D&O Insurance; Indemnification of Officers and Directors Clause Samples
The D&O Insurance; Indemnification of Officers and Directors clause requires the company to provide insurance coverage and financial protection to its directors and officers against claims arising from their actions in their official capacities. Typically, this means the company will maintain Directors and Officers (D&O) liability insurance and will also directly reimburse or defend these individuals if they are sued for decisions made on behalf of the company, except in cases of fraud or willful misconduct. The core function of this clause is to attract and retain qualified leadership by reducing their personal financial risk, thereby ensuring that directors and officers can perform their duties without fear of personal liability.
D&O Insurance; Indemnification of Officers and Directors. (a) From and after the Closing Date through the sixth (6th) anniversary of the Closing Date, Purchaser shall cause (i) its Organizational Documents to contain provisions no less favorable to the current or former directors, managers, officers or employees of the Company or Parent (collectively, “D&O Indemnitees”) with respect to limitation of certain liabilities, advancement of expenses and indemnification than are set forth as of the date of this Agreement in the Organizational Documents of the Company or Parent, as applicable, which provisions in each case shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified in a manner that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of the D&O Indemnitees with respect to any acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing, except as required by Law.
(b) Prior to the Closing Date, Parent shall purchase, at the expense of Purchaser Surviving Corporation, a directors’ and officers’ liability tail insurance policy on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to Parent for all of the officers and directors of Parent as of immediately prior to the Merger, with respect to claims arising from facts and events that occurred prior to the Closing Date.
(c) The provisions of this Section 8.6 are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each D&O Indemnitee for all periods ending on or before the Closing Date and may not be changed with respect to any officer or director without his or her written consent.
(d) On the Closing Date, Purchaser shall enter into customary indemnification agreements reasonably satisfactory to each of Holdings and Purchaser with the post-Closing directors and officers of Purchaser, which indemnification agreements shall continue to be effective following the Closing.
D&O Insurance; Indemnification of Officers and Directors. (a) If the Closing occurs, the Acquirer agrees that all rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses and all limitations on liability existing in favor of any employee, officer or director of any of the Target Company prior to the Closing (collectively, the “D&O Persons”), as provided in the Organizational Documents of the Target Company or otherwise in effect as of the date of this Agreement with respect to any matters occurring on or prior to the Closing, shall survive the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and continue in full force and effect and be honored by the Acquirer after the Closing. The obligations of the Acquirer under this Section 7.8 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Persons to whom this Section 7.8 applies without the consent of such affected D&O Persons (it being expressly agreed that the D&O Persons to whom this Section 7.8 applies shall be intended third party beneficiaries of this Section 7.8).
(b) Prior to the Closing Date, the Target Company, at its sole cost and expense, shall purchase and maintain in effect for a period of six years following the Closing Date, without lapses in coverage, a “tail” policy providing directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage for the benefit of those Persons who are currently covered by any comparable insurance policies of the Target Company as of the date hereof with respect to matters occurring on or prior to the Closing Date. Such “tail” policy shall provide coverage on terms (with respect to coverage and amount) that are no less favorable in the aggregate to the insured than the coverage provided under the Target Company’s director’s and officer’s liability insurance policies as of the date hereof; provided, that the Target Company shall not pay a premium for such “tail” policy in excess of 300% of the most recent annual premium paid by the Target Company prior to the date of this Agreement without the prior written consent of Acquirer. In the event such tail coverage is unavailable with such terms or at such pricing, the Target Company shall purchase the maximum coverage available for such 300% of the most recent annual premium paid (the “D&O Tail Policy”).
(c) Prior to the Closing Date, the Acquirer may in its sole discretion direct the Target Company to purchase and pay for, subject to reimbursement by the Acquirer in the event of termination of this Agreement pursuant to Sections 11.1(a) or (b), a tail/exten...
D&O Insurance; Indemnification of Officers and Directors. (a) From and after the Closing Date through the sixth anniversary of the Closing Date, Pubco shall cause (i) the Organizational Documents of the Surviving Corporation to contain provisions no less favorable to the current or former directors, managers, officers or employees of SPAC (collectively, “D&O Indemnitees”) with respect to limitation of certain liabilities, advancement of expenses and indemnification than are set forth as of the date of this Agreement in the Organizational Documents of SPAC, which provisions in each case, except in accordance with Law, shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified in a manner that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of the D&O Indemnitees with respect to any acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing.
(b) Prior to the Closing Date, Pubco may obtain a directors’ and officers’ liability tail insurance policy on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to SPAC or all of the officers and directors of SPAC as of immediately prior to the Merger, with respect to claims arising from facts and events that occurred prior to the Closing Date (the “D&O Tail Policy”).
(c) The provisions of this Section 5.7 are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each D&O Indemnitee for all periods ending on or before the Closing Date and may not be changed with respect to any officer or director without his or her written consent.
D&O Insurance; Indemnification of Officers and Directors. (a) If the Closing occurs, Purchaser shall cause all rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses and all limitations on liability existing in favor of any employee, officer or director of Purchaser prior to the Closing (collectively, the “Pre-Closing Purchaser Indemnitees”), and the Purchaser and the Company after the Closing (collectively, the “Company Indemnitees”), as provided in the organizational documents of the applicable company, to survive the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and continue in full force and effect and be honored by the Purchaser after the Closing. After the Effective Time, Purchaser shall maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of (i) any certificate of incorporation, by-laws or similar organizational documents of the Purchaser as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time and (ii) any indemnification agreements of Purchaser or the Company with any of their respective directors, officers or employees as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, and in each case shall not amend, repeal or otherwise modify any such provisions in any manner that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of any individuals who at the Effective Time were current or former directors, officers or employees of any of such companies. The obligations of Purchaser under this Section 9.10 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any Pre-Closing Purchaser Indemnitees or Company Indemnitee to whom this Section 9.10 applies without the consent of such affected Pre-Closing Purchaser Indemnitees or Company Indemnitee, as the case may be, (it being expressly agreed that the Pre-Closing Purchaser Indemnitees and Company Indemnitees to whom this Section 9.10 applies shall be intended third party beneficiaries of this Section 9.10 ). If the Closing occurs, Purchaser shall pay all expenses to any Pre-Closing Purchaser Indemnitees or Company Indemnitee incurred in successfully enforcing the indemnity or other obligations provided for in this Section 9.10.
(b) Prior to the Closing Date, the Purchaser, at its sole cost and expense, shall purchase a directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy for a period of six (6) years after the Closing Date, which policy shall cover the officers and directors of the Purchaser after the Business Combination, as well as the current and former directors and officers of the Purchaser and the Company ...
D&O Insurance; Indemnification of Officers and Directors. From and after the Closing, Parent, Purchaser, and the MSP Companies agree that, with respect to any acts or omissions occurring on or prior to the Closing, all rights to indemnification, exculpation and advancement of expenses and all limitations on liability existing in favor of any manager, director, officer or employee of any MSP Company or Parent prior to the Closing (collectively, the “D&O Persons”), in each case, as provided in the Organizational Documents of the MSP Companies or Parent, as applicable, the indemnification agreements set forth on Schedule 9.4 or any other similar indemnification arrangement in effect as of the date of this Agreement, shall survive the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and continue in full force and effect and be honored by Parent, Purchaser and the MSP Companies in accordance with their terms and to the fullest extent of the Law. For a period of six (6) years following the Closing, such rights shall not be amended or otherwise modified in the Organizational Documents of the MSP Companies or Parent in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of the D&O Persons, unless such amendment or modification is required by Law.
