Indemnification by Parent. Except as otherwise specifically set forth in this Agreement or in any Ancillary Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, Parent shall, and shall cause the other members of the Parent Group to, indemnify, defend and hold harmless SpinCo, each member of the SpinCo Group and each of their respective past, present and future directors, officers, employees or agents, in each case in their respective capacities as such, and each of the heirs, executors, successors and assigns of any of the foregoing (collectively, the “SpinCo Indemnitees”), from and against any and all Liabilities of the SpinCo Indemnitees relating to, arising out of or resulting from, directly or indirectly, any of the following items (without duplication):
(a) any Parent Liability;
(b) any failure of Parent, any other member of the Parent Group or any other Person to pay, perform or otherwise promptly discharge any Parent Liabilities in accordance with their terms, whether prior to, on or after the Effective Time;
(c) any breach by Parent or any other member of the Parent Group of this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements;
(d) except to the extent it relates to a SpinCo Liability, any guarantee, indemnification or contribution obligation, surety bond or other credit support agreement, arrangement, commitment or understanding for the benefit of any member of the Parent Group by any member of the SpinCo Group that survives following the Distribution; and
(e) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, with respect to statements made explicitly in Parent’s name in the Form 10, the Information Statement (as amended or supplemented if SpinCo shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) or any other Disclosure Document; it being agreed that the statements set forth on Schedule 4.3(e) shall be the only statements made explicitly in Parent’s name in the Form 10, the Information Statement or any other Disclosure Document, and all other information contained in the Form 10, the Information Statement or any other Disclosure Document shall be deemed to be information supplied by SpinCo.
Indemnification by Parent. Parent shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the Stockholders (collectively, the “Company Indemnified Parties”), and shall reimburse the Company Indemnified Parties for, any loss, liability, claim, damage, expense (including, but not limited to, costs of investigation and defense and reasonable attorneys’ fees) or diminution of value (collectively, “Damages”) arising from or in connection with (a) any inaccuracy, in any material respect, in any of the representations and warranties of Parent and Acquisition Corp. in this Agreement or in any certificate delivered by Parent and Acquisition Corp. to the Company pursuant to this Agreement, or any actions, omissions or statements of fact inconsistent with any such representation or warranty, (b) any failure by Parent or Acquisition Corp. to perform or comply in any material respect with any covenant or agreement in this Agreement, (c) any claim for brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions or similar payments based upon any agreement or understanding alleged to have been made by any such party with Parent or Acquisition Corp. in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (d) Taxes attributable to any transaction or event occurring on or prior to the Closing, (e) any claim relating to or arising out of any Liabilities of either Parent or Acquisition Corp. on or prior to Closing or with respect to accounting fees arising thereafter, or (f) any litigation, action, claim, proceeding or investigation by any third party relating to or arising out of the business or operations of Parent, or the actions of Parent or any holder of Parent capital stock prior to the Effective Time.
Indemnification by Parent. Subject to the other terms and conditions of this ARTICLE VIII, Parent shall indemnify and defend the Target Shareholders and its Affiliates and their respective Representatives (collectively, the "Shareholder Indemnitees") against, and shall hold each of them harmless from and against, and shall pay and reimburse each of them for, any and all Losses incurred or sustained by, or imposed upon, the Shareholder Indemnitees based upon, arising out of, with respect to or by reason of:
(a) any inaccuracy in or breach of any of the representations or warranties of Parent and Merger Sub contained in this Agreement or in any certificate or instrument delivered by or on behalf of Parent or Merger Sub pursuant to this Agreement, as of the date such representation or warranty was made or as if such representation or warranty was made on and as of the Closing Date (except for representations and warranties that expressly relate to a specified date, the inaccuracy in or breach of which will be determined with reference to such specified date); or
(b) any breach or non-fulfillment of any covenant, agreement or obligation to be performed by Parent or Merger Sub pursuant to this Agreement (other than ARTICLE VI, it being understood that the sole remedy for any such breach thereof shall be pursuant to ARTICLE VI).
Indemnification by Parent. Subject to the other provisions of this Section 8.1, Parent shall indemnify Holdings, its Subsidiaries and their present and former directors, officers, employees and agents (collectively, the "Holdings Indemnified Parties") from and against and in respect of any and all Losses incurred by a Holdings Indemnified Party, which may be imposed on, sustained, incurred or suffered by or assessed against a Holdings Indemnified Party, directly or indirectly, to the extent relating to or arising out of:
(i) the failure of any of the representations or warranties of Parent contained in Article III (excluding the representations and warranties contained in Section 3.8 and Section 3.11) to be true and correct on the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that a representation or warranty expressly speaks as of a specified date or period of time and except as modified hereafter in this Section 8.1(b)(i)); provided, that solely for the purpose of this Section 8.1(b)(i), the representations and warranties in Sections 3.6(a) and 3.7 shall be read without regard to the words "as of the date hereof" and the representations and warranties in Sections 3.16(a) and (b) shall be read without regard to the words "through and including the date hereof"; provided, further, that solely for the purpose of Section 8.1(b)(i), the representations and warranties in Sections 3.3(b), 3.6(a) and (b), 3.7, 3.12 and 3.16 shall be read without regard to any materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifiers contained therein;
(ii) any failure by Parent to perform or comply with its covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement (excluding any covenant contained in Section 5.8 for which the exclusive remedy of Holdings shall be indemnification pursuant to Section 5.8), the Transition Agreement and the Assignment and Assumption Agreement; and
(iii) except as set forth in Section 5.8, Section 8.1(g), Section 8.2 and Section 8.3, the businesses, operations and assets of Parent or any Non-Bison Subsidiary (giving effect to the Restructuring and Closing), other than Losses relating to or arising out of the operation and conduct of the Business, commercial transactions with the Bison Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business pre-Closing and commercial transactions with the Bison Subsidiaries post-Closing.
Indemnification by Parent. Parent agrees to indemnify and hold ------------------------- harmless each Large Shareholder, its officers and directors, and each person, if any, who controls Large Shareholder within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any registration statement or prospectus relating to the Registrable Securities (as amended or supplemented if Parent shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) or any preliminary prospectus, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission based upon information furnished in writing to Parent by or on behalf of any Large Shareholder or Underwriter for any Large Shareholder expressly for use therein; provided that the foregoing indemnity agreement with respect to any preliminary prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Large Shareholder if a copy of the current prospectus was not provided to the purchaser of Registrable Securities and such current prospectus would have cured the defect giving rise to such loss, claim, damage or liability or for any sales occurring after Parent has informed such Large Shareholder under Section 3.1(e) hereof and prior to the delivery by Parent of any supplement or amendment to such prospectus. Parent also agrees to indemnify any Underwriters of the Registrable Securities, their officers and directors and each person who controls such underwriters on substantially the same basis as that of the indemnification of such Large Shareholder provided in this Section 4.1.
Indemnification by Parent. From and after the Closing Date, Parent and Sellers shall jointly and severally indemnify Purchaser and its Subsidiaries (including the Purchased Companies and their Subsidiaries) against, and hold Purchaser and its Subsidiaries (including the Purchased Companies and their Subsidiaries) harmless from, (i) any Taxes of Sellers or their Subsidiaries (other than any Taxes described in Section 9.1(b) and any Transaction Taxes allocated to Purchaser pursuant to Section 9.4); (ii) any Taxes of the Purchased Companies and their Subsidiaries with respect to any Pre-Closing Tax Period other than Taxes described in Section 9.1(b); (iii) the Taxes of any Person (other than a Seller, its Subsidiaries, the Purchased Companies and their Subsidiaries) for which any of the Purchased Companies and their Subsidiaries had any Liability before the Closing under Treasury Regulation section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law), as a transferee or successor, by Contract or otherwise; (iv) any income Taxes attributable to any election made pursuant to Section 9.12; (v) Taxes arising from any breach of any representation or warranty in Section 5.8 of this Agreement; (vi) any Transaction Taxes allocated to Sellers pursuant to Section 9.4; and (vii) reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including legal fees, attributable to any item in (i) through (v); provided, however, that Parent and Sellers shall have no obligation to indemnify Purchaser or its Subsidiaries under any provision of this Agreement from and against any Taxes to the extent such Taxes (x) are accrued as a Liability in the Closing Working Capital as finally determined pursuant to Section 2.6, or (y) arise as a direct result of any action taken outside of the Ordinary Course (without regard to past practice), including the amendment of any Tax Return relating to a Pre-Closing Tax Period, by or at the direction of Purchaser or any of its Affiliates after the Closing Date, other than any action contemplated by this Agreement or an Ancillary Agreement (which action shall include the settlement or resolution of any Tax Claim in accordance with Section 9.2).
Indemnification by Parent. Parent agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Investor, and the Investor’s affiliates, attorneys and agents, and each Person, if any, who controls the Investor (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) (each, an “Investor Indemnified Party”), from and against any expenses, losses, judgments, claims, damages or liabilities, whether joint or several, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement under which the sale of such Registrable Securities was registered under the Securities Act, any preliminary prospectus, final prospectus or summary prospectus contained in the Registration Statement, or any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement, or arising out of or based upon any omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or any violation by Parent of the Securities Act or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder applicable to Parent and relating to action or inaction required of Parent in connection with any such registration; and Parent shall promptly reimburse the Investor Indemnified Party for any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred by such Investor Indemnified Party in connection with investigating and defending any such expense, loss, judgment, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that Parent will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such expense, loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein made in such Registration Statement, preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, or summary prospectus, or any such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to Parent, in writing, by such Investor expressly for use therein.
Indemnification by Parent. From and after the Effective Time (but subject to Section 9.1(a)), Parent shall hold harmless and indemnify each of the Company Stockholders from and against, and shall compensate and reimburse each of the Company Stockholders for, any Damages which are suffered or incurred by any of the Company Stockholders or to which any of the Company Stockholders may otherwise become subject (regardless of whether or not such Damages relate to any third-party claim) and which arise from or as a result of:
(a) any inaccuracy in or breach of any representation or warranty made by Parent or Merger Sub in this Agreement as of the date of this Agreement (in each case, after giving effect to any “Material Adverse Effect” or other materiality qualification or any similar qualification contained or incorporated directly or indirectly in such representation or warranty taking into account any update to the Parent Disclosure Schedule pursuant to Section 4.3(d));
(b) any inaccuracy in or breach of any representation or warranty made by Parent or Merger Sub in this Agreement as if such representation or warranty was made on and as of the Closing, except for representations which address matters as of particular date, in which case, as of such particular date (in each case, after giving effect to any “Material Adverse Effect” or other materiality qualification or any similar qualification contained or incorporated directly or indirectly in such representation or warranty, taking into account any update to the Parent Disclosure Schedule pursuant to Section 4.3(d));
(c) any inaccuracies in the Parent Closing Certificate;
(d) any breach of any covenant or obligation of Parent or Merger Sub in this Agreement; and
(e) any matter referenced in Section 3.7 or regarding the Foxconn receivable referenced in Section 3.9(s) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule.
Indemnification by Parent. Notwithstanding the Closing or the delivery of the ROI Assets and regardless of any investigation at any time made by or on behalf of Company or of any knowledge or information that the Company may have, Parent shall indemnify and fully defend, save and hold Company and its respective Affiliates, directors, officers and employees (the "Company Indemnitees"), harmless if any Company Indemnitee shall at any time or from time to time suffer any damage, liability, loss, cost, expense (including all reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the Company Indemnitees in any action or proceeding between Parent and the Company Indemnitees or between the Company Indemnitees and any third party or otherwise), deficiency, interest, penalty, impositions, assessments or fines (collectively, "Company Losses") arising out of or resulting from, or shall pay or become obliged to pay any sum on account of, any and all the Parent Events of Breach. As used herein, "Parent Event of Breach" shall be and mean any one or more of the following:
(a) any failure of Parent duly to perform or observe any term, provision, covenant, agreement contained herein on the part of Parent to be performed or observed;
(b) any claim or cause of action by any party against any Company Indemnitee, with respect to the Excluded Liabilities or the Excluded Assets;
(c) any claims brought by Health+Cast or any other third party in connection with any failure of Parent to assign to Company, or to obtain consent from Health+Cast as to the assignment to Company of, as of the date hereof, (i) the Non-Exclusive Reseller Agreement by and between Parent and Health+Cast, dated September 29, 1998 or (ii) the Non-Exclusive License Agreement by and between Parent and Health+Cast, dated March 31, 1999; or
(d) any withdrawal liability (imposed under Section 4201 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA")) in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Indemnification by Parent. (a) Parent shall indemnify and hold the Digital Shareholders and Digital's directors, officers and employees (collectively, the "Digital Indemnified Parties") harmless from and against, and agree promptly to defend each of the Digital Indemnified Parties from and reimburse each of the Digital Indemnified Parties for, any and all losses, damages, costs, expenses, liabilities, obligations and claims of any kind (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney fees and other legal costs and expenses) (collectively a "Digital Loss") that any of the Digital Indemnified Parties may at any time suffer or incur, or become subject to, as a result of or in connection with:
(i) any breach or inaccuracy of any of the representations and warranties made by Parent or Sub in or pursuant to this Agreement, or in any instrument, certificate or affidavit delivered by Parent or Sub at the Closing in accordance with the provisions hereof;
(ii) any failure by Parent or Sub to carry out, perform, satisfy and discharge any of its respective covenants, agreements, undertakings, liabilities or obligations under this Agreement or under any of the documents and materials delivered by Parent pursuant to this Agreement; and
(iii) any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of, or in any way related to, any of the matters referred to in this Section 8.1(a).
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary Parent shall not have any liability under Section 8.1(a)(i) above (i) unless the aggregate of all Digital Losses for which Parent would be liable but for this sentence exceeds, on a cumulative basis, an amount equal to $100,000, and then only to the extent of such excess, (ii) for amounts in excess of $4,000,000 in the aggregate, and (iii) unless the Digital Shareholders have asserted a claim with respect to the matters set forth in Section 8.1(a)(i), or 8.1(a)(iii) to the extent applicable to Section 8.1(a)(i), within two years of the Effective Time. Notwithstanding any implication to the contrary contained herein, the parties acknowledge and agree that a decrease in the value of Parent Stock would not, by itself, constitute a Digital Loss, unless and to the extent a decrease in the value of Parent Stock has been demonstrated to be as a result of any event described in Sections 8.1(a)(i), (ii) or (iii) above.