Common use of D&O Indemnity Clause in Contracts

D&O Indemnity. (a) The parties hereto agree that all rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and exculpation from liability for or in connection with acts or omissions occurring at any time prior to or on the Closing Date (including in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereunder), that now exist in favor of any Person who prior to or on the Closing Date is or was a current or former director, manager, officer or employee of a Transferred Entity, or who at the request of Seller or any of its Affiliates served prior to or on the Closing Date in connection with the Business as a director, officer, member, manager, employee, trustee or fiduciary of any other entity of any type (each, a “D&O Indemnified Person”), as provided in the Organizational Documents of a Transferred Entity, or in any Contract between a D&O Indemnified Person and a Transferred Entity listed on Schedule 6.12(a) (an “Indemnity Agreement”), will survive the Closing and will continue in full force and effect for six (6) years following the Closing Date. In furtherance of the foregoing, for the six (6) year period following the Closing Date, Purchaser will cause the Transferred Entities to, and the Transferred Entities shall (i) maintain in the Organizational Documents of each of the Transferred Entities provisions with respect to indemnification, advancement of expenses and exculpation from liability that in each such respect are at least as favorable to each D&O Indemnified Person as those contained in each Transferred Entity’s respective Organizational Documents, as applicable, as in effect on the date hereof, which provisions will not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified in any manner that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of any D&O Indemnified Person and (ii) continue each Indemnity Agreement without termination, revocation, amendment or other modification that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of any D&O Indemnified Person. (b) At or prior to the Closing, Seller shall purchase, at Seller’s expense, (i) run-off coverage for the D&O Indemnified Persons, which shall provide such D&O Indemnified Persons with coverage for six (6) years following the Closing in an amount not less than the existing coverage and that shall have other terms no less favorable to the insured persons that the directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage presently maintained by the Seller (the “D&O Tail Policy”). The aggregate liability to Purchaser under this Section 6.12 to all D&O Indemnified Persons shall be limited to any recovery under the D&O Tail Policy. (c) If any Transferred Entity (or any of its successors or assigns) (i) consolidates with or merges into any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger, or (ii) transfers all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any other Person (including by dissolution, liquidation, assignment for the benefit of creditors or similar action), then, and in each such case, proper provision will be made so that such other Person fully assumes the obligations set forth in this Section 6.12. (d) The provisions of this Section 6.12 will survive the Closing. This Section 6.12 will be for the irrevocable benefit of, and will be enforceable by, each D&O Indemnified Person and his or her respective heirs, executors, administrators, estates, successors and assigns, and each such Person will be an express intended third party beneficiary of this Agreement for such purposes. With respect to any right to indemnification or advancement for actual or claimed acts or omissions occurring prior to or on the Closing Date (including in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby), each Transferred Entity, as applicable, will be the indemnitor of first resort (for the avoidance of doubt, only insofar as recovery under the D&O Tail Policy is available), responsible for all such indemnification and advancement that any D&O Indemnified Person may otherwise have from any direct or indirect, current or former stockholder or equityholder of any of the Transferred Entities (or any current or former Affiliate of such stockholder or equityholder) and without right to seek or obtain subrogation, indemnity or contribution.

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Sources: Stock Purchase Agreement (Limelight Networks, Inc.)

D&O Indemnity. (a) The parties hereto agree that all rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and exculpation from liability for or in connection with acts or omissions occurring at any time prior to or on the Closing Date (including in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereunder), that now exist in favor of any Person who prior to or on the Closing Date is or was a current or former director, manager, officer or employee of a Transferred Entity, or who at the request of Seller or any of its Affiliates served prior to or on the Closing Date in connection with the Business as a director, officer, member, manager, employee, trustee or fiduciary of any other entity of any type Entity (each, a “D&O Indemnified Person”), solely as provided in the Organizational Documents of a Transferred Entity, or in any Contract between a D&O Indemnified Person and a Transferred Entity listed as set forth on Schedule 6.12(a6.11(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule (an “Indemnity Agreement”) (such rights, the “Indemnification Obligations”), will survive the Closing and will continue in full force and effect for six (6) years following the Closing Date. In furtherance of the foregoing, for the six (6) year period following the Closing Date, Purchaser will cause the Transferred Entities to, and the Transferred Entities shall (i) maintain in the Organizational Documents of each of the Transferred Entities provisions with respect to indemnification, advancement of expenses and exculpation from liability that in each such respect are at least as favorable to each D&O Indemnified Person as those contained in each Transferred Entity’s respective Organizational Documents, as applicable, as in effect on the date hereof, which provisions will not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified in any manner that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of any D&O Indemnified Person and (ii) continue each Indemnity Agreement without termination, revocation, amendment or other modification that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of any D&O Indemnified Person. (b) At If Purchaser or prior to the Closing, Seller shall purchase, at Seller’s expense, (i) run-off coverage for the D&O Indemnified Persons, which shall provide such D&O Indemnified Persons with coverage for six (6) years following the Closing in an amount not less than the existing coverage and that shall have other terms no less favorable to the insured persons that the directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage presently maintained by the Seller (the “D&O Tail Policy”). The aggregate liability to Purchaser under this Section 6.12 to all D&O Indemnified Persons shall be limited to any recovery under the D&O Tail Policy. (c) If any Transferred Entity (or any of its successors or assigns) (i) consolidates with or merges into any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger, or (ii) transfers all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any other Person (including by dissolution, liquidation, assignment for the benefit of creditors or similar action), then, and in each such case, proper provision will be made so that such other Person fully assumes the obligations set forth in this Section 6.126.11. (dc) The provisions of this Section 6.12 6.11 will survive the Closing. This Section 6.12 6.11 will be for the irrevocable benefit of, and will be enforceable by, each D&O Indemnified Person and his or her respective heirs, executors, administrators, estates, successors and assigns, and each such Person will be an express intended third party beneficiary of this Agreement for such purposes. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the obligations under this Section 6.11 will not be terminated, revoked, modified or amended in any way so as to adversely affect any Person referred to in the second sentence of this Section 6.11(c) without the written consent of such Person. With respect to any right to indemnification or advancement for actual or claimed acts or omissions Indemnification Obligations occurring prior to or on the Closing Date (including in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby), each Transferred Entity, as applicable, will be the indemnitor of first resort (for the avoidance of doubt, only insofar as recovery under the D&O Tail Policy is available)resort, responsible for all such indemnification and advancement that any D&O Indemnified Person may otherwise have from any direct or indirect, current or former stockholder or equityholder of any of the Transferred Entities (or any current or former Affiliate of such stockholder or equityholder) and without right to seek or obtain subrogation, indemnity or contribution.

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Sources: Equity Purchase Agreement (Owens & Minor Inc/Va/)

D&O Indemnity. (a) The parties hereto agree that all rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and exculpation from liability for or in connection with acts or omissions occurring at any time prior to or on the Closing Date (including in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereunder), that now exist in favor of any Person who prior to or on the Closing Date is or was a current or former director, manager, officer or employee of a Transferred Entity, or who at the request of Seller or any of its Affiliates served prior to or on the Closing Date in connection with the Business as a director, officer, member, manager, employee, trustee or fiduciary of any other entity of any type (each, a “D&O Indemnified Person”), including as provided in the Organizational Documents of a Transferred Entity, or in any Contract between a D&O Indemnified Person and a Transferred Entity listed on Schedule 6.12(a) (an “Indemnity Agreement”), will survive the Closing and will continue in full force and effect for six (6) years following the Closing Date. In furtherance of the foregoing, for the six (6) year period following the Closing Date, Purchaser will cause the Transferred Entities to, and the Transferred Entities shall (i) maintain in the Organizational Documents of each of the Transferred Entities provisions with respect to indemnification, advancement of expenses and exculpation from liability that in each such respect are at least as favorable to each D&O Indemnified Person as those contained in each Transferred Entity’s respective Organizational Documents, as applicable, as in effect on the date hereof, which provisions will not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified in any manner that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of any D&O Indemnified Person and (ii) continue each Indemnity Agreement without termination, revocation, amendment or other modification that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of any D&O Indemnified Person. (b) At If Purchaser or prior to the Closing, Seller shall purchase, at Seller’s expense, (i) run-off coverage for the D&O Indemnified Persons, which shall provide such D&O Indemnified Persons with coverage for six (6) years following the Closing in an amount not less than the existing coverage and that shall have other terms no less favorable to the insured persons that the directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage presently maintained by the Seller (the “D&O Tail Policy”). The aggregate liability to Purchaser under this Section 6.12 to all D&O Indemnified Persons shall be limited to any recovery under the D&O Tail Policy. (c) If any Transferred Entity (or any of its successors or assigns) (i) consolidates with or merges into any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger, or (ii) transfers all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any other Person (including by dissolution, liquidation, assignment for the benefit of creditors or similar action), then, and in each such case, proper provision will be made so that such other Person fully assumes the obligations set forth in this Section 6.126.11. (c) During the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the sixth (6th) anniversary of the Closing Date, the Transferred Entities will (and Purchaser will cause the Transferred Entities to) maintain in effect the Transferred Entities’ current directors’ and officers’ liability insurance (“D&O Insurance”) in respect of acts or omissions occurring on or prior to the Closing Date on terms (including with respect to coverage, conditions, retentions, limits and amounts) that are equivalent to those of the D&O Insurance. (d) The provisions of this Section 6.12 6.11 will survive the Closing. This Section 6.12 6.11 will be for the irrevocable benefit of, and will be enforceable by, each D&O Indemnified Person and his or her respective heirs, executors, administrators, estates, successors and assigns, and each such Person will be an express intended third party beneficiary of this Agreement for such purposes. Purchaser will pay, or will cause the Transferred Entities to pay, as and when incurred by any Person referred to in the immediately preceding sentence, all fees, costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by such Person in enforcing such Person’s rights under this Section 6.11. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the obligations under this Section 6.11 will not be terminated, revoked, modified or amended in any way so as to adversely affect any Person referred to in the second sentence of this Section 6.11(d) without the written consent of such Person. With respect to any right to indemnification or advancement for actual or claimed acts or omissions occurring prior to or on the Closing Date (including in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby), each Transferred Entity, as applicable, will be the indemnitor of first resort (for the avoidance of doubt, only insofar as recovery under the D&O Tail Policy is available)resort, responsible for all such indemnification and advancement that any D&O Indemnified Person may otherwise have from any direct or indirect, current or former stockholder or equityholder of any of the Transferred Entities (or any current or former Affiliate of such stockholder or equityholder) and without right to seek or obtain subrogation, indemnity or contribution.

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Sources: Stock and Asset Purchase Agreement (RBC Bearings INC)

D&O Indemnity. (a) The parties hereto agree Purchaser shall ensure, and shall cause the Company to ensure, that all rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and exculpation from liability for or in connection with acts or omissions occurring at any time prior to or on the Closing Date (including in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereunder), that indemnification now exist existing in favor of any Person who individual who, at or prior to or on the Closing Date is or Date, was a current or former director, managerofficer, officer employee or employee agent of a Transferred Entitythe Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries or who, or who at the request of Seller the Company or any of its Affiliates the Company Subsidiaries, served prior to or on the Closing Date in connection with the Business as a director, officer, member, manager, employee, trustee or fiduciary of any another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, pension or other entity of any type employee benefit plan or enterprise (eachcollectively, a with such individual’s heirs, executors or administrators, the D&O Indemnified PersonPersons), ) as provided in the Organizational Documents respective governing documents and indemnification agreements to which the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries is a Transferred Entityparty, or in any Contract between a D&O Indemnified Person and a Transferred Entity listed on Schedule 6.12(a) (an “Indemnity Agreement”), will shall survive the Closing and will shall continue in full force and effect for a period of not less than six (6) years following from the Closing Date. In furtherance of the foregoing, for the six (6) year period following the Closing Date, Purchaser will cause the Transferred Entities to, Date and indemnification agreements and the Transferred Entities shall (i) maintain in the Organizational Documents of each of the Transferred Entities provisions with respect to indemnification, advancement of expenses indemnification and exculpation from limitations on liability that set forth in each such respect are at least as favorable to each D&O Indemnified Person as those contained in each Transferred Entity’s respective Organizational Documents, as applicable, as in effect on the date hereof, which provisions will charters and by-laws shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified modified; provided, that in the event any claim or claims are asserted or made within such six (6) year period, all rights to indemnification in respect of any such claim or claims shall continue until final disposition of any and all such claims. Neither Purchaser nor the Company or any Company Subsidiary following the Closing shall settle, compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in any manner that would adversely affect Action or investigation or threatened Action or investigation without the rights thereunder written consent of any D&O Indemnified Person and (ii) continue each Indemnity Agreement without termination, revocation, amendment or other modification that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of any D&O such Indemnified Person. (b) At From and after the Closing Date, Purchaser shall, and shall cause the Company (or any Company Subsidiary, as the case may be) to, indemnify all Indemnified Persons with respect to all acts and omissions arising out of such individuals’ services as officers, directors, employees or agents of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries or as trustees or fiduciaries of any plan for the benefit of employees of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, occurring prior to the ClosingClosing Date, Seller including the execution of, and the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement. Without limitation of the foregoing, in the event any such Indemnified Person is or becomes involved, in any capacity, in any action, proceeding or investigation in connection with any matter, including the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, occurring prior to, on or after Closing Date, Purchaser shall, and shall purchasecause the Company or such Company Subsidiary, at Sellerfrom and after the Closing Date, to pay, as incurred, such Indemnified Person’s expensereasonable legal and other expenses (including the cost of any investigation and preparation) incurred in connection therewith. Purchaser shall, (i) run-off coverage for and shall cause the D&O Indemnified PersonsCompany or such Company Subsidiary to, pay all reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees, which shall provide such D&O may be incurred by any Indemnified Persons with coverage for six (6) years following the Closing Person in an amount not less than the existing coverage and that shall have other terms no less favorable to the insured persons that the directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage presently maintained by the Seller (the “D&O Tail Policy”). The aggregate liability to Purchaser under enforcing this Section 6.12 to all D&O 5.3 or any action involving an Indemnified Persons shall be limited to any recovery under Person resulting from the D&O Tail Policytransactions contemplated by this Agreement. (c) If Notwithstanding any Transferred Entity (other provisions hereof, the obligations of Purchaser under this Section 5.3 shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of Purchaser. In the event Purchaser, or any of its successors or assigns) , (i) consolidates with or merges into any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger, or (ii) transfers all or substantially all of its properties and or assets to any other Person (including by dissolution, liquidation, assignment for the benefit of creditors or similar action), then, and in each such casePerson, proper provision will shall be made so that such the successors and assigns of Purchaser honor the indemnification and other Person fully assumes the obligations set forth in this Section 6.125.3. (d) The obligations of Purchaser under this Section 5.3 shall survive the Closing and shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to affect adversely any Indemnified Person to whom this Section 5.3 applies without the consent of such affected Indemnified Person (it being expressly agreed that the Indemnified Persons to whom this Section 5.3 applies shall be third-party beneficiaries of this Section 5.3, each of whom may enforce the provisions of this Section 6.12 will survive the Closing. This Section 6.12 will be for the irrevocable benefit of, and will be enforceable by, each D&O Indemnified Person and his or her respective heirs, executors, administrators, estates, successors and assigns, and each such Person will be an express intended third party beneficiary of this Agreement for such purposes. With respect to any right to indemnification or advancement for actual or claimed acts or omissions occurring prior to or on the Closing Date (including in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby5.3), each Transferred Entity, as applicable, will be the indemnitor of first resort (for the avoidance of doubt, only insofar as recovery under the D&O Tail Policy is available), responsible for all such indemnification and advancement that any D&O Indemnified Person may otherwise have from any direct or indirect, current or former stockholder or equityholder of any of the Transferred Entities (or any current or former Affiliate of such stockholder or equityholder) and without right to seek or obtain subrogation, indemnity or contribution.

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Sources: Stock Purchase Agreement (Noah Education Holdings Ltd.)