Indemnification by the Loan Parties The Loan Parties shall jointly and severally indemnify each Recipient, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Loan Party by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
Indemnification by the Parent (a) From and after the Closing and subject to this ARTICLE X, the Parent shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Acquiror, its Affiliates (including the Companies and the Transferred Subsidiaries) and its and their respective Representatives (collectively, the “Acquiror Indemnified Parties”) from and against, and reimburse any Acquiror Indemnified Party for, all Losses that such Acquiror Indemnified Party may at any time suffer or incur as a result of, arising out of, relating to or in connection with:
(i) any inaccuracy or breach of any representation or warranty made by the Parent in this Agreement or the certificates required to be delivered pursuant to Section 8.03(a) (other than any representation or warranty made in Section 3.20 which, for the avoidance of doubt shall be governed by ARTICLE VII) after giving effect, if applicable, to the Representation and Warranty Date Limitation;
(ii) any breach or failure by the Parent or any of its Affiliates to perform any of their respective covenants, obligations or agreements contained in this Agreement;
(iii) costs or expenses (including any termination fees, “kill fees” or other penalties) incurred by any of the Companies or the Transferred Subsidiaries in connection with the matter described in Section 10.02(a)(iii) of the Seller Disclosure Letter, but only up to an amount equal to 50% of such costs and expenses; and
(iv) the matters identified in Section 10.02(a)(iv) of the Seller Disclosure Letter.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Parent shall not be required to indemnify, defend or hold harmless any Acquiror Indemnified Party against, or reimburse any Acquiror Indemnified Party for, any Losses pursuant to Section 10.02(a)(i) (other than Losses arising out of the inaccuracy or breach of any Parent Fundamental Representations and the representations and warranties in Section 3.20) (such Losses pursuant to Section 10.02(a)(i), other than Losses arising out of the inaccuracy or breach of any Parent Fundamental Representations and the representations and warranties in Section 3.20, being referred to as the “Capped Losses”): (i) with respect to any claim (or series of related claims arising from substantially the same underlying facts, events or circumstances) unless such claim (or series of related claims arising from substantially the same underlying facts, events or circumstances) involves Losses in excess of ¥5,000,000 (nor shall any such claim or series of related claims that do not meet the ¥5,000,000 threshold be applied to or considered for purposes of calculating the aggregate amount of the Acquiror Indemnified Parties’ Losses for which the Parent has responsibility under clause (ii) of this Section 10.02(b) below); and (ii) until the aggregate amount of the Capped Losses for which the Acquiror Indemnified Parties are entitled to indemnification exceeds ¥4,100,000,000, after which the Parent shall be obligated to indemnify and reimburse the Acquiror Indemnified Parties for the aggregate amount of all Capped Losses for which the Acquiror Indemnified Parties are entitled to indemnification under Section 10.02(a)(i) that are in excess of ¥4,100,000,000; but only if such Losses arise with respect to any claim (or series of related claims arising from substantially the same underlying facts, events or circumstances) that involves Losses in excess of ¥5,000,000. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in no event shall the Parent be required to indemnify, defend or hold harmless any Acquiror Indemnified Party against, or reimburse any Acquiror Indemnified Party for, with respect to Capped Losses, any amount in excess of ¥102,000,000,000; provided, that for purposes of determining whether the amount of Losses has exceeded ¥102,000,000,000, such Losses shall be diminished by any reduction in indemnification occurring by reason of clauses (i) or (ii) of Section 10.07.
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 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 Agent The Agent agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its directors and officers, and each person, if any, who (i) controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act or (ii) is controlled by or is under common control with the Company against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in Section 11(a), as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendments thereto) or in any related Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Agent and furnished to the Company in writing by the Agent expressly for use therein.
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 Sellers Each of the Sellers, severally and jointly, shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless, without duplication, the Purchasers, each of the Purchasers’ Affiliates and each of their respective officers, employees, agents and representatives (collectively, the “Purchaser Indemnified Parties,” and together with the Seller Indemnified Parties, the “Indemnified Parties”), from and against all Losses that such Purchaser 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 failure by the Sellers to perform their obligations under this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof, or any other breach or violation by the Sellers of the terms hereof, (b) the exercise by the Sellers of any right, power or discretion in relation to a Serviced Appointment, including (i) with respect to any Retained Duties (except to the extent the Sellers were acting in accordance with the instructions of the Purchasers in performing the Retained Duties or were acting as backup advancing agent pursuant to clause (c) of the definition of “Retained Duty”; provided that Sellers shall indemnify the Purchaser Indemnified Parties from and against all Losses that such Purchaser Indemnified Party may at any time suffer or incur, or become subject to, that, directly or indirectly, arise out of or relate to any Losses arising out of or relate to the Sellers’ negligent failure to make a backup advance as required pursuant to such Retained Duty) or (ii) with respect to any Excluded Appointment, the matters for which Seller and its Affiliates are responsible pursuant to Section 3.9 and (c) any action taken or omitted to be taken by the applicable Purchaser pursuant to and in accordance with a written direction given by any Seller (other than pursuant to Section 3.4.6), including any Specified Action taken (or omitted to be taken) by the Purchasers at the direction of the Sellers pursuant to Section 3.9, in each case of this clause (c) except to the extent the applicable Purchaser was negligent in taking or omitting to take such action.
Indemnification by the Borrower The Borrower shall indemnify each Recipient, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
Indemnification by the Seller Without limiting any other rights which the Trust may have hereunder or under applicable law, the Seller hereby agrees to indemnify the Trust and the Securitization Agent, and their respective officers, agents, trustees and assigns (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”), from and against any and all damages, losses, claims, liabilities and related costs and expenses, including reasonable legal fees and disbursements, and any costs associated with the appointment of a Replacement Servicer, resulting from the Seller’s or Servicer’s breach of any of its duties or obligations hereunder (all of the foregoing being collectively referred to as “Indemnified Amounts”) awarded against or reasonably incurred by any of the Indemnified Parties and arising out of or as a result of the Seller’s or Servicer’s breach or violation of this Agreement, excluding, however, amounts (i) resulting solely from the failure of any Obligor to pay an amount owing under a Pool Receivable, or (ii) resulting from gross negligence or wilful misconduct on the part of the Trust or the Securitization Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing but subject to the restrictions in clauses (i) and (ii) above, the Seller shall indemnify the Indemnified Parties for Indemnified Amounts awarded or incurred as aforesaid relating to or resulting from:
(a) the failure of any information contained in a Portfolio Report or a Portfolio Certificate to be true and correct (including the failure of a Pool Receivable included in the calculation of Net Receivables Pool Balance to be an Eligible Receivable as of the date of such calculation), or the failure of any other information provided to the Trust or the Securitization Agent with respect to Receivables or this Agreement to be true and correct;
(b) the failure of any representation or warranty or statement made or deemed made by the Seller (or any of its officers) under or in connection with this Agreement to have been true and correct in all respects when made;
(c) the failure by the Seller to comply with any applicable law, rule or regulation with respect to any Pool Assets or the related Contract; or the failure of any Pool Assets or the related Contract to conform to any such applicable law, rule or regulation;
(d) the failure to vest in the Trust a valid and enforceable perfected first ranking (as against the Seller and creditors of the Seller) co-ownership interest in the Pool Receivables and the Related Security and Collections with respect thereto;
(e) the failure to have filed, or any delay in filing, financing statements or other similar instruments or documents under the PPSA of any applicable jurisdiction or other applicable laws with respect to any Pool Receivables and the Related Security and Collections in respect thereof, whether at the time of the Purchase or any Increase at any subsequent time;
(f) any dispute, claim, offset or defense (other than discharge in bankruptcy of the Obligor) of the Obligor to the payment of any Pool Receivable (including, without limitation, a defense based on such Receivable or the related Contract not being a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Obligor enforceable against it in accordance with its terms), or any other claim resulting from or relating to the transaction giving rise to such Receivable or relating to collection activities with respect to such Receivable (if such collection activities were performed by the Seller or any of its Affiliates acting as Servicer or by any agent or independent contractor retained by the Seller or any of its Affiliates);
(g) any failure of the Seller to perform its duties or obligations in accordance with the provisions hereof or to perform its duties or obligations under the Contracts;
(h) any products liability or other claim, investigation, litigation or proceeding arising out of or in connection with goods, insurance or services that are the subject of or secure any Contract;
(i) the commingling of Collections of Pool Assets at any time with other funds;
(j) any investigation, litigation or proceeding related to this Agreement or the use of proceeds of Purchases or in respect of any Pool Receivable, Related Security or Contract;
(k) any reduction in the Investment as a result of the payment of allocations of Collections pursuant to Sections 2.6(c), 2.6(e) or 2.10(e), in the event that all or a portion of such payments shall thereafter be rescinded or otherwise must be returned for any reason;
(l) any tax or governmental fee or charge (other than any tax upon or measured by net income or gross receipts), all interest and penalties thereon or with respect thereto, and all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel in defending against the same, which may arise by reason of the purchase or ownership of the Trust’s Co-Ownership Interest or other interests in the Receivables Pool or in any Related Security or Contract;
(m) the failure by the Seller or the Servicer to pay when due any taxes payable by it, including, without limitation, the franchise taxes and sales, excise or personal property taxes payable in connection with the Receivables;
(n) the failure by the Seller or the Servicer to be duly qualified to do business, to be in good standing or to have filed appropriate registration documents in any jurisdiction;
(o) the failure to vest and maintain vested in the Trust a perfected ownership interest in respect of the Trust’s Co-Ownership Interest free and clear of any Security Interest created by or through the Seller, whether existing at the time of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or at any time thereafter, other than Security Interests created by or arising through the Trust;
(p) any claim for personal injury, death, property damage or product liability which may arise by reason of, result from or be caused by, or relate to the use, operation, maintenance or ownership of, the Financed Vehicles; and
(q) any material failure of the Seller to perform its duties or obligations, as Servicer or otherwise, in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
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.
