Indemnification of Directors, Officers and Employees. (a) Without limiting any additional rights that any officer, director or employee may have under the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of CRG or the Amended and Restated Bylaws of CRG (or the charter documents of CRG’s Subsidiaries), from the Distribution Date through the sixth anniversary of the Distribution Date, CRG shall, and shall cause the any of the CRG Group to, indemnify and hold harmless each current (as of the Distribution Date) and former officer, director, employee or fiduciary of Fiesta Restaurant Group or its Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Indemnified Persons”), from and against any and all claims, losses, liabilities, damages, judgments, inquiries, fines and fees, costs and expenses, including actual attorneys’ fees and disbursements (collectively, “Costs”) incurred in connection with any Proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or pertaining to the fact that the Indemnified Person is or was an officer, director, employee or fiduciary of CRG or its Subsidiaries at or prior to the Distribution Date, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Distribution Date, to the fullest extent that CRG would be permitted under applicable Law and required under the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of CRG or the Amended and Restated Bylaws of CRG (or, as relevant, those of its applicable Subsidiary) as at the date hereof. In the event of any such Proceeding, each Indemnified Person shall be entitled to advancement of expenses incurred in the defense of any Proceeding from CRG or its Subsidiaries to the fullest extent that CRG or its Subsidiaries would be permitted under applicable Law and the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of CRG or the Amended and Restated Bylaws of CRG (or, as relevant, those of its applicable Subsidiary) as at the date hereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein (but subject to any superior rights contained in Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of CRG or the Amended and Restated Bylaws of CRG (or, as relevant, those of its applicable Subsidiary)), prior to making any payment or advance in respect of the indemnification obligations set forth in this Section 6.11, the Person who is requesting such indemnification or advance shall agree to repay such payments or advances if it is ultimately determined that such Person is not entitled to indemnification. Subject to any superior rights contained in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of CRG or the Amended and Restated Bylaws of CRG (or, as relevant, those of its applicable Subsidiary), no Indemnified Person shall settle, compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any threatened or actual Proceeding for which indemnification could be sought by an Indemnified Person hereunder unless CRG consents in writing to such settlement, compromise or consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).
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Samples: Separation and Distribution Agreement, Separation and Distribution Agreement (Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc.), Separation and Distribution Agreement (Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc.)