LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation system, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Immuron LTD), Deposit Agreement (Immuron LTD), Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia the People’s Republic of China or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemexchange, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles Memorandum and Articles of association or similar document Association of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering Offering or distribution thereof, thereof or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from from, or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of of, doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary or the Company or any of their respective directors, (ii) officers, employees, agents or affiliates incur any liability to any Owner or Beneficial Owner of a Receipt by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) or by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01Sections 4.1, 4.02 4.2 or 4.03 4.3 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapselapse in each such case without liability to the Company or the Depositary. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume affiliates assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or HoldersBeneficial Owners, except that they the Company and the Depositary agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, suit or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary SharesShares that in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability, on behalf unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expenses and liability shall be furnished as often as may be required, and the Custodian shall not be under any obligation whatsoever with respect to such proceedings, the responsibility of any Owner or Holder or any other personthe Custodian being solely to the Depositary. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a any matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, arises the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities, or for the acts or omissions made by manner in which any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities vote is cast or the offer effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or sale thereof nonaction is in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesgood faith. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Homeinns Hotel Group), Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division), Deposit Agreement (Home Inns & Hotels Management Inc.)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation system, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall affiliates)shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. Each of the Depositary, the Company and their directors, officers, employees, agents and controlling persons may rely and shall be protected in acting upon any written notice, request, direction or other document believed by such person to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in the Commonwealth of Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division), Deposit Agreement (Bravura Solutions LTD), Deposit Agreement (Industrea LTD)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia the Republic of South Africa or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation system, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association constitution or similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. Each of the Depositary, the Company and their directors, officers, employees, agents and controlling persons may rely and shall be protected in acting upon any written notice, request, direction or other document believed by such person to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia the Republic of South Africa in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division), Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division), Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia Denmark or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemexchange, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or any similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holdersHolders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.014.1, 4.02 4.2 or 4.03 4.3 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor Company, the Depositary (Depositary, nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume , assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor Depositary, the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary and the Company and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates may rely and shall not be responsible for protected in acting upon any failure written notice, request, direction or other documents believed by them to carry out any instructions be genuine and to vote any of have been signed or presented by the Deposited Securities proper party or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faithparties. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a any previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by of any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to indemnify carry out any instructions to vote any of the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or for the offer manner in which any such vote is cast or sale thereof the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesgood faith. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
Appears in 6 contracts
Samples: Deposit Agreement (Ascendis Pharma a/S), Deposit Agreement (Ascendis Pharma a/S), Deposit Agreement (Forward Pharma a/S)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents agents, controlling persons or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia States or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemauthority, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or any similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holdersHolders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.014.1, 4.02 4.2 or 4.03 4.3 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents agents, controlling persons or affiliates) assume affiliates assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners Owner or HoldersHolder, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Neither the Depositary nor any of its directors, officers, employees, agents, controlling persons or affiliates shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents agents, controlling persons or affiliates) affiliates shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents agents, controlling persons or affiliates) affiliates shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary and the Company and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, controlling persons or affiliates may relay and shall not be responsible for protected in acting upon any failure written notice, request, direction or other documents believed by them to carry out any instructions be genuine and to vote any of have been signed or presented by the Deposited Securities proper party or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faithparties. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Neither the Depositary nor the Company shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by of any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to indemnify carry out any instructions to vote any of the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or for the offer manner in which any such vote is cast or sale thereof the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesgood faith. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
Appears in 5 contracts
Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division), Deposit Agreement (Therapix Biosciences Ltd.), Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia the People’s Republic of China or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemexchange, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles Memorandum and Articles of association or similar document Association of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering Offering or distribution thereof, thereof or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from from, or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of of, doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary or the Company or any of their respective directors, (ii) officers, employees, agents or affiliates incur any liability to any Owner or Beneficial Owner of a Receipt by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) or by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement; nor shall the Depository or the Company or any of their respective directors, (iv) for the inability of officers, employees, agents or affiliates incur any liability to any Owner or Holder to benefit from Beneficial Owner of any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) Receipt for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the this Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01Sections 4.1, 4.02 4.2 or 4.03 4.3 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapselapse in each such case without liability to the Company or the Depositary. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume affiliates assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or HoldersBeneficial Owners, except that they the Company and the Depositary agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, suit or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary SharesShares that in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability, on behalf unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expenses and liability shall be furnished as often as may be required, and the Custodian shall not be under any obligation whatsoever with respect to such proceedings, the responsibility of any Owner or Holder or any other personthe Custodian being solely to the Depositary. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a any matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, arises the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities, or for the acts or omissions made by manner in which any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities vote is cast or the offer effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or sale thereof nonaction is in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesgood faith. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Noah Education Holdings Ltd.), Deposit Agreement (Noah Education Holdings Ltd.), Deposit Agreement (Cgen Digital Media Co LTD)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective controlling persons, directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holderholder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia Brazil or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemauthority, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the By-laws, articles of association or any other similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to some or all of the holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holdersholders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holderholder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by of any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to indemnify carry out any instructions to vote any of the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or for the offer manner in which any such vote is cast or sale thereof the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesgood faith. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (BrasilAgro - Brazilian Agricultural Real Estate Co), Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division), Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates controlling persons (as defined under the Securities Act) shall incur any liability to any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner of any Receipt, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia The Republic of France, or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemexchange, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or similar document statuts of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliatescontrolling persons (as defined under the Securities Act) shall be prevented, delayed prevented or forbidden from from, or delayed in or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which that by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, employees, agents or controlling persons (iias defined under the Securities Act) incur any liability to any Owner or Beneficial Owner of any Receipt by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which that by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) or by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for Agreement or the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms statuts of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit AgreementCompany. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01Sections 4.1, 4.02 4.2, or 4.03 4.3 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliatescontrolling persons (as defined under the Securities Act) assume assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or HoldersBeneficial Owners of Receipts, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliatescontrolling persons (as defined under the Securities Act) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, Receipts on behalf of any Owner, Beneficial Owner or Holder or any other person, and the Custodian shall not be under any obligation whatsoever with respect to such proceedings, the responsibility of the Custodian being solely to the Depositary. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliatescontrolling persons (as defined under the Securities Act) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner of a Receipt, or any other person, in each case provided such person is believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any Each of the Deposited Depositary, the Company and their respective directors, employees, agents and controlling persons (as defined under the Securities Act) may rely and shall be protected in acting upon any written notice, request, direction or for the manner in which any other document believed by such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is person in good faithfaith to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, arises the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities, or for the acts or omissions made by manner in which any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities vote is cast or the offer effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or sale thereof omission to act is in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesgood faith. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Genesys Sa), Deposit Agreement (Genesys Sa), Deposit Agreement (Genesys Sa)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner Owner, Beneficial Owner, or Holderany person, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia the Republic of South Africa or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemexchange, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles Memorandum and Articles of association or similar document Association of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be prevented, delayed prevented or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary or the Company incur any liability to any Owner, (ii) Beneficial Owner or other person by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) or by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01Sections 4.1, 4.02 4.2, or 4.03 4.3 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or HoldersBeneficial Owners of Receipts, or other persons, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary SharesReceipts, on behalf which in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability, unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expense and liability shall be furnished as often as may be required, and the Custodian shall not be under any obligation whatsoever with respect to such proceedings, the responsibility of any Owner or Holder or any other personthe Custodian being solely to the Depositary. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holderholder of a Receipt, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities Securities, or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faithfaith and without negligence. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, arises the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seekingto, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to in accordance with the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified modified, or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement. If an action, proceeding (including, but not limited to, any governmental investigation), claim or dispute (collectively, a "Proceeding") in respect of which indemnity may be sought by either party is brought or asserted against the other party, the party seeking indemnification (the "Indemnitee") shall promptly (and in no event more than ten (10) days after receipt of notice of such Proceeding) notify the party obligated to provide such indemnification (the "Indemnitor") of such Proceeding. The failure of the Indemnitee to so notify the Indemnitor shall not impair the Indemnitee's ability to seek indemnification from the Indemnitor (but only for costs, expenses and liabilities incurred after such notice) unless such failure adversely affects the Indemnitor's ability to adequately oppose or defend such Proceeding. Upon receipt of such notice from the Indemnitee, the Indemnitor shall be entitled to participate in such Proceeding and, to the extent that it shall so desire and provided no conflict of interest exists as specified in subparagraph (b) below and there are no other defenses available to the Indemnitee as specified in subparagraph (d) below, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnitee (in which case all attorney's fees and expenses shall be borne by the Indemnitor and the Indemnitor shall in good faith defend the Indemnitee). The Indemnitee shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be borne by the Indemnitee unless (a) the Indemnitor agrees in writing to pay such fees and expenses, (b) the Indemnitee shall have reasonably and in good faith concluded that there is a conflict of interest between the Indemnitor and the Indemnitee in the conduct of the defense of such action, (c) the Indemnitor fails to assume, at least ten (10) days prior to the date the first response or appearance is required to be made in such Proceeding, the defense of such Proceeding with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnitee or (d) there are legal defenses available to the Indemnitee that are different from or are in addition to those available to the Indemnitor. No compromise or settlement of such Proceeding may be effected by either party without the other party's consent unless (i) there is no finding or admission of any violation of law and no effect on any other claims that may be made against such other party and (ii) the sole relief provided is monetary damages that are paid in full by the party seeking the settlement. Neither party shall have any liability with respect to any compromise or settlement effected without its consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Indemnitor shall have no obligation to indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnitee from any loss, expense or liability incurred by the Indemnitee as a result of a default judgment entered against the Indemnitee unless such judgment was entered after the Indemnitor agreed, in writing, to assume the defense of such Proceeding.
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Samples: American Depositary Receipt (Anglogold LTD), Deposit Agreement (Anglogold Ashanti LTD), Deposit Agreement (Anglogold LTD)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner of any Receipt, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia Hong Kong or any other country, or of any other governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemexchange, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles Articles of association or similar document Association of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from from, or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of of, doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary or the Company or any of their respective directors, (ii) officers, employees, agents or affiliates incur any liability to any Owner or Beneficial Owner of a Receipt by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) or by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit AgreementAgreement or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or HoldersBeneficial Owners of Receipts, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary SharesReceipts, on behalf which in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability, unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expense and liability shall be furnished as often as may be required, and the Custodian shall not be under any obligation whatsoever with respect to such proceedings, the responsibility of any Owner or Holder or any other personthe Custodian being solely to the Depositary. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner of a Receipt, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary, the Custodian and the Company and each of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates may rely and shall be protected in acting upon any written notice, request, direction or other document or instrument believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities Securities, or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faithfaith and in accordance with the terms of the Deposit Agreement. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, ; provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seekingto, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of Receipts, American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) out of acts performed or omitted, pursuant to in accordance with the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified modified, or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, and except to the extent that such liability or expense arises out of information relating to the Depositary or the Custodian, as applicable, furnished in writing to the Company by the Depositary or the Custodian, as applicable, expressly for use in any registration statement, proxy statement, prospectus (or placement memorandum) or preliminary prospectus (or preliminary placement memorandum) relating to the Receipts or the American Depositary Shares represented thereby, or omissions from such information of, if such information is provided, the failure to state a material fact necessary to make the information provided not misleading, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliates. The indemnities contained in the preceding sentence shall not extend to any liability or expense which arises solely and exclusively out of a Pre-Release (as defined in Section 2.09 of the Deposit Agreement) of a Receipt or Receipts in accordance with Section 2.09 of the Deposit Agreement and which would not otherwise have arisen had such Receipt or Receipts not been the subject of a Pre-Release pursuant to such Section 2.09; provided, however, that, for the avoidance of doubt, the indemnities provided in the preceding paragraph shall apply to any such liability or expense (subject to the limitations contained in this paragraph) (i) to the extent that such liability or expense would have arisen had a Receipt or Receipts not been the subject of a Pre-Release or (ii) which arose out of any misstatement or alleged misstatement or omission or alleged omission of a material fact in any registration statement, proxy statement, prospectus (or placement memorandum) or preliminary prospectus (or preliminary placement memorandum) relating to the offer or sale of American Depositary Shares, except to the extent any such liability or expense arises out of (l) information relating to the Depositary or any Custodian, as applicable, furnished in writing to the Company (and not materially changed or altered) by the Depositary or any Custodian, as applicable, expressly for use in any of the foregoing documents, or, (2) if such information is provided, the failure to state a material fact necessary to make the information provided not misleading. No Owner or Beneficial Owner shall have any rights under this Article 18. The Depositary agrees to indemnify the Company, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and hold them harmless from any liability or expense (including, but not limited to, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of acts performed or omitted by the Depositary or its Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates due to their negligence or bad faith or to the extent that such liability or expense arises out of information relating to the Depositary or the Custodian, as applicable, furnished in writing to the Company by the Depositary or the Custodian, as applicable, expressly for use in any registration statement, proxy statement, prospectus (or placement memorandum) or preliminary prospectus (or preliminary placement memorandum) relating to the Receipts or the American Depositary Shares represented thereby, or omissions from such information. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division), Deposit Agreement (China Mobile LTD /Adr/), Deposit Agreement (China Mobile Hong Kong LTD /Adr/)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner if, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia States or any other country, or of any other governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemauthority, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or bylaws or similar document documents of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary or the Company or any of their respective directors, employees, agents or affiliates incur any liability to any Owner or Beneficial Owner of a Receipt (iii) by reason of any non-performance nonperformance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iiiii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iviii) for the inability of any Owner or Holder holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (viv) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither Each of the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective and its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates assumes no obligation nor shall it or affiliates) assume any obligation or shall such Person be subject to any liability under the this Deposit Agreement to Owners or HoldersBeneficial Owners, except that they agree the Company agrees to perform their its obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Each of the Depositary and its directors, employees, agents and affiliates assumes no obligation nor shall not it or such Person be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to any Owner or Beneficial Owner (including, without limitation, liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities), except that the Depositary agrees to perform its obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, suit or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary SharesReceipts, on behalf which in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability, unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expense and liability shall be furnished as often as may be required, and the Custodian shall not be under any obligation whatsoever with respect to such proceedings, the responsibility of any Owner or Holder or any other personthe Custodian being solely to the Depositary. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities Securities, or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division), Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division), Deposit Agreement (Banorte Financial Group (Grupo Financiero Banorte, S.A.B. De C.V.))
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation system, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holderholder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Pryme Oil & Gas LTD), Deposit Agreement (Living Cell Technologies Ltd.), Deposit Agreement (Avastra Sleep Centres LTD)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner of any Receipt, (i) if by reason of (a) any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia the Russian Federation or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation system, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereofexchange, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, or (b) in the case of the Depositary only, (i) any act or failure to act of the Company (or any of its agents, including the Russian Share Registrar, or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates, (ii) any provision, present or future, of the Charter of the Company or any other instrument of the Company governing the Deposited Securities, or (iii) any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, the Depositary or the Company shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from from, or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of of, doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performedperformed (including, in the case of the Depositary, delivery of any Deposited Securities or distribution of cash or property in respect thereof pursuant to Sections 4.1 through 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement); nor shall the Depositary or the Company or any of their respective directors, employees, agents or affiliates incur any liability to any Owner or holder of any Receipt (iii) by reason of any non-performance nonperformance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iiiii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iviii) for the inability of any Owner or Holder holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (viv) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit AgreementAgreement or in the Charter of the Company. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01Sections 4.1, 4.02 4.2, or 4.03 4.3 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, the Depositary is prevented or prohibited from making such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of ReceiptsOwners, and the Depositary may not dispose is prevented or prohibited from disposing of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make making the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary Depositary, after consultation with the Company, shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or HoldersBeneficial Owners of Receipts, except that they agree (i) the Company agrees to perform their its obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement and (ii) the Depositary agrees to perform its obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary SharesReceipts, on behalf of any Owner, Beneficial Owner or Holder or any other person, and the Custodian shall not be under any obligation whatsoever with respect to such proceedings, the responsibility of the Custodian being solely to the Depositary. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction inaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information; provided, however, that in the case of the Company, advice of or information from legal counsel is from recognized U.S. counsel for U.S. legal issues, recognized Russian legal counsel for Russian legal issues and recognized counsel from any other jurisdiction for legal issues with respect to that jurisdiction. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities Securities, or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction inaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a any matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, arises the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable to the Company, any Owner or Beneficial Owner or any other person for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement unavailability of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The for the failure to make any distribution of cash or property with respect thereto as a result of (i) any act or failure to act of the Company agrees to indemnify or its agents, including the DepositaryRussian Share Registrar, its or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and or affiliates, (ii) any Custodian againstprovision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, and hold each the Russian Federation or any other country, (iii) any provision of them harmless fromany present or future regulation of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange, (iv) any provision of any present or future Charter of the Company or any other instrument of the Company governing the Deposited Securities, (v) any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or (vi) any act of God or war or other circumstance beyond its control. The Company shall not be liable to the Depositary, any liability Owner or expense Beneficial Owner or holder of any Receipts or any other person for the unavailability of the Deposited Securities or for the failure to make any distribution of cash or property with respect thereto as a result of (i) any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, the Russian Federation or any other country, (ii) any provision of any present or future regulation of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or (iii) any act of God or war or other circumstance beyond its control. No Owner or Beneficial Owner shall be deemed to possess any rights held by any Company shareholder under Russian law or the Charter (including, but not limited to, the right, if any, to receive any particular dividend amount or rate with respect to the Shares) as a result of any provision in the Deposit Agreement, and, as such, the Company shall not, as a result of any provision of the Deposit Agreement, be liable, or otherwise owe any duty or obligation, to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing Owner or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except Beneficial Owner for any liability rights, duties or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) obligations owed by the Company or to any one of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesshareholders as such under Russian law or the Charter. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division), Deposit Agreement (Ao Surgutneftegas /Fi), Deposit Agreement (Ao Surgutneftegas /Fi)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation system, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. Each of the Depositary, the Company and their directors, officers, employees, agents and controlling persons may rely and shall be protected in acting upon any written notice, request, direction or other document believed by such person to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in the Commonwealth of Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division), Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division), Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holderholder of any Receipt, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia States or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemauthority, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles Articles of association Incorporation or similar document Share Handling Regulations of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.014.1, 4.02 4.2 or 4.03 4.3 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holdersholders of Receipts, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary SharesReceipts, on behalf of any Owner or Holder holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holderholder of a Receipt, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities Securities, or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided provided, that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of Receipts, American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) out of acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified modified, or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Mizuho Financial Group Inc), Deposit Agreement (Mizuho Financial Group Inc), Deposit Agreement (Mizuho Financial Group Inc)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation or stock exchange of the United States, Australia States or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemexchange, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or any similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (is prevented from, forbidden to or any of their respective directorsdelayed in, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or could be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of of, doing or performing performing, and therefore does not do or perform, any act or thing which that, by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities Securities, it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit AgreementAgreement (including any determination by the Depositary or Company to take, or not take, any action that the Deposit Agreement provides the Depositary or Company may take), (iviii) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which that is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holdersHolders, or (viv) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to which Section 4.014.1, 4.02 4.2 or 4.03 4.3 of the Deposit AgreementAgreement applies, or an offering or distribution pursuant to which Section 4.04 4.4 of the Deposit AgreementAgreement applies, such or for any other reason, that distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such that distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such that distribution or offeringoffering available to Owners, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Each of the Depositary and the Company may rely, and shall be protected in relying upon, any written notice, request, direction or other document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction non-action by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Neither thet Depositary nor the Company shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by of any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or otherwise. In the offer absence of bad faith on its part, the Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or sale thereof for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the United States effect of any such vote. The Depositary shall have no duty to make any determination or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant provide any information as to the provisions tax status of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any liability for any tax consequences that may be incurred by Owners or Holders as a result of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesowning or holding American Depositary Shares. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division), Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division), Deposit Agreement (Kitov Pharmaceuticals Holdings Ltd.)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall be obligated to do or perform any act which is inconsistent with the provisions of the Deposit Agreement or shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia States or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemauthority, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or any similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holdersHolders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by of any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. non-action is in good faith. Neither the Depositary nor the Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, shall incur any liability for any failure to determine that any distribution or expense (includingaction may be lawful, but not limited feasible or reasonably practicable, or for any tax consequences that may result from the ownership of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities, for the credit-worthiness of any third party or for allowing any rights to lapse upon the terms of the Deposit Agreement. With respect to any fees and Pre-Release (as defined in Section 2.09 of the Deposit Agreement), the Company shall not be responsible to Owners or Holders for any liabilities or expenses incurred in seeking(a) which may be imposed under any United States Federal, enforcing state or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsellocal income tax laws or (b) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission failure of American the Depositary Shares or to deliver Deposited Securities or when required under the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions terms of or in connection with Section 2.05 of the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time Agreement. The preceding sentence shall not apply to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising which may arise out of the negligence any misstatement or bad faith of either of themalleged misstatement or omission or alleged omission in any registration statement (or proxy statement, if any), or any other document required by law relating to an offer of sale of American Depositary Shares, except to the extent any such liability or expense arises out of (i) information relating to the Depositary or any Custodian, as applicable, furnished in writing and not materially changed or altered by the Company expressly for use in any of the foregoing documents, or, (ii) by if such information is provided, the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesfailure to state a material fact necessary to make the information provided not misleading. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division), Deposit Agreement (Prima BioMed LTD), Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation system, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or any similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or Company(or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holdersHolders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume any obligation or shall any of them be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holders, except that they agree each of the Company and the Depositary agreee to perform their its obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any Each of the Deposited Securities Depositary, the Company and their directors, officers, employees, agents and controlling persons may rely and shall be protected in acting upon any written notice, request, direction or for other document believed by such person to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the manner in which any such vote is cast proper party or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faithparties. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by of any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to indemnify carry out any instructions to vote any of the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or for the offer manner in which any such vote is cast or sale thereof the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesgood faith. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division), Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division), Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia the People’s Republic of China or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemexchange, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles Memorandum and Articles of association or similar document Association of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, thereof or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from from, or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of of, doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary or the Company or any of their respective directors, (ii) officers, employees, agents or affiliates incur any liability to any Owner or Beneficial Owner by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) or by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01Sections 4.1, 4.02 4.2 or 4.03 4.3 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of ReceiptsOwners, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapselapse in each such case without liability to the Company or the Depositary. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume affiliates assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners any Owner or HoldersBeneficial Owner, except that they the Company and the Depositary agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, suit or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, Shares on behalf of any Owner or Holder Beneficial Owner or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a any matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, arises the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities, or for the acts or omissions made by manner in which any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities vote is cast or the offer effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or sale thereof nonaction is in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesgood faith. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Simcere Pharmaceutical Group), Deposit Agreement (Simcere Pharmaceutical Group), Deposit Agreement (Simcere Pharmaceutical Group)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner of any Receipt, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia States or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation system, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or similar document Constitution of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities Securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering Offering or distribution thereof, thereof or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from from, or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of of, doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary or the Company or any of their respective directors, (ii) officers, employees, agents or affiliates incur any liability to any Owner or Beneficial Owner of a Receipt by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) or by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01Sections 4.1, 4.02 4.2 or 4.03 4.3 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume and affiliates assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or HoldersBeneficial Owners of Receipts, except that they the Company and the Depositary agree to perform their respective obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, suit or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary SharesReceipts, on behalf which in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability, unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expense and liability shall be furnished as often as may be required, and the Custodian shall not be under any obligation whatsoever with respect to such proceedings, the responsibility of any Owner or Holder or any other personthe Custodian being solely to the Depositary. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner of a Receipt, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a any matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, arises the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities, or for the acts manner in which any such vote is cast or omissions made by the effect of any securities depositorysuch vote, clearing agency provided that any such action or settlement system nonaction is in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwisegood faith. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seekingto, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of Receipts, American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) out of acts performed or omitted, pursuant to in accordance with the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Psiron LTD), Deposit Agreement (Macquarie Bank LTD), Deposit Agreement (Macquarie Bank LTD)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective controlling persons, directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holderholder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia Brazil or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemauthority, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or similar document of the CompanyEstatuto Social, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary or the Company or any of their respective controlling persons, directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates incur any liability to any Owner or Holder (iii) if by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iiiii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iviii) for the inability of any Owner or Holder holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (viv) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holders, except that they the Company and the Depositary agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. The Depositary and the Company undertake to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into the Deposit Agreement against the Depositary or the Company or any of their respective controlling persons, directors, employees, agents or affiliates. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directorscontrolling persons, officers, employeesdirectors, employees or agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directorscontrolling persons, officers, employeesdirectors, employees or agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it or them in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holderholder, or any other person believed by it or them in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any Each of the Deposited Securities Depositary, its controlling persons and the Company, its controlling persons, officers, directors, employees and agents may rely and shall be protected in acting upon any written notice, request, direction or for other document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the manner in which any such vote is cast proper party or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faithparties. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities, or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Company and the Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by of any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
Appears in 3 contracts
Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division), Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division), Deposit Agreement (Bank Bradesco)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation system, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association constitution or similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to in accordance with the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
Appears in 2 contracts
Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division), Deposit Agreement (Commonwealth Bank of Australia)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner of any Receipt, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia the Peoples Republic of China or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemexchange, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles Memorandum and Articles of association or similar document Association of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering Offering or distribution thereof, thereof or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from from, or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of of, doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary or the Company or any of their respective directors, (ii) officers, employees, agents or affiliates incur any liability to any Owner or Beneficial Owner of a Receipt by reason of any non-non- performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) or by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01Sections 4.1, 4.02 4.2 or 4.03 4.3 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapselapse in each such case without liability to the Company or the Depositary. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume affiliates assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or HoldersBeneficial Owners of Receipts, except that they the Company and the Depositary agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, suit or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary SharesReceipts that in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability, on behalf unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expenses and liability shall be furnished as often as may be required, and the Custodian shall not be under any obligation whatsoever with respect to such proceedings, the responsibility of any Owner or Holder or any other personthe Custodian being solely to the Depositary. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner of a Receipt, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a any matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, arises the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities, or for the acts or omissions made by manner in which any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities vote is cast or the offer effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or sale thereof nonaction is in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesgood faith. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
Appears in 2 contracts
Samples: Deposit Agreement (Baidu, Inc.), Deposit Agreement (Baidu, Inc.)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holderholder of any Receipt, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia States or of the United Kingdom or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemany other applicable law, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles Memorandum and Articles of association or similar document Association of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities Securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering Offering or distribution thereof, thereof or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from from, or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of of, doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) ; nor shall the Depositary or the Company incur any liability to any Owner or holder of a Receipt by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) or by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01Sections 4.1, 4.02 4.2 or 4.03 4.3 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holdersholders of Receipts, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, suit or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary SharesReceipts, on behalf which in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability, unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expense and liability shall be furnished as often as may be required, and the Custodian shall not be under any obligation whatsoever with respect to such proceedings, the responsibility of any Owner or Holder or any other personthe Custodian being solely to the Depositary. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holderholder of a Receipt, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a any matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, arises the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities, or for the acts manner in which any such vote is cast or omissions made by the effect of any securities depositorysuch vote, clearing agency provided that any such action or settlement system nonaction is in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwisegood faith. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seekingto, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of Receipts, American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) out of acts performed or omitted, pursuant to in accordance with the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
Appears in 2 contracts
Samples: Deposit Agreement (Reed Elsevier PLC), Deposit Agreement (Reed Elsevier PLC)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents agents, controlling persons or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia States or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemexchange, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or any similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holdersHolders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.014.1, 4.02 4.2 or 4.03 4.3 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents agents, controlling persons or affiliates) assume affiliates assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents agents, controlling persons or affiliates) affiliates shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents agents, controlling persons or affiliates) affiliates shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it or them in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it or them in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary and the Company and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, controlling persons or affiliates may rely and shall not be responsible for protected in acting upon any failure written notice, request, direction or other documents believed by them to carry out any instructions be genuine and to vote have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of the Deposited Securities their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, controlling persons or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary affiliates shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, controlling persons or affiliates shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by of any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to indemnify carry out any instructions to vote any of the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or for the offer manner in which any such vote is cast or sale thereof the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesgood faith. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
Appears in 2 contracts
Samples: Deposit Agreement (Medigus Ltd.), Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents agents, controlling persons or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia States or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemauthority, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or any similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holdersHolders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.014.1, 4.02 4.2 or 4.03 4.3 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents agents, controlling persons or affiliates) assume affiliates assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners Owner or HoldersHolder, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Neither the Depositary nor any of its directors, officers, employees, agents, controlling persons or affiliates shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents agents, controlling persons or affiliates) affiliates shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents agents, controlling persons or affiliates) affiliates shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary and the Company and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, controlling persons or affiliates may relay and shall not be responsible for protected in acting upon any failure written notice, request, direction or other documents believed by them to carry out any instructions be genuine and to vote any of have been signed or presented by the Deposited Securities proper party or for parties. Neither the manner in which any such vote is cast or Depositary nor the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary Company shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Neither the Depositary nor the Company shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by of any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify , provided, that any such acts or omissions are not the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out direct result of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or Depositary. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of its directorsthe Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, employees, agents and affiliatesprovided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division), Deposit Agreement (BiondVax Pharmaceuticals Ltd.)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, the Commonwealth of Australia or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation system, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. Each of the Depositary, the Company and their directors, officers, employees, agents and controlling persons may rely and shall be protected in acting upon any written notice, request, direction or other document believed by such person to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in the Commonwealth of Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division), Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia the Cayman Islands or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemexchange, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the memorandum and articles of association or similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holdersHolders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holderholder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either any of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division), Deposit Agreement (China Hydroelectric Corp)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates Affiliates shall incur any liability to any Holder or Beneficial Owner or Holderof any Receipt, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United StatesStates or any state thereof, Australia the Russian Federation, or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or authority, stock exchange or automated quotation system, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles Articles of association or similar document Association of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from from, or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of of, doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary or the Company or any of their respective directors, (ii) employees, agents or Affiliates incur any liability to any Holder or Beneficial Owner of any Receipt by reason of any non-performance nonperformance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) or by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for . Neither the inability Depositary nor the Company shall incur any liability in the case that any or all holders of any Owner or Holder to Deposited Securities benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to any or all Holder(s) or Beneficial Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit AgreementAmerican Depositary Shares issued hereunder. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 the terms of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 the terms of the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of ReceiptsHolders, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners Holders and make the net proceeds available to such OwnersHolders, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Holder or Beneficial Owner or Holderof a Receipt, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or informationinformation provided, however, that in the case of the Company, advice of or information from legal counsel is from recognized U.S. counsel for U.S. legal issues, recognized Russian counsel for Russian legal issues and recognized counsel of any other jurisdiction for legal issues with respect to that jurisdiction. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities Securities, or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable to the Company, any Holder or Beneficial Owner or any other person for the unavailability of the Deposited Securities or for the failure to make any distribution of Cash or Other Distributions with respect thereto as a result of (a) any act or failure to act of the Company or its agents, including the Russian Share Registrar, or its or their respective directors, employees, agents or affiliates, (b) any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, the Russian Federation or any other country, (c) any provision of any present or future regulation of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange, (d) any provision of any present or future Charter of the Company or any other instrument of the Company governing Deposited Securities, (e) any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof or (f) any act of God or war or other circumstances beyond its control. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a any matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates Affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seekingto, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel, but excluding any form of tax, fee, or other governmental charge upon any stock transfer or registration owed by any party other than the Company which shall be reimbursed only as provided in the penultimate sentence of this paragraph) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of Receipts, American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) out of acts performed or omitted, pursuant to in accordance with the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified modified, or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliatesAffiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit AgreementAffiliates.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Yukos Oil Co), Deposit Agreement (Yukos Oil Co)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, controlling persons, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia States or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemexchange, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or any similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holdersHolders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, controlling persons, employees, agents or affiliates) assume affiliates assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, controlling persons, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, controlling persons, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it or them in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it or them in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary and the Company and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, controlling persons or affiliates may rely and shall not be responsible for protected in acting upon any failure written notice, request, direction or other documents believed by them to carry out any instructions be genuine and to vote any of have been signed or presented by the Deposited Securities proper party or for parties. Neither the manner in which any such vote is cast or Depositary nor the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary Company shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Neither the Depositary nor the Company shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by of any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to indemnify carry out any instructions to vote any of the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or for the offer manner in which any such vote is cast or sale thereof the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesgood faith. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division), Deposit Agreement (Mazor Robotics Ltd.)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents agents, controlling persons or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia States or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemexchange, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the memorandum and articles of association or any similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holdersHolders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) controlling persons shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) controlling persons shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it or them in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it or them in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any Each of the Deposited Securities Depositary, its controlling persons and its agents and the Company, its directors, officers, employees, agents and controlling persons may rely and shall be protected in acting upon any written notice, request, direction or for other document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the manner in which any such vote is cast proper party or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faithparties. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Neither the Depositary nor the Company shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by of any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to indemnify carry out any instructions to vote any of the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or for the offer manner in which any such vote is cast or sale thereof the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesgood faith. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Edwards Group LTD), Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, holder of any Receipt (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia Chile or any other country, or of any stock exchange or governmental or regulatory authority (including any action that may constitute a breach by the Central Bank of its obligations under the Foreign Exchange Contract) or stock exchange or automated quotation systemexchange, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles Foreign Exchange Contract or, in the case of association the Depositary or similar document its agents, the Estatutos of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the CompanyCompany or of the Deposited Securities, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (Company, or any of their respective directorsagents, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from from, or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of of, doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement Agreement, the Foreign Exchange Contract, the Company's Estatutos or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the this Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the this Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit that Agreement, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of ReceiptsOwners, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holdersholders of Receipts, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary SharesReceipts, on behalf which in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability, unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expense and liability shall be furnished as often as may be required, and the Custodian shall not be under any obligation whatsoever with respect to such proceedings, the responsibility of any Owner or Holder or any other personthe Custodian being solely to the Depositary. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holderholder of a Receipt, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities Securities, or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by of any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division), Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner of any Receipt, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia States or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemexchange, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles Memorandum and Articles of association or similar document Association of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities Securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering Offering or distribution thereof, thereof or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from from, or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of of, doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary or the Company or any of their respective directors, (ii) officers, employees, agents or affiliates incur any liability to any Owner or Beneficial Owner of a Receipt by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) or by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01Sections 4.1, 4.02 4.2 or 4.03 4.3 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapselapse in each such case without liability to the Company or the Depositary. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume affiliates assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or HoldersBeneficial Owners of Receipts, except that they the Company and the Depositary agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, suit or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary SharesReceipts, on behalf which in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability, unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expense and liability shall be furnished as often as may be required, and the Custodian shall not be under any obligation whatsoever with respect to such proceedings, the responsibility of any Owner or Holder or any other personthe Custodian being solely to the Depositary. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner of a Receipt, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a any matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, arises the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities, or for the acts manner in which any such vote is cast or omissions made by the effect of any securities depositorysuch vote, clearing agency provided that any such action or settlement system nonaction is in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwisegood faith. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seekingto, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of Receipts, American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) out of acts performed or omitted, pursuant to in accordance with the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (The9 LTD), Deposit Agreement (The9 LTD)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holderholder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia States or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemauthority, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or any similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performedperformed nor shall the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, employees, agents or affiliates incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holdersholders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holderholder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by of any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to indemnify carry out any instructions to vote any of the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or for the offer manner in which any such vote is cast or sale thereof the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesgood faith. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Allied Irish Banks PLC), Deposit Agreement (Allied Irish Banks PLC)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary or its agents, nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, or its agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holderif, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia States or any other country, or of any other governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation system, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or God, war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its controlcontrol or, in the case of the Depositary and its agents, any provision of the Company's By-laws or of the securities deposited pursuant to the Deposit Agreement, the Depositary or Depositary, its agents, the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, its agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed prevented or forbidden from from, or be subject subjected to any civil or criminal penalty on account of of, or delayed in, doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement Agreement, the Company's By-laws or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) performed or the Depositary or the Company shall be obliged to do or perform any act or thing which is inconsistent with the provision of the Deposit Agreement; nor shall the Depositary or its agents nor the Company or its agents incur any liability to any Holder or other person by reason of any non-performance nonperformance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by that the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided provide shall or may be done or performed, (iii) or by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, The Company assumes no obligation and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume any obligation or shall be subject to any no liability under the Deposit Agreement or the Receipts to Owners Holders or Holdersother persons, except that they agree to perform their such obligations as are specifically set forth and undertaken by it to perform in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Each of the Depositary and its agents assumes no obligation and shall not be subject to any no liability with respect under the Deposit Agreement or the Receipts to Holders or other persons, except to perform such obligations as are specifically set forth and undertaken by it to perform in the validity Deposit Agreement without negligence or worth bad faith. Without limitation of the Deposited Securities. Neither preceding sentence, none of the Depositary nor Depositary, its agents or the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be (a) under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, suit or other proceeding on behalf of the Holders in respect of any Deposited Securities or the Receipts that in respect of the American Depositary Sharesits opinion may involve it in expense or liability, on behalf of any Owner unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expense and liability be furnished as often as may be required, or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliatesb) shall be liable for any action or nonaction inaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. Each of the Depositary, its agents and the Company may rely and shall be protected in acting upon any written notice, request, direction or other document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. The Depositary and its agents shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or Securities, for the manner in which any such vote is cast or for the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary Company shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of indemnify, defend and save harmless the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation for acts of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arisesCustodian and the Receipt registrar (the "indemnified persons") against any loss, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable including fees and expenses of counsel) which that may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission out of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or omitted in connection accordance with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliatesany indemnified person, except for any to the extent such loss, liability or expense arising out of the is due to negligence or bad faith of either of themsuch indemnified person, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directorsagents, employees(b) out of or in connection with any offer or sale to the public of the American Depositary Shares evidenced by Receipts or any registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 in respect thereof, agents except to the extent such loss, liability or expense is due to information (or omissions from such information) relating to such indemnified person, furnished in writing to the Company by such indemnified person expressly for use in a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 or (c) out of or in connection with any tax levied or asserted by the Kingdom of Spain on the Depositary (other than tax on the Depositary's overall net income) as a result of performing its required functions as Depositary hereunder, which shall not operate to relieve any Holder of any liability it may have with respect thereto. The Depositary agrees to indemnify the Company and affiliateshold it harmless from any liability or expense (including fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of acts performed or omitted by the Depositary, the Custodian or Receipt registrar (other than any Receipt registrar appointed at the request of the Company) due to their negligence or bad faith. The obligations set forth in Section 5.8 of the Deposit Agreement shall survive the termination of the Deposit Agreement and the succession or substitution of any indemnified person. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division), Deposit Agreement (Repsol Ypf Sa)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia States or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation system, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall affiliates)shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. Each of the Depositary, the Company and their directors, officers, employees, agents and controlling persons may rely and shall be protected in acting upon any written notice, request, direction or other document believed by such person to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia Singapore or any other jurisdiction in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division), Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents agents, controlling persons or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia States or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemexchange, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or any similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holdersHolders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents agents, controlling persons or affiliates) assume affiliates assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners any Owner or HoldersHolder, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Neither the Depositary nor any of its directors, officers, employees, agents, controlling persons or affiliates shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents agents, controlling persons or affiliates) affiliates shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents agents, controlling persons or affiliates) affiliates shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it or them in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it or them in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary and the Company and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, controlling persons or affiliates may rely and shall not be responsible for protected in acting upon any failure written notice, request, direction or other documents believed by them to carry out any instructions be genuine and to vote any of have been signed or presented by the Deposited Securities proper party or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faithparties. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Neither the Depositary nor the Company shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by of any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to indemnify carry out any instructions to vote any of the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or for the offer manner in which any such vote is cast or sale thereof the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesgood faith. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division), Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia States or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemauthority, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association by-laws (Pacto Social) or any similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holdersHolders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.014.1, 4.02 4.2 or 4.03 4.3 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume affiliates assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be liable for any action or nonaction non-action by it any of them in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, ; provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by of any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to indemnify carry out any instructions to vote any of the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or for the offer manner in which any such vote is cast or sale thereof the effect of any such vote; provided that any such action or non-action is in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesgood faith. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division), Deposit Agreement (Avianca Holdings S.A.)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holderholder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia States or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange exchange, or automated quotation systemby any court order, decree or judgment, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association constitution or any similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason as provided in the applicable Section of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of ReceiptsOwners, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holdersholders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holderholder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by of any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to indemnify carry out any instructions to vote any of the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or for the offer manner in which any such vote is cast or sale thereof the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesgood faith. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Sims Group LTD), Deposit Agreement (Sims Group LTD)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates Affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner of any Receipt, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia States or any other country, or of any other governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemauthority, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles Articles of association or similar document Association and By-laws of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder Beneficial Owner to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holdersBeneficial Owner, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor Company, the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume Affiliates assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holdersholders of Receipts, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor Depositary, the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) Affiliates shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary SharesReceipts, on behalf of any Owner or Holder holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor Depositary, the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) Affiliates shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner of a Receipt, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities Securities, or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates Affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seekingto, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of Receipts, American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) out of acts performed or omitted, pursuant to in accordance with the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified modified, or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliatesAffiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesAffiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Kerry Group PLC)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holderholder of any Receipt, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, the Commonwealth of Australia or any other country, or of any other governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation system, system or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or similar document Constitution of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section Sections 4.01, 4.02 4.02, or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) and affiliates assume any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holdersholders of Receipts, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary SharesReceipts, on behalf of any Owner or Holder holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, employees, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holderholder of a Receipt, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities Securities, or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, arises the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seekingto, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of Receipts, American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) out of acts performed or omitted, pursuant to in accordance with the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified modified, or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holderholder of any Receipt, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemexchange, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles Articles of association or similar document Association of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. in each case without liability to the Company or the Depositary. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holdersholders of Receipts, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary SharesReceipts, on behalf of any Owner or Holder holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holderholder of a Receipt, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities Securities, or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seekingto, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of Receipts, American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) out of acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified modified, or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding Corp.)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability be liable to any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner of ADSs, (i) or to any other person, if by reason of (a) any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia the Russian Federation or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange exchange; any act or automated quotation system, failure to act of the Russian Central Securities Depository or by reason of DTC; any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or similar document Charter of the CompanyCompany or any other instrument of the Company governing the Deposited Securities; or any act of God or war or other circumstances beyond its control, or by reason (b) in the case of the Depositary only, any act or failure to act of the Russian Share Registrar, the Company or its agents, or their respective directors, employees, agents or affiliates or (c) any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or in connection with any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from from, or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty (and accordingly acts so as not to be subject thereto) on account of of, doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performedperformed (including, (ii) in the case of the Depositary, delivery of any Deposited Securities or distribution of cash or property in respect thereof pursuant to Articles 11 and 12 hereof); nor shall the Depositary or the Company or any of their respective directors, employees, agents or affiliates incur any liability to any Owner or Beneficial Owner of ADSs by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) or by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section Sections 4.01, 4.02 4.02, or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, the Depositary is prevented or prohibited from making such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of ReceiptsADSs, and or the Depositary may not dispose is prevented or prohibited from disposing of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make making the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse, and neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, employees, agents or affiliates shall be liable to any Owner or Beneficial Owner of ADSs or to any other person therefor. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or HoldersBeneficial Owners of ADSs, except that they agree (i) the Company agrees to perform their its obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith and (ii) the Depositary agrees to perform its obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, suit or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities Property or in respect of the American Depositary SharesADSs, which in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability, unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expense and liability shall be immediately furnished on behalf demand as often as may be required, and the Custodian shall not be under any obligation whatsoever with respect to such proceedings, the responsibility of any Owner or Holder or any other personthe Custodian being solely to the Depositary. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction inaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner of a ADR, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information; provided, however, that advice of or information from legal counsel is from recognized U.S. counsel for U.S. legal issues, recognized Russian counsel for Russian legal issues and recognized counsel of any other jurisdiction for legal issues with respect to that jurisdiction. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability for any consequential or punitive damages or loss of profit arising from any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. The Depositary shall not be responsible for subject to any failure liability with respect to carry out any instructions to vote any the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faithSecurities. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a any matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the any acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia a predecessor depositary whether in connection with an act or arising out omission of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of Depositary or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant matter arising wholly prior to the provisions appointment of the Depositary or after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the Deposit Agreement and issue out of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either which such potential liability arises the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of either of themthe Deposited Securities, or (ii) by for the Company manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any of its directorssuch vote, employees, agents and affiliatesprovided that any such action or inaction is without negligence or bad faith. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia the Republic of South Africa or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation system, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association constitution or similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.014.1, 4.02 4.2 or 4.03 4.3 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. Each of the Depositary, the Company and their directors, officers, employees, agents and controlling persons may rely and shall be protected in acting upon any written notice, request, direction or other document believed by such person to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia the Republic of South Africa in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia the People’s Republic of China or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemexchange, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles Memorandum and Articles of association or similar document Association of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering Offering or distribution thereof, thereof or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from from, or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of of, doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary or the Company or any of their respective directors, (ii) officers, employees, agents or affiliates incur any liability to any Owner or Beneficial Owner of a Receipt by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) or by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01Sections 4.1, 4.02 4.2 or 4.03 4.3 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapselapse in each such case without liability to the Company or the Depositary. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume affiliates assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or HoldersBeneficial Owners, except that they the Company and the Depositary agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, suit or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary SharesShaes that in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability, on behalf unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expenses and liability shall be furnished as often as may be required, and the Custodian shall not be under any obligation whatsoever with respect to such proceedings, the responsibility of any Owner or Holder or any other personthe Custodian being solely to the Depositary. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a any matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, arises the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities, or for the acts or omissions made by manner in which any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities vote is cast or the offer effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or sale thereof nonaction is in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesgood faith. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Trina Solar LTD)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner Owner, Holder or Holderthird party, (ia) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law law, regulation, rule, fiat, order or regulation decree of the United States, Australia Korea or any other countrycountry or jurisdiction, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or market or automated quotation system, the provisions of or governing any Deposited Securities, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or similar document incorporation of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism terrorism, nationalization, expropriation, currency restrictions, work stoppage, strike, civil unrest, revolutions, rebellions, explosions, computer failure or other circumstances beyond its direct and immediate control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) them shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from from, or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of of, doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performedperformed (including, without limitation, voting pursuant to Section 4.07 of the Deposit Agreement), (iib) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iiic) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit AgreementAgreement (including, without limitation, any failure to determine that any distribution or action may be lawful or reasonably practicable), (ivd) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holdersHolders, or (ve) for any indirect, special, consequential or punitive damages for (including without limitation, legal fees and expenses) or lost profits, in each case, of any breach form incurred by any person or entity, whether or not foreseeable and regardless of the terms type of the Deposit Agreementaction in which such a claim may be brought. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary Depositary, subject to the terms of the Deposit Agreement and after consultation with the Company if practicable, shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the The Company assumes no obligation nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume any obligation or shall it be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners any Owner or HoldersHolder, except that they agree to perform their its obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without gross negligence or bad faithwillful misconduct. The Depositary and its agents assume no obligation nor shall not any of them be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to any Owner or Holder (including, without limitation, liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities), except to perform its obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without gross negligence or willful misconduct. Neither the The Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, and its agents or affiliates) shall be under no obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares. The Company and its agents shall be under no obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf which in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability, unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expense (including fees and disbursements of any Owner or Holder or any other personcounsel) and liability be furnished as often as may be required. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, respect agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by by, or the solvency of, any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system system. The Depositary and its agents shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities (provided that such failure is not in Australia bad faith), or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote. The Depositary shall not be responsible for, and shall incur no liability in connection with or arising out from, the insolvency of book-entry settlement any Custodian that is not a branch or affiliate of Deposited Securities or otherwiseJ.X. Xxxxxx. The Company agrees Depositary shall not have any liability for the price received in connection with any sale of securities, the timing thereof or any delay in action or omission to indemnify act nor shall it be responsible for any error or delay in action, omission to act, default or negligence on the part of the party so retained in connection with any such sale or proposed sale. The Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and the Company may rely and shall be protected in acting upon any written notice, request, direction, instruction or document believed by them to be genuine and to have been signed, presented or given by the proper party or parties. The Depositary shall be under no obligation to inform Owners or Holders about the requirements of Korean law, rules or regulations or any changes therein or thereto. The Depositary may rely upon instructions from the Company in respect of any approval or license required for any currency conversion, transfer or distribution. The Depositary and its agents may own and deal in any class of securities of the Company and its affiliates and in Receipts. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in the Deposit Agreement or any Custodian againstReceipt, the Depositary and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited its agents may fully respond to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing all demands or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of requests for information maintained by or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or on its behalf in connection with the Deposit Agreement and Agreement, any Owner or Owners, any Receipt or Receipts or otherwise related hereto or thereto to the extent such information is requested or required by or pursuant to any lawful authority, including without limitation, laws, rules, regulations, administrative or judicial process, banking, securities or other regulators. None of the ReceiptsDepositary, as the same Custodian or the Company shall be liable for the failure by any Owner or Holder to obtain the benefits of credits on the basis of non-U.S. tax paid against such Owner’s or Holder’s income tax liability. The Depositary and the Company shall not incur any liability for any tax consequences that may be amendedincurred by Owners and Holders on account of their ownership of the Receipts or American Depositary Shares. The Depositary shall not incur any liability for the content of any information submitted to it by or on behalf of the Company for distribution to the Owners or for any inaccuracy of any translation thereof, modified for any investment risk associated with acquiring an interest in the Deposited Securities, for the credit-worthiness of any third party, for allowing any rights to lapse upon the terms of the Deposit Agreement or supplemented for the failure or timeliness of any notice from time to timethe Company. Neither the Depositary, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except shall be liable to Owners or Holders for any liability indirect, special, punitive or expense arising out consequential damages (including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses) or lost profits, in each case of any form incurred by any person or entity, whether or not foreseeable and regardless of the negligence or bad faith type of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesaction in which such a claim may be brought. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. - ADR Depositary)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holderholder of any Receipt, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia Brazil, or any other country, or of any other governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemexchange, including NASDAQ, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or similar document By-laws (Estatuto Social) of the Company, Company or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) ; nor shall the Depositary or the Company incur any liability to any Owner or holder of a Receipt by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) or by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section Sections 4.01, 4.02 4.02, or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, because of applicable law or for any other reason such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement or this Receipt to Owners or Holders, holders of Receipts; except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faithand to act in good faith in the performance of such duties. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary SharesReceipts, on behalf which in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability, unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expense and liability shall be furnished as often as may be required, and the Custodian shall not be under any obligation whatsoever with respect to such proceedings, the responsibility of any Owner or Holder or any other personthe Custodian being solely to the Depositary. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holderholder of a Receipt, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or informationinformation including, but not limited to, any such action or nonaction based upon any written notice, request, direction or other document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities Securities, or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary and the Company may rely on and shall not be liable for protected in acting upon any written notice, request, direction or other documents believed by them to be genuine and to have been signed by the acts proper party or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwiseparties. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any the Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seekingto, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to in accordance with the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified modified, or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a the Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence of any of them or bad faith the failure of either any of themthem to act in good faith, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement. The Company shall not indemnify the Depositary or the Custodian against any liability or expense arising out of information relating to the Depositary or the Custodian, as the case may be, furnished in writing to the Company and executed by the Depositary or the Custodian expressly for the use in any registration statement, prospectus or placement memorandum or preliminary prospectus or placement memorandum relating to the Shares evidenced by the American Depositary Shares.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Companhia Suzano De Papel E Celulose /Fi)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia the United Kingdom or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation system, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holderholder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia the United Kingdom in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Symphony Environmental Technologies PLC)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or HolderHolder if, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia States or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemexchange, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from from, or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of of, doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary or the Company or any of their respective directors, employees, agents or affiliates incur any liability to any Owner or Holder of any Receipt (iii) by reason of any non-performance nonperformance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iiiii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iviii) for the inability of any Owner or Holder holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (viv) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 4.02, or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit that Agreement, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of ReceiptsOwners, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the The Company nor and the Depositary (have assumed no obligation nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume any obligation or shall will they be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holdersholders of Receipts or Beneficial Owners of Receipts, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faithand to act in good faith in the performance of their duties. The Depositary shall will not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall will be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, suit or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary SharesReceipts, on behalf which in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability, unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expense and liability shall be furnished as often as may be required, and the Custodian will not be under any obligation whatsoever with respect to such proceedings, the responsibility of any Owner or Holder or any other personthe Custodian being solely to the Depositary. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall will be liable for any action or nonaction non-action by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any governmental authority, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall will not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a any matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, arises the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad and in good faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall will not be liable responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities, or for the acts or omissions made by manner in which any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities vote is cast or the offer effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or sale thereof non-action is in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesgood faith. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the this Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia States or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemauthority, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles Articles of association Incorporation or any similar document of the Company or the Share Handling Regulations of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holdersHolders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by of any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to indemnify carry out any instructions to vote any of the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or for the offer manner in which any such vote is cast or sale thereof the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or non-action is in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesgood faith. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (i) Beneficial Owner, or any other person, if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia Korea or any other countrycountry or jurisdiction, or of any other governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemexchange, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles Articles of association or similar document Incorporation of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, Company or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or its agents or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, its agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from from, or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty liability on account of of, doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) ; nor shall the Depositary or its agents or the Company or its agents incur any liability to any Holder or Beneficial Owner of a GDR or by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) or by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for Agreement or in the inability Company's Articles of Incorporation or provisions of or governing any Owner Deposited Securities; nor shall the Depositary or Holder to benefit from its agents or the Company or its agents incur any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) liability for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Sections 4.02, 4.03 or 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement or an offering and distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 4.05 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering because of applicable law or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreementfor any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners Holders, or some of Receiptsthem, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners Holders and make the net proceeds available to such OwnersHolders, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall may allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither Each of the Company and its agents assume no obligation nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume any obligation or shall it be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement or the GDRs to Holders, Beneficial Owners or Holdersother persons, except that they agree each of the Company or its agents agrees to perform their its obligations specifically; set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. Each of the Depositary and its agents assumes no obligation nor shall it be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement or the GDRs to Holders, Beneficial Owners or other persons (including, without limitation, liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities), except that each of the Depositary and its agents agrees to perform its duties specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect under the Deposit Agreement to the validity Company or worth the Holders or Beneficial Owners for failure to perform any duties set forth in the Deposit Agreement if the performance of such duties will cause, or is likely to cause, in the reasonable, good faith judgment of the Depositary, a violation of the laws or regulations of Korea. The Depositary and the Company undertake to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into the Deposit Agreement against the Depositary or the Company. The Depositary undertakes not to issue any GDSs other than GDSs representing Deposited SecuritiesSecurities then on deposit with the Custodian except as specifically permitted under the Deposit Agreement. The Depositary also undertakes not to lend Deposited Securities held by it as Depositary. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, suit or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary SharesGDRs, on behalf which in its opinion may involve it in expense and liability, unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expense (including fees and disbursements of counsel) and liability be furnished as often as may be required, and no Custodian shall be under any Owner or Holder or any other personobligation whatsoever with respect to such proceedings, the responsibility of the Custodian being solely to the Depositary. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction inaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Holder or Beneficial Owner or Holderof a GDR, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. Each of the Depositary, its agents, any Custodian and the Company may rely and shall be protected in acting upon any written notice, request, direction or other document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. The Depositary and its agents shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities Securities, or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction omission is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether faith and in connection accordance with a previous act or omission the terms of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesAgreement. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither None of the Depositary nor the Company nor or any of their respective officers, directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or HolderHolder of any Receipt, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law law, order, decree, moratorium, fiat or regulation of the United States, Australia States or any other country, or of any other governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemexchange, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles Articles of association or similar document Association of the Company, or by reason of any provision of or governing any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereofDeposited Securities, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary Depositary, or the Company (or any of their respective officers, directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be prevented, delayed prevented or forbidden from or delayed in, or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary, (ii) the Company or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents or affiliates incur any liability to any Owner or Holder of a Receipt by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) or by reason of any exercise -24- 79 of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01Sections 4.1, 4.02 4.2, or 4.03 4.3 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net cash proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither Each of the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of Company, its agents and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume any employees and affiliates assumes no obligation or nor shall it be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or HoldersHolders or any other persons, other than as set forth below to the Depositary and the Custodian, and any agent of the Custodian or the Depositary appointed under the Deposit Agreement with the Company's prior written consent. Each of the Company, its agents and their respective officers, directors, employees and affiliates assumes no obligation nor shall it be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to the Depositary, except that they agree it agrees to perform its obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. Each of the Company, its agents and their respective officers, directors, employees and affiliates assumes no obligation nor shall it be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to the Custodian or any agent of the Depositary or the Custodian, except under Section 5.8 of the Deposit Agreement. Each of the Depositary, its agents and their respective officers, employees and affiliates assumes no obligation nor shall it be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to any Owner or Holder (including, without limitation, liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities), except that it agrees to perform its obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor and the Company (nor any of their respective directorsundertake to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement, officers, employees, agents and no implied covenants or affiliates) obligations shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of read into the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of Deposit Agreement against the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal Company or resignation their respective agents. None of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its officers, directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any loss, liability or reasonable expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to in accordance with the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time The indemnities contained in the preceding paragraph shall not extend to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising which arises solely and exclusively out of a Pre-Release transaction (as defined in Section 2.9 of the negligence Deposit Agreement) of a Receipt or bad faith Receipts in accordance with Section 2.9 of either the Deposit Agreement and which would not otherwise have arisen had such Receipt or Receipts not been the subject of thema Pre-Release pursuant to Section 2.9 of the Deposit Agreement; provided, however, that the indemnities provided in the preceding paragraph shall apply to any such liability or expense (i) to the extent that such liability or expense would have arisen had a Receipt or Receipts not been the subject of a Pre-Release, or (ii) which may arise out of any misstatement or alleged misstatement or omission or alleged omission in any registration statement, proxy statement, prospectus (or placement memorandum), or preliminary prospectus (or preliminary placement memorandum), relating to the offer of sale of American Depositary Shares, except to the extent any such liability or expense arises out of (i) information relating to the Depositary or any Custodian (other than the Issuer), as applicable, furnished in writing and not materially changed or altered by the Company or expressly for use in any of the foregoing documents, or, (ii) if such information is provided, the failure to state a material fact necessary to make the information provided not misleading. The Depositary agrees to indemnify the Company, its officers, directors, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer affiliates and hold them harmless from any loss, liability or expense which may arise out of liability under acts performed or omitted by the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of Depositary or the Deposit AgreementCustodian or their respective -27- 82 officers, directors, employees, agents and affiliates due to their negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Sap Aktiengesellschaft Systems Applications Products in Data)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner if, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia States or any other country, or of any other governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemauthority, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles Articles of association or similar document of the CompanyAssociation, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement Agreement, the Articles of Association, the provisions of or governing the Deposited Securities Securities, or other applicable laws, it is provided shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary or the Company or any of their respective directors, (ii) employees, agents or affiliates incur any liability to any Owner or Beneficial Owner of a Receipt by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) or by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, or the Articles of Association, the provisions of or governing the Deposited Securities, or other applicable laws, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume affiliates assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or HoldersBeneficial Owners of Receipts, except that they agree each of the Company and the Depositary agrees to perform their its obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, Receipts on behalf of any Owner, Beneficial Owner or Holder or any other person, and the Custodian shall not be under any obligation whatsoever with respect to such proceedings, the responsibility of the Custodian being solely to the Depositary. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner of a Receipt, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities Securities, or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Ternium S.A.)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holderholder of any Receipt, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia Japan or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemexchange, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles Articles of association or similar document Incorporation of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, thereof or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from from, or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of of, doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary or the Company or any of their respective directors, (ii) employees, agents or affiliates incur any liability to any Owner or holder of a Receipt by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) or by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01Sections 4.1, 4.02 4.2 or 4.03 4.3 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holdersholders of Receipts, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, suit or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary SharesReceipts, on behalf and the Custodian shall not be under any obligation whatsoever with respect to such proceedings, the responsibility of any Owner or Holder or any other personthe Custodian being solely to the Depositary. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holderholder of a Receipt, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a any matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, arises the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities, or for the acts manner in which any such vote is cast or omissions made by the effect of any securities depositorysuch vote, clearing agency provided that any such action or settlement system nonaction is in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwisegood faith. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seekingto, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of Receipts, American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) out of acts performed or omitted, pursuant to in accordance with the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliates. The indemnities contained in the preceding sentence shall not extend to any liability or expense which arises solely and exclusively out of a Pre-Release (as defined in Section 2.9 of the Deposit Agreement) of a Receipt or Receipts in accordance with Section 2.9 and which would not otherwise have arisen had such Receipt or Receipts not been the subject of a Pre-Release pursuant to Section 2.9, provided, however, that the indemnities provided in the preceding paragraph shall apply to any such liability or expense (i) to the extent that such liability or expense would have arisen had a Receipt or Receipts not be the subject of a Pre-Release, or (ii) which may arise out of any misstatement or alleged misstatement or omission or alleged omission in any registration statement, proxy statement, prospectus (or placement memorandum), or preliminary prospectus (or preliminary placement memorandum) relating to the offer or sale of American Depositary Shares, except to the extent any such liability or expense arises out of (i) information relating to the Depositary or any Custodian (other than the Company), as applicable, furnished in writing and not materially changed or altered by the Company expressly for use in any of the foregoing documents, or, (ii) if such information is provided, the failure to state a material fact necessary to make the information provided not misleading. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Acom Co LTD /Fi)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia the Republic of South Africa or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemexchange, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the memorandum or articles of association or any similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit AgreementAgreement or the Company’s memorandum or articles of association or similar document, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of ReceiptsOwners, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners or Holders and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (Depositary, nor any of their respective directorsagents, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement or Receipts to Owners or Holders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary Neither the Depositary, nor the Company, shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by of any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to indemnify carry out any instructions to vote any of the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or for the offer manner in which any such vote is cast or sale thereof the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesgood faith. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation system, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holderholder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided provided, that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided provided, that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia the Republic of South Africa or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation system, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association constitution or similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. Each of the Depositary, the Company and their directors, officers, employees, agents and controlling persons may rely and shall be protected in acting upon any written notice, request, direction or other document believed by such person to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary Each of the Depositary, the Company and their directors, officers, employees, agents and controlling persons shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia the Republic of South Africa in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor Depositary, the Custodian or the Company nor shall be obligated to do or perform any act which is inconsistent with the provisions of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents the Deposit Agreement or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (i) if the Depositary, the Custodian or the Company or their respective controlling persons or agents shall be prevented or forbidden from, or subjected to any civil or criminal penalty or restraint on account of, or delayed in, doing or performing any act or thing required by the terms of the Deposit Agreement and any Receipt, by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United StatesStates or any state thereof, Australia the Kingdom of Sweden or any other country, or of any other governmental authority or regulatory authority or stock exchange exchange, or automated quotation systemon account of the possible criminal or civil penalties or restraint, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles Company’s Articles of association Incorporation or similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of or governing any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereofDeposited Securities, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its controlcontrol (including, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directorswithout limitation, officersnationalization, employeesexpropriation, agents or affiliates) shall be preventedcurrency restrictions, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any work stoppage, strikes, civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performedunrest, revolutions, rebellions, explosions and computer failure), (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit AgreementAgreement or in the Company’s Articles of Incorporation or provisions of or governing Deposited Securities, (iii) for any action or inaction of the Depositary, the Custodian or the Company or their respective controlling persons or agents in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Holder, any holder of an interest in American Depositary Shares or Receipts or authorized representative thereof, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information, (iv) for the inability by a Holder or holder of any Owner an interest in American Depositary Shares or Holder Receipts to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, Holders of American Depositary Shares or (v) for any special, consequential consequential, indirect or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit AgreementAgreement or otherwise. WhereIn no event shall the Depositary, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents (including, without limitation, the Agents of the Depositary) and/or Affiliates, or affiliates) any of them, be liable for any indirect, special, punitive or consequential damages to each other, Holders, Beneficial Owners or any other person. The Depositary, its controlling persons, its agents, the Custodian and the Company, its controlling persons and its agents may rely and shall be protected in acting upon any written notice, request, opinion or other document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. The Company and the Depositary and their respective agents assume any no obligation or and shall not be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement or any Receipts to Owners any Holder(s) or Holdersholder(s) of an interest in American Depositary Shares or Receipts or other persons (except for the Company’s and the Depositary’s obligations specifically set forth in Section 5.8 of the Deposit Agreement), except provided, that they the Company and the Depositary and their respective agents agree to perform their respective obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement or the applicable Receipts without gross negligence or bad faithwillful misconduct. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth Without limitation of the Deposited Securities. Neither foregoing, neither the Depositary Depositary, nor the Company (Company, nor any of their respective directorscontrolling persons, officersor agents, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, suit or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the Receipts, which in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability, unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) and liabilities be furnished as often as may be required (and no Custodian shall be under any obligation whatsoever with respect to such proceedings, the responsibility of the Custodian being solely to the Depositary). The Depositary and its agents shall not be liable for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities, or for the manner in which any vote is cast (provided that any such action or omission is in good faith) or the effects of any vote. The Depositary shall not incur any liability for any failure to determine that any distribution or action may be lawful or reasonably practicable, for the content of any information submitted to it by the Company for distribution to the Holders or for any inaccuracy of any translation thereof, for any investment risk associated with acquiring an interest in the Deposited Securities, for the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities or for any tax consequences that may result from the ownership of American Depositary Shares, on behalf Shares or Deposited Securities, for the credit-worthiness of any Owner third party, for allowing any rights to lapse upon the terms of the Deposit Agreement or Holder for the failure or timeliness of any other person. Neither notice from the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directorsCompany, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction non action by it in reliance upon the opinion, advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting representing Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, Holder or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary and its agents shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a any matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, arises the Depositary performed its obligations without gross negligence or bad faith willful misconduct while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents Depositary and affiliates and any each Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof under certain circumstances enumerated in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesAgreement. No disclaimer disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended intended by any provision of the Deposit AgreementAgreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Deutsche Bank Trust Co Americas/ ADR Group)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner if, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia States or any other country, or of any other governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemauthority, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary or the Company or any of their respective directors, (ii) employees, agents or affiliates incur any liability to any Owner or Beneficial Owner of a Receipt by reason of (i) any non-performance nonperformance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iiiii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iviii) for the inability of any Owner or Holder holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (viv) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or HoldersBeneficial Owners of Receipts, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, in or prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, Receipts on behalf of any Owner, Beneficial Owner or Holder or any other person, and the Custodian shall not be under any obligation whatsoever with respect to such proceedings, the responsibility of the Custodian being solely to the Depositary. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner of a Receipt, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities Securities, or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Hbos PLC)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor Company, or any of their respective officers, directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates affiliates, shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holderholder of any Receipt, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law law, order, decree or regulation of the United States, Australia Japan or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemmarket, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association incorporation or similar other organizational document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its controlcontrol (each, an "Intervening Event"). Neither the Depositary or nor the Company (Company, or any of their respective officers, directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) , shall be prevented, delayed prevented or forbidden from from, or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of of, doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the this Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performedperformed or the Deposited Securities, (ii) nor shall the Depositary or the Company, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents or affiliates, incur any liability to any Owner or holder of any Receipt by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaidby an Intervening Event, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the this Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) or the Deposited Securities or by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the this Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01Sections 4.1, 4.02 4.2, or 4.03 4.3 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of ReceiptsOwners, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holdersholders of Receipts, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, suit or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary SharesReceipts, on behalf which in its respective opinion may involve it in expense or liability, unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expense and liability shall be furnished as often as may be required, and the Custodian shall not be under any obligation whatsoever with respect to such proceedings, the responsibility of any Owner or Holder or any other personthe Custodian being solely to the Depositary. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holderholder of a Receipt, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a any matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, arises the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities, or for the acts manner in which any such vote is cast or omissions made by the effect of any securities depositorysuch vote, clearing agency provided that any such action or settlement system nonaction is in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwisegood faith. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any loss, liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seekingto, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of Receipts, American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) out of acts performed or omitted, pursuant to in accordance with the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Kabuskiki Kaisha Jyupitaterekomu)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, Beneficial Owner of any Receipt (i) if by reason of (a) any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia the Russian Federation or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation system, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereofexchange, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, (b) any provision, present or future, of the Charter of the Company or any other instrument of the Company governing the Deposited Securities, (c) any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof or (d) in the case of the Depositary only, any act or failure to act of the Company (or any of its agents, or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) , the Depositary or the Company shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performedperformed (including, in the case of the Depositary, delivery of any Deposited Securities or distribution of cash or property in respect thereof pursuant to Articles 12 and 13 hereof) ), (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder Beneficial Owner to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holdersHolders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or HoldersBeneficial Owners of Receipts, except that they agree (i) the Company agrees to perform their its obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith and (ii) the Depositary agrees to perform its obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary SharesReceipts, on behalf which in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability, unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expense and liability shall be furnished as often as may be required, and the Custodian shall not be under any obligation whatsoever with respect to such proceedings, the responsibility of any Owner or Holder or any other personthe Custodian being solely to the Depositary. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction inaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, counsel accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner of a Receipt, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information; provided, however, that advice of or information from legal counsel is from recognized U.S. counsel with respect to U.S. legal issues, recognized Russian legal counsel for Russian legal issues and recognized counsel from any other jurisdiction for legal issues with respect to that jurisdiction; provided, further, however, that in the case of the Depositary this shall include in-house counsel of the Depositary with respect to U.S. legal issues. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions of any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or any request for a voting proxy, or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction inaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable to the Company, any Owner or Beneficial Owner or any other person for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement unavailability of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees for the failure to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and make any Custodian against, and hold each distribution of them harmless from, any liability cash or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses property with respect thereto as a result of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either any act or failure to act of the Depositary Company or a Custodian its agents, including the Russian Share Registrar, or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and or affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, the Russian Federation or any other country, (iii) any provision of any present or future regulation of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange, (iv) any provision of any present or future Charter of the Company or any other instrument of the Company governing the Deposited Securities, (v) any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or (vi) any act of God or war or other circumstance beyond its directors, employees, agents and affiliatescontrol. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia United Kingdom or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation system, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holderholder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia the United Kingdom in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Advfn PLC)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall Affiliates will incur any liability to any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner of any Receipt, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia Turkey, or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemexchange, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or similar document Articles of the CompanyCompany or the Deposited Securities, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, including any delay by the Depositary or the Custodian in paying the net proceeds of any dividend paid by the Company to the holders of Shares, which delay arises as a result of a delay in receiving such dividends from the Company or the Custodian and such delay occurs as a result of the method by which such dividends are paid by the Company to the holders of Shares, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) Affiliates shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from from, or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of of, doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary or the Company or any of their respective directors, (ii) employees, agents or Affiliates incur any liability to any Owner or Beneficial Owner of a Receipt by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) or by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for Agreement or the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit AgreementArticles. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section Sections 4.01, 4.02 4.02, or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, because of applicable law, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of ReceiptsOwners, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall will not make such distribution or offering, and shall will allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the The Company nor and the Depositary (have assumed no obligation nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume any obligation or shall will they be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or HoldersBeneficial Owners of Receipts, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall will not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall will be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, suit or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities Property or in respect of the American Depositary SharesReceipts, on behalf which in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability, unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expense and liability shall be furnished as often as may be required, and the Custodian shall not be under any obligation whatsoever with respect to such proceedings, the responsibility of any Owner or Holder or any other personthe Custodian being solely to the Depositary. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction non-action by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any governmental authority, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner of a Receipt, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall will not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities Securities, or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction non-action is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a any matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, arises the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees has agreed to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates Affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seekingto, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to in accordance with the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified modified, or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliatesAffiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesAffiliates. The indemnities contained in the preceding sentence shall not extend to any liability or expense which arises solely and exclusively out of a Pre-Release (as defined in Section 2.09 of the Deposit Agreement) of a Receipt or Receipts in accordance with Section 2.09 of the Deposit Agreement and which would not otherwise have arisen had such Receipt or Receipts not been the subject of a Pre-Release pursuant to Section 2.09 of the Deposit Agreement; provided, however, that, for the avoidance of doubt, the indemnities provided in the preceding sentence shall apply to any such liability or expense (subject to the limitations contained in this paragraph) (i) to the extent that such liability or expense would have arisen had a Receipt or Receipts not been the subject of a Pre-Release or (ii) which arose out of any misstatement or alleged misstatement or omission or alleged omission of a material fact in any registration statement, proxy statement, prospectus (or placement memorandum) or preliminary prospectus (or preliminary placement memorandum) relating to the offer or sale of American Depositary Shares, except to the extent any such liability or expense arose out of (1) information relating to the Depositary or any Custodian, as applicable, furnished in writing to the Company (and not materially changed or altered) by the Depositary or any Custodian, as applicable, expressly for use in any of the foregoing documents, or (2) if such information is provided, the failure to state a material fact necessary to make the information provided not misleading. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective officers, directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holderholder of any Receipt, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia States or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemexchange, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or similar document estatuto social (By-laws) of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities Securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, thereof or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from from, or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of of, doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, ; nor shall the Depositary or the Company incur any liability to any Owner or holder of a Receipt (iii) if by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iiiii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iviii) for the inability of any Owner or Holder holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (viv) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01Sections 4.1, 4.02 4.2 or 4.03 4.3 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holdersholders of Receipts, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, suit or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary SharesReceipts, on behalf which in its reasonable opinion may involve it in expense or liability, unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expense and liability shall be furnished as often as may be required, and the Custodian shall not be under any obligation whatsoever with respect to such proceedings, the responsibility of any Owner or Holder or any other personthe Custodian being solely to the Depositary. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holderholder of a Receipt, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a any matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, arises the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities, or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Company and the Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by of any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its officers, directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any the Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seekingto, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of Receipts, American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) out of acts performed or omitted, pursuant to in accordance with the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of themthem and except to the extent that such liability or expense arises out of information relating to the Depositary or Custodian, as applicable, furnished in writing to the Company and executed by the Depositary, and not materially altered or changed by the Company, as applicable, expressly for use in any registration statement, proxy statement, prospectus (or placement memorandum) relating to the offer or sale of American Depositary Shares, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective controlling persons, directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner of any Receipt, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia Brazil or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemexchange, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or similar document of the CompanyEstatuto Social, or by reason of any provision of any securities Securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering Offering or distribution thereof, thereof or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from from, or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of of, doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary or the Company or any of their respective controlling persons, (ii) directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates incur any liability to any Owner or Beneficial Owner of a Receipt by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) or by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder Beneficial Owner to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, Beneficial Owners or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.014.1, 4.02 4.2 or 4.03 4.3 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to some or all of the Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or HoldersBeneficial Owners of Receipts, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, controlling persons and agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, suit or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, Receipts on behalf of any Owner, Beneficial Owner or Holder or any other person, which in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability, unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expense and liability shall be furnished as often as may be required, and the Custodian shall not be under any obligation whatsoever with respect to such proceedings, the responsibility of the Custodian being solely to the Depositary. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, controlling persons and agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it or them in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner of a Receipt, or any other person believed by it or them in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any Each of the Deposited Securities Depositary, its controlling persons and its agents and the Company, its controlling persons and its agents may rely and shall be protected in acting upon any written notice, request, direction or for other document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the manner in which any such vote is cast proper party or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faithparties. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a any matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, arises the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities, or for the acts or omissions made by manner in which any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities vote is cast or the offer effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or sale thereof nonaction is in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesgood faith. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Cyrela Commercial Properties S.A.)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia the Federative Republic of Brazil or any other country, or of any other governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemauthority, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association Charter or similar document of the CompanyDeposited Securities, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) ; nor shall the Depositary or the Company incur any liability to any Owner or Beneficial Owner of a Receipt by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) or by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section Sections 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, the Depositary is prevented or prohibited from making such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of ReceiptsOwners, and the Depositary may not dispose is prevented or prohibited by applicable law from disposing of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make making the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume affiliates assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement Agreement to Owners or HoldersBeneficial Owners of Receipts, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary and each of its directors, employees, agents or affiliates shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited SecuritiesSecurities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary SharesReceipts, on behalf which in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability, unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expenses and liability shall be furnished as often as may be required, and the Custodian shall not be under any obligation whatsoever with respect to such proceedings, the responsibility of any Owner or Holder or any other personthe Custodian being solely to the Depositary. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner of a Receipt, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities Securities, or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary depositary, whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the DepositaryDepositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seekingto, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed performed or omitted, pursuant to in accordance with the provisions provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified modified, or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, and except to the extent that such liability or expense arises out of information relating to the Depositary or the Custodian, as applicable, furnished in writing to the Company by the Depositary or the Custodian, as applicable, expressly for use in any registration statement, proxy statement, prospectus (or placement memorandum) or preliminary prospectus (or preliminary placement memorandum) relating to the Shares, or omissions from such information; or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliates. The indemnities contained in the preceding paragraph shall not extend to any liability or expense which may arise out of any Pre-Release (as defined in Section 2.09 of the Deposit Agreement) to the extent that any such liability or expense arises in connection with (a) any United States federal, state or local income tax laws or (b) the failure of the Depositary to deliver Deposited Securities when required under the terms of Section 2.05 of the Deposit Agreement. However, for the avoidance of doubt, the indemnities contained in the preceding paragraph shall apply to any liability or expense which may arise out of any misstatement or alleged misstatement or omission or alleged omission in any registration statement, proxy statement, prospectus (or placement memorandum) or preliminary prospectus (or preliminary placement memorandum) relating to the offer or sale of Shares, except to the extent any such liability arises out of (i) information relating to the Depositary or any Custodian, as applicable, furnished in writing to the Company by the Depositary or any Custodian, as applicable, expressly for use in any of the foregoing documents, or, (ii) material omissions from such information furnished by the Depositary or any Custodian. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision provisions of the Deposit Agreement. The Depositary, subject to Sections 2.05 and 2.09 of the Deposit Agreement, may own and deal in any class of securities of the Company and its affiliates and in Receipts.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner of any Receipt, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law law, regulation, order, decree, moratorium or regulation fiat of the United States, Australia States or any other country, or of any other governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemauthority, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles Articles of association or similar document Association of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary or the Company or any of their respective directors, (ii) officers, employees, agents or affiliates incur any liability to any Owner or Beneficial Owner of a Receipt by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) or by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) or the Company’s Articles of Association, for the inability of any Owner or Holder holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01Sections 4.1, 4.02 4.2 or 4.03 4.3 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or HoldersBeneficial Owners of Receipts, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary SharesReceipts, on behalf of any Owner or Holder Beneficial Owner or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner of a Receipt, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities Securities, or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, arises the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and and, the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of Receipts, American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) out of acts performed or omitted, pursuant to in accordance with the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified modified, or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, the Commonwealth of Australia or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemauthority, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association constitution or any similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which that by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which that by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holdersHolders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.014.1, 4.02 4.2 or 4.03 4.3 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither , and neither the Depositary nor the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume affiliates shall have any liability to an Owner on accord thereof. Neither the Company nor the Depositary nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates assumes any obligation or nor shall any of them be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holders, except that they each of the Company and the Depositary agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any Each of the Deposited Securities Depositary, the Company and their directors, officers, employees, agents and controlling persons may rely and shall be protected in acting upon any written notice, request, direction or for other document believed by such person to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the manner in which any such vote is cast proper party or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faithparties. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by of a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by of any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to indemnify carry out any instructions to vote any of the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or for the offer manner in which any such vote is cast or sale thereof the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesgood faith. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holderholder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia the Kingdom of Norway or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemauthority, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or any similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall assume any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holdersholders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affliates shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holderholder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by of any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The indemnities contained in the preceding paragraph shall not extend to any liability or expense which arises solely and exclusively out of a Pre-Release (as defined in Section 2.09 of the Deposit Agreement) of American Depositary Shares in accordance with Section 2.09 of the Deposit Agreement and which would not otherwise have arisen had such American Depositary Shares not been the subject of a Pre-Release pursuant to section 2.09 of the Deposit Agreement; provided, however, that the indemnities provided in the preceding paragraph shall apply to any such liability or expense (i) to the extent that such liability or expense would have arisen had the American Depositary Shares not been the subject of a Pre-Release, or (ii) which may arise out of any misstatement or alleged misstatement or omission or alleged omission in any registration statement, proxy statement, prospectus (or placement memorandum), or preliminary prospectus (or preliminary placement memorandum) relating to the offer or sale of American Depositary Shares, except to the extent any such liability or expense arises out of (i) information relating to the depositary or any Custodian (other than the Company), as applicable, furnished in writing and not materially changed or altered by the Company expressly for use in any of the foregoing documents, or, (ii) if such information is provided, the failure to state a material fact necessary to make the information provided not misleading. The Depositary agrees to indemnify the DepositaryCompany, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, from any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) omitted by either the Depositary or a its Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the affiliated due to their negligence or bad faith. If an action, proceeding (including, but not limited to, any governmental investigation), claim or dispute (collectively, a "Proceeding") in respect of which indemnity may be sought by either party is brought or asserted against the other party, the party seeking indemnification (the "Indemnitee") shall promptly (and in no event more than ten (10) days after receipt of notice of such Proceeding) notify the party obligated to provide such indemnification (the "Indemnitor") of such Proceeding. The failure of the Indemnitee to so notify the Indemnitor shall not impair the Indemnitee's ability to seek indemnification from the Indemnitor (but only for costs, expenses and liabilities incurred after such notice) unless such failure adversely affects the Indemnitor's ability to adequately oppose or defend such Proceeding. Upon receipt of such notice from the Indemnitee, the Indemnitor shall be entitled to participate in such Proceeding and, to the extent that it shall so desire and provided no conflict of interest exists as specified in subparagraph (b) below or there are no other defenses available to Indemnitee as specified in subparagraph (d) below, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnitee (in which case all attorney's fees and expenses shall be borne by the Indemnitor and the Indemnitor shall in good faith defend the Indemnitee). The Indemnitee shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be borne by the Indemnitee unless (a) the Indemnitor agrees in writing to pay such fees and expenses, (b) the Indemnitee shall have reasonably and in good faith concluded that there is a conflict of interest between the Indemnitor and the Indemnitee in the conduct of the defense of such action, (c) the Indemnitor fails, within ten (10) days prior to the date the first response or appearance is required to be made in such Proceeding, to assume the defense of such Proceeding with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnitee or (d) there are legal defenses available to Indemnitee that are different from or are in addition to those available to the Indemnitor. No compromise or settlement of such Proceeding may be effected by either party without the other party's consent unless (i) there is no finding or admission of them, or any violation of law and no effect on any other claims that may be made against such other party and (ii) the sole relief provided is monetary damages that are paid in full by the Company party seeking the settlement. Neither party shall have any liability with respect to any compromise or settlement effected without its consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Indemnitor shall have no obligation to indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnitee from any loss, expense or liability incurred by the Indemnitee as a result of its directorsa default judgment entered against the Indemnitee unless such judgment was entered after the Indemnitor agreed, employeesin writing, agents and affiliates. to assume the defense of such Proceeding No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia the Peoples Republic of China or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemexchange, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles Memorandum and Articles of association or similar document Association of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering Offering or distribution thereof, thereof or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from from, or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of of, doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary or the Company or any of their respective directors, (ii) officers, employees, agents or affiliates incur any liability to any Owner or Beneficial Owner of a Receipt by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) or by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01Sections 4.1, 4.02 4.2 or 4.03 4.3 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapselapse in each such case without liability to the Company or the Depositary. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume affiliates assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or HoldersBeneficial Owners, except that they the Company and the Depositary agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, suit or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary SharesShares that in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability, on behalf unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expenses and liability shall be furnished as often as may be required, and the Custodian shall not be under any obligation whatsoever with respect to such proceedings, the responsibility of any Owner or Holder or any other personthe Custodian being solely to the Depositary. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a any matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, arises the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities, or for the acts or omissions made by manner in which any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities vote is cast or the offer effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or sale thereof nonaction is in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesgood faith. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Trina Solar LTD)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holderholder of any Receipt, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia any state thereof, the United Kingdom or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority of the United States, any state thereof, the United Kingdom or any other country, or stock exchange or automated quotation systemexchange, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles Articles of association or similar document Association of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) Issuer shall be prevented, delayed in or prevented or forbidden from from, or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of of, doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performedperformed by such party; nor shall the Depositary or the Company or any of their respective directors, employees, agents or affiliates incur any liability to any Owner or holder of any Receipt (iii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iiiii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iviii) for the inability of any Owner or Holder holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which that is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, holders or (viv) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01Sections 4.1, 4.02 4.2, or 4.03 4.3 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of ReceiptsOwners, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary Depositary, after Consultation with the Company, shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holdersholders of Receipts, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary and all Owners and holders from time to time of Receipts issued under the Deposit Agreement acknowledge that, in accordance with Article 12 of the Articles of Association of the Company, no person shall be recognized by the Company as holding any Share upon trust, and the Company shall not be bound by or be compelled in any way to recognize (even when having notice thereof) any equitable, contingent, future or partial interest in any Share or any interest in any fractional part of a Share, or (except only as by the Articles of Association of the Company otherwise expressly provided or as by the statutes required or under an order of court) any other right in respect of any Share, except an absolute right to the entirety thereof in the registered holder. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary SharesReceipts, on behalf which in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability, unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expense and liability shall be furnished as often as may be required, and the Custodian shall not be under any obligation whatsoever with respect to such proceedings, the responsibility of any Owner or Holder or any other personthe Custodian being solely to the Depositary. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holderholder of a Receipt, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities Securities, or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, arises the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seekingto, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to in accordance with the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified modified, or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 United States federal securities laws is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, the Commonwealth of Australia or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation system, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association constitution or similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. Each of the Depositary, the Company and their directors, officers, employees, agents and controlling persons may rely and shall be protected in acting upon any written notice, request, direction or other document believed by such person to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in the Commonwealth of Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemauthority, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or any similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit AgreementAgreement or the articles of association or similar documents of the Company, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holdersHolders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.014.1, 4.02 4.2 or 4.03 4.3 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse, in each case without liability to the Company or the Depositary. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates assume any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by of any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to indemnify carry out any instructions to vote any of the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or for the offer manner in which any such vote is cast or sale thereof the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesgood faith. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holderholder of any Receipt, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia States or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemexchange, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles Memorandum and Articles of association or similar document Association of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities Securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering Offering or distribution thereof, thereof or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) , shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from from, or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of of, doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary or the Company or any of their respective directors, (ii) officers, employees, agents or affiliates, incur any liability to any Owner or holder of a Receipt by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) or by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01Sections 4.1, 4.02 4.2 or 4.03 4.3 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates assume any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holdersholders of Receipts, except that they the Company and the Depositary agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, suit or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary SharesReceipts, on behalf which in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability, unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expense and liability shall be furnished as often as may be required, and the Custodian shall not be under any obligation whatsoever with respect to such proceedings, the responsibility of any Owner or Holder or any other personthe Custodian being solely to the Depositary. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holderholder of a Receipt, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any Each of the Deposited Securities Depositary, the Company and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates may rely and shall be protected in acting upon any written notice, request, direction or for other document believed by such person to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the manner in which any such vote is cast proper party or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faithparties. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a any matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, arises the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities, or for the acts manner in which any such vote is cast or omissions made by the effect of any securities depositorysuch vote, clearing agency provided that any such action or settlement system nonaction is in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwisegood faith. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seekingto, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of Receipts, American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) out of acts performed or omitted, pursuant to in accordance with the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliates. The indemnities contained in the preceding sentence shall not extend to any liability or expense which arises solely and exclusively out of a Pre-Release (as defined in Section 2.9 of the Deposit Agreement) of a Receipt or Receipts in accordance with Section 2.9 of the Deposit Agreement and which would not otherwise have arisen had such Receipt or Receipts not been the subject of a Pre-Release pursuant to Section 2.9 of the Deposit Agreement; provided, however, that the indemnities provided in the preceding sentence shall apply to any such liability or expense (i) to the extent that such liability or expense would have arisen had a Receipt or Receipts not been the subject of a Pre-Release, or (ii) which may arise out of any misstatement or alleged misstatement or omission or alleged omission in any registration statement, proxy statement, prospectus (or placement memorandum), or preliminary prospectus (or preliminary placement memorandum) relating to the offer or sale of American Depositary Shares, except to the extent any such liability or expense arises out of (a) information relating to the Depositary or any Custodian (other than the Company), as applicable, furnished in writing and not materially changed or altered by the Company expressly for use in any of the foregoing documents, or, (b) if such information is provided, the failure to state a material fact necessary to make the information provided not misleading. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Antisoma PLC)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation system, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall affiliates)shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. Each of the Depositary, the Company and their directors, officers, employees, agents and controlling persons may rely and shall be protected in acting upon any written notice, request, direction or other document believed by such person to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia the Republic of Namibia or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation system, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association constitution or similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. Each of the Depositary, the Company and their directors, officers, employees, agents and controlling persons may rely and shall be protected in acting upon any written notice, request, direction or other document believed by such person to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia the Republic of Namibia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner of any Receipt, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia States or any other country, or of any other governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemauthority, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles Memorandum and Articles of association or similar document Association of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder Beneficial Owner to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holdersBeneficial Owners, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume affiliates assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or HoldersBeneficial Owners of Receipts, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary SharesReceipts, on behalf of any Owner or Holder Beneficial Owner or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holderholder of a Receipt, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. Each of the Depositary, the Company and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and controlling persons may rely and shall be protected in acting upon any written notice, request, direction or other document believed by such person to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities Securities, or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seekingto, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of Receipts, American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) out of acts performed or omitted, pursuant to in accordance with the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified modified, or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either any of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates. The Indemnities contained in the preceding sentence shall not extend to any liability or expense which arises solely and exclusively out of a Pre-Release of a Receipt or Receipts in accordance with Section 2.09 of the Deposit Agreement and which would not otherwise have arisen had such Receipt or Receipts not been the subject of a Pre-Release pursuant to Section 2.09 of the Deposit Agreement; provided, however, that the indemnities provided in the preceding paragraph shall apply to any such liability or expense (i) to the extent that such liability or expense would have arisen had a Receipt or Receipts not been the subject of a Pre-Release, or (ii) which may arise out of any misstatement or alleged misstatement or omission or alleged omission in any registration statement, proxy statement, prospectus (or placement memorandum), or preliminary prospectus (or preliminary memorandum) relating to the offer or sale of American Depositary Shares, except to the extent that any such liability or expense arises out of (a) information relating to the Depositary or any Custodian, as applicable, furnished in writing and not materially changed or altered by the Company, expressly for use in any of the foregoing documents, or, (b) if such information is provided, the failure to state a material fact necessary to make the information provided not misleading. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Icap PLC/Fi)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia States or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation system, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association incorporation or any similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holders, except that they agree each of the Company and the Depositary agrees to perform their its obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any Each of the Deposited Securities Depositary, the Company and their directors, officers, employees, agents and controlling persons may rely and shall be protected in acting upon any written notice, request, direction or for other document believed by such person to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the manner in which any such vote is cast proper party or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faithparties. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by of any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to indemnify carry out any instructions to vote any of the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or for the offer manner in which any such vote is cast or sale thereof the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesgood faith. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, Holder (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, New Zealand, Australia or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemexchange, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association Constitution or similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from from, or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of of, doing or performing any act or thing which that by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which that by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which that is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holdersHolders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit that Agreement, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of ReceiptsOwners, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. The Company, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates assume no obligation nor shall any of them be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement or otherwise to any Owner or Holder, except that the Company agrees to perform its obligations specifically set forth in that Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary assumes no obligation nor shall it be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to any Owner or Holder (including, without limitation, liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities), except that the Depositary agrees to perform its obligations specifically set forth in that Agreement without negligence or bad faith. Neither the Company Depositary nor the Depositary (Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, suit or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, Shares on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be liable for any action or nonaction non-action by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any Each of the Deposited Securities Depositary, the Company and their directors, officers, employees, agents and controlling persons may rely and shall be protected in acting upon any written notice, request, direction or for other document believed by such person to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the manner in which any such vote is cast proper party or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faithparties. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by of a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a any matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, arises the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by of any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to indemnify carry out any instructions to vote any of the DepositaryDeposited Securities, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and or for the manner in which any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities vote is cast or the offer effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or sale thereof non-action is in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesgood faith. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 or the New Zealand Securities Xxx 0000 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective officers, directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holderholder of any Receipt, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia Brazil, or any other country, or of any other governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemexchange, including NASDAQ, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or similar document By-laws (Estatuto Social) of the Company, Company or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, ; (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section Sections 4.01, 4.02 4.02, or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, because of applicable law or for any other reason such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement or this Receipt to Owners or Holders, holders of Receipts; except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faithand to act in good faith in the performance of such duties. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary SharesReceipts, on behalf which in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability, unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expense and liability shall be furnished as often as may be required, and the Custodian shall not be under any obligation whatsoever with respect to such proceedings, the responsibility of any Owner or Holder or any other personthe Custodian being solely to the Depositary. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holderholder of a Receipt, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or informationinformation including, but not limited to, any such action or nonaction based upon any written notice, request, direction or other document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities Securities, or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees Company may rely on and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of shall be protected in acting upon any written notice, request, direction or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant other documents believed by them to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement be genuine and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) have been signed by the Company proper party or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesparties. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement. None of the Company, the Depositary or the Custodian will have any liability or responsibility whatsoever for any action or failure to act by any Owner relating to the Owner's obligations under any applicable Brazilian law or regulation relating to foreign investment in Brazil in respect of a withdrawal or sale of Deposited Securities, including, without limitation, any failure to comply with a requirement to register such investment pursuant to the terms of any such applicable Brazilian law or regulation prior to such withdrawal or any failure to report foreign exchange transactions to the Brazilian Central Bank, as the case may be. Each Owner will be responsible for the report of any false information relating to foreign exchange transactions to the Custodian or the Brazilian Central Bank in connection with deposits or withdrawals of Deposited Securities.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia Malaysia or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation system, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. Each of the Depositary, the Company and their directors, officers, employees, agents and controlling persons may rely and shall be protected in acting upon any written notice, request, direction or other document believed by such person to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia Malaysia or any other jurisdiction in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner of any Receipt, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia States or any other countrycountry (including the Cayman Islands and China), or of any other governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemauthority, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles Articles of association or similar document Association of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, thereof or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, ; (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, Agreement (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section Sections 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or HoldersBeneficial Owners of Receipts, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary SharesReceipts, on behalf of any Owner or Holder holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner of a Receipt, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities Securities, or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to to, any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of Receipts, American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) out of acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified modified, or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (China Wireless Technologies LTD)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holderholder of any Receipt, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia States or any other country, or of any other governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemauthority, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles Articles of association or similar document Association of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed prevented or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, ; nor shall the Depositary or the Company incur any liability to any Owner or holder of a Receipt (iii) by reason of any non-performance performancenonperformance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iiior(ii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iviii) for the inability of any Owner or Holder holder of a Receipt to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holdersholders of Receipts, or (viv) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section Sections 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holdersholders of Receipts, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary SharesReceipts, on behalf which in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability, unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expenses and liability shall be furnished as often as may be required, and the Custodian shall not be under any obligation whatsoever with respect to such proceedings, the responsibility of any Owner or Holder or any other personthe Custodian being solely to the Depositary. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holderholder of a Receipt, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by of any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.entry
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation system, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association constitution or any similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holdersHolders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.014.1, 4.02 4.2 or 4.03 4.3 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by of any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to indemnify carry out any instructions to vote any of the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or for the offer manner in which any such vote is cast or sale thereof the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesgood faith. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation system, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holdersHolders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of ReceiptsOwners, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holders, except that they agree each of the Company and the Depositary agrees to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities Securities, or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any the reasonable fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner of any Receipt, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia States or any other country, or of any other governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemauthority, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or similar document Bye-laws of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder Beneficial Owner to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holdersBeneficial Owners, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume affiliates assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or HoldersBeneficial Owners of Receipts, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary SharesReceipts, on behalf of any Owner or Holder Beneficial Owner or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holderholder of a Receipt, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. Each of the Depositary, the Company and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and controlling persons may rely and shall be protected in acting upon any written notice, request, direction or other document believed by such person to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities Securities, or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seekingto, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of Receipts, American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) out of acts performed or omitted, pursuant to in accordance with the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified modified, or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either any of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates. The Indemnities contained in the preceding sentence shall not extend to any liability or expense which arises solely and exclusively out of a Pre-Release of a Receipt or Receipts in accordance with Section 2.09 of the Deposit Agreement and which would not otherwise have arisen had such Receipt or Receipts not been the subject of a Pre-Release pursuant to Section 2.09 of the Deposit Agreement; provided, however, that the indemnities provided in the preceding paragraph shall apply to any such liability or expense (i) to the extent that such liability or expense would have arisen had a Receipt or Receipts not been the subject of a Pre-Release, or (ii) which may arise out of any misstatement or alleged misstatement or omission or alleged omission in any registration statement, proxy statement, prospectus (or placement memorandum), or preliminary prospectus (or preliminary memorandum) relating to the offer or sale of American Depositary Shares, except to the extent that any such liability or expense arises out of (a) information relating to the Depositary or any Custodian, as applicable, furnished in writing and not materially changed or altered by the Company, expressly for use in any of the foregoing documents, or, (b) if such information is provided, the failure to state a material fact necessary to make the information provided not misleading. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Catlin Group LTD)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation system, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holdersHolders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, :
(i) if by reason of (A) any provision of any present or future law or regulation or other act of the government of the United States, Australia any State of the United States, Brazil or any other countrystate or jurisdiction, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation system, or by reason exchange; (B) (in the case of the Depositary only) any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, ; or by reason of (C) any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (is, directly or any of their respective directorsindirectly, officersprevented from, employeesforbidden to or delayed in, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or could be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing and therefore does not do or perform, any act or thing which that, by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities Securities, it is provided shall be done or performed, ;
(ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit AgreementAgreement (including any determination by the Depositary to take, or not take, any action that the Deposit Agreement provides the Depositary may take);
(iviii) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which that is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or Holders; or
(viv) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to which Section 4.014.1, 4.02 4.2 or 4.03 4.3 of the Deposit AgreementAgreement applies, or an offering or distribution pursuant to which Section 4.04 4.4 of the Deposit AgreementAgreement applies, such that distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such that distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such that distribution or offeringoffering available to Owners, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates assume any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holders, except that they agree each of the Company and the Depositary agrees to perform their its obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Each of the Depositary and the Company and their directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates may rely, and shall be protected in relying upon, any written notice, request, direction or other document believed by any of them to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be liable for any action or nonaction non-action by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares Units for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by of any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or otherwise. In the offer absence of bad faith on its part, the Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote or sale thereof give voting instruction with respect to any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or instructions given or the United States effect of any such vote. The Depositary shall have no duty to make any determination or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant provide any information as to the provisions tax status of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any liability for any tax consequences that may be incurred by Owners or Holders as a result of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesowning or holding American Depositary Shares. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective officers, directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holderholder of any Receipt, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia States or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemexchange, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or similar document estatuto social (By-laws) of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities Securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, thereof or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from from, or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of of, doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, ; nor shall the Depositary or the Company incur any liability to any Owner or holder of a Receipt (iii) if by reason of any non-non performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iiiii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iviii) for the inability of any Owner or Holder holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (viv) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01Sections 4.1, 4.02 4.2 or 4.03 4.3 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holdersholders of Receipts, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, suit or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary SharesReceipts, on behalf which in its reasonable opinion may involve it in expense or liability, unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expense and liability shall be furnished as often as may be required, and the Custodian shall not be under any obligation whatsoever with respect to such proceedings, the responsibility of any Owner or Holder or any other personthe Custodian being solely to the Depositary. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holderholder of a Receipt, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a any matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, arises the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities, or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Company and the Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by of any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its officers, directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any the Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seekingto, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of Receipts, American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) out of acts performed or omitted, pursuant to in accordance with the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of themthem and except to the extent that such liability or expense arises out of information relating to the Depositary or Custodian, as applicable, furnished in writing to the Company and executed by the Depositary, and not materially altered or changed by the Company, as applicable, expressly for use in any registration statement, proxy statement, prospectus (or placement memorandum) relating to the offer or sale of American Depositary Shares, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia the Cayman Islands or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation system, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association constitution or similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. Each of the Depositary, the Company and their directors, officers, employees, agents and controlling persons may rely and shall be protected in acting upon any written notice, request, direction or other document believed by such person to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia the Cayman Islands in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, the Commonwealth of Australia or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemauthority, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association constitution or any similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which that by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which that by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which that is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holdersHolders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither , and neither the Depositary nor the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume affiliates shall have any liability to an Owner on accord thereof. Neither the Company nor the Depositary nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates assumes any obligation or nor shall any of them be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holders, except that they each of the Company and the Depositary agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any Each of the Deposited Securities Depositary, the Company and their directors, officers, employees, agents and controlling persons mnay rely and shall be protected in acting upon any written notice, request, direction or for other document believed by such person to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the manner in which any such vote is cast proper party or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faithparties. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by of a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by of any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to indemnify carry out any instructions to vote any of the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or for the offer manner in which any such vote is cast or sale thereof the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesgood faith. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holderholder, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia Isle of Man, United Kingdom or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemauthority, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holdersHolders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective Company, its directors, officers, employees, agents or and affiliates) , nor the Depositary assume any obligation or shall any of them be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holdersholders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates assume no obligation nor shall not any of them be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holderholder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Tomco Energy PLC)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall be obligated to do or perform any act which is inconsistent with the provisions of the Deposit Agreement or shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, Holder (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia Japan or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemauthority, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles Articles of association Incorporation or any other similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holdersholders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith, and the Depositary shall not be a fiduciary or have any fiduciary duty to Owners or Holders. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction non-action by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holderholder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by of any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or non-action is in good faith. Neither the Depositary nor the Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, shall incur any liability for any failure to determine that any distribution or expense (includingaction may be lawful, but not limited to feasible or reasonably practicable, or for any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and tax consequences that may result from the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission ownership of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities Securities, for the credit-worthiness of any third party or for allowing any rights to lapse upon the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions terms of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesAgreement. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 United States federal securities laws is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia the People’s Republic of China or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemexchange, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles Memorandum and Articles of association or similar document Association of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering Offering or distribution thereof, thereof or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from from, or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of of, doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary or the Company or any of their respective directors, (ii) officers, employees, agents or affiliates incur any liability to any Owner or Beneficial Owner of a Receipt by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) or by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01Sections 4.1, 4.02 4.2 or 4.03 4.3 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapselapse in each such case without liability to the Company or the Depositary. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume affiliates assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or HoldersBeneficial Owners, except that they the Company and the Depositary agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith, provided, however, that in the case of actions taken or omitted pursuant to Section 4.5 of the Deposit Agreement, the Depositary undertakes to perform its obligations without gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, suit or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary SharesShares that in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability, on behalf unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expenses and liability shall be furnished as often as may be required, and the Custodian shall not be under any obligation whatsoever with respect to such proceedings, the responsibility of any Owner or Holder or any other personthe Custodian being solely to the Depositary. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a any matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, arises the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities, or for the acts or omissions made by manner in which any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities vote is cast or the offer effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or sale thereof nonaction is in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesgood faith. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Trina Solar LTD)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or HolderholderBeneficial Owner of any Receipt, (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia States or any other country, or of any other governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemexchange, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or similar document of the CompanyConstitution, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its controlcontrol (including, without limitation, nationalization, expropriation, currency restrictions, work stoppage, strikes, civil unrest, revolutions, rebellions, explosions and computer failure), the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from from, or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of of, doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary or the Company or any of their respective directors, (ii) officers, employees, agents or affiliates incur any liability to any Owner or holderBeneficial Owner of aany Receipt by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) or by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit AgreementAgreement or in the Constitution or provisions of or governing the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, (iv) officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or Beneficial Owner of any Receipt for the inability of any by an Owner or Holder Beneficial Owner to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit AgreementAmerican Depositary Shares. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01Sections 4.1, 4.02 4.2, or 4.03 4.3 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 4.4 of the Deposit Agreement, or for any other reason, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of ReceiptsOwners, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor assumes any of their respective obligation or The Company and its directors, officers, employees, agents agents, or affiliates) affiliates assume any no obligation or nor shall they be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement or the Receipts to Owners or HoldersholdersBeneficial Owners of Receipts or to other persons, except that they agree to perform use their best judgment and to act in good faith in the performance of theirperform their respective obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any The Depositary and its directors, officers, employees, agents, or affiliates assume no obligation nor shall they be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement or the Receipt to any Owner or Beneficial Owners of any Receipt or to other persons (including, without limitation, liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities), except that they agree to perform their respective obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary SharesReceipts, on behalf which in its opinion may involve it in expense or liability, unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expense and liability shall be furnished as often as may be required, and the Custodian shall not be under any obligation whatsoever with respect to such proceedings, the responsibility of any Owner or Holder or any other personthe Custodian being solely to the Depositary. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) affiliates shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holderholder of a Receipt, any Beneficial Owner or authorized representative thereof, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information, or for any consequential or punitive damages. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities Securities, or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faithfaith and the Depositary casts any such vote in accordance with the terms of the Deposit Agreement. The Depositary, its controlling persons, its agents, any Custodian and the Company, its controlling persons and its agents may rely and shall be protected in acting upon any written notice, request or other document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a any matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that the Depositary exercised its best judgment and good faith and in accordance with the terms of the Deposit Agreementin connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, arises the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities, or for the acts manner in which any such vote is cast or omissions made by the effect of any securities depositorysuch vote, clearing agency provided that any such action or settlement system nonaction is in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwisegood faith. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seekingto, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of Receipts, American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) out of acts performed or omitted, pursuant to in accordance with the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified modified, or supplemented from time to time, (i) by any Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either the Depositary or a Custodian or co-Registrars or co-transfer agents or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either any of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates. The Depositary agrees to indemnify the Company, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and hold them harmless from any liability or expense (including, but not limited to the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of acts performed or omitted by the Depositary or its Custodian or co-Registrars or co-transfer agents or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates due to their negligence or bad faith. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Xxx 0000 (New Zealand), if applicable, is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: American Depositary Receipt (Telecom Corp of New Zealand LTD)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall be obligated to do or perform any act which is inconsistent with the provisions of the Deposit Agreement or shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, Holder (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia Japan or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemauthority, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles Articles of association Incorporation or any other similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made Table of Contents available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holdersholders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith, and the Depositary shall not be a fiduciary or have any fiduciary duty to Owners or Holders. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction non-action by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holderholder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by of any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or non-action is in good faith. Neither the Depositary nor the Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, shall incur any liability for any failure to determine that any distribution or expense (includingaction may be lawful, but not limited to feasible or reasonably practicable, or for any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and tax consequences that may result from the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission ownership of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities Securities, for the credit-worthiness of any third party or for allowing any rights to lapse upon the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions terms of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesAgreement. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 United States federal securities laws is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall be obligated to do or perform any act which is inconsistent with the provisions of the Deposit Agreement or shall incur any liability to any Owner or Holder, Holder (i) if by reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia Japan or any other country, or of any governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation systemauthority, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles Articles of association Incorporation or any other similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, the Depositary or the Company (or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performed, (ii) by reason of any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iv) for the inability of any Owner or Holder holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holders, or (v) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or Holdersholders, except that they agree to perform their obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, on behalf of any Owner or Holder holder or any other person. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or Holderholder, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by of any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or non-action is in good faith. Neither the Depositary nor the Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, shall incur any liability for any failure to determine that any distribution or expense (includingaction may be lawful, but not limited feasible or reasonably practicable, or for any tax consequences that may result from the ownership of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities, for the credit-worthiness of any third party or for allowing any rights to lapse upon the terms of the Deposit Agreement. With respect to any fees and Pre-Release (as defined in Section 2.09 of the Deposit Agreement), the Company shall not be responsible to Owners or Holders of Receipts for any liabilities or expenses incurred in seeking(a) which may be imposed under any United States Federal, enforcing state or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsellocal income tax laws or (b) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission failure of American the Depositary Shares or to deliver Deposited Securities or when required under the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions terms of or in connection with Section 2.05 of the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time Agreement. The preceding sentence shall not apply to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising which may arise out of the negligence any misstatement or bad faith of either of themalleged misstatement or omission or alleged omission in any registration statement (or proxy statement, if any), or any other document required by law relating to an offer of sale of American Depositary Shares, except to the extent any such liability or expense arises out of (i) information relating to the Depositary or any Custodian, as applicable, furnished in writing and not materially changed or altered by the Company expressly for use in any of the foregoing documents, or, (ii) by if such information is provided, the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliatesfailure to state a material fact necessary to make the information provided not misleading. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division)
LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY AND DEPOSITARY. Neither the Depositary nor the Company nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall incur any liability to any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner of any Receipt, (i) if by reason of any provision of (a) any present or future law or regulation of the United States, Australia Cyprus or any other country, or of any other governmental or regulatory authority or stock exchange or automated quotation system, or by reason of any provision, present or future, of the articles of association or similar document of the Company, or by reason of any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereofexchange, or by reason of any act of God or war or terrorism or other circumstances beyond its control, or (b) in the case of the Depositary only, (i) any act or failure to act of the Company (or any of its agents, including the Share Registrar, or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates, (ii) any provision, present or future, of the Corporate Documents of the Company or any other instrument of the Company governing the Deposited Securities or (iii) any provision of any securities issued or distributed by the Company, or any offering or distribution thereof, the Depositary or the Company shall be prevented, delayed or forbidden from or be subject to any civil or criminal penalty on account of doing or performing any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement or the Deposited Securities it is provided shall be done or performedperformed (including, (ii) in the case of the Depositary, delivery of any Deposited Securities or distribution of cash or property in respect thereof pursuant to Articles 12 and 13 hereof); nor shall the Depositary or the Company or any of their respective directors, employees, agents or affiliates incur any liability to any Owner or Beneficial Owner of a Receipt by reason of (i) any non-performance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing which by the terms of the Deposit Agreement it is provided shall or may be done or performed, (iiiii) by reason of any exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit Agreement, (iviii) for the inability of any Owner or Holder holder to benefit from any distribution, offering, right or other benefit which is made available to holders of Deposited Securities but is not, under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, made available to Owners or holdersholder, or (viv) for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Where, by the terms of a distribution pursuant to Section Sections 4.01, 4.02 or 4.03 of the Deposit Agreement, or an offering or distribution pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Deposit Agreement, such distribution or offering may not be made available to Owners of Receipts, and the Depositary may not dispose of such distribution or offering on behalf of such Owners and make the net proceeds available to such Owners, then the Depositary shall not make such distribution or offering, and shall allow any rights, if applicable, to lapse. Neither the Company nor the Depositary (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) assume assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to Owners or HoldersBeneficial Owners of Receipts, except that they agree (i) the Company agrees to perform their its obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement and (ii) the Depositary agrees to perform its obligations specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any action, suit, or other proceeding in respect of any Deposited Securities or in respect of the American Depositary Shares, Receipts on behalf of any Owner, Beneficial Owner or Holder or any other person, and the Custodian shall not be under any obligation whatsoever with respect to such proceedings, the responsibility of the Custodian being solely to the Depositary. Neither the Depositary nor the Company (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates) shall be liable for any action or nonaction by it in reliance upon the advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, any person presenting Shares for deposit, any Owner or HolderBeneficial Owner of a Receipt, or any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information; provided, however. The Depositary shall not be subject to any liability with respect to the validity or worth of the Deposited Securities. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions of any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities Securities, or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction inaction is in good faith. The Depositary shall not be liable for any acts or omissions made by a successor depositary whether in connection with a previous act or omission of the Depositary or in connection with a matter arising wholly after the removal or resignation of the Depositary, provided that in connection with the issue out of which such potential liability arises, the Depositary performed its obligations without negligence or bad faith while it acted as Depositary. The Depositary shall not be liable for the acts or omissions made by any securities depository, clearing agency or settlement system in Australia in connection with or arising out of book-entry settlement of Deposited Securities or otherwise. The Company agrees to indemnify the Depositary, its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates and any Custodian against, and hold each of them harmless from, any liability or expense (including, but not limited to any fees and expenses incurred in seeking, enforcing or collecting such indemnity and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) which may arise out of or in connection with (a) any registration with the Commission of American Depositary Shares or Deposited Securities or the offer or sale thereof in the United States or (b) acts performed or omitted, pursuant to the provisions of or in connection with the Deposit Agreement and of the Receipts, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (i) by either the Depositary or a Custodian or their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates, except for any liability or expense arising out of the negligence or bad faith of either of them, or (ii) by the Company or any of its directors, employees, agents and affiliates. No disclaimer of liability under the Securities Act of 1933 is intended by any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Bank of New York / Adr Division)