Liability for Acts and Omissions As between any Loan Party and the Issuing Lender, or the Issuing Lender’s Affiliates, such Loan Party assumes all risks of the acts and omissions of, or misuse of the Letters of Credit by, the respective beneficiaries of such Letters of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Issuing Lender shall not be responsible for any of the following, including any losses or damages to any Loan Party or other Person or property relating therefrom: (i) the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any document submitted by any party in connection with the application for an issuance of any such Letter of Credit, even if it should in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient, inaccurate, fraudulent or forged (even if the Issuing Lender or its Affiliates shall have been notified thereof); (ii) the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign any such Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason; (iii) the failure of the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit, or any other party to which such Letter of Credit may be transferred, to comply fully with any conditions required in order to draw upon such Letter of Credit or any other claim of any Loan Party against any beneficiary of such Letter of Credit, or any such transferee, or any dispute between or among any Loan Party and any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any such transferee; (iv) errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail, cable, telegraph, telex or otherwise, whether or not they be in cipher; (v) errors in interpretation of technical terms; (vi) any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under any such Letter of Credit or of the proceeds thereof; (vii) the misapplication by the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit of the proceeds of any drawing under such Letter of Credit; or (viii) any consequences arising from causes beyond the control of the Issuing Lender or its Affiliates, as applicable, including any act or omission of any Official Body, and none of the above shall affect or impair, or prevent the vesting of, any of the Issuing Lender’s or its Affiliates rights or powers hereunder. Nothing in the preceding sentence shall relieve the Issuing Lender from liability for the Issuing Lender’s gross negligence or willful misconduct in connection with actions or omissions described in such clauses (i) through (viii) of such sentence. In no event shall the Issuing Lender or its Affiliates be liable to any Loan Party for any indirect, consequential, incidental, punitive, exemplary or special damages or expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees), or for any damages resulting from any change in the value of any property relating to a Letter of Credit. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Issuing Lender and each of its Affiliates (i) may rely on any oral or other communication believed in good faith by the Issuing Lender or such Affiliate to have been authorized or given by or on behalf of the applicant for a Letter of Credit, (ii) may honor any presentation if the documents presented appear on their face substantially to comply with the terms and conditions of the relevant Letter of Credit; (iii) may honor a previously dishonored presentation under a Letter of Credit, whether such dishonor was pursuant to a court order, to settle or compromise any claim of wrongful dishonor, or otherwise, and shall be entitled to reimbursement to the same extent as if such presentation had initially been honored, together with any interest paid by the Issuing Lender or its Affiliate; (iv) may honor any drawing that is payable upon presentation of a statement advising negotiation or payment, upon receipt of such statement (even if such statement indicates that a draft or other document is being delivered separately), and shall not be liable for any failure of any such draft or other document to arrive, or to conform in any way with the relevant Letter of Credit; (v) may pay any paying or negotiating bank claiming that it rightfully honored under the laws or practices of the place where such bank is located; and (vi) may settle or adjust any claim or demand made on the Issuing Lender or its Affiliate in any way related to any order issued at the applicant’s request to an air carrier, a letter of guarantee or of indemnity issued to a carrier or any similar document (each an “Order”) and honor any drawing in connection with any Letter of Credit that is the subject of such Order, notwithstanding that any drafts or other documents presented in connection with such Letter of Credit fail to conform in any way with such Letter of Credit. In furtherance and extension and not in limitation of the specific provisions set forth above, any action taken or omitted by the Issuing Lender or its Affiliates under or in connection with the Letters of Credit issued by it or any documents and certificates delivered thereunder, if taken or omitted in good faith, shall not put the Issuing Lender or its Affiliates under any resulting liability to the Borrower or any Lender.
Liability for Acts and Omissions of Foreign Subcustodians The Custodian shall be liable to a Fund for any loss or damage to such Fund caused by or resulting from the acts or omissions of any Foreign Subcustodian to the extent that, under the terms set forth in the subcustodian agreement between the Custodian or a Domestic Subcustodian and such Foreign Subcustodian, the Foreign Subcustodian has failed to perform in accordance with the standard of conduct imposed under such subcustodian agreement and the Custodian or Domestic Subcustodian recovers from the Foreign Subcustodian under the applicable subcustodian agreement.
Liability for Acts or Omissions of Third Parties Neither BellSouth nor Mpower shall be liable for any act or omission of another telecommunications company providing a portion of the services provided under this Agreement.
Liability for Certain Acts The Manager shall perform the Manager’s duties in good faith, in a manner it reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the Company, and with such care as an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would use under similar circumstances. No Manager shall have any liability by reason of being or having been the Manager of the Company. No Manager in any way guarantees the return of the Members’ Capital Contributions or a profit for the Members from the operations of the Company. No Manager shall be liable to the Company or to any Member for any loss or damage sustained by the Company or any Member, unless the loss or damage shall have been the result of fraud, deceit, gross negligence, willful misconduct, breach of this Agreement or a wrongful taking by the Manager.
Liability for Transfer Taxes The Stockholder agrees to indemnify the Company for any Incremental Transfer Taxes incurred as a result of any direct or indirect transfers of the Company Shares received in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, or interests therein (other than the receipt of the Merger Consideration by the Stockholder pursuant to the Merger Agreement) within two years after the IPO Closing Date; provided that such Company Shares shall be the Company’s sole recourse with respect to such indemnification obligation. The Stockholder hereby grants a security interest in 50% of its Company Shares received in the Merger to the Company and hereby irrevocably appoints the Company, and any of its agents, officers, or employees as its attorney-in fact, which shall be deemed coupled with an interest, with full power to prepare, execute and deliver any documents, instruments and agreements as may be appropriate to perfect and continue such security interest in favor of the Company. The security interest granted pursuant to this Section 6.05 shall attach to the Company Shares that are not included in the Indemnity Holdback Amount. The Company agrees that the security interest in the Company Shares received by the Stockholder in the Merger may be released, or collateral may be substituted, in accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement.
Indemnification by Parent Except as otherwise specifically set forth in this Agreement or in any Ancillary Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, Parent shall, and shall cause the other members of the Parent Group to, indemnify, defend and hold harmless SpinCo, each member of the SpinCo Group and each of their respective past, present and future directors, officers, employees or agents, in each case in their respective capacities as such, and each of the heirs, executors, successors and assigns of any of the foregoing (collectively, the “SpinCo Indemnitees”), from and against any and all Liabilities of the SpinCo Indemnitees relating to, arising out of or resulting from, directly or indirectly, any of the following items (without duplication):
(a) any Parent Liability;
(b) any failure of Parent, any other member of the Parent Group or any other Person to pay, perform or otherwise promptly discharge any Parent Liabilities in accordance with their terms, whether prior to, on or after the Effective Time;
(c) any breach by Parent or any other member of the Parent Group of this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements;
(d) except to the extent it relates to a SpinCo Liability, any guarantee, indemnification or contribution obligation, surety bond or other credit support agreement, arrangement, commitment or understanding for the benefit of any member of the Parent Group by any member of the SpinCo Group that survives following the Distribution; and
(e) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, with respect to statements made explicitly in Parent’s name in the Form 10, the Information Statement (as amended or supplemented if SpinCo shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) or any other Disclosure Document; it being agreed that the statements set forth on Schedule 4.3(e) shall be the only statements made explicitly in Parent’s name in the Form 10, the Information Statement or any other Disclosure Document, and all other information contained in the Form 10, the Information Statement or any other Disclosure Document shall be deemed to be information supplied by SpinCo.
Indemnification by Sellers From and after the Closing Date, except with respect to Taxes and Tax matters (indemnification claims in respect of which may be brought solely under Article IX), and subject to the provisions of this Article VIII (including the limitations set forth in Section 8.5), each Seller, severally (in proportion to its Seller Proportion, except to the extent subject to the proviso to this Section 8.2) but not jointly, shall indemnify and hold harmless
(a) the Company and its Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all Losses actually incurred by the Company Indemnified Parties to the extent resulting from:
(i) any breach of a Fundamental Representation by the Company;
(ii) any breach of any other representation or warranty by the Company contained in Article IV;
(iii) any breach of any covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement to be performed by the Company prior to Closing; or
(iv) the matters set forth in Section 8.2(a)(iv) of the Purchaser Disclosure Schedule.
(b) the Purchaser and its Affiliates (other than the Company Indemnified Parties) (collectively, the “Purchaser Indemnified Parties” and together with the Company Indemnified Parties, the “Seller Indemnitees”) from and against any and all Losses actually incurred by the Purchaser Indemnified Parties to the extent resulting from:
(i) any breach of a Fundamental Representation by such Seller;
(ii) any breach of any other representation or warranty by such Seller contained in Section 3.1;
(iii) any breach of any covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement to be performed by such Seller; or
(iv) Seller Transaction Expenses to the extent they were incurred prior to the Closing and were not considered in calculating the Equity Value or the Distribution Amount. provided that, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, any indemnifiable Losses incurred by the Company Indemnified Parties or the Purchaser Indemnified Parties to the extent resulting from the breach of any representation or warranty made by a Seller or from the breach of a covenant or agreement made by a Seller shall be indemnified solely by the breaching Seller in accordance with this Article VIII, and not by any other Seller; provided further, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the foregoing indemnification with respect to the Purchaser Indemnified Parties is intended to indemnify the Purchaser Indemnified Parties only for Losses suffered or incurred by them directly and is not intended to indemnify the Purchaser Indemnified Parties with respect to Losses suffered by a Company Indemnified Party or that they may suffer or incur solely by virtue of their direct or indirect equity ownership in a Company Indemnified Party.
Indemnification by Seller (a) Subject to the provisions of Sections 7.1(b), 7.4 and 7.5 below, Seller shall indemnify Purchaser and its Affiliates, and each of their respective shareholders, officers, directors, employees and representatives (each a “Purchaser Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Purchaser Indemnitee harmless from, any and all claims, losses, damages, liabilities, payments and obligations, and all expenses, including without limitation reasonable legal fees (collectively “Losses”), incurred, suffered, sustained or required to be paid, directly or indirectly, by, or sought to be imposed upon, such Purchaser Indemnitee resulting from, related to or arising out of (i) any inaccuracy in or breach of any of the representations or warranties made by Seller in or pursuant to this Agreement or the agreements or documents delivered by Seller pursuant to Sections 5.1(b)(i), (iii), (iv), (v), (viii), and (ix); provided, however, that (ix) shall be limited to documents that are necessary to convey to Purchaser title to the Purchased Assets; (ii) any breach of any of the covenants made by Seller in or pursuant to this Agreement (including Section 5.1(b)(ii)) or the agreements or documents delivered by Seller pursuant to Section 5.1(b)(iii), (iv), (v), (viii) and (ix); provided, however, that (ix) shall be limited to documents that are necessary to convey to Purchaser title to the Purchased Assets; (iii) the Excluded Assets or Excluded Liabilities, including with respect to Taxes and bulk sales laws; and (iv) the conduct of the Business prior to the Closing Date. The lack of indemnity under this Section 7.1(a) for breaches shall not limit the remedies that may be available to Purchaser under the Noncompetition Agreement.
(b) Each Purchaser Indemnitee shall promptly give written notice to Seller of the assertion by any Person of any claim, action, suit or proceeding with respect to which Seller is obligated to provide indemnification hereunder; provided, however, that the rights of a Purchaser Indemnitee to be indemnified hereunder shall only be affected by the failure to give such notice if and to the extent such failure prejudices Seller in the defense of such third party claim. Amounts due with respect to Losses covered by this Section 7.1 shall be paid promptly after delivery of reasonably documented written notice of the amount of Losses incurred, and if Seller disputes the validity of the notice or the amounts of the Losses and such dispute is ultimately resolved wholly or partially in favor of the Purchaser Indemnitee, Seller shall promptly pay the amount found owing. Seller shall have the right, but not the obligation, to contest, defend or litigate, and to retain counsel of its choice in connection with, any claim, action, suit or proceeding by any third party alleged or asserted against a Purchaser Indemnitee that is subject to indemnification by Seller hereunder, and the cost and expense thereof shall be subject to the indemnification obligations and limitations of Seller hereunder; provided, that each Purchaser Indemnitee shall have the right and option to participate in, but not control, the defense of such action at its own expense and with its own counsel; and provided, further, that, (i) if Seller elects not to defend any such action or (ii) if a Purchaser Indemnitee shall reasonably believe that it has defenses not available to Seller and if counsel to Purchaser shall advise in a written opinion that common representation is not appropriate, then such Purchaser Indemnitee shall be entitled, through counsel of its choice, but at Seller’s expense (should indemnification be applicable), to participate in the defense of such action. Neither Seller, on the one hand, nor any Purchaser Indemnitee, on the other hand, shall be entitled to settle or compromise any such claim, action, suit or proceeding without the prior written consent of the other party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
Indemnification by SpinCo Except as otherwise specifically set forth in this Agreement or in any Ancillary Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, SpinCo shall, and shall cause the other members of the SpinCo Group to, indemnify, defend and hold harmless Parent, each member of the Parent Group and each of their respective past, present and future directors, officers, employees and agents, in each case in their respective capacities as such, and each of the heirs, executors, successors and assigns of any of the foregoing (collectively, the “Parent Indemnitees”), from and against any and all Liabilities of the Parent Indemnitees relating to, arising out of or resulting from, directly or indirectly, any of the following items (without duplication):
(a) any SpinCo Liability;
(b) any failure of SpinCo, any other member of the SpinCo Group or any other Person to pay, perform or otherwise promptly discharge any SpinCo Liabilities in accordance with their terms, whether prior to, on or after the Effective Time;
(c) any breach by SpinCo or any other member of the SpinCo Group of this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements;
(d) except to the extent it relates to a Parent Liability, any guarantee, indemnification or contribution obligation, surety bond or other credit support agreement, arrangement, commitment or understanding for the benefit of any member of the SpinCo Group by any member of the Parent Group that survives following the Distribution; and
(e) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, with respect to all information contained in the Form 10, the Information Statement (as amended or supplemented if SpinCo shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) or any other Disclosure Document, other than the matters described in clause (e) of Section 4.3.
Survival of Indemnification and Representations and Warranties All indemnities set forth herein and all representations and warranties made herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this Credit Agreement, the making of the Loans, and the repayment of the Loans and other obligations and the termination of the Commitments hereunder.
