Merchant’s Indemnification Clause Samples

Merchant’s Indemnification. Merchant shall indemnify ISO/Bank, the respective Card Associations and the participants therein against any and all claims, demands, losses, damages, liability, actions, costs, judgments, arbitration awards and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), to which such parties may be subjected arising in whole or in part from any Card transaction involving Merchant (including, but not limited to, any chargebacks under applicable Operating Regulations), any act or omission of Merchant in connection with any such transaction, use of any Third-Party Vendor, any breach of this Agreement by Merchant, Merchant’s or any Third-Party Vendor’s violation of applicable laws or Operating Regulations, any return of goods, price adjustment or other dispute with or claim by a Cardholder with Merchant (whether or not such Cardholder’s claim is valid), including, but not limited to, claims or losses of any Cardholder or of any third party, or any breach of Merchant’s data or paper records system that has or may have resulted in an unauthorized disclosure of any information regarding one or more Card transactions or Cardholders. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Merchant agrees that it shall be solely responsible for its actions in honoring or refusing to honor Cards and in retaining Cards in accordance with Merchant Operating Guide; and Merchant will indemnify, defend and hold the Card Associations, ISO/Bank and other members of the Card Associations harmless from any claim, loss or liability arising from any injury to persons, property or reputation which occurs as a result thereof.

Merchant’s Indemnification. Merchant shall indemnify, defend, and hold Agent and its consultants, members, managers, partners, officers, directors, employees, attorneys, advisors, representatives, lenders, potential co- investors, principals, affiliates, and Supervisors (collectively, “Agent Indemnified Parties”) harmless from and against all liabilities, claims, demands, damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising from or related to: (a) the willful or negligent acts or omissions of Merchant or the Merchant Indemnified Parties (as defined below); (b) the material breach of any provision of this Agreement by Merchant, after Merchant has received notice of the asserted breach and Merchant fails to promptly cure the same to the extent the breach is curable; (c) any liability or other claims, including, without limitation, product liability claims, asserted by customers, any Store employees (under a collective bargaining agreement or otherwise), or any other person (excluding Agent Indemnified Parties) against Agent or an Agent Indemnified Party, except claims arising from Agent’s negligence, willful misconduct or unlawful behavior; (d) any harassment, discrimination or violation of any laws or regulations or any other unlawful, tortuous or otherwise actionable treatment of Agent’s Indemnified Parties or Merchant’s customers by Merchant or Merchant’s Indemnified Parties; and (e) Merchant’s failure to pay over to the appropriate taxing authority any taxes required to be paid by Merchant during the Sale Term in accordance with applicable law.

Merchant’s Indemnification. Merchant shall indemnify and hold any Agent Indemnified Party harmless from and against all claims, causes of action, demands, penalties, losses, liability, damage, or other obligations, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, directly or indirectly asserted against, resulting from or related to: (i) Merchant’s material breach of or failure to comply with any of its agreements, covenants, representations or warranties contained in any Agency Document; (ii) subject to Agent’s compliance with its obligations under Section 8.3 hereof, any failure by Merchant to pay any Sales Taxes to the proper taxing authorities or to properly file with any taxing authorities any reports or documents required by applicable law to be filed in respect thereof; (iii) subject to Agent’s satisfaction of its obligations pursuant to Sections 4.1(a) and (b) hereof, any failure of Merchant to pay to its employees any wages, salaries or benefits due to such employees during the Sale Term or other claims asserted against Agent by Merchant’s employees resulting from Merchant’s (and not Agent’s) treatment of its employees; (iv) any consumer warranty or products liability claims relating to Merchandise; (v) any liability or other claims asserted by customers, any of Merchant’s employees, or any other person against any Agent Indemnified Party (including, without limitation, claims by employees arising under collective bargaining agreements, worker’s compensation or under the WARN Act), other than any such matter arising from the willful misconduct or gross negligence of Agent or its officers, directors, employees, agents or supervisors; (vi) any harassment or any other unlawful, tortious, or otherwise actionable treatment of any customers, employees or agents of Agent by Merchant or any of its representatives; (vii) so long as Agent complies with its obligations under Sections 4.1 and 4.2, any failure of Merchant to pay any Occupancy Expenses or Central Services Expenses during the Sale Term; (viii) the gross negligence (including omissions) or willful misconduct of the Merchant, its officers, directors, employees, agents (other than Agent) or representatives.