Common use of Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance Clause in Contracts

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless each current or former director or officer of Mountain (each, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a “D&O Persons”) against any Losses suffered or incurred in connection with, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (the “D&O Tail”) in respect of acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b). (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes the obligations set forth in this Section 6.15.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Business Combination Agreement (Mountain & Co. I Acquisition Corp.), Business Combination Agreement (Mountain & Co. I Acquisition Corp.), Business Combination Agreement (Mountain & Co. I Acquisition Corp.)

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Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after Prior to the Company Merger Effective Time, TopCo the Company shall bind, effective at the Company Merger Effective Time, extended coverage under the Company’s officers’ and directors’ liability insurance policy by obtaining a prepaid six-year “tail”/extended period on the Company’s existing officers’ and directors’ liability insurance policies (or with insurers on terms and conditions no less favorable than such policies), which prepaid policies provide such Persons currently covered by such policies with coverage for an aggregate period of six years with respect to claims arising from facts or events that occurred on or before the Company Merger Effective Time, for an overall additional premium not to exceed 300% of the total annual premiums at the last renewal; provided, that the Company shall reasonably cooperate and consult with Parent prior to the purchase of any such tail policy; provided, further, that if Parent can procure a “tail” policy on superior terms or on equivalent terms, but at a lower price, as compared to any such policy that may be procured by the Company, then, subject to Schedule 7.9(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter, Parent may obtain such policy effective as of the Company Merger Effective Time, in which case the Company shall not obtain such policy. The Surviving Company shall (and Parent shall cause the Surviving Company to) maintain such policies in full force and effect for their full term, and continue to honor the obligations thereunder. (b) To the extent permitted by applicable Law, during the period commencing as of the Company Merger Effective Time and ending on the sixth anniversary of the Company Merger Effective Time, the Surviving Company shall, and Parent shall cause the Surviving Company to: (i) indemnify, defend and hold harmless each current or former director manager, director, officer and trustee of the Company or officer any Subsidiary of Mountain the Company (each, together with such person’s heirsan “Indemnified Party” and, executors or administratorscollectively, a the D&O PersonsIndemnified Parties”) against and from any Losses suffered costs or incurred expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages, liabilities and amounts paid in settlement in connection withwith any Action to the extent such Action arises out of or pertains to any action or omission or alleged action or omission in such Indemnified Party’s capacity as a manager, director, officer or trustee of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company arising out of actions or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or omissions occurring at or prior to the Company Merger Effective Time, Time (and whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Company Merger Effective Time), including in connection such alleged acts or omissions with (i) respect to this Agreement or any of the Transactionstransactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Mergers; and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right pay in advance of the final disposition of any D&O Personssuch Action the expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and any expenses incurred by any Indemnified Party in connection with enforcing any rights with respect to indemnification) of any Indemnified Party without the requirement of any bond or other security, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred case to the fullest extent permitted by Law, but subject to do so Parent’s or the Surviving Company’s receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Indemnified Party to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to be indemnified. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, Parent or the Surviving Company, as applicable, (i) shall not settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment or otherwise seek termination with respect to any claim, action, suit or proceeding against, or investigation of, any Indemnified Party for which indemnification may be sought under Mountainthis Section 7.9(b) without the Indemnified Party’s Governing Documents prior written consent (which consent may not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) unless such settlement, compromise, consent or termination includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, (ii) shall not be liable for any settlement effected without Parent’s or the Surviving Company’s prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), (iii) shall not have any obligation hereunder to any Indemnified Party to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction shall determine in effect as a final and non-appealable order that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification, in which case the Indemnified Party shall promptly refund to Parent or the Surviving Company the amount of all such expenses theretofore advanced pursuant hereto, and (iv) shall not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one legal counsel (selected by a plurality of the date applicable Indemnified Parties) for all Indemnified Parties in any jurisdiction with respect to any single legal action, except to the extent that, on the advice of any such Indemnified Party’s counsel, two or more of such Indemnified Parties shall have conflicting interests in the outcome of such action. Parent’s and the Surviving Company’s obligations under this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and Section 7.9(b) shall continue in full force and effect. For effect for a period of six years after from the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunderMerger Effective Time; provided, however, that all rights to exculpationindemnification, indemnification or exculpation and advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or claim asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the final disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after . (c) To the Closingextent permitted by applicable Law, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company shall, and Parent agrees to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ , during the period commencing as of the Company Merger Effective Time and officers’ liability insurance policy (ending on the “D&O Tail”) in respect sixth anniversary of the Company Merger Effective Time, honor all rights to indemnification, advancement and exculpation from liabilities for acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person Company Merger Effective Time now existing in favor of the Indemnified Parties as currently provided in (i) the Governing Documents, and (ii) indemnification agreements between the Company and any Indemnified Party as scheduled on terms with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits Schedule 7.9(c) of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those the Company Disclosure Letter. For a period of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period years following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b). (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance governing documents of doubt, TopCo Parent and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 equivalent governing or organizational documents of any applicable Subsidiary of Parent or the Company shall not be terminated amended, repealed or otherwise modified for a period of six years following the Company Merger Effective Time in any manner that would adversely modify these rights, unless such a manner as modification shall be required by applicable Law and then only to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15minimum extent required by Law. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at Parent or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Company or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation, partnership or other entity of such consolidation or merger merger; or (ii) liquidates, dissolves or winds-up, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of Parent or the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Company, as applicable, assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.157.9. (e) The provisions of this Section 7.9 are intended to be for the express benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each Indemnified Party (who are intended third-party beneficiaries of this Section 7.9 effective following the Closing), his or her heirs and his or her personal representatives, shall be binding on all successors and assigns of the Company, Parent and the Surviving Company. The obligations of Parent and the Surviving Company under this Section 7.9 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect in any material respect the rights of any Indemnified Party unless (i) such termination or modification is required by applicable Law or (ii) the affected Indemnified Party shall have consented in writing to such termination or modification. Nothing in this Agreement, including this Section 7.9, is intended to, shall (i) be construed to or shall release, waive or impair any rights to directors’ and officers’ insurance claims under any policy that is or has been in existence with respect to the Company, any Subsidiaries of the Company or the Indemnified Parties, it being understood and agreed that the indemnification provided for in this Section 7.9 is not prior to, or in substitution for, any such claims under any such policies or (ii) impair or limit any other rights an Indemnified Party may have to indemnification, advancement, or exculpation pursuant to applicable Law, written agreements, or current or former Governing Documents.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (American Campus Communities Inc), Merger Agreement (American Campus Communities Inc), Merger Agreement (Preferred Apartment Communities Inc)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo the Surviving Entity shall indemnify, defend indemnify and hold harmless and shall advance expenses as incurred, in each current case to the extent (subject to applicable law) such persons are indemnified as of the date of this Agreement by TCBI pursuant to the TCBI Certificate of Incorporation, the TCBI Bylaws, the governing or organizational documents of any Subsidiary of TCBI and any indemnification agreements in existence as of the date hereof and disclosed in Section 6.7(a) of the TCBI Disclosure Schedule, each present and former director director, officer or officer employee of Mountain TCBI and its Subsidiaries (eachcollectively, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a the D&O PersonsTCBI Indemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, damages or liabilities incurred in connection withwith any threatened or actual claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, whether arising before or after the Effective Time, arising out of the fact that such person is or otherwise related to any actual was a director, officer or alleged Proceeding employee of TCBI or any other of its Subsidiaries and pertaining to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, that in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right case of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses, any TCBI Indemnified Party to whom expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such TCBI Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification. (b) For a period of six (6) years after the Closing DateEffective Time, TopCo the Surviving Entity shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain be maintained in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement current policies of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy maintained by TCBI (provided, that the Surviving Entity may substitute therefor policies with a substantially comparable insurer of at least the same coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions that are no less advantageous to the insured) with respect to claims arising from facts or events which occurred at or before the Effective Time; provided, however, that the Surviving Entity shall not be obligated to expend, on an annual basis, an amount in excess of 300% of the current annual premium paid as of the date hereof by TCBI for such insurance (the “D&O TailPremium Cap), and if such premiums for such insurance would at any time exceed the Premium Cap, then the Surviving Entity shall cause to be maintained policies of insurance which, in the Surviving Entity’s good faith determination, provide the maximum coverage available at an annual premium equal to the Premium Cap. In lieu of the foregoing, IBTX or TCBI, in consultation with, but only upon the consent of IBTX, may (and at the request of IBTX, TCBI shall use its reasonable best efforts to) in respect of acts or omissions occurring obtain at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect Effective Time a six (6)-year “tail” policy under TCBI’s existing directors’ and officers’ insurance policy providing equivalent coverage to termsthat described in the preceding sentence if and to the extent that the same may be obtained for an amount that, conditionsin the aggregate, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on does not exceed the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)Premium Cap. (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at Surviving Entity, TCBI or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) IBTX under this Section 6.15 6.7 shall not be terminated or modified after the Effective Time in such a manner so as to adversely affect any D&O Person TCBI Indemnified Party without the prior written consent of such D&O Person. the affected TCBI Indemnified Party. (d) The provisions of this Section 6.15 6.7 shall survive the Closing Effective Time and expressly are intended to benefitbe for the benefit of, and are shall be enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) TCBI Indemnified Party and his or her heirs and representatives. If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Entity or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person person and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger merger, or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets or deposits to any Personother person or engages in any similar transaction, then, then in each such case, the Surviving Entity will cause proper provision shall to be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Entity will expressly assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.7.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Texas Capital Bancshares Inc/Tx), Merger Agreement (Independent Bank Group, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Independent Bank Group, Inc.)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo the Surviving Entity shall indemnify, defend indemnify and hold harmless and shall advance expenses as incurred, in each current case to the extent (subject to applicable law) such persons are indemnified as of the date of this Agreement by Discover pursuant to the Discover Charter, the Discover Bylaws, the governing or organizational documents of any Subsidiary of Discover and any indemnification agreements in existence as of the date hereof and disclosed in Section 6.7(a) of the Discover Disclosure Schedule, each present and former director director, officer or officer employee of Mountain Discover and its Subsidiaries (eachin each case, together with when acting in such person’s heirscapacity) (collectively, executors or administrators, a the D&O PersonsDiscover Indemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, damages or liabilities incurred in connection withwith any threatened or actual claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, whether arising before or after the Effective Time, arising out of or otherwise related pertaining to any actual the fact that such person is or alleged Proceeding was a director, officer or employee of Discover or any other of its Subsidiaries and pertaining to matters or facts existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, that in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right case of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses, any Discover Indemnified Party to whom expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such Discover Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification. (b) For a period of six (6) years after the Closing DateEffective Time, TopCo the Surviving Entity shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain be maintained in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement current policies of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy maintained by Discover (provided, that the Surviving Entity may substitute therefor policies with a substantially comparable insurer of at least the same coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions that are no less advantageous to the insured) with respect to claims against the present and former officers and directors of Discover and any of its Subsidiaries arising from facts or events which occurred at or before the Effective Time; provided, however, that the Surviving Entity shall not be obligated to expend, on an annual basis, an amount in excess of 300% of the current annual premium paid as of the date hereof by Discover for such insurance (the “D&O TailPremium Cap), and if such premiums for such insurance would at any time exceed the Premium Cap, then the Surviving Entity shall cause to be maintained policies of insurance which, in the Surviving Entity’s good faith determination, provide the maximum coverage available at an annual premium equal to the Premium Cap. In lieu of the foregoing, Capital One or Discover, in consultation with, but only upon the consent of Capital One, may (and at the request of Capital One, Discover shall use its reasonable best efforts to) in respect of acts or omissions occurring obtain at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect Effective Time a six (6)-year “tail” policy under Discover’s existing directors’ and officers’ insurance policy providing equivalent coverage to termsthat described in the preceding sentence if and to the extent that the same may be obtained for an amount that, conditionsin the aggregate, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on does not exceed the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)Premium Cap. (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 6.7 shall survive the Closing Effective Time and expressly are intended to benefitbe for the benefit of, and are shall be enforceable by, each of the D&O PersonsDiscover Indemnified Party and his or her heirs and representatives, each of whom is an intended third shall be express third-party beneficiary beneficiaries of this Section 6.156. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes the obligations set forth in this Section 6.15.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Capital One Financial Corp), Merger Agreement (Discover Financial Services), Merger Agreement

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo the Surviving Corporation shall, and Purchaser shall indemnifycause the Surviving Corporation to, defend indemnify and hold harmless harmless, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law (and shall also advance expenses as incurred to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law and the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Company provided the person to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to indemnification by the Surviving Corporation), each current or present and former director or and officer of Mountain the Company or its Subsidiaries (eachin each case, together with when acting in such person’s heirscapacity), executors or administratorsdetermined as of the Effective Time (collectively, a the D&O PersonsIndemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred in connection withwith any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided that the Indemnified Party to enforce this provision or any other whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause by the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15Corporation. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain the Company shall and, if Mountain the Company is unable to, TopCo shall (or Purchaser shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a Corporation as of the Effective Time to obtain and fully pay for “tail” or “runoff” insurance (providing only for the Side A coverage for Indemnified Parties where the existing policies also include Side B coverage for the Company) with a claims period of at least six (6) years from and after the Effective Time with respect to directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy and fiduciary liability insurance (the collectively, “D&O TailInsurance”) in with benefits and levels of coverage at least as favorable to the Indemnified Parties as the Company’s existing policies with respect of acts to matters existing or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms Effective Time (including in connection with respect this Agreement or the transactions or actions contemplated hereby); provided, however, that in no event shall the Company expend for “tail” insurance policies a premium amount in excess of the amount set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule. If the Company and the Surviving Corporation for any reason fail to termsobtain such “tail” insurance policies as of the Effective Time, conditionsthe Surviving Corporation shall, coverageand Purchaser shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable continue to such person than those of such policy maintain in effect on for a period of at least six (6) years from and after the Effective Time the D&O Insurance in place as of the date of this Agreement for with benefits and levels of coverage at least as favorable to the six year period following Indemnified Parties as provided in the Closing. TopCo Company’s existing policies as of the date of this Agreement, or the Surviving Corporation shall, and Purchaser shall cause the Surviving Corporation to purchase comparable D&O Insurance for such six-year period with benefits and levels of coverage at least as favorable to the Indemnified Parties as provided in the Company’s existing policies as of the date of this Agreement; provided, however, that in no event shall Purchaser or the Surviving Corporation be required to expend for such policies an annual premium amount in excess of 250% of the annual premiums currently paid by the Company to maintain for such insurance; and, provided, further, that if the D&O Tail in full force annual premiums of such insurance coverage exceed such amount, the Surviving Corporation shall, and effect Purchaser shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, obtain a policy with the greatest coverage available for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)a cost not exceeding such amount. (c) The rights Any Indemnified Party wishing to claim indemnification under Section 6.04(a), upon learning of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition toany claim, and action, suit, proceeding or investigation described above, will promptly notify Purchaser; provided that failure to so notify will not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under affect the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of Purchaser under Section 6.04(a) unless and to the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo extent that Purchaser is actually and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such materially prejudiced as a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15consequence. (d) If The rights of each Indemnified Party under this Section 6.04 shall be in addition to any rights such individual may have under the certificate of incorporation and bylaws (or other governing documents) of the Company and any of its Subsidiaries, under the Group Companies (which includes at DGCL or immediately following any other applicable Laws or under any agreement of any Indemnified Party with the Merger Effective TimeCompany or any of its Subsidiaries. If Purchaser, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Corporation or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person entity and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Personother entity, then, then and in each such case, Purchaser will cause proper provision shall to be made so that the successors and assigns of Purchaser or the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Corporation, as applicable, will assume the obligations of Purchase or the Surviving Corporation, respectively, set forth in this Section 6.156.04. (e) The provisions of this Section 6.04 are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each Indemnified Party as if he or she was a party to this Agreement.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Pacific Capital Bancorp /Ca/), Merger Agreement (Unionbancal Corp), Merger Agreement

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo to the fullest extent that the Company would have been permitted under applicable Law and the Company’s Organizational Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement, the Surviving Corporation shall (i) indemnify, defend and hold harmless each current or former director or officer of Mountain (each, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a “D&O Persons”) the Indemnified Parties against any Losses suffered reasonable and documented costs or expenses (including reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred in connection with, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding Proceeding, in connection with, arising out of or any other otherwise related to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to the Indemnified Parties as incurred; provided that any Person to whom expenses are so advanced provides an undertaking to repay such D&O Persons as incurred advances if it is ultimately determined by final adjudication by the Chosen Courts that such Person is not entitled to such advanced expenses; and provided further, that any determination required to be made with respect to whether an Indemnified Party’s conduct complies with the fullest extent permitted to do so standards set forth under Mountainapplicable Law and the Company’s Governing Organizational Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause be made by independent legal counsel selected by the Surviving Company Corporation and acceptable to maintain in effect the exculpationIndemnified Party (such acceptance not to be unreasonably conditioned, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof withheld or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15delayed). (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain the Company shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause obtain and fully pay the Surviving Company to) purchase a premium for “tail” or “runoff” insurance policies for the extension of (i) the directors’ and officers’ liability coverage of the Company’s existing directors’ and officers’ insurance policy policies, and (ii) the Company’s existing fiduciary liability insurance policies (collectively, “D&O TailInsurance) ), in each case for a claims reporting or discovery period of the Tail Period with respect of acts to any claim related to matters existing or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each Effective Time from the Company’s D&O Person on terms Insurance carrier as of the date of this Agreement or one or more insurance carriers with respect to the same or better credit rating as such carrier with terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, retentions and limits of liability and amounts that are no less at least as favorable to the insureds as the Company’s existing policies; provided, however, that in no event shall the premium amount for such person than those policies exceed 300 percent of the current aggregate annual premium paid by the Company for such purpose. If the Company for any reason fails to obtain such “tail” insurance policies as of the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall continue to maintain in effect for the Tail Period the D&O Insurance in place as of the date of this Agreement with the Company’s D&O Insurance carrier as of the date of this Agreement or with or one or more insurance carriers with the same or better credit rating as such carrier with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are at least as favorable to the insureds as provided in the Company’s existing policies as of the date of this Agreement, or the Surviving Corporation shall purchase comparable D&O Insurance for the Tail Period with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are at least as favorable as provided in the Company’s existing policies as of the date of this Agreement and from an insurance carrier with the same or better credit rating as the Company’s D&O Insurance carrier as of the date of this Agreement, in each case providing coverage with respect to any matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Effective Time; provided, however, that in no event shall the annual cost of such D&O Insurance exceed during the Tail Period 300 percent of the current aggregate annual premium paid by the Company for such purpose; and provided further, that if the cost of such insurance coverage exceeds such amount, the Surviving Corporation shall obtain a policy with the greatest coverage available for a cost not exceeding such amount. (c) During the Tail Period, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, all rights to indemnification and exculpation from liabilities for acts or omissions occurring prior to the Effective Time and rights to advancement of expenses relating thereto now existing in favor of any Indemnified Party as provided in the Organizational Documents of the Company and its Subsidiaries or any indemnification agreement between such Indemnified Party and the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case, as in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company and correct and complete copies of which have been made available to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b). (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition toParent, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated amended, restated, amended and restated, repealed or otherwise modified in such a any manner as to (whether by merger, consolidation, division, operation of law or otherwise) that would adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent right thereunder of any such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefitIndemnified Party, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15except as may be required by a change in applicable Law. (d) If Any Indemnified Party wishing to claim indemnification under this Section 7.11(d), upon learning of any Proceeding for which indemnification under this Section 7.11(d) may be available, shall promptly notify the Surviving Corporation thereof in writing, but the failure to so notify shall not relieve the Surviving Corporation of any obligation or liability it may have to such Indemnified Party except to the Group Companies extent such failure prejudices the indemnifying party. In the event of any such Proceeding: (which includes at i) the Surviving Corporation shall have the right to assume the defense thereof (it being understood and agreed that by electing to assume the defense thereof, the Surviving Corporation shall not be deemed to have waived any right to object to the Indemnified Party’s entitlement to indemnification hereunder with respect thereto or immediately following assumed any obligation or liability with respect thereto), except that if the Merger Effective Time, Surviving Corporation elects not to assume such defense or legal counsel for the avoidance Indemnified Party advises that there are issues which raise conflicts of doubtinterest between the Surviving Corporation and the Indemnified Party, TopCo the Indemnified Party may retain legal counsel satisfactory to them, and the Surviving Corporation shall pay all reasonable and documented fees and expenses of such legal counsel for the Indemnified Party promptly following the receipt of statements therefor; provided, however, that the Surviving Corporation shall be obligated pursuant to this Section 7.11(d) to pay for only one law firm for all Indemnified Parties in any jurisdiction unless the use of one law firm for such Indemnified Parties would present a conflict of interest under applicable standards of professional conduct on any significant issue between the positions of any two or more Indemnified Parties, in which case the fewest number of law firms necessary to avoid conflicts of interest shall be used; (ii) the Indemnified Parties shall cooperate in the defense of any such matter if the Surviving Corporation elects to assume such defense, and the Surviving Corporation shall cooperate in the defense of any such matter if the Surviving Corporation elects not to assume such defense; (iii) the Indemnified Parties shall not be liable or have any obligation for any settlement effected without their prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably conditioned, withheld or delayed) if the Surviving Corporation elects to assume such defense and the Surviving Corporation shall not be liable or have any obligation for any settlement effected without its prior written consent if the Surviving Corporation elects not to assume such defense; and (iv) the Surviving Corporation shall not have any obligation or liability hereunder to any Indemnified Party if it is ultimately determined by final adjudication by the Chosen Courts that the indemnification of such Indemnified Party in the manner contemplated by this Agreement is prohibited by applicable Law. (e) The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that any and all pending claims or notices of intent to seek a recovery by a third party from an Indemnified Party has been noticed to the Company’s existing providers of directors’ and officers’ liability coverage and fiduciary liability insurance policies prior to the Effective Time. (f) If the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective its legal successors or permitted assigns (i) consolidates shall consolidate with or merges with or merge into any other Person and is shall not be the continuing or surviving entity Person of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys shall transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, proper provision provisions shall be made so that the legal successors and permitted assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Corporation shall assume all the obligations set forth in this Section 6.157.11(f). (g) The provisions of this Section 7.11(g) are intended to be for the benefit of, and from and after the Effective Time shall be enforceable by, each of the Indemnified Parties, who shall be third-party beneficiaries of this Section 7.11(g)(f). (h) The rights of the Indemnified Parties under this Section 7.11(h) are in addition to any rights such Indemnified Parties may have under the Organizational Documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or under any applicable Contracts or Laws.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Cards Acquisition Inc.), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Collectors Universe Inc), Merger Agreement (Collectors Universe Inc)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo the Surviving Corporation shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless harmless, and provide advancement of expenses to, each current person who is now, or former has been at any time prior to the date hereof or who becomes prior to the Effective Time, an officer, director or officer employee of Mountain WIBC or any of its Subsidiaries (each, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a the D&O PersonsIndemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered all losses, claims, damages, costs, expenses, liabilities or incurred judgments or amounts that are paid in settlement of or in connection withwith any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation based in whole or in part on or arising in whole or in part out of the fact that such person is or otherwise related was a director, officer or employee of WIBC or any Subsidiary of WIBC, and pertaining to any actual matter existing or alleged Proceeding occurring, or any other matters existing acts or occurring omissions occurring, at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, or at or after after, the Merger Effective TimeTime (including matters, including acts or omissions occurring in connection with the approval of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby) (i“Indemnified Liabilities”) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest same extent that Mountain such persons are indemnified or any have the right to advancement of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement by WIBC pursuant to WIBC’s Articles of Incorporation, By-laws and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoingindemnification agreements, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpationif any, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of in existence on the date hereof in favor with any directors, officers and employees of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing WIBC and shall continue in full force and effect. its Subsidiaries. (b) For a period of six years after the Closing DateEffective Time, TopCo the Surviving Corporation shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain be maintained in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement current policies of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy maintained by WIBC (provided that the Surviving Corporation may substitute therefor policies with a substantially comparable insurer of at least the same coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions which are no less advantageous to the insured) with respect to claims arising from facts or events which occurred at or before the Effective Time; provided, however, that the Surviving Corporation shall not be obligated to make annual premium payments for such insurance to the extent such premiums exceed 300% of the premiums paid as of the date hereof by WIBC for such insurance (D&O TailWIBC’s Current Premium) ), and if such premiums for such insurance would at any time exceed 300% of WIBC’s Current Premium, then the Surviving Corporation shall cause to be maintained policies of insurance which, in respect the Surviving Corporation’s good faith determination, provide the maximum coverage available at an annual premium equal to 300% of acts or omissions occurring at WIBC’s Current Premium. In lieu of the foregoing, WIBC, in consultation with, but only upon the consent of BBCN, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, may obtain on or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect Effective Time a six-year “tail” policy or “extended discovery period” under WIBC’s existing directors and officers insurance policy providing equivalent coverage to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits that described in the preceding sentence if and to the extent that the same may be obtained for an amount that does not exceed 300% of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)WIBC’s Current Premium. (c) The rights Surviving Corporation shall pay (as incurred) all expenses, including reasonable fees and expenses of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition tocounsel, and not in limitation of, any other rights such that an Indemnified Person may have under incur in enforcing the Governing Documents of Mountain or any indemnity and other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, provided for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under in this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.156.10. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Corporation or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger merger, or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, to the extent necessary, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Corporation, as the case may be, shall assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.10. (e) The provisions of this Section 6.10 (i) are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each Indemnified Party, his or her heirs and representatives and (ii) are in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other rights to indemnification or contribution that any such Person may have by contract or otherwise.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (BBCN Bancorp Inc), Merger Agreement (Wilshire Bancorp Inc)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo the Surviving Corporation shall indemnify, defend indemnify and hold harmless harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each current present and former director, officer or former director or officer employee of Mountain National Penn and its Subsidiaries (eachin each case, together with when acting in such person’s heirscapacity) (collectively, executors or administrators, a the D&O PersonsNational Penn Indemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, damages or liabilities incurred in connection withwith any threatened or actual claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, whether arising before or after the Effective Time, arising in whole or in part out of, or pertaining to, the fact that such person is or was a director, officer or employee of or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding National Penn or any other matters of its Subsidiaries and pertaining to matters, acts or omissions existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including matters, acts or omissions occurring in connection with (i) the Transactions, approval of this Agreement and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as consummation of the date hereof transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, Parent and TopCo the Surviving Corporation shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred by such National Penn Indemnified Party to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law; provided that the National Penn Indemnified Party to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking (in effect as of the date of this Agreement a reasonable and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees customary form) to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that all rights such National Penn Indemnified Party is not entitled to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. indemnification. (b) For a period of six (6) years after the Closing DateEffective Time, TopCo the Surviving Corporation shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain be maintained in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement current policies of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy maintained by National Penn (provided, that the Surviving Corporation may substitute therefor policies with a substantially comparable insurer of at least the same coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions which are no less advantageous to the insured) with respect to claims against the present and former officers and directors of National Penn or any of its Subsidiaries arising from facts or events which occurred at or before the Effective Time (including the transactions contemplated by this Agreement); provided, however, that the Surviving Corporation shall not be obligated to expend, on an annual basis, an amount in excess of 250% of the aggregate annual premium paid as of the date hereof by National Penn for such insurance (the “D&O TailPremium Cap), and if such premiums for such insurance would at any time exceed the Premium Cap, then the Surviving Corporation shall cause to be maintained policies of insurance which provide the maximum coverage available at an annual premium equal to the Premium Cap. In lieu of the foregoing, National Penn, in consultation with, but only upon the consent of Parent, may (and at the request of Parent, National Penn shall use its reasonable best efforts to) in respect of acts or omissions occurring obtain at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect Effective Time a six-year “tail” policy under National Penn’s existing directors and officers insurance policy providing equivalent coverage to termsthat described in the preceding sentence if and to the extent that the same may be obtained for an amount that, conditionsin the aggregate, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on does not exceed the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)Premium Cap. (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 6.7 shall survive the Closing Effective Time and expressly are intended to benefitbe for the benefit of, and are shall be enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) National Penn Indemnified Party and his or her heirs and representatives. If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Corporation or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) consolidates shall consolidate with or merges with or merge into any other Person entity and is not be the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys merger, transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets or deposits to any Personother entity or engage in any similar transaction, then, then in each such case, the Surviving Corporation will cause proper provision shall to be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Corporation will expressly assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.7. (d) The obligations of the Surviving Corporation, Parent and National Penn under this Section 6.7 shall not be terminated or modified in a manner so as to adversely affect any National Penn Indemnified Party or any other person entitled to the benefit of this Section 6.7 without the prior written consent of the affected National Penn Indemnified Party.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Bb&t Corp), Merger Agreement (National Penn Bancshares Inc)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo ICE shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless each current or former director or officer of Mountain (each, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a “D&O Persons”) against any Losses suffered or incurred in connection with, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactionsindemnify and hold harmless, and provide advancement of expenses to, all past and present directors, officers and employees of ICE Newco and the entities comprising the Transferred Assets (iiin all of their capacities) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, (A) to the fullest same extent that Mountain such persons are indemnified or any have the right to advancement of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement by NYSE Euronext pursuant to the NYSE Euronext Organizational Documents, NYSE Euronext Subsidiary Organizational Documents and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoingindemnification agreements, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpationif any, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of in existence on the date hereof in favor with any directors, officers and employees of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing NYSE Euronext and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and (B) without limitation to clause (A), to the Surviving Company to honorfullest extent permitted by applicable law, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (the “D&O Tail”) in respect of case for acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on Effective Time (including for acts or omissions occurring in connection with the approval of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby), (ii) include and cause to be maintained in effect in ICE Newco’s (or any successor’s) certificate of incorporation and bylaws after the Effective Time, provisions regarding elimination of liability of directors, indemnification of officers, directors and employees and advancement of expenses which are, in the aggregate, no less advantageous to the intended beneficiaries than the corresponding provisions contained in the current certificate of incorporation and constitution of NYSE Euronext and (iii) cause to be maintained for a period of six years after the Effective Time the current policies of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance and fiduciary liability insurance maintained by NYSE Euronext (provided that the ICE Newco (or any of its successors) may substitute therefor one or more policies of at least the same coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions which are, in the aggregate, no less advantageous to the insured) with respect to termsclaims arising from facts or events that occurred on or before the Effective Time; provided, conditionshowever, coveragethat ICE shall not be required to expend pursuant to this Section 4.9(a) in any one year an amount in excess of 250% of the annual premiums (such amount, deductiblesthe “Maximum Insurance Amount”) currently paid by NYSE Euronext for such insurance; and, limits provided, further, that if the annual premiums of liability such insurance coverage exceed such amount, ICE shall be obligated to cause ICE Newco (or any of its successor) to obtain a policy with the greatest coverage available for a cost not exceeding such amount. ICE may, in lieu of maintaining the insurance described in clause (iii) of this Section 4.9(a), cause ICE Newco (or any of its successors) to purchase a six-year “tail” prepaid policy on terms and amounts that are conditions no less favorable advantageous to such person the insured than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for current directors’ and officers’ liability insurance and fiduciary liability insurance maintained by NYSE Euronext; provided that the amount paid by ICE shall not exceed six year period following times the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b). (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwiseMaximum Insurance Amount. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) ICE under this Section 6.15 4.9(a) shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person indemnitee to whom this Section 4.9(a) applies without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions affected indemnitee (it being expressly agreed that the indemnitees to whom this Section 4.9(a) applies shall be third-party beneficiaries of this Section 6.15 4.9(a)). (b) From and after the Effective Time, NASDAQ OMX shall survive the Closing (i) indemnify and expressly are intended to benefithold harmless, and provide advancement of expenses to, all past and present directors, officers and employees of NYSE Euronext and its Subsidiaries (in all of their capacities), other than the past and present directors, officers and employees of NYSE Euronext and its Subsidiaries that are enforceable byindemnitees under Section 4.9(a), each (A) to the same extent such persons are indemnified or have the right to advancement of expenses as of the D&O Personsdate of this Agreement by NYSE Euronext pursuant to the NYSE Euronext Organizational Documents, NYSE Euronext Subsidiary Organizational Documents and indemnification agreements, if any, in existence on the date hereof with any directors, officers and employees of NYSE Euronext and its Subsidiaries and (B) without limitation to clause (A), to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in each case for acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Effective Time (including for acts or omissions occurring in connection with the approval of whom is this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby), (ii) include and cause to be maintained in effect in the Surviving Corporation’s (or any successor’s) certificate of incorporation and bylaws after the Effective Time, provisions regarding elimination of liability of directors, indemnification of officers, directors and employees and advancement of expenses which are, in the aggregate, no less advantageous to the intended beneficiaries than the corresponding provisions contained in the current certificate of incorporation and constitution of NYSE Euronext and (iii) cause to be maintained for a period of six years after the Effective Time the current policies of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance and fiduciary liability insurance maintained by NYSE Euronext (provided that the Surviving Corporation (or any of its successors) may substitute therefor one or more policies of at least the same coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions which are, in the aggregate, no less advantageous to the insured) with respect to claims arising from facts or events that occurred on or before the Effective Time; provided, however, that NASDAQ OMX shall not be required to expend pursuant to this Section 4.9(b) in any one year an intended third party beneficiary amount in excess of the Maximum Insurance Amount currently paid by NYSE Euronext for such insurance; and, provided, further, that if the annual premiums of such insurance coverage exceed such amount, NASDAQ OMX shall be obligated to cause the Surviving Corporation to obtain a policy with the greatest coverage available for a cost not exceeding such amount. NASDAQ OMX may, in lieu of maintaining the insurance described in clause (iii) of this Section 6.15. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time4.9(b), for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and cause the Surviving CompanyCorporation to purchase a six-year “tail” prepaid policy on terms and conditions no less advantageous to the insured than the current directors’ and officers’ liability insurance and fiduciary liability insurance maintained by NYSE Euronext; provided that the amount paid by NASDAQ OMX shall not exceed six times the Maximum Insurance Amount. The obligations of NASDAQ OMX under this Section 4.9(b) shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any of their respective successors or assigns (iindemnitee to whom this Section 4.9(b) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is not applies without the continuing or surviving entity consent of such consolidation or merger or affected indemnitee (iiit being expressly agreed that the indemnitees to whom this Section 4.9(b) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, in each such case, proper provision applies shall be made so that the successors and assigns third-party beneficiaries of the applicable Group Company assumes the obligations set forth in this Section 6.154.9(b)).

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Nasdaq Omx Group, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Intercontinentalexchange Inc)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo the Surviving Corporation shall indemnify, defend indemnify and hold harmless and shall advance expenses as incurred, in each current case to the extent (subject to applicable law) such persons are indemnified or entitled to such advancement of expenses as of the date of this Agreement by First Midwest pursuant to the First Midwest Certificate, First Midwest Bylaws, the governing or organizational documents of any Subsidiary of First Midwest, any indemnification agreements in existence as of the date hereof that have been disclosed to Old National or the DGCL, each present and former director director, officer or officer employee of Mountain First Midwest and its Subsidiaries (eachin each case, together with when acting in such person’s heirscapacity) (collectively, executors or administrators, a the D&O PersonsFirst Midwest Indemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, damages, liabilities and other amounts incurred in connection withwith any threatened or actual claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, whether arising before or after the Effective Time, arising out of the fact that such person is or otherwise related to any actual was a director, officer or alleged Proceeding employee of First Midwest or any other of its Subsidiaries and pertaining to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, that in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right case of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses, the First Midwest Indemnified Party to whom expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such First Midwest Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification. (b) For a period of six (6) years after the Closing DateEffective Time, TopCo the Surviving Corporation shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain be maintained in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement current policies of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy maintained by First Midwest (provided, that the Surviving Corporation may substitute therefor policies with a substantially comparable insurer of at least the same coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions that are no less advantageous to the insured) with respect to claims against the present and former officers and directors of First Midwest or any of its Subsidiaries arising from facts or events which occurred at or before the Effective Time; provided, that the Surviving Corporation shall not be obligated to expend, on an annual basis, an amount in excess of 300% of the current annual premium paid as of the date hereof by First Midwest for such insurance (the “D&O TailPremium Cap), and if such premiums for such insurance would at any time exceed the Premium Cap, then the Surviving Corporation shall cause to be maintained policies of insurance which, in the Surviving Corporation’s good faith determination, provide the maximum coverage available at an annual premium equal to the Premium Cap. In lieu of the foregoing, First Midwest, in consultation with, but only upon the consent of Old National, may (and at the request of Old National, First Midwest shall use its reasonable best efforts to) in respect of acts or omissions occurring obtain at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect Effective Time a six (6)-year “tail” policy under First Midwest’s existing directors and officers insurance policy providing equivalent coverage to termsthat described in the preceding sentence if and to the extent that the same may be obtained for an amount that, conditionsin the aggregate, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on does not exceed the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)Premium Cap. (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 6.7 shall survive the Closing Effective Time and expressly are intended to benefitbe for the benefit of, and are shall be enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) First Midwest Indemnified Party and his or her heirs and representatives. If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Corporation or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person person and is not the continuing or surviving entity person of such consolidation or merger merger, or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets or deposits to any Personother person or engages in any similar transaction, then, then in each such case, case the Surviving Corporation will cause proper provision shall to be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Corporation will expressly assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.7.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Old National Bancorp /In/), Merger Agreement (First Midwest Bancorp Inc)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) The Articles of Incorporation and the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation shall contain provisions with respect to indemnification, advancement of expenses and director exculpation substantially similar to those set forth in the Company’s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws as in effect at the date hereof (to the extent consistent with applicable Law), which provisions shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified in any manner for a period of six (6) years following the Effective Time that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of the persons who at any time prior to the Effective Time were entitled to indemnification, advancement of expenses or exculpation under the Company’s Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws in respect of actions or omissions occurring at or prior to the Effective Time (including, without limitation, the Transactions), unless otherwise required by applicable Law. (b) From and after the Merger Effective Time and for a period of six (6) years following the Effective Time, TopCo the Surviving Corporation shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless each current person who is or former director has been prior to the date hereof or officer who becomes prior to the Effective Time an officer, director, employee or agent of Mountain the Company (eachcollectively, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a the D&O PersonsIndemnified Parties”) against any all losses, claims, damages, expenses, liabilities or amounts that are paid in settlement of, or otherwise incurred (“Losses”) (but only to the extent such Losses suffered or incurred are not otherwise covered by insurance and paid), in connection withwith any claim, action, suit, demand, proceeding or investigation (a “Claim”) to which any Indemnified Party is or may become a party to by virtue of his or her service as a present or former director, officer, employee or agent of the Company and arising out of or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding events, actions or any other matters existing omissions occurring or occurring alleged to have occurred at or prior to the Merger Effective TimeTime (including, whether asserted or claimed prior towithout limitation, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons), in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred case to the fullest extent permitted and provided in the Company’s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws as in effect at the date hereof (and shall pay expenses in advance of the final disposition of the claim(s) that are reasonably incurred in defending any such action or proceeding to do each Indemnified Party to the fullest extent permitted under Nevada Law as provided in the Company’s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws as in effect at the date hereof, upon receipt from the Indemnified Party to whom expenses are advanced of the undertaking to repay such advances contemplated by Nevada Law). (c) Any Indemnified Party wishing to claim indemnification under this Section 5.08 after the Effective Time, upon learning of any such Claim, shall notify the Surviving Corporation thereof (although the failure to so notify the Surviving Corporation shall not relieve the Surviving Corporation from any liability that the Surviving Corporation may have under Mountain’s Governing Documents this Section 5.08, except to the extent such failure materially prejudices the Surviving Corporation). In the event of any such Claim, the Surviving Corporation shall have the right to assume the defense thereof and the Surviving Corporation shall not be liable to such Indemnified Party for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses subsequently incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof, except that if the Surviving Corporation elects not to assume such defense or if there is an actual or potential conflict of interest between, or different defenses exist for the Surviving Corporation and the Indemnified Party, the Indemnified Party may retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to him or her and the Surviving Corporation shall pay all reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel for the Indemnified Party promptly as statements therefor are received by the Surviving Corporation; provided, however, that (i) the Surviving Corporation shall not, in connection with any such action or proceeding or separate but substantially similar actions or proceedings arising out of the same general allegations, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys at any time for all Indemnified Parties, (ii) the Surviving Corporation and the Indemnified Parties will cooperate in the defense of any such matter and (iii) the Surviving Corporation shall not be liable for any settlement effected without its prior written consent, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; and provided further, that the Surviving Corporation shall not have any obligation hereunder to any Indemnified Party if and when a court of competent jurisdiction shall ultimately determine that the indemnification of such Indemnified Party in the manner contemplated hereby is prohibited by applicable Law. (d) Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall procure a “tail” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance and fiduciary liability insurance policy with terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Company Board, so long as the cost thereof does not exceed 175% of the annual premium currently paid by the Company under its directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting Agreement, it being agreed that the foregoingCompany shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain competitive quotes for such insurance coverage in an effort to reduce the cost thereof, TopCo agrees provided, that all rights if the cost for any such coverage is in excess of such amount, Parent or the Surviving Corporation shall only be required to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing maintain such coverage as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain is available for such amount. (e) This Section 5.08 shall survive the Closing consummation of the Merger and is intended to be for the benefit of, and shall continue in full force be enforceable by, the Indemnified Parties referred to herein, their heirs, legal representatives, successors, assigns and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo personal representatives and shall cause be binding on the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification Corporation and advancement of expenses its successors and assigns. The provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (the “D&O Tail”) in respect of acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that 5.08 are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b). (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation ofsubstitution for, any other rights such Person to indemnification that the Indemnified Parties, their heirs and personal representatives may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law by contract or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (df) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Corporation or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each case, as a condition to such caseconsolidation, merger, transfer or conveyance, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Corporation shall assume and agree to perform the obligations set forth in this Section 6.155.08.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Nurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Quantrx Biomedical Corp)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective TimeClosing Date, TopCo shall each of Parent and the Debtor agrees that it will indemnify, defend and hold harmless each current or present and former director or and officer of Mountain the Debtor and its Subsidiaries (eachin each case, together with when acting in such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a capacity) (the D&O PersonsIndemnified Parties”) from and against any Losses suffered and all costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities (whether or not incurred in connection withwith any Proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative) arising out of or otherwise related to any actual such Indemnified Party’s service or alleged Proceeding status as an officer or director of the Debtor or one of its Subsidiaries or any other matters existing action or occurring at or inaction on the part of any such Person in such capacity, in each case, as of prior to the Merger Effective TimeClosing, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective TimeClosing Date, including to the fullest extent such Indemnified Party would be permitted to be indemnified by the Debtor or its applicable Subsidiary under applicable Law and the certificate of incorporation and by-laws (or comparable organizational documents) of the Debtor or its applicable Subsidiary in connection effect on the date of this Agreement; provided that the Person to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such Person is not entitled to indemnification. (b) Prior to or as of the Closing Date, the Debtor shall (after reasonable consultation with Parent) and, if the Debtor is unable to, Parent shall cause the Debtor as of the Closing Date to obtain and fully pay the premium for “tail” insurance policies for the extension of (i) the Transactionsdirectors’ and officers’ liability coverage of the existing directors’ and officers’ insurance policies of the Debtor and its Subsidiaries, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right the existing fiduciary liability insurance policies of any D&O Personsthe Debtor and its Subsidiaries, in each case, to case for a claims reporting or discovery period of at least six (6) years from and after the fullest extent that Mountain Closing Date (the “Tail Period”) from an insurance carrier with the same or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountainbetter credit rating as the Debtor’s Governing Documents insurance carrier as of the date hereof with respect to directors’ and applicable Law officers’ liability insurance and fiduciary liability insurance (collectively, “D&O Insurance”) with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are at least as favorable to indemnify the insureds as the Debtor’s existing policies with respect to any matter claimed against a director or officer of the Debtor or any of its Subsidiaries by reason of him or her serving in such capacity that existed or occurred at or prior to the Closing Date (including in connection with this Agreement or the transactions or actions contemplated hereby); provided that in no event shall the aggregate cost of the D&O PersonsInsurance exceed during the Tail Period 300% of the current aggregate annual premiums paid by the Debtor for such insurance. If the Debtor for any reason fails to obtain such insurance policies as of the Closing Date, the Debtor shall, and TopCo Parent shall also advance expenses cause the Debtor to, continue to such maintain in effect for the Tail Period the D&O Persons Insurance in place as incurred of the date hereof with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are at least as favorable to the fullest extent permitted insureds as provided in the Debtor’s existing policies as of the date hereof, or the Debtor shall, and Parent shall cause the Debtor to, use reasonable best efforts to do so under Mountainpurchase comparable D&O Insurance for the Tail Period with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are at least as favorable to the insureds as provided in the Debtor’s Governing Documents existing policies as of the date hereof; provided, however, that in effect no event shall the annual cost of the D&O Insurance exceed during the Tail Period 150% of the current aggregate annual premiums paid by the Debtor for such insurance; and provided, further, that if the annual premiums of such insurance coverage exceed such amount, the Debtor shall obtain a policy with the greatest coverage available for a cost not exceeding such amount. From and after the Closing Date, except as required by applicable Law, Parent shall cause the certificate of incorporation and by-laws (or comparable organizational documents) of each of the Debtor and its Subsidiaries to contain provisions no less favorable to the Indemnified Parties with respect to limitation of liabilities, advancement of expenses and indemnification than are set forth as of the date of this Agreement in each of such documents of the Debtor and applicable Lawits Subsidiaries. Without limiting In the foregoingevent of any Proceeding or investigation for which an Indemnified Party is entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 4.7, TopCo (A) Debtor shall, and Parent shall cause the Debtor and its Subsidiaries to, defend the Indemnified Party with respect to any such Proceeding or investigation and (B) Parent shall not, and shall cause the Debtor and its Subsidiaries not to, settle, compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any Proceeding or investigation pending or threatened in writing to which an Indemnified Party is a party (and in respect of which indemnification could be sought by such Indemnified Party hereunder) without the prior written consent of such Indemnified Party (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability arising out of such Proceeding or investigation. Parent agrees that all rights of the Indemnified Parties to exculpation, indemnification and exculpation from liabilities for acts or omissions occurring prior to the Closing as provided in the certificate of incorporation or by-laws (or comparable organizational documents) of the Debtor or any of its Subsidiaries and any indemnification agreements entered into prior to the date hereof, including provisions relating to advancement of expenses existing as incurred in the defense of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Personany Proceeding or investigation, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing Date and shall continue in full force and effecteffect in accordance with their terms. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo Such rights shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, be amended or otherwise modify any such provision modified in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (the “D&O Tail”) in respect of Indemnified Parties for any acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering without the prior written consent of each D&O Person on terms with respect affected Indemnified Party (such consent not to termsbe unreasonably withheld, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(bconditioned or delayed). (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have Any Indemnified Party wishing to claim indemnification under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies paragraph (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Companya) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 4.7, upon learning of any such Proceeding or investigation, shall survive promptly notify Parent and the Closing and expressly are intended Debtor thereof, but the failure to benefit, and are enforceable by, each so notify shall not relieve Parent or the Debtor of any Liability it may have to such Indemnified Party except to the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15extent such failure materially prejudices the indemnifying party. (d) If any of Parent or the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Debtor or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates shall consolidate with or merges with or merge into any other Person corporation or entity and is shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys shall transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Personindividual, corporation or other entity, then, and in each such case, proper provision provisions shall be made so that the successors and assigns of Parent or the applicable Group Company assumes Debtor shall assume all of the obligations set forth in this Section 6.154.7. (e) The provisions of this Section 4.7 are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each of the Indemnified Parties. (f) The rights of the Indemnified Parties under this Section 4.7 shall be in addition to any rights such Indemnified Parties may have under the certificate of incorporation or by-laws (or comparable organizational documents) of the Debtor or any of its Subsidiaries, or under any applicable Contracts or Laws. All rights to indemnification and exculpation from liabilities for acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing Date and rights to advancement of expenses relating thereto now existing in favor of any Indemnified Party as provided in the certificate of incorporation, by-laws or comparable governing documents of the Debtor and its Subsidiaries or any indemnification agreement between such Indemnified Party and the Debtor or any of its Subsidiaries shall survive the Transactions and shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified in any manner that would adversely affect any right thereunder of any such Indemnified Party. (g) Each of Parent and the Debtor hereby acknowledges that the Indemnified Parties have or may, in the future, have certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance provided by Persons other than Parent, the Debtor or its Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Other Indemnitors” and, individually, an “Other Indemnitor”) with respect to Proceedings or investigations that are the subject of Section 4.7(a). The Debtor hereby agrees that if any advancement or indemnification obligation is owed, at any time, to an Indemnified Party for the same Proceeding or investigation by both (i) Parent or the Debtor, including under Section 4.7(a), and (ii) any Other Indemnitor (whether pursuant to any certificate of incorporation, by-laws or comparable organizational documents, indemnification agreement or other agreements), the Debtor shall (and if it is unable or fails to honor its obligations under this Section 4.7, Parent shall) be primarily liable for indemnification and advancement of expenses to such Indemnified Parties in respect of such Proceeding or investigation, and any obligation of an Other Indemnitor to provide indemnification or advancement of expenses shall be secondary to the obligations of the Debtor (or if it is unable or fails to honor its obligations under this Section 4.7, Parent) under this Section 4.7. Parent and the Debtor irrevocably waive, relinquish and release the Other Indemnitors from any and all claims (A) against the Other Indemnitors for contribution, subrogation, indemnification or any other recovery of any kind in respect of the indemnification arrangements provided to such Indemnified Parties by such Other Indemnitors and (B) that the Indemnified Party must seek expense advancement or reimbursement, or indemnification, from any Other Indemnitor before Parent and the Debtor must perform their expense advancement and reimbursement, and indemnification obligations, under this Agreement. If any Other Indemnitor pays or causes to be paid, for any reason, any amounts otherwise indemnifiable or subject to advancement under this Section 4.7, then (1) such Other Indemnitor shall be fully subrogated to all rights of the Indemnified Parties with respect to the payments actually made and (2) the Debtor shall reimburse the Other Indemnitor for the payments actually made. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, for the avoidance of doubt, Parent’s rights against the Debtor for contribution, subrogation, indemnification or any other recovery of any kind in respect of the indemnification arrangements provided by Parent and Debtor to the Indemnified Parties pursuant to this Section 4.7 are hereby preserved.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Plan Sponsor Agreement, Plan Sponsor Agreement (Quality Care Properties, Inc.)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo the Surviving Corporation shall indemnify, defend indemnify and hold harmless harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each current present and former director, officer or former employee of TCF and its Subsidiaries (in each case, when acting in such capacity) (collectively, the “TCF Indemnified Parties”) against any costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, damages or liabilities incurred in connection with any threatened or actual claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, whether arising before or after the Effective Time, arising in whole or in part out of, or pertaining to, the fact that such person is or was a director, officer or employee of TCF or any of its Subsidiaries or is or was serving at the request of TCF or any of its Subsidiaries as a director or officer of Mountain (eachanother person and pertaining to matters, together with such person’s heirs, executors acts or administrators, a “D&O Persons”) against any Losses suffered or incurred in connection with, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters omissions existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including matters, acts or omissions occurring in connection with (i) the Transactionsapproval of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo Surviving Corporation shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred by the TCF Indemnified Party to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents by applicable law; provided, that in effect as the case of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof TCF Indemnified Party to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking (in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing a reasonable and shall continue in full force and effect. customary form) to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such TCF Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification. (b) For a period of six (6) years after the Closing DateEffective Time, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to Corporation shall maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement current policies of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy maintained by TCF (provided, that the Surviving Corporation may substitute therefor policies with a substantially comparable insurer of at least the same coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions which are no less advantageous to the insured) with respect to claims against the present and former officers and directors of TCF or any of its Subsidiaries arising from facts or events which occurred at or before the Effective Time (including the transactions contemplated by this Agreement); provided, however, that the Surviving Corporation shall not be obligated to expend, on an annual basis, an amount in excess of 300% of the current annual premium paid as of the date hereof by TCF for such insurance (the “D&O TailPremium Cap), and if such premiums for such insurance would at any time exceed the Premium Cap, then the Surviving Corporation shall cause to be maintained policies of insurance that, in its good faith determination, provide the maximum coverage available at an annual premium equal to the Premium Cap. In lieu of the foregoing, TCF, in consultation with, but only upon the consent of Huntington, may (and at the request of Huntington, TCF shall use its reasonable best efforts to) in respect of acts or omissions occurring obtain at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect Effective Time a six-year “tail” policy under TCF’s existing directors’ and officers’ insurance policy providing equivalent coverage to termsthat described in the preceding sentence if and to the extent that the same may be obtained for an amount that, conditionsin the aggregate, coveragedoes not exceed the Premium Cap. If TCF purchases such a tail policy, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to Corporation shall maintain the D&O Tail such tail policy in full force and effect for and continue to honor its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)obligations thereunder. (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 6.8 shall survive the Closing Effective Time and expressly are intended to benefitbe for the benefit of, and are shall be enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) TCF Indemnified Party and his or her heirs and representatives. If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Corporation or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person entity and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) merger, transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets or deposits to any Personother entity or engages in any similar transaction, then, then in each such case, the Surviving Corporation will cause proper provision shall to be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Corporation will expressly assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.8. (d) The obligations of the Surviving Corporation, Huntington and TCF under this Section 6.8 shall not be terminated or modified in a manner so as to adversely affect any TCF Indemnified Party or any other person entitled to the benefit of this Section 6.8 without the prior written consent of the affected person.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Huntington Bancshares Inc/Md), Merger Agreement (TCF Financial Corp)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and For six (6) years after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo Parent shall indemnify, defend indemnify and hold harmless each current or present and former director or and officer of Mountain (each, together with such person’s heirs, executors Company or administrators, a “D&O Persons”) any of its Subsidiaries against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages, amounts paid in settlement (subject to the prior consent of Parent) or liabilities incurred in connection withwith any actions, suits, claims or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or otherwise related pertaining to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Effective Time (including the Merger Effective Timeand all transactions contemplated by this Agreement), whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain Company or any of its Affiliates Subsidiaries, as the case may be, would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of their respective organizational documents in effect on the date hereof and of this Agreement subject to limitations imposed by applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance Person (including the advancing of expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder); provided, the Person to whom such expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to Parent to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that all rights such Person is not entitled to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15indemnification. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or Parent shall cause the Surviving individuals serving as officers and directors of Company toor any Subsidiary of Company immediately prior to the Effective Time to be covered for a period of six (6) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” years from the Effective Time by the directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy maintained by Company (provided that Parent may substitute therefor policies of at least the “D&O Tail”same coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions that are not less advantageous than such policy) in with respect of to acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect Effective Time that were committed by such officers and directors in their capacity as such; provided that in no event shall Parent be required to termsexpend annually in the aggregate an amount in excess of 200% of the annual premiums currently paid by Company (which current amount is set forth in Section 6.7(b) of the Disclosure Schedule) for such insurance (the “Insurance Amount”), conditionsprovided, further, that if Parent is unable to maintain such policy (or such substitute policy) as a result of the preceding proviso, Parent shall obtain as much comparable insurance as is available for the Insurance Amount; provided, further, that in lieu of the foregoing insurance coverage, deductibles, limits of liability Parent may direct Company to purchase (and amounts only upon such direction shall Company purchase) a six (6)-year prepaid “tail policy” that are provides coverage no less favorable than the coverage described above; provided, further, that if the annual premiums for such “tail” policy exceed the Insurance Amount, then Parent may direct Company to such person than those obtain a “tail” policy with the maximum coverage available for the Insurance Amount applied over the term of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)policy. (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly 6.7 are intended to benefit, be for the benefit of and are shall be enforceable by, each present and former director and officer of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Company or any of its Subsidiaries and their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person heirs and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes the obligations set forth in this Section 6.15representatives.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement, Merger Agreement (Triumph Bancorp, Inc.)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless each current or former director or officer of Mountain (each, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a “D&O Persons”) against any Losses suffered or incurred in connection with, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the TransactionsSurviving Corporation shall, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each caseParent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountainthe DGCL, honor the Company’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect obligations existing as of the date of this Agreement to indemnify and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification hold harmless each present and advancement of expenses existing as former director and officer of the Company and its Subsidiaries and each such individual who served at the request of the Company or its Subsidiaries as a director, officer, trustee, partner, fiduciary, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, pension or other employee benefit plan or enterprise (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) against all costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages, liabilities and settlement amounts paid in connection with any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation (whether arising before or after the Effective Time), whether civil, administrative or investigative, based on the fact that such individual is or was such a director or officer or is or was serving at the request of the Company or its Subsidiaries and arising out of or pertaining to any action or omission occurring at or before the Effective Time (including the Transactions). (b) The Surviving Corporation shall, and Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, provide, for a period of not less than six years after the Effective Time, the Company’s current and former directors and officers (as defined to mean those persons insured under such policy) with an insurance and indemnification policy that provides coverage for events occurring at or prior to the Effective Time (the “D&O Insurance”) that is no less favorable than the existing policy or, if substantially equivalent insurance coverage is unavailable, the best available coverage; provided, however, that the Surviving Corporation shall not be required to pay an annual premium for the D&O Insurance in excess of 300 percent of the aggregate annual premiums paid by the Company for such insurance in 2007 through the date hereof of this Agreement on an annualized basis (the “D&O Premium”), but in favor such case shall purchase as much of each D&O Personsuch coverage as possible for such amount; and provided, as provided further, however, that at Parent’s option in Mountainlieu of the foregoing insurance coverage, the Surviving Corporation may purchase “tail” insurance coverage that provides coverage identical in all material respects to the coverage described above and such purchases do not result in any gaps or lapses in coverage with respect to matters occurring prior to the Effective Time. The Company represents and warrants to Parent that the Company’s Governing Documents 2007 annual premium was $465,000. (c) The certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation shall contain the provisions with respect to indemnification set forth in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, which provisions shall not be amended, modified or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For otherwise repealed for a period of six years after from the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision Effective Time in any manner that would adversely affect the rights thereunder as of the Effective Time of any D&O Person thereunder; providedindividual who at the Effective Time is a director, that all rights to exculpationofficer, indemnification employee or advancement agent of expenses in respect the Company or is or previously was serving at the request of any Proceeding pending the Company or asserted its Subsidiaries as a director, trustee, officer, member, manager, employee or any claim made within agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, limited liability company, pension or other employee benefit plan or other enterprise, unless such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and modification is required after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all Effective Time by Law and then only to the minimum extent required by such Law. Table of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15.Contents (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (the “D&O Tail”) in respect of acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b). (cd) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder Indemnified Party under this Section 6.7 shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, to any other rights such Person individual may have under the Governing Documents Amended and Restated Certificate of Mountain Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws (or other governing documents) of the Company and any of its Subsidiaries, under the DGCL or any other Group Company, applicable Laws or under any other indemnification agreement of any Indemnified Party with the Company or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwiseits Subsidiaries. The obligations These rights shall survive consummation of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are shall be enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15Indemnified Party. (de) If any of In the Group Companies (which includes at event that the Parent or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Corporation or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, proper provision shall will be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Corporation assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.7.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Bae Systems PLC), Merger Agreement (BAE Systems, Inc.)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo the Surviving Corporation shall indemnify, defend indemnify and hold harmless and shall advance expenses as incurred, in each current case to the extent (subject to applicable law) such persons are indemnified or entitled to such advancement of expenses as of the date of this Agreement by Brookline pursuant to the Brookline Certificate, Brookline Bylaws, the governing or organizational documents of any Subsidiary of Brookline, any indemnification agreements in existence as of the date hereof that have been disclosed to Berkshire, each present and former director or officer of Mountain Brookline and its Subsidiaries (eachin each case, together with when acting in such person’s heirscapacity) (collectively, executors or administrators, a the D&O PersonsBrookline Indemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, damages, liabilities and other amounts incurred in connection withwith any threatened or actual claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, whether arising before or after the Effective Time, arising out of the fact that such person is or otherwise related to any actual was a director or alleged Proceeding officer of Brookline or any other of its Subsidiaries and pertaining to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, that in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right case of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses, the Brookline Indemnified Party to whom expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such Brookline Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification. (b) For a period of six (6) years after the Closing DateEffective Time, TopCo the Surviving Corporation shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain be maintained in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement current policies of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy maintained by Brookline (provided, that the Surviving Corporation may substitute therefor policies with a substantially comparable insurer of at least the same coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions that are no less advantageous to the insured) with respect to claims against the present and former officers and directors of Brookline or any of its Subsidiaries arising from facts or events which occurred at or before the Effective Time; provided, that the Surviving Corporation shall not be obligated to expend, on an annual basis, an amount in excess of 300% of the current annual premium paid as of the date hereof by Brookline for such insurance (the “D&O TailPremium Cap), and if such premiums for such insurance would at any time exceed the Premium Cap, then the Surviving Corporation shall cause to be maintained policies of insurance which, in the Surviving Corporation’s good faith determination, provide the maximum coverage available at an annual premium equal to the Premium Cap. In lieu of the foregoing, Brookline, in consultation with, but only upon the consent of Berkshire, may (and at the request of Berkshire, Brookline shall use its reasonable best efforts to) in respect of acts or omissions occurring obtain at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect Effective Time a six (6)-year “tail” policy under Brookline’s existing directors and officers insurance policy providing equivalent coverage to termsthat described in the preceding sentence if and to the extent that the same may be obtained for an amount that, conditionsin the aggregate, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on does not exceed the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)Premium Cap. (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 6.8 shall survive the Closing Effective Time and expressly are intended to benefitbe for the benefit of, and are shall be enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) Brookline Indemnified Party and his or her heirs and representatives. If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Corporation or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person person and is not the continuing or surviving entity person of such consolidation or merger merger, or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets or deposits to any Personother person or engages in any similar transaction, then, then in each such case, case the Surviving Corporation will cause proper provision shall to be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Corporation will expressly assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.8.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Berkshire Hills Bancorp Inc), Merger Agreement (Brookline Bancorp Inc)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless each current or former director or officer of Mountain (each, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a “D&O Persons”) against any Losses suffered or incurred in connection with, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo Acquisition agrees that all rights to exculpationindemnification now existing in favor of any employee, indemnification agent, director or officer of the Company and advancement its Subsidiaries (the "Indemnified Parties") as provided in their respective charters or bylaws, in an agreement between an Indemnified Party and the Company or one of expenses existing as of its Subsidiaries, or otherwise in effect on the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing Merger and shall continue in full force and effect. For effect for a period of not less than six years after from the Closing DateEffective Time; provided that in the event any claim or claims are asserted or made within such six-year period, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending such claim or asserted or any claim made within such period claims shall continue until the final disposition of any and all such Proceeding or resolution claims. Acquisition also agrees to indemnify all Indemnified Parties to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law with respect to all acts and omissions arising out of such claim. From and after individuals' services as officers, directors, employees or agents of the Closing, TopCo shall cause all Company or any of its Subsidiaries and or as trustees or fiduciaries of any plan for the Surviving benefit of employees, or otherwise on behalf of, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, occurring prior to honorthe Effective Time including, without limitation, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Without limitation of the foregoing, in accordance the event any such Indemnified Party is or becomes involved in any capacity in any action, proceeding or investigation in connection with their respective termsany matter, each including, without limitation, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, occurring prior to, and including, the Effective Time, Acquisition will pay as incurred such Indemnified Party's legal and other expenses (including the cost of any investigation and preparation) incurred in connection therewith. Acquisition shall pay all expenses, including attorneys' fees, that may be incurred by any Indemnified Party in enforcing the covenants contained indemnity and other obligations provided for in this Section 6.156.2. (b) Prior to Acquisition agrees that the Merger Company and, from and after the Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or the Surviving Corporation shall cause to be maintained in effect for not less than six years from the Effective Time the current policies of the directors' and officers' liability insurance maintained by the Company; provided that (i) the Surviving Company toCorporation may substitute therefor policies of at least the same coverage containing terms and conditions which are no less advantageous; (ii) purchase a “tail” such substitution shall not result in any gaps or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (the “D&O Tail”) lapses in coverage with respect of acts or omissions to matters occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability Effective Time; and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause (iii) the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b). (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 Corporation shall not be terminated or modified required to pay an annual premium in such a manner as excess of 200% of the last annual premium paid by the Company prior to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of date hereof and if the Surviving Corporation is unable to obtain the insurance required by this Section 6.15 6.2(b) it shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended obtain as much comparable insurance as possible for an annual premium equal to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15such maximum amount. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes the obligations set forth in this Section 6.15.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Centennial Cellular Corp), Merger Agreement (Century Communications Corp)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From All rights to exculpation or indemnification (including with respect to the advancement of attorney’s fees, costs or expenses) in connection with, relating to or arising out of actual or alleged acts, errors or omissions occurring at or prior to the Effective Time now existing in favor of the current or former directors or officers of the Company and after its Subsidiaries as provided in their respective articles or certificates of incorporation or by-laws (or other organizational documents) shall survive the Merger and shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with their terms for a period of not less than six years from the Effective Time and the obligations of the Company in connection therewith shall be deemed irrevocably assumed and guaranteed, effective as of the Effective Time, TopCo by the Surviving Corporation. In the event that any claim or claims for indemnification are asserted or made within such six-year period, all rights to indemnification in respect of any such claim or claims shall indemnifycontinue until the disposition of any and all such claims. (b) After the Effective Time, defend the Surviving Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law, indemnify and hold harmless each current or present and former director or officer of Mountain the Company and each of the Company’s Subsidiaries and each such person who served at the request of the Company or any Company Subsidiary as a director, officer, trustee, partner, fiduciary, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, pension or other employee benefit plan or enterprise (eachcollectively, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a the D&O PersonsCovered Parties”) against all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages, liabilities and settlement amounts paid in connection with any Losses suffered claim, action, suit, proceeding or incurred investigation (whether arising before or after the Effective Time), whether civil, administrative or investigative (a “Proceeding”), in connection with, arising out of or otherwise related relating to any actual action or alleged Proceeding omission in their capacities as officers or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Personsdirectors, in each case, to case occurring before the fullest extent Effective Time (including the transactions contemplated by this Agreement); and shall pay or reimburse the Covered Parties’ expenses in advance of a final disposition of any Proceeding promptly following submission of reasonable documentation that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would such expenses have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Lawincurred. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpationin the event of any such claim, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Personaction, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents suit, proceeding or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Dateinvestigation, TopCo shall cause (i) the Surviving Company Corporation shall be entitled to maintain in effect control the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution defense of such claim. From , action, suit, proceeding or investigation, (ii) if the Surviving Corporation does not promptly select counsel and after commence the Closingdefense of such claim, TopCo action, suit, proceeding or investigation, the Covered Party shall cause all of its Subsidiaries be entitled to select counsel for the Covered Party, which counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Surviving Corporation and the Surviving Company to honorCorporation shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel promptly after statements therefor are received, (iii) the Covered Party shall reasonably cooperate in accordance with their respective termsthe defense of any such matter, each of and (iv) the covenants contained in this Section 6.15Surviving Corporation shall not be liable for any settlement effected without its written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). (bc) Prior At or prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain the Company shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (which by its terms shall survive the “D&O Tail”Merger) for directors and officers of the Company, which shall provide such directors and officers with coverage for six (6) years following the Effective Time of not less than the existing coverage under, and have other terms not materially less favorable on the whole to, the insured persons than the directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage presently maintained by the Company, so long as the aggregate cost is not greater than the lesser of (i) 250% of the annual premium payable by the Company for its existing insurance as of the date hereof and (ii) $4,000,000, in respect of acts or omissions occurring at or prior to either case for a one-time premium payment for such six-year period; provided, that in the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect to terms, conditions, event that such lesser amount for a one-time premium payment for such six-year period is insufficient for such coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company Corporation shall spend up to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance that amount to purchase such lesser coverage as may be obtained with this Section 6.15(b)such amount. (cd) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly 4.5 are intended to benefitbe for the benefit of, and are shall be enforceable by, each Person who is or has been a director or officer of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) If any Company or a Subsidiary of the Group Companies (which includes at Company, and such director’s or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance officer’s heirs and personal representatives and shall be binding on all successors and assigns of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Corporation. In the event Surviving Corporation or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger merger, or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Personassets, then, and in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Corporation assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.154.5.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Brookfield Asset Management Inc.), Merger Agreement (Crystal River Capital, Inc.)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo shall indemnifyParent will, defend and will cause the Surviving Corporation to, indemnify and hold harmless each current or present and former director or and officer of Mountain the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (eachin each case, together with when acting in such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a capacity) (the D&O Indemnified Persons”) ), determined as of the Effective Time, against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities (collectively, “Costs”) incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection withwith any Action, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Effective Time (including in connection with the approval of this Agreement, the Merger Effective Timeand the other transactions contemplated hereby or arising out of or pertaining to such transactions), whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates the Company would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law authorized to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Indemnified Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as its articles of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents incorporation or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (the “D&O Tail”) in respect of acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy bylaws in effect on the date of this Agreement (and Parent will or will cause the Surviving Corporation to advance expenses as incurred to the fullest extent authorized under applicable Law; provided, that the Indemnified Person to whom expenses are advanced provides the undertaking required by applicable Law to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such Indemnified Person is not entitled to indemnification). (b) For a period of at least six (6) years from and after the Effective Time, the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation shall include provisions for indemnification, advancement of expenses and exculpation of the six year period following Indemnified Persons on the Closingsame basis as set forth in the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Company in effect on the date of this Agreement. TopCo Following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall, and Parent shall cause the Surviving Company Corporation to, maintain in effect the provisions in its certificate of incorporation and bylaws providing for indemnification, advancement of expenses and exculpation of the Indemnified Persons, as applicable, with respect to maintain the D&O Tail in full force facts or circumstances occurring at or prior to the Effective Time to the fullest extent authorized from time to time under applicable Law, and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)such provisions shall not be amended except as required by applicable Law or to make changes permitted by applicable Law that would enlarge the scope of the Indemnified Persons’ indemnification rights thereunder. (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under Prior to the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, the Company will and, if the Company is unable to, Parent will cause the Surviving Corporation as of the Effective Time to, obtain (and, in either case, Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to keep in effect thereafter) “tail” insurance policies for the avoidance extension of doubtthe directors’ and officers’ liability coverage of the Company’s existing directors’ and officers’ insurance policies for a claims period of at least six years from and after the Effective Time from an insurance carrier with the same or better credit rating as the Company’s insurance carriers as of the date hereof with respect to directors’ and officers’ liability insurance (collectively, TopCo “D&O Insurance”) with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are comparable to the Company’s existing policies with respect to any matter existing or occurring at or prior to the Effective Time (including in connection with the approval of this Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby or arising out of or pertaining to such transactions), provided that the cost thereof does not exceed an amount equal to 300% of the annual premiums currently paid by the Company for such insurance (which premium amount the Company represents and warrants is as set forth in Section 6.13 of the Company Disclosure Letter). If the Company and the Surviving Corporation for any reason fail to obtain such insurance policies as of the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation will, and Parent will cause the Surviving Corporation to, continue to maintain in effect for a period of at least six years from and after the Effective Time the D&O Insurance in place as of the date hereof with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are comparable to the insureds as provided in the Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated ’s existing policies as of the date hereof, or modified the Surviving Corporation will, and Parent will cause the Surviving Corporation to, purchase comparable D&O Insurance for such six-year period with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are comparable to the insureds as provided in such a manner the Company’s existing policies as of the date hereof with respect to adversely affect any D&O Person without matter existing or occurring at or prior to the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions Effective Time (including in connection with the approval of this Section 6.15 shall survive Agreement, the Closing Merger and expressly are intended the other transactions contemplated hereby or arising out of or pertaining to benefitsuch transactions); provided, and are enforceable byhowever, each that in no event will Parent or the Surviving Corporation be required to expend for such policies pursuant to this sentence an annual premium amount in excess of 200% of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15annual premiums currently paid by the Company for such insurance. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at Parent or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Corporation or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such that consolidation or merger merger; or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, Parent shall cause proper provision shall provisions to be made prior to the consummation of any transaction of the type described in clause “(i)” or “(ii)” so that the successors and assigns of Parent or the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Corporation, as the case may be, shall assume all of the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.13. (e) This Section 6.13 is intended for the irrevocable benefit of, and to grant third party rights to, the Indemnified Persons and shall be binding on all successors and assigns of Parent and the Surviving Corporation. Each Indemnified Person shall be a third-party beneficiary of this Section 6.13 and entitled to enforce the covenants contained in this Section 6.13. If any Indemnified Person makes any claim for indemnification or advancement of expenses under this Section 6.13 that is denied by Parent or the Surviving Corporation and a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the Indemnified Person is entitled to such indemnification, then Parent or the Surviving Corporation shall pay such Indemnified Person’s costs and expenses, including reasonable legal fees and expenses, incurred in connection with pursuing such claim against Parent or the Surviving Corporation. The rights of the Indemnified Persons under this Section 6.13 shall be in addition to any rights that such Indemnified Person may have under the organizational documents of the Company or under any applicable Contracts, insurance policies or applicable Laws.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Cintas Corp), Merger Agreement (G&k Services Inc)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo Purchaser shall indemnify, defend indemnify and hold harmless harmless, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law (and Purchaser shall also advance expenses as incurred to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law provided the person to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to indemnification), each current or present and former director or director, officer and employee of Mountain Company and its Subsidiaries (eachin each case, together with when acting in such person’s heirscapacity) (collectively, executors or administrators, a the D&O PersonsIndemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred in connection withwith any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or otherwise related pertaining to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of transactions contemplated by this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoingOption Agreement. (b) Subject to the following sentence, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For for a period of six years after following the Closing DateEffective Time, TopCo shall cause Purchaser will provide director’s and officer’s liability insurance that serves to reimburse the Surviving present and former officers and directors of Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement or any of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect its Subsidiaries (determined as of the date hereof Effective Time) (providing only for the Side A coverage for Indemnified Parties where the existing policies also include Side B coverage for Company) with respect to claims against such directors and officers arising from facts or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain events occurring before the Effective Time (including the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) which insurance will contain at least the same coverage and any D&O Person amounts, and contain terms and conditions no less advantageous to the Indemnified Party as in effect as that coverage currently provided by Company. At the option of the date hereofCompany, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (the “D&O Tail”) in respect of acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person Effective Time and in lieu of the foregoing, Company may purchase a tail policy for director’s and officer’s liability insurance on the terms with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability described in the prior sentence and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of fully pay for such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following prior to the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b). (c) The rights Any Indemnified Party wishing to claim indemnification under Section 6.6(a), upon learning of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition toany claim, and action, suit, proceeding or investigation described above, will promptly notify Purchaser; provided that failure so to notify will not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under affect the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of Purchaser under Section 6.6(a) unless and to the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo extent that Purchaser is actually and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such materially prejudiced as a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15consequence. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Purchaser or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person entity and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Personother entity, then, then and in each such case, Purchaser will cause proper provision shall to be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Purchaser will assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.6.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (PNC Financial Services Group Inc), Merger Agreement (National City Corp)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo each of Purchaser and the Surviving Corporation shall indemnify, defend indemnify and hold harmless each current or present and former director or and officer of Mountain Company and its Subsidiaries (eachin each case, together with when acting in such person’s heirscapacity) (collectively, executors or administrators, a the D&O PersonsIndemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred in connection withwith any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or otherwise related pertaining to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce transactions contemplated by this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each caseAgreement, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of applicable law; and Purchaser and the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo Surviving Corporation shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law; provided that the Indemnified Party to do so under Mountainwhom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification. (b) Subject to the following sentence, for a period of six years following the Effective Time, Purchaser will provide director’s Governing Documents in effect and officer’s liability insurance that serves to reimburse the present and former officers and directors of Company or any of its Subsidiaries (determined as of the date Effective Time) (providing only for the Side A coverage for Indemnified Parties where the existing policies also include Side B coverage for Company) with respect to claims against such directors and officers arising from facts or events occurring before the Effective Time (including the transactions contemplated by this Agreement), which insurance will contain at least the same coverage and amounts, and contain terms and conditions no less advantageous to the Indemnified Party as that coverage currently provided by Company; provided that in no event shall Purchaser be required to expend, on an annual basis, an amount in excess of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting 150% of the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing aggregate annual premiums paid as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving by Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify for any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect insurance (the rights of any D&O Person thereunder“Premium Cap”); provided, further, that all rights if any such annual expense at any time would exceed the Premium Cap, then Purchaser will cause to exculpation, indemnification or advancement be maintained policies of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until insurance which provide the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claimmaximum coverage available at an annual premium equal to the Premium Cap. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective TimeTime and in lieu of the foregoing, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) will use reasonable best efforts to purchase a “tail” or “runoff” tail policy for directors’ and officers’ liability insurance on the terms described in the prior sentence and otherwise subject to the specification set forth on Exhibit 6.6(b) hereto and fully pay for such policy (the “D&O Tail”) in respect of acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)Effective Time. (c) The rights Any Indemnified Party wishing to claim indemnification under Section 6.6(a), upon learning of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition toany claim, and action, suit, proceeding or investigation described above, will promptly notify Purchaser; provided that failure to so notify will not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under affect the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of Purchaser under Section 6.6(a) unless and to the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo extent that Purchaser is actually and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such materially prejudiced as a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15consequence. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Purchaser or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person entity and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Personother entity, then, then and in each such case, Purchaser will cause proper provision shall to be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Purchaser will assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.6.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (West Coast Bancorp /New/Or/), Merger Agreement (Columbia Banking System Inc)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo M&T shall indemnify, defend indemnify and hold harmless harmless, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law (and shall also advance expenses as incurred to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law provided the person to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to indemnification), each current present and former director, officer and employee of Xxxxxx and its Subsidiaries or former director fiduciaries of Xxxxxx or officer any of Mountain its Subsidiaries under Xxxxxx Plans (eachin each case, together with when acting in such person’s heirscapacity) (collectively, executors or administrators, a the D&O Indemnified Persons”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred in connection withwith any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or otherwise related pertaining to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. (ib) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, Subject to the fullest extent following sentence, for a period of six years following the Effective Time, M&T will provide or purchase director’s and officer’s liability insurance that Mountain serves to reimburse the present and former officers and directors of Xxxxxx or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents Subsidiaries (determined as of the Effective Time) (providing only for Side A coverage for Indemnified Persons where the existing policies also include Side B coverage for Xxxxxx) with respect to claims against such directors and officers arising from facts or events occurring before the Effective Time (including the transactions contemplated by this Agreement), which insurance will contain at least the same coverage and amounts, and contain terms and conditions no less advantageous to the Indemnified Person as that coverage currently provided by Xxxxxx; provided that in no event shall M&T be required to expend, on an annual basis, an amount in excess of 300% of the aggregate annual premiums paid as of the date hereof and applicable Law by Xxxxxx for any such insurance (the “Premium Cap”); provided, further, that if any such annual expense at any time would exceed the Premium Cap, then M&T will cause to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred be maintained policies of insurance which provide the maximum coverage available at an annual premium equal to the fullest extent permitted Premium Cap. At the option of M&T, prior to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents the Effective Time and in effect as lieu of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain Xxxxxx shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” tail policy for directors’ and officers’ liability insurance on the terms described in the prior sentence (including subject to the Premium Cap) and fully pay for such policy (the “D&O Tail”) in respect of acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)Effective Time. (c) The rights Any Indemnified Person wishing to claim indemnification under Section 6.6(a), upon learning of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition toany claim, and action, suit, proceeding or investigation described above, will promptly notify M&T; provided that failure to so notify will not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under affect the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of M&T under Section 6.6(a) unless and to the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo extent that M&T is actually and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such materially prejudiced as a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15consequence. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) M&T or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person entity and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Personother entity, then, then and in each such case, M&T will cause proper provision shall to be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes M&T will assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.6.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Hudson City Bancorp Inc), Merger Agreement (M&t Bank Corp)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo each of Parent and Surviving Corporation shall indemnify, defend (i) indemnify and hold harmless each current individual who at the Effective Time is, or former director or officer of Mountain (each, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administratorsany time prior to the Effective Time was, a director, officer or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (the D&O PersonsIndemnitees”) against any Losses suffered or incurred in respect of all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, judgments, fines, penalties costs and expenses (including legal expenses) in connection withwith any claim, suit, action, proceeding or investigation, whenever asserted, based on or arising out of the fact that Indemnitee was an officer, director or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding employee of the Company or any other matters existing Subsidiary or occurring acts or omissions by Indemnitee in such capacity or taken at the request of the Company or any Subsidiary, at or any time prior to the Merger Effective TimeTime (including any claim, whether asserted suit, action, proceeding or claimed prior to, at or after investigation relating to the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each casetransactions contemplated hereby), to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as by Law and (ii) assume all obligations of the date hereof Company and applicable Law its Subsidiaries to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses Indemnitees in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From indemnification and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (the “D&O Tail”) in respect of exculpation from liabilities for acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on Effective Time as provided in the Company’s Charter Documents and the organizational documents of the Company’s Subsidiaries. In addition, Parent, from and after the Effective Time, shall, and shall cause Surviving Corporation to, advance any expenses (including legal expenses) of any Indemnitee under this Section 5.10 as incurred to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, provided that the Indemnitee to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay advances if it shall be determined that such Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified pursuant to this Section 5.10. (b) The Surviving Corporation shall use its reasonable best efforts to maintain in effect for six years after the Effective Time, the current directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company (provided that the Surviving Corporation may substitute therefor policies of at least the same coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions which are no less advantageous to such officers and directors so long as substitution does not result in gaps or lapses in coverage) with respect to matters occurring prior to the Effective Time; provided, however, that in no event shall the Surviving Corporation be required to expend pursuant to this Section 5.10(b) more than an amount per year equal to 300% of current annual premiums paid by the Company for such insurance and, in the event the cost of such coverage shall exceed that amount, the Surviving Corporation shall purchase as much coverage as possible for such amount. The provisions of this Section 5.10 shall be deemed to have been satisfied if prepaid “tail” policies with the same terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits conditions and coverage as indicated above have been obtained by the Company for purposes of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those this Section 5.10 from carriers with the same or better rating as the carrier of such policy in effect on insurances as of the date of this Agreement for Agreement. The Surviving Corporation shall keep such coverage in effect after the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)Effective Time. (c) The rights provisions of each D&O Person hereunder this Section 5.10 are intended for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each Indemnitee, his or her heirs and his or her Representatives and is in addition to, and not in limitation ofsubstitution for, any other rights such Person to indemnification or contribution that any Indemnitee may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group CompanyCompany Charter Documents, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law by contract or otherwise. The obligations of In the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and event the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Corporation or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Corporation or the purchaser of its assets and properties shall assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.155.10. This Section 5.10 shall survive the Effective Time.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Bancorp of New Jersey, Inc.)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From For a period of six (6) years from and after the Merger FMCTI Effective Time, TopCo Topco shall indemnify, defend (i) indemnify and hold harmless each current harmless, and provide advancement of expenses to, all past and present (as of the FMCTI Effective Time) directors, officers and employees of FMCTI and its Subsidiaries (in all of their capacities) (A) to the same extent such persons are indemnified or former director have the right to advancement of expenses as of the date of the MOU by FMCTI pursuant to the Organizational Documents of FMCTI or officer its Subsidiaries and indemnification agreements, if any, in existence on the date of Mountain the MOU with any directors, officers and employees of FMCTI and its Subsidiaries against all costs or expenses (eachincluding reasonable attorney’s fees and disbursements), together with judgments, inquiries, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred by such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a “D&O Persons”) against any Losses suffered or incurred individual in connection withwith any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative proceeding arising out of or otherwise related pertaining to any actual act or alleged Proceeding omission of the director, officer or any other matters existing employee of FMCTI or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, its Subsidiaries and (iiB) actions without limitation to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Personsclause (A), in each casewith respect to directors and officers, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable by Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (the “D&O Tail”) in respect of case for acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on FMCTI Effective Time (including for acts or omissions occurring in connection with the approval of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby), (ii) include and cause to be maintained in effect in Topco’s (or any successor’s) Organizational Documents for a period of at least six (6) years after the FMCTI Effective Time, provisions providing for the elimination of liability of directors, indemnification of officers and directors and advancement of expenses to the fullest extent permitted by Law, (iii) cause to be maintained for a period of six (6) years after the FMCTI Effective Time the current policies of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance and fiduciary liability insurance maintained by FMCTI (provided, that Topco (or any successor) may substitute therefor one or more policies of at least the same coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions which are, in the aggregate, no less advantageous to the insured) with respect to termsclaims arising from facts or events that occurred on or before the FMCTI Effective Time; provided, conditionshowever, coveragethat in no event shall Topco be required to expend in any one year an amount in excess of two hundred percent (200%) of the annual premiums (such two hundred percent (200%) amount, deductiblesthe “Maximum FMCTI Insurance Amount”) currently paid by FMCTI for such insurance; and, limits provided, further, that if the annual premiums of liability such insurance coverage exceed such amount, Topco shall be obligated to obtain a policy with the greatest coverage available for a cost not exceeding such amount. Topco may, in lieu of maintaining the insurance described in clause (iii) of this Section 5.12(a), purchase a six-year “tail” prepaid policy on terms and amounts that are conditions no less favorable advantageous to such person the insured than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for current directors’ and officers’ liability insurance and fiduciary liability insurance maintained by FMCTI; provided, that the aggregate amount paid by Topco shall not exceed six year period following (6) times the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b). (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwiseMaximum FMCTI Insurance Amount. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Topco under this Section 6.15 5.12(a) shall be subject to any restrictions of applicable Law and shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person indemnitee to whom this Section 5.12(a) applies without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions affected indemnitee (it being expressly agreed that the indemnitees to whom this Section 5.12(a) applies shall be third-party beneficiaries of this Section 6.15 5.12(a)). (b) From and after the FMCTI Effective Time, Topco shall survive the Closing (i) indemnify and expressly are intended to benefithold harmless, and are enforceable byprovide advancement of expenses to, each all past and present (as of the D&O PersonsFMCTI Effective Time) directors, officers and employees of Technip and its Subsidiaries (in all of their capacities) (A) to the same extent such persons are indemnified or have the right to advancement of expenses as of the date of the MOU by Technip pursuant to the Organizational Documents of Technip or its Subsidiaries and indemnification agreements, if any, in existence on the date of the MOU with any directors, officers and employees of Technip and its Subsidiaries against all costs or expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees and disbursements), judgments, inquiries, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred by such individual in connection with any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative proceeding arising out of or pertaining to any act or omission of the director, officer or employee of FMCTI or its Subsidiaries and (B) without limitation to clause (A), with respect to directors and officers, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, in each case for acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the FMCTI Effective Time (including for acts or omissions occurring in connection with the approval of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby), (ii) include and cause to be maintained in effect in Topco’s (or any successor’s) Organizational Documents for a period of at least six (6) years after the FMCTI Effective Time, provisions providing for the elimination of liability of directors, indemnification of officers and directors and advancement of expenses to the fullest extent permitted by Law and (iii) cause to be maintained for a period of six (6) years after the FMCTI Effective Time the current policies of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance and fiduciary liability insurance maintained by Technip (provided, that Topco (or any successor) may substitute therefor one or more policies of at least the same coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions which are, in the aggregate, no less advantageous to the insured) with respect to claims arising from facts or events that occurred on or before the FMCTI Effective Time; provided, however, that in no event shall Topco be required to expend in any one year an amount in excess of two hundred percent (200%) of the annual premiums (such two hundred percent (200%) amount, the “Maximum Technip Insurance Amount”) currently paid by Technip for such insurance; and, provided, further, that if the annual premiums of such insurance coverage exceed such amount, Topco shall be obligated to obtain a policy with the greatest coverage available for a cost not exceeding such amount. Topco may, in lieu of maintaining the insurance described in clause (iii) of Section 5.12(b), purchase a six-year “tail” prepaid policy on terms and conditions no less advantageous to the insured than the current directors’ and officers’ liability insurance and fiduciary liability insurance maintained by Technip; provided, that the aggregate amount paid by Topco shall not exceed six (6) times the Maximum Technip Insurance Amount. The obligations of Topco under this Section 5.12(b) shall be subject to any restrictions of applicable Law and shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any indemnitee to whom is an intended this Section 5.12(b) applies without the consent of such affected indemnitee (it being expressly agreed that the indemnitees to whom this Section 5.12(b) applies shall be third party beneficiary beneficiaries of this Section 6.155.12(b)). (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes the obligations set forth in this Section 6.15.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Business Combination Agreement (FMC Technologies Inc), Business Combination Agreement (FMC Technologies Inc)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo the Surviving Entity shall indemnify, defend indemnify and hold harmless and shall advance expenses as incurred, in each current case to the extent (subject to applicable law) such persons are indemnified as of the date of this Agreement by SunTrust pursuant to the SunTrust Articles, the SunTrust Bylaws, the governing or organizational documents of any Subsidiary of SunTrust and any indemnification agreements in existence as of the date hereof and disclosed in Section 6.7(a) of the SunTrust Disclosure Schedule, each present and former director director, officer or officer employee of Mountain SunTrust and its Subsidiaries (eachin each case, together with when acting in such person’s heirscapacity) (collectively, executors or administrators, a the D&O PersonsSunTrust Indemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, damages or liabilities incurred in connection withwith any threatened or actual claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, whether arising before or after the Effective Time, arising out of the fact that such person is or otherwise related to any actual was a director, officer or alleged Proceeding employee of SunTrust or any other of its Subsidiaries and pertaining to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, that in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right case of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses, any SunTrust Indemnified Party to whom expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such SunTrust Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification. (b) For a period of six (6) years after the Closing DateEffective Time, TopCo the Surviving Entity shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain be maintained in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement current policies of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy maintained by SunTrust (provided, that the Surviving Entity may substitute therefor policies with a substantially comparable insurer of at least the same coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions that are no less advantageous to the insured) with respect to claims arising from facts or events which occurred at or before the Effective Time; provided, however, that the Surviving Entity shall not be obligated to expend, on an annual basis, an amount in excess of 300% of the current annual premium paid as of the date hereof by SunTrust for such insurance (the “D&O TailPremium Cap), and if such premiums for such insurance would at any time exceed the Premium Cap, then the Surviving Entity shall cause to be maintained policies of insurance which, in the Surviving Entity’s good faith determination, provide the maximum coverage available at an annual premium equal to the Premium Cap. In lieu of the foregoing, BB&T or SunTrust, in consultation with, but only upon the consent of BB&T, may (and at the request of BB&T, SunTrust shall use its reasonable best efforts to) in respect of acts or omissions occurring obtain at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect Effective Time a six (6)-year “tail” policy under SunTrust’s existing directors’ and officers’ insurance policy providing equivalent coverage to termsthat described in the preceding sentence if and to the extent that the same may be obtained for an amount that, conditionsin the aggregate, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on does not exceed the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)Premium Cap. (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 6.7 shall survive the Closing Effective Time and expressly are intended to benefitbe for the benefit of, and are shall be enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) SunTrust Indemnified Party and his or her heirs and representatives. If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Entity or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person person and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger merger, or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets or deposits to any Personother person or engages in any similar transaction, then, then in each such case, the Surviving Entity will cause proper provision shall to be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Entity will expressly assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.7.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Bb&t Corp), Merger Agreement (Suntrust Banks Inc)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From The articles of incorporation and after bylaws of the Merger Effective Time, TopCo Successor Corporation shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless each current or former director or officer of Mountain (each, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a “D&O Persons”) against any Losses suffered or incurred in connection with, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each casecontain, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any permitted by the MGCL, the provisions with respect to limitation of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as liability and indemnification set forth in the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of Company on the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoinghereof, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpationwhich provisions shall not be amended, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents repealed or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For otherwise modified for a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision Effective Time in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each thereunder of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. Indemnified Parties (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (the “D&O Tail”as defined below) in respect of acts actions or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect Effective Time (including, without limitation, actions or omissions relating to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits the transactions contemplated hereby); provided that the articles of liability incorporation and amounts that are no less favorable bylaws of the Successor Corporation shall not be required to contain such provisions if Parent otherwise provides the same level of indemnification rights to such person than those individuals as contained in the articles of such policy in incorporation and bylaws of the Successor Corporation without giving effect on to changes permitted by this proviso. (b) From and after the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Surviving Successor Corporation to indemnify, defend and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by the MGCL, the present and former officers and directors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in their capacities as such (each an "Indemnified Party") against all losses, expenses, claims, damages or liabilities arising out of actions or omissions occurring on or prior to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(bEffective Time (including, without limitation, actions or omissions relating to the transactions contemplated hereby). (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder Parent shall be in addition to, use its reasonable best efforts to cause the persons serving as officers and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any directors of the foregoing Company immediately prior to the Effective Time to be covered for a period of six years from the Effective Time by the directors' and officers' liability insurance policy maintained by the Company (provided that Parent may substitute therefore policies of at least the same coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions which they are a partynot less advantageous than such policy) with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to the Effective Time (including, applicable Law without limitation, actions or otherwise. The obligations omissions relating to the transactions contemplated hereby) which were committed by such officers and directors in their capacity as such; provided, however, that in no event shall Parent be required to expend more than 200% of the Group Companies current amount expended by the Company (which includes at the "Insurance Amount") to maintain or immediately following procure insurance coverage pursuant hereto; and provided further, that if Parent is unable to maintain or obtain the Merger Effective Timeinsurance called for by this Section 7.7(c), Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain as much comparable insurance as available for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15Insurance Amount. (d) If any of In the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) event Parent or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger merger, or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, to the extent necessary, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Parent assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.157.7. (e) The constituent documents or board resolutions of SRH shall contain, to the extent permitted by Luxembourg law, the provisions with respect to limitation of liability and indemnification set forth in such constituent documents or board resolutions on the date hereof, which provisions shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified for a period of six years after the Effective Time in any manner that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of the present and former officers and directors of SRH or any of its Subsidiaries (in their capacities as such) in respect of actions or omissions occurring at or prior to the Effective Time (including, without limitation, actions or omissions relating to the transactions contemplated hereby); provided that such constituent documents or board resolutions shall not be required to contain such provisions if Parent otherwise provides the same level of indemnification rights to such individuals as contained in such constituent documents without giving effect to changes permitted by this proviso. (f) The provisions of this Section 7.7 are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each Indemnified Party and his or her heirs and representatives.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Transaction Agreement and Plan of Merger (Republic New York Corp), Transaction Agreement and Plan of Merger (HSBC Holdings PLC)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From Each of HiSoft and the Surviving Corporation agrees that, from and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo shall indemnify, defend it will indemnify and hold harmless each current individual who at the Effective Time is, or former at any time prior to the Effective Time was, a director or officer of Mountain VanceInfo or its Subsidiaries (each, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a the D&O PersonsIndemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred in connection withwith any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual such Indemnified Parties’ service as a director or alleged Proceeding officer of VanceInfo or any other matters existing its Subsidiaries or occurring services performed by such persons at the request of VanceInfo or its Subsidiaries at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including including, for the avoidance of doubt, in connection with (i) the Transactions, transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, Indemnified Party; provided that such indemnification shall be subject to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted limitation imposed from time to time under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting The memorandum of association and articles of association of the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all Surviving Corporation will contain provisions with respect to rights to exculpationindemnification, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing and limitations on, or exculpation from, liabilities, for acts or omissions that are at least as favorable to the directors, officers or employees of VanceInfo as those contained in the memorandum and articles of association of VanceInfo as in effect on the date hereof in favor of each D&O Personhereof, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents except to the extent prohibited by the Cayman Companies Law or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For other applicable Law, which provisions will not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified for a period of six years after from the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision Effective Time in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each thereunder of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15Indemnified Parties, unless such modification is required by Law. (b) Prior to For a period of six (6) years after the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or HiSoft shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” Corporation to maintain VanceInfo’s existing policies of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy for the benefit of those persons who are covered by such policies at the Effective Time (or HiSoft may substitute therefor policies of at least the “D&O Tail”) in same coverage with respect of acts or omissions to matters occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect Effective Time), to termsthe extent that such liability insurance can be maintained at a cost to HiSoft not greater than 250% of the annual premium (such 250% threshold, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement “Maximum Premium”) for the six year period following current directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies as set forth in Section 6.6 of the Closing. TopCo VanceInfo Disclosure Schedule; provided that, if such insurance cannot be so maintained or obtained at such cost, HiSoft shall cause maintain policies of insurance which in HiSoft’s good faith determination, provide the Surviving Company to maintain maximum coverage reasonably obtainable at an annual premium amount not in excess of the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)Maximum Premium. (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain If HiSoft or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Corporation or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates shall consolidate with or merges with or merge into any other Person corporation or entity and is shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys shall transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Personindividual, corporation or other entity, then, and in each such case, proper provision provisions shall be made so that the successors and assigns of HiSoft or the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Corporation shall assume all of the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.6. (d) The provisions of this Section 6.6 shall survive the consummation of the Merger and are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each of the Indemnified Parties and their heirs and legal representatives, each of which shall be a third-party beneficiary of the provisions of this Section 6.6.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (VanceInfo Technologies Inc.), Merger Agreement (HiSoft Technology International LTD)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo shall indemnify, defend each of Parent and the Surviving Corporation agrees that it will indemnify and hold harmless harmless, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law (and Parent shall also advance expenses as incurred to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law, provided that the Person to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such Person is not entitled to indemnification), each current or present and former director or and officer of Mountain the Company and its Subsidiaries (eachcollectively, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a the D&O PersonsIndemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred in connection withwith any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual such Indemnified Parties’ service as a director or alleged Proceeding officer of the Company or any other matters existing its Subsidiaries or occurring services performed by such persons at the request of the Company or its Subsidiaries at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce transactions contemplated by this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15Agreement. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain the Company shall and, if Mountain the Company is unable to, TopCo shall (or Parent shall cause the Surviving Company Corporation as of the Effective Time to, obtain and fully pay the premium for the extension of (i) purchase the directors’ and officers’ liability coverage of the Company’s existing directors’ and officers’ insurance policies, and (ii) the Company’s existing fiduciary liability insurance policies, in each case for a “tail” claims reporting or “runoff” discovery period of six years from and after the Effective Time from an insurance carrier with the same or better credit rating as the Company’s current insurance carrier with respect to directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy and fiduciary liability insurance (the collectively, “D&O TailInsurance”) with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are at least as favorable as the Company’s existing policies with respect to any actual or alleged error, misstatement, misleading statement, act, omission, neglect, breach of duty or any matter claimed against a director or officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by reason of him or her serving in respect of acts such capacity that existed or omissions occurring occurred at or prior to the Closing covering each Effective Time (including in connection with this Agreement or the transactions or actions contemplated hereby). If the Company and the Surviving Corporation for any reason fail to obtain such “tail” insurance policies as of the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall, and Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, continue to maintain in effect for a period of at least six years from and after the Effective Time the D&O Person on terms Insurance in place as of the date hereof with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, retentions and limits of liability and amounts that are no less at least as favorable to such person than those as provided in the Company’s existing policies as of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for hereof, or the six year period following the Closing. TopCo Surviving Corporation shall, and Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, use reasonable best efforts to purchase comparable D&O Insurance for such six-year period with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are at least as favorable as provided in the Company’s existing policies as of the date hereof; provided, however, that in no event shall Parent or the Surviving Corporation be required to expend for such policies pursuant to this sentence an annual premium amount in excess of 300% of the annual premiums currently paid by the Company to maintain for such insurance; and provided, further, that if the D&O Tail in full force and effect annual premiums of such insurance coverage exceed such amount, the Surviving Corporation shall obtain a policy with the greatest coverage available for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)a cost not exceeding such amount. (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain If Parent or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Corporation or any of their respective successors or assigns shall (i) consolidates consolidate with or merges with or merge into any other Person corporation or entity and is shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Personindividual, corporation or other entity, then, and in each such case, proper provision provisions shall be made so that the successors and assigns of Parent or the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Corporation shall assume all of the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.11. (d) The provisions of this Section 6.11 are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each of the Indemnified Parties. (e) The rights of the Indemnified Parties under this Section 6.11 shall be in addition to any rights such Indemnified Parties may have under the certificate of incorporation, certificate of formation or bylaws of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or under any applicable Contracts or Laws. All rights to indemnification and exculpation from liabilities for acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Effective Time and rights to advancement of expenses relating thereto now existing in favor of any Indemnified Party as provided in the certificate of incorporation, certificate of formation or bylaws of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company or any indemnification agreement between such Indemnified Party and the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case as in effect on the date of this Agreement, shall survive the Merger and shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified in any manner that would adversely affect any right thereunder of any such Indemnified Party.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Exelon Corp), Merger Agreement (Potomac Electric Power Co)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo the Surviving Corporation shall indemnify, defend indemnify and hold harmless and shall advance expenses as incurred, in each current case to the extent (subject to applicable law) such persons are indemnified or entitled to such advancement of expenses as of the date of this Agreement by Sterling pursuant to the Sterling Certificate, Sterling Bylaws, the governing or organizational documents of any Subsidiary of Sterling or any indemnification agreements in existence as of the date hereof that have been disclosed to Webster, each present and former director director, officer or officer employee of Mountain Sterling and its Subsidiaries (eachin each case, together with when acting in such person’s heirscapacity) (collectively, executors or administrators, a the D&O PersonsSterling Indemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, damages or liabilities incurred in connection withwith any threatened or actual claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, whether arising before or after the Effective Time, arising out of the fact that such person is or otherwise related to any actual was a director, officer or alleged Proceeding employee of Sterling or any other of its Subsidiaries and pertaining to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, that in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right case of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses, the Sterling Indemnified Party to whom expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such Sterling Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification. (b) For a period of six (6) years after the Closing DateEffective Time, TopCo the Surviving Corporation shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain be maintained in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement current policies of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy maintained by Sterling (provided, that the Surviving Corporation may substitute therefor policies with a substantially comparable insurer of at least the same coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions that are no less advantageous to the insured) with respect to claims against the present and former officers and directors of Sterling or any of its Subsidiaries arising from facts or events which occurred at or before the Effective Time; provided, that the Surviving Corporation shall not be obligated to expend, on an annual basis, an amount in excess of 300% of the current annual premium paid as of the date hereof by Sterling for such insurance (the “D&O TailPremium Cap), and if such premiums for such insurance would at any time exceed the Premium Cap, then the Surviving Corporation shall cause to be maintained policies of insurance which, in the Surviving Corporation’s good faith determination, provide the maximum coverage available at an annual premium equal to the Premium Cap. In lieu of the foregoing, Sterling, in consultation with, but only upon the consent of Webster, may (and at the request of Wxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx shall use its reasonable best efforts to) in respect of acts or omissions occurring obtain at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect Effective Time a six (6)-year “tail” policy under Sterling’s existing directors and officers insurance policy providing equivalent coverage to termsthat described in the preceding sentence if and to the extent that the same may be obtained for an amount that, conditionsin the aggregate, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on does not exceed the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)Premium Cap. (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 6.7 shall survive the Closing Effective Time and expressly are intended to benefitbe for the benefit of, and are shall be enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) Sterling Indemnified Party and his or her heirs and representatives. If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Corporation or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person person and is not the continuing or surviving entity person of such consolidation or merger merger, or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets or deposits to any Personother person or engages in any similar transaction, then, then in each such case, case the Surviving Corporation will cause proper provision shall to be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Corporation will expressly assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.7.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Sterling Bancorp), Merger Agreement (Sterling Bancorp)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo each of Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall indemnify, defend indemnify and hold harmless each current or present and former director or and officer of Mountain the Company and its Subsidiaries (eachin each case, together with when acting in such person’s heirscapacity) (collectively, executors or administrators, a the D&O PersonsIndemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred in connection withwith any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (the “D&O Tail”) in respect of acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each Effective Time, including the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, to the extent they are indemnified on the date hereof, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law; and Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall also advance expenses as incurred to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law; provided that the Indemnified Party to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification. (b) Subject to the following sentence, for a period of six (6) years following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation will provide director’s and officer’s liability insurance (“D&O Person on terms Insurance”) that serves to reimburse the present and former officers and directors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (determined as of the Effective Time) (providing only for the Side A coverage for Indemnified Parties where the existing policies also include Side B coverage for the Company) with respect to termsclaims against such directors and officers arising from facts or events occurring before the Effective Time (including the transactions contemplated by this Agreement), conditionswhich insurance will contain at least the same coverage and amounts, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are contain terms and conditions no less favorable advantageous to the Indemnified Party as that coverage currently provided by the Company; provided, however, that in no event shall the Surviving Corporation be required to expend in the aggregate for such person than those six (6)-year period, an amount in excess of 150% of the aggregate annual premiums paid as of the date hereof by the Company for any such insurance; provided, further, that if the Surviving Corporation is unable to maintain or obtain the D&O Insurance called for by this Section 6.7, the Surviving Corporation shall obtain as much comparable insurance as is available at a cost in the aggregate for such six (6)-year period up to 150% of the current annual premium; provided, further, that officers and directors of the Company may be required to make application and provide customary representations and warranties to the Surviving Corporation’s insurance carrier for the purpose of obtaining such D&O Insurance. Prior to the Effective Time and in lieu of the foregoing, the Company will use reasonable best efforts to purchase a six (6)-year prepaid “tail” policy for directors’ and officers’ liability insurance on the terms described in the prior sentence and fully pay for such policy in effect on prior to the date Effective Time, at an aggregate cost up to, but not exceeding 150% of this Agreement the current annual premium for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)such insurance. (c) The rights Any Indemnified Party wishing to claim indemnification under Section 6.7(a), upon learning of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition toany claim, and action, suit, proceeding or investigation described above, will promptly notify Parent or the Surviving Corporation thereof; provided that failure to so notify will not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under affect the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at Parent or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving CompanyCorporation under Section 6.7(a) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated unless and to the extent that Parent or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person Corporation is actually and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes the obligations set forth in this Section 6.15materially prejudiced as a consequence.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Columbia Banking System Inc), Merger Agreement (Intermountain Community Bancorp)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo shall indemnify, defend each of Parent and the Surviving Corporation agrees that it will indemnify and hold harmless harmless, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law (and Parent shall also advance expenses as incurred to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law, provided that the Person to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such Person is not entitled to indemnification), each current or present and former director or and officer of Mountain the Company and its Subsidiaries (eachcollectively, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a the D&O PersonsIndemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred in connection withwith any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual such Indemnified Parties’ service as a director or alleged Proceeding officer of the Company or any other matters existing its Subsidiaries or occurring services performed by such persons at the request of the Company or its Subsidiaries at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce transactions contemplated by this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15Agreement. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain the Company shall and, if Mountain the Company is unable to, TopCo shall (or Parent shall cause the Surviving Company Corporation as of the Effective Time to, obtain and fully pay the premium for the extension of (i) purchase the directors’ and officers’ liability coverage of the Company’s existing directors’ and officers’ insurance policies, and (ii) the Company’s existing fiduciary liability insurance policies, in each case for a “tail” claims reporting or “runoff” discovery period of six years from and after the Effective Time from an insurance carrier with the same or better credit rating as the Company’s insurance carrier as of the date hereof with respect to directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy and fiduciary liability insurance (the collectively, “D&O TailInsurance”) with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are at least as favorable as the Company’s existing policies with respect to any actual or alleged error, misstatement, misleading statement, act, omission, neglect, breach of duty or any matter claimed against a director or officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by reason of him or her serving in respect of acts such capacity that existed or omissions occurring occurred at or prior to the Closing covering each Effective Time (including in connection with this Agreement or the transactions or actions contemplated hereby). If the Company and the Surviving Corporation for any reason fail to obtain such “tail” insurance policies as of the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall, and Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, continue to maintain in effect for a period of at least six years from and after the Effective Time the D&O Person on terms Insurance in place as of the date hereof with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, retentions and limits of liability and amounts that are no less at least as favorable to such person than those as provided in the Company’s existing policies as of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for hereof, or the six year period following the Closing. TopCo Surviving Corporation shall, and Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, use reasonable best efforts to purchase comparable D&O Insurance for such six-year period with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are at least as favorable as provided in the Company’s existing policies as of the date hereof; provided, however, that in no event shall Parent or the Surviving Corporation be required to expend for such policies pursuant to this sentence an annual premium amount in excess of 300% of the annual premiums paid as of the date hereof by the Company to maintain for such insurance; and provided, further, that if the D&O Tail in full force and effect annual premiums of such insurance coverage exceed such amount, the Surviving Corporation shall obtain a policy with the greatest coverage available for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)a cost not exceeding such amount. (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain If Parent or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Corporation or any of their respective successors or assigns shall (i) consolidates consolidate with or merges with or merge into any other Person corporation or entity and is shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Personindividual, corporation or other entity, then, and in each such case, proper provision provisions shall be made so that the successors and assigns of Parent or the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Corporation shall assume all of the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.11. (d) The provisions of this Section 6.11 are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each of the Indemnified Parties. (e) The rights of the Indemnified Parties under this Section 6.11 shall be in addition to any rights such Indemnified Parties may have under the certificate of incorporation, certificate of formation or bylaws of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or under any applicable Contracts or Laws. All rights to indemnification and exculpation from liabilities for acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Effective Time and rights to advancement of expenses relating thereto now existing in favor of any Indemnified Party as provided in the certificate of incorporation, certificate of formation or bylaws of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company or any indemnification agreement between such Indemnified Party and the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case as in effect on the date of this Agreement, shall survive the Merger and shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified in any manner that would adversely affect any right thereunder of any such Indemnified Party.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Exelon Corp), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Potomac Electric Power Co)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo shall indemnify, defend the Surviving Corporation agrees that it will indemnify and hold harmless harmless, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law (and advance costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) as incurred to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law to), each current or present and former director or and officer of Mountain the Company (eachcollectively, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a the D&O PersonsIndemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities (collectively, “Costs”) incurred in connection withwith any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual such Indemnified Parties’ service as a director or alleged Proceeding officer of the Company or any other matters existing of its Subsidiaries or occurring services performed by such persons at the request of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including including, for the avoidance of doubt, in connection with (i) the Transactions, transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15Indemnified Party. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain the Company shall and, if Mountain the Company is unable to, TopCo shall (or Parent shall cause the Surviving Company toCorporation as of the Effective Time, to obtain and fully pay the premium for the extension of (i) purchase the directors’ and officers’ liability coverage of the Company’s existing directors’ and officers’ insurance policies, and (ii) the Company’s existing fiduciary liability insurance policies, in each case for a “tail” claims reporting or “runoff” discovery period of no less than six years from and after the Effective Time from an insurance carrier with the same or better credit rating as the Company’s current insurance carrier with respect to directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy and fiduciary liability insurance (the collectively, “D&O TailInsurance”) with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are at least as favorable as those provided under the Company’s existing policies in effect on the date hereof with respect to any actual or alleged error, misstatement, misleading statement, act, omission, neglect, breach of acts duty or omissions occurring any matter claimed against a director or officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by reason of him or her serving in such capacity that existed or occurred at or prior to the Closing covering each Effective Time (including in connection with this Agreement or the transactions or actions contemplated hereby). If the Company and the Surviving Corporation for any reason fail to obtain such “tail” insurance policies as of the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall, and Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, continue to maintain in effect for a period of at least six years from and after the Effective Time the D&O Person on terms Insurance in place as of the date hereof with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, retentions and limits of liability and amounts that are no less at least as favorable to such person than those as provided in the Company’s existing policies as of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for hereof, or the six year period following the Closing. TopCo Surviving Corporation shall, and Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, use reasonable best efforts to purchase comparable D&O Insurance for such six-year period with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are at least as favorable as provided in the Company’s existing policies as of the date hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) in no event shall the Company or the Surviving Corporation be required to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect expend for its full term in accordance with any such policies pursuant to this Section 6.15(b)5.10(b) an annual premium amount in excess of 300% of the annual premiums currently paid by the Company for such insurance, and (y) if the annual premiums of such insurance coverage exceed such amount, the Company or the Surviving Corporation shall obtain a policy with the greatest coverage available for a cost not exceeding such amount. (c) The rights If the Surviving Corporation or any of each D&O Person hereunder its successors or assigns shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, (i) consolidate with or merge into any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain corporation or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo entity and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Personindividual, corporation or other entity, then, and in each such case, proper provision provisions shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Corporation shall assume all of the obligations set forth in this Section 6.155.10. (d) The provisions of this Section 5.10 are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each of the Indemnified Parties. (e) The rights of the Indemnified Parties under this Section 5.10 shall be in addition to any rights such Indemnified Parties may have under the certificate of incorporation or by-laws or comparable governing documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or under any applicable Contracts or Laws. All rights to indemnification and exculpation from liabilities for acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Effective Time and rights to advancement of expenses relating thereto now existing in favor of any Indemnified Party as provided in the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any indemnification agreement between such Indemnified Party and the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall survive the Merger and shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified in any manner that would adversely affect any right thereunder of any such Indemnified Party.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Providence Equity Partners VI L P), Merger Agreement (Sra International Inc)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo the Surviving Entity shall indemnify, defend indemnify and hold harmless and shall advance expenses as incurred, in each current case to the extent (subject to applicable law) such persons are indemnified as of the date of this Agreement by Allegiance pursuant to the Allegiance Certificate of Formation, the Allegiance Bylaws, the governing or organizational documents of any Allegiance Subsidiary and any indemnification agreements in existence as of the date hereof and disclosed in Section 6.7(a) of the Allegiance Disclosure Schedule, each present and former director director, officer or officer employee of Mountain Allegiance and its Subsidiaries (eachcollectively, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a the D&O PersonsAllegiance Indemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, damages or liabilities incurred in connection withwith any threatened or actual claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, whether arising before or after the Effective Time, arising out of the fact that such person is or otherwise related to any actual was a director, officer or alleged Proceeding employee of Allegiance or any other of its Subsidiaries and pertaining to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce transactions contemplated by this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15Agreement. (b) Prior CBTX and Allegiance shall cooperate to obtain at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall Time a six (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a 6)-year “tail” or “runoff” policy under Allegiance’s existing directors’ and officers’ insurance policy with a substantially comparable insurer providing equivalent coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions that are no less advantageous to the insured as the current policies of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (the “D&O Tail”) in respect of acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)maintained by Allegiance. (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at Surviving Entity, Allegiance or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) CBTX under this Section 6.15 6.7 shall not be terminated or modified after the Effective Time in such a manner so as to adversely affect any D&O Person Allegiance Indemnified Party without the prior written consent of such D&O Person. the affected Allegiance Indemnified Party. (d) The provisions of this Section 6.15 6.7 shall survive the Closing Effective Time and expressly are intended to benefitbe for the benefit of, and are shall be enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) Allegiance Indemnified Party and his or her heirs and representatives. If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Entity or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person person and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger merger, or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets or deposits to any Personother person or engages in any similar transaction, then, then in each such case, the Surviving Entity will cause proper provision shall to be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Entity will expressly assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.7.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Allegiance Bancshares, Inc.), Merger Agreement (CBTX, Inc.)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From Columbia agrees that all rights of the present and after former directors and officers of any of the Stewardship Entities to indemnification provided for in the Charter or Bylaws or other governing documents of such Stewardship Entity, as applicable, as in effect on the date hereof, or required under any applicable Law (including rights to advancement of expenses and exculpation), will survive the Merger and continue in full force and effect for a period of six (6) years from the Effective Time (each such director and officer being sometimes hereinafter be referred to as an “Indemnified Party”). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Columbia agrees that, following the Effective Time, TopCo shall the Surviving Corporation will indemnify any person made a party to any proceeding by reason of the fact that such person was a director, officer, member or employee of any of the Stewardship Entities at or prior to the Effective Time to the fullest extent provided in, and will advance expenses in accordance with, the Charter, Bylaws and other governing documents of the Stewardship Entities, as applicable, in the form previously provided to Columbia and effective as of the date of this Agreement, in each case subject to all the limitations set forth in such Charter, Bylaws or other governing documents and applicable Law. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 6.6, nothing contained in this Agreement will require Columbia to indemnify, defend or hold harmless any Indemnified Party to a greater extent than any Stewardship Entity may, as of the date of this Agreement, indemnify, defend and hold harmless each current such Indemnified Party, and any such indemnification provided pursuant to this Section 6.6 will be provided only to the extent that such indemnification is permitted by any applicable federal or former director or officer state Laws. (b) Prior to the Effective Time, Stewardship will or, if Stewardship is unable to, Columbia as of Mountain (eachthe Effective Time will, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, obtain a “tail” insurance policy with a claims period of at least six (6) years from and after the Effective Time with respect to directors’ and officers’ liability insurance and fiduciary liability insurance (collectively, “D&O PersonsInsurance”) against any Losses suffered or incurred in connection with, arising out with benefits and levels of or otherwise related coverage and deductibles at least as favorable to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other the Indemnified Parties as the existing policies of the Stewardship Entities with respect to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, Time (including in connection with (i) this Agreement or the Transactions, and (ii) transactions or actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to contemplated hereby). Columbia will pay the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify premium for such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunderInsurance tail policy; provided, however, that all rights in no event will Columbia be required to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each expend more than 250% of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior current amount expended on an annual basis by the Stewardship Entities to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain procure their existing D&O Insurance policies. If Stewardship or Columbia for any reason is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance to obtain such tail D&O Insurance policy (the “D&O Tail”) in respect of acts or omissions occurring at on or prior to the Closing covering each Effective Time, Columbia will obtain as much as comparable D&O Person on terms with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to Insurance as is available at a cost in the aggregate for such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six (6) year period following up to 250% of the Closing. TopCo shall cause current annual premiums expended by the Surviving Company to maintain the Stewardship Entities for their existing D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)Insurance policies. (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly 6.6 are intended to benefitbe for the benefit of, and are will be enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, Indemnified Party as if he or she were a party to this Agreement. The indemnification rights provided to each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) If Indemnified Party pursuant hereto will be in addition to all other indemnification rights provided to such Indemnified Party under any Contract between any of the Group Companies (which includes at Stewardship Entities and such Indemnified Party. If any Indemnified Party makes any claim for indemnification or immediately following advancement of expenses under this Section 6.6 that is denied by Columbia, and a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance Indemnified Party is entitled to such indemnification or advancement of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, thenexpenses, in each whole or in part, then Columbia shall pay such caseIndemnified Party’s costs and expenses, proper provision shall be made so that the successors including legal fees and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes the obligations set forth expenses incurred in this Section 6.15connection with enforcing such claim against Columbia.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Columbia Financial, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Stewardship Financial Corp)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the earliest date on which Merger Effective TimeSub owns at least a majority of the outstanding Shares on a fully diluted basis, TopCo shall Parent agrees that it will indemnify, defend and hold harmless each current individual and every person who is or former was a director or officer of Mountain the Company or any of its Subsidiaries prior to the Effective Time (eachthe "Indemnified Parties"), together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a “D&O Persons”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages, liabilities and amounts paid in settlement (collectively, "Costs") incurred in connection withwith any claim, action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective TimeTime (including transactions contemplated by this Agreement), whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with Time (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo Parent shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, provided the Person to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such Person is not entitled to indemnification). (b) From and after the earliest date on which Merger Sub owns at least a majority of the outstanding Shares on a fully diluted basis, Parent will cause the Surviving Corporation to fulfill and honor in all respects the obligations of the Company pursuant to each indemnification agreement listed in Schedule 7.11(b) and any indemnification provision or any exculpation provision set forth in the Company's certificate of incorporation or bylaws in effect as on the date hereof. The certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation shall contain the provisions with respect to indemnification and exculpation from liability set forth in the Company's certificate of incorporation and bylaws on the date of this Agreement Agreement, and applicable Law. Without limiting during the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights period commencing on the earliest date in which Merger Sub purchases Shares pursuant to exculpation, indemnification the Offer and advancement of expenses existing as ending on the sixth anniversary of the date hereof in favor of each D&O PersonEffective Time, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain such provisions shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Datenot be amended, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, repealed or otherwise modify any such provision modified in any manner that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (the “D&O Tail”) in respect of acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)Indemnified Parties. (c) The rights Any Indemnified Party wishing to claim indemnification under paragraph (a) of each D&O Person hereunder this Section 7.11, upon learning of any such claim, action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation, shall promptly notify Parent thereof. In the event of any such claim, action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation (whether arising before or after the Effective Time), (i) Parent or the Surviving Corporation shall have the right to assume the defense thereof and Parent shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights liable to such Person may have under Indemnified Parties for the Governing Documents legal expenses of Mountain one counsel or any other Group Companyexpenses subsequently incurred by such Indemnified Parties in connection with the defense thereof unless there is a conflict of interest between the Indemnified Parties and Parent, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of in which event Parent shall be liable to the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, Indemnified Parties for the avoidance fees and expenses of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15.Indemnified Parties' counsel, (d) If Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, prior to the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, the Company may purchase insurance coverage extending for a period of six years after the Effective Time the level and scope of the Company's directors' and officers' liability insurance coverage in effect as of the date hereof; provided that the aggregate annual premium payable for such insurance shall not exceed 175% of the last annual premium paid for such coverage prior to the date hereof. Through the sixth anniversary of the Effective Time, Parent shall maintain in effect, for the avoidance benefit of doubtthe Indemnified Parties, TopCo such insurance coverage, and subject to the limitations in the preceding sentence, shall pay the annual premium for such insurance coverage. In the event the annual premium payable for such insurance coverage exceeds 175% of the last annual premium paid by the Company for such coverage, Parent shall be obligated to obtain and maintain in effect a policy with the greatest amount of coverage available for a cost not exceeding 175% of such amount. (e) If the Surviving Company) Corporation or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) consolidates shall consolidate with or merges with or merge into any other Person corporation or entity and is shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys shall transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Personindividual, thencorporation or other entity, then and in each such case, proper provision provisions shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Corporation shall assume all of the obligations set forth in this Section. (f) The provisions of this Section 6.15shall survive the earliest date on which Merger Sub owns at least a majority of the outstanding Shares on a fully diluted basis and the consummation of the Merger and the Effective Time, are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each of the Indemnified Parties as intended third party beneficiaries and their heirs and estates and shall be binding on all successors and assigns of Parent and the Surviving Corporation.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Merck & Co Inc), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Merck & Co Inc)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo the Surviving Bank or BancShares shall indemnify, defend indemnify and hold harmless and shall advance expenses as incurred, in each current case to the extent (subject to applicable law) such persons are indemnified as of the date of this Agreement by CIT pursuant to the CIT Certificate of Incorporation, the CIT Bylaws, the governing or organizational documents of any Subsidiary of CIT and any indemnification agreements in existence as of the date hereof and disclosed in Section 6.7(a) of the CIT Disclosure Schedule, each present and former director director, officer or officer employee of Mountain CIT and its Subsidiaries (eachcollectively, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a the D&O PersonsCIT Indemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, damages or liabilities incurred in connection withwith any threatened or actual claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, whether arising before or after the Effective Time, arising out of the fact that such person is or otherwise related to any actual was a director, officer or alleged Proceeding employee of CIT or any other of its Subsidiaries and pertaining to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, that in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right case of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses, any CIT Indemnified Party to whom expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such CIT Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification. (b) For a period of six (6) years after the Closing DateEffective Time, TopCo the Surviving Bank or BancShares shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain be maintained in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement current policies of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy maintained by CIT (provided, that the Surviving Bank or BancShares may substitute therefor policies with a substantially comparable insurer of at least the same coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions that are no less advantageous to the insured) with respect to claims arising from facts or events which occurred at or before the Effective Time; provided, however, that neither the Surviving Bank nor BancShares shall be obligated to expend, on an annual basis, an amount in excess of 300% of the current annual premium paid as of the date hereof by CIT for such insurance (the “D&O TailPremium Cap), and if such premiums for such insurance would at any time exceed the Premium Cap, then the Surviving Bank or BancShares shall cause to be maintained policies of insurance which, in such entity’s good faith determination, provide the maximum coverage available at an annual premium equal to the Premium Cap. In lieu of the foregoing, BancShares or CIT, in consultation with, but only upon the consent of BancShares, may (and at the request of BancShares, CIT shall use its reasonable best efforts to) in respect of acts or omissions occurring obtain at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect Effective Time a six (6)-year “tail” policy under CIT’s existing directors’ and officers’ insurance policy providing equivalent coverage to termsthat described in the preceding sentence if and to the extent that the same may be obtained for an amount that, conditionsin the aggregate, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on does not exceed the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)Premium Cap. (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at Surviving Bank, CIT or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) BancShares under this Section 6.15 6.7 shall not be terminated or modified after the Effective Time in such a manner so as to adversely affect any D&O Person CIT Indemnified Party without the prior written consent of such D&O Person. the affected CIT Indemnified Party. (d) The provisions of this Section 6.15 6.7 shall survive the Closing Effective Time and expressly are intended to benefitbe for the benefit of, and are shall be enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) CIT Indemnified Party and his or her heirs and representatives. If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Bank or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person person and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger merger, or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets or deposits to any Personother person or engages in any similar transaction, then, then in each such case, the Surviving Bank will cause proper provision shall to be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Bank will expressly assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.7.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (First Citizens Bancshares Inc /De/), Merger Agreement (Cit Group Inc)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo each of Parent and the Surviving Company shall indemnify, defend indemnify and hold harmless harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each current present and former director, officer or former director employee of Company and its Subsidiaries or officer fiduciaries of Mountain Company or any of its Subsidiaries under Company Benefit Plans (eachin each case, together with when acting in such person’s heirscapacity) (collectively, executors or administrators, a the D&O PersonsCompany Indemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, damages or liabilities incurred in connection withwith any threatened or actual claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, whether arising before or after the Effective Time, arising in whole or in part out of, or pertaining to, (i) the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or fiduciary of or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding Company or any other matters of its Subsidiaries or under any Company Benefit Plans or (ii) matters, acts or omissions existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including matters, acts or omissions occurring in connection with (i) the Transactions, consideration and (ii) actions to enforce approval of this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to Agreement and the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as consummation of the date hereof transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, Parent and TopCo the Surviving Company shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred by such Company Indemnified Party to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law; provided, that the Company Indemnified Party to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking (in effect as of the date of this Agreement a reasonable and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees customary form) to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that all rights such Company Indemnified Party is not entitled to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. indemnification. (b) For a period of six (6) years after the Closing DateEffective Time, TopCo Parent shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement current policies of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy maintained by Company or its Subsidiaries and any similar policies covering fiduciaries under the Company Benefit Plans (provided, that Parent may substitute therefor policies with a substantially comparable insurer of at least the same coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions which are no less advantageous to the insured) with respect to claims against the present and former officers and directors of Company or any of its Subsidiaries arising from facts or events which occurred at or before the Effective Time (including the transactions contemplated by this Agreement); provided, however, that Parent shall not be obligated to expend, on an annual basis, an amount in excess of 300% of the current annual premium paid as of the date hereof by Company for such insurance (the “D&O TailPremium Cap), and if such premiums for such insurance would at any time exceed the Premium Cap, then Parent shall cause to be maintained policies of insurance that, in Parent’s good faith determination, provide the maximum coverage available at an annual premium equal to the Premium Cap. In lieu of the foregoing, Company, in consultation with, but only upon the consent of Parent, may (and at the request of Parent, Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to) in respect of acts or omissions occurring obtain at or prior to the Closing Effective Time a six-year “tail” policy under Company’s existing directors’ and officers’ insurance policy and similar policy covering each D&O Person fiduciaries under the Company Benefit Plans providing equivalent coverage to that described in the preceding sentence if and to the extent that the same may be obtained for an amount that, in the aggregate, does not exceed, on terms with respect to termsan annual basis, conditionsthe Premium Cap. If a “tail policy” is purchased as provided above, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo Parent shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)and not cancel such “tail policy”. (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 6.8 shall survive the Closing Effective Time and expressly are intended to benefitbe for the benefit of, and are shall be enforceable by, each of the D&O PersonsCompany Indemnified Party and his or her heirs and representatives. If Parent, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Company or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person entity and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) merger, transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets or deposits to any Personother entity or engages in any similar transaction, then, then in each such case, Parent or the Surviving Company, as applicable, will cause proper provision shall to be made so that the successors and assigns of Parent or the applicable Group Surviving Company assumes will expressly assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.8. For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent required by any agreement previously entered into by Company in connection with a merger, acquisition or other business combination, the provisions of this Section 6.8 shall apply to directors, officers, employees and fiduciaries of predecessor entities previously acquired by Company or any of its Subsidiaries. (d) The obligations of the Surviving Company, Parent and Company under this Section 6.8 shall not be terminated or modified in a manner so as to adversely affect any Company Indemnified Party or any other person entitled to the benefit of this Section 6.8 without the prior written consent of the affected Company Indemnified Party.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (First Horizon National Corp), Merger Agreement (Capital Bank Financial Corp.)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From Nothing herein shall impair or restrict the ability of any Oncor Entity to honor and after perform any of its indemnification obligations to any Representative under any Contract. (b) Effective as of the Merger Effective Time, TopCo each of Oncor Holdings Surviving Company and Oncor shall, and the EFH Surviving Companies shall indemnify, defend exercise all rights as a direct or indirect equityholder of Oncor Holdings Surviving Company and hold harmless each current or former director or officer of Mountain (each, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a “D&O Persons”) against any Losses suffered or incurred in connection with, arising out of or otherwise related Oncor to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior cause Oncor Holdings Surviving Company and Oncor to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection comply with (i) the Transactions, any indemnification agreement between any Indemnified Party and an Oncor Entity and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other the indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, obligations and exculpation provisions in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person LLC Agreements as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants . (c) Nothing contained in this Section 6.15. Letter Agreement shall be construed to prohibit the Oncor Entities from obtaining, with the approval of their respective boards of directors, and fully paying the premium for the extension of (bi) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability coverage of the Oncor Entities’ existing directors’, managers’ and officers’ insurance policy policies, and (ii) Oncor’s existing fiduciary liability insurance policies, in each case for a claims reporting or discovery period of at least six (6) years from and after the “D&O Tail”) in Purchase Closing Date with respect to any claim related to any period of acts or omissions occurring time at or prior to the Purchase Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect to Date, which policies may be issued by an insurance carrier selected by the Oncor Entities and may contain terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, retentions and limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable acceptable to such person than those the Oncor Entities in their sole discretion with respect to any actual or alleged error, misstatement, misleading statement, act, omission, neglect, breach of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b). (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain duty or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement matter claimed against a director or arrangement with officer of any of the foregoing Oncor Entities by reason of him or her serving in such capacity that existed or occurred at or prior to which they are a partythe Purchase Closing Date (including in connection with this Letter Agreement or the transactions or actions contemplated hereby); provided, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations that, the premiums for the extension of such insurance policies shall not exceed 250% of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following annual premiums currently paid by the Merger Effective Time, Oncor Entities for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15insurance policies. (d) If any If, within six (6) years of the Group Purchase Closing Date, the EFH Surviving Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) or any of their respective successors or assigns shall (i) consolidates consolidate with or merges with or merge into any other Person corporation or entity and is shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Personindividual, corporation or other entity, then, and in each such case, the EFH Surviving Companies or their successors or assigns shall make, to the extent not provided for under applicable Law, proper provision shall be made provisions so that the successors and assigns of the EFH Surviving Companies, as the case may be, assume all of the obligations of the EFH Surviving Companies set forth in this Section 10. (e) The provisions of this Section 10 are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each of the Indemnified Parties. (f) The rights of the Indemnified Parties under this Section 10 shall be in addition to any rights such Indemnified Parties may have under the certificate of formation, operating agreement or comparable governing documents of any Oncor Entity, or under any applicable Group Contracts or Laws. All rights to indemnification and exculpation from liabilities for acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Purchase Closing Date and rights to advancement of expenses relating thereto now existing in favor of any Indemnified Party as provided in the certificate of formation, operating agreement or comparable governing documents of any Oncor Entity or the Company assumes or any existing indemnification agreement between such Indemnified Party and any of the foregoing shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified in any manner that would adversely affect any right thereunder of any such Indemnified Party with respect to any acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Purchase Closing Date. (g) To the extent that any Indemnified Parties are entitled to indemnification under both this Letter Agreement and any other contract, agreement or instrument (including the certificate of formation, operating agreement or comparable governing documents of any Oncor Entity or the Company or any indemnification agreement between such Indemnified Party and any of the foregoing) in respect of any services performed by such Indemnified Party as a director, manager, or officer of any of the Oncor Entities, the fact that any such contract, agreement or instrument also provides for indemnification of such Indemnified Parties shall not (i) be construed to diminish or otherwise limit any right or remedy granted to such Indemnified Parties hereunder or (ii) require that any other sources of indemnification or available insurance be primary over the indemnification obligations set forth in this Section 6.15Letter Agreement, any indemnification agreement previously entered with the Indemnified Parties or in the organizational documents of any Oncor Entity.

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Samples: Oncor Letter Agreement (Oncor Electric Delivery Co LLC), Oncor Letter Agreement (Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective TimeClosing, TopCo Purchaser shall indemnify, defend (i) indemnify and hold harmless each current or present and former director or and officer of Mountain the Company (eachcollectively, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a the “D&O PersonsIndemnified Parties) ), against any Losses and all damages incurred or suffered or incurred by any of the D&O Indemnified Parties in connection withwith any liabilities or any action, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or otherwise related pertaining to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective TimeClosing, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each caseClosing, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates the Company would have been permitted under Mountainapplicable Law and under the Company’s Governing Documents certificate of incorporation and bylaws, as of the case may be, in each case as in effect on the date hereof and applicable Law of this Agreement, to indemnify such D&O Persons, Indemnified Parties and TopCo shall also (ii) advance expenses to as incurred by any D&O Indemnified Party in connection with any matters for which such D&O Persons as incurred Indemnified Party is entitled to indemnification from Purchaser pursuant to this Section 8.10 to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law or, if greater, under the Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws; provided, however, that the D&O Indemnified Party to do so whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately and finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction and all rights of appeal have lapsed that such D&O Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting , the foregoingCompany certificate of incorporation and Company bylaws, TopCo agrees that all rights and pursuant to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. this Section 8.10(a). (b) For a period of six (6) years after following the Closing DateClosing, TopCo Purchaser shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect a directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy covering those persons who are currently covered by the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of MountainCompany’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (copies of which have been heretofore delivered by the Company to Purchaser and its agents and representatives) with coverage in amount and scope at least as favorable as the Company’s existing coverage; provided, however, that in no event shall Purchaser be required to expend in the aggregate in excess of two hundred percent (200%) of the annual premium currently paid by the Company for such coverage, and if such premium would at any time exceed two hundred percent (200%) of such amount, then Purchaser shall maintain insurance policies which provide the maximum and best coverage available at an annual premium equal to two hundred percent (200%) of such amount; and provided, further, that this Section 8.10(b) shall be deemed to have been satisfied if a prepaid policy or policies (i.e., D&O Tailtail coverage”) have been obtained by the Company which policy or policies provide such directors and officers with the coverage described in respect this Section 8.10(b) for an aggregate period of acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms not less than six (6) years with respect to termsclaims arising from facts or events that occurred on or before the Closing Date, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable including with respect to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of transactions contemplated by this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)Agreement. (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, terms and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly 8.10 are intended to benefitbe in addition to the rights otherwise available to the D&O Indemnified Parties by applicable Law, charter, bylaw or agreement, and are shall operate for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each of the D&O PersonsIndemnified Parties and their respective heirs and representatives, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.158.10. (d) If any of Nothing contained herein shall be interpreted to require the Group Companies (which includes at Purchaser or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, Parent to indemnify or provide for the avoidance indemnification of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) any D&O Indemnified Party in connection with any damages incurred or loss suffered by any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving entity D&O Indemnified Party as a result of such consolidation party’s gross negligence or merger willful or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes the obligations set forth in this Section 6.15unlawful conduct.

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Samples: Stock Purchase Agreement (Kline Hawkes Pacific Advisors, LLC), Stock Purchase Agreement (Vector Intersect Security Acquisition Corp.)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective TimeClosing Date, TopCo shall each of ProMedica and the Debtor agrees that it will indemnify, defend and hold harmless each current or present and former director or and officer of Mountain the Debtor and its Subsidiaries (eachin each case, together with when acting in such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a capacity) (the D&O PersonsIndemnified Parties”) from and against any Losses suffered and all costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities (whether or not incurred in connection withwith any Proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative) arising out of or otherwise related to any actual such Indemnified Party’s service or alleged Proceeding status as an officer or director of the Debtor or one of its Subsidiaries or any other matters existing action or occurring at or inaction on the part of any such Person in such capacity, in each case, as of prior to the Merger Effective TimeClosing, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective TimeClosing Date, including to the fullest extent such Indemnified Party would be permitted to be indemnified by the Debtor or its applicable Subsidiary under applicable Law and the certificate of incorporation and by-laws (or comparable organizational documents) of the Debtor or its applicable Subsidiary in connection effect on the date of this Agreement; provided that the Person to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such Person is not entitled to indemnification. (b) Prior to or as of the Closing Date, the Debtor shall (after reasonable consultation with ProMedica) and, if the Debtor is unable to, ProMedica shall cause the Debtor as of the Closing Date to obtain and fully pay the premium for “tail” insurance policies for the extension of (i) the Transactionsdirectors’ and officers’ liability coverage of the existing directors’ and officers’ insurance policies of the Debtor and its Subsidiaries, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right the existing fiduciary liability insurance policies of any D&O Personsthe Debtor and its Subsidiaries, in each case, to case for a claims reporting or discovery period of at least six (6) years from and after the fullest extent that Mountain Closing Date (the “Tail Period”) from an insurance carrier with the same or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountainbetter credit rating as the Debtor’s Governing Documents insurance carrier as of the date hereof with respect to directors’ and applicable Law officers’ liability insurance and fiduciary liability insurance (collectively, “D&O Insurance”) with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are at least as favorable to indemnify the insureds as the Debtor’s existing policies with respect to any matter claimed against a director or officer of the Debtor or any of its Subsidiaries by reason of him or her serving in such capacity that existed or occurred at or prior to the Closing Date (including in connection with this Agreement or the transactions or actions contemplated hereby); provided that in no event shall the aggregate cost of the D&O PersonsInsurance exceed during the Tail Period 300% of the current aggregate annual premiums paid by the Debtor for such insurance. If the Debtor for any reason fails to obtain such insurance policies as of the Closing Date, the Debtor shall, and TopCo ProMedica shall also advance expenses cause the Debtor to, continue to such maintain in effect for the Tail Period the D&O Persons Insurance in place as incurred of the date hereof with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are at least as favorable to the fullest extent permitted insureds as provided in the Debtor’s existing policies as of the date hereof, or the Debtor shall, and ProMedica shall cause the Debtor to, use reasonable best efforts to do so under Mountainpurchase comparable D&O Insurance for the Tail Period with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are at least as favorable to the insureds as provided in the Debtor’s Governing Documents existing policies as of the date hereof; provided, however, that in effect no event shall the annual cost of the D&O Insurance exceed during the Tail Period 150% of the current aggregate annual premiums paid by the Debtor for such insurance; and provided, further, that if the annual premiums of such insurance coverage exceed such amount, the Debtor shall obtain a policy with the greatest coverage available for a cost not exceeding such amount. From and after the Closing Date, except as required by applicable Law, ProMedica shall cause the certificate of incorporation and by-laws (or comparable organizational documents) of each of the Debtor and its Subsidiaries to contain provisions no less favorable to the Indemnified Parties with respect to limitation of liabilities, advancement of expenses and indemnification than are set forth as of the date of this Agreement in each of such documents of the Debtor and applicable Lawits Subsidiaries. Without limiting In the foregoingevent of any Proceeding or investigation for which an Indemnified Party is entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 4.7, TopCo (A) Debtor shall, and ProMedica shall cause the Debtor and its Subsidiaries to, defend the Indemnified Party with respect to any such Proceeding or investigation and (B) ProMedica shall not, and shall cause the Debtor and its Subsidiaries not to, settle, compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any Proceeding or investigation pending or threatened in writing to which an Indemnified Party is a party (and in respect of which indemnification could be sought by such Indemnified Party hereunder) without the prior written consent of such Indemnified Party (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability arising out of such Proceeding or investigation. ProMedica agrees that all rights of the Indemnified Parties to exculpation, indemnification and exculpation from liabilities for acts or omissions occurring prior to the Closing as provided in the certificate of incorporation or by-laws (or comparable organizational documents) of the Debtor or any of its Subsidiaries and any indemnification agreements entered into prior to the date hereof, including provisions relating to advancement of expenses existing as incurred in the defense of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Personany Proceeding or investigation, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing Date and shall continue in full force and effecteffect in accordance with their terms. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo Such rights shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, be amended or otherwise modify any such provision modified in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (the “D&O Tail”) in respect of Indemnified Parties for any acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering without the prior written consent of each D&O Person on terms with respect affected Indemnified Party (such consent not to termsbe unreasonably withheld, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(bconditioned or delayed). (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have Any Indemnified Party wishing to claim indemnification under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies paragraph (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Companya) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 4.7, upon learning of any such Proceeding or investigation, shall survive promptly notify ProMedica and the Closing and expressly are intended Debtor thereof, but the failure to benefit, and are enforceable by, each so notify shall not relieve ProMedica or the Debtor of any Liability it may have to such Indemnified Party except to the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15extent such failure materially prejudices the indemnifying party. (d) If any of ProMedica or the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Debtor or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates shall consolidate with or merges with or merge into any other Person corporation or entity and is shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys shall transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Personindividual, corporation or other entity, then, and in each such case, proper provision provisions shall be made so that the successors and assigns of ProMedica or the applicable Group Company assumes Debtor shall assume all of the obligations set forth in this Section 6.154.7. (e) The provisions of this Section 4.7 are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each of the Indemnified Parties. (f) The rights of the Indemnified Parties under this Section 4.7 shall be in addition to any rights such Indemnified Parties may have under the certificate of incorporation or by-laws (or comparable organizational documents) of the Debtor or any of its Subsidiaries, or under any applicable Contracts or Laws. All rights to indemnification and exculpation from liabilities for acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing Date and rights to advancement of expenses relating thereto now existing in favor of any Indemnified Party as provided in the certificate of incorporation, by-laws or comparable governing documents of the Debtor and its Subsidiaries or any indemnification agreement between such Indemnified Party and the Debtor or any of its Subsidiaries shall survive the Transactions and shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified in any manner that would adversely affect any right thereunder of any such Indemnified Party. (g) ProMedica and the Debtor hereby acknowledge that the Indemnified Parties have or may, in the future, have certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance provided by Persons other than ProMedica, the Debtor or its Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Other Indemnitors” and, individually, an “Other Indemnitor”) with respect to Proceedings or investigations that are the subject of Section 4.7(a). The Debtor hereby agrees that if any advancement or indemnification obligation is owed, at any time, to an Indemnified Party for the same Proceeding or investigation by both (i) ProMedica or the Debtor, including under Section 4.7(a), and (ii) any Other Indemnitor (whether pursuant to any certificate of incorporation, by-laws or comparable organizational documents, indemnification agreement or other agreements), the Debtor shall (and if it is unable or fails to honor its obligations under this Section 4.7, ProMedica shall) be primarily liable for indemnification and advancement of expenses to such Indemnified Parties in respect of such Proceeding or investigation, and any obligation of an Other Indemnitor to provide indemnification or advancement of expenses shall be secondary to the obligations of the Debtor (or if it is unable or fails to honor its obligations under this Section 4.7, ProMedica) under this Section 4.7. ProMedica and the Debtor irrevocably waive, relinquish and release the Other Indemnitors from any and all claims (A) against the Other Indemnitors for contribution, subrogation, indemnification or any other recovery of any kind in respect of the indemnification arrangements provided to such Indemnified Parties by such Other Indemnitors and (B) that the Indemnified Party must seek expense advancement or reimbursement, or indemnification, from any Other Indemnitor before ProMedica and the Debtor must perform their expense advancement and reimbursement, and indemnification obligations, under this Agreement. If any Other Indemnitor pays or causes to be paid, for any reason, any amounts otherwise indemnifiable or subject to advancement under this Section 4.7, then (1) such Other Indemnitor shall be fully subrogated to all rights of the Indemnified Parties with respect to the payments actually made and (2) the Debtor shall reimburse the Other Indemnitor for the payments actually made. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, for the avoidance of doubt, ProMedica’s rights against the Debtor for contribution, subrogation, indemnification or any other recovery of any kind in respect of the indemnification arrangements provided by ProMedica and Debtor to the Indemnified Parties pursuant to this Section 4.7 are hereby preserved.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Alternative Plan Sponsor Agreement, Alternative Plan Sponsor Agreement (Quality Care Properties, Inc.)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless each current or former director or officer of Mountain (each, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a “D&O Persons”) against any Losses suffered or incurred in connection with, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the TransactionsSurviving Corporation shall, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each caseParent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountainthe LBCL, honor the Company’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law its Subsidiaries’ obligations existing immediately prior to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement to exculpate, indemnify and hold harmless, and advance expenses to, each present and former director and officer of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries and each such individual who served at the request of the Company or its Subsidiaries as a director, officer, trustee, partner, fiduciary, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, pension or other employee benefit plan or enterprise other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof (each, an “Indemnified Party”), in accordance with the terms of the Governing Documents of the Company and its Subsidiaries, the Indemnification Contracts and applicable Law, in each case in effect immediately prior to the date of this Agreement. Without limiting The Governing Documents of the foregoingSurviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries shall, TopCo agrees that all rights for a period of at least six (6) years following the Effective Date, contain provisions no less favorable with respect to exculpation, indemnification and expense advancement of expenses existing as than are set forth in the Governing Documents of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing Company and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15Subsidiaries. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective TimeClosing, Mountain the Company shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a six (6) year “tail” or “runoff” directorsprepaid officers’ and officersdirectors’ liability insurance policy and fiduciary liability insurance policy, providing, for a period of six (6) years after the “D&O Tail”Effective Time, the Company’s current and former directors and officers (as defined to mean those persons insured under the Company’s existing officers’ and directors’ liability insurance policy and fiduciary liability insurance policy) in respect of acts or omissions with insurance and indemnification policy coverage for events occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each Effective Time (together, the “D&O Person on terms Insurance”) that is no less favorable than the existing policies (including that such purchase does not result in any gaps or lapses in coverage with respect to termsmatters occurring prior to the Effective Time); provided, conditionshowever, coveragethat the Company shall not pay an aggregate amount for the D&O Insurance in excess of 300% of the current aggregate annual premiums paid by the Company for the existing policies, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are but in such case shall purchase such coverage under six (6) year “tail” prepaid policies as shall then be available at an aggregate cost no less favorable to such person greater than those 300% of such policy in effect on rates. From and after the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause Effective Time, the Surviving Company Corporation shall continue to maintain honor its obligations under the D&O Tail Insurance and shall not cancel nor take any action or omit to take any action that would result in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)the cancellation thereof. (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder Indemnified Party under this Section 6.06 shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, to any other rights such Person individual may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, under the LBCL or any other Group Company, applicable Laws or under any other indemnification agreement of any Indemnified Party with the Company or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15its Subsidiaries. (d) If any Parent guarantees the performance of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance obligations of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving CompanyCorporation under this Section 6.06. (e) In the event that Parent or the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, proper provision shall will be made so that the successors and assigns of Parent or the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Corporation, as applicable, assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.06.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Stewart Enterprises Inc), Merger Agreement (Service Corporation International)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo the Surviving Company and Purchaser shall indemnify, defend indemnify and hold harmless harmless, to the full extent provided under the Company Articles, the Company Bylaws, and any indemnification agreement between Company and any officer or director existing on March 21, 2022 (including advancement of expenses as incurred) to the extent permitted under applicable Law, including specifically 12 C.F.R. Part 359, each current or present and former director or and officer of Mountain Company and Company Bank as of the Effective Time (in each case, when acting in such capacity) (each, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a an D&O PersonsIndemnified Party”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred in connection withwith any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or otherwise related pertaining to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at before or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided that the Indemnified Party to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification. (ib) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, Subject to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Personsfollowing sentence, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For for a period of six years after following the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” Purchaser will use its commercially reasonable efforts to provide directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy that serves to reimburse the present and former officers and directors of Company or any of its Subsidiaries as of the Effective Time with respect to claims against such directors and officers arising from facts or events occurring at or before the Effective Time (including the transactions contemplated by this Agreement), which insurance will contain at least the same coverage and amounts, and contain terms and conditions no less advantageous to the Indemnified Party as that coverage currently provided by Company; provided that in no event shall Purchaser be required to expend, on an annual basis, an amount in excess of 175% of the annual premiums paid as of the date hereof by Company for any such insurance (the “D&O TailPremium Cap) ); provided further, that if any such annual expense at any time would exceed the Premium Cap, then Purchaser will cause to be maintained policies of insurance which provide the maximum coverage available at an annual premium equal to the Premium Cap. At the option of Purchaser, in respect of acts or omissions occurring at or consultation with Company, prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person Effective Time and in lieu of the foregoing, Purchaser or Company may purchase a tail policy for directors’ and officers’ liability insurance on the terms with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability described in the prior sentence (including the Premium Cap) and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of fully pay for such policy in effect on prior to the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)Effective Time. (c) The rights Any Indemnified Party wishing to claim indemnification under Section 6.6(a), upon learning of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition toany claim, and action, suit, proceeding or investigation described thereunder, will promptly notify Purchaser; provided that failure to so notify will not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under affect the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of Purchaser under Section 6.6(a) unless and to the Group Companies extent that Purchaser is actually prejudiced as a consequence. (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Companyd) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 6.6 shall survive the Closing Effective Time and expressly are intended to benefitbe for the benefit of, and are shall be enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) Indemnified Party and his or her heirs and representatives. If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Purchaser or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) consolidates shall consolidate with or merges with or merge into any other Person entity and is shall not be the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys shall transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Personother entity, then, then and in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Purchaser shall assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.6.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Emclaire Financial Corp), Merger Agreement (Emclaire Financial Corp)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (ai) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo Cardinal shall indemnify, defend cause the Surviving Corporation to indemnify and hold harmless each current the present and former officers and directors of BLP in respect of acts or former director or officer of Mountain (each, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a “D&O Persons”) against any Losses suffered or incurred in connection with, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or omissions occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time to the extent provided under the BLP Certificate or the BLP By-laws or the indemnification agreements between BLP and its directors listed in Section 6.2(a)(i) to the BLP Disclosure Schedule; and (ii) Prior to the Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed with Cardinal’s prior towritten consent, at or after which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, BLP may purchase an extended reporting period endorsement under BLP’s existing directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage for BLP’s directors and officers in a form and with terms reasonably acceptable to BLP and to Cardinal, which shall provide BLP’s directors and officers with coverage for six years following the Merger Effective Time with substantially the same coverage and containing substantially similar terms and conditions as existing policies presently maintained by BLP, so long as the aggregate cost to BLP and Cardinal is less than the amount set forth in Section 6.2(a)(ii) to the BLP Disclosure Schedule (the “Agreed-Upon Insurance Premium”) provided that BLP agrees to cooperate in good faith with Cardinal in order to obtain the lowest premium for such coverage. If, prior to the Effective Time, including in connection BLP has not purchased insurance consistent with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that Cardinal shall use all rights reasonable efforts to exculpationcause the Surviving Corporation or Cardinal to obtain and maintain in effect, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For for a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” policies of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (at no cost to the “D&O Tail”) in beneficiaries thereof with respect of to acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on Effective Time with substantially the same coverage and containing substantially similar terms and conditions as existing policies; provided, however, that neither the Surviving Corporation nor Cardinal shall be required to pay an aggregate premium for such insurance coverage in excess of the Agreed-Upon Insurance Premium, but, to the extent that the cost is greater than such amount, the Surviving Corporation or Cardinal shall purchase as much coverage as reasonably practicable for such amount and that the Surviving Corporation or Cardinal may substitute therefor other policies not less advantageous (excluding de minimis differences) to the beneficiaries of the current policies and provided that such substitution shall not result in any gaps or lapses in coverage with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable matters occurring prior to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date Effective Time. If Cardinal or the Surviving Corporation shall purchase coverage pursuant to the second sentence of this Agreement for Section 6.2(a)(ii), notwithstanding the six year period following foregoing, at anytime after the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b). (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any third anniversary of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubtCardinal may, TopCo and at its election, undertake to provide funds to the Surviving Company) Corporation to the extent necessary so that the Surviving Corporation may self-insure at a level of coverage no less than that otherwise required under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified 6.2(a)(ii) in such a manner as lieu of causing to adversely affect remain in effect any D&O Person without the consent policies of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing directors’ and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15officers’ liability insurance. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes the obligations set forth in this Section 6.15.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Boron Lepore & Associates Inc), Merger Agreement (Cardinal Health Inc)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo The Surviving Corporation shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless and advance expenses, to the fullest extent required pursuant to the indemnity agreements of Company identified on Section 5.9 of the Company Disclosure Schedules (the “Company Indemnity Agreements”), the DGCL, and the certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the Surviving Corporation, each current or present and former director or and officer of Mountain Company and its Subsidiaries (eachcollectively, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a the D&O PersonsIndemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses), judgments, fines, losses, claims, settlements, damages or liabilities (collectively, “Costs”) actually incurred in connection withwith any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or otherwise related pertaining to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries Merger and the Surviving Company other transactions contemplated hereby, provided the Person to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such Person is not entitled to indemnification. (b) Prior Company shall maintain its existing officers and directors’ liability insurance (“D&O Insurance”) coverage for Company’s directors and officers for a period of six (6) years after the Effective Time or cause to be obtained at the Merger Effective Time “tail” insurance policies with a claims period of at least six (6) years from the Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain so long as the annual premium therefor is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause not in excess of 175% of the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (the “D&O Tail”) in respect of acts or omissions occurring at or last annual premium paid prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect date hereof (which last annual premium Company represents and warrants to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy be $276,000 in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(baggregate). (c) The certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the Surviving Corporation shall include provisions for exculpation of director liability, advancement of expenses and indemnification no less favorable than as set forth in Company’s certificate of incorporation and by-laws in effect on the date hereof for six (6) years after the Effective Time. (d) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder Indemnified Party under this Section 5.9 shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, to any other rights right such Person may might have under the Governing Documents certificate of Mountain incorporation or by-laws of Company or any other Group Companyof its Subsidiaries, or under applicable Law (including the DGCL) or under any other indemnification agreement of any Indemnified Party with Company or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Personits Subsidiaries. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly 5.9 are intended to benefitbe for the benefit of, and are shall be enforceable by, each of the D&O PersonsIndemnified Parties, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person heirs and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes the obligations set forth in this Section 6.15representatives.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Quadramed Corp), Merger Agreement (Francisco Partners II LP)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From The Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation shall, with respect to indemnification of officers, directors, employees and agents, not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless each current or former director or officer of Mountain (each, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a “D&O Persons”) against any Losses suffered or incurred in connection with, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision Time in any manner that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of the persons who at any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights time prior to exculpation, indemnification the Effective Time were identified as prospective indemnitees under the Certificate of Incorporation or advancement Bylaws of expenses UST in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (the “D&O Tail”) in respect of acts actions or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect to termsEffective Time (including the transactions contemplated hereby), conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to unless such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo modification is required by law. (b) SCHWAB shall cause the Surviving Company Corporation to maintain indemnify, defend and hold harmless, the D&O Tail present and former officers, directors, employees and agents of UST or any of UST's Subsidiaries in full force and effect for its full term their capacities as such (each an "Indemnified Party") in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, or other charter documents, of UST and the respective UST Subsidiaries and any agreements or plans maintained by UST and the respective UST Subsidiary, to the fullest extent permitted by law after the Effective Time against all losses, expenses, claims, damages and liabilities arising out of actions or omissions occurring on or prior to the Effective Time. (c) The rights SCHWAB shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the persons serving as officers and directors of each D&O Person hereunder UST immediately prior to the Effective Time to be covered for a period of six years from the Effective Time by the directors' and officers' liability insurance policy maintained by UST (provided that SCHWAB may substitute therefor policies of at least the same coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions which are not less advantageous than such policy) with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to the Effective Time which were committed by such officers and directors in their capacity as such; provided, however, that in no event shall SCHWAB be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any required to expend more than 200% of the foregoing current amount expended by UST (the "Insurance Amount") to which they are a partymaintain or procure insurance coverage pursuant hereto and further provided, applicable Law that if SCHWAB is unable to maintain or otherwise. The obligations of obtain the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Timeinsurance called for by this Section 6.8(c), SCHWAB shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain as much comparable insurance as available for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15Insurance Amount. (d) If any of In the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) event SCHWAB or any of their respective its successors or assigns or the Surviving Corporation or any of its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person person and is shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Personperson, then, and in each such case, to the extent necessary, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of SCHWAB or the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Corporation, as applicable, assume the obligations set forth in this section. (e) The provisions of this Section 6.156.11 are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each Indemnified Party and his or her heirs and representatives.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Schwab Charles Corp), Merger Agreement (U S Trust Corp /Ny)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo the Surviving Corporation shall indemnify, defend indemnify and hold harmless and shall advance expenses as incurred, in each current case to the extent (subject to applicable law) such persons are indemnified or entitled to such advancement of expenses as of the date of this Agreement by Partners pursuant to the Partners Certificate, Partners Bylaws, the governing or organizational documents of any Subsidiary of Partners, any indemnification agreements in existence as of the date hereof that have been disclosed to LINK or the MGCL, each present and former director or officer of Mountain Partners and its Subsidiaries (eachin each case, together with when acting in such person’s heirscapacity) (collectively, executors or administrators, a the D&O PersonsPartners Indemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, damages, liabilities and other amounts incurred in connection withwith any threatened or actual claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, whether arising before or after the Effective Time, arising out of the fact that such person is or otherwise related to any actual was a director or alleged Proceeding officer of Partners or any other of its Subsidiaries and pertaining to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, that in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right case of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses, the Partners Indemnified Party to whom expenses existing as are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined in a final determination by a court of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. competent jurisdiction that such Partners Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification. (b) For a period of six (6) years after the Closing DateEffective Time, TopCo the Surviving Corporation shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain be maintained in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement current policies of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy maintained by Partners (provided, that the Surviving Corporation may substitute therefor policies with a substantially comparable insurer of at least the same coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions that are no less advantageous to the insured) with respect to claims against the present and former officers and directors of Partners or any of its Subsidiaries arising from facts or events which occurred at or before the Effective Time; provided, that the Surviving Corporation shall not be obligated to expend, on an annual basis, an amount in excess of 250% of the current annual premium paid as of the date hereof by Partners for such insurance (the “D&O TailPremium Cap), and if such premiums for such insurance would at any time exceed the Premium Cap, then the Surviving Corporation shall cause to be maintained policies of insurance which, in the Surviving Corporation’s good faith determination, provide the maximum coverage available at an annual premium equal to the Premium Cap. In lieu of the foregoing, Partners, in consultation with, but only upon the consent of LINK, may (and at the request of LINK, Partners shall use its reasonable best efforts to) in respect of acts or omissions occurring obtain at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect Effective Time a six (6)-year prepaid “tail” policy under Partners’ existing directors and officers insurance policy providing equivalent coverage to termsthat described in the preceding sentence if and to the extent that the same may be obtained for an amount that, conditionsin the aggregate, coveragedoes not exceed the Premium Cap and, deductiblesin such case, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person LINK shall not have any further obligations under this Section 6.8(b), other than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)such prepaid “tail” policy. (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 6.8 shall survive the Closing Effective Time and expressly are intended to benefitbe for the benefit of, and are shall be enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) Partners Indemnified Party and his or her heirs and representatives. If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Corporation or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person person and is not the continuing or surviving entity person of such consolidation or merger merger, or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets or deposits to any Personother person or engages in any similar transaction, then, then in each such case, case the Surviving Corporation will cause proper provision shall to be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Corporation will expressly assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.8. The obligations of the Surviving Corporation under this Section 6.8 shall not be terminated or modified in a manner so as to adversely affect the Partners Indemnified Parties or any other person entitled to the benefit of this Section 6.8 without the prior written consent of the affected Partners Indemnified Party or affected person.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (LINKBANCORP, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Partners Bancorp)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and For a period of no less than six years after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo Parent shall, and shall indemnifycause the Surviving Corporation to, defend indemnify and hold harmless harmless, and provide advancement of expenses to, all Indemnified Parties to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Legal Requirements as if each current or former Indemnified Party was a director or officer of Mountain (eachthe indemnifying party, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a “D&O Persons”) including against any Losses suffered costs or incurred expenses (including advancing reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses in connection with, arising out advance of or otherwise related to the final disposition of any actual or threatened claim, suit, proceeding or investigation to each Indemnified Party to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Legal Requirements, provided such Indemnified Party agrees in advance to return any such funds to which a court of competent jurisdiction has determined in a final, nonappealable judgment such Indemnified Party is not ultimately entitled), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages, liabilities and amounts paid in settlement in connection with any actual or threatened claim, action, investigation, suit or proceeding in respect of acts or omissions occurring or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring to have occurred at or prior to the Effective Time (including acts or omissions in connection with the approval of this Agreement and the consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby), whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Effective Time, in connection with such Persons serving as an officer or director of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company or serving at the request of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another Person, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Legal Requirements. The parties agree that for six years after the Effective Time all rights to exculpation, elimination or limitation of liability and indemnification and advancement of expenses for acts or omissions occurring or alleged to have occurred at or prior to the Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including now existing in connection with favor of the Indemnified Parties as provided in the articles of incorporation or by-laws (ior comparable Organizational Documents) of the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain Company or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as Subsidiaries or in any agreement set forth on Section 4.14(a) of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain Company Disclosure Letter shall survive the Closing Merger and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing DateEffective Time, TopCo Parent shall, and shall cause the Surviving Company to Corporation to, maintain in effect (to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Legal Requirements) the provisions in: (i) the Organizational Documents of the Company and each of the Subsidiaries of the Company; and (ii) any other agreements of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries of the Company with any Indemnified Party, in each case, regarding exculpation, elimination or limitation of liability, indemnification of officers, directors, employees and agents or other fiduciaries and advancement of expenses provisions that are in existence on the date of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as this Agreement set forth on Section 4.14(a) of the date hereof Company Disclosure Letter, and no such provision shall be amended, modified or repealed in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person respect, except as in effect as of required by applicable Legal Requirements or with the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition prior written consent of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15Indemnified Party. (b) Prior to For a period of no less than six years following the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall cause to be maintained in effect the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” coverage provided by the existing policy of the Company’s directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (the “D&O TailPolicy”) in respect of acts covering (through successor coverage) claims arising from facts or omissions occurring events that occurred at or prior to the Closing Effective Time (including for acts or omissions occurring in connection with this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) and covering (through successor coverage) each D&O Person of the Company’s current directors and officers, in any case on terms with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability coverage and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy terms in effect on the date of this Agreement for Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the six contrary in this Agreement, in lieu of Parent’s obligations under the first sentence of this Section 4.14(b), Parent may, or the Company shall if Parent directs the Company to do so in writing, prior to the Effective Time, purchase a six-year period following “tail” prepaid policy on the Closing. TopCo D&O Policy from a carrier with comparable or better credit ratings to the Company’s existing D&O Policy carrier and on terms and conditions no less favorable to the Indemnified Parties than the terms and conditions of the Company’s existing D&O Policy; provided that, in no event shall cause Parent or the Surviving Corporation be required to pay an annual premium for such insurance in excess of 300% of the current annual premium paid by the Company to (which annual premium is set forth in Section 4.14(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter) for its directors’ and officers’ liability insurance; provided, further, that in the event that Parent or the Company shall purchase such a “tail” policy, Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall maintain the D&O Tail such “tail” policy in full force and effect for its full term and continue to honor their respective obligations thereunder, in accordance with lieu of all other applicable obligations of Parent and the Surviving Corporation under the first sentence of this Section 6.15(b)4.14(b) for so long as such “tail” policy shall be maintained in full force and effect. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 4.14 to the contrary, if any Indemnified Party notifies Parent on or prior to the sixth anniversary of the Effective Time of a matter in respect of which such Person may seek indemnification or advancement of expenses pursuant to this Section 4.14, the provisions of this Section 4.14 that require the Surviving Corporation to indemnify and advance expenses shall continue in effect with respect to such matter until the final disposition of all claims, actions, investigations, suits and proceedings relating thereto. (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 4.14 shall not be terminated terminated, amended or otherwise modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any Indemnified Party (or any other Person who is a beneficiary under the D&O Person Policy or the “tail” policy referred to in Section 4.14(b) and any of such Person’s heirs, executors, administrators or representatives) without the prior written consent of such affected Indemnified Party or other Person who is a beneficiary under the D&O Policy or the “tail” policy referred to in Section 4.14(b) and any of such Person’s heirs, executors, administrators or representatives. The provisions Each of the Indemnified Parties or other Persons who are beneficiaries under the D&O Policy or the “tail” policy referred to in Section 4.14(b) and any of such Person’s heirs, executors, administrators or representatives are intended to be third party beneficiaries of this Section 6.15 4.14, with full rights of enforcement as if a party thereto. The rights of the Indemnified Parties and other Persons who are beneficiaries under the D&O Policy or the “tail” policy referred to in Section 4.14(b) and any of such Person’s heirs, executors, administrators or representatives under this Section 4.14 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefitbe in addition to, and are enforceable bynot in substitution for, each any other rights that such Persons may have under any Organizational Documents of the D&O PersonsCompany or any of its Subsidiaries, each any and all indemnification agreements of whom is an intended third party beneficiary or entered into by the Company or any of this Section 6.15its Subsidiaries, or applicable Legal Requirements (whether at law or in equity). (d) If In the event that Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any of the Group Companies their respective Subsidiaries (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) or any of their respective successors or assigns (iassigns) consolidates shall consolidate or merge with or merges with or into any other Person and is shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of in such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Personmerger, then, then in each case, to the extent necessary to protect the rights of the Indemnified Parties and other Persons who are beneficiaries under the D&O Policy or the “tail” policy referred to in Section 4.14(b) and any of such casePerson’s heirs, executors, administrators or representatives, proper provision shall be made so that the continuing or surviving corporation or entity (or its successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes or assigns, if applicable) shall assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.154.14.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (DISH Network CORP), Merger Agreement (EchoStar CORP)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective TimeDate, TopCo shall the Continuing Bank shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, indemnify, defend and hold harmless harmless, and provide advancement of expenses to, each current person who is now, or former has been at any time prior to the date hereof or who becomes prior to the Effective Date, an officer, director or officer employee of Mountain FHLB Seattle (each, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a the D&O PersonsIndemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered all losses, claims, damages, costs, expenses, liabilities or incurred judgments or amounts that are paid in settlement of or in connection withwith any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation based in whole or in part on or arising in whole or in part out of the fact that such person is or otherwise related was a director, officer or employee of FHLB Seattle, and pertaining to any actual matter existing or alleged Proceeding occurring, or any other matters existing acts or occurring omissions occurring, at or prior to the Merger Effective TimeDate, whether asserted or claimed prior to, or at or after after, the Merger Effective TimeDate (including matters, including acts or omissions occurring in connection with the approval of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby) (i“Indemnified Liabilities”) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest same extent that Mountain such persons are indemnified or any have the right to advancement of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement by FHLB Seattle pursuant to FHLB Seattle’s Organization Certificate, Bylaws and applicable Lawindemnification agreements, if any, in existence on the date hereof with any directors, officers and employees of FHLB Seattle. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo from and after the Effective Date, the Continuing Bank hereby agrees to assume and perform such indemnification agreements in the same manner and to the same extent that all rights FHLB Seattle would be required to exculpation, perform if the Merger had not taken place on the terms set forth in such indemnification and advancement of expenses existing agreements (as such agreements may be amended from time to time by the agreement of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. parties thereto). (b) For a period of six years after the Closing Effective Date, TopCo the Continuing Bank shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain be maintained in effect the exculpationcurrent policies of directors’ and officers’ liability, indemnification employment practices liability, fiduciary liability and advancement bankers professional liability insurance maintained by FHLB Seattle (provided that the Continuing Bank may substitute therefor policies with a substantially comparable insurer of expenses provisions at least the same coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions which are no less advantageous to the insured) with respect to claims arising from facts or events which occurred at or before the Effective Date; provided, however, that the Continuing Bank shall not be obligated to make annual premium payments for such insurance to the extent such premiums exceed 300% of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect the premiums paid as of the date hereof or by FHLB Seattle for such insurance (“FHLB Seattle’s Current Premium”), and if such premiums for such insurance would at any time exceed 300% of FHLB Seattle’s Current Premium, then the Continuing Bank shall cause to be maintained policies of insurance which, in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as the Continuing Bank’s good faith determination, provide the maximum coverage available at an annual premium equal to 300% of FHLB Seattle’s Current Premium. In lieu of the date hereofforegoing, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amendFHLB Seattle may, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior subject to the Merger prior consent of FHLB Des Moines, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, obtain on or prior to the Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a Date six-year “tail” or “runoffextended discovery periodpolicies under FHLB Seattle’s existing insurance policies described in the preceding sentence, which policies shall provide equivalent coverage to that described in the preceding sentence (except that such policies shall be for the sole benefit of the FHLB Seattle directors, officers and officers’ liability insurance policy (the “D&O Tail”other individual insureds named therein) in respect of acts or omissions occurring at or prior if and to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect to termsextent that the same may be obtained for an amount that does not exceed 300% of FHLB Seattle’s Current Premium, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to in such person than those of such policy in effect on case the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo Continuing Bank shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail such “tail” or “extended discovery period” policies in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)and to honor the obligations of FHLB Seattle and the Continuing Bank thereunder. (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under If the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Continuing Bank or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is shall not be the continuing or surviving Continuing Bank or entity of such consolidation or merger merger, or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, to the extent necessary, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Continuing Bank, as the case may be, shall assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.155.9. (d) The provisions of this Section 5.9 (i) are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each Indemnified Party, his or her heirs and representatives and (ii) are in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other rights to indemnification or contribution that any such Person may have by contract or otherwise.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines), Merger Agreement (Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From Surviving Corporation shall, and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo Parent shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless each current or former director or officer of Mountain (each, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a “D&O Persons”) against any Losses suffered or incurred in connection with, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior cause Surviving Corporation to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including maintain in connection with effect (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For for a period of six years after the Closing DateEffective Time, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain current provisions regarding indemnification of current or former officers or directors (each an "Indemnified Party") contained in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Organizational Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or Company and its Subsidiaries and in any indemnification agreement agreements between Mountain an Indemnified Party and the Company or any D&O Person as of its Subsidiaries, provided that in effect as of the date hereofevent any claim or claims are asserted or made within such six year period, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending claim or asserted or any claim made within such period claims shall continue until the final disposition of any and all such Proceeding claims, and (ii) for a period of six years, the current policies of directors' and officers' liability insurance and fiduciary liability insurance maintained by the Company (provided that Parent or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honorCorporation may substitute therefor policies of at least the same coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions which are, in accordance with their respective termsthe aggregate, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior no less advantageous to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain insured and provided that such substitution shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (not result in any gaps or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (the “D&O Tail”) lapses in coverage with respect of acts or omissions to matters occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms Effective Time) with respect to termsclaims arising from facts or events that occurred at or before the Effective Time; provided, conditionsthat if such insurance cannot be so maintained or obtained at a premium not greater than 150% of the premium for the Company's current directors' and officers' liability insurance, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those Parent may maintain or obtain as much of such policy insurance as can be maintained or obtained at a cost equal to 150% of the current annual premiums of the Company for such insurance. Without limitation of the foregoing, in effect on the date of this Agreement for event any such Indemnified Party is or becomes involved in any action, proceeding or investigation in connection with any matter occurring prior to or at the six year period following Effective Time, including (without limitation) the Closing. TopCo shall cause transactions contemplated hereby, the Surviving Company Corporation will pay as incurred the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel selected by the Indemnified Party and reasonably acceptable to maintain the D&O Tail Surviving Corporation (including the cost of any investigation and preparation and the cost of any appeal) incurred in full force connection therewith. In the event a claim is asserted against an Indemnified Party more than six years after the Effective Date, and effect for its full term if such claim is not barred by the applicable statute of limitations, the Surviving Corporation shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnified Party in accordance with this Section 6.15(b). (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwiseforegoing. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 This covenant shall survive the Closing closing of the transactions contemplated hereby and expressly are is intended to benefitbe for the benefit of, and are shall be enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo Indemnified Parties and the Surviving Company) or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person heirs and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes the obligations set forth in this Section 6.15legal representatives.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Host Marriott Services Corp), Merger Agreement (Autogrill Acquisition Co)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo each of MB and the Surviving Corporation shall indemnify, defend indemnify and hold harmless each current present and former director, officer or former director or officer employee of Mountain TCG and its Subsidiaries (eachin each case, together with when acting in such person’s heirscapacity) (collectively, executors or administratorsthe "TCG Indemnified Parties"), and any person who becomes a “D&O Persons”) TCG Indemnified Party between the date hereof and the Effective Time, against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, losses, damages or liabilities incurred in connection withwith any threatened or actual claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, whether arising before or after the Effective Time, arising out of the fact that such person is or otherwise related to any actual was a director, officer or alleged Proceeding employee of TCG or any other of its Subsidiaries and pertaining to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce transactions contemplated by this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, Agreement to the fullest same extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect persons are indemnified as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting by TCG pursuant to the foregoingTCG Certificate, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpationthe TCG Bylaws, indemnification and advancement the organization or governing documents of expenses existing as any Subsidiary of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents TCG or any indemnification other agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (the “D&O Tail”) in respect of acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement; and MB and the Surviving Corporation shall also advance expenses as incurred by such TCG Indemnified Party to the same extent as such persons are entitled to advancement of expenses as of the date of this Agreement by TCG pursuant to the TCG Certificate, TCG's Bylaws, the organization or governing documents of any Subsidiary of TCG or any other agreement in effect on the date of this Agreement; provided, that the TCG Indemnified Party to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such TCG Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification. (b) For a period of six (6) years after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall cause to be maintained in effect the current policies of directors' and officers' liability insurance maintained by TCG (provided, that the Surviving Corporation may substitute therefor policies with a substantially comparable insurer of at least the same coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions which are no less advantageous to the insured) with respect to claims arising from facts or events which occurred at or before the Effective Time; provided, however, that the Surviving Corporation shall not be obligated to expend, on an annual basis, an amount in excess of 250% of the current annual premium paid as of the date hereof by TCG for such insurance (the "Premium Cap"), and if such premiums for such insurance would at any time exceed the Premium Cap, then the Surviving Corporation shall cause to be maintained policies of insurance which, in the Surviving Corporation's good faith determination, provide the maximum coverage available at an annual premium equal to the Premium Cap for a period of six year period (6) years following the ClosingEffective Time. TopCo shall cause In lieu of the Surviving Company foregoing, MB, or TCG with the consent of MB, may obtain at or prior to maintain the D&O Tail Effective Time a six-year "tail" prepaid policy under TCG's existing directors and officers insurance policy providing single limit (not annual) coverage equivalent to the aggregate coverage described in full force the preceding sentence if and effect to the extent that the same may be obtained for its full term an amount that does not exceed in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)the aggregate 400% (or such higher percentage approved by MB in writing) of the current annual premium paid as of the date hereof by TCG for such insurance. (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 6.7 shall survive the Closing Effective Time and expressly are intended to benefitbe for the benefit of, and are shall be enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) TCG Indemnified Party and his or her heirs and representatives. If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Corporation or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) consolidates will consolidate with or merges with or merge into any other Person entity and is not be the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys merger, transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets or deposits to any Personother entity or engage in any similar transaction, then, then in each such case, the Surviving Corporation will cause proper provision shall to be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Corporation will expressly assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Taylor Capital Group Inc), Merger Agreement (Mb Financial Inc /Md)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo each of Purchaser and the Surviving Company shall indemnify, defend indemnify and hold harmless harmless, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law (and shall also advance expenses as incurred to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law provided the person to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to indemnification), each current or present and former director or director, officer and employee of Mountain Company and its Subsidiaries (eachin each case, together with when acting in such person’s heirscapacity) (collectively, executors or administrators, a the D&O PersonsIndemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred in connection withwith any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or otherwise related pertaining to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided that the Indemnified Party to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification. (ib) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, Subject to the fullest extent following sentence, for a period of six years following the Effective Time, Purchaser will provide director’s and officer’s liability insurance that Mountain serves to reimburse the present and former officers and directors of Company or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents Subsidiaries (determined as of the Effective Time) (providing only for the Side A coverage for Indemnified Parties where the existing policies also include Side B coverage for Company) with respect to claims against such directors and officers arising from facts or events occurring before the Effective Time (including the transactions contemplated by this Agreement), which insurance will contain at least the same coverage and amounts, and contain terms and conditions no less advantageous to the Indemnified Party as that coverage currently provided by Company; provided that in no event shall Purchaser be required to expend, on an annual basis, an amount in excess of 300% of the annual premiums paid as of the date hereof and applicable Law by Company for any such insurance (the “Premium Cap”); provided, further, that if any such annual expense at any time would exceed the Premium Cap, then Purchaser will cause to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred be maintained policies of insurance which provide the maximum coverage available at an annual premium equal to the fullest extent permitted Premium Cap. At the option of Company, prior to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents the Effective Time and in effect as lieu of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) may purchase a “tail” or “runoff” tail policy for directors’ and officers’ liability insurance on the terms described in the prior sentence (including subject to the Premium Cap) and fully pay for such policy (the “D&O Tail”) in respect of acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)Effective Time. (c) The rights Any Indemnified Party wishing to claim indemnification under Section 6.6(a), upon learning of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition toany claim, and action, suit, proceeding or investigation described above, will promptly notify Purchaser; provided that failure to so notify will not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under affect the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of Purchaser under Section 6.6(a) unless and to the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo extent that Purchaser is actually and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such materially prejudiced as a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15consequence. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Purchaser or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person entity and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Personother entity, then, then and in each such case, Purchaser will cause proper provision shall to be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Purchaser will assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.6.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Hilltop Holdings Inc.), Merger Agreement (Plainscapital Corp)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to indemnify, defend and hold harmless each current or former director or officer (and make advances as incurred to) all past and present officers and directors of Mountain (each, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a “D&O Persons”) against any Losses suffered or incurred in connection with, arising out the Company and of or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior its Subsidiaries to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after same extent and in the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, same manner such persons are entitled to indemnification and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting by the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior pursuant to the Merger Effective TimeDGCL, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (the Company Charter or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ Company's Amended and officers’ liability insurance policy (the “D&O Tail”) in respect of Restated Bylaws for acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect to termsEffective Time. (b) From and after the Effective Time, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to perform, as of the consummation of the Offer, all of the obligations set forth in Article VIII of the Company Charter, Article VI of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company and the indemnification agreements set forth in Section 6.10(b) of the Company Letter. In addition, Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to maintain pay all amounts that become due and payable under the D&O Tail in full force Company Charter, the Amended and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)Restated Bylaws and such indemnification agreements. (c) The rights Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to provide, for a period of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under less than six years from the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, to or for those persons covered at the avoidance of doubtdate hereof or at the Effective Time by the Company's directors and officers' insurance and indemnification policy (the "D&O Insurance"), TopCo and insurance that is substantially similar to the Company's existing policy or, if substantially equivalent insurance coverage is unavailable, the best available coverage; provided, however, that the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 Corporation shall not be terminated or modified required to pay an annual premium for the D&O Insurance in excess of 200% of the last annual premiums paid prior to the date hereof (which premiums are set forth in Section 6.10(c) of the Company Letter), but in such a manner case shall purchase as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of much coverage as possible for such D&O Person. amount. (d) The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly 6.10 are intended to benefitbe for the benefit of, and are enforceable may be enforced by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of person entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 6.156.10. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes the obligations set forth in this Section 6.15.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp), Merger Agreement (Verio Inc)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo Parent shall indemnify, defend indemnify and hold harmless harmless, as required pursuant to any applicable Organizational Documents of the Company and its Subsidiaries and indemnity agreements of the Company existing on the date hereof and disclosed to Parent (and Parent also shall advance reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees and expenses as incurred as required pursuant to such existing indemnity agreements of the Company, provided that the Person to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such Person is not entitled to indemnification), each current or present and former director or and officer of Mountain the Company and its Subsidiaries (eachcollectively, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a the D&O PersonsIndemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses), judgments, fines, losses, claims, settlements, damages or liabilities incurred in connection withwith any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or otherwise related pertaining to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15transactions contemplated hereby. (b) Prior to For six (6) years from the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or Parent shall cause the Final Surviving Entity to maintain in effect for the benefit of the Company’s directors and officers an insurance and indemnification policy that provides coverage for acts or omissions occurring on or prior to the Effective Time (the “D&O Insurance”) covering each such person currently covered by the officers’ and directors’ liability insurance policies of the Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” on terms with respect to coverage and in amounts no less favorable than those of the Company’s directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (in effect on the date of this Agreement; provided, however, that the Final Surviving Entity shall not be required to pay an annual premium for the D&O Tail”) Insurance in respect excess of acts or omissions occurring at or prior to 300% of the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect to termsannual premium currently paid by the Company for such coverage; and provided, conditionsfurther, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to if any annual premium for such person than those insurance coverage exceeds 200% of such annual premium, Parent shall obtain a policy the Surviving Corporation believes has the greatest coverage available for a cost not exceeding such amount. Parent may satisfy its obligations under this Section 7.12(b) by purchasing a “tail” policy for the Company’s existing directors’ and officers’ insurance policy, which (i) has an effective term of six (6) years from the Effective Time, (ii) covers each person currently covered by the Company’s directors’ and officers’ insurance policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for actions and omissions occurring on or prior to the six year period following Effective Time, and (iii) contains terms with respect to coverage that are no less favorable than those of the Closing. TopCo Company’s directors’ and officers’ insurance policy in effect on the date of this Agreement; provided, however, that Parent shall cause not be required to pay a premium for such “tail” policy in excess of 300% of the Surviving annual premium currently paid by the Company to maintain for such coverage; and provided, further, that if the D&O Tail in full force and effect premium for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)such insurance coverage exceeds 300% of such annual premium, Parent shall obtain a policy it believes has the greatest coverage available for a cost not exceeding such amount. (c) The by-laws of the Initial Surviving Corporation and limited liability company agreement of the Final Surviving Entity shall include provisions for exculpation of director and officer liability and indemnification on the same basis as set forth in the Company’s by-laws in effect on the date hereof. For six (6) years after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Final Surviving Entity to maintain in effect the provisions in its limited liability company agreement providing for indemnification of Indemnified Parties, with respect to facts and circumstances occurring at or prior to the Effective Time, to the fullest extent permitted from time to time under the DGCL and DLLCA, which provisions shall not be amended except as required by applicable Law or except to make changes permitted by applicable Law that would increase the scope of the Indemnified Parties’ indemnification rights thereunder. (d) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder Indemnified Party under this Section 7.12 shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, to any other rights right such Person may might have under the Governing Organizational Documents of Mountain the Company or any other Group Company, of its Subsidiaries or under applicable Law (including the DGCL) or under any other indemnification agreement of any Indemnified Party with the Company or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Personits Subsidiaries. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly 7.12 are intended to benefitbe for the benefit of, and are shall be enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15Indemnified Parties and their respective heirs and representatives. (de) If any of In the Group Companies (which includes at event Parent or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Final Surviving Company) Entity or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of Parent or the applicable Group Company assumes Final Surviving Entity, as the case may be, shall expressly assume and succeed to the obligations set forth in this Section 6.157.12.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Wright Medical Group Inc), Merger Agreement (Biomimetic Therapeutics, Inc.)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo the Surviving Corporation shall indemnify, defend indemnify and hold harmless harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each current present and former director, officer or former director employee of Susquehanna and its Subsidiaries or officer fiduciaries of Mountain Susquehanna or any of its Subsidiaries under Susquehanna Benefit Plans (eachin each case, together with when acting in such person’s heirscapacity) (collectively, executors or administrators, a the D&O PersonsSusquehanna Indemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, damages or liabilities incurred in connection withwith any threatened or actual claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, whether arising before or after the Effective Time, arising in whole or in part out of, or pertaining to, (i) the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or fiduciary of or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding Susquehanna or any other of its Subsidiaries or (ii) matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including matters, acts or omissions occurring in connection with (i) the Transactions, approval of this Agreement and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as consummation of the date hereof transactions contemplated hereby; and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, Parent and TopCo the Surviving Corporation shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred by such Susquehanna Indemnified Party to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law; provided that the Susquehanna Indemnified Party to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking (in effect as of the date of this Agreement a reasonable and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees customary form) to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that all rights such Susquehanna Indemnified Party is not entitled to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15indemnification. (b) Prior Subject to the Merger following sentence, for a period of six (6) years after the Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or the Surviving Corporation shall cause to be maintained in effect the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” current policies of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy maintained by Susquehanna (provided, that the Surviving Corporation may substitute therefor policies with a substantially comparable insurer of at least the same coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions which are no less advantageous to the insured) with respect to claims against the present and former officers and directors of Susquehanna or any of its Subsidiaries arising from facts or events which occurred at or before the Effective Time (including the transactions contemplated by this Agreement); provided, however, that the Surviving Corporation shall not be obligated to expend, on an annual basis, an amount in excess of 250% of the aggregate annual premium paid as of the date hereof by Susquehanna for such insurance (the “D&O TailPremium Cap), and if such premiums for such insurance would at any time exceed the Premium Cap, then the Surviving Corporation shall cause to be maintained policies of insurance which provide the maximum coverage available at an annual premium equal to the Premium Cap. In lieu of the foregoing, Susquehanna, in consultation with, but only upon the consent of Parent, may (and at the request of Parent, Susquehanna shall use its reasonable best efforts to) in respect of acts or omissions occurring obtain at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect Effective Time a six-year “tail” policy under Susquehanna’s existing directors and officers insurance policy providing equivalent coverage to termsthat described in the preceding sentence if and to the extent that the same may be obtained for an amount that, conditionsin the aggregate, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on does not exceed the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)Premium Cap. (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 6.7 shall survive the Closing Effective Time and expressly are intended to benefitbe for the benefit of, and are shall be enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) Susquehanna Indemnified Party and his or her heirs and representatives. If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Corporation or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) assigns, consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person entity and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) merger, transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets or deposits to any Personother entity or engages in any similar transaction, then, then in each such case, the Surviving Corporation will cause proper provision shall to be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Corporation will expressly assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.7. For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent required by any agreement previously entered into by Susquehanna in connection with a merger, acquisition or other business combination, the provisions of this Section 6.7 shall apply to directors, officers, employees and fiduciaries of predecessor entities previously acquired by Susquehanna or any of its Subsidiaries. (d) The obligations of the Surviving Corporation, Parent and Susquehanna under this Section 6.7 shall not be terminated or modified in a manner so as to adversely affect any Susquehanna Indemnified Party or any other person entitled to the benefit of this Section 6.7 without the prior written consent of the affected Susquehanna Indemnified Party.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Bb&t Corp), Merger Agreement (Susquehanna Bancshares Inc)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo the Surviving Corporation shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless harmless, to the extent permitted under applicable Law (and shall also advance expenses as incurred to the extent permitted under applicable Law and the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation), each current or present and former director or and officer of Mountain the Company or its Subsidiaries (eachin each case, together with to the extent acting in such person’s heirscapacity), executors or administratorsdetermined as of the Effective Time (collectively, a the D&O PersonsIndemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred in connection withwith any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, actual or threatened, arising out of facts or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, that the Indemnified Party to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification by the Surviving Corporation. (ib) The Surviving Corporation shall provide the Transactions, directors and officers liability insurance (iithe “D&O Insurance”) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For Indemnified Parties for a period of six years from and after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement Effective Time with $3,000,000 of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereundercoverage; provided, however, that all rights in no event shall the Surviving Corporation be required to exculpationexpend for such D&O Insurance a premium amount in excess of 200% of the annual premium paid by the Company for such insurance during its last renewal (“Initial Premium”); provided, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until further, that if the disposition premium amount of such Proceeding or resolution insurance coverage would exceed 200% of such claim. From and after the ClosingInitial Premium amount, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance Corporation shall obtain a policy or policies of D&O Insurance for such Persons with their respective terms, each the greatest coverage available for a cost not exceeding 200% of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (the “D&O Tail”) in respect of acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)Initial Premium amount. (c) The rights Any Indemnified Party wishing to claim indemnification under Section 6.04(a), upon learning of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition toany claim, and action, suit, proceeding or investigation described above, will promptly notify the Surviving Corporation; provided, that failure to so notify will not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under affect the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of Acquirer under Section 6.04(a) unless and to the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and extent that the Surviving CompanyCorporation is actually and materially prejudiced as a consequence. (d) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly 6.04 are intended to benefitbe for the benefit of, and are shall be enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15Indemnified Party. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes the obligations set forth in this Section 6.15.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (BBCN Bancorp Inc), Merger Agreement (BBCN Bancorp Inc)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo each of Purchaser and the Surviving Company shall indemnify, defend indemnify and hold harmless harmless, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law (and shall also advance expenses as incurred to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law provided the person to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to indemnification), each current or present and former director or director, officer and employee of Mountain Company and its Subsidiaries (eachin each case, together with when acting in such person’s heirscapacity) (collectively, executors or administrators, a the D&O PersonsIndemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred in connection withwith any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or otherwise related pertaining to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Option Agreement; provided that the Indemnified Party to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification. (ib) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, Subject to the fullest extent following sentence, for a period of six years following the Effective Time, Purchaser will provide director’s and officer’s liability insurance that Mountain serves to reimburse the present and former officers and directors of Company or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents Subsidiaries (determined as of the Effective Time) (providing only for the Side A coverage for Indemnified Parties where the existing policies also include Side B coverage for Company) with respect to claims against such directors and officers arising from facts or events occurring before the Effective Time (including the transactions contemplated by this Agreement), which insurance will contain at least the same coverage and amounts, and contain terms and conditions no less advantageous to the Indemnified Party as that coverage currently provided by Company; provided that in no event shall Purchaser be required to expend, on an annual basis, an amount in excess of 350% of the annual premiums paid as of the date hereof and applicable Law by the Company for any such insurance (the “Premium Cap”); provided, further, that if any such annual expense at any time would exceed the Premium Cap, then Purchaser will cause to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred be maintained policies of insurance which provide the maximum coverage available at an annual premium equal to the fullest extent permitted Premium Cap. At the option of Company, prior to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents the Effective Time and in effect as lieu of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) may purchase a “tail” or “runoff” tail policy for directors’ and officers’ liability insurance on the terms described in the prior sentence (including subject to the Premium Cap) and fully pay for such policy (the “D&O Tail”) in respect of acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)Effective Time. (c) The rights Any Indemnified Party wishing to claim indemnification under Section 6.6(a), upon learning of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition toany claim, and action, suit, proceeding or investigation described above, will promptly notify Purchaser; provided that failure to so notify will not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under affect the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of Purchaser under Section 6.6(a) unless and to the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo extent that Purchaser is actually and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such materially prejudiced as a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15consequence. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Purchaser or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person entity and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Personother entity, then, then and in each such case, Purchaser will cause proper provision shall to be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Purchaser will assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.6.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Marshall & Ilsley Corp), Merger Agreement (Bank of Montreal /Can/)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo Parent will cause the Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries to fulfill and honor in all respects the obligations of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries pursuant to (i) each indemnification agreement in effect on the date of this Agreement between the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries and any Indemnified Party; and (ii) any indemnification provision and any exculpation provision in favor of an Indemnified Party that is set forth in the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Company and the equivalent organizational documents of any Company Subsidiary in effect as of the date of this Agreement. The certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation shall indemnifycontain the provisions with respect to indemnification and exculpation from liability set forth in the Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws on the date of this Agreement, defend and, from and after the Effective Time, such provisions shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified in any manner that could adversely affect the rights thereunder of any Indemnified Party. (b) Without limiting the provisions of Section 5.10(a), during the period commencing at the Effective Time and ending on the sixth anniversary of the Effective Time, Parent shall indemnify and hold harmless each current or former director or officer of Mountain Indemnified Party against and from any costs, fees and expenses (eachincluding reasonable attorneys’ fees and investigation expenses), together with such person’s heirsjudgments, executors or administratorsfines, a “D&O Persons”) against any Losses suffered or incurred losses, claims, damages, liabilities and amounts paid in settlement in connection withwith any Legal Proceeding, arising arbitration, investigation or inquiry, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, to the extent such Legal Proceeding, arbitration, investigation or inquiry arises directly or indirectly out of or otherwise related to pertains directly or indirectly to: (i) any actual action or omission or alleged Proceeding action or omission in such Indemnified Party’s capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or other matters existing Affiliates (regardless of whether such action or occurring at omission, or prior to the Merger Effective Timealleged action or omission, whether asserted or claimed prior tooccurred before, at or after the Merger Effective Time); or (ii) any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, however, that if, at any time before the sixth anniversary of the Effective Time, including any Indemnified Party delivers to the Company, the Surviving Corporation or Parent, as applicable, a written notice asserting a claim for indemnification under this Section 5.10(b), then the claim asserted in connection such notice shall survive the sixth anniversary of the Effective Time until such time as such claim is fully and finally resolved. In the event of any such Legal Proceeding, arbitration, investigation or inquiry: (A) any counsel retained by the Indemnified Parties with (i) respect to the Transactions, defense thereof for any period after the Effective Time must be reasonably satisfactory to Parent; and (iiB) actions Parent will pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel, promptly after statements therefor are received; provided that the individual to enforce this provision whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances to the extent required by applicable Legal Requirements. The Indemnified Parties as a group may retain only one law firm (in addition to local counsel) to represent them with respect to any single action unless counsel for any Indemnified Party determines in good faith that, under applicable standards of professional conduct, a conflict exists or is reasonably likely to arise on any other indemnification or advancement right material issue between the positions of any D&O Persons, in each case, two or more Indemnified Parties. Notwithstanding anything to the fullest extent contrary contained in this Section 5.10(b) or elsewhere in this Agreement, Parent agrees that Mountain it will not settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment or otherwise seek termination with respect to any Legal Proceeding, arbitration, investigation or inquiry for which indemnification may be sought under this Agreement unless such settlement, compromise, consent or termination includes an unconditional release of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as all Indemnified Parties from all liability arising out of such Legal Proceeding, arbitration, investigation or inquiry. (c) Through the sixth anniversary of the date hereof Effective Time, Parent will cause the Surviving Corporation to maintain in effect, for the benefit of the Company’s directors and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, officers that are insured under the Company’s current directors’ and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents officers’ liability insurance policy in effect as of the date of this Agreement (the “D&O Insurance Policy”), the current level and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement similar scope of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage as set forth in the D&O Insurance Policy with a carrier selected by Parent; provided, however, that in no event shall the Surviving Corporation be required pursuant to this Section 5.10(c) to expend in any one year an amount in excess of 100% of the annual premium currently payable by the Company with respect to such current D&O Insurance Policy, it being understood that if the annual premiums payable for such insurance coverage exceed such amount, the Surviving Corporation shall be obligated to obtain a policy (with what Parent determines in good faith to be the most favorable coverage available for a cost equal to such amount. At any time before the Effective Time, notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, the Company may purchase a customary tail” prepaid policy on the D&O Tail”) in respect Insurance Policy covering a period of acts or omissions occurring at or six years from the Effective Time. In the event that the Company shall purchase such a customary “tail” prepaid policy prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect to termsEffective Time, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall Parent will cause the Surviving Company Corporation to maintain the D&O Tail such “tail” policy in full force and effect for and continue to honor its full term respective obligations thereunder, in accordance with lieu of all other obligations of Parent under the first sentence of this Section 6.15(b5.10(c), for so long as such “tail” policy shall be maintained in full force and effect. (cd) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo Parent and the Surviving Company) under Corporation jointly and severally agree to pay all expenses, including attorneys’ fees, that may be incurred by the Indemnified Parties in enforcing their indemnity rights and other rights provided in this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this 5.10. (e) This Section 6.15 5.10 shall survive the Closing Effective Time and expressly are the consummation of the Merger. This Section 5.10 is intended to benefit, and are enforceable may be enforced by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo Indemnified Parties and the Surviving Company) or any of their respective heirs, representatives, successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties assigns, and assets to any Person, then, in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the binding on all successors and assigns of Parent and the applicable Group Company assumes the obligations set forth in this Section 6.15Surviving Corporation.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc), Merger Agreement (Neurogen Corp)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo Parent shall indemnify, defend cause the Surviving Corporation to indemnify and hold harmless harmless, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law (and Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to also advance expenses as incurred to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law, provided that the Person to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such Person is not entitled to indemnification), each current or present and former director or and officer of Mountain the Company and its Subsidiaries (eachcollectively, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a the D&O PersonsIndemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities (collectively, “Costs”) incurred in connection withwith any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual such Indemnified Parties’ service as a director or alleged Proceeding officer of the Company or any other matters existing its Subsidiaries or occurring services performed by such persons at the request of the Company or its Subsidiaries at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce transactions contemplated by this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15Agreement. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain the Company shall and, if Mountain the Company is unable to, TopCo shall (or Parent shall cause the Surviving Company toCorporation as of the Effective Time, to obtain and fully pay the premium for the extension of (i) purchase the Side A coverage part (directors’ and officers’ liability) of the Company’s existing directors’ and officers’ insurance policies as well as the Company’s existing separate Side A policy for its directors and officers, and (ii) the Company’s existing fiduciary liability insurance policies, in each case for a “tail” claims reporting or “runoff” discovery period of at least six years from and after the Effective Time from an insurance carrier with the same or better credit rating as the Company’s current insurance carrier with respect to directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy and fiduciary liability insurance (the collectively, “D&O TailInsurance”) with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are at least as favorable, in the aggregate, as the Company’s existing policies with respect to any actual or alleged error, misstatement, misleading statement, act, omission, neglect, breach of acts duty or omissions occurring any matter claimed against a director or officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by reason of him or her serving in such capacity that existed or occurred at or prior to the Closing covering each Effective Time (including in connection with this Agreement or the transactions or actions contemplated hereby). If the Company and the Surviving Corporation for any reason fail to obtain such “tail” insurance policies as of the Effective Time, there shall be no breach of this provision so long as the Surviving Corporation shall, and Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, continue to maintain in effect for a period of at least six years from and after the Effective Time the D&O Person on terms Insurance in place as of the date hereof with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, retentions and limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable at least as favorable, in the aggregate, to such person than those the Company’s directors and officers as provided in the Company’s existing policies as of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for hereof, or the six year period following the Closing. TopCo Surviving Corporation shall, and Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, use reasonable best efforts to purchase comparable D&O Insurance for such six-year period with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are at least as favorable to the Company’s directors and officers as provided in the Company’s existing policies as of the date hereof; provided that in no event shall the Surviving Corporation be required to expend for such policies an annual premium amount in excess of 200% of the annual premiums currently paid by the Company to maintain for such insurance; provided further that if the D&O Tail in full force and effect annual premiums of such insurance coverage exceed such amount, the Surviving Corporation shall obtain a policy with the greatest coverage available for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)a cost not exceeding such amount. (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and If the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Corporation or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) consolidates shall consolidate with or merges with or merge into any other Person corporation or entity and is shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys shall transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Personindividual, corporation or other entity, then, and in each such case, proper provision provisions shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Corporation shall assume all of the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.11. (d) The provisions of this Section 6.11 are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each of the Indemnified Parties. (e) The rights of the Indemnified Parties under this Section 6.11 shall be in addition to any rights such Indemnified Parties may have under the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or under any applicable Contracts or Laws.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Djo Inc), Merger Agreement (ReAble Therapeutics Finance LLC)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless each current or former director or officer of Mountain (each, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a “D&O Persons”) against any Losses suffered or incurred in connection with, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo The Surviving Corporation agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (the “D&O Tail”) in respect of exculpation from liabilities for acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering Effective Time now existing in favor of the current or former directors, officers, employees, agents or fiduciaries under benefit plans currently indemnified by the Company and its Subsidiaries (each D&O Person on terms with respect to termsan “Indemnified Person”), conditionsas provided in their respective certificates of incorporation, coverageby-laws (or comparable organizational documents) or other agreements providing indemnification, deductibles, limits of liability shall survive the Merger and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail continue in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with their terms. In addition, from and after the Effective Time, Indemnified Persons who become directors, officers, employees or fiduciaries under benefit plans of the Surviving Corporation will be entitled to the indemnity rights and protections afforded to directors, officers, employees and fiduciaries under benefit plans of the Surviving Corporation. Without limiting the generality of the preceding sentence, in the event that any Indemnified Person becomes involved in any actual or threatened action, suit, claim, proceeding or investigation covered by this Section 6.15(b7.9 after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall promptly advance to such Indemnified Person his or her legal and other expenses (including the cost of any investigation and preparation incurred in connection therewith), subject to the providing by such Indemnified Person of an undertaking to reimburse all amounts so advanced in the event of a non-appealable determination of a court of competent jurisdiction that such Indemnified Person is not entitled thereto. (b) The Surviving Corporation shall purchase officers’ and directors’ liability insurance with an insurer substantially comparable to the insurer under the Company’s current policy of at least the same coverage and amounts, containing terms and conditions no less favorable to the insured (“D&O Insurance”) for a period of no less than six years after the Effective Time so long as the annual premium therefor is not in excess of 200% of the last annual premium paid prior to the date hereof under the Company’s current policy (the “Current Premium”); provided, however, that if the D&O Insurance is at an annual premium in excess of 200% of the Current Premium, then, unless the Board of Directors of the Surviving Corporation approves a higher amount, the Surviving Corporation will obtain as much D&O Insurance as can be obtained for the remainder of such period for a premium of 200% (on an annualized basis) of the Current Premium. Item 7.9 of the Company Letter sets forth the Current Premium. (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly 7.9 are intended to benefitbe for the benefit of, and are shall be enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Indemnified Person, then, in each such case, proper provision his or her heirs and his or her personal representatives and shall be made so that the binding on all successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Corporation and the obligations set forth in this Section 6.15Company.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Public Service Enterprise Group Inc), Merger Agreement (Exelon Corp)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective TimeTime through the sixth (6th) anniversary of the date on which the Effective Time occurs, TopCo Parent shall, or shall indemnifycause the Surviving Corporation to, defend indemnify and hold harmless each current or present (as of the Effective Time) and former director or and officer of Mountain the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (each, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a the D&O PersonsIndemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered all costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements), judgments, inquiries, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred by such individual in connection withwith any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or otherwise related pertaining to any actual (i) the fact that the Indemnified Party is or alleged Proceeding was an officer or director of the Company or any other of its Subsidiaries and (ii) matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective TimeTime (including this Agreement and the transactions and actions contemplated hereby), in each case whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons(and the Parent shall, and TopCo or shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, also advance all expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to each Indemnified Party to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law; provided that the individual to do so under Mountainwhom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such individual is not entitled to indemnification). (b) Prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation as of the Effective Time to obtain “tail” insurance policies with a claims period of at least six (6) years from and after the Effective Time, at no expense to the beneficiaries, from an insurance carrier with the same or better credit rating as the Company’s Governing Documents current insurance carrier with respect to directors’ and officers’ liability insurance and fiduciary liability insurance (collectively, “D&O Insurance”) with benefits and levels of coverage at least as favorable as the Company’s existing policies with respect to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Effective Time (including in connection with this Agreement and the Merger and the other Transactions); provided, however, that in no event shall Parent or the Surviving Corporation be required to expend for such policies an annual premium amount in excess of 350% of the current annual premium amount for the Company’s D&O Insurance. If the Surviving Corporation for any reason fails to obtain such “tail” insurance policies as of the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall, and Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to retain and maintain in effect for a period of at least six years from and after the Effective Time D&O Insurance, at no expense to the beneficiaries, with benefits and levels of coverage at least as favorable as provided in the Company’s existing policies as of the date of this Agreement Agreement; provided, however, that in no event shall Parent or the Surviving Corporation be required to expend for such policies an annual premium amount in excess of 350% of the annual premiums currently paid by the Company for such insurance and, provided, further, that if the annual premiums of such insurance coverage exceed such amount, the Surviving Corporation shall obtain a policy with the greatest coverage available for a cost not exceeding such amount. (c) Parent and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoingSurviving Corporation shall cause the articles of incorporation and by-laws of the Surviving Corporation to contain as of the Effective Time provisions no less favorable with respect to indemnification, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as and exculpation of former or present directors, officers and employees than are presently set forth in the date hereof in favor Company’s articles of each D&O Personincorporation and By-laws, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents which provisions shall not be amended, repealed or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For otherwise modified (by merger or otherwise) for a period of six years after from the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision Effective Time in any manner that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (the “D&O Tail”) in respect of acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b). (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15individuals. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at Parent or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Corporation or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates shall consolidate with or merges with or merge into any other Person corporation or entity and is shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys shall transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Personindividual, corporation or other entity, then, and in each such case, proper provision provisions shall be made so that the successors and assigns of Parent or the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Corporation, as applicable, shall assume all of the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.11. (e) The provisions of this Section 6.11 are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable from and after the Effective Time by, each of the Indemnified Parties and their respective heirs and legal representatives. (f) The rights of the Indemnified Parties under this Section 6.11 shall be in addition to, and shall not in any way limit, any rights such Indemnified Parties may have under the certificate of incorporation or by-laws (or similar organizational documents) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or under any applicable Contracts or Laws.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Priceline Com Inc), Merger Agreement (KAYAK Software Corp)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From Each of Kappa and the Surviving Corporation agrees that, from and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo shall indemnifyto the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law, defend it will indemnify and hold harmless each current individual who at the Effective Time is, or former at any time prior to the Effective Time was, a director or officer of Mountain Theta or its Subsidiaries (each, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a “D&O Persons”the "Indemnified Parties") against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred in connection withwith any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual such Indemnified Parties' service as a director or alleged Proceeding officer of Theta or any other matters existing its Subsidiaries or occurring services performed by such persons at the request of Theta or its Subsidiaries at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including including, for the avoidance of doubt, in connection with (i) the Transactions, transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Indemnified Party. The Constituent Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law Surviving Corporation will contain provisions with respect to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpationindemnification, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing and limitations on, or exculpation from, liabilities, for acts or omissions that are at least as favorable to the directors, officers or employees of Theta as those contained in the Constituent Documents of Theta as in effect on the date hereof in favor of each D&O Personhereof, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents except to the extent prohibited by applicable Law, which provisions will not be amended, repealed or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For otherwise modified for a period of six (6) years after from the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision Effective Time in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each thereunder of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15Indemnified Parties, unless such modification is required by Law. (b) Prior to For a period of six (6) years after the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or Kappa shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” Corporation to maintain Theta's existing policies of directors' and officers' liability insurance for the benefit of those persons who are covered by such policies at the Effective Time (or Theta may substitute therefor policies of at least the same coverage with respect to matters occurring prior to the Effective Time), to the extent that such liability insurance can be maintained at a cost to Theta not greater than 300% of the annual premium (such 300% threshold, the "Maximum Premium") for the current directors' and officers' liability insurance policies as set forth in Section 7.10(b) of the Theta Disclosure Letter; provided that, if such insurance cannot be so maintained or obtained at such cost, Kappa shall cause the Surviving Corporation to maintain policies of insurance which in Kappa's good faith determination, provide the maximum coverage reasonably obtainable at an annual premium amount not in excess of the Maximum Premium; provided, further, that, in lieu of the foregoing insurance coverage, Theta may purchase (and pay in full the aggregate premium for) a six (6)-year prepaid "tail" insurance policy (which policy by its express terms shall survive the “D&O Tail”Merger) in respect of acts or omissions occurring at or prior to least the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability same coverage and amounts and containing terms and conditions that are no less favorable to such person the directors and officers of Theta and its Subsidiaries than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for existing directors' and officers' liability insurance policies, at an annual premium no greater than the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)Maximum Premium. (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain If Theta or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Corporation or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates shall consolidate with or merges with or merge into any other Person corporation or entity and is shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys shall transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Personindividual, corporation or other entity, then, and in each such case, proper provision provisions shall be made so that the successors and assigns of Theta or the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Corporation shall assume all of the obligations set forth in this Section 6.157.10. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, prior to the Effective Time, Kappa shall, for the benefit of the directors and officers of Kappa, either (i) purchase liability insurance that includes insurance for liabilities under U.S. securities laws or (ii) amend the terms of its existing liability insurance to remove the exclusion of liability under U.S. securities laws. (e) The provisions of this Section 7.10 shall survive the consummation of the Merger and are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each of the Indemnified Parties and their heirs and legal representatives, each of which shall be a third-party beneficiary of the provisions of this Section 7.10.

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Samples: Business Combination Agreement (Terex Corp)

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Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo each of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx and the Surviving Company shall indemnify, defend indemnify and hold harmless harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each current present and former director, officer or former director employee of MidSouth and its Subsidiaries or officer fiduciaries of Mountain MidSouth or any of its Subsidiaries under MidSouth Benefit Plans (eachin each case, together with when acting in such person’s heirscapacity) (collectively, executors or administrators, a the D&O PersonsMidSouth Indemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, damages or liabilities incurred in connection withwith any threatened or actual claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, whether arising before or after the Effective Time, arising in whole or in part out of, or pertaining to, (i) the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or fiduciary of or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding MidSouth or any other of its Subsidiaries or (ii) matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including matters, acts or omissions occurring in connection with (i) the Transactions, approval of this Agreement and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as consummation of the date hereof transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx and TopCo the Surviving Company shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred by such MidSouth Indemnified Party to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law; provided that the MidSouth Indemnified Party to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking (in effect as of a reasonable and customary form) to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such MidSouth Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification. (b) Subject to the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoingfollowing sentence, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For for a period of six (6) years after the Closing DateEffective Time, TopCo Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement current policies of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy maintained by MidSouth (provided that Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx may substitute therefor policies with a substantially comparable insurer of at least the same coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions which are no less advantageous to the insured) with respect to claims against the present and former officers and directors of MidSouth or any of its Subsidiaries arising from facts or events which occurred at or before the Effective Time (including the transactions contemplated by this Agreement); provided, however, that Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx shall not be obligated to expend, on an annual basis, an amount in excess of 200% of the aggregate annual premium paid as of the date hereof by MidSouth for such insurance (the “D&O TailPremium Cap), and if such premiums for such insurance would at any time exceed the Premium Cap, then Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx shall cause to be maintained policies of insurance that, in Xxxxxxx Whitney’s good faith determination, provide the maximum coverage available at an annual premium equal to the Premium Cap. In lieu of the foregoing, MidSouth, in consultation with, but only upon the consent of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, may (and at the request of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, MidSouth shall use commercially reasonable efforts to) in respect of acts or omissions occurring obtain at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect Effective Time a six (6)-year “tail” policy under MidSouth’s existing directors’ and officers’ insurance policy providing equivalent coverage to termsthat described in the preceding sentence if and to the extent that the same may be obtained for an amount that, conditionsin the aggregate, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on does not exceed the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)Premium Cap. (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 6.7 shall survive the Closing Effective Time and expressly are intended to benefitbe for the benefit of, and are shall be enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) MidSouth Indemnified Party and his or her heirs and representatives. If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person entity and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) merger, transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets or deposits to any Personother entity or engages in any similar transaction, then, then in each such case, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx will cause proper provision shall to be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx will expressly assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.7. For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent required by any agreement previously entered into by MidSouth in connection with a merger, acquisition or other business combination, the provisions of this Section 6.7 shall apply to directors, officers, employees and fiduciaries of predecessor entities previously acquired by MidSouth or any of its Subsidiaries. (d) The obligations of the Surviving Company, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx and MidSouth under this Section 6.7 shall not be terminated or modified in a manner so as to adversely affect any MidSouth Indemnified Party or any other person entitled to the benefit of this Section 6.7 without the prior written consent of the affected MidSouth Indemnified Party.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Hancock Whitney Corp)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo each of HBI and the Surviving Corporation shall indemnify, defend indemnify and hold harmless each current or present and former director or and officer of Mountain Company and its Subsidiaries (eachin each case, together with when acting in such person’s heirscapacity) (collectively, executors or administrators, a the D&O PersonsIndemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred in connection withwith any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or otherwise related pertaining to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Contemplated Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of applicable law; and HBI and the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo Surviving Corporation shall also advance such indemnified expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law; provided that the Indemnified Party to do so under Mountainwhom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification. (b) Subject to the following sentence, for a period of six years following the Effective Time, HBI will provide director’s Governing Documents in effect and officer’s liability insurance that serves to reimburse the present and former officers and directors of Company or any of its Subsidiaries (determined as of the date Effective Time) (providing only for the Side A coverage for Indemnified Parties where the existing policies also include Side B coverage for Company) with respect to claims against such directors and officers arising from facts or events occurring before the Effective Time (including the Contemplated Transactions), which insurance will contain at least the same coverage and amounts, and contain terms and conditions no less advantageous to the Indemnified Party as that coverage currently provided by Company; provided that in no event shall HBI be required to expend, on an annual basis, an amount in excess of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting 150% of the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing aggregate annual premiums or renewals paid as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving by Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify for any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect insurance (the rights of any D&O Person thereunder“Premium Cap”); provided, further, that all rights if any such annual expense at any time would exceed the Premium Cap, then HBI will cause to exculpation, indemnification or advancement be maintained policies of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until insurance which provide the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claimmaximum coverage available at an annual premium equal to the Premium Cap. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective TimeTime and in lieu of the foregoing, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) will use commercially reasonable best efforts to purchase a “tail” or “runoff” tail policy for directors’ and officers’ liability insurance on the terms described in the prior sentence and fully pay for such policy (the “D&O Tail”) in respect of acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)Effective Time. (c) The rights Any Indemnified Party wishing to claim indemnification under Section 6.6(a), upon learning of each D&O Person hereunder shall be any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation described above, will promptly notify HBI in addition to, and writing; provided that failure to so notify will not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under affect the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of HBI under Section 6.6(a) unless and to the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo extent that HBI is actually and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such materially prejudiced as a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15consequence. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) HBI or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person entity and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Personother entity, then, then and in each such case, HBI will cause proper provision shall to be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes HBI will assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.6.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Home Bancshares Inc)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective TimeTime until the sixth anniversary thereof, TopCo the Surviving Corporation shall indemnify, defend and Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to indemnify and hold harmless each current or present and former director or and officer of Mountain the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (eachin each case, together with when acting in such person’s heirscapacity), executors or administratorsdetermined as of the Effective Time (the “Indemnified Parties”), a “D&O Persons”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred in connection with, with any Proceeding arising out of or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates the Company would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as Delaware Law and its certificate of incorporation or bylaws in effect on the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, Person (and TopCo Parent or the Surviving Corporation shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountainapplicable Law and the Company’s Governing Documents certificate of incorporation or bylaws in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of on the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause ; provided that the Surviving Company Person to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such Person is not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights entitled to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15indemnification). (b) Prior At the Company’s option, notice of which shall be provided to Parent reasonably in advance of the Merger Effective Time, Mountain the Company may (and shall anduse reasonable best efforts to consult with Parent), if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or Parent shall cause the Surviving Company Corporation as of the Effective Time to) purchase a , obtain and fully pay for “tail” insurance policies (providing only for the Side A coverage for Indemnified Parties where the existing policies also include Side B coverage for the Company) with a claims period of at least six years from and after the Effective Time from an insurance carrier with a credit rating the same as or “runoff” better than the Company’s current insurance carrier with respect to directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy and fiduciary liability insurance (the collectively, “D&O TailInsurance”) in with benefits and levels of coverage at least as favorable as the Company’s existing policies with respect of acts to matters existing or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms Effective Time (including in connection with respect this Agreement or the transactions or actions contemplated hereby); provided, however, that in no event shall the Surviving Corporation be required, or, prior to termsthe Effective Time, conditionsshall the Company be permitted, coverageto expend for such policies an annual premium amount in excess of 250% of the annual premiums currently paid by the Company for such insurance; and provided further, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those if the annual premiums of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause insurance coverage exceed such amount, the Surviving Company to maintain Corporation shall obtain a policy with the D&O Tail in full force and effect greatest coverage available for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)a cost not exceeding such amount. (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain If Parent or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Corporation or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates shall consolidate with or merges with or merge into any other Person corporation or entity and is shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys shall transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Personindividual, corporation or other entity, then, and in each such case, proper provision provisions shall be made so that the successors and assigns of Parent or the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Corporation shall assume all of the obligations set forth in this Section 6.157.11. (d) Nothing in this Agreement is intended to, shall be construed to or shall release, waive or impair any rights to directors’ and officers’ insurance claims under any policy that is or has been in existence with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for any of their respective directors, officers or other employees including the Indemnified Parties; it being understood and agreed that the indemnification provided for in this Section 7.11 is not prior to or in substitution of any such claims under such policies. (e) The provisions of this Section 7.11 are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each of the Indemnified Parties. (f) The rights of the Indemnified Parties under this Section 7.11 shall be in addition to any rights such Indemnified Parties may have under the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or under any applicable Contracts or Laws.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From For a period of six (6) years from and after the Merger Effective TimeClosing Date, TopCo shall indemnify, defend Acquiror and the Surviving Corporation agree to indemnify (including advancement of expenses) and hold harmless each current or former director or officer all past and present officers and directors of Mountain (each, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a “D&O Persons”) against any Losses suffered or incurred in connection with, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior the Company to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after same extent such persons are indemnified by the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect Company as of the date of this Agreement pursuant to the Company Certificate of Incorporation, the bylaws of the Company, any applicable employment agreements or indemnification agreements or under applicable Legal Requirements for acts or omissions which occurred at or prior to the Effective Time. The Surviving Corporation’s certificate of incorporation and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights bylaws shall contain provisions with respect to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing exculpation that are at least as favorable to the past and present officers and directors of the date hereof Company as those provisions contained in favor the Company Certificate of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive Incorporation and the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period bylaws of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of on the date hereof, and TopCo such provisions shall cause the Surviving Company to not amendbe amended, repeal, repealed or otherwise modify any such provision modified for a period of six (6) years in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From past and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries present officers and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each directors of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15Company. (b) Prior to For a period of six (6) years from and after the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause each of Acquiror and the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directorsCorporation agrees to provide officers’ and officersdirectors’ liability insurance policy (the “D&O Tail”) in with respect of to acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing Effective Time covering each D&O Person on past and present officer and member of the Board of Directors of the Company who is currently covered by the Company’s officers’ and directors’ liability insurance policy. The terms with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits and coverage amounts of the liability insurance policy shall be at least as favorable as the terms and coverage amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such the liability insurance policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)hereof. (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition toIf Acquiror, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Corporation or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, to the extent necessary, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of Acquiror or the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Corporation, as the case may be, shall assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.159. (d) The provisions of this Section 6.8 are intended for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, all past and present officers and directors of the Company and his or her heirs and representatives. The rights of all past and present officers and directors of the Company under this Section 6.8 are in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other rights to indemnification or contribution that any such person may have by contract, applicable Legal Requirements or otherwise.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Mesa Laboratories Inc /Co/)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From Acquisition agrees that all rights to indemnification or exculpation now existing in favor of the directors, officers, employees and after agents of the Merger Effective Time, TopCo shall indemnify, defend Company and hold harmless each current its Subsidiaries as provided in their respective charters or former director bylaws (or officer of Mountain (each, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a “D&O Persons”other similar governing instruments) against any Losses suffered or incurred in connection with, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting hereof with respect to matters occurring prior to the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain Effective Time shall survive the Closing Merger and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after To the Closing Datemaximum extent permitted by the DGCL, TopCo such indemnification shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries be mandatory rather than permissive and the Surviving Company Corporation shall advance expenses in connection with such indemnification (subject to honorthe Surviving Corporation's receipt of an undertaking by the indemnified party to return such advanced expenses to the Surviving Corporation if it is determined by a final, in accordance with their respective terms, each non-appealable order of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15a court of competent jurisdiction that such indemnified party is not entitled to retain such advanced expenses). (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or Acquisition shall cause the Surviving Company toCorporation to maintain in effect for not less than five (5) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” years from the Effective Time the policies of the directors' and officers' liability and fiduciary insurance policy most recently maintained by the Company (provided that the “D&O Tail”Surviving Corporation may substitute therefor policies of at least the same coverage containing terms and conditions which are no less advantageous to the beneficiaries thereof so long as such substitution does not result in gaps or lapses in coverage) in with respect of acts or omissions to matters occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms Effective Time; provided, however, that in satisfying its obligation under this Section, the Surviving Corporation shall not be obligated to pay premiums in excess of 150% of the amount per annum incurred by the Company in the twelve months ended at the Effective Time with respect to termssuch insurance, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable which amount has been disclosed to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)Acquisition. (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under In the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and event the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated Corporation or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) or any of their respective successors or assigns its successor (i) consolidates is consolidated with or merges with or into any other Person another person and is not the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Personother person in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, then, then in each such case, proper provision case Acquisition shall be made so that make or cause the successors and assigns successor or transferee of the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Corporation agree to comply in all material respects with the obligations set forth in terms of this Section 6.154.8.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Special Devices Inc /De)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after During the Merger Effective TimeTail Coverage Period, TopCo Purchaser shall indemnify, defend indemnify and hold harmless harmless, each current or present and former director or director, officer and employee of Mountain Company and the Bank (eachin each case, together with when acting in such person’s heirscapacity), executors or administratorsdetermined as of the Effective Time (collectively, a the D&O PersonsIndemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred in connection withwith any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce transactions contemplated by this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each caseAgreement, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates permitted by law and to which such Indemnified Parties would have been permitted be entitled under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof Company Articles and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Personsthe Company Bylaws, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents case as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of on the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain Company shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (purchase an extended reporting period or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” endorsement under Company’s existing directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy coverage for Company’s directors and officers that provides insurance coverage for a period of six years following the Effective Time or, if such term of coverage is not available, such other maximum period of coverage that is available (the length of such tail-coverage, the D&O TailTail Coverage Period”) in respect of acts or omissions occurring and contains at or prior to least the Closing covering each D&O Person on same coverage and amounts, and contains terms with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are conditions no less favorable advantageous to insured persons than the directors’ and officer’s insurance coverage currently maintained by Company; provided that the cost of purchasing such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement extended reporting period or “tail” coverage for the six year period following Tail Coverage Period shall not exceed 250% of the Closing. TopCo shall cause annual premiums paid by Company for the Surviving Company to maintain directors’ and officer’s insurance coverage that it currently maintains, without the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)prior written consent of Purchaser. (c) The rights Any Indemnified Party wishing to claim indemnification under Section 6.9(a), upon learning of each D&O Person hereunder any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation described above, will promptly notify Purchaser; provided that failure to so notify will not affect the obligations of Purchaser under Section 6.9(a) unless and to the extent that Purchaser is actually and materially prejudiced as a consequence. In the event of any such claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation (whether arising before or after the Effective Time), (i) Purchaser shall have the right to assume the defense thereof and Purchaser shall not be in addition to, and not in limitation of, liable to such Indemnified Parties for any legal expenses of other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain counsel or any other Group Companyexpenses subsequently incurred by such Indemnified Parties in connection with the defense thereof, any other indemnification agreement except that if Purchaser elects not to assume such defense or arrangement with any counsel for the Indemnified Parties advises that there are issues which raise conflicts of interest between Purchaser and the foregoing Indemnified Parties that make joint representation inappropriate, the Indemnified Parties may retain counsel which is reasonably satisfactory to which they Purchaser, and Purchaser shall pay, promptly as statements therefor are a partyreceived, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel for the Group Companies Indemnified Parties (which includes at or immediately following may not exceed one firm in any jurisdiction unless the Merger Effective TimeIndemnified Parties have conflicts of interest), (ii) the Indemnified Parties will cooperate in the defense of any such matter, (iii) neither the Indemnified Party nor Purchaser shall be liable for the avoidance of doubtany settlement effected without its prior written consent, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 which shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefitunreasonably withheld, and are enforceable by, each (iv) Purchaser shall have no obligation hereunder in the event that a federal or state banking agency or a court of competent jurisdiction shall determine that indemnification of an Indemnified Party in the D&O Persons, each of whom manner contemplated hereby is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15prohibited by applicable laws and regulations. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Purchaser or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person entity and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Personother entity, then, then and in each such case, Purchaser will cause proper provision shall to be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Purchaser will assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.9.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (S Y Bancorp Inc)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From All rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo shall indemnify, defend exculpation now existing in favor of each present and hold harmless each current or former director or and officer of Mountain (each, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a “D&O Persons”) against any Losses suffered or incurred in connection with, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain Company or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents Subsidiaries (acting in their capacity as such) (each, an “Indemnified Person”) as provided in the Company Charter and Company Bylaws, or in the certificate or articles of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Personsincorporation, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents bylaws, or similar documents of any Subsidiary, in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting Agreement, shall, with respect to matters occurring prior to the foregoingEffective Time, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing Merger and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years effect after the Closing DateEffective Time. During the period commencing at the Effective Time and ending on the sixth anniversary of the Effective Time, TopCo shall cause the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Company Corporation and the certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or similar documents of its Subsidiaries shall, with respect to maintain in effect matters occurring at or prior to the exculpationEffective Time, indemnification and contain provisions no less favorable with respect to indemnification, advancement of expenses provisions and exculpation of Mountain’s Governing Documents as the Indemnified Persons than are set forth in the Company Charter and Company Bylaws or in the certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or similar documents of its Subsidiaries in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereofthis Agreement, and TopCo such provisions shall cause the Surviving Company to not amendbe amended, repeal, repealed or otherwise modify any such provision modified after the Effective Time in any manner that would materially adversely affect the rights thereunder, as of the Effective Time, of any D&O Person thereunder; providedIndemnified Person, that all rights with respect to exculpation, indemnification matters occurring at or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until prior to the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15Effective Time. (b) Prior to During the Merger period commencing at the Effective Time and ending on the sixth anniversary of the Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo Parent or the Surviving Corporation shall (or and Parent shall cause the Surviving Company Corporation to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” obtain and maintain directors’ and officers’ liability insurance for the Indemnified Persons with respect to matters occurring prior to the Effective Time on terms with respect to coverage and amount no less favorable in the aggregate than those of the directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (obtained by the “D&O Tail”) in respect of acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy Company in effect on the date of this Agreement; provided, however, that in no event shall Parent and the Surviving Corporation be obligated to expend in order to obtain or maintain insurance coverage pursuant to this Section 5.04(b) any amount per annum in excess of 200% of the last annual premium paid by the Company for such insurance before the date of this Agreement for (the six “Cap”); and provided further, that if equivalent coverage cannot be obtained, or can be obtained only by paying an annual premium in excess of the Cap, Parent or the Surviving Corporation shall only be required to obtain as much coverage as can be obtained by paying an annual premium equal to the Cap. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company may purchase a six-year period following “tail” prepaid policy or policies on the ClosingCompany’s current directors’ and officers’ liability insurance; provided that the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a stand-alone directors’ and officers’ insurance “tail” policy, if available, and provided, further, that the Company shall work diligently to obtain such “tail” policy at reasonable cost. TopCo In the event that such a “tail” policy is purchased prior to the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall (and Parent shall cause the Surviving Company to Corporation to) maintain the D&O Tail such “tail” policy in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with and Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall have no obligations under the first sentence of this Section 6.15(b)5.04(b) so long as such “tail” policy is in full force and effect. (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under In the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and event the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Corporation or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Corporation (and their respective successors and assigns) assume the obligations set forth of the Surviving Corporation (or its successors or assigns) under this Section 5.04. (d) The Surviving Corporation and Parent shall pay all reasonable, documented, out-of-pocket expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, that may be incurred by any Indemnified Person in successfully enforcing the indemnity and other obligations provided in this Section 6.155.04. The provisions of this Section 5.04 shall survive the consummation of the Merger and expressly are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each of the Indemnified Persons. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, it is agreed that the rights of an Indemnified Person under this Section 5.04 shall be in addition to, and not a limitation of any other rights such Indemnified Person may have under the Company Charter, the Company Bylaws, any other indemnification arrangements, the DGCL or otherwise and nothing in this Section 5.04 shall have the effect of, or be construed as having the effect of, reducing the benefits to the Indemnified Persons under the Company Charter, the Company Bylaws, any other indemnification arrangements, the DGCL or otherwise with respect to matters occurring prior to the Effective Time.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (ZAIS Group Holdings, Inc.)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo shall indemnify, defend Purchaser and the Company agree that they will indemnify and hold harmless harmless, to the fullest extent Purchaser or the Company would be permitted to do so under applicable Law and their respective Organizational Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement, each current or present and former (determined as of the Effective Time) director or and officer of Mountain Purchaser and the Company and each of their respective Subsidiaries, in each case, when acting in such capacity (eachcollectively, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a the “D&O PersonsIndemnified Parties”), against any costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities (collectively, “Costs”) against any Losses suffered or incurred in connection with, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual Proceeding, in connection with, arising out of or alleged Proceeding or any other otherwise related to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the TransactionsTransaction, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O PersonsIndemnified Party, and TopCo Purchaser or the Company shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent that the Company or Purchaser, as applicable, would have been permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing applicable Law and its respective Organizational Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees Agreement; provided that all rights any Person to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of whom expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company are advanced provides an undertaking to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O repay such advances if it is ultimately determined by final adjudication that such Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company is not entitled to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15indemnification. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or Purchaser shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a as of the Effective Time to obtain and fully pay the premium for “tail” insurance policies for the extension of (i) the directors’ and officers’ liability coverage of the Company’s existing directors’ and officers’ insurance policies, and (ii) the Company’s existing fiduciary liability insurance policies, in each case, for a claims reporting or discovery period of six (6) years from and after the Effective Time (the runoff” Tail Period”) from one or more insurance carriers with the same or better credit rating as the Company’s insurance carrier as of the date of this Agreement with respect to directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy and fiduciary liability insurance (the collectively, “D&O TailInsurance”) in with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are at least as favorable to the insureds as the Company’s existing policies with respect of acts to matters existing or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms Effective Time (including in connection with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for or the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(bTransaction). (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition toPurchaser shall, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any as of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, obtain and fully pay the premium for “tail” insurance policies for the avoidance extension of doubtPurchaser’s existing D&O Insurance, TopCo in each case, for the Tail Period, with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are at least as favorable to the Surviving Company) under insureds as Purchaser’s existing policies with respect to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Effective Time (including in connection with this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated Agreement or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15Transaction). (d) If any of Purchaser, Seller, the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Company or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates shall consolidate with or merges with or merge into any other Person and is shall not be the continuing or surviving entity Person of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys shall transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, proper provision provisions shall be made so that the successors and assigns of Purchaser, Seller, and the applicable Group Company assumes shall assume all of the obligations set forth in this Section 6.157.3. (e) Prior to the Closing, Purchaser shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain D&O Insurance reasonably satisfactory to Seller and that shall be effective as of Closing and will cover those Persons who will be the directors and officers of Purchaser (including the directors and officers of the Company and its Subsidiaries) at and after the Closing on terms not less favorable than the better of (a) the terms of the current directors’ and officers’ liability insurance in place for the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ directors and officers and (b) the terms of a typical directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy for a company whose equity is listed on NASDAQ which policy has a scope and amount of coverage that is reasonably appropriate for a company of similar characteristics (including the line of business and revenues) as Purchaser (including the Company and its Subsidiaries). (f) The rights of the D&O Indemnified Parties under this Section 7.3 are in addition to any rights such Indemnified Parties may have under the Organizational Documents of Purchaser and Seller or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or under any applicable Contracts or Laws, and nothing in this Agreement is intended to, shall be construed or shall release, waiver or impair any rights to directors’ and officers’ insurance claims under any policy that is or has been in existence with respect to Purchaser, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries for any of their respective directors, officers or other employees (it being understood that the indemnification provided for in this Section 7.3 is not prior to or in substitution of any such claims under such policies). (g) This Section 7.3 is intended to be for the benefit of, and from and after the Effective Time shall be enforceable by, each of the D&O Indemnified Parties, who shall be third party beneficiaries of this Section 7.3.

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Samples: Share Purchase Agreement (EUDA Health Holdings LTD)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo the Surviving Corporation shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless harmless, to the extent permitted under applicable Law (and shall also advance expenses as incurred to the extent permitted under applicable Law and the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation), each current or present and former director or and officer of Mountain the Company or its Subsidiaries (eachin each case, together with to the extent acting in such person’s heirscapacity), executors or administratorsdetermined as of the Effective Time (collectively, a the D&O PersonsIndemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred in connection withwith any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, actual or threatened, arising out of facts or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time; provided, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after that the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with Indemnified Party to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification by the Surviving Corporation. (ib) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing DateEffective Time, TopCo Acquirer shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain be maintained in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement current policies of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy maintained by the Company (provided that the Acquirer may substitute therefor policies with a substantially comparable insurer of at least the same coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions which are no less advantageous to the insured) with respect to claims arising from facts or events which occurred at or before the Effective Time; provided, however, that Acquirer shall not be obligated to make annual premium payments for such insurance to the extent such premiums exceed 200% of the premiums paid as of the date hereof by the Company for such insurance (D&O TailCompany’s Current Premium) ), and if such premiums for such insurance would at any time exceed 200% of Company’s Current Premium, then Acquirer shall cause to be maintained policies of insurance which, in respect Acquirer’s good faith determination, provide the maximum coverage available at an annual premium equal to 200% of acts or omissions occurring at Company’s Current Premium. In lieu of the foregoing, Acquirer, in consultation with the Company, may obtain on or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect Effective Time a six-year “tail” policy or “extended discovery period” under the Company’s existing directors and officers insurance policy providing equivalent coverage to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits that described in the preceding sentence if and to the extent that the same may be obtained for an amount that does not exceed 250% of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)Company’s Current Premium. (c) The rights Any Indemnified Party wishing to claim indemnification under Section 7.04(a), upon learning of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition toany claim, and action, suit, proceeding or investigation described above, will promptly notify the Surviving Corporation; provided, that failure to so notify will not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under affect the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of Acquirer under Section 7.04(a) unless and to the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and extent that the Surviving CompanyCorporation is actually and materially prejudiced as a consequence. (d) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly 7.04 are intended to benefitbe for the benefit of, and are shall be enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15Indemnified Party. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes the obligations set forth in this Section 6.15.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Hope Bancorp Inc)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From All rights to indemnification or exculpation now existing in favor of the directors and officers of SPAC, as provided in the SPAC Governing Documents or otherwise in effect as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, in either case, solely with respect to any matters occurring on or prior to the Effective Time shall survive the Transactions and shall continue in full force and effect from and after the Merger Effective Time for a period of six (6) years and the Company will perform and discharge, or cause to be performed and discharged, all obligations to provide such indemnity and exculpation during such six (6) year period. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law, during such six (6) year period, the Company shall advance, or caused to be advanced, expenses in connection with such indemnification as provided in the SPAC Governing Documents or other applicable agreements as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time. The indemnification and liability limitation or exculpation provisions of the SPAC Governing Documents shall not, during such six (6) year period, be amended, repealed or otherwise modified after the Effective Time in any manner that would materially and adversely affect the rights thereunder of individuals who, as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, TopCo shall indemnifyor at any time prior to such time, defend and hold harmless each current were directors or former director or officer officers of Mountain SPAC (each, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a the “D&O Persons”) against any Losses suffered entitled to be so indemnified, their liability limited or incurred in connection with, arising out of or otherwise related be exculpated with respect to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at on or prior to the Merger Effective Time and relating to the fact that such D&O Person was a director or officer of SPAC immediately prior to the Effective Time, whether asserted unless such amendment, repeal or claimed prior to, at or other modification is required by applicable Law. (b) The Company shall not have any obligation under this Section 5.13 to any D&O Person when and if a court of competent jurisdiction shall ultimately determine (and such determination shall have become final and non-appealable) that the indemnification of such D&O Person in the manner contemplated hereby is prohibited by applicable Law. (c) For a period of six (6) years after the Merger Effective Time, including the Company shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain, without any lapses in connection with (i) coverage, directors’ and officers’ liability insurance for the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or benefit of those Persons who are currently covered by any other indemnification or advancement right comparable insurance policies of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect SPAC as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights with respect to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents matters occurring on or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior prior to the Merger Effective TimeTime (i.e., Mountain “tail coverage”). Such insurance policies shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall provide coverage on terms (or shall cause with respect to coverage and amount) that are substantially the Surviving Company tosame as (and no less favorable in the aggregate to the insured than) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” the coverage provided under SPAC’s directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (the “D&O Tail”) in respect policies as of acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b). (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition toAgreement, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and doubt is the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall Side A coverage in an amount not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15less than $5 million. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Company or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) consolidates shall merge or consolidate with or merges with or merge into any other Person corporation or entity and is shall not be the surviving or continuing corporation or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys shall transfer all or substantially all of its their respective properties and assets as an entity in one or a series of related transactions to any Person, then, then in each such case, proper provision provisions shall be made so that the successors and or assigns of the applicable Group Surviving Company assumes shall assume all of the obligations set forth in this Section 6.155.13. (e) The D&O Persons entitled to the indemnification, liability limitation, exculpation and insurance set forth in this Section 5.13 are intended to be third-party beneficiaries of this Section 5.13. This Section 5.13 shall survive the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and shall be binding on all successors and assigns of the Surviving Company.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Mobiv Acquisition Corp)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo shall indemnify, defend Parent and the Surviving Company agree that they will indemnify and hold harmless harmless, to the fullest extent Parent, Merger Sub or the Company would be permitted to do so under applicable Law and their respective Organizational Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement, each current or present and former (determined as of the Effective Time) director or and officer of Mountain Parent, Merger Sub and the Company and each of their respective Subsidiaries, in each case, when acting in such capacity (eachcollectively, together with such person’s heirsthe “Indemnified Parties”), executors against any costs or administratorsexpenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), a judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities (collectively, D&O PersonsCosts”) against any Losses suffered or incurred in connection with, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual Proceeding, in connection with, arising out of or alleged Proceeding or any other otherwise related to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O PersonsIndemnified Party, and TopCo Parent or the Surviving Company shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent that the Company, Parent or Merger Sub, as applicable, would have been permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing applicable Law and its respective Organizational Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees Agreement; provided that all rights any Person to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of whom expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined by final adjudication that such Person is not entitled to indemnification. (b) Parent shall cause the Surviving Company as of the Effective Time to maintain obtain and fully pay the premium for “tail” insurance policies for the extension of (i) the directors’ and officers’ liability coverage of the Company’s existing directors’ and officers’ insurance policies, and (ii) the Company’s existing fiduciary liability insurance policies, in effect each case, for a claims reporting or discovery period of six (6) years from and after the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of MountainEffective Time (the “Tail Period”) from one or more insurance carriers with the same or better credit rating as the Company’s Governing Documents as in effect insurance carrier as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company this Agreement with respect to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy and fiduciary liability insurance (the collectively, “D&O TailInsurance”) in with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are at least as favorable to the insureds as the Company’s existing policies with respect of acts to matters existing or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms Effective Time (including in connection with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for or the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(bTransactions). (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition toParent shall, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any as of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, obtain and fully pay the premium for “tail” insurance policies for the avoidance extension of doubtParent’s existing D&O Insurance, TopCo in each case, for the Tail Period, with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are at least as favorable to the Surviving Company) under insureds as Parent’s existing policies with respect to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Effective Time (including in connection with this Section 6.15 shall not Agreement or the Transactions). In lieu of a separate “tail” insurance policy, the tail liability may be terminated covered in the go-forward policy obtained by the Parent so long as such coverage is for the entire Tail Period and with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are at least as favorable to the insureds as Parent’s existing policies with respect to matters existing or modified occurring at or prior to the Effective Time (including in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without connection with this Agreement or the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15Transactions. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at Parent or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Company or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates shall consolidate with or merges with or merge into any other Person and is shall not be the continuing or surviving entity Person of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys shall transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, proper provision provisions shall be made so that the successors and assigns of Parent or the applicable Group Surviving Company assumes shall assume all of the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.3. (e) Prior to the Closing, Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain D&O Insurance reasonably satisfactory to the Company and that shall be effective as of Closing and will cover those Persons who will be the directors and officers of Parent and its Subsidiaries (including the directors and officers of the Company and its Subsidiaries) at and after the Closing on terms not less favorable than the better of (a) the terms of the current directors’ and officers’ liability insurance in place for the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ directors and officers and (b) the terms of a typical directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy for a company whose equity is listed on NASDAQ which policy has a scope and amount of coverage that is reasonably appropriate for a company of similar characteristics (including the line of business and revenues) as Parent and its Subsidiaries (including the Company and its Subsidiaries). (f) The rights of the Indemnified Parties under this Section 6.3 are in addition to any rights such Indemnified Parties may have under the Organizational Documents of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or under any applicable Contracts or Laws, and nothing in this Agreement is intended to, shall be construed or shall release, waiver or impair any rights to directors’ and officers’ insurance claims under any policy that is or has been in existence with respect to Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries for any of their respective directors, officers or other employees (it being understood that the indemnification provided for in this Section 6.3 is not prior to or in substitution of any such claims under such policies). (g) This Section 6.3 is intended to be for the benefit of, and from and after the Effective Time shall be enforceable by, each of the Indemnified Parties, who shall be third party beneficiaries of this Section 6.3.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (NewHold Investment Corp.)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective TimeTime and for a period of six (6) years thereafter, TopCo each of Parent and Surviving Bank shall indemnify, defend (i) indemnify and hold harmless each current individual who at the Effective Time is, or former director or officer of Mountain (each, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administratorsany time prior to the Effective Time was, a director, officer or employee of NewDominion or any of its Subsidiaries (the D&O PersonsIndemnitees”) against any Losses suffered or incurred in respect of all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, judgments, fines, penalties costs and expenses (including legal expenses) in connection withwith any claim, suit, action, proceeding or investigation, whenever asserted, based on or arising out of the fact that Indemnitee was an officer, director or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding employee of NewDominion or any other matters existing Subsidiary or occurring acts or omissions by Indemnitee in such capacity or taken at the request of NewDominion or any Subsidiary, at or any time prior to the Merger Effective TimeTime (including any claim, whether asserted suit, action, proceeding or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) investigation relating to the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case), to the fullest extent that Mountain or any permitted by Law and (ii) assume all obligations of NewDominion and its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law Subsidiaries to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses Indemnitees in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From indemnification and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (the “D&O Tail”) in respect of exculpation from liabilities for acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on Effective Time as provided in NewDominion’s Charter Documents and the organizational documents of NewDominion’s Subsidiaries. In addition, Parent, from and after the Effective Time, shall and shall cause Surviving Bank to, advance any expenses (including legal expenses) of any Indemnitee under this Section 5.9 as incurred to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, provided that the Indemnitee to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay advances if it shall be determined that such Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified pursuant to this Section 5.9. (b) The Surviving Bank shall use its reasonable best efforts to maintain in effect for six years after the Effective Time, the current directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by NewDominion (provided that the Surviving Bank may substitute therefor policies of at least the same coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions which are no less advantageous to such officers and directors so long as substitution does not result in gaps or lapses in coverage) with respect to matters occurring prior to the Effective Time; provided, however, that in no event shall the Surviving Bank be required to expend pursuant to this Section 5.9(b) more than an amount per year equal to 200% of current annual premiums paid by NewDominion for such insurance and, in the event the cost of such coverage shall exceed that amount, the Surviving Bank shall purchase as much coverage as possible for such amount. The provisions of this Section 5.9 shall be deemed to have been satisfied if prepaid “tail” policies with the same terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits conditions and coverage as indicated above have been obtained by the Surviving Bank for purposes of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those this Section 5.9 from carriers with the same or better rating as the carrier of such policy in effect on insurances as of the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)Agreement. (c) The rights provisions of each D&O Person hereunder this Section 5.9 are intended for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each Indemnitee, his or her heirs and his or her Representatives and is in addition to, and not in limitation ofsubstitution for, any other rights such Person to indemnification or contribution that any Indemnitee may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group CompanyNewDominion Charter Documents, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law by contract or otherwise. The obligations of In the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and event the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Bank or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Bank or the purchaser of its assets and properties shall assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.155.9. This Section 5.9 shall survive the Effective Time.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Park National Corp /Oh/)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo FFI shall indemnify, defend indemnify and hold harmless harmless, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law (and shall also advance expenses as incurred to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law and the CFB Articles and CFB Bylaws), each current or present and former director or and officer of Mountain CFB and Community 1st Bank (eachin each case, together with when acting in such person’s heirscapacity), executors or administratorsdetermined as of the Effective Time (collectively, a the D&O PersonsIndemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred in connection withwith any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided that the Indemnified Party to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification by FFI. (b) Any Indemnified Party wishing to claim indemnification under Section 6.14(a), upon learning of any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation described above, will promptly notify FFI; provided that failure to so notify will not affect the obligations of FFI under Section 6.14(a) unless and to the extent that FFI is actually and materially prejudiced as a consequence. (c) Prior to the Effective Time, CFB shall, or if CFB is unable to, FFI as of the Effective Time shall, obtain and fully pay for “tail” insurance (providing only for the Side A coverage for Indemnified Parties where the existing policies also include Side B coverage for CFB) with a claims period of at least six (6) years from and after the Effective Time with respect to directors’ and officers’ liability insurance and fiduciary liability insurance (collectively, “D&O Insurance”) with benefits and levels of coverage at least as favorable to the Indemnified Parties as CFB’s existing policies with respect to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Effective Time (including in connection with (i) this Agreement or the Transactionstransactions or actions contemplated hereby); provided, and (ii) actions however, that in no event shall CFB or FFI be required to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right expend for “tail” insurance policies a premium amount in excess of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as 250% of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountainannual premiums on CFB’s Governing Documents in effect existing policies as of the date of this Agreement (the “Maximum Amount”). If the parties for any reason fail to obtain such “tail” insurance policies as of the Effective Time, FFI shall purchase comparable D&O Insurance for such six-year period with benefits and applicable Law. Without limiting levels of coverage at least as favorable to the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses Indemnified Parties as provided in CFB’s existing policies as of the date hereof of this Agreement; provided, however, that in favor no event shall the parties be required to expend for such policies total premium amounts for the six year period in excess of each D&O Personthe Maximum Amount; and, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents provided, further, that if the total premiums of such insurance coverage exceed the Maximum Amount, FFI or any indemnification agreement with Mountain CFB shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For obtain a policy for a period of six years after with the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to greatest coverage available for a cost not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any exceeding such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15amount. (bd) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (the “D&O Tail”) in respect of acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b). (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly 6.14 are intended to benefitbe for the benefit of, and are shall be enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third Indemnified Party as if he or she was a party beneficiary of to this Section 6.15Agreement. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes the obligations set forth in this Section 6.15.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Reorganization and Merger (First Foundation Inc.)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo Parent shall indemnify, defend cause the Surviving Company to indemnify and hold harmless each current or former director or officer of Mountain (eachharmless, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a “D&O Persons”) against any Losses suffered or incurred in connection with, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, as and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing provided in the Charter Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of on the date of this Agreement and permitted by applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification past and advancement of expenses existing as present directors and officers of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents Company or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs, expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and the Surviving Company to honor, expenses in accordance with their respective terms, each advance of the covenants contained final disposition of any claim, suit, proceeding or investigation to each Indemnified Party upon receipt of an undertaking from such Indemnified Party to repay such advanced expenses if it is determined by a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction that such Indemnified Party was not entitled to indemnification hereunder), judgments, fines and amounts paid in this Section 6.15. settlement in connection with any actual or threatened claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal or administrative (b) Prior to in each case whether asserted or claimed before or after the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (the “D&O Tail”) in respect arising out of acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms Effective Time in connection with respect to termssuch Indemnified Party serving as a director or officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including in connection with an Indemnified Party serving at the request of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as a director, conditionsofficer, coverageemployee, deductiblestrustee or partner of another corporation, limits of liability partnership, trust, joint venture, employee benefit plan or other entity and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy including acts or omissions occurring in effect on the date of connection with this Agreement for and the six year transactions contemplated hereby). (b) For a period following of seven (7) years after the Closing. TopCo Effective Time, Parent shall maintain or cause the Surviving Company to maintain for the benefit of the Indemnified Parties a directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy that provides coverage for acts, omissions or events occurring prior to the Effective Time (the “D&O Insurance”) with terms and conditions which are, in the aggregate, not less advantageous to such Indemnified Parties than the terms and conditions of the existing directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy of the Company (certain material terms of which are summarized in Section 5.7(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule); provided that, at Parent’s option, in lieu of the foregoing insurance coverage, Parent or, with Parent’s consent, the Company may at or prior to the Effective Time substitute therefor a single premium tail coverage with respect to the D&O Tail Insurance that provides coverage for claims first made within a period of seven (7) years after the Effective Time (the “Run Off Policy”), with terms and conditions which are, in full force the aggregate, not less advantageous to such Indemnified Parties than the terms and effect conditions of the existing directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will Parent be required to expend, in the aggregate for its full term the Run Off Policy, an amount in accordance with excess of 300% of the annual premiums currently paid by the Company for the existing directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy of the Company as set forth in Section 5.7(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule (the “Insurance Amount”), and if Parent is unable to maintain or obtain the insurance called for by this Section 6.15(b5.7(b) for an amount equal to or less than the Insurance Amount, Parent shall obtain or cause to be obtained as much comparable insurance as may be available for the Insurance Amount. The parties hereby agree that each of the Indemnified Parties (and their respective heirs and personal representatives) are intended to be third party beneficiaries of this Section 5.7, with full rights of enforcement as if a party hereto. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event the Run Off Policy is purchased, none of Parent, the Company or the Surviving Company will have any further obligation under this Section 5.7(b). (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition toIf Parent, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Company or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person person and is shall not be the continuing or surviving company or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Personperson, then, and in each such case, to the extent required, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of Parent or the applicable Group Surviving Company assumes shall assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.155.7. (d) The rights of each Indemnified Party under this Section 5.7 shall be in addition to any rights such person may have under the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any applicable Law. In furtherance of the foregoing, for a period of seven (7) years after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Surviving Company to (i) cause the articles of association (and other similar organizational documents) of the Surviving Company and its Subsidiaries to contain provisions with respect to indemnification, insurance, exculpation and the advancement of expenses that are at least as favorable as the indemnification, insurance, exculpation and advancement of expenses provisions contained in the Charter Documents or the articles of association (or other similar organizational documents) of the Subsidiaries as of the date hereof, and (ii) cause the articles of association (and other similar organizational documents) of the Surviving Company and its Subsidiaries to not be repealed, amended or otherwise modified in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of the Indemnified Parties thereunder except subject to the prior written consent of the Indemnified Parties or as required by applicable Law. (e) Nothing in this Agreement is intended to, shall be construed to or shall release, waive or impair any rights to the Indemnified Parties’ insurance claims under any policy that is or has been in existence with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for any of their respective directors, officers or other employees, it being understood and agreed that the indemnification provided for in this Section 5.7 is not prior to or in substitution for any such claims under such policies.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Syneron Medical Ltd.)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo the Surviving Corporation shall indemnify, defend indemnify and hold harmless harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each current present and former director and officer of Seller and its Subsidiaries (in each case, when acting in such capacity) (collectively, the “Seller Indemnified Parties”) against any costs or former expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred in connection with any threatened or actual claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, whether arising before or after the Effective Time, arising in whole or in part out of, or pertaining to, the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of Mountain (each, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a “D&O Persons”) against any Losses suffered or incurred in connection with, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding Seller or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective predecessors or was prior to the Effective Time serving at the request of any such party as a director, officer, employee, trustee or partner of another corporation, partnership, trust, joint venture, employee benefit plan or other matters entity as set forth on Section 6.7(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, and pertaining to matters, acts or omissions existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including matters, acts or omissions occurring in connection with (i) the Transactions, approval of this Agreement and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as consummation of the date hereof transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, Parent and TopCo the Surviving Corporation shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred by such Seller Indemnified Party to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law; provided that the Seller Indemnified Party to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking (in effect as a reasonable and customary form) to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined by a court of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees competent jurisdiction that all rights such Seller Indemnified Party is not entitled to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. indemnification. (b) For a period of six (6) years after the Closing DateEffective Time, TopCo the Surviving Corporation shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain be maintained in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement current policies of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy maintained by Seller (provided, that the Surviving Corporation may substitute therefor policies with a substantially comparable insurer of at least the same coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions that are no less advantageous to the insured) with respect to claims against the present and former officers and directors of Seller or any of its Subsidiaries arising from facts or events that occurred at or before the Effective Time (including the transactions contemplated by this Agreement); provided, however, that the Surviving Corporation shall not be obligated to expend in the aggregate pursuant to this Section 6.7(b) more than 300% of the aggregate annual premiums paid as of the date hereof by Seller for such insurance (the “D&O TailPremium Cap), and if such premiums for such insurance would at any time exceed the Premium Cap, then the Surviving Corporation shall cause to be maintained policies of insurance that provide the maximum coverage available at an amount equal to the Premium Cap. In lieu of the foregoing, Seller, in consultation with, but only upon the consent of Parent, may (and at the request of Parent, Seller shall use its reasonable best efforts to) in respect of acts or omissions occurring obtain at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect Effective Time a six-year “tail” policy under Seller’s existing directors and officers insurance policy providing equivalent coverage to termsthat described in the preceding sentence if and to the extent that the same may be obtained for an amount that, conditionsin the aggregate, coveragedoes not exceed the Premium Cap, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such which policy in effect on the date of this Agreement Parent shall not cancel or terminate for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)any reason. (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 6.7 shall survive the Closing Effective Time and expressly are intended to benefitbe for the benefit of, and are shall be enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) Seller Indemnified Party and his or her heirs and representatives. If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Corporation or any of their respective its successors or assigns shall (i) consolidates consolidate with or merges with or merge into any other Person entity and is not be the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger merger, or (ii) transfers liquidate, dissolve, or conveys transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets or deposits to any Personother entity or engage in any similar transaction, then, in each such case, the Surviving Corporation will cause proper provision shall to be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Corporation will expressly assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.7. (d) Following the Effective Time, the obligations of the Surviving Corporation, Parent and Seller under this Section 6.7 shall not be terminated or modified in a manner so as to adversely affect any Seller Indemnified Party or any other person entitled to the benefit of this Section 6.7 without the prior written consent of the affected Seller Indemnified Party.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Civista Bancshares, Inc.)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From The indemnification, advancement and after exculpation provisions of certain indemnification agreements by and among the Merger Company and its directors and certain executive officers, as in effect at the Effective TimeTime shall not be amended, TopCo shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless each current or former director or officer of Mountain (each, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a “D&O Persons”) against any Losses suffered or incurred in connection with, arising out of repealed or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For modified for a period of six years after from the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision Effective Time in any manner that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of any D&O Person thereunder; providedindividuals who at the Effective Time were directors, officers or employees of the Company. The Strategic Investor and the Controlling Shareholder shall cause the Surviving Corporation to comply with all such indemnification, advancement and exculpation provisions under the memorandum and articles of association of the Company as in effect on the date hereof, Cayman Companies Law, or otherwise, except to the extent prohibited by applicable Law. The Memorandum and Articles of Association will contain provisions with respect to exculpation and indemnification that all rights are at least as favorable to exculpationthe directors, indemnification officers or advancement employees of expenses the Company as those contained in respect the memorandum and articles of any Proceeding pending or asserted association of the Company as in effect on the date hereof, except to the extent prohibited by the Cayman Companies Law or any claim made within such other applicable Law, which provisions will not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified for a period shall continue until of six years from the disposition Effective Time in any manner that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of such Proceeding individuals who, immediately prior to the Effective Time, were directors, officers or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each employees of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15Company, unless such modification is required by Law. (b) Prior to From and after the Merger Effective Time, Mountain the Surviving Corporation shall andcomply with all of the Company’s obligations, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to comply with their respective obligations to indemnify and hold harmless (including any obligations to advance funds for expenses) (i) the present and former officers and directors thereof against any and all costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages, liabilities and amounts paid in settlement in connection with any actual or threatened claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (“Damages”), arising out of, relating to or in connection with any acts or omissions occurring or alleged to occur prior to or at the Effective Time to the extent provided under the Company’s or such Subsidiaries’ respective organizational and governing documents or agreements in effect on the date hereof and to the fullest extent permitted by the Cayman Companies Law or any other applicable Law, including the approval of this Agreement, the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or arising out of or pertaining to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement provided that such indemnification shall be subject to any limitation imposed from time to time under applicable Law; and (ii) such persons against any and all Damages arising out of acts or omissions in connection with such persons serving as an officer, director or other fiduciary in any entity if Mountain is unable tosuch service was at the request or for the benefit of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. (c) The Surviving Corporation shall, TopCo shall (or and the Strategic Investor and the Controlling Shareholder shall cause the Surviving Company Corporation to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” , maintain the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ existing directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (the “D&O Tail”) in respect of including for acts or omissions occurring at or prior to in connection with this Agreement and the Closing consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby) covering each D&O Person covered as of the Effective Time by the Company’s officers’ and directors’ liability insurance policy (each such Person, an “Indemnified Party”) on terms with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability coverage and amounts that are amount no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date hereof for a period of this Agreement six years after the Effective Time; provided, however, that, subject to the immediately succeeding sentence, in no event shall the Surviving Corporation be required to expend in any one year an amount in excess of 300% of the current annual premium paid by the Company for such insurance. In addition, the six Company may and, at the Strategic Investor’s and the Controlling Shareholder’s request, the Company will, purchase a six-year period following “tail” prepaid policy prior to the Effective Time on terms and conditions no less advantageous to the Indemnified Parties than the existing directors’ and officers’ liability insurance maintained by the Company. If such “tail” prepaid policies have been obtained by the Company prior to the Closing. TopCo , the Surviving Corporation shall, and the Strategic Investor and the Controlling Shareholder shall cause the Surviving Company to Corporation to, maintain the D&O Tail such policies in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b). (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition toeffect, and not in limitation ofcontinue to honor the respective obligations thereunder, any and all other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 6.11(c) shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15terminate. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following Strategic Investor, the Merger Effective TimeControlling Shareholder, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Corporation or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is shall not be the continuing or surviving company or entity of such consolidation or merger merger, or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, thenthen the obligations of the Strategic Investor, in each such casethe Controlling Shareholder, or the Surviving Corporation, as the case may be, that are set forth under this Section 6.11 shall survive, and to the extent necessary, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Strategic Investor, the Controlling Shareholder or the Surviving Corporation, as the case may be, shall assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.11. (e) The provisions of this Section 6.11 shall survive the consummation of the Merger and are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each of the Indemnified Parties and their heirs and legal representatives, each of which shall be a third-party beneficiary of the provisions of this Section 6.11. (f) The agreements and covenants contained in this Section 6.11 shall not be deemed to be exclusive of any other rights to which any such present or former director or officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is entitled, whether pursuant to Law, contract or otherwise. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to, shall be construed to or shall release, waive or impair any rights to directors’ and officers’ insurance claims under any policy that is or has been in existence with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective officers, directors and employees, it being understood and agreed that the indemnification provided for in this Section 6.11 is not prior to or in substitution for any such claims under any such policies.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Tongjitang Chinese Medicines Co)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo the Surviving Corporation shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless harmless, to the extent permitted under applicable Law (and shall also advance expenses as incurred to the extent permitted under applicable Law and the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation), each current or present and former director or and officer of Mountain the Company or its Subsidiaries (eachin each case, together with to the extent acting in such person’s heirscapacity), executors or administratorsdetermined as of the Effective Time (collectively, a the D&O PersonsIndemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred in connection withwith any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, actual or threatened, arising out of facts or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, that any Indemnified Party to whom expenses are advanced must provide an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification by the Surviving Corporation. (ib) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, Subject to the fullest extent following sentence, for a period of six years following the Effective time, Acquirer will provide or purchase director’s and officer’s liability insurance that Mountain serves to reimburse the present and former officers and directors of the Company or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents Subsidiaries (determined as of the Effective Time), providing only for “Side A coverage” for Indemnified Parties, with respect to claims against such directors and officers arising from facts or events occurring before the Effective time (including the transactions contemplated by this Agreement), which insurance will contain at least the same coverage and amounts and contain terms and conditions no less advantageous to the Indemnified Parties, as such coverage currently provided by the Company; provided, that in no event shall Acquirer be required to expend, on an annual basis, an amount in excess of 200% of the aggregate annual premiums paid as of the date hereof and applicable Law by the Company for any such insurance (the “Premium Cap”); provided further, that if any such annual expense at any time would exceed the Premium Cap, then Acquirer will cause to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred be maintained policies of insurance which provided the maximum coverage available at an annual premium equal to the fullest extent permitted Premium Cap. At the option of Acquirer, exercisable prior to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents the Effective Time and in effect as lieu of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain Company shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” tail policy for directors’ and officers’ liability insurance on the terms described in the prior sentence (including the Premium Cap) and fully pay for such policy (the “D&O Tail”) in respect of acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect to termsEffective Time, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability it being understood and amounts agreed that are no less favorable to such person than those the cost of such tail policy in effect on shall be excluded from the date calculation of this Agreement for Book Value Per Share (i. e., such cost shall not reduce the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(bBook Value Per Share). (c) The rights Any Indemnified Party wishing to claim indemnification under Section 6.04(a), upon learning of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition toany claim, and action, suit, proceeding or investigation described above, will promptly notify the Surviving Corporation; provided, that failure to so notify will not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under affect the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of Acquirer under Section 6.04(a) unless and except to the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and extent that the Surviving CompanyCorporation is actually and materially prejudiced as a consequence. (d) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly 6.04 are intended to benefitbe for the benefit of, and are shall be enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15Indemnified Party. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes the obligations set forth in this Section 6.15.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (BBCN Bancorp Inc)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo shall indemnify, defend Parent and the Surviving Company agree that they will indemnify and hold harmless harmless, to the fullest extent Parent, Merger Sub or the Company would be permitted to do so under applicable Law and their respective Organizational Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement, each current or present and former (determined as of the Effective Time) director or and officer of Mountain Parent, Merger Sub and the Company and each of their respective Subsidiaries, in each case, when acting in such capacity (eachcollectively, together with such person’s heirsthe “Indemnified Parties”), executors against any costs or administratorsexpenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), a judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities (collectively, D&O PersonsCosts”) against any Losses suffered or incurred in connection with, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual Proceeding, in connection with, arising out of or alleged Proceeding or any other otherwise related to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O PersonsIndemnified Party, and TopCo Parent or the Surviving Company shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent that the Company, Parent or Merger Sub, as applicable, would have been permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing applicable Law and its respective Organizational Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees Agreement; provided that all rights any Person to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of whom expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined by final adjudication that such Person is not entitled to indemnification. (b) Parent shall cause the Surviving Company as of the Effective Time to maintain obtain and fully pay the premium for “tail” insurance policies for the extension of (i) the directors’ and officers’ liability coverage of the Company’s existing directors’ and officers’ insurance policies, and (ii) the Company’s existing fiduciary liability insurance policies, in effect each case, for a claims reporting or discovery period of six (6) years from and after the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of MountainEffective Time (the “Tail Period”) from one or more insurance carriers with the same or better credit rating as the Company’s Governing Documents as in effect insurance carrier as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company this Agreement with respect to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy and fiduciary liability insurance (the collectively, “D&O TailInsurance”) in with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are at least as favorable to the insureds as the Company’s existing policies with respect of acts to matters existing or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms Effective Time (including in connection with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for or the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(bTransactions). (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition toParent shall, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any as of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, obtain and fully pay the premium for “tail” insurance policies for the avoidance extension of doubtParent’s existing D&O Insurance, TopCo in each case, for the Tail Period, with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are at least as favorable to the Surviving Company) under insureds as Parent’s existing policies with respect to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Effective Time (including in connection with this Section 6.15 shall not Agreement or the Transactions). In lieu of a separate “tail” insurance policy, the tail liability may be terminated covered in the go-forward policy obtained by Parent so long as such coverage is for the entire Tail Period and with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are at least as favorable to the insureds as Parent’s existing policies with respect to matters existing or modified occurring at or prior to the Effective Time (including in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without connection with this Agreement or the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15Transactions). (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at Parent or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Company or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates shall consolidate with or merges with or merge into any other Person and is shall not be the continuing or surviving entity Person of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys shall transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, proper provision provisions shall be made so that the successors and assigns of Parent or the applicable Group Surviving Company assumes shall assume all of the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.3. (e) Prior to the Closing, Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain D&O Insurance reasonably satisfactory to the Company and that shall be effective as of Closing and will cover those Persons who will be the directors and officers of Parent and its Subsidiaries (including the directors and officers of the Surviving Company and its Subsidiaries) at and after the Closing on terms not less favorable than the better of (a) the terms of the current directors’ and officers’ liability insurance in place for the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ directors and officers and (b) the terms of a typical directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy for a company whose equity is listed on NASDAQ which policy has a scope and amount of coverage that is reasonably appropriate for a company of similar characteristics (including the line of business and revenues) as Parent and its Subsidiaries (including the Company and its Subsidiaries). (f) The rights of the Indemnified Parties under this Section 6.3 are in addition to any rights such Indemnified Parties may have under the Organizational Documents of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or under any applicable Contracts or Laws, and nothing in this Agreement is intended to, shall be construed or shall release, waiver or impair any rights to directors’ and officers’ insurance claims under any policy that is or has been in existence with respect to Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries for any of their respective directors, officers or other employees (it being understood that the indemnification provided for in this Section 6.3 is not prior to or in substitution of any such claims under such policies). (g) This Section 6.3 is intended to be for the benefit of, and from and after the Effective Time shall be enforceable by, each of the Indemnified Parties, who shall be third party beneficiaries of this Section 6.3. The obligations of Parent, the Surviving Company, and their respective successors and assigns under this Section 6.3 shall not be terminated, amended, or otherwise modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any Indemnified Party (or his or her heirs, personal representatives, successors, or assigns) without the prior written consent of such Indemnified Party (or his or her heirs, personal representatives, successors, or assigns, as applicable).

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Locust Walk Acquisition Corp.)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo the Surviving Company shall indemnify, defend indemnify and hold harmless harmless, to the full extent provided under the Company Articles and the Company Regulations (including advancement of expenses as incurred) to the extent permitted under applicable Law including specifically 12 C.F.R. Part 359, each current or present and former director or and officer (determined as of Mountain the Effective Time) of Company and its Subsidiaries (eachin each case, together with when acting in such person’s heirscapacity) (collectively, executors or administrators, a the D&O PersonsIndemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred in connection withwith any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or otherwise related pertaining to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at before or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided that the Indemnified Party to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification. (ib) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, Subject to the fullest extent following sentence, for a period of six years following the Effective Time, Purchaser will use its commercially reasonable efforts to provide director’s and officer’s liability insurance that Mountain serves to reimburse the present and former officers and directors of Company or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents Subsidiaries (determined as of the Effective Time) with respect to claims against such directors and officers arising from facts or events occurring at or before the Effective Time (including the transactions contemplated by this Agreement), which insurance will contain at least the same coverage and amounts, and contain terms and conditions no less advantageous to the Indemnified Party as that coverage currently provided by Company; provided that in no event shall Purchaser be required to expend, on an annual basis, an amount in excess of 150% of the annual premiums paid as of the date hereof and applicable Law by Company for any such insurance (the “Premium Cap”); provided, further, that if any such annual expense at any time would exceed the Premium Cap, then Purchaser will cause to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred be maintained policies of insurance which provide the maximum coverage available at an annual premium equal to the fullest extent permitted Premium Cap. At the option of Purchaser, in consultation with Company, prior to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents the Effective Time and in effect as lieu of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents Purchaser or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) may purchase a “tail” or “runoff” tail policy for directors’ and officers’ liability insurance on the terms described in the prior sentence (including subject to the Premium Cap) and fully pay for such policy (the “D&O Tail”) in respect of acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)Effective Time. (c) The rights Any Indemnified Party wishing to claim indemnification under Section 6.6(a), upon learning of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition toany claim, and action, suit, proceeding or investigation described above, will promptly notify Purchaser; provided that failure to so notify will not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under affect the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of Purchaser under Section 6.6(a) unless and to the Group Companies extent that Purchaser is actually prejudiced as a consequence. (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Companyd) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 6.6 shall survive the Closing Effective Time and expressly are intended to benefitbe for the benefit of, and are shall be enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) Indemnified Party and his or her heirs and representatives. If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Purchaser or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) consolidates shall consolidate with or merges with or merge into any other Person entity and is shall not be the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys shall transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Personother entity, then, then and in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Purchaser shall assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.6.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Farmers National Banc Corp /Oh/)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo shall indemnify, defend Parent and the Surviving Company agree that they will indemnify and hold harmless harmless, to the fullest extent Parent, Merger Sub or the Company would be permitted to do so under applicable Law and their respective Organizational Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement, each current or present and former (determined as of the Effective Time) director or and officer of Mountain Parent, Merger Sub and the Company and each of their respective Subsidiaries, in each case, when acting in such capacity (eachcollectively, together with such person’s heirsthe “Indemnified Parties”), executors against any costs or administratorsexpenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), a judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities (collectively, D&O PersonsCosts”) against any Losses suffered or incurred in connection with, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual Proceeding, in connection with, arising out of or alleged Proceeding or any other otherwise related to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O PersonsIndemnified Party, and TopCo Parent or the Surviving Company shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent that the Company, Parent or Merger Sub, as applicable, would have been permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing applicable Law and its respective Organizational Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees Agreement; provided that all rights any Person to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of whom expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined by final adjudication that such Person is not entitled to indemnification. (b) Parent shall cause the Surviving Company as of the Effective Time to maintain obtain and fully pay the premium for “tail” insurance policies for the extension of (i) the directors’ and officers’ liability coverage of the Company’s existing directors’ and officers’ insurance policies, and (ii) the Company’s existing fiduciary liability insurance policies, in effect each case, for a claims reporting or discovery period of six (6) years from and after the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of MountainEffective Time (the “Tail Period”) from one or more insurance carriers with the same or better credit rating as the Company’s Governing Documents as in effect insurance carrier as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company this Agreement with respect to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy and fiduciary liability insurance (the collectively, “D&O TailInsurance”) in with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are at least as favorable to the insureds as the Company’s existing policies with respect of acts to matters existing or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms Effective Time (including in connection with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for or the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(bTransactions). (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition toParent shall, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any as of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, obtain and fully pay the premium for “tail” insurance policies for the avoidance extension of doubtParent’s existing D&O Insurance, TopCo in each case, for the Tail Period, with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are at least as favorable to the Surviving Company) under insureds as Parent’s existing policies with respect to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Effective Time (including in connection with this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated Agreement or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15Transactions). (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at Parent or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Company or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates shall consolidate with or merges with or merge into any other Person and is shall not be the continuing or surviving entity Person of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys shall transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, proper provision provisions shall be made so that the successors and assigns of Parent or the applicable Group Surviving Company assumes shall assume all of the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.3. (e) Prior to the Closing, Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain D&O Insurance reasonably satisfactory to the Company and that shall be effective as of Closing and will cover those Persons who will be the directors and officers of Parent and its Subsidiaries (including the directors and officers of the Company and its Subsidiaries) at and after the Closing on terms not less favorable than the better of (a) the terms of the current directors’ and officers’ liability insurance in place for the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ directors and officers and (b) the terms of a typical directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy for a company whose equity is listed on NASDAQ which policy has a scope and amount of coverage that is reasonably appropriate for a company of similar characteristics (including the line of business and revenues) as Parent and its Subsidiaries (including the Company and its Subsidiaries). (f) The rights of the Indemnified Parties under this Section 6.3 are in addition to any rights such Indemnified Parties may have under the Organizational Documents of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or under any applicable Contracts or Laws, and nothing in this Agreement is intended to, shall be construed or shall release, waiver or impair any rights to directors’ and officers’ insurance claims under any policy that is or has been in existence with respect to Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries for any of their respective directors, officers or other employees (it being understood that the indemnification provided for in this Section 6.3 is not prior to or in substitution of any such claims under such policies). (g) This Section 6.3 is intended to be for the benefit of, and from and after the Effective Time shall be enforceable by, each of the Indemnified Parties, who shall be third party beneficiaries of this Section 6.3.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Lifesci Acquisition II Corp.)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after The Surviving Corporation will for a period of six years following the Merger Effective Time, TopCo shall indemnifyto the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, defend indemnify and hold harmless harmless, each current director, officer, employee, fiduciary and agent of the Company or former director or officer of Mountain any Subsidiary (eachcollectively, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a “D&O Persons”the "INDEMNIFIED PARTIES") against any Losses suffered costs or incurred expenses, judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages, liabilities and amounts paid in settlement in connection withwith any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation arising out of or otherwise related pertaining to any actual act or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or omission occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including without limitation liabilities arising under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision Offer or any other indemnification or advancement right the Merger. In the event of any D&O Personssuch claim, in each caseaction, to suit, proceeding or investigation, the fullest extent that Mountain or any Surviving Corporation will pay the reasonable fees and expenses of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of counsel selected by the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effectIndemnified Parties. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” Corporation is required to maintain or “runoff” obtain officers' and directors' liability insurance covering the Indemnified Parties who are currently covered by the Company's officers and officers’ directors liability insurance policy (the “D&O Tail”a copy of which policy has been provided to Parent) in respect of acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no not less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on November 13, 2001 in terms of coverage and amounts; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the date aggregate annual premiums for such insurance at any time during such period exceed the per annum rate of this Agreement premium paid by the Company for such insurance as of November 13, 2001, then the Surviving Corporation shall provide the maximum coverage that will then be available at an annual premium equal to 200% of such per annum rate as of November 13, 2001. The Surviving Corporation will continue in effect the indemnification provisions currently provided by the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws of the Company for a period of not less than six year period years following the ClosingEffective Time. TopCo shall cause Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Surviving Company Corporation will not have any obligation to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)indemnify any Indemnified Party against any cost, expense, judgment, fine, loss, claim, damage, liability or settlement amount found to have resulted solely from such Indemnified Person's own gross negligence or willful misconduct. (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes the obligations set forth in this Section 6.15.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Offer to Purchase (Information Holdings Inc)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo the Surviving Entity shall indemnify, defend indemnify and hold harmless and shall advance expenses as incurred, in each current case to the extent (subject to applicable law) such persons are indemnified as of the date of this Agreement by GWB pursuant to the GWB Charter, the GWB Bylaws, the governing or organizational documents of any Subsidiary of GWB and any indemnification agreements in existence as of the date hereof and disclosed in Section 6.7(a) of the GWB Disclosure Schedule, each present and former director or officer of Mountain GWB and its Subsidiaries (eachin each case, together with when acting in such person’s heirscapacity) (collectively, executors or administrators, a the D&O PersonsGWB Indemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, damages or liabilities incurred in connection withwith any threatened or actual claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, whether arising before or after the Effective Time, arising out of the fact that such person is or otherwise related to any actual was a director or alleged Proceeding officer of GWB or any other of its Subsidiaries and pertaining to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, that in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right case of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses, any GWB Indemnified Party to whom expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such GWB Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification. (b) For a period of six (6) years after the Closing DateEffective Time, TopCo the Surviving Entity shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain be maintained in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement current policies of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy maintained by GWB (provided, that the Surviving Entity may substitute therefor policies with a substantially comparable insurer of at least the same coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions that are no less advantageous to the insured) with respect to claims arising from facts or events which occurred at or before the Effective Time; provided that the Surviving Entity shall not be obligated to expend, on an annual basis, an amount in excess of 300% of the current annual premium paid as of the date hereof by GWB for such insurance (the “D&O TailPremium Cap), and if such premiums for such insurance would at any time exceed the Premium Cap, then the Surviving Entity shall cause to be maintained policies of insurance which, in the Surviving Entity’s good faith determination, provide the maximum coverage available at an annual premium equal to the Premium Cap. In lieu of the foregoing, FIBK or GWB, in consultation with, but only upon the consent of FIBK, may (and at the request of FIBK, GWB shall use its reasonable best efforts to) in respect of acts or omissions occurring obtain at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect Effective Time a six (6)-year “tail” policy under GWB’s existing directors’ and officers’ insurance policy providing equivalent coverage to termsthat described in the preceding sentence if and to the extent that the same may be obtained for an amount that, conditionsin the aggregate, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on does not exceed the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)Premium Cap. (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 6.7 shall survive the Closing Effective Time and expressly are intended to benefitbe for the benefit of, and are shall be enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) GWB Indemnified Party and his or her heirs and representatives. If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Entity or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person person and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger merger, or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets or deposits to any Personother person or engages in any similar transaction, then, then in each such case, the Surviving Entity will cause proper provision shall to be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Entity will expressly assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.7.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Great Western Bancorp, Inc.)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo each of Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall indemnify, defend indemnify and hold harmless each current or present and former director or and officer of Mountain the Company and its Subsidiaries (eachin each case, together with when acting in such person’s heirscapacity) (collectively, executors or administrators, a the D&O PersonsIndemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred in connection withwith any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of actions or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or omissions occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactionstransactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to Parent and the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo Surviving Corporation shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting ; provided that the foregoing, TopCo agrees Indemnified Party to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that all rights such Indemnified Party is not entitled to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15indemnification. (b) Prior to the Merger Closing, the Company shall purchase director’s and officer’s liability insurance (“D&O Insurance”) tail coverage that serves to reimburse the present and former officers and directors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (determined as of the Effective Time) with respect to claims against such directors and officers arising from facts or events occurring before the Effective Time (including the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) for a term of six (6) years following the Effective Time, Mountain which insurance will contain at least the same coverage and amounts, and contain terms and conditions no less advantageous to the Indemnified Party as that coverage currently provided by the Company; provided that cost such insurance, when combined with all other Transaction Costs, shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall not cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (Transaction Costs to exceed the “D&O Tail”) limit set forth in respect of acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b7.2(j). (c) The rights Any Indemnified Party wishing to claim indemnification under Section 6.7(a), upon learning of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition toany claim, and action, suit, proceeding or investigation described above, will promptly notify Parent or the Surviving Corporation thereof; provided that failure to so notify will not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under affect the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at Parent or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving CompanyCorporation under Section 6.7(a) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated unless and to the extent that Parent or modified in such the Surviving Corporation is actually and materially prejudiced as a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. consequence. (d) The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly 6.7 are intended to benefitbe for the benefit of, and are shall be enforceable by, each director or officer of Company and his or her heirs and representatives and shall be binding on the D&O Persons, each successors and assigns of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15Parent and the Surviving Corporation. (de) If any of In the Group Companies (which includes at event that either Parent or immediately following the Merger Effective TimeCitizens Business Bank, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person person and is shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Personperson, then, and in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Parent and/or Citizens Business Bank, as applicable, shall assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.7.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (CVB Financial Corp)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo shall indemnify, defend Parent and the Surviving Company agree that they will indemnify and hold harmless harmless, to the fullest extent Parent, Merger Sub or the Company would be permitted to do so under applicable Law and their respective Organizational Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement, each current or present and former (determined as of the Effective Time) director or and officer of Mountain Parent, Merger Sub and the Company and each of their respective Subsidiaries, in each case, when acting in such capacity (eachcollectively, together with such person’s heirsthe “Indemnified Parties”), executors against any costs or administratorsexpenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), a judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities (collectively, D&O PersonsCosts”) against any Losses suffered or incurred in connection with, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual Proceeding, in connection with, arising out of or alleged Proceeding or any other otherwise related to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O PersonsIndemnified Party, and TopCo Parent or the Surviving Company shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent that the Company, Parent or Merger Sub, as applicable, would have been permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing applicable Law and its respective Organizational Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees Agreement; provided that all rights any Person to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of whom expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined by final adjudication that such Person is not entitled to indemnification. (b) Parent shall cause the Surviving Company as of the Effective Time to maintain obtain and fully pay the premium for “tail” insurance policies for the extension of (i) the directors’ and officers’ liability coverage of the Company’s existing directors’ and officers’ insurance policies, and (ii) the Company’s existing fiduciary liability insurance policies, in effect each case, for a claims reporting or discovery period of six (6) years from and after the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of MountainEffective Time (the “Tail Period”) from one or more insurance carriers with the same or better credit rating as the Company’s Governing Documents as in effect insurance carrier as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company this Agreement with respect to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy and fiduciary liability insurance (the collectively, “D&O TailInsurance”) in with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are at least as favorable to the insureds as the Company’s existing policies with respect of acts to matters existing or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms Effective Time (including in connection with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for or the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(bTransactions). (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition toParent shall, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any as of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, obtain and fully pay the premium for “tail” insurance policies for the avoidance extension of doubtParent’s existing D&O Insurance, TopCo in each case, for the Tail Period, with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are at least as favorable to the Surviving Company) under insureds as Parent’s existing policies with respect to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Effective Time (including in connection with this Section 6.15 shall not Agreement or the Transactions). In lieu of a separate “tail” insurance policy, the tail liability may be terminated covered in the go-forward policy obtained by the Parent so long as such coverage is for the entire Tail Period and with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are at least as favorable to the insureds as Parent’s existing policies with respect to matters existing or modified occurring at or prior to the Effective Time (including in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without connection with this Agreement or the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15Transactions). (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at Parent or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Company or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates shall consolidate with or merges with or merge into any other Person and is shall not be the continuing or surviving entity Person of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys shall transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, proper provision provisions shall be made so that the successors and assigns of Parent or the applicable Group Surviving Company assumes shall assume all of the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.3. (e) Prior to the Closing, Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain D&O Insurance reasonably satisfactory to the Company and that shall be effective as of Closing and will cover those Persons who will be the directors and officers of Parent and its Subsidiaries (including the directors and officers of the Company and its Subsidiaries) at and after the Closing on terms not less favorable than the better of (a) the terms of the current directors’ and officers’ liability insurance in place for the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ directors and officers and (b) the terms of a typical directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy for a company whose equity is listed on NASDAQ which policy has a scope and amount of coverage that is reasonably appropriate for a company of similar characteristics (including the line of business and revenues) as Parent and its Subsidiaries (including the Company and its Subsidiaries). (f) The rights of the Indemnified Parties under this Section 6.3 are in addition to any rights such Indemnified Parties may have under the Organizational Documents of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or under any applicable Contracts or Laws, and nothing in this Agreement is intended to, shall be construed or shall release, waiver or impair any rights to directors’ and officers’ insurance claims under any policy that is or has been in existence with respect to Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries for any of their respective directors, officers or other employees (it being understood that the indemnification provided for in this Section 6.3 is not prior to or in substitution of any such claims under such policies). (g) This Section 6.3 is intended to be for the benefit of, and from and after the Effective Time shall be enforceable by, each of the Indemnified Parties, who shall be third party beneficiaries of this Section 6.3.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (FTAC Emerald Acquisition Corp.)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after Pursuant to the Merger Effective TimeAgreement, TopCo shall indemnifyall rights to exculpation, defend indemnification and hold harmless each current advancement of expenses for acts or former director or officer of Mountain (each, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a “D&O Persons”) against any Losses suffered or incurred in connection with, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or omissions occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective TimeTime in favor of Datascope’s or its subsidiaries’ current and former directors, officers or employees, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including which rights are provided in connection with Datascope’s or its subsidiaries’ respective certificates of incorporation, bylaws, other organizational documents or indemnification arrangements (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of on the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoingMerger Agreement), TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall will survive the Closing Merger and shall will continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause and the Surviving Company to Corporation will maintain such provisions in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to will not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision provisions in any a manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; providedthe individuals. Under the Merger Agreement, that all rights to exculpationthe Surviving Corporation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From from and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall andwill indemnify and hold harmless, if Mountain is unable and advance expenses to, TopCo shall (Datascope’s and its subsidiaries’ current and former directors, officers or shall employees against costs and expenses, liabilities, and amounts paid in settlement, in connection with actual or threatened claims or actions arising out of or related to any action or omission before or after the Effective Time. Getinge will also cause the Surviving Company toCorporation, for six (6) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” years after the Effective Time, to maintain the directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (the “D&O Tail”) in respect policies of acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy Datascope in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b). (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Agreement, to the extent related to acts or omissions prior to the Effective Time, or to provide substitute policies with at least equal coverage and amounts and terms no less advantageous to such former directors and officers and without any gaps in coverage. However, neither Getinge nor the Surviving Corporation will be obligated to pay more than three hundred percent (300%) of the annual premiums currently paid by Datascope for such insurance; provided that, if the avoidance amount exceeds three hundred percent (300%) of doubtthe annual premiums, TopCo Getinge and the Surviving CompanyCorporation must provide and maintain, during the six-year period, as much coverage as reasonably practicable for three hundred percent (300%) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15current annual premiums. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes the obligations set forth in this Section 6.15.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Offer to Purchase (DaVinci Merger Sub, Inc.)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after After the Merger Effective Time, TopCo Parent shall indemnify, defend cause the Surviving Corporation to indemnify and hold harmless harmless, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law (and Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to also advance expenses as incurred to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law) each current or present and former director or and officer of Mountain the Company and its Subsidiaries (eachcollectively, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a the D&O PersonsIndemnitees”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred in connection withwith any actual or threatened claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual such Indemnitee’s service as a director or alleged Proceeding officer of the Company or any other matters existing its Subsidiaries or occurring services performed by such Indemnitee at the request of the Company or its Subsidiaries at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. (ib) the Transactions, The certificate of incorporation and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as bylaws of the date hereof and applicable Law Surviving Corporation shall contain provisions no less favorable with respect to indemnify such D&O Personsindemnification, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as and exculpation of the date hereof Indemnitees than are presently set forth in favor the Company’s Certificate of each D&O PersonIncorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain which provisions shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Datenot be amended, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, repealed or otherwise modify any such provision modified, except as required by applicable Law, in any manner that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15Indemnitees. (bc) Prior to As of the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company toCorporation shall either (i) purchase a obtain and maintain “tail” or “runoff” directorsinsurance policies with a claims period of at least six years from the Effective Time with respect to officers’ and officersdirectors’ liability insurance policy (the “D&O Tail”) and fiduciary liability insurance in respect of acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b). (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, to the extent available covering Indemnitees who are currently covered by the Company’s existing officers’ and directors’ or fiduciary liability insurance policies or (ii) maintain such type of insurance (the “D&O Insurance”) for a period of six years after the Effective Time, in each case in amount and scope, and on other terms no less advantageous in the aggregate to such Indemnitees than such existing insurance (copies of which policies have been made available to Parent and Acquisition (or Parent and Acquisition have otherwise had access to)); provided, that the Surviving Corporation will not be required to pay an amount therefor in excess of the multiple set forth on Section 5.5 of the Company Disclosure Schedule of the last annual premium paid prior to the date hereof, which the Company represents and warrants to be equal to the amount set forth in Section 5.5 of the Company Disclosure Schedule (the “Current Premium”); provided, further, that if the existing D&O Insurance expires, is terminated or canceled during such six-year period, the Surviving Corporation will use reasonable efforts to obtain as much D&O Insurance as can be obtained for the avoidance remainder of doubtsuch period for an amount not in excess of such multiple of the Current Premium as set forth on Section 5.5 of the Company Disclosure Schedule. At the election of the Company, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without Company may, with the consent of Parent (such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive consent not to be unreasonably withheld) obtain the Closing and expressly are intended “tail” insurance contemplated by (i) above on or prior to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15Effective Time. (d) If any of In the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and event the Surviving Company) Corporation or any of their its respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, in each such casePerson (including by dissolution), proper provision provisions shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company such Person assumes the obligations set forth in this Section 6.155.5. (e) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation (wither arising before, at or after the Effective Time) is made against any Indemnitee on or prior to the sixth anniversary of the Effective Time, the provisions of this Section 5.5 shall continue in effect until the final disposition of such claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation. (f) This Section 5.5, which shall survive the consummation of the Merger at the Effective Time and shall continue for the periods specified herein, is intended to benefit the Company, the Surviving Corporation and the Indemnitees, each of whom may enforce the provisions of this Section 5.5 (whether or not parties to this Agreement). The indemnification provided for herein shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which an Indemnitee is entitled, whether pursuant to Law, contract or otherwise. Parent shall, and shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, honor and perform under all indemnification agreements entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Symbion Inc/Tn)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From All rights to indemnification or exculpation now existing in favor of the directors and officers of SPAC, as provided in the SPAC Governing Documents or otherwise in effect as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, in either case, solely with respect to any matters occurring on or prior to the Effective Time shall survive the Transactions and shall continue in full force and effect from and after the Merger Effective Time for a period of six (6) years and the Company will perform and discharge, or cause to be performed and discharged, all obligations to provide such indemnity and exculpation during such six (6)-year period. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law, during such six (6)-year period, the Company shall advance, or caused to be advanced, expenses in connection with such indemnification as provided in the SPAC Governing Documents or other applicable agreements as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time. The indemnification and liability limitation or exculpation provisions of the SPAC Governing Documents shall not, during such six (6)-year period, be amended, repealed or otherwise modified after the Effective Time in any manner that would materially and adversely affect the rights thereunder of individuals who, as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, TopCo shall indemnifyor at any time prior to such time, defend and hold harmless each current were directors or former director or officer officers of Mountain SPAC (each, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a the “D&O Persons”) against any Losses suffered entitled to be so indemnified, their liability limited or incurred in connection with, arising out of or otherwise related be exculpated with respect to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at on or prior to the Merger Effective Time and relating to the fact that such D&O Person was a director or officer of SPAC immediately prior to the Effective Time, whether asserted unless such amendment, repeal or claimed prior to, at or other modification is required by applicable Law. (b) The Company shall not have any obligation under this Section 5.14 to any D&O Person when and if a court of competent jurisdiction shall ultimately determine (and such determination shall have become final and non-appealable) that the indemnification of such D&O Person in the manner contemplated hereby is prohibited by applicable Law. (c) For a period of six (6) years after the Merger Effective Time, including the Surviving Company shall maintain, without any lapses in connection with (i) coverage, directors’ and officers’ liability insurance for the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or benefit of those Persons who are currently covered by any other indemnification or advancement right comparable insurance policies of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents SPAC as of the date hereof and applicable Law of this Agreement with respect to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred matters occurring on or prior to the fullest extent permitted Effective Time (i.e., “tail coverage”). Such insurance policies shall provide coverage on terms (with respect to do so coverage and amount) that are substantially the same as (and no less favorable in the aggregate to the insured than) the coverage provided under MountainSPAC’s Governing Documents in effect directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting shall be obtained from an insurance carrier with the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement same or better credit rating as the current insurance carrier(s) of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries SPAC and the Surviving Company with respect to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy insurance; provided that the Surviving Company shall not be obligated to pay annual premiums in excess of three hundred percent (300%) of the “D&O Tail”) in respect of acts or omissions occurring at or most recent annual premium paid by SPAC prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause and, in such event, the Surviving Company to maintain shall purchase the D&O Tail in full force and effect maximum coverage available for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b). three hundred percent (c300%) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing most recent annual premium paid by SPAC prior to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions date of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15Agreement. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Company or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) consolidates shall merge or consolidate with or merges with or merge into any other Person corporation or entity and is shall not be the surviving or continuing corporation or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys shall transfer all or substantially all of its their respective properties and assets as an entity in one or a series of related transactions to any Person, then, then in each such case, proper provision provisions shall be made so that the successors and or assigns of the applicable Group Surviving Company assumes shall assume all of the obligations set forth in this Section 6.155.14. (e) The D&O Persons entitled to the indemnification, liability limitation, exculpation and insurance set forth in this Section 5.14 are intended to be third-party beneficiaries of this Section 5.14. This Section 5.14 shall survive the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and shall be binding on all successors and assigns of the Surviving Company.

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Samples: Business Combination Agreement (Collective Growth Corp)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo each of Purchaser and the Surviving Bank shall indemnify, defend indemnify and hold harmless harmless, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law (and shall also advance expenses as incurred to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law provided the person to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to indemnification), each current or present and former director or and officer of Mountain the Bank (eachin each case, together with when acting in such person’s heirscapacity) (collectively, executors or administrators, a the D&O PersonsIndemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred in connection withwith any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or otherwise related pertaining to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided that the Indemnified Party to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification. (ib) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, Subject to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Personsfollowing sentence, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For for a period of six years after following the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” Purchaser will provide directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy that serves to reimburse the present and former officers and directors of the Bank (determined as of the Effective Time) (providing only for the Side A coverage for Indemnified Parties where the existing policies also include Side B coverage for the Bank) with respect to claims against such directors and officers arising from facts or events occurring before the Effective Time (including the transactions contemplated by this Agreement), which insurance will contain at least the same coverage and amounts, and contain terms and conditions no less advantageous to the Indemnified Party as that coverage currently provided by the Bank; provided that in no event shall Purchaser be required to expend, on an annual basis, an amount in excess of 175% of the annual premiums paid as of the date hereof by the Bank for any such insurance (the “D&O TailPremium Cap) in respect ); provided, further, that if any such annual expense at any time would exceed the Premium Cap, then Purchaser will cause to be maintained policies of acts or omissions occurring insurance which provide the maximum coverage available at or prior an annual premium equal to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)Premium Cap. (c) The rights Any Indemnified Party wishing to claim indemnification under Section 6.7(a), upon learning of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition toany claim, and action, suit, proceeding or investigation described above, will promptly notify Purchaser; provided that failure to so notify will not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under affect the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of Purchaser under Section 6.7(a) unless and to the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo extent that Purchaser is actually and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such materially prejudiced as a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15consequence. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Purchaser or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person entity and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Personother entity, then, then and in each such case, Purchaser will cause proper provision shall to be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Purchaser will assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.7.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (BankUnited, Inc.)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo the Surviving Company shall indemnify, defend (i) indemnify and hold harmless each current or present and former director or and officer of Mountain the Company (eachcollectively, together with such person’s heirsthe “Company Indemnified Parties”), executors or administrators, a “D&O Persons”) against any Losses and all Damages incurred or suffered or incurred by any of the Company Indemnified Parties in connection withwith any Liabilities or any Action, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or otherwise related pertaining to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) pursuant to any indemnification provisions under the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Organizational Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons Company as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (the “D&O Tail”) in respect of acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement or any indemnification agreement between the Company and such Company Indemnified Party (as set forth on Section 6.6(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule and made available to Parent), and (ii) advance expenses as incurred by any Company Indemnified Party in connection with any matters for which such Company Indemnified Party is entitled to indemnification from Parent pursuant to this Section 6.6(a) pursuant to any indemnification provisions under the six year period following Organizational Documents of the Closing. TopCo shall cause Company and pursuant to any indemnification agreement between the Company and such Company Indemnified Party (as set forth on Section 6.6(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule and made available to Parent); provided, however, that the Company Indemnified Party to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately and finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction and all rights of appeal have lapsed that such Company Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification under applicable Law, the Organizational Documents of the Company, any such indemnification agreement and pursuant to this Section 6.6(a). (b) From and after the Effective Time, the Organizational Documents of the Surviving Company shall contain provisions no less favorable with respect to maintain indemnification, advancement of expenses and exculpation of the D&O Tail Company Indemnified Parties than are as set forth in the Organizational Documents of the Company as of the date of this Agreement. Any indemnification agreements with the Company Indemnified Parties in existence on the date of this Agreement, and set forth on Section 6.6 of the Company Disclosure Schedules, shall be assumed by the Surviving Company in the Merger, without any further action, and shall survive the Merger and continue in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)their terms. (c) Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall purchase a prepaid policy or policies (i.e., “tail coverage”) providing the Company’s current and former directors and officers with coverage for an aggregate period of not less than six (6) years from the Effective Time with respect to claims arising from facts or events that occurred on or before the Closing Date, including with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The rights of each D&O Person hereunder premiums for such prepaid policies shall be paid in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under full by the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes Company at or immediately following prior to the Merger Effective TimeTime and such prepaid policies shall be non-cancelable, and, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo if not so paid prior to the Effective Time such premiums shall be treated as an Unpaid Company Transaction Expense. If such prepaid policies have been obtained prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall, and shall cause the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified Company to, maintain such policies in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing full force and expressly are intended to benefiteffect, and are enforceable by, each of continue to honor the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15obligations thereunder. (d) If Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following obligations of Parent and the Merger Effective Time, for Surviving Company contained in this Section 6.6 shall be binding upon the avoidance successors and assigns of doubt, TopCo Parent and the Surviving Company) . In the event Parent or the Surviving Company (or any of their respective successors or assigns assigns) (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that such continuing or surviving corporation or entity or transferee of such assets, as the successors and assigns case may be, shall assume all of the applicable Group Company assumes the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.6. (e) The terms and provisions of this Section 6.6 shall operate for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, the Company Indemnified Parties and their respective heirs and representatives, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.6. The provisions of this Section 6.6 may not be amended or waived without the written consent of any affected Indemnified Party.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Turnstone Biologics Corp.)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective TimeTime and for a period of six years thereafter, TopCo each of Parent and Surviving Corporation shall indemnify, defend (i) indemnify and hold harmless each current individual who at the Effective Time is, or former director or officer of Mountain (each, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administratorsany time prior to the Effective Time was, a director, officer or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (the D&O PersonsIndemnitees”) against any Losses suffered or incurred in respect of all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, judgments, fines, penalties costs and expenses (including legal expenses) in connection withwith any claim, suit, action, proceeding or investigation, whenever asserted, based on or arising out of the fact that Indemnitee was an officer, director or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding employee of the Company or any other matters existing of its Subsidiaries or occurring acts or omissions by Indemnitee in such capacity or taken at the request of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, at or any time prior to the Merger Effective TimeTime (including any claim, whether asserted suit, action, proceeding or claimed prior to, at or after investigation relating to the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each casetransactions contemplated hereby), to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as by Law and (ii) assume all obligations of the date hereof Company and applicable Law its Subsidiaries to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses Indemnitees in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From indemnification and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (the “D&O Tail”) in respect of exculpation from liabilities for acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on Effective Time as provided in the Company’s Charter Documents and the organizational documents of the Company’s Subsidiaries. In addition, Parent, from and after the Effective Time, shall and shall cause Surviving Corporation to, advance any expenses (including legal expenses) of any Indemnitee under this Section 6.10 as incurred to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, provided that the Indemnitee to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay advances if it shall be determined that such Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified pursuant to this Section 6.10. (b) The Surviving Corporation shall use its reasonable best efforts to maintain in effect for six years after the Effective Time, the current directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company (provided that the Surviving Corporation may substitute therefor policies of at least the same coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions which are no less advantageous to such officers and directors so long as substitution does not result in gaps or lapses in coverage) with respect to matters occurring prior to the Effective Time; provided, however, that in no event shall the Surviving Corporation be required to expend pursuant to this Section 6.10(b) more than an amount per year equal to 200% of current annual premiums paid by the Company for such insurance and, in the event the cost of such coverage shall exceed that amount, the Surviving Corporation shall purchase as much coverage as possible for such amount. The provisions of this Section 6.10 shall be deemed to have been satisfied if prepaid “tail” policies with the same terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits conditions and coverage as indicated above have been obtained by the Surviving Corporation for purposes of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those this Section 6.10 from carriers with the same or better rating as the carrier of such policy in effect on insurances as of the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)Agreement. (c) The rights provisions of each D&O Person hereunder this Section 6.10 are intended for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each Indemnitee, his or her heirs and his or her Representatives and is in addition to, and not in limitation ofsubstitution for, any other rights such Person to indemnification or contribution that any Indemnitee may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group CompanyCompany Charter Documents, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law by contract or otherwise. The obligations of In the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and event the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Corporation or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Corporation or the purchaser of its assets and properties shall assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.10. This Section 6.10 shall survive the Effective Time.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (United Community Banks Inc)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo the Surviving Company shall indemnify, defend indemnify and hold harmless harmless, to the full extent provided under the Company Articles and Company Regulations (including advancement of expenses as incurred) to the extent permitted under applicable Law including specifically 12 C.F.R. Part 359, each current or present and former director or and officer (determined as of Mountain the Effective Time) of Company and its Subsidiaries (eachin each case, together with when acting in such person’s heirscapacity) (collectively, executors or administrators, a the D&O PersonsIndemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred in connection withwith any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or otherwise related pertaining to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at before or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided that the Indemnified Party to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification. (ib) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, Subject to the fullest extent following sentence, for a period of six years following the Effective Time, Purchaser will use its commercially reasonable efforts to provide director’s and officer’s liability insurance that Mountain serves to reimburse the present and former officers and directors of Company or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents Subsidiaries (determined as of the Effective Time) with respect to claims against such directors and officers arising from facts or events occurring at or before the Effective Time (including the transactions contemplated by this Agreement), which insurance will contain at least the same coverage and amounts, and contain terms and conditions no less advantageous to the Indemnified Party as that coverage currently provided by Company; provided that in no event shall Purchaser be required to expend, on an annual basis, an amount in excess of 150% of the annual premiums paid as of the date hereof and applicable Law by the Company for any such insurance (the “Premium Cap”); provided, further, that if any such annual expense at any time would exceed the Premium Cap, then Purchaser will cause to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred be maintained policies of insurance which provide the maximum coverage available at an annual premium equal to the fullest extent permitted Premium Cap. At the option of Purchaser, in consultation with Company, prior to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents the Effective Time and in effect as lieu of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents Purchaser or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) may purchase a “tail” or “runoff” tail policy for directors’ and officers’ liability insurance on the terms described in the prior sentence (including subject to the Premium Cap) and fully pay for such policy (the “D&O Tail”) in respect of acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)Effective Time. (c) The rights Any Indemnified Party wishing to claim indemnification under Section 6.6(a), upon learning of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition toany claim, and action, suit, proceeding or investigation described above, will promptly notify Purchaser; provided that failure to so notify will not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under affect the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of Purchaser under Section 6.6(a) unless and to the Group Companies extent that Purchaser is actually prejudiced as a consequence. (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Companyd) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 6.6 shall survive the Closing Effective Time and expressly are intended to benefitbe for the benefit of, and are shall be enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) Indemnified Party and his or her heirs and representatives. If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Purchaser or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) consolidates shall consolidate with or merges with or merge into any other Person entity and is shall not be the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys shall transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Personother entity, then, then and in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Purchaser shall assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.6.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Farmers National Banc Corp /Oh/)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo the Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries shall indemnify, defend perform in all respects the obligations of the Company and hold harmless each Company Subsidiary for acts or omissions of the current or and former director or officer directors and officers of Mountain the Company and its Subsidiaries (each, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a the D&O PersonsIndemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered or incurred in connection with, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with Time pursuant to (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other each indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents agreement in effect as of the date of this Agreement between the Company and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoingany Indemnified Party, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpationand (ii) any indemnification, indemnification and exculpation from liability or advancement of expenses existing as provision set forth in the Organizational Documents of the Company as in effect on the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing this Agreement and all such rights shall continue in full force and effect. For a effect during the period commencing at the Effective Time and ending on the sixth (6th) anniversary of six years the Effective Time, except as otherwise required by applicable Law. (b) Through the sixth (6th) anniversary of the Effective Time: (i) the Surviving Corporation shall ensure that the Organizational Documents of the Surviving Corporation contain the provisions with respect to indemnification, exculpation from liability and advancement of expenses set forth in the Company’s Organizational Documents on the date of this Agreement and, from and after the Closing DateEffective Time through such anniversary, TopCo such provisions shall cause not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified in any manner that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of any Indemnified Party and (ii) the Surviving Company to Corporation and its Subsidiaries shall maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions set forth in the Organizational Documents of Mountain’s Governing Documents such Subsidiaries as in effect as of immediately prior to the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereofEffective Time, and TopCo shall cause not permit the Surviving Company to not amendamendment, repeal, repeal or otherwise modify other modification of any such provision provisions in any manner that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15Indemnified Party. (bc) Prior to From the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause Time through the sixth anniversary of the Effective Time the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” Corporation shall maintain in effect for the benefit of the Indemnified Parties, the current level and scope of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage as set forth in the Company’s current directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies in effect as of the date of this Agreement; provided, however, that (i) the Surviving Corporation may substitute thereof policies of an insurance policy (the “D&O Tail”) in respect material terms of acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect to termswhich, conditionsincluding coverage and amount, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable in any material respect to such person Indemnified Parties than those of such policy the Company’s current directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies in effect on as of the date of this Agreement; (ii) in no event shall the Surviving Corporation be required pursuant to this Section 5.9(c) to expend in any one year an amount in excess of 250% of the annual premium payable by the Company as of the date of this Agreement with respect to such current policy, it being understood that if the annual premiums payable for such insurance coverage exceed such amount, the six year Surviving Corporation shall be obligated to obtain a policy with the greatest coverage available for an annual premium equal to such amount, and (ii) in lieu of the foregoing, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in clause “(i)” above, the Company may obtain a prepaid “tail” policy (the “Tail Policy”) prior to the Effective Time, which policy provides the Indemnified Parties with directors’ and officers’ liability insurance for a period following ending no earlier than the Closingsixth anniversary of the Effective Time. TopCo The Surviving Corporation shall cause the Surviving Company any such Tail Policy to maintain the D&O Tail be maintained in full force and effect effect, for its full term, and all obligations thereunder shall be assumed and performed by the Surviving Corporation. In the event that any of the carriers issuing or reinsuring the Tail Policy shall become insolvent or otherwise financially distressed such that any of them is reasonably likely to be unable to satisfy its financial obligations under the Tail Policy at any time during the term of thereof, the Surviving Corporation agrees that it shall, from time to time, cause the Tail Policy to be replaced with another prepaid “tail” policy on terms and conditions providing substantially equivalent benefits and coverage levels as the Tail Policy, with a term extending for the remainder of such term (the “New Tail Policy”). In such event, references in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)Agreement to the Tail Policy shall be deemed to include any New Tail Policy, as applicable. (cd) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder Indemnified Party under this Section 5.9 shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person Indemnified Party may have under the Governing Organizational Documents of Mountain the Company or any other Group Companythe Surviving Corporation, under any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of arrangement, under the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law DGCL or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this This Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 5.9 shall survive the Closing Effective Time and expressly are shall also survive consummation of the Merger and the Effective Time. This Section 5.9 is intended to benefit, and are enforceable may be enforced by, each the Indemnified Parties and their respective heirs, representatives, successors and assigns, and shall be binding on all successors and assigns of the D&O Persons, each Surviving Corporation. In the event of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such merger, consolidation or merger other similar transaction involving the Surviving Corporation or (ii) transfers or conveys any sale by the Surviving Corporation of all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Personassets, then, and in each such case, proper provision the Surviving Corporation shall be made so ensure that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes successor, assign, or transferee shall assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.155.9. (e) For purposes of this Agreement, each individual who is or was an officer or director of the Company or the Company Subsidiary at or at any time prior to the Effective Time shall be deemed to be an “Indemnified Party.”

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Leapfrog Enterprises Inc)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo shall indemnify, defend the Surviving Corporation agrees that it will indemnify and hold harmless harmless, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law (and the Surviving Corporation shall also advance expenses as incurred to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law, provided that the Person to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such Person is not entitled to indemnification), each current or present and former director or and officer of Mountain the Company and its Subsidiaries (eachcollectively, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a the D&O PersonsIndemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities (collectively, “Costs”) incurred in connection withwith any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual such Indemnified Parties’ service as a director or alleged Proceeding officer of the Company or any other matters existing its Subsidiaries or occurring services performed by such persons at the request of the Company or its Subsidiaries at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce transactions contemplated by this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15Agreement. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain the Company shall and, if Mountain the Company is unable to, TopCo shall (or Parent shall cause the Surviving Company toCorporation as of the Effective Time, to obtain and fully pay the premium for the extension of (i) purchase the directors’ and officers’ liability coverage of the Company’s existing directors’ and officers’ insurance policies, and (ii) the Company’s existing fiduciary liability insurance policies, in each case for a “tail” claims reporting or “runoff” discovery period of at least six years from and after the Effective Time with respect to any claim related to any period or time at or prior to the Effective Time from an insurance carrier with the same or better credit rating as the Company’s current insurance carrier with respect to directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy and fiduciary liability insurance (the collectively, “D&O TailInsurance”) with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are no less advantageous than the coverage provided under the Company’s existing policies with respect to any actual or alleged error, misstatement, misleading statement, act, omission, neglect, breach of duty or any matter claimed against a director or officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by reason of him or her serving in respect of acts such capacity that existed or omissions occurring occurred at or prior to the Closing covering each Effective Time (including in connection with this Agreement or the transactions or actions contemplated hereby). If the Company and the Surviving Corporation for any reason fail to obtain such “tail” insurance policies as of the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall, and Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, continue to maintain in effect for a period of at least six years from and after the Effective Time the D&O Person on terms Insurance in place as of the date hereof with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, retentions and limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person advantageous than those the coverage provided under the Company’s existing policies as of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for hereof, or the six year period following the Closing. TopCo Surviving Corporation shall, and Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, use reasonable best efforts to purchase comparable D&O Insurance for such six-year period with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are at least as favorable as provided in the Company’s existing policies as of the date hereof; provided, however, that in no event shall Parent or the Surviving Corporation be required to expend for such policies pursuant to this sentence an annual premium amount in excess of 300% of the annual premiums currently paid by the Company to maintain for such insurance; and provided, further, that if the D&O Tail in full force and effect annual premiums of such insurance coverage exceed such amount, the Surviving Corporation shall obtain a policy with the greatest coverage available for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)a cost not exceeding such amount. (c) The rights If the Surviving Corporation or any of each D&O Person hereunder its successors or assigns shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, (i) consolidate with or merge into any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain corporation or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo entity and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Personindividual, corporation or other entity, then, and in each such case, proper provision provisions shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Corporation shall assume all of the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.11. (d) The provisions of this Section 6.11 are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each of the Indemnified Parties. (e) The rights of the Indemnified Parties under this Section 6.11 shall be in addition to any rights such Indemnified Parties may have under the certificate of formation or bylaws of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or under any applicable Contracts or Laws. All rights to indemnification and exculpation from liabilities for acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Effective Time and rights to advancement of expenses relating thereto now existing in favor of any Indemnified Party as provided in the certificate of formation or bylaws of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company or any indemnification agreement between such Indemnified Party and the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall survive the Merger and shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified in any manner that would adversely affect any right thereunder of any such Indemnified Party.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Txu Corp /Tx/)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and For a period of six (6) years after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo Parent shall indemnifynot, defend and hold harmless each current shall not permit the Surviving Corporation to, terminate or former director repeal any rights to indemnification and exculpation from liabilities for acts or officer of Mountain (each, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a “D&O Persons”) against any Losses suffered or incurred in connection with, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or omissions occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, Time and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses relating thereto existing as of the date hereof in favor of each any current or former director or officer of the Company (collectively, the “D&O Person, Indemnified Parties”) as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents the certificate of incorporation, bylaws or comparable governing documents of the Company and the Surviving Corporation or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue identified in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as SECTION 4.9(a) of the date hereof Company Disclosure Letter between each D&O Indemnified Party and the Company (collectively, the “D&O Indemnification Arrangements”), or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, amend or otherwise modify any such provision of the foregoing in any manner that would adversely affect the rights any right thereunder of any such D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until Indemnified Party without the disposition consent of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15D&O Indemnified Party. (b) Prior to the Merger Closing, Parent shall obtain on behalf of the Company “tail” insurance coverage with a claims reporting period of at least six (6) years from the Effective TimeTime with at least the same coverage and amount and containing terms and conditions that are not less advantageous to the Company and its directors and officers as the Company’s existing policy providing coverage for claims for directors and officers liability, Mountain employment practices liability and fiduciary liability but only to the extent such claims are based upon acts or omissions committed before or at the Effective Time (including in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) (the “Tail Coverage”); provided, however, that if the cost of such “tail” insurance coverage would exceed three hundred percent (300%) of the current annual premium paid by the Company for directors and officers liability insurance, employment practices liability insurance and fiduciary liability insurance (the “Tail Insurance Cap”), then the length of the “tail” claims reporting period to be obtained shall andbe the claims reporting period reasonably available for a cost not to exceed the Tail Insurance Cap. The Company shall bear the cost of the Tail Coverage, if Mountain is unable toand such costs, TopCo to the extent not paid prior to the Closing, shall be included in Transaction Expenses. During the term of the Tail Coverage, Parent shall not (or and shall cause the Surviving Company Corporation not to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (the “D&O Tail”) in respect of acts or omissions occurring at or prior to take any action following the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company Tail Coverage to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b). (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain cancelled or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement provision therein to be amended or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwisewaived. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo Parent and the Surviving Company) Corporation under this Section 6.15 SECTION 4.9 shall not be terminated or modified after the Effective Time in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person director or officer to whom this SECTION 4.9 applies without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions affected director or officer (it being expressly agreed that after the Effective Time the directors and officers to whom this SECTION 4.9 applies shall be third-party beneficiaries of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O PersonsSECTION 4.9, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary may after the Effective Time enforce the provisions of this Section 6.15. (d) If any of SECTION 4.9). In the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Timeevent that Parent, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Corporation or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of in such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each either such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of Parent or the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Corporation, as the case may be, shall assume all of the obligations set forth in this SECTION 4.9. (c) The Surviving Corporation and its respective successors or assigns shall pay, to the extent required by the organizational documents thereof, the reasonable expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, that may be incurred by any D&O Indemnified Party in enforcing the indemnity and other obligations provided in this Section 6.154.9. The provisions of this Section 4.9 shall survive the consummation of the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit each of the D&O Indemnified Parties. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, it is agreed that the rights of a D&O Indemnified Party under this SECTION 4.9 shall be in addition to, and not a limitation of, any other rights such D&O Indemnified Party may have under the D&O Indemnification Arrangements or otherwise, and nothing in this SECTION 4.9 shall have the effect of, or be construed as having the effect of, reducing the benefits to the D&O Indemnified Parties under such arrangements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this SECTION 4.9, the Surviving Corporation’s indemnification obligations under this SECTION 4.9 shall be limited to any indemnification actually provided and funded under the Tail Coverage.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (PRA Health Sciences, Inc.)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo the Combined Company shall indemnify, defend indemnify and hold harmless and shall advance expenses as incurred, in each current or former director or officer case to the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law, the Company, its directors, officers and representatives and such other Persons that are indemnified as of Mountain the date of this Agreement by the Company pursuant to the Organizational Documents of the Company (eachcollectively, together with the “Company Indemnified Parties”) and such person’s heirsPersons that are indemnified as of the date of this Agreement by the Purchaser pursuant to the Organizational Documents of the Purchaser (collectively, executors or administrators, a the D&O PersonsPurchaser Indemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), Judgments, fines, losses, damages or liabilities incurred in connection withwith any threatened or actual Proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, whether arising before or after the Effective Time, arising out of the fact that such Person is or otherwise related was a director, officer or employee of the Company or the Purchaser, as the case may be, and pertaining to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as matters set forth on Section 5.5 of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O PersonsPurchaser Disclosure Schedule; provided, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to that in the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as case of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses, any Company Indemnified Party or Purchaser Indemnified Party to whom expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such Person is not entitled to indemnification. (b) For a period of six (6) years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or the Combined Company shall cause to be maintained in effect insurance coverage equivalent to the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” coverage under the current policies of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy maintained by the Purchaser as of the date hereof (provided, that the “D&O Tail”) in respect Combined Company may substitute therefor policies with a substantially comparable insurer of acts or omissions occurring at or prior to least the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability same coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions that are no less favorable to such person than those the insured) with respect to claims arising from facts or events which occurred at or before the Effective Time; provided, however, that the Combined Company shall not be obligated to expend, on an annual basis, an amount in excess of such policy in effect on 200 % of the current annual premium paid as of the date of this Agreement hereof by the Purchaser for such insurance (the six year period following “Premium Cap”), and if such premiums for such insurance would at any time exceed the Closing. TopCo Premium Cap, then the Combined Company shall cause to be maintained policies of insurance which, in the Surviving Company Combined Company’s good faith determination, provide the maximum coverage available at an annual premium equal to maintain the D&O Tail Premium Cap. In lieu of the foregoing, the Purchaser shall obtain at or prior to the Effective Time a six (6)-year “tail” policy under the Purchaser’s existing directors’ and officers’ insurance policy (provided that the Purchaser may substitute therefor policies with a substantially comparable insurer or insurers of at least the same coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions that are no less favorable to the insured) providing equivalent coverage to that described in full force and effect the preceding sentence if the same may be obtained for its full term an amount that, in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)the aggregate, does not exceed the Premium Cap. (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 6.10 shall survive the Closing Effective Time and expressly are intended to benefitbe for the benefit of, and are shall be enforceable by, each Company Indemnified Party, Purchaser Indemnified Party and their respective heirs and Representatives, and each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is foregoing Persons shall be an intended third express third-party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) 6.10. If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective TimeCombined Company, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Entity or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger merger, or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Personother Person or engages in any similar transaction, then, then in each such case, the Combined Company or the Surviving Entity will cause proper provision shall to be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Combined Company assumes or the Surviving Entity, as applicable, will expressly assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.10.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Creek Road Miners, Inc.)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo the Surviving Entity shall indemnify, defend indemnify and hold harmless and shall advance expenses as incurred, in each current case to the extent (subject to applicable law) such persons are indemnified as of the date of this Agreement by TSYS pursuant to the TSYS Articles, the TSYS Bylaws, the governing or organizational documents of any Subsidiary of TSYS and any indemnification agreements in existence as of the date hereof, each present and former director director, officer or officer employee of Mountain TSYS and its Subsidiaries (eachin each case, together with when acting in such person’s heirscapacity) (collectively, executors or administrators, a the D&O PersonsTSYS Indemnified Parties”) against any Losses suffered costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, damages or liabilities incurred in connection withwith any threatened or actual claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, whether arising before or after the Effective Time, arising out of the fact that such person is or otherwise related to any actual was a director, officer or alleged Proceeding employee of TSYS or any other of its Subsidiaries and pertaining to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, that in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right case of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses, any TSYS Indemnified Party to whom expenses existing as are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined in a final, non-appealable judgment of the date hereof in favor a court of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. competent jurisdiction that such TSYS Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification. (b) For a period of six (6) years after the Closing DateEffective Time, TopCo the Surviving Entity shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain be maintained in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement current policies of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy maintained by TSYS (provided, that the Surviving Entity may substitute therefor policies with a substantially comparable insurer of at least the same coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions that are no less advantageous to the insured) with respect to claims arising from facts or events which occurred at or before the Effective Time; provided, however, that the Surviving Entity shall not be obligated to expend, on an annual basis, an amount in excess of 300% of the current aggregate annual premium paid as of the date hereof by TSYS for such insurance (the “D&O TailPremium Cap), and if such premiums for such insurance would at any time exceed the Premium Cap, then the Surviving Entity shall cause to be maintained policies of insurance which, in the Surviving Entity’s good faith determination, provide the maximum coverage available at an annual premium equal to the Premium Cap. In lieu of the foregoing, Global Payments or TSYS, in consultation with the other party, may (and at the request of Global Payments, TSYS shall use its reasonable best efforts to) in respect of acts or omissions occurring obtain at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms with respect Effective Time a six (6)-year “tail” policy under TSYS’s existing directors’ and officers’ insurance policy providing equivalent coverage to termsthat described in the preceding sentence if and to the extent that the same may be obtained for an amount that, conditionsin the aggregate, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those of such policy in effect on does not exceed the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)Premium Cap. (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 6.7 shall survive the Closing Effective Time and expressly are intended to benefitbe for the benefit of, and are shall be enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) TSYS Indemnified Party and his or her heirs and representatives. If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Entity or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person person and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger merger, or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all a majority of its properties and assets to any Personother person or engages in any similar transaction, then, then in each such case, the Surviving Entity will cause proper provision shall to be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Entity will expressly assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.156.7.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Total System Services Inc)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and For a period of six years after the Merger Effective TimeClosing Date, TopCo except as otherwise required by applicable Law, each of the Xxxxxxx Group and the Company shall indemnifycause the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to contain provisions providing that the Company will indemnify and hold harmless, defend in a manner no less or more favorable than as the Company is obligated to indemnify and hold harmless such Persons as of the date of this Agreement (and the Company shall also advance expenses as incurred in a manner no less or more favorable than as the Company is obligated to advance such expenses as of the date of this Agreement, provided the Person to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such Person is not entitled to indemnification), each current or present and former director or and officer of Mountain the Company (eachin each case, together with when acting in such person’s heirscapacity) (the “Indemnified Parties”), executors against any costs or administratorsexpenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), a judgments, fines, settlements, losses, claims, damages or liabilities (collectively, D&O PersonsCosts”) against any Losses suffered or incurred in connection withwith any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective TimeClosing, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective TimeClosing, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amend, repeal, or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior to the Merger Effective TimeClosing, Mountain the Company shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a obtain “tail” insurance policies with a claims period of six years from and after the Closing from one or “runoff” more insurance carriers with the same or better credit rating as the Company’s current insurance carriers with respect to directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy and fiduciary liability insurance (the collectively, “D&O TailInsurance”) in with benefits and levels of coverage at least as favorable as the Company’s existing policies with respect of acts to matters existing or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each (including in connection with this Agreement or the Transactions or actions contemplated hereby); provided, however, that in no event shall the Company obtain any D&O Person on terms with respect Insurance that would require it to termsexpend for such policies an annual premium amount in excess of 250% of the annual premiums currently paid by the Company for such insurance; provided, conditionsfurther, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are no less favorable to such person than those if the annual premiums of such insurance coverage exceed such amount, the Company shall be permitted to obtain a policy in effect on with the date of this Agreement greatest coverage available for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)a cost not exceeding such amount. (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under If the Governing Documents of Mountain Company or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) or any of their respective its successors or assigns (i) consolidates shall consolidate with or merges with or merge into any other Person corporation or entity and is shall not be the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys shall transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, proper provision provisions shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the applicable Group Company assumes shall assume all of the obligations set forth in Section 5.8(a). (d) The provisions of Section 5.8(a) are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each of the Indemnified Parties. (e) The rights of the Indemnified Parties under Section 5.8(a) shall be in addition to any rights such Indemnified Parties may have under the Current Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws of the Company, or under any applicable Contracts or Laws. (f) From and after the date hereof, the Company shall, subject to Section 5.12(b), (i) indemnify and hold harmless the Xxxxxxx Group, its officers, directors, members, managers, Affiliates, each Employee and, acting on behalf of any of the foregoing, their respective agents, advisors or representatives (collectively, the “Xxxxxxx Group Indemnified Parties”) from and against any Costs incurred in connection with any threatened, pending or completed third-party action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of the activities engaged or conducted by such the Xxxxxxx Group Indemnified Party in furtherance of the Transactions prior to the Closing, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Closing, except that arising as a result of any of the Xxxxxxx Group Indemnified Parties’ gross negligence or willful misconduct and (ii) not modify, supplement, amend or waive any term or provision of its current directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy in a manner that would have an adverse effect on the D&O Insurance coverage (including by removing any Employee as an additional named insured thereunder), in any case, without the prior written consent of the applicable Employee. The Company agrees that the Xxxxxxx Group shall be entitled to enforce the terms of this Section 6.155.8(f) for the benefit of each Xxxxxxx Group Indemnified Party or Employee, as the case may be, as though the Xxxxxxx Group were the Xxxxxxx Group Indemnified Party or the applicable Employee for the purposes of this Section, and each Xxxxxxx Group Indemnified Party and Employee constitutes an intended and express third party beneficiary under this Section 5.8(f). (g) As soon as practicable after the date hereof, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause each Employee to be an additional named insured under the Company’s current D&O Insurance policy.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Framework Agreement (Global Brands Acquisition Corp.)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From and after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless each current or former director or officer of Mountain (each, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a “D&O Persons”) against any Losses suffered or incurred in connection with, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each case, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo shall also advance expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo Buyer agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses or exculpation now existing as of the date hereof in favor of the current and former directors, managers, officers, employees and agents of each Group Company (the “D&O PersonIndemnified Parties”), as provided in Mountainsuch Group Company’s Governing Organizational Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of six years after the Closing Date, TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as otherwise in effect as of the date hereof with respect to any matters occurring prior to the Closing, shall continue in full force and effect and that the Group Companies will perform and discharge the Group Companies’ obligations to provide such indemnity and exculpation after the Closing. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law, such indemnification shall be mandatory rather than permissive, and the Company shall advance expenses in connection with such indemnification as provided in such Group Company’s Organizational Documents or other applicable agreements; provided, that the D&O Indemnified Party to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking at the time of such advancement to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined in any a final binding judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction that such D&O Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification. For a period of six (6) years from the Closing Date, the indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person liability limitation or exculpation provisions of the Group Companies’ Organizational Documents as in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to not amendbe amended, repeal, repealed or otherwise modify any such provision modified in any manner that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of any D&O Person thereunder; providedIndemnified Party, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within unless such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15modification is required by applicable Law. (b) Prior to Buyer shall purchase and maintain in effect, beginning on the Merger Effective TimeClosing Date and for a period of six (6) years thereafter without any lapse in coverage, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” policy providing directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (coverage for the benefit of the D&O Tail”) in Indemnified Parties with respect of acts or omissions to matters occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms providing coverage for a period of six (6) years following the Closing Date without any lapses in coverage. Such policy shall provide coverage that is at least equal to the coverage provided under the Group Companies’ current directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies, underwritten by one (1) or more insurers with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, limits of liability and amounts that are an A.M. Best rating no less favorable than the A.M. Best rating of the insurers of the current policies; provided, however, that in no event shall Buyer be required to expend for such person than those policies an aggregate cost in excess of three hundred percent (300%) of the annual premium currently paid by the Company for such insurance; provided, further, that if the premium of such insurance coverage exceeds such amount, Buyer shall obtain a policy in effect on with the date of this Agreement greatest coverage available for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b)a cost not exceeding such amount. (c) The rights From and after the Closing, the D&O Indemnified Parties are intended to be third party beneficiaries of each D&O Person hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwisethis . The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for For the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the consummation of the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15. (d) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the binding on all successors and assigns of Buyer and, following the applicable Group Company assumes Closing, the obligations set forth in this Section 6.15Company.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Purchase Agreement (On Assignment Inc)

Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance. (a) From Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation, and the Surviving Corporation hereby agrees, to do the following: (i) for six years after the Merger Effective Time, TopCo shall indemnifysubject to any limitation imposed from time to time under Applicable Law, defend maintain in effect provisions in the Surviving Corporation’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws (or in such documents of any successor to the business of the Surviving Corporation) regarding elimination of liability, indemnification and advancement of expenses for acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Effective Time in favor of the present and former officers and directors of the Company (each, an “Indemnified Person”) that are no less advantageous to the Indemnified Persons than the corresponding provisions in existence on the date of this Agreement; and (ii) for six years after the Effective Time (and until the final resolution of any matter for which indemnification is first sought hereunder prior to the date which is six years after the Effective Time), indemnify and hold harmless each current Indemnified Person against any costs or former expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, penalties, losses, claims, damages or liabilities, including amounts paid in settlement or compromise (collectively, “Costs”) incurred in connection with any Proceeding arising out of or pertaining to matters relating to such Indemnified Person’s service as a director or officer of Mountain (each, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a “D&O Persons”) against any Losses suffered or incurred in connection with, arising out of or otherwise related to any actual or alleged Proceeding or any other matters the Company existing or occurring at or prior to the Merger Effective TimeDate, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Merger Effective Time, including in connection with (i) the Transactions, and (ii) actions to enforce this provision or any other indemnification or advancement right of any D&O Persons, in each caseDate, to the fullest extent that Mountain or any of its Affiliates would have been permitted under Mountain’s Governing Documents as of Applicable Law (and Parent or the date hereof and applicable Law to indemnify such D&O Persons, and TopCo Surviving Corporation shall also advance such expenses to such D&O Persons as incurred to the fullest extent permitted under Applicable Law, provided that the Indemnified Person to do so under Mountain’s Governing Documents whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to indemnification); and (iii) continue to maintain in effect as of the date of this Agreement and applicable Law. Without limiting the foregoing, TopCo agrees that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing as of the date hereof in favor of each D&O Person, as provided in Mountain’s Governing Documents or any indemnification agreement with Mountain shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect. For a period of for six years after the Closing DateEffective Time the Company’s directors’ and officers’ insurance (collectively, TopCo shall cause “D&O Insurance”) with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are at least as favorable as those contained in the Surviving Company to maintain in effect the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions of Mountain’s Governing Documents as in effect as of the date hereof or in any indemnification agreement between Mountain and any D&O Person as Insurance in effect as of the date hereof, and TopCo shall cause ; provided that the Surviving Corporation may satisfy its obligation under this ‎Section 7.04(a) by (A) purchasing comparable D&O Insurance for such six-year period or (B) causing the Company to not amendobtain, repeal, on or otherwise modify any such provision in any manner that would adversely affect the rights of any D&O Person thereunder; provided, that all rights to exculpation, indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Proceeding pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Proceeding or resolution of such claim. From and after the Closing, TopCo shall cause all of its Subsidiaries and the Surviving Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms, each of the covenants contained in this Section 6.15. (b) Prior prior to the Merger Effective TimeClosing Date, Mountain shall and, if Mountain is unable to, TopCo shall prepaid (or shall cause the Surviving Company to) purchase a “tail” or “runoff” ”) directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (the “D&O Tail”) at Parent’s expense, in respect of acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing covering each D&O Person on terms case with respect to terms, conditions, coverage, deductibles, retentions and limits of liability and amounts that are at least as favorable as those contained in the D&O Insurance in effect as of the date hereof; provided that in no less favorable event shall Parent or the Surviving Corporation be required to expend for such person than those policies pursuant to this sentence an annual premium amount (or, in the case of a prepaid policy described in clause ‎(B), an aggregate amount) in excess of 300% of the annual premium the Company paid in its last full fiscal year, which amount is set forth in ‎Section 7.04(a)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Schedule; and provided, further, that if the aggregate premiums of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six year period following the Closing. TopCo shall cause insurance coverage exceed such amount, the Surviving Company to maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term in accordance with this Section 6.15(b). (c) The rights of each D&O Person hereunder Corporation shall be in addition toobligated to obtain a policy with the greatest coverage available, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under with respect to matters occurring prior to the Governing Documents of Mountain or any other Group Company, any other indemnification agreement or arrangement with any of the foregoing to which they are a party, applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective Time, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) under this Section 6.15 shall a cost not be terminated or modified in exceeding such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Person without the consent of such D&O Person. The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Persons, each of whom is an intended third party beneficiary of this Section 6.15amount. (db) If any of the Group Companies (which includes at or immediately following the Merger Effective TimeParent, for the avoidance of doubt, TopCo and the Surviving Company) Corporation or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges with or into any other Person and is shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger merger, or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, to the extent necessary, Parent shall make proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of Parent or the applicable Group Company assumes Surviving Corporation, as the case may be, shall assume the obligations set forth in this Section 6.15‎Section 7.04. (c) The rights of each Indemnified Person under this ‎Section 7.04 shall be in addition to any rights such Indemnified Person may have under the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the NJBCA or any other Applicable Law, or any agreement of any Indemnified Person with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. These rights shall survive consummation of the Merger and are intended to benefit, and shall be enforceable by, each Indemnified Person. (d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if any Proceeding (whether arising before, at or after the Effective Time) is made against any Indemnified Person, on or prior to the sixth anniversary of the Effective time, the provisions of this ‎Section 7.04 shall continue in effect until the final disposition of such Proceeding. (e) The provisions of this ‎Section 7.04 are (i) intended to be for the benefit of, and will be enforceable by, each Indemnified Person, his or her heirs and his or her representatives and (ii) in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other rights to indemnification or contribution that any such Person may have by Contract or otherwise. Parent shall pay all expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, that may be incurred by the Persons referred to in this ‎Section 7.04(e) in connection with their successful enforcement of their rights provided in this ‎Section 7.04.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Measurement Specialties Inc)

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