Release from Liability Upon the disbursement of the Downpayment, together with the interest earned thereon, in accordance with this Agreement, Escrow Agent shall be relieved and released from any liability hereunder.
Exceptions from Liability Without limiting the generality of any other provisions hereof, neither the Custodian nor any Domestic Subcustodian shall be under any duty or obligation to inquire into, nor be liable for:
Seller's Liability Seller shall remain liable for all Liability related to workers’ compensation, disability and occupational diseases of or with respect to all of Seller’s employees attributable to injuries, claims, conditions, events and occurrences occurring prior to the Closing Date, which Liability shall be a Retained Liability.
Limitation of Seller's Liability No general or limited partner of Seller, nor any of its respective beneficiaries, shareholders, partners, officers, agents, employees, heirs, successors or assigns shall have any personal liability of any kind or nature for or by reason of any matter or thing whatsoever under, in connection with, arising out of or in any way related to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein, and Purchaser hereby waives for itself and anyone who may claim by, through or under Purchaser any and all rights to sue or recover on account of any xxch alleged personal liability.
Indemnification of Escrow Agent From and at all times after the date of this Agreement, the parties jointly and severally, shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law and to the extent provided herein, indemnify and hold harmless Escrow Agent and each director, officer, employee, attorney, agent and affiliate of Escrow Agent (collectively, the "Indemnified Parties") against any and all actions, claims (whether or not valid), losses, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses of any kind or nature whatsoever (including without limitation reasonable attorney's fees, costs and expenses) incurred by or asserted against any of the Indemnified Parties from and after the date hereof, whether direct, indirect or consequential, as a result of or arising from or in any way relating to any claim, demand, suit, action, or proceeding (including any inquiry or investigation) by any person, including without limitation the parties to this Agreement, whether threatened or initiated, asserting a claim for any legal or equitable remedy against any person under any statute or regulation, including, but not limited to, any federal or state securities laws, or under any common law or equitable cause or otherwise, arising from or in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution, performance or failure of performance of this Agreement or any transaction contemplated herein, whether or not any such Indemnified Party is a party to any such action or proceeding, suit or the target of any such inquiry or investigation; provided, however, that no Indemnified Party shall have the right to be indemnified hereunder for liability finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, subject to no further appeal, to have resulted solely from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Party. If any such action or claim shall be brought or asserted against any Indemnified Party, such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Company and the Investor hereunder in writing, and the and the Company shall assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel and the payment of all expenses. Such Indemnified Party shall, in its sole discretion, have the right to employ separate counsel (who may be selected by such Indemnified Party in its sole discretion) in any such action and to participate and to participate in the defense thereof, and the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be paid by such Indemnified Party, except that the Investor and/or the Company shall be required to pay such fees and expense if (a) the Investor or the Company agree to pay such fees and expenses, or (b) the Investor and/or the Company shall fail to assume the defense of such action or proceeding or shall fail, in the sole discretion of such Indemnified Party, to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party in any such action or proceeding, (c) the Investor and the Company are the plaintiff in any such action or proceeding or (d) the named or potential parties to any such action or proceeding (including any potentially impleaded parties) include both Indemnified Party the Company and/or the Investor and Indemnified Party shall have been advised by counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different from or additional to those available to the Company or the Investor. The Investor and the Company shall be jointly and severally liable to pay fees and expenses of counsel pursuant to the preceding sentence, except that any obligation to pay under clause (a) shall apply only to the party so agreeing. All such fees and expenses payable by the Company and/or the Investor pursuant to the foregoing sentence shall be paid from time to time as incurred, both in advance of and after the final disposition of such action or claim. The obligations of the parties under this section shall survive any termination of this Agreement, and resignation or removal of the Escrow Agent shall be independent of any obligation of Escrow Agent.
Retained Liabilities The Retained Liabilities shall remain the sole responsibility of and shall be retained, paid, performed and discharged solely by Seller. “Retained Liabilities” shall mean every Liability of Seller other than the Assumed Liabilities, including:
Limitation of Escrow Agent’s Liability (a) The Escrow Agent shall incur no liability with respect to any action taken or suffered by it in reliance upon any notice, direction, instruction, consent, statement or other documents believed by it to be genuine and duly authorized, nor for other action or inaction except its own willful misconduct or gross negligence. The Escrow Agent shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement. In all questions arising under the Escrow Agreement, the Escrow Agent may rely on the advice of counsel, and the Escrow Agent shall not be liable to anyone for anything done, omitted or suffered in good faith by the Escrow Agent based on such advice. The Escrow Agent shall not be required to take any action hereunder involving any expense unless the payment of such expense is made or provided for in a manner reasonably satisfactory to it. In no event shall the Escrow Agent be liable for indirect, punitive, special or consequential damages.
Seller Release (a) Each Seller does hereby, on behalf of itself and its agents, representatives, attorneys, assigns, Affiliates, heirs, executors and administrators (collectively, the “Seller Parties”) RELEASE AND FOREVER DISCHARGE Edgen, each of Edgen’s Subsidiaries, the Purchaser and their respective Affiliates, parents, joint ventures, officers, directors, shareholders, members, managers, employees, consultants, representatives, successors and assigns, heirs, executors and administrators (collectively, the “Company Parties”) from all causes of action, suits, debts, claims and demands whatsoever at law, in equity or otherwise, which such Seller or any of the Seller Parties ever had, now has, or hereafter may have, by reason of any matter, cause or thing whatsoever, from the beginning of its initial dealings with Edgen or any of its Subsidiaries to the Closing, and particularly, but without limitation of the foregoing general terms, any claims arising from or relating in any way to such Seller’s status as a stockholder, investor, holder of any equity interests, lender (except as to any such Seller or any of its Affiliates holding Indebtedness of Edgen as set forth on Schedule 4.28 hereto) or debtor of Edgen or any of its Subsidiaries (including any right to indemnification or contribution from Edgen (whether statutory, common law, pursuant to Edgen’s charter documents or otherwise)), any agreement between such Seller, Edgen or any of its Subsidiaries or any Affiliate of Edgen or any of its Subsidiaries, and, if applicable, such Seller’s employment relationship with Edgen or any of its Subsidiaries, but not including such claims to payments, indemnification, contribution and other rights provided to such Seller under this Agreement and the employment agreements or causes of action, suits, debts, claims and demands whatsoever at law, in equity or otherwise, arising from or relating in any way to such Seller Parties’ status as a director, officer, stockholder, investor or holder of any equity interests in connection with the Senior Notes Offering (other than with respect to any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Senior Notes Offering in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to Purchaser by or on behalf of any member of such Seller Party specifically for inclusion therein, but only with respect to such member of the Seller Party specifically for inclusion therein or in connection with any efforts by any Seller Party to engage in the selling of the notes contemplated by the Senior Notes Offering other than at the express direction of the Purchaser). The release contained in this paragraph (a) is effective without regard to the legal nature of the claims raised and without regard to whether any such claims are based upon tort, equity, implied or express contract or discrimination of any sort.
Assumed Liabilities; Excluded Liabilities (a) Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing, Sellers shall sell, convey, deliver, transfer and assign to Buyer (or its designated Affiliate), and Buyer (or its designated Affiliate) shall assume from Sellers the Assumed Liabilities.
Release of Escrow Funds The Escrow Funds shall be paid by the Escrow Agent in accordance with the following: