Common use of General Indemnities Clause in Contracts

General Indemnities. (a) Lessee hereby agrees at all times to indemnify, protect, defend and hold harmless each Indemnitee from and against all and any liabilities, losses, claims, proceedings, damages, penalties, fines, fees, costs and expenses whatsoever (any of the foregoing being referred to as a “Claim”) that any of them at any time suffers or incurs: (i) arising directly or indirectly out of, or in any way connected with, the manufacture, ownership, possession, registration, performance, transportation, management, control, use or operation, design, condition, testing, delivery, leasing, maintenance, repair, service, modification, overhaul, replacement, removal or redelivery of the Aircraft (either in the air or on the ground) or any part of the Aircraft, whether or not such Claims may be attributable to any defect in the Aircraft or any part thereof or to the design, testing or use thereof or to any maintenance, service, repair, overhaul, or to any other reason whatsoever (whether similar to any of the foregoing or not), and regardless of when the same shall arise (whether during, or after termination of, the leasing of the Aircraft under this Agreement); (ii) arising as a result of any design, article or material in the Aircraft or any part thereof or the operation or use thereof constituting or being alleged to constitute an infringement of any patent, copyright, design or other proprietary right; or (iii) in relation to preventing or attempting to prevent the arrest, confiscation, seizure, taking in execution, impounding, forfeiture or detention of the Aircraft, or in securing the release of the Aircraft other than from any Lessor’s Lien. (b) The following are excluded from Lessee’s agreement to indemnify any particular Indemnitee under Clause 18.1(a): (i) any Claim judicially determined to be attributable to an act, matter, circumstance or thing done, arising or occurring after the date on which Lessee shall have redelivered the Aircraft and the Aircraft Documents to Lessor in accordance with this Agreement and shall have complied with all of its obligations under this Agreement and Lessee’s Documents (such date, the “Compliance Date”), but only to the extent not attributable or related, in whole or in part, to acts or omissions of Lessee or to circumstances, acts, omissions, incidents or events occurring on or before the Compliance Date; (ii) any Claim judicially determined to have been caused by the willful misconduct, gross negligence or recklessness of such Indemnitee, its successors, servants or agents. For the avoidance of doubt, if this exclusion shall apply to an Indemnitee that is a “Lessor Party” as defined herein, then this exclusion shall apply to all such “Lessor Party” entities as defined herein; (iii) any Claim which is a Tax or a loss of a Tax benefit or that is a cost or expense of such Indemnitee contesting a Tax imposed on it or a loss of a Tax benefit by such Indemnitee, which shall be governed by Clauses 18.2 through 18.10 and 19.2(b)(ii); or (iv) any Claim for currency indemnification, which shall be governed by Clause 6.6. (c) An Indemnitee shall promptly after obtaining actual knowledge thereof notify Lessee of any Claim as to which indemnification is sought; provided that a failure to so notify will not diminish or relieve Lessee of any obligations thereunder, except to the extent Lessee’s successful defense of any Claim is precluded thereby. Without prejudice to the obligation of Lessee to indemnify pursuant to this Clause 18.1, Lessee shall have the right to investigate and, in its discretion and provided that no Default has occurred and is continuing, to defend or compromise (other than with respect to a compromise of a non-monetary Claim, the compromise of which may adversely affect the Indemnitee), any Claim for which indemnification is sought under this Clause 18.1 and each Indemnitee shall cooperate at Lessee’s cost with all reasonable requests of Lessee in connection therewith; provided that (i) such proceedings do not involve any material risk of loss or forfeiture of title to the Aircraft (unless Lessee shall have posted a bond or other security satisfactory to Lessor in respect of such risk) or any material risk of any civil or criminal penalty being assessed against any Indemnitee and (ii) Lessee shall have agreed to indemnify, and shall indemnify on demand, such Indemnitee in a manner satisfactory to it for all costs and expenses which it may incur in connection with such Claim and shall deliver to such Indemnitee a written acknowledgement to indemnify it whether or not any contest of such Claim is successful. Where Lessee or its insurers undertake the defense of an Indemnitee with respect to a Claim, no additional legal fees or expenses of such Indemnitee in connection with such defense of such Claim shall be indemnified hereunder unless such fees or expenses were incurred at the request of Lessee or such insurers; provided, that if in the written opinion of counsel to such Indemnitee an actual or potential material conflict of interest exists where it is advisable for such Indemnitee to be represented by separate counsel, the reasonable fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be borne by Lessee. Subject to the requirements of any policy of insurance, any Indemnitee may participate at its own expense in any judicial proceeding controlled by Lessee pursuant to the preceding provisions, and such participation shall not constitute a waiver of the indemnification provided in this Clause 18.1. Nothing in this Clause 18.1 shall be deemed to require an Indemnitee to contest any Claim or to assume responsibility for or control of any judicial proceeding with respect thereto.

Appears in 8 contracts

Samples: Aircraft Lease Agreement (Controladora Vuela Compania De Aviacion, S.A.B. De C.V.), Aircraft Lease Agreement (Controladora Vuela Compania De Aviacion, S.A.B. De C.V.), Aircraft Lease Agreement (Controladora Vuela Compania De Aviacion, S.A.B. De C.V.)

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General Indemnities. (a) Lessee hereby agrees at all times to indemnify, protect, defend and hold harmless each Indemnitee from and against all and any liabilities, losses, claims, proceedings, damages, penalties, fines, fees, costs and expenses whatsoever (any of the foregoing being referred to as a “Claim”) that any of them at any time suffers or incurs: (i) arising directly or indirectly out of, or in any way connected with, the manufacture, ownership, possession, registration, performance, transportation, management, control, use or operation, design, condition, testing, delivery, leasing, maintenance, repair, service, modification, overhaul, replacement, removal or redelivery of the Aircraft (either in the air or on the ground) or any part of the Aircraft, whether or not such Claims may be attributable to any defect in the Aircraft or any part thereof or to the design, testing or use thereof or to any maintenance, service, repair, overhaul, or to any other reason whatsoever (whether similar to any of the foregoing or not), and regardless of when the same shall arise (whether during, or after termination of, the leasing of the Aircraft under this Agreement); (ii) arising as a result of any design, article or material in the Aircraft or any part thereof or the operation or use thereof constituting or being alleged to constitute an infringement of any patent, copyright, design or other proprietary right; or (iii) in relation to preventing or attempting to prevent the arrest, confiscation, seizure, taking in execution, impounding, forfeiture or detention of the Aircraft, or in securing the release of the Aircraft other than from any Lessor’s Lien. (b) The following are excluded from Lessee’s agreement to indemnify any particular Indemnitee under Clause 18.1(a): (i) any Claim judicially determined to be attributable to an act, matter, circumstance or thing done, arising or occurring after the date on which Lessee shall have redelivered the Aircraft and the Aircraft Documents to Lessor in accordance with this Agreement and shall have complied with all of its obligations under this Agreement and Lessee’s Documents (such date, the “Compliance Date”), but only to the extent not attributable or related, in whole or in part, to acts or omissions of Lessee or to circumstances, acts, omissions, incidents or events occurring on or before the Compliance Date; (ii) any Claim judicially determined to have been caused by the willful misconduct, gross negligence or (in the case of any Indemnitee other than an ECA Finance Party) recklessness of such Indemnitee, its successors, servants or agents. For the avoidance of doubt, if this exclusion shall apply to an Indemnitee that is a “Lessor Party” as defined herein, then this exclusion shall apply to all such “Lessor Party” entities as defined herein; (iii) any Claim which is a Tax or a loss of a Tax benefit or that is a cost or expense of such Indemnitee contesting a Tax imposed on it or a loss of a Tax benefit by such Indemnitee, which shall be governed by Clauses 18.2 through 18.10 and 19.2(b)(ii); or (iv) any Claim for currency indemnification, which shall be governed by Clause 6.6. (c) An Indemnitee shall promptly after obtaining actual knowledge thereof notify Lessee of any Claim as to which indemnification is sought; provided that a failure to so notify will not diminish or relieve Lessee of any obligations thereunder, except to the extent Lessee’s successful defense of any Claim is precluded thereby. Without prejudice to the obligation of Lessee to indemnify pursuant to this Clause 18.1, Lessee shall have the right to investigate and, in its discretion and provided that no Default has occurred and is continuing, to defend or compromise (other than (i) any Claim made against an ECA Finance Party, which Lessee may defend or compromise only upon receipt of the prior written consent of such ECA Finance Party and (ii) with respect to a compromise of a non-monetary Claim, the compromise of which may adversely affect the Indemnitee), any Claim for which indemnification is sought under this Clause 18.1 and each Indemnitee shall cooperate at Lessee’s cost with all reasonable requests of Lessee in connection therewith; provided that (i) such proceedings do not involve any material risk of loss or forfeiture of title to the Aircraft (unless Lessee shall have posted a bond or other security satisfactory to Lessor in respect of such risk) or any material risk of any civil or criminal penalty being assessed against any Indemnitee and (ii) Lessee shall have agreed to indemnify, and shall indemnify on demand, such Indemnitee in a manner satisfactory to it for all costs and expenses which it may incur in connection with such Claim and shall deliver to such Indemnitee a written acknowledgement to indemnify it whether or not any contest of such Claim is successful. Where Lessee or its insurers undertake the defense of an Indemnitee with respect to a Claim, no additional legal fees or expenses of such Indemnitee in connection with such defense of such Claim shall be indemnified hereunder unless such fees or expenses were incurred at the request of Lessee or such insurers; provided, that if in the written opinion of counsel to such Indemnitee an actual or potential material conflict of interest exists where it is advisable for such Indemnitee to be represented by separate counsel, the reasonable fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be borne by Lessee. Subject to the requirements of any policy of insurance, any Indemnitee may participate at its own expense in any judicial proceeding controlled by Lessee pursuant to the preceding provisions, and such participation shall not constitute a waiver of the indemnification provided in this Clause 18.1. Nothing in this Clause 18.1 shall be deemed to require an Indemnitee to contest any Claim or to assume responsibility for or control of any judicial proceeding with respect thereto.

Appears in 4 contracts

Samples: Aircraft Lease Agreement (Controladora Vuela Compania De Aviacion, S.A.B. De C.V.), Aircraft Lease Agreement (Controladora Vuela Compania De Aviacion, S.A.B. De C.V.), Aircraft Lease Agreement (Controladora Vuela Compania De Aviacion, S.A.B. De C.V.)

General Indemnities. (a) Except as provided in Section 18.2 below, Lessee hereby agrees at all times to indemnify, protect, defend and hold harmless each Indemnitee from and against all and any liabilities, losses, claims, proceedings, damages, penalties, fines, fees, costs and expenses whatsoever (any of the foregoing being referred to as a “Claim”) that any of them at any time suffers or incurs: (ia) arising directly or indirectly out of, of or in any way connected withwith the, the manufacture, ownership, possession, registration, performance, transportation, management, control, use or operation, design, condition, testing, delivery, leasing, maintenance, repair, service, modification, overhaul, replacement, removal or redelivery of the Aircraft (either in the air or on the ground) or any part of the AircraftAircraft or Technical Records, by Lessee or any other person, whether or not such Claims liabilities, losses, claims, proceedings, damages, penalties, fines, fees, costs and expenses may be attributable to any defect in the Aircraft or any part thereof or the Technical Records or to the design, testing or use thereof or to any maintenance, service, repair, overhaul, or to any other reason whatsoever (whether similar to any of the foregoing or not), and regardless of when the same shall arise (or whether during, they arise out of or after termination of, the leasing are attributable to any act or omission of the Aircraft under this Agreement)any Indemnitee; (iib) arising as a result of any design, article or material in the Aircraft or any part thereof or the operation or use thereof constituting or being alleged to constitute an infringement of any patent, copyright, design or other proprietary right; or; (iiic) in relation to preventing or attempting to prevent the arrest, confiscation, seizure, taking in execution, impounding, forfeiture or detention of the Aircraft, or in securing the release of the Aircraft other than from any Lessor’s Lien. (b) The following are excluded from Lessee’s agreement to indemnify any particular Indemnitee under Clause 18.1(a): (i) any Claim judicially determined to be attributable to an act, matter, circumstance or thing done, arising or occurring after the date on which Lessee shall have redelivered the Aircraft and the Aircraft Documents to Lessor in accordance with this Agreement and shall have complied with all of its obligations under this Agreement and Lessee’s Documents (such date, the “Compliance Date”), but only to the extent not attributable or related, in whole or in part, to acts or omissions of Lessee or to circumstances, acts, omissions, incidents or events occurring on or before the Compliance Date; (ii) any Claim judicially determined to have been caused by the willful misconduct, gross negligence or recklessness of such Indemnitee, its successors, servants or agents. For the avoidance of doubt, if this exclusion shall apply to an Indemnitee that is a “Lessor Party” as defined herein, then this exclusion shall apply to all such “Lessor Party” entities as defined herein; (iii) any Claim which is a Tax or a loss of a Tax benefit or that is a cost or expense of such Indemnitee contesting a Tax imposed on it or a loss of a Tax benefit by such Indemnitee, which shall be governed by Clauses 18.2 through 18.10 and 19.2(b)(ii); or (ivd) directly or indirectly out of any Claim for currency indemnification, which shall be governed breach by Clause 6.6. (c) An Indemnitee shall promptly after obtaining actual knowledge thereof notify Lessee of any Claim as of its obligations hereunder or under any of the Lessee’s Documents to which indemnification it is sought; provided that a failure to so notify will not diminish party or relieve Lessee the falsity or inaccuracy of any obligations representation or warranty of Lessee thereunder, except to the extent Lessee’s successful defense of any Claim is precluded thereby. Without prejudice to the obligation of Lessee to indemnify pursuant to this Clause 18.1Section 18.1 and provided that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Lessee shall have the right to investigate and, in its discretion and provided that no Default has occurred and is continuingdiscretion, to defend or compromise (other than with respect to a compromise of a non-monetary Claim, the compromise of which may adversely affect the Indemnitee), any Claim claim involving solely one or more Claims for which indemnification is sought under this Clause Section 18.1 and each Indemnitee shall cooperate at Lessee’s cost with all reasonable requests of Lessee in connection therewith; provided that (i) such proceedings do not involve any material risk of loss or forfeiture of title to the Aircraft (unless Lessee shall have posted a bond or other security satisfactory to Lessor in respect of such risk) or any material risk of any civil or criminal penalty being assessed against any Indemnitee and (ii) Lessee shall have agreed to indemnify, and shall indemnify on demand, such Indemnitee in a manner satisfactory to it for all costs and expenses which it may incur in connection with such Claim and shall deliver to such Indemnitee a written acknowledgement to indemnify it whether or not any contest of such Claim is successfulIndemnitee. Where Lessee or its insurers undertake the defense of an Indemnitee with respect to a Claim, no additional legal fees or expenses of such Indemnitee in connection with such defense of such Claim shall be indemnified hereunder unless such fees or expenses were incurred at the request of Lessee or such insurers; provided, that if in the written opinion reasonable judgment of counsel to such Indemnitee an actual or potential material conflict of interest exists where it is advisable for such Indemnitee to be represented by separate counsel, the reasonable fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be borne by Lessee. Subject to the requirements of any policy of insurance, any Indemnitee may participate at its own expense in any judicial proceeding controlled by Lessee pursuant to the preceding provisions; provided, that such Indemnitee’s participation does not, in the opinion of the independent counsel appointed by Lessee or its insurers to conduct such proceedings, interfere with such control (except in the case specified in the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence); and such participation shall not constitute a waiver of the indemnification provided in this Clause Section 18.1. Nothing in this Clause Section 18.1 shall be deemed to require an Indemnitee to contest any Claim or to assume responsibility for or control of any judicial proceeding with respect thereto. To the extent of any payment of any Claim pursuant to this Section 18.1, Lessee, without any further action, shall be subrogated to any claims an Indemnitee may have relating thereto. The Indemnitees agree to give such further assurances or agreements and to cooperate with Lessee to permit Lessee to pursue such claims, if any, to the extent reasonably requested by Lessee. If Lessee shall have paid an amount to an Indemnitee pursuant to this Section 18.1, and such Indemnitee subsequently shall be reimbursed in respect of such indemnified amount from any other person, such Indemnitee shall promptly pay to Lessee the amount of such reimbursement, including any interest received with respect thereto.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Aircraft Lease Agreement (Gulfstream International Group Inc), Aircraft Lease Agreement (Gulfstream International Group Inc)

General Indemnities. (a) Lessee hereby agrees at all times to indemnify, protect, defend and hold harmless each Indemnitee from and against all and any liabilities, losses, claims, proceedings, damages, penalties, fines, fees, costs and expenses whatsoever (any of the foregoing being referred to as a “Claim”) that any of them at any time suffers or incurs: (i) arising directly or indirectly out of, or in any way connected with, the manufacture, ownership, possession, registration, performance, transportation, management, control, use or operation, design, condition, testing, delivery, leasing, maintenance, repair, service, modification, overhaul, replacement, removal or redelivery of the Aircraft (either in the air or on the ground) or any part of the Aircraft, whether or not such Claims may be attributable to any defect in the Aircraft or any part thereof or to the design, testing or use thereof or to any maintenance, service, repair, overhaul, or to any other reason whatsoever (whether similar to any of the foregoing or not), and regardless of when the same shall arise (whether during, or after termination of, the leasing of the Aircraft under this Agreement); (ii) arising as a result of any design, article or material in the Aircraft or any part thereof or the operation or use thereof constituting or being alleged to constitute an infringement of any patent, copyright, design or other proprietary right; or (iii) in relation to preventing or attempting to prevent the arrest, confiscation, seizure, taking in execution, impounding, forfeiture or detention of the Aircraft, or in securing the release of the Aircraft other than from any Lessor’s Lien. (b) The following are excluded from Lessee’s agreement to indemnify any particular Indemnitee under Clause 18.1(a): (i) any Claim judicially determined to be attributable to an act, matter, circumstance or thing done, arising or occurring after the date on which Lessee shall have redelivered the Aircraft and the Aircraft Documents to Lessor in accordance with this Agreement and shall have complied with all of its obligations under this Agreement and Lessee’s Documents (such date, the “Compliance Date”), but only to the extent not attributable or related, in whole or in part, to acts or omissions of Lessee or to circumstances, acts, omissions, incidents or events occurring on or before the Compliance Date; (ii) any Claim judicially determined to have been caused by the willful misconduct, gross negligence or recklessness of such Indemnitee, its successors, servants or agents. For the avoidance of doubt, if this exclusion shall apply to an Indemnitee that is a “Lessor Party” as defined herein, then this exclusion shall apply to all such “Lessor Party” entities as defined herein; (iii) any Claim which is a Tax or a loss of a Tax benefit or that is a cost or expense of such Indemnitee contesting a Tax imposed on it or a loss of a Tax benefit by such Indemnitee, which shall be governed by Clauses 18.2 through 18.10 and 19.2(b)(ii); or (iv) any Claim for currency indemnification, which shall be governed by Clause 6.6. (c) An Indemnitee shall promptly after obtaining actual knowledge thereof notify Lessee of any Claim as to which indemnification is sought; provided that a failure to so notify will not diminish or relieve Lessee of any obligations thereunder, except to the extent Lessee’s successful defense of any Claim is precluded thereby. Without prejudice to the obligation of Lessee to indemnify pursuant to this Clause 18.1, Lessee shall have the right to investigate and, in its discretion and provided that no Default has occurred and is continuing, to defend or compromise (other than with respect to a compromise of a non-monetary Claim, the compromise of which may adversely affect the Indemnitee), any Claim for which indemnification is sought under this Clause 18.1 and each Indemnitee shall cooperate at Lessee’s cost with all reasonable requests of Lessee in connection therewith; provided that (i) such proceedings do not involve any material risk of loss or forfeiture of title to the Aircraft (unless Lessee shall have posted a bond or other security satisfactory to Lessor in respect of such risk) or any material risk of any civil or criminal penalty being assessed against any Indemnitee and (ii) Lessee shall have agreed to indemnify, and shall indemnify on demand, such Indemnitee in a manner satisfactory to it for all costs and expenses which it may incur in connection with such Claim and shall deliver to such Indemnitee a written acknowledgement to indemnify it whether or not any contest of such Claim is successful. Where Lessee or its insurers undertake the defense of an Indemnitee with respect to a Claim, no additional legal fees or expenses of such Indemnitee in connection with such defense of such Claim shall be indemnified hereunder unless such fees or expenses were incurred at the request of Lessee or such insurers; provided, that if in the written opinion of counsel to such Indemnitee an actual or potential material conflict of interest exists where it is advisable for such Indemnitee to be represented by separate counsel, the reasonable fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be borne by Lessee. Subject to the requirements of any policy of insurance, any Indemnitee may participate at its own expense in any judicial proceeding controlled by Lessee pursuant to the preceding provisions, and such participation shall not constitute a waiver of the indemnification provided in this Clause 18.1this 1. Nothing in this Clause 18.1 shall be deemed to require an Indemnitee to contest any Claim or to assume responsibility for or control of any judicial proceeding with respect thereto.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Aircraft Lease Agreement (Controladora Vuela Compania De Aviacion, S.A.B. De C.V.), Aircraft Lease Agreement (Controladora Vuela Compania De Aviacion, S.A.B. De C.V.)

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General Indemnities. (a) Lessee hereby agrees at all times to indemnify, protect, defend and hold harmless each Indemnitee from and against all and any liabilities, losses, claims, proceedings, damages, penalties, fines, fees, costs and expenses whatsoever (any of the foregoing being referred to as a “Claim”) that any of them at any time suffers or incurs: (i) arising directly or indirectly out of, or in any way connected with, the the, manufacture, ownership, possession, registration, performance, transportation, management, control, use or operation, design, condition, testing, delivery, leasing, subleasing, maintenance, repair, service, modification, overhaul, replacement, removal or redelivery of the Aircraft (either in the air or on the ground) or any part of the AircraftAircraft or Aircraft Documents, whether or not such Claims may be attributable to any defect in the Aircraft or any part thereof or the Aircraft Documents or to the design, testing or use thereof or to any maintenance, service, repair, overhaul, or to any other reason whatsoever (whether similar to any of the foregoing or not), and regardless of when the same shall arise (whether during, or after termination of, the leasing of the Aircraft under this Agreement);; or (ii) arising as a result of any design, article or material in the Aircraft or any part thereof or the operation or use thereof constituting or being alleged to constitute an infringement of any patent, copyright, design or other proprietary right; or; (iii) in relation to preventing or attempting to prevent the arrest, confiscation, seizure, taking in execution, impounding, forfeiture or detention of the Aircraft, or in securing the release of the Aircraft other than from any Lessor’s Lien; or (iv) arising, directly or indirectly out of or in any way connected with Lessor’s payment for or performance of, or procuring performance of, any of Lessee’s obligations hereunder on behalf of Lessee in accordance with Clause 20.10. (b) The following are excluded from Lessee’s agreement to indemnify any particular Indemnitee under Clause 18.1(a19.1(a): (i) any Claim judicially determined to be attributable to an act, matter, circumstance or thing done, arising or occurring after the date on which Lessee shall have redelivered the Aircraft and the Aircraft Documents to Lessor in accordance with this Agreement and shall have complied with all of its obligations under this Agreement and Lessee’s Documents (such date, the “Compliance Date”), but only to the extent not attributable or related, in whole or in part, to acts or omissions of Lessee or to circumstances, acts, omissions, incidents or events occurring on or before the Compliance Date; (ii) any Claim judicially determined which is the result of any failure on the part of Lessor or any other Indemnitee to comply with the express terms of this Agreement or any other Operative Document or any representation or any warranty given by Lessor in this Agreement not being true and correct at the date when, or when deemed to have been been, given or made; (iii) any Claim caused by the willful misconduct, gross negligence wilful misconduct or recklessness of such Indemnitee, its successors, servants or agents. For the avoidance of doubt, if this exclusion shall apply to an Indemnitee that is a “Lessor Party” as defined herein, then this exclusion shall apply to all such “Lessor Party” entities as defined herein; (iiiiv) any Claim which is a Tax imposed or a loss of a Tax benefit or that is a cost or expense of such Indemnitee contesting a Tax imposed on it or a loss of a Tax benefit by such Indemniteebenefit, which Claim shall instead be governed by subject to Clauses 18.2 through 18.10 19.2, 19.3, 19.4 and 19.2(b)(ii); or19.5; (ivv) any Claim for currency indemnification, which shall be governed by Clause 6.6; (vi) any Claims which are the ordinary and usual operating or overhead expense of Lessor or Lessor Guarantor except to the extent that the same arise on the occurrence of an Event of Default; (vii) any Claim relating solely to the prior operation of the Aircraft by the Prior Operator; (viii) any Claim which represents or results from a decline in the market value of the Aircraft (unless such decline arises out of any Event of Default in respect of operation, maintenance or repair of the Aircraft); (ix) any Claim which is expressly required to be borne by Lessor in accordance with any other provision of this Agreement or the other Operative Documents; (x) any Claim which is caused by or attributable to the existence, creation or imposition of a Lessor’s Lien, provided such Claim does not result directly from an Event of Default or a Lessee Illegality Event; (xi) any Claim caused solely as a result of any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposition by such Indemnitee of the Aircraft or Engine or any interest therein (including creation of a Lessor’s Lien) that is not a replacement thereof under this Agreement or is otherwise not contemplated under this Agreement, and unless such sale, transfer or other disposition has resulted from or occurred (a) following an Event of Default which is continuing, or (b) as a consequence of a Total Loss; (xii) any Claim to the extent settled or reimbursed from any proceeds of insurances paid to that Indemnitee; (xiii) any Claim which arises as a result of any financing arrangement entered into by Lessor with respect to the Aircraft, including without limitation, break costs and any other amounts payable under any financing documents, except to the extent that the same arise on the occurrence of an Event of Default; (xiv) any Claim which arises out of any legal liability of an Indemnitee as a manufacturer that manufactured, or a maintenance repair organization that performed maintenance on, the Aircraft or any Part thereof; and (xv) any Claim caused solely by an event that occurs after the redelivery of the Aircraft to Lessor in compliance with this Agreement (or, as the case may be, a termination of the leasing of the Aircraft following a Total Loss) and is not attributable to any act, omission, event or circumstance occurring prior to such redelivery. (c) An Indemnitee shall promptly after obtaining actual knowledge thereof notify Lessee of any Claim as to which indemnification is sought; provided that a failure to so notify will not diminish or relieve Lessee of any obligations thereunder, except to the extent Lessee’s successful defense of any Claim is precluded thereby. Without prejudice to the obligation of Lessee to indemnify pursuant to this Clause 18.119.1 and provided that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Lessee shall have the right to investigate and, in its discretion and provided that no Default has occurred and is continuingdiscretion, to defend or compromise (other than with respect to a compromise of a non-monetary Claim, the compromise of which may adversely affect the Indemnitee), any Claim for which indemnification is sought under this Clause 18.1 19.1 and each Indemnitee shall cooperate at Lessee’s cost with all reasonable requests of Lessee in connection therewith; provided that (i) such proceedings do not involve any material risk of loss or forfeiture of title to the Aircraft (unless Lessee shall have posted a bond or other security satisfactory to Lessor in respect of such risk) or any material risk of any civil or criminal penalty being assessed against any Indemnitee and (ii) Lessee shall have agreed to indemnify, and shall indemnify on demand, such Indemnitee in a manner satisfactory to it for all costs and expenses which it may incur in connection with such Claim and shall deliver to such Indemnitee a written acknowledgement undertaking to indemnify it whether or not any contest of such Claim is successful. Where Lessee or its insurers undertake the defense defence of an Indemnitee with respect to a Claim, no additional legal fees or expenses of such Indemnitee in connection with such defense defence of such Claim shall be indemnified hereunder unless such fees or expenses were incurred at the request of Lessee or such insurers; provided, that if in the written opinion of counsel to such Indemnitee an actual or potential material conflict of interest exists where it is advisable for such Indemnitee to be represented by separate counsel, the reasonable fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be borne by Lessee. Subject to the requirements of any policy of insurance, any Indemnitee may participate at its own expense in any judicial proceeding controlled by Lessee pursuant to the preceding provisions, and such participation shall not constitute a waiver of the indemnification provided in this Clause 18.119.1. Nothing in this Clause 18.1 19.1 shall be deemed to require an Indemnitee to contest any Claim or to assume responsibility for or control of any judicial proceeding with respect thereto.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Aircraft Lease Agreement (Latam Airlines Group S.A.)

General Indemnities. (a) 8.1 The Lessee hereby agrees at all times to indemnifyshall pay promptly, protectand shall on demand indemnify the Lessor and each other Indemnified Person against, defend any Loss incurred by the Lessor and hold harmless each Indemnitee from and against all and any liabilities, losses, claims, proceedings, damages, penalties, fines, fees, costs and expenses whatsoever (any of the foregoing being referred to as a “Claim”) that any of them other Indemnified Person at any time suffers arising out of, resulting from or incursin connection with: (i) arising directly or indirectly out this agreement and the transactions contemplated by this agreement and any other document entered into in contemplation of, or in any way connected withconnection with this agreement; (ii) the purchase, the testing, design, manufacture, delivery, late delivery, non- delivery, purchase, importation, ownership, letting, sub-letting, possession, registration, performance, transportation, management, control, use or use, operation, design, condition, testing, delivery, leasing, maintenance, repair, servicereplacement, refurbishment, modification, overhaul, replacementinsurance, removal sale or redelivery other disposal, return or storage of, or loss of or damage to, the Aircraft (either Equipment or otherwise in connection with the air or on the ground) or any part of the Aircraft, Equipment and regardless of: a. whether or not such Claims may be Losses are attributable to any defect in the Aircraft or any part thereof Equipment or to the design, testing construction or use thereof or to of any maintenance, service, repair, overhaul, item of Equipment or to any other reason whatsoever (whether similar to any of the foregoing or not), and regardless of reason; and b. when the same shall arise (whether during, or after termination of, the leasing of the Aircraft under this Agreement)Loss arises; (ii) arising as a result of any design, article or material in the Aircraft or any part thereof or the operation or use thereof constituting or being alleged to constitute an infringement of any patent, copyright, design or other proprietary right; or (iii) in relation to claims that are made on the ground of an infringement of patent or copyright or registered design or other intellectual property right; (iv) preventing or attempting to prevent the arrest, confiscation, seizure, taking in execution, impounding, forfeiture or detention of the Aircraftany item of Equipment, or in securing or attempting to secure the release of any item of Equipment; (v) the Aircraft Total Loss of any Equipment; (vi) the occurrence of a Termination Event; and (vii) the sale of the Equipment or any part of the Equipment pursuant to this agreement including broker’s commissions, redelivery expenses (if any), marketing expenses, legal expenses, storage, insurance and any other than from any Lessor’s Lienexpenses of the Lessor incurred pending the sale or disposal of the Equipment or otherwise in connection with the sale or disposal of the Equipment. (b) The following are excluded from Lessee’s agreement 8.2 Where in this Clause 8 an indemnity is expressed to indemnify be for the benefit of any particular Indemnitee under Clause 18.1(a):person who is not a party to this agreement: (i) any Claim judicially determined the Lessor shall be entitled to indemnify such person on the same terms, with appropriate and necessary modifications, as the indemnities expressed to be attributable to an act, matter, circumstance or thing done, arising or occurring after for the date on which Lessee shall have redelivered the Aircraft and the Aircraft Documents to Lessor benefit of such person in accordance with this Agreement and shall have complied with all of its obligations under this Agreement and Lessee’s Documents (such date, the “Compliance Date”), but only to the extent not attributable or related, in whole or in part, to acts or omissions of Lessee or to circumstances, acts, omissions, incidents or events occurring on or before the Compliance Date;Clause 8; and (ii) the Lessee shall indemnify the Lessor on demand against any Claim judicially determined to have been caused amount paid or payable by the willful misconduct, gross negligence or recklessness of such Indemnitee, its successors, servants or agents. For the avoidance of doubt, if this exclusion shall apply to an Indemnitee that is a “Lessor Party” as defined herein, then this exclusion shall apply to all such “Lessor Party” entities as defined herein; (iii) any Claim which is a Tax or a loss of a Tax benefit or that is a cost or expense of such Indemnitee contesting a Tax imposed on it or a loss of a Tax benefit by such Indemnitee, which shall be governed by Clauses 18.2 through 18.10 and 19.2(b)(ii); or (iv) any Claim for currency indemnification, which shall be governed by Clause 6.6. (c) An Indemnitee shall promptly after obtaining actual knowledge thereof notify Lessee of any Claim as to which indemnification is sought; provided that a failure to so notify will not diminish or relieve Lessee of any obligations thereunder, except to the extent Lessee’s successful defense of any Claim is precluded thereby. Without prejudice to the obligation of Lessee to indemnify pursuant to this Clause 18.1, Lessee shall have the right to investigate and, in its discretion and provided that no Default has occurred and is continuing, to defend or compromise (other than with respect to a compromise of a non-monetary Claim, the compromise of which may adversely affect the Indemnitee), any Claim for which indemnification is sought under this Clause 18.1 and each Indemnitee shall cooperate at Lessee’s cost with all reasonable requests of Lessee in connection therewith; provided that (i) such proceedings do not involve any material risk of loss or forfeiture of title to the Aircraft (unless Lessee shall have posted a bond or other security satisfactory to Lessor in respect of such risk) or any material risk of any civil or criminal penalty being assessed against any Indemnitee and (ii) Lessee shall have agreed to indemnify, and shall indemnify on demand, such Indemnitee in a manner satisfactory to it for all costs and expenses which it may incur in connection with such Claim and shall deliver to such Indemnitee a written acknowledgement to indemnify it whether or not person under any contest of such Claim is successful. Where Lessee or its insurers undertake the defense of an Indemnitee with respect to a Claim, no additional legal fees or expenses of such Indemnitee in connection with such defense of such Claim shall be indemnified hereunder unless such fees or expenses were incurred at the request of Lessee or such insurers; provided, that if in the written opinion of counsel to such Indemnitee an actual or potential material conflict of interest exists where it is advisable for such Indemnitee to be represented by separate counsel, the reasonable fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be borne by Lessee. Subject to the requirements of any policy of insurance, any Indemnitee may participate at its own expense in any judicial proceeding controlled by Lessee pursuant to the preceding provisions, and such participation shall not constitute a waiver of the indemnification provided in this Clause 18.1. Nothing in this Clause 18.1 shall be deemed to require an Indemnitee to contest any Claim or to assume responsibility for or control of any judicial proceeding with respect theretoindemnity.

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Samples: Equipment Lease Agreement

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