Indemnification by the Buyer (a) In accordance with and subject to the provisions of this Section 5, the Buyer and Guarantor shall, jointly and severally, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Parent and their respective affiliates (for purposes of this Section 5, the “Company Indemnitees”) from and against and in respect of any and all loss, damage, diminution in value, liability, cost and expense, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and amounts paid in settlement (collectively, the “Company Indemnified Losses”), suffered or incurred by the Company Indemnitees by reason of, or arising out of (i) any misrepresentation or breach of representation or warranty of the Buyer or Guarantor contained in this Agreement, or in any schedules delivered to the Company or the Parent by or on behalf of the Buyer or Guarantor pursuant to this Agreement; (ii) or the breach of any covenant or agreement of the Buyer or Guarantor contained in this Agreement; (iii) the Assumed Liabilities, including, without limitation, any liability to sureties with respect to bonded jobs; or (iv) the operation of the Business following the Closing, including, but not limited to, any claims made by Transferred Employees concerning COBRA, the WARN Act, unemployment claim liability, or any similar matters as a result of the termination by Buyer of the Transferred Employees.
(b) The Buyer and the Guarantor, jointly and severally (the “Buyer Indemnifying Parties”), shall reimburse the Company Indemnitees on demand for any Company Indemnified Losses suffered by the Company Indemnitees with respect to matters other than Third Party Claims. With respect to Third Party Claims, the Buyer Indemnifying Parties shall reimburse the Company Indemnitees on demand for any Company Indemnified Losses suffered by the Company Indemnitees, based on the judgment of any court of competent jurisdiction or pursuant to a bona fide compromise or settlement in respect of any Company Indemnified Losses. The Buyer Indemnifying Parties shall have the opportunity to defend at their expense any claim, action or demand for which the Company Indemnitees claim indemnity against the Buyer Indemnifying Parties; provided that: (i) the defense is conducted by reputable counsel; (ii) the defense is expressly assumed in writing within twenty (20) days after written notice of the claim, action or demand is delivered to the Buyer Indemnifying Parties; and (iii) counsel for the Company and the Parent may participate at all times and in all proceedings (formal and informal) relating to the defense, compromise and settlement of the claim, action or demand at the expense of the Company and the Parent.
Indemnification By the Fund The Fund agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each person who controls or is associated with the Company within the meaning of such terms under the federal securities laws and any officer, director, employee or agent of the foregoing, against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several (including any investigative, legal and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with, and any amounts paid with the prior written consent of the Fund in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding or any claim asserted), to which they or any of them may become subject under any statute or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities:
(a) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Fund Registration Statement, Fund Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or sales literature or other promotional material of the Fund, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances in which they were made; provided that this obligation to indemnify shall not apply if such statement or omission or alleged statement or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing by the Company to the Fund for use in the Fund Registration Statement, Fund Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or sales literature for the Fund or otherwise for use in connection with the sale of the Contracts or Fund shares; or
(b) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact made by the Fund (other than statements or representations contained in the Fund Registration Statement, Fund Prospectus or sales literature or other promotional material of the Fund not supplied by the Distributor or the Fund or persons under their control) or wrongful conduct of the Fund or persons under its control with respect to the sale or distribution of the Contracts or Fund shares; or
(c) arise out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Contract's Registration Statement, Contracts Prospectus or sales literature or other promotional material for the Contracts (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances in which they were made, if such statement or omission was made in reliance upon information furnished in writing by the Fund to the Company (or a person authorized in writing to do so on behalf of the Fund); or
(d) arise as a result of any failure by the Fund to provide the services and furnish the materials under the terms of this Agreement (including, but not by way of limitation, a failure, whether unintentional or in good faith or otherwise: (i) to comply with the diversification requirements specified in Sections 2.4 and 6.1 in Article VI of this Agreement; and (ii) to provide the Company with accurate information sufficient for it to calculate its accumulation and/or annuity unit values in timely fashion as required by law and by the Contracts Prospectuses); or
(e) arise out of any material breach by the Fund of this Agreement. This indemnification will be in addition to any liability which the Fund may otherwise have; provided, however, that no party shall be entitled to indemnification if such loss, claim, damage or liability is due to the willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of duty by the party seeking indemnification.
Indemnification by the Holders Each Holder severally (and not jointly) will, in the event that any registration is being effected under the Securities Act pursuant to this Agreement of any Registrable Securities held by such selling Holder, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its officers, employees, affiliates, directors, partners, members, attorneys and agents and each underwriter (if any), and each other selling Holder and each other Person, if any, who controls such Person within the meaning of the Securities Act, against any losses, claims, judgments, damages or liabilities, insofar as such losses, claims, judgments, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or allegedly untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement under which the sale of such Registrable Securities was registered under the Securities Act, any preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus or summary prospectus contained in the Registration Statement, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon any omission or the alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statement therein not misleading, if the statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by such selling Holder expressly for use therein, or any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact in the information conveyed to any purchaser at the time of the sale to such purchaser, or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein, and shall reimburse the Company, its directors and officers, and each other selling holder or controlling Person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by any of them in connection with investigation or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the total amount to be indemnified by such Holder pursuant to this Section 10.2 shall be limited to the net proceeds (after payment of any underwriting fees, discounts, commissions or taxes) actually received by such Holder in the offering to which such Registration Statement relates; provided, further, that a Holder shall not be liable in any case to the extent that prior to the filing of any such Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus or summary prospectus contained in the Registration Statement, or any amendment or supplement thereto, each Holder has furnished in writing to the Company, information expressly for use in, and within a reasonable period of time prior to the effectiveness of such Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus or summary prospectus contained in the Registration Statement, or any amendment or supplement thereto which corrected or made not misleading information previously provided to the Company.
Indemnification by the Holder Each Holder of Registrable Securities which are included in a registration statement pursuant to the provisions of Section 7 hereof will indemnify and hold harmless the Issuer, and any Person who controls the Issuer within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and any officer, director, employee, agent, partner, member or affiliate of the Issuer (each, an “Issuer Indemnified Party”) from and against, and will reimburse the Issuer Indemnified Parties with respect to, any and all losses, damages, liabilities, costs or reasonably incurred expenses to which such Issuer Indemnified Parties may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, damages, liabilities, costs or reasonably incurred expenses are caused by any untrue or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in such registration statement, any prospectus contained therein or any amendment or supplement thereto, or are caused by the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was so made solely in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by such Holder specifically for use in the preparation thereof; provided, however, that the liability of any Holder pursuant to this Section 9.2 shall be limited to an amount not to exceed the net proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to the registration statement which gives rise to such obligation to indemnify.
Indemnification by the Company The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Investor and each other holder of Registrable Securities, and each of their respective officers, employees, affiliates, directors, partners, members, attorneys and agents, and each person, if any, who controls an Investor and each other holder of Registrable Securities (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) (each, an “Investor Indemnified Party”), from and against any expenses, losses, judgments, claims, damages or liabilities, whether joint or several, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement (or allegedly untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement under which the sale of such Registrable Securities was registered under the Securities Act, any preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or summary prospectus contained in the Registration Statement, or any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement, or arising out of or based upon any omission (or alleged omission) to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or any violation by the Company of the Securities Act or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder applicable to the Company and relating to action or inaction required of the Company in connection with any such registration; and the Company shall promptly reimburse the Investor Indemnified Party for any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred by such Investor Indemnified Party in connection with investigating and defending any such expense, loss, judgment, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such expense, loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or allegedly untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in such Registration Statement, preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, or summary prospectus, or any such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company, in writing, by such selling holder expressly for use therein. The Company also shall indemnify any Underwriter of the Registrable Securities, their officers, affiliates, directors, partners, members and agents and each person who controls such Underwriter on substantially the same basis as that of the indemnification provided above in this Section 4.1.
Indemnification by the Parent The Parent agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Purchaser and each other holder of Registrable Securities, and each of their respective officers, employees, Affiliates (including Lxxxxx Lxxxxxxxx Capital Partners, Inc.), directors, partners, members, attorneys and agents, and each Person, if any, who controls any of the foregoing and each other holder of Registrable Securities (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) (each, an “Indemnitee”), from and against any expenses, losses, judgments, claims, damages or liabilities, whether joint or several, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement under which such Registrable Securities were registered under the Securities Act, any preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or summary prospectus contained in the Registration Statement, or any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement, or arising out of or based upon any omission (or alleged omission) to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or any violation by the Parent of the Securities Act or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder applicable to the Parent and relating to action or inaction required of the Parent in connection with any such registration; and the Parent shall promptly, but in no event more than five (5) Business Days after request for payment, pay directly or reimburse each Indemnitee for any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnitee in connection with investigating and defending any such expense, loss, judgment, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Parent will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such expense, loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or omission made in such Registration Statement, preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, or summary prospectus, or any such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Parent, in writing, by such selling holder and stated to be specifically for use therein. The Parent shall not refuse to enter into an underwriting agreement with any Underwriter of the Registrable Securities on the basis that the indemnity provisions therein are unacceptable as long as the terms of such indemnity provisions are, on the whole, reasonably typical for the type of underwriting contemplated.
Indemnification by the Purchasers Each of the Purchasers, severally and jointly, shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless, without duplication, each Seller and each of the Sellers’ Affiliates, and each of their respective officers, employees, agents and representatives (collectively, the “Seller Indemnified Parties”), from and against all Losses that such Seller Indemnified Party may at any time suffer or incur, or become subject to that, directly or indirectly, arise out of or relate to (a) any Assumed Servicing Liability, (b) any failure by the Purchasers to perform their Serviced Duties and other obligations under this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof or any other breach or violation by the Purchasers of the terms hereof, (c) any action or omission of the Purchasers or their Affiliates or their agents (including such agents appointed pursuant to Section 3.6 hereof) with respect to any Serviced Appointment, whether pursuant hereto or to a Serviced Corporate Trust Contract or otherwise, or (d) the Sellers’ role as backup advancing agent with respect to any Corporate Trust Contract pursuant to clause (c) of the definition of “Retained Duty” (except to the extent the Sellers negligently failed to make a backup advance as required pursuant to such Retained Duty); provided, however, that the Purchasers shall not be required to indemnify any Seller for any matter which would require indemnification of the Purchasers by any Seller under Section 8.2.
Indemnification by the Purchaser Each Purchaser will severally and not jointly indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act, against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses to which the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or any other federal or state statutory law or regulation, or at common law or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of such Purchaser, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arise out of or are based upon (i) any failure on the part of such Purchaser to comply with the covenants and agreements contained in Sections 5.2 or 7.2 of this Agreement respecting the sale of the Shares or (ii) the inaccuracy of any representation made by such Purchaser in this Agreement or (iii) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Purchaser expressly for use therein; provided, however, that the Purchaser shall not be liable for any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission of which the Purchaser has delivered to the Company in writing a correction before the occurrence of the transaction from which such loss was incurred, and the Purchaser will reimburse the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement or controlling person for any legal and other expense reasonably incurred by the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement or controlling person in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action.
Indemnification by the Investors Each Investor agrees, severally but not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company, its directors, officers, employees, stockholders and each person who controls the Company (within the meaning of the 0000 Xxx) against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expense (including reasonable attorney fees) resulting from any untrue statement of a material fact or any omission of a material fact required to be stated in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, to the extent, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information furnished in writing by such Investor to the Company specifically for inclusion in such Registration Statement or Prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto. In no event shall the liability of an Investor be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds (net of all expense paid by such Investor in connection with any claim relating to this Section 6 and the amount of any damages such Investor has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue statement or omission) received by such Investor upon the sale of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement giving rise to such indemnification obligation.
Indemnification by the Distributor (a) The Distributor agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each of its directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties” for purposes of this Section 7.4) against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities (including amounts paid in settlement with the written consent of the Sponsor) or litigation (including legal and other expenses) to which the Indemnified Parties may become subject under any statute, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) or settlements are related to the sale or acquisition of the Fund’s shares or the Variable Insurance Products and:
(i) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the registration statement or prospectus or sales literature of the Fund (or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing), or arise out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, provided that this agreement to indemnify shall not apply as to any Indemnified Party if such statement or omission or such alleged statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Distributor or the Fund by or on behalf of the Company for use in the registration statement or prospectus for the Fund or in sales literature (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or otherwise for use in connection with the sale of the Variable Insurance Products or Fund shares; or
(ii) arise out of or as a result of statements or representations (other than statements or representations contained in the registration statement, prospectus or sales literature for the Variable Insurance Products not supplied by the Distributor or persons under its control) or unlawful conduct of the Fund, the Advisers or persons under their control, with respect to the sale or distribution of the Variable Insurance Products or Fund shares; or
(iii) arise out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a registration statement, prospectus or sales literature covering the Variable Insurance Products (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statement or statements therein not misleading, if such statement or omission was made in reliance upon information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Fund; or
(iv) result from any failure by the Distributor or the Fund to provide the services and furnish the materials under the terms of this Agreement; or
(v) arise out of or result from any material breach of any representation and/or warranty made by the Distributor or the Fund in this Agreement or arise out of or result from any other material breach of this Agreement by the Distributor of the Fund; as limited by and in accordance with the provisions of Sections 7.4(b) and 7.4(c) hereof.
(b) The Distributor shall not be liable under this indemnification provision with respect to any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or litigation to which an Indemnified Party would otherwise be subject by reason of such Indemnified Party’s willful misfeasance, bad faith, or gross negligence in the performance of such Indemnified Party’s duties or by reason of such Indemnified Party’s reckless disregard of obligations and duties under this Agreement or to the Company or the Accounts, whichever is applicable.
(c) The Distributor shall not be liable under this indemnification provision with respect to any claim made against an Indemnified Party unless such Indemnified Party shall have notified the Distributor in writing within a reasonable time after the summons or other first legal process giving information of the nature of the claim shall have been served upon such Indemnified Party (or after such Indemnified Party shall have received notice of any such service on any designated agent), but failure to notify the Distributor of any such claim shall not relieve the Distributor from any liability which it may have to the Indemnified Party against whom such action is brought otherwise than on account of this indemnification provision. In any case any such action is brought against the Indemnified Parties, the Distributor will be entitled to participate, at its own expense, in the defense thereof. The Sponsor also shall be entitled to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to the party named in the action. After notice from the Distributor to such party of the Distributor’s election to assume the defense thereof, the Indemnified Party shall bear the fees and expenses of any additional counsel retained by it, and the Distributor will not be liable to such party under this Agreement for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by each party independently in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation.
(d) The Company agrees promptly to notify the Distributor of the commencement of any litigation or proceedings against it or any of its officers or directors in connection with the issuance or sale of the Variable Insurance Products or the operation of each account.
