MeriStar or any of the MeriStar Subsidiaries, occurring prior to the Effective Time, including the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event any such Indemnified Party is or becomes involved in any capacity in any action, proceeding or investigation in connection with any matter, including the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, occurring at or after, the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall pay as incurred such Indemnified Party's legal and other expenses (including the cost of any investigation and preparation) incurred in connection therewith.
(b) ASC agrees that, from and after the Effective Time, it shall cause the Surviving Corporation to maintain in effect for not less than six years from the Effective Time the current policies of the directors' and officers' liability insurance maintained by MeriStar; provided that the Surviving Corporation may substitute therefor policies of at least the same coverage containing terms and conditions which are no less advantageous, taken as a whole, and provided that such substitution shall not result in any gaps or lapses in coverage with respect to matters occurring prior to the Effective Time; and provided, further, that the Surviving Corporation shall not be required to pay an annual premium in excess of 3...
Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification and Insurance. (a) From and after the Offer Closing, Parent and its Subsidiaries shall, in their capacities as a stockholder of GFI, use commercially reasonably efforts to take actions reasonably necessary to cause GFI to indemnify and hold harmless, and provide advancement of expenses to, all past and present directors and officers of GFI and anyone who becomes a director or officer of GFI during the period from the date of this Agreement through the Offer Closing Date (in all of their capacities) (the “Indemnified Persons”) for all acts and omissions occurring at or prior to the Offer Closing to the same extent such persons are indemnified or have the right to advancement of expenses as of the Date of Delivery by GFI pursuant to GFI’s Constituent Documents and indemnification agreements, if any, in existence on the Date of Delivery with any Indemnified Persons. Parent and its Subsidiaries shall not, in their capacities as a stockholder of GFI, permit GFI or any of its Affiliates, to amend, repeal or otherwise modify the Constituent Documents of GFI in any manner that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of any Indemnified Persons; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 5.7(a) shall require Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to cause any member of the Board of Directors to take any action that could be inconsistent with such member’s fiduciary duties.
(b) Prior to the Offer Closing Date, GFI shall, or if GFI is unable to, Parent and its Subsidiaries shall, in their capacities as a stockholder of GFI use commercially reasonably efforts to, take actions reasonably necessary to cause GFI as of or following the Offer Closing to, purchase a six year prepaid “tail” policy on the current policies of directors’ and officers’, employed lawyers’ liability insurance and fiduciary liability insurance maintained by GFI with respect to claims arising from facts or events that occurred on or before the Offer Closing (including for acts or omissions occurring in connection with the approval of this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions) (“D & O Insurance”); provided that GFI shall not pay, and Parent shall not be required to pay, for such “tail” policy more than 300% of the current annual premium paid by GFI for such D & O Insurance. If such D & O Insurance has been obtained by GFI prior to the Offer Closing, Parent and its Subsidiaries shall, in their capacities as a stockholder of GFI use commercially reasonably efforts to, take actions reasonable necessa...