Holdback Amount Escrow Agent shall hold back in escrow from Seller’s net proceeds at Closing an amount equal to Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00) (the “Holdback Amount”). The sole purpose for which the Holdback Amount may be applied is as to any amounts which Seller owes to Purchaser for post-Closing claims to the extent allowed and subject to any limitations set forth in this Agreement. For clarity, the Holdback Amount is intended as a source of payment, but not as a limitation of damages that may be claimed by Purchaser. Except as to any amounts claimed to be owed by Seller to Purchaser which amounts are specifically reflected in a lawsuit commenced against Seller within twelve (12) months after the Closing for damages based upon the post-Closing claim, Escrow Agent shall disburse the balance of the Holdback Amount to Seller immediately following the expiration of the twelve (12) month period. Prior to institution of any such lawsuit, Purchaser shall provide at least ten (10) days prior written notice to Seller, specifying the exact amount and nature of any such claim asserted by Purchaser against the Holdback Amount. Any lawsuit commenced against Seller must specifically set forth the exact amount which is claimed to be owed by Seller to Purchaser, and absent such specific amount being identified, Escrow Agent is authorized to release the entire Holdback Amount to Seller immediately following the expiration of the twelve month (12) month period post-Closing. Any portion of the Holdback Amount which Escrow Agent is entitled to retain pursuant to this Section 3.10 after the passage of the twelve (12) month period, shall continue to be held in escrow pending final and unappealable dismissal or judgment in the action or actions timely commenced by Purchaser or settled pursuant to a written agreement between Seller and Purchaser. If Purchaser obtains a final and unappealable judgment in any such action, Escrow Agent is directed to make a disbursement to Purchaser from the Holdback Amount retained in escrow in the amount of the judgment plus any interest, attorney’s fees, and costs to which it is entitled thereon upon presentation to Escrow Agent and Seller of the court order or other evidence of such final and unappealable judgment. Once all such actions are either finally or unappealably dismissed or a final and unappealable judgment is entered therein or settled pursuant to a written agreement between Seller and Purchaser, and any amount of damages due to Purchaser is paid, whether from the Holdback Amount or otherwise, Escrow Agent is directed to disburse to Seller any remaining balance of the Holdback Amount. The parties shall execute any additional escrow instructions not inconsistent with the foregoing reasonably required by Escrow Agent or either party relating to the Holdback Amount. Escrow Agent’s fees and costs for holding and disbursing the Holdback Amount shall be shared equally by Seller and Purchaser.
Escrow Amount At the Closing, Seller and Buyer shall enter into an escrow agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Escrow Agreement”), pursuant to which Seller shall deposit Twenty Eight Thousand Six Hundred Fourteen Dollars ($28,614) (the “Escrow Amount”) with the Escrow Agent, which shall be held by the Escrow Agent in a segregated account as security for Seller’s indemnification obligations under Section 15 hereof. All interest accruing on the Escrow Amount shall be for the benefit of Seller. In the event Buyer makes a written claim or demand for indemnification under Section 15 hereof (an “Indemnification Claim”), and Seller does not dispute such Indemnification Claim, or is determined to be liable for and in respect of such Indemnification Claim by a court of competent jurisdiction, then the Escrow Agent promptly thereafter shall pay such Indemnification Claim in full to Buyer, all as more particularly provided in the Escrow Agreement. On the date which is six (6) months after the Closing Date (as defined in Section 1.06 hereof), fifty percent (50%) of the Escrow Amount then remaining in escrow under the Escrow Agreement and not then subject to an outstanding Indemnification Claim shall be paid by the Escrow Agent to Seller. The Escrow Agreement shall expire upon the termination of the Survival Period (as defined in Section 15.01 hereof), and immediately thereafter the Escrow Agent shall pay the portion, if any, of the then remaining Escrow Amount not in dispute to Seller; provided, however, that if prior to the expiration of the Survival Period, Buyer shall have made an Indemnification Claim or commenced litigation or any other proceeding on account of any such claim, the term of the Escrow Agreement shall be extended, and the Escrow Agent shall continue to hold in escrow the portion of the then Escrow Amount in dispute, in each case until the final resolution of such Indemnification Claim or litigation or proceeding relating thereto, all as more particularly provided in the Escrow Agreement.
Indemnity Escrow On the Closing Date, Purchaser shall, on behalf of Seller, pay to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., as agent to Purchaser and Seller (the “Escrow Agent”), in immediately available funds, to the account designated by the Escrow Agent (the “Indemnity Escrow Account”), an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the Purchase Price (the “Indemnity Escrow Amount”), in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and that certain Escrow Agreement by and among Purchaser, Seller and the Escrow Agent, dated as of November 8, 2013, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit F (the “Escrow Agreement”). Any payment Seller is obligated to make to any Purchaser Indemnified Parties pursuant to this Article X shall be recovered solely by release of funds to the Purchaser Indemnified Parties from the Indemnity Escrow Account in accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement and shall accordingly reduce the Indemnity Escrow Amount; provided, however, that to the extent, and solely to the extent, (a) Seller is obligated to make a payment to any Purchaser Indemnified Parties pursuant to this Article X with respect to a claim based upon, attributable to or resulting from a breach of the Specified IP Representation and (b) the Escrow Agent has released the Indemnity Escrow Amount (to the extent not utilized to pay Purchaser Indemnified Parties for any indemnification claim) to Seller, then Seller shall pay directly the remaining sums due in connection with such claim following the payments made from the Indemnity Escrow Account in connection therewith; provided, further, however that to the extent, and solely to the extent, (a) Seller is obligated to make a payment to any Purchaser Indemnified Parties pursuant to this Article X with respect to a claim based upon, attributable to or resulting from a Fundamental Representation of Seller, Seller Fraud, or pursuant to Section 10.2(a)(ii), Section 10.2(a)(iii), Section 10.2(a)(iv) or Section 10.2(a)(v) and (b) the Indemnity Escrow Amount is insufficient to pay such claim, then Seller shall pay directly the remaining sums due in connection with such claim following the payments made from the Indemnity Escrow Account in connection therewith; provided, further, however, that, other than in cases of Seller Fraud, the maximum aggregate Liability of Seller under this Agreement, including this Article X, shall in no event exceed the Final Purchase Price. On the earlier of (a) the date that is fifteen (15) Business Days following the General Survival Date and (b) the Business Day immediately following the date on which Purchaser delivers the Attrition Rate Statement, the Escrow Agent shall release the Indemnity Escrow Amount (to the extent not utilized to pay Purchaser Indemnified Parties for any indemnification claim) to Seller, except that the Escrow Agent shall retain an amount (up to the total amount then held by the Escrow Agent) equal to the sum of (a) the amount of claims for indemnification under this Article X asserted prior to the General Survival Date but not yet resolved and (b) Purchaser’s Attrition Claim to the extent not resolved at such time in writing or pursuant to Section 3.5 (such claims, the “Unresolved Claims”). The Indemnity Escrow Amount retained for Unresolved Claims shall be released by the Escrow Agent (to the extent not utilized to pay Purchaser Indemnified Parties for any such claims resolved in favor of Purchaser Indemnified Parties) upon the resolution of such Unresolved Claims in accordance with this Article X, Section 3.5 and the Escrow Agreement.
Escrow Fund At the Effective Time the Company's shareholders will be deemed to have received and deposited with the Escrow Agent (as defined below) the Escrow Amount (plus any additional shares as may be issued upon any stock split, stock dividend or recapitalization effected by Parent after the Effective Time) without any act of any shareholder. As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, the Escrow Amount, without any act of any Company shareholder, will be deposited with Chase Manhattan Bank and Trust Company, N.A. (or other institution acceptable to Parent and the Securityholder Agent (as defined in Section 8.2(h) below)) as Escrow Agent (the "ESCROW AGENT"), such deposit to constitute an escrow fund (the "ESCROW FUND") to be governed by the terms set forth herein. The portion of the Escrow Amount contributed on behalf of each shareholder of the Company shall be in proportion to the aggregate Parent Common Stock and Parent Preferred Stock to which such holder would otherwise be entitled under Sections 1.6(c), (d) and (e) and shall be in the respective share amounts and percentages listed opposite each Company's shareholder's names listed in a schedule to be executed by the Company and delivered to Parent at Closing (the "ESCROW SCHEDULE"). All shares of Parent Common Stock and Parent Preferred Stock contributed to the Escrow Fund shall be vested and not subject to any right of repurchase, risk of forfeiture or other condition in favor of the Surviving Corporation. The Escrow Fund shall be available to compensate Parent and its affiliates (including the Surviving Corporation) for any claims, losses, liabilities, damages, deficiencies, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses, and expenses of investigation and defense, as well as adjustments relating to Execution Net Book Value pursuant to Section 1.6(b) (hereinafter individually a "LOSS" and collectively "LOSSES") incurred by Parent, its officers, directors, or affiliates (including the Surviving Corporation) directly or indirectly as a result of (i) any inaccuracy or breach of a representation or warranty of the Company contained herein (or in any certificate, instrument, schedule or document attached to this Agreement and delivered by the Company in connection with the Merger), or (ii) any failure by the Company to perform or comply with any covenant or obligation contained herein; provided that such claims must be asserted on or before 5:00 p.m. (California Time) on the Expiration Date. Except as otherwise provided herein, Parent may not receive any shares from the Escrow Fund unless and until Officer's Certificates (as defined in Section 8.2(d) below) identifying Losses, the aggregate amount of which exceed $500,000 (except in the case of Losses arising from any breach or inaccuracy of Section 2.3, as to which such threshold shall not apply), have been delivered to the Escrow Agent as provided in paragraph (f) and such amount is determined pursuant to this Article VIII to be payable; in such case, Parent may recover shares from the Escrow Fund equal in value to all indemnified Losses (including any Losses within the $500,000 threshold) for which there is no objection or any objection had been resolved in accordance with the provisions of this Article VIII; provided, however, that to the extent third-party expenses, including, without limitation, legal and accounting fees incurred by the Company in connection with this Agreement and the Merger exceed $50,000 in the aggregate, such excess shall be deemed a Loss for purposes of Article VIII and shall be immediately reimbursable to Parent in accordance with this Article VIII (without regard to the $500,000 minimum threshold for Losses and without counting toward the $500,000 threshold). For purposes of this Article VIII, the phrases "Company shareholders" and "shareholders of the Company" shall refer to the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time.
Additional Escrow Amounts On the date of any Purchase Withdrawal, the Pass Through Trustee may re-deposit with the Depositary some or all of the amounts so withdrawn in accordance with Section 2.4 of the Deposit Agreement.
Holdback At the Closing, an amount equal to $7,000,000 (the “Holdback Amount”; and together with all earnings thereon, the “Holdback Funds”) shall be deposited by the Buyer, or on the Buyer’s behalf, in an account with the Escrow Agent as security for the obligations of the Seller under this Agreement. Subject to any payments owed in accordance with Section 1.2 of this Agreement or claims made in accordance with Section 10 of this Agreement, (i) the Initial Holdback Funds Release Amount, if any, shall be released (by delivery of joint written instructions by Seller and Buyer to the Escrow Agent) to the Seller upon the final determinations pursuant to Section 1.2(f) after any required payments in connection thereto have been made, (ii) the remaining undistributed balance of the Holdback Funds, not subject to any pending claims, shall be released (by delivery of joint written instructions by Seller and Buyer to Escrow Agent) by the Escrow Agent to the Seller on the second Business Day following the first (1st) anniversary of the Closing Date (the “Holdback Termination Date”) and (iii) any balance of the Holdback Funds subject to pending claims on the Holdback Termination Date shall be released (by delivery of joint written instructions by Seller and Buyer to Escrow Agent) upon final resolution of such pending claims. The Holdback Funds shall be the sole remedy of the Buyer and the exclusive source for payment by the Seller of any post-Closing adjustment to the Estimated Closing Date Consideration pursuant to Section 1.2(f) and in respect of Seller’s indemnification obligations set forth in Section 10.1 of this Agreement other than (i) with respect to breaches of the Fundamental Representations, (ii) breaches of the covenants set forth in Sections 5.6(c), 5.6(h) (solely with respect to non-cash distributions), 5.6(t), 5.6(x) and 5.12 or (iii) in the event of fraud. Prior to Closing, the Seller may elect, upon written notice to the Buyer, to be treated as the owner of the Holdback Amount for federal and state Tax purposes. If the Seller does not make such election, Buyer shall be so treated.
Indemnification Payment Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification of Expenses, and shall receive payment thereof, from the Company in accordance with this Agreement as soon as practicable after Indemnitee has made written demand on the Company for indemnification, unless the Reviewing Party has given a written opinion to the Company that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under applicable law.
Indemnification Escrow (a) The Escrow Deposit Amount, or from and after the Closing the Remaining Escrow Deposit Amount, shall (subject to the terms and conditions of Article 6) serve as and be the sole and exclusive source for payment of claims for indemnification by any Purchaser Indemnitee pursuant to Article 6. The Escrow Letter of Credit, which shall be provided at the Closing by Purchaser to the Escrow Agent in respect of the Escrow Deposit Amount, shall be held by the Escrow Agent in an account (the “Indemnity Escrow Account”) in accordance with the terms and conditions of an escrow agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G (the “Escrow Agreement”).
(b) On the date which is twelve (12) months following the Closing, the Escrow Agent shall pay and disburse to the Partnership, via a draw on the funds available under the Escrow Letter of Credit, the Initial Indemnity Release Amount calculated in accordance with Section 2.13, and the amount available to be drawn under the Escrow Letter of Credit and the aggregate principal amount of the Escrow Letter of Credit shall be reduced to reflect the foregoing draw and payment.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or in the Escrow Agreement to the contrary, in the event that the Partnership is entitled, pursuant to this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement, to funds to be drawn from the Escrow Letter of Credit and the Escrow Agent is not able to draw all or any part of such funds from the Escrow Letter of Credit after receiving a notice (formatted as a joint written instruction) directing it to draw and release such funds, whether due to the expiration of the Escrow Letter of Credit, technical draw issues or otherwise, then, and in any such event, Purchaser shall deliver to the Partnership, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, not later than three (3) business days (with time of the essence) after a written request therefor from the Partnership, the amount of funds to which the Partnership is entitled or, if less than such amount, the remaining amount available to be drawn under the Escrow Letter of Credit, and the amount available to be drawn thereafter under the Escrow Letter of Credit (if not already equal to Zero) shall be reduced by the amount of such wire transfer. Without limiting the forgoing, any inability of the Escrow Agent to draw upon the Escrow Letter of Credit for any amount that is properly payable to the Partnership from the Escrow Letter of Credit or the Indemnity Escrow Account pursuant to this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement shall not relieve the Purchaser from its obligation to have made or to make such payment to the Partnership, and the Purchaser shall effect such payment by wire transfer in accordance with the preceding sentence.
(d) If either Purchaser or the Partnership anticipates that there will be any funds remaining under the Escrow Letter of Credit as of the expiration date of the Escrow Letter of Credit (the “Escrow L/C Expiration”), then Purchaser shall use reasonable best efforts to obtain and deliver to the Escrow Agent, at least three (3) business days prior to the Escrow L/C Expiration, a replacement clean, irrevocable and unconditional standby letter of credit in the aggregate face amount equal to the amount of funds remaining under the Escrow Letter of Credit (i) in substantially the same form as the Escrow Letter of Credit or such other form as is reasonably acceptable to the Partnership and the Escrow Agent and (ii) from the then-current lender under the Escrow Letter of Credit or such other lender as is reasonably acceptable to the Partnership (the “Replacement Letter of Credit”). The Escrow Agreement shall provide that if the Escrow Agent has not received a Replacement Letter of Credit from Purchaser and written notice from the Partnership that the Replacement Letter of Credit satisfies the requirements of this Section 2.12(d) at least six (6) business days prior to the Escrow L/C Expiration, then prior to the close of business on the third (3rd) business day prior to the Escrow L/C Expiration (with time of the essence), the Escrow Agent shall draw all funds remaining under the Escrow Letter of Credit and hold such funds in the Indemnity Escrow Account for release pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Escrow Agreement (a “Full Draw Event”). Following the expiration of the Escrow Letter of Credit, all references in this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement to the Escrow Letter of Credit shall be deemed to refer to the Replacement Letter of Credit (and any subsequent replacement standby letter of credit that complies with this Section 2.12(d)), and this Section 2.12(d) shall apply to the Replacement Letter of Credit mutatis mutandis.
(e) The Parties agree that the Escrow Agreement shall treat the Escrow Letter of Credit and any funds held in the Indemnity Escrow Account as owned by the Partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Escrow Deposit Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Holder will deliver [the sum of ____________________ Dollars ($_____________) in lawful money of the United States of America by wire transfer of immediately available funds] [and] [[ ] Class A Trust Certificates] [and] [[ ] Class B Trust Certificates] in accordance with Section 14 of the Series Supplement] (the "Escrow Deposit"), to Escrow Agent to be held by Escrow Agent in escrow on the terms and conditions hereinafter provided. Escrow Agent hereby acknowledges receipt of the Escrow Deposit. Any cash amounts in the Escrow Deposit may be increased or decreased in accordance with the terms of Section 2.02(i)(vi) of the Warrant Agreement and the terms of this agreement will apply with equal force and effect to any such increased or decreased cash amounts in the Escrow Deposit.
Indemnity Payments 4.1. Any indemnity payments pursuant to this Agreement shall be made by the Indemnifying Parties to the Indemnified Party in full, without any set off, counterclaim, restriction or condition and without any deduction or withholding (save as may be required by applicable Law or as otherwise agreed in this Agreement or in writing between the Parties). If Tax must be withheld / deducted, or any other Tax is payable in relation to indemnity payments, such additional amounts must be paid by the Indemnifying Party as may be necessary to ensure that the Indemnified Party receives a net amount equal to the full amount which it would have received had payment not been made subject to such Tax or withholding or deductions.
4.2. Any indemnity payments made by the Indemnifying Parties pursuant to this Agreement shall be effected by crediting for same day value the account specified by the Indemnified Party on behalf of the party entitled to the payment (reasonably in advance and in sufficient detail to enable payment by electronic transfer to be effected) on or before the due date for payment.
4.3. The Parties agree that the Indemnified Party shall be indemnified by the Company with respect to its indemnification event (in its capacity as the Indemnifying Party) and the amount of such indemnification payment shall be grossed-up by the Company to take into account the fact that the Indemnified Party as a shareholder of the Company may be indirectly paying a portion of such indemnification payment.
4.4. To the extent the payment by the Indemnifying Party of any indemnification payment pursuant to the provisions of Clause 7 (Indemnification) shall be subject to receipt of approvals from any Governmental Authority (if required), the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall be responsible for obtaining all such approvals from any Governmental Authority and shall make all applications and take all steps required to obtain the same. Alternatively, if mutually agreed between the Parties, with both Parties acting reasonably, the claim amount (that is, the Loss) shall be paid to any Affiliate or nominee of the Indemnified Party.