KBUSA and the Depositor shall jointly and severally indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Issuer, the Eligible Lender Trustee, the Securities Insurer, the Swap Counterparty, the Delaware Trustee and the Indenture Trustee and their officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any taxes that may at any time be asserted against any such Person with respect to the transactions contemplated herein and in the other Basic Documents (except any such income taxes arising out of fees paid to the Eligible Lender Trustee or the Indenture Trustee), including any sales, gross receipts, general corporation, tangible personal property, privilege or license taxes (but, in the case of the Issuer, not including any taxes asserted with respect to, and as of the date of, the sale of the Financed Student Loans to the Eligible Lender Trustee on behalf of the Issuer or the issuance and original sale of the Notes, or asserted with respect to ownership of the Financed Student Loans or Federal or other income taxes arising out of distributions on the Notes) and costs and expenses in defending against the same.
