Common use of Agreement to Indemnify Clause in Contracts

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemnitee.

Appears in 9 contracts

Sources: Indemnification Agreement (Mti Technology Corp), Indemnification Agreement (Mti Technology Corp), Indemnification Agreement (Mti Technology Corp)

Agreement to Indemnify. The Company agrees to indemnify Indemnitee as follows: (a) In Subject to the event exceptions contained in Sections 4(a) and 6 below, if Indemnitee was, was or is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding (other than an action by or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding in the right of the Company) by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5Indemnitee's Corporate Status, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided furtherCompany against all Expenses and Liabilities incurred or paid by Indemnitee in connection with such Proceeding (referred to herein as "Indemnifiable Expenses" and "Indemnifiable Liabilities," respectively, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by lawand collectively as "Indemnifiable Amounts"). (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject Subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (exceptions contained in Sections 4(b) and 6 below, if Indemnitee was or is a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof party or is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted threatened to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) made a party to any Proceeding by or in the obligation right of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed procure a judgment in its favor by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court reason of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable lawCorporate Status, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination be indemnified by the court Company against all Indemnifiable Expenses. (c) In making any determination required to be made under Nevada law with respect to entitlement to indemnification hereunder, the person, persons or challenging any entity making such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereofshall presume that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement if Indemnitee submitted a request therefor in accordance with Section 5 of this Agreement, and the Company hereby consents shall have the burden of proof to service overcome that presumption in connection with the making by any person, persons or entity of process and any determination contrary to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemniteethat presumption.

Appears in 6 contracts

Sources: Director Indemnification Agreement (Front Porch Digital Inc), Director Indemnification Agreement (Front Porch Digital Inc), Director Indemnification Agreement (Front Porch Digital Inc)

Agreement to Indemnify. Subject to the conditions of this Article VII: (a) In the event Indemnitee wasPurchaser hereby agrees to indemnify, is defend and hold harmless Seller from and against all demands, claims, actions or becomes a party to or witness or other participant incauses of action, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant inassessments, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Eventlosses, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by lawdamages, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Companyliabilities, against any costs and all Expensesexpenses, judgmentsincluding, fineswithout limitation, interest, penalties and amounts paid in settlement reasonable attorney's fees, costs and disbursements and expenses (including all interestcollectively, assessments "Damages"), asserted against, resulting to, imposed upon or incurred by Seller and other charges paid its officers, directors and shareholders directly or payable in connection with indirectly, arising out of or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlementresulting from (i) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt breach of any payments under this Agreementrepresentation, including the creation warranty, covenant or agreement of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything Purchaser contained in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification or made pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against (including but not limited to enforcement of this Article VII), the Company other Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any director facts or officer circumstances constituting such a breach; (ii) any indebtedness, obligation or liability assumed by Purchaser pursuant to Section 1.4(b) hereof; and (iii) the operation, use or ownership of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by IndemniteeRestaurants, Purchased Assets, Real Properties, the Company shall advanceEasements and Assumed Contracts, within ten (10) business days during, or which have otherwise accrued from or otherwise relate to, the period of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance")time after the Closing Date; provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law.and (b) Notwithstanding the foregoingSeller hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Purchaser and its officers, directors and shareholders from and against all Damages asserted against or incurred by Purchaser or such officers, directors and shareholders, directly or indirectly, arising out of or resulting from (i) a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement of Seller contained in or made pursuant to this Agreement (including but not limited to enforcement of this Article VII, the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in other Transaction Documents or any facts or circumstances constituting such a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and breach; (ii) the obligation any indebtedness, obligations or liabilities of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition thatSeller including, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would but not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable lawlimited to, any determination made liability or obligation set forth in Section 1.4(a), and the tax liabilities set forth in Section 2.17 other than those expressly assumed by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified Purchaser hereunder; (iii) a breach of or otherwise arising under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto Environmental Law (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted whether now or have lapsedhereafter in effect). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted the same arises out of any condition or state of facts or otherwise relates to the period of time commencing on the date of possession by law. If there has not been a Change the Seller of the Real Property in Controlquestion and ending on the Closing Date; (iv) the operation, use or ownership of the Restaurants, Purchased Assets, Real Properties, Real Properties, the Reviewing Party shall Easements and Assumed Contracts during, or which have otherwise accrued from or otherwise relate to the period of time prior to the Closing Date; (v) Seller's failure to pay and discharge all claims of creditors which may be selected asserted against Purchaser by the Board reason of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved Purchaser's waiver of compliance by a majority Seller of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior Bulk Sales Laws; and (vi) any claims made with respect to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and IndemniteePlan.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Asset Purchase Agreement (Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc.), Asset Purchase Agreement (Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc.), Asset Purchase Agreement (Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc.)

Agreement to Indemnify. 10.01.1 Each of the Purchaser and the Parent, and their respective Affiliates, Associates, officers, directors, shareholders, representatives and agents (a) In the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Eventcollectively, the Company "Purchaser Indemnitees") shall indemnify Indemnitee each be indemnified and held harmless to the fullest extent permitted set forth in this Article X by law, as soon as practicable but each Shareholder in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against respect of any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and damages incurred by any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Purchaser Indemnitee as a result of the actual any inaccuracy or deemed receipt misrepresentation in or breach of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything representation or warranty made in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5by such Shareholder, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that each Shareholder shall have no obligation to indemnify the Purchaser Indemnitees with respect to damages incurred by any Purchaser Indemnitee as a result of any inaccuracy or misrepresentation in or breach of any representation or warranty made in this Agreement by any other Shareholder and further a Shareholder shall have no such Expenses obligation to indemnify a Purchaser Indemnitee hereunder unless, and to the extent, the aggregate of all damages incurred by the Purchaser Indemnities for all items covered by this Section 10.01(1) shall exceed $1,000 in the aggregate. 10.01.2 Each of the Purchaser Indemnitees shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only and held harmless to the extent permitted set forth in this Article X by lawthe Corporation in respect of any and all damages incurred by any Purchaser Indemnitee as a result of any inaccuracy or misrepresentation in or breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made in this Agreement by the Corporation. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing10.01.3 Each Shareholder and their respective Affiliates and Associates and each officer, (i) the obligations director, shareholder, employer, representative and agent of any of the Company under Section 2(aforegoing (collectively, the "Shareholder Indemnitees") shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to each be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and held harmless to the extent that set forth in this Article X by the Reviewing Party determines that Purchaser and Parent in respect of any and all damages incurred by any Shareholder Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable lawas a result of any inaccuracy or misrepresentation in or breach of any representation, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; providedwarranty, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination covenant or agreement made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse Parent or the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change Purchaser in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemniteethis Agreement.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Share Exchange and Share Purchase Agreement (Urbana Ca Inc), Share Exchange and Share Purchase Agreement (Urbana Ca Inc), Share Exchange and Share Purchase Agreement (Urbana Ca Inc)

Agreement to Indemnify. 10.01.1 Each of the Purchaser and the Parent, and their respective Affiliates, Associates, officers, directors, shareholders, representatives and agents (a) In the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Eventcollectively, the Company "Purchaser Indemnitees") shall indemnify Indemnitee each be indemnified and held harmless to the fullest extent permitted set forth in this Article X by law, as soon as practicable but each Shareholder in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against respect of any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and damages incurred by any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Purchaser Indemnitee as a result of the actual any inaccuracy or deemed receipt misrepresentation in or breach of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything representation or warranty made in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5by such Shareholder, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that each Shareholder shall have no obligation to indemnify the Purchaser Indemnitees with respect to damages incurred by any Purchaser Indemnitee as a result of any inaccuracy or misrepresentation in or breach of any representation or warranty made in this Agreement by any other Shareholder and further a Shareholder shall have no such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery obligation to indemnify a Purchaser Indemnitee hereunder unless, and to the Company extent, the aggregate of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified all damages incurred by the Company; provided further, that Purchaser Indemnities for all items covered by this Section 10.01(1) shall exceed $1,000 in the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) aggregate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) no Shareholder shall have any obligation to indemnify the obligations Purchaser Indemnitees in an amount that exceeds the Purchase Price paid to Shareholder. 10.01.2 Each of the Company under Section 2(a) Purchaser Indemnitees shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and held harmless to the extent that set forth in this Article X by the Reviewing Party determines that Corporation in respect of any and all damages incurred by any Purchaser Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable lawas a result of any inaccuracy or misrepresentation in or breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made in this Agreement by the Corporation. 10.01.3 Each Shareholder and their respective Affiliates and Associates and each officer, director, shareholder, employer, representative and agent of any of the foregoing (collectively, the Company "Shareholder Indemnitees") shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should each be indemnified under applicable lawand held harmless to the extent set forth in this Article X by the Purchaser and Parent in respect of any and all damages incurred by any Shareholder Indemnitee as a result of any inaccuracy or misrepresentation in or breach of any representation, any determination warranty, covenant or agreement made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse Parent or the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change Purchaser in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemniteethis Agreement.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Share Exchange and Share Purchase Agreement (Sierra Gigante Resources Inc), Share Exchange and Share Purchase Agreement (I Tech Holdings Inc), Share Exchange and Share Purchase Agreement (Thinweb Com Corp)

Agreement to Indemnify. The Companies agree to indemnify Indemnitee as follows: (a) In Subject to the event exceptions contained in this Agreement, if Indemnitee waswas or is a party, is witness, or becomes otherwise a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to party, witness, or witness otherwise a participant in any Proceeding (other than an action by or other participant in, a Proceeding in the right of the Companies) by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status or as a result of any act or omission taken at the direction of any of the Companies, Indemnitee shall be indemnified by the Companies against all Expenses and Liabilities actually incurred by Indemnitee in connection with such Proceeding (or arising in part out of) an referred to herein as “Indemnifiable EventExpenses” and “Indemnifiable Liabilities,” respectively, and collectively as “Indemnifiable Amounts”), and the Company Companies shall indemnify Indemnitee advance Expenses to Indemnitee, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. In the event that Indemnitee is a witness in a Proceeding and is not a party to such Proceeding, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty “Indemnifiable Expenses” shall only include reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (30including, without limitation, reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable incurred by Indemnitee in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee service as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything witness in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding Subject to the foregoingexceptions contained in this Agreement, including Section 4(b) below, if Indemnitee was or is a party, witness, or otherwise a participant in or is threatened to be made a party, witness, or otherwise a participant in any Proceeding by or in the right of the Companies to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status or as a result of any act or omission taken at the direction of any of the Companies, Indemnitee shall be indemnified by the Companies against all Indemnifiable Expenses, and the Companies shall advance Expenses to Indemnitee, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. (c) The indemnification obligations of the Companies under this Agreement (i) the are joint and several obligations of each of the Company under Section 2(aCompanies, (ii) shall be subject continue after such time as Indemnitee ceases to serve as a director of the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, Companies or in any case in which other Corporate Status until the special, independent counsel referred to expiration of the term of this Agreement as set forth in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law23, and (iiiii) include, without limitation, claims for monetary relief against Indemnitee in respect of any alleged breach of fiduciary duty, to the obligation fullest extent permitted under applicable law (including, if applicable, Section 145 of the Company Delaware General Corporation Law) as in existence on the date hereof and as amended from time to make an Expense Advance pursuant time. (d) If Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this Agreement to Section 2(a) shall be subject to indemnification by the condition thatCompanies for some or a portion of Expenses and Liabilities, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; providedbut not, however, that if for the total amount thereof, the Companies shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by for the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as portion thereof to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, Indemnitee is entitled to the fullest extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemnitee.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Indemnification Agreement (Blackboard Inc), Indemnification Agreement (Blackboard Inc)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out ofof ) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, Agreement (including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereofTrust). Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, prior to a Change in Control Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or the Board of Directors has consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, advance (within ten (10) business days of such request, ) any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the The Company’s obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be are subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemnitee.following:

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Indemnification Agreement (PF2 SpinCo, Inc.), Indemnification Agreement (McKesson Corp)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In Coil Tubing Technology Holding, Inc., and Each Shareholder, jointly and severally, with respect to each Shareholder, respectively, agrees to indemnify, defend and hold Grifco and its affiliates (the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of“Indemnified Parties) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, harmless from and against any and all Expensesclaims sustained after Closing by Grifco or any of its affiliates based upon, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid arising out of or payable in connection with or otherwise in respect of such Expenses(i) the inaccuracy of any representation or warranty, judgmentsor the breach of any covenant or agreement, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and Coil Tubing Technology Holding, Inc., Shareholder contained in this Agreement or in any federalcertificate, stateagreement, local document or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement, including or (ii) the creation operation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement business or the ownership, management or use of the assets prior to the contrary Closing unless and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee to the extent that such claim shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with have arisen solely from any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company action of Grifco or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented its affiliates prior to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance")Closing; provided, however, that such Expenses Coil Tubing Technology Holding, Inc., Shareholders shall have no liability pursuant to this Section for the first $10,000 of aggregate claims incurred by Grifco or its affiliates (the "Grifco Basket") and Coil Tubing Technology Holding, Inc., Shareholders shall be advanced responsible only for such amounts of such claims as exceed the Grifco Basket. The Indemnified Parties may retain counsel satisfactory to them, and the Coil Tubing Technology Holding, Inc., Shareholders shall pay all fees and expenses of such counsel for the Indemnified Parties, promptly as statements therefore are received, and (b) the Coil Tubing Technology Holding, Inc., Shareholders will use its best efforts to assist in the vigorous defense of any such matter; provided, that the Coil Tubing Technology Holding, Inc., Shareholders shall not be liable for any settlement effected without its written consent, which consent, however, shall not be unreasonably withheld. Any Indemnified Party wishing to claim indemnification under this Section 10.7, upon delivery learning of any such claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, shall notify the Coil Tubing Technology Holding, Inc., Shareholders and shall deliver to the Company of Coil Tubing Technology Holding, Inc., Shareholders an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount any amounts advanced when and if a court of competent jurisdiction shall ultimately determine, after exhausting of all avenues of appeal, that it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is was not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted indemnity under this Agreement or by law. The Indemnified Parties as a unit may retain only one law firm to represent them with respect to any such matter unless there is, under applicable standards of professional conduct, a conflict of any significant issue between the positions of any two or more Indemnified Parties. This Section 10.7 shall survive the Closing and is intended to benefit each of the Indemnified Parties, each of whom shall be entitled to enforce this Section 10.7 against the Coil Tubing Technology Holding, Inc., Shareholders for a period of six years. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the The indemnification obligations of the Company under this Section 2(a) shall be subject limited to the condition that the Reviewing Party indemnification for actual damages suffered and shall not have determined (in a written opinioninclude incidental, in any case in which the specialconsequential, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paidspecial or indirect damages; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in any such incidental, consequential, special or indirect damages recovered by a court of competent jurisdiction third party against a party entitled to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified indemnity under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances this Agreement shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, included in the damages recoverable pursuant to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemniteeindemnities herein.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Definitive Acquisition Stock Purchase Agreement (Coil Tubing Technology, Inc.), Definitive Acquisition Stock Purchase Agreement (Coil Tubing Technology Holdings, Inc.)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party Subject to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason any express provisions of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary contrary, from and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against after the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoingClosing, (i) the Seller and MI shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Purchaser from and against any and all obligations, claims, losses, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' and accountants' fees and disbursements) arising out of (v) any termination of employment of employees at the Property prior to or upon the Closing resulting from the termination of employment of such employees by Seller or its operator and/or the failure of Tenant to hire such employees (including, without limitation, severance pay, wrongful discharge claims, and claims and/or fines under federal, state or local statutes or regulations, including without limitation the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act), (w) the employment of such individuals prior to the Closing Date, including, without limitation, employment-related claims; COBRA-related claims; disability claims; vacation; sick leave; wages; salaries; payments due (or allocable) to any medical, pension, and health and welfare plans, and any other employee benefit plan established for the employees at the Property; and employee-related tax obligations such as, but not limited to, social security and unemployment taxes accrued as of the Company Closing Date, (x) events, acts, or omissions of the Seller that occurred in connection with its ownership or operation of the Property prior to the Closing Date or obligations accruing prior to the Closing Date under any Contract of Seller (except to the extent of any adjustment made in respect of such Contract at Closing), (y) any material breach of a representation or warranty made by Seller and MI under Section 2(a) shall 6 (as such representations and warranties may be modified pursuant to said Section 6 and subject to the condition that one-year limitation period set forth therein), or (z) any claim against Purchaser for damage to property of others or injury to or death of any person or any debts or obligations of or against Seller and arising out of any event occurring on or about or in connection with the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinionProperty or any portion thereof, in at any case in which time or times prior to the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable lawClosing Date, and (ii) the obligation Purchaser and, if Purchaser is not CHCLP, CHCLP shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Seller from and against any and all obligations, claims, losses, damages, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' and accountants' fees and disbursements) arising out of (x) events, acts, or omissions of the Company Purchaser that occur in connection with its ownership or operation of the Property from and after the Closing Date or obligations accruing from and after the Closing Date under any Contract (except to make an Expense Advance pursuant to the extent of any adjustment made in respect of such Contract at Closing), (y) any material breach of a representation or warranty made by Purchaser and, if Purchaser is not CHCLP, CHCLP under Section 2(a) shall be 7 (and subject to the condition thatone year limitation period set forth therein), ifor (z) any claim against Seller for damage to property of others or injury to or death of any person or any claims for any debts or obligations of or against Seller and arising out of any event occurring on or about or in connection with the Property or any portion thereof, when at any time or times from and after the Closing Date. The provisions of this Section 11.1 shall not apply to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted any liabilities or obligations with respect to be so indemnified under applicable lawhazardous substances, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse liabilities of the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made parties with respect thereto being governed by the representation and warranty of Seller set forth in Section 6.13. (b) Whenever it is provided in this Agreement that an obligation will continue after Closing as to which all rights an obligation of appeal therefrom have been exhausted Purchaser or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse be assumed by Purchaser after the Company for Expense Advances Closing, the Purchaser and, if Purchaser is not CHCLP, CHCLP shall be unsecured deemed to have also agreed to indemnify and no interest hold harmless the Seller and MI and their respective successors and assigns from and against all claims, losses, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' and accountants' fees and expenses) arising from any failure of the Purchaser to perform the obligation so continued or assumed after the Closing (but not with respect to any act or omission which occurred prior to Closing). (c) Whenever either party shall learn through the filing of a claim or the commencement of a proceeding or otherwise of the existence of any liability for which the other party is or may be responsible under this Agreement, the party learning of such liability shall notify the other party promptly and furnish such copies of documents (and make originals thereof available) and such other information as such party may have that may be used or useful in the defense of such claims and shall afford said other party full opportunity to defend the same in the name of such party and shall generally cooperate with said other party in the defense of any such claim. (d) The provisions of this Section 11.1 shall survive the Closing hereunder and the termination of this Agreement. All representations and warranties made in this Agreement shall survive the Closing for a period of one year. Any action, suit or proceeding with respect to the truth, accuracy or completeness of any such representation or warranty shall be charged thereoncommenced, to if at all, on or before the extent permitted by law. If there has date which is twelve (12) months after the date of the Closing and served promptly (but in no event later than sixty (60) days after commencement) and, if not been a Change in Controlcommenced on or before such date and so served, the Reviewing Party thereafter shall be selected by the Board void and of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party force or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemniteeeffect.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Purchase and Sale Agreement (CNL Health Care Properties Inc), Purchase and Sale Agreement (CNL Health Care Properties Inc)

Agreement to Indemnify. The Company agrees to indemnify Indemnitee as follows: (a) In Subject to the event exceptions contained in Section 4(a) below, if Indemnitee was, was or is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding (other than an action by or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding in the right of the Company) by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided furtherCompany against all Expenses and Liabilities incurred or paid by Indemnitee in connection with such Proceeding (referred to herein as “Indemnifiable Expenses” and “Indemnifiable Liabilities,” respectively, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by lawand collectively as “Indemnifiable Amounts”). (b) Notwithstanding To the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be extent permitted by applicable law and subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to exceptions contained in Section 3 hereof 4(b) below, if Indemnitee was or is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted a party or is threatened to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) made a party to any Proceeding by or in the obligation right of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) procure a judgment in its favor by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, Indemnitee shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, by the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee against all Indemnifiable Expenses. (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Companyc) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to To the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, if Indemnitee was or is called as an expert witness to any Proceeding in which the Company is a party or which is otherwise related to the Company’s business to which the Indemnitee is not a party, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination be indemnified by the court or challenging any Company against all Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and IndemniteeProceeding.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Director Indemnification Agreement (StoneX Group Inc.), Director Indemnification Agreement (GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc.)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party Subject to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason any express provisions of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary contrary, from and except as provided in Section 5after any Closing, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented respect to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoingapplicable Property, (i) the Seller and, if Seller is not MI, MI shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Purchaser from and against any and all obligations, claims, losses, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' and accountants' fees and disbursements) arising out of (v) any termination of employment of employees at any Property prior to or upon the Closing with respect to such Property resulting from the termination of employment of such employees by Seller or its operator and/or the failure of Tenant to hire such employees (including, without limitation, severance pay, wrongful discharge claims, and claims and/or fines under federal, state or local statutes or regulations, including without limitation the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act), (w) the employment of such individuals prior to the Closing Date, including, without limitation, employment-related claims; COBRA-related claims; disability claims; vacation; sick leave; wages; salaries; payments due (or allocable) to any medical, pension, and health and welfare plans, and any other employee benefit plan established for the employees at the Property; and employee-related tax obligations such as, but not limited to, social security and unemployment taxes accrued as of the Company Closing Date, (x) events, acts, or omissions of the Seller that occurred in connection with its ownership or operation of the Seller's Property prior to the applicable Closing Date or obligations accruing prior to the applicable Closing Date under any Contract of Seller (except to the extent of any adjustment made in respect of such Contract at Closing), (y) any material breach of a representation or warranty made by Seller and, if Seller is not MI, MI under Section 2(a) shall 6 (as such representations and warranties may be modified pursuant to said Section 6 and subject to the condition that one-year limitation period set forth therein), or (z) any claim against Purchaser for damage to property of others or injury to or death of any person or any debts or obligations of or against Seller and arising out of any event occurring on or about or in connection with Seller's Property or any portion thereof, at any time or times prior to the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable lawClosing Date, and (ii) the obligation Purchaser and, if Purchaser is not CHLP, CHLP shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Seller from and against any and all obligations, claims, losses, damages, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' and accountants' fees and disbursements) arising out of (x) events, acts, or omissions of the Company Purchaser that occur in connection with its ownership or operation of the Property from and after the applicable Closing Date or obligations accruing from and after the applicable Closing Date under any Contract (except to make an Expense Advance pursuant to the extent of any adjustment made in respect of such Contract at Closing), (y) any material breach of a representation or warranty made by Purchaser and, if Purchaser is not CHLP, CHLP under Section 2(a) shall be 7 (and subject to the condition thatone year limitation period set forth therein), ifor (z) any claim against Seller for damage to property of others or injury to or death of any person or any claims for any debts or obligations of or against Seller and arising out of any event occurring on or about or in connection with the Property or any portion thereof, when at any time or times from and after the applicable Closing Date. The provisions of this Section 11.1 shall not apply to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted any liabilities or obligations with respect to be so indemnified under applicable lawhazardous substances, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse liabilities of the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made parties with respect thereto being governed by the representation and warranty of Seller set forth in Section 6.17. (b) Whenever it is provided in this Agreement that an obligation will continue after Closing as to which all rights an obligation of appeal therefrom have been exhausted Purchaser or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse be assumed by Purchaser after the Company for Expense Advances applicable Closing, the Purchaser and, if Purchaser is not CHLP, CHLP shall be unsecured deemed to have also agreed to indemnify and no interest hold harmless the Seller and MI and their respective successors and assigns from and against all claims, losses, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' and accountants' fees and expenses) arising from any failure of the Purchaser to perform the obligation so continued or assumed after the applicable Closing (but not with respect to any act or omission which occurred prior to Closing). (c) Whenever either party shall learn through the filing of a claim or the commencement of a proceeding or otherwise of the existence of any liability for which the other party is or may be responsible under this Agreement, the party learning of such liability shall notify the other party promptly and furnish such copies of documents (and make originals thereof available) and such other information as such party may have that may be used or useful in the defense of such claims and shall afford said other party full opportunity to defend the same in the name of such party and shall generally cooperate with said other party in the defense of any such claim. (d) The provisions of this Section 11.1 shall survive the Closings hereunder and the termination of this Agreement. All representations and warranties made in this Agreement shall survive the applicable Closing for a period of one year. Any action, suit or proceeding with respect to the truth, accuracy or completeness of any such representation or warranty shall be charged thereoncommenced, to if at all, on or before the extent permitted by law. If there has date which is twelve (12) months after the date of such Closing and served promptly (but in no event later than sixty (60) days after commencement) and, if not been a Change in Controlcommenced on or before such date and so served, the Reviewing Party thereafter shall be selected by the Board void and of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party force or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemniteeeffect.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Purchase and Sale Agreement (CNL Hospitality Properties Inc), Purchase and Sale Agreement (CNL Hospitality Properties Inc)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemnitee.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Indemnification Agreement (Mti Technology Corp), Indemnification Agreement (Mti Technology Corp)

Agreement to Indemnify. Each Effective Time Holder shall severally (abased on each such holder’s Pro Rata Share), and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless Parent and its Subsidiaries, their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and Representatives (each hereinafter referred to individually as an “Parent Indemnified Person” and collectively as “Parent Indemnified Persons”) In the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, from and against any and all Expensesdamages, judgmentslosses, finescosts, penalties and amounts paid in settlement expenses (including all interestreasonable attorneys’ fees, assessments other professionals’ and other charges paid or payable experts’ fees, costs of investigation and court costs (including such fees and costs incurred in connection with enforcing the provisions of this Article 11)) (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Damages”), arising out of or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlementresulting from the following (the “Indemnifiable Matters”): (a) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt failure of any payments under representation or warranty made by the Company in this Agreement, including the creation Company Disclosure Letter or the Company Closing Certificates to be true and correct as of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything Agreement Date or as of the Closing Date (except in the case of representations and warranties which by their terms speak only as of a specific date or dates, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct on and as of such specified date or dates); (b) any breach of or default in connection with any of the covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement to be performed prior to the contrary and except as provided Closing; (c) any Dissenting Shares Excess Payments; (d) any Company Securityholder Taxes; (e) any inaccuracies in Section 5either Spreadsheet (including, Indemnitee shall without limitation, a claim from a holder of Promised Options who did not be execute a Promised Option Release that such individual is entitled to indemnification pursuant additional equity compensation with respect to this Agreement in connection with such Promised Options beyond that contemplated by Section 6.7(b) hereof); (f) any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company Merger Expense or any director or officer Company Closing Debt that is outstanding as of the Company unless Effective Time and is not either paid and satisfied in full at the Company has joined in Effective Time or consented a reduction to the initiation Total Merger Consideration; (g) any of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"matters set forth on Schedule 11.2(g); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking or (h) any Fraud by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemniteethis Agreement.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement, Merger Agreement (MINDBODY, Inc.)

Agreement to Indemnify. The Company agrees to indemnify Indemnitee as follows: (a) In The Company shall indemnify the event Indemnitee wasas provided in this Agreement to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law in effect on the date hereof and to such greater extent as applicable law may hereafter from time to time permit, notwithstanding that such indemnification is not specifically authorized by the other provisions of this Agreement, the Company’s Articles of Incorporation or becomes Bylaws as now or hereafter in effect, or by statute. The rights of the Indemnitee provided under the preceding sentence shall include, but shall not be limited to, the rights set forth in other Sections of this Agreement. (b) If Indemnitee was or is a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding (other than an action by or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding in the right of the Company) by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, Indemnitee shall be indemnified by the Company against all Expenses and Liabilities incurred or paid by Indemnitee in connection with such Proceeding (referred to herein as “Indemnifiable Expenses” and “Indemnifiable Liabilities,” respectively, and collectively as “Indemnifiable Amounts”). (c) If Indemnitee was or arising is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding by or in part out ofthe right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, Indemnitee shall be indemnified by the Company against all Indemnifiable Expenses. (d) an To the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, a party to and is successful, on the merits, in any Proceeding, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Indemnifiable EventExpenses. (e) If Indemnitee is not wholly successful in such Proceeding but is successful on the merits as to one or more but less than all claims, issues or matters in such Proceeding, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted against all Indemnifiable Expenses incurred or paid by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable Indemnitee in connection with each successfully resolved claim, issue or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by lawmatter. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemnitee.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Indemnification Agreement (SJW Corp), Indemnification Agreement (SJW Corp)

Agreement to Indemnify. (ai) In From and after the event Indemnitee wasClosing Date, is or becomes each of ▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ hereby severally covenant and agree to indemnify, on a party pro rata basis, up to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising the limits set forth in part out of) an Indemnifiable EventSection 9.2(b)(ii), the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, Purchaser and its successors and assigns and hold them harmless from and against any and all Expenseslosses, judgmentsclaims, liabilities, obligations, fines, penalties penalties, damages and amounts paid in settlement expenses, including reasonable attorneys fees (including all interestcollectively, assessments and other charges paid "Losses") incurred by any of them resulting from or payable in connection with or in respect arising out of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) any breach of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual representations or deemed receipt of any payments under warranties made by ▇▇▇▇▇ or Suozzi in this Agreement. For purposes of this Section 9.2(a), including such representations and warranties shall be considered as though made without any "material" or "Material Adverse Effect" qualification, notwithstanding the creation of the Trust pursuant presence thereof. The pro rata indemnification by ▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ referred to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything above shall be made in this Agreement proportion to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer their relative ownership of the Company unless (i.e., ▇▇▇▇▇ shall be responsible for 77.78% of the Company has joined in or consented to indemnification obligations and Suozzi shall be responsible for 22.22% of the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"indemnification obligations); provided, however, that such Expenses ▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall each be advanced only upon delivery solely responsible, up to the Company limits set forth above, for the breach of an undertaking by a representation or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only warranty contained in Article 3 hereof to the extent permitted by lawthat such breach relates solely to ▇▇▇▇▇ or Suozzi, as the case may be. (bii) Notwithstanding From and after the foregoingClosing Date, (i) the obligations ESOP hereby covenants and agrees to indemnify, up to the limit set forth in Section 9.2(b)(ii), the Purchaser and its successors and assigns and to hold them harmless from and against any Losses incurred by any of them resulting from or arising out of any breach by the Trustee of the Company under representations or warranties made by the Trustee in Section 2(a4.4. (iii) shall be subject From and after the Closing Date, the Purchaser hereby covenants and agrees to indemnify, up to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to limits set forth in Section 3 hereof is involved9.2(b)(iii), each of ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and the ESOP and each of their respective successors, assigns, heirs and personal representatives and to hold them harmless from and against any Losses incurred by any of them resulting from or arising out of (x) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, any breach by the Purchaser of any of the representations or warranties made by the Purchaser in this Agreement and (iiy) the any liability or obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made Insilco which is assumed by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (Purchaser as to which all rights contemplated by Section 8.11 of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemniteethis Agreement.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Stock Purchase Agreement (Safety Components International Inc), Stock Purchase Agreement (Safety Components International Inc)

Agreement to Indemnify. The Company hereby agrees to hold harmless and indemnify the Indemnitee, on an after-tax basis, on, and subject to, the terms of this Agreement, as such may be amended from time to time. In furtherance of the foregoing indemnification, and without limiting the generality thereof: (a) In Subject to the event exceptions contained in Section 4(a) and Section 8 below, if the Indemnitee was, is was or becomes a party to or witness or other participant inis, or is threatened to be made made, a party to or witness participant in any Proceeding (other than an action by or other participant in, a Proceeding in the right of the Company) by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to Indemnitee’s Corporate Status from and including the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to Effective Date through the Company, against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect term of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated indemnified and held harmless by the Company against all Expenses and Liabilities incurred or paid by the Indemnitee against or on the Indemnitee’s behalf (other than those paid by the Company or any director or officer other member of the Company unless the Company has joined Aspen Group) in or consented connection with such Proceeding (referred to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemniteeherein as “Indemnifiable Expenses” and “Indemnifiable Liabilities,” respectively, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"collectively as “Indemnifiable Amounts”); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding Subject to the foregoingexceptions contained in Section 4(b) and Section 8 below, (i) if the obligations Indemnitee was or is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any Proceeding by or in the right of the Company under Section 2(a) or any other member of the Aspen Group to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the Indemnitee’s Corporate Status from and including the Effective Date through the term of this Agreement, the Indemnitee shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of held harmless by the Company against all Indemnifiable Expenses. (c) If any Proceeding is brought against the Indemnitee, the Company will be entitled to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition thatparticipate therein and, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable lawCompany wishes (as determined by the Board), the Company shall or other applicable member of the Aspen Group will be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse Indemnitee. After notice from the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority Indemnitee of the Company's Board ’s election to assume the defense of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Controla Proceeding, the Reviewing Party shall Company will not be liable to the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination Indemnitee for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the Reviewing Party or if Indemnitee in connection with the Reviewing Party determines defense thereof, except that the Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall will have the right to commence litigation employ counsel to represent the Indemnitee who may be subject to any Proceeding if (i) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the Company in any court writing, (ii) the Indemnitee has been advised by counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to the Indemnitee which are different from or additional to those available to the Company or other member of the Aspen Group and in the States judgment of California such counsel it is advisable for the Indemnitee to employ separate counsel or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof (iii) the Company has failed to assume the defense of such Proceeding and employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnitee, in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination event the fees and expenses of such separate counsel will be paid by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemniteeas provided herein.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Indemnification Agreement (Aspen Insurance Holdings LTD), Indemnification Agreement (Aspen Insurance Holdings LTD)

Agreement to Indemnify. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Section, Horler and the Company each hereby agree, jointly and severally, to indemnify, defend and hold the FB Shareholders harmless from and against all demands, claims, actions or causes of action, assessments, losses, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses, including without limitation, interest, penalties, court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees (aincluding paralegal and law clerk fees and other legal expenses and costs) In and expenses, asserted against, relating to, imposed upon or incurred by the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding FB Shareholders by reason of or resulting from a breach of (or arising i) any agreement set forth in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, this Agreement by the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee or the Company Representatives, or (ii) any representation or warranty given by the Company or Horler contained in or made pursuant to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation or (iii) any liability of the Trust pursuant Company Group existing, accruing or arising on or before the Closing Date; provided that, in the case of clause (ii), notice of such breach of representation or warranty is given to Section 4 hereofthe Company or Horler within two years of the Closing Date, except with respect to the representations and warranties contained in Sections 4(a) through 4(d), 4(k) and 4(l), which shall survive without limitation. Notwithstanding anything Subject to the terms and conditions of this Section, each of Far Beyond and the FB Shareholders hereby agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify, defend and hold the Company harmless from and against all demands, claims, actions or causes of action, assessments, losses, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses, including without limitation, interest, penalties, court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees (including paralegal and law clerk fees and other legal expenses and costs) and expenses, asserted against, relating to, imposed upon or incurred by the Company by reason of or resulting from a breach of (i) any agreement set forth in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided by Far Beyond or such FB Shareholder, or (ii) any representation or warranty given by Far Beyond or such FB Shareholder contained in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification or made pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against Agreement, provided that notice of such breach of representation or warranty is given to Far Beyond or the Company or any director or officer FB Shareholder within two years of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented Closing Date, except with respect to the initiation of such Proceedingrepresentations and warranties contained in Sections 2(a) - 2(b), 3(a) and 3(b), which shall survive without limitation. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf All of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel foregoing are hereinafter collectively referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, as "CLAIMS" and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in singularly as a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemnitee"CLAIM."

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Acquisition Agreement (Asia Resources Holdings LTD), Acquisition Agreement (Hearty Holdings LTD)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In Subject to the event Indemnitee waslimitations provided herein, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable EventSeller shall indemnify and hold harmless Buyer, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee Buying Parties (if any), the Acquired Entities and their respective Affiliates (collectively, the “Buyer Indemnitees”) to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but set forth in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or this Article X in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding any Losses reasonably and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee proximately incurred by Buyer Indemnitees as a result of the actual any (i) inaccuracy or deemed receipt misrepresentation in any representation or warranty of Seller made herein, (ii) breach of or failure to perform any payments under this Agreementcovenant, including the creation agreement or obligation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything Seller in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director agreement, document or officer certificate delivered hereunder, (iii) failure to pay, perform or satisfy any of the Company unless Excluded Liabilities, or (iv) the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any litigation and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or SEC investigation disclosed on behalf Section 4.16 of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by lawDisclosure Schedule. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, foregoing Section 10.1(a): (i) Seller shall not be liable under clause (i) of Section 10.1(a) of this Agreement in respect of any claim (or group of directly related claims) subject to clause (i) Section 10.1(a): (A) having a value of not more than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) (“Qualified Claims”) and (B) until all Losses in respect of all Qualified Claims exceed Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) in the obligations of aggregate (the Company under Section 2(a) “Minimum Amount”), and thereafter Seller shall be liable, subject to the condition that other limitations provided for elsewhere in this Agreement, for all Losses for Qualified Claims to the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (extent in a written opinion, in any case in which excess of the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and Minimum Amount; (ii) The aggregate liability of Seller for all Losses under clause (i) of Section 10.1(a) of this Agreement shall not exceed Forty Million Dollars ($40,000,000) (the obligation of the Company “Maximum Amount”); (iii) Seller shall have no liability to make an Expense Advance pursuant indemnify any Buyer Indemnitee for any Losses related to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and any liability to the extent that is reflected or reserved for (i) in the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would calculation of Closing Working Capital Value or (ii) on the Financial Statements or the Reference Statement; and (iv) The Minimum Amount and the Maximum Amount will not be permitted apply to be so indemnified any claims under applicable lawclauses (ii), (iii) or (iv) of Section 10.1(a) of this Agreement. (c) Buyer shall indemnify and hold harmless Seller and its Affiliates (collectively the “Seller Indemnitees” and, together with the Buyer Indemnitees, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company“Indemnitees”) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted set forth in this Article X in respect of any and all Losses reasonably and proximately incurred by law. If there has not been any Seller Indemnitee as a Change result of any (i) inaccuracy or misrepresentation in Controlany representation or warranty of Buyer made herein, the Reviewing (ii) breach of or failure to perform any covenant, agreement or obligation of Buyer or any Buying Party shall be selected by the Board in this Agreement or any agreement, document or certificate delivered hereunder; (iii) as a result of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority liabilities of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in ControlAcquired Business including liabilities arising from matters, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court facts and circumstances set forth in the States Disclosure Schedule; (iii) Seller Guarantees in accordance with Section 6.9; or (iv) failure to pay, perform or satisfy any of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and IndemniteeForeign Liabilities.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Stock and Asset Purchase Agreement (Snap on Inc), Stock and Asset Purchase Agreement (Proquest Co)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) The Seller shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Purchaser and its respective officers, directors, employees, representatives, agents, successors, and assigns (collectively, the “Indemnitees”) from, against, and in respect of any and all damages incurred by any Indemnitee arising out of or as a result of: (i) any inaccuracy or misrepresentation in or breach of any representation or warranty made by the Seller in this Agreement; (ii) any breach of any covenant or agreement made by the Seller in this Agreement; and/or (iii) any and all proceedings, judgments, decrees, awards, assessments, fees, and expenses incident to any of the foregoing or incurred in investigating or attempting to avoid the same or to oppose the imposition thereof, or in enforcing this indemnification. (b) The Seller shall not be required to provide indemnification to any Indemnitee pursuant to Section 7.1(a) unless and until the aggregate amount of all damages incurred by all Indemnitees responsive to such Section exceeds Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) (the “Deductible”), whereupon the Indemnitees shall be entitled to indemnification under such Section only with respect to damages in excess of such Deductible. The maximum aggregate monetary liability of the Seller to indemnify the Indemnitees under Section 7.1(a) shall not exceed the Purchase Price (the “Cap”) in the aggregate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Deductible nor the Cap shall apply to claims arising out of fraud, intentional misrepresentation, or gross negligence. (c) If any third party notifies any Indemnitee with respect to any matter which may give rise to a claim for indemnification against the Seller under this Article VII, then the Indemnitee will notify the Seller thereof within thirty (30) days thereafter, such notice to state the nature and basis of any claim made by the third party; provided that, no delay on the part of the Indemnitee in notifying the Seller will relieve the Seller from any obligation hereunder unless, and then solely to the extent that, the Seller is demonstrably prejudiced thereby. In the event the Seller notify the Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than within thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or date the Indemnitee has given notice of the matter that the Seller will indemnify the Indemnitee in respect of such Expensesmatter, judgmentsthen the Seller may, finesby notice to the Indemnitee within such 30-day period, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) assume the defense of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on matter. If the Indemnitee as a result of Seller assume the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation defense of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoingmatter, (i) the obligations Seller will defend the Indemnitee against the matter with counsel of Seller’s choice reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnitee, (ii) the Indemnitee may retain separate counsel at its sole cost and expense, and (iii) the Seller will not consent to the entry of a judgment or consent order with respect to the matter, or enter into any settlement, in each case which either (A) grants the plaintiff or claimant any form of relief other than monetary damages which will be satisfied by the Seller or (B) fails to include a provision whereby the plaintiff or claimant in the matter releases the Indemnitees from all liability with respect thereto, in either such case without the written consent of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party Indemnitee (which consent shall not have determined be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If the Seller has not assumed the defense of such matter, (in a written opinion, i) the Indemnitee may defend against the matter in any case in which the special, independent manner it reasonably may deem appropriate and with counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable lawof its choice, and (ii) the obligation Seller may retain separate counsel at their sole cost and expense. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, if defendants in any action include any Indemnitee and Seller, and such Indemnitee shall have been advised by its counsel that there may be material legal defenses available to such Indemnitee inconsistent with those available to Seller, or if a conflict of interest exists between an Indemnitee and Seller with respect to such claim or the defense thereof, or if an Indemnitee reasonably determines that Seller’s control of such defense would reasonably be expected to have an adverse effect on the Assets or the outcome of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition thatmatter, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable lawthen in any such case, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation reassert such defense through its own counsel, and in any court such event (or in the States event that the Seller does not timely assume or diligently pursue the defense of California such matter as provided above) the reasonable fees and expenses of the Indemnitee’s counsel shall be borne by the Seller and shall be paid by them from time to time within twenty (20) days of receipt of appropriate invoices therefore. (d) In the event that an Indemnitee notifies the Seller of any claim for indemnification hereunder that does not involve a third party claim, the Seller shall, within thirty (30) days after the date of such notice, pay to the Indemnitee the amount of damages payable pursuant to this Section 7.1 and shall thereafter pay any other damages payable pursuant to this Section 7.1 and arising out of the same matter on demand, unless the Seller dispute in writing its liability for, or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and the amount of, any such damages within such 30-day period, in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any case such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise payment shall be conclusive made as provided above in respect of any matters or amounts not so disputed and binding any damages in respect of the matters so disputed shall be paid within five (5) business days after any determination (by agreement of Purchaser and Seller, or pursuant to arbitration in accordance with Section 8.3) that the Seller are liable therefore pursuant to this Section 7.1. (e) In connection with any payment of damages pursuant to this Section 7.1, the Seller shall pay to the Indemnitee(s) an amount calculated like interest on the Company and Indemniteeamount of such damages at the applicable interest rate from the date of Closing until the Indemnitee(s) shall have been indemnified in respect thereof.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Asset Purchase Agreement (Tristar Wellness Solutions, Inc.), Asset Purchase Agreement (I-Web Media, Inc.)

Agreement to Indemnify. Subject to the conditions of this Article VII: (a) In Purchaser hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Seller and the event Indemnitee wasPrincipals from and against all demands, is claims, actions or becomes a party to or witness or other participant incauses of action, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant inassessments, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Eventlosses, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by lawdamages, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Companyliabilities, against any costs and all Expensesexpenses, judgmentsincluding, fineswithout limitation, interest, penalties and amounts paid in settlement reasonable attorney's fees, costs and disbursements and expenses (including all interestcollectively, assessments and other charges paid "Damages"), asserted against, resulting to, imposed upon or payable in connection with incurred by Seller directly or in respect indirectly, arising out of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlementresulting from (i) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt breach of any payments under this Agreementrepresentation, including the creation warranty, covenant or agreement of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything Purchaser contained in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification or made pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against (including but not limited to enforcement of this Article VII), the Company other Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any director facts or officer circumstances constituting such a breach; and (ii) any indebtedness, obligation or liability assumed by Purchaser pursuant to Section 1.4(b) hereof and (iii) the operation, use or ownership of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by IndemniteeRestaurants, Assets, Real Property Leases, Real Properties, the Company shall advanceEasements and Assumed Contracts, within ten (10) business days during, or which have otherwise accrued from or otherwise relate to, the period of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance")time after the Closing Date; provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law.and (b) Notwithstanding Seller and the foregoingPrincipals, jointly and severally, hereby agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Purchaser and its officers, directors and shareholders from and against all Damages asserted against or incurred by Purchaser or such officers, directors and shareholders, directly or indirectly, arising out of or resulting from: (i) a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement of Seller contained in or made pursuant to this Agreement (including but not limited to enforcement of this Article VII, the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in other Transaction Documents or any facts or circumstances constituting such a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and breach; (ii) any indebtedness, obligations or liabilities of Seller including, but not limited to, any liability or obligation set forth in Section 1.4(a), and the obligation tax liabilities set forth in Section 2.17 other than those expressly assumed by Purchaser hereunder, (iii) a breach of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and or otherwise arising under any Environmental Law to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted same arises out of any condition or state of facts or otherwise relates to be so indemnified under applicable lawthe period of time commencing on the date of possession by the Seller of the Real Property in question and ending on the Closing Date; (iv) the operation, use or ownership of the Restaurants, Assets, Real Properties, Leases, the Company shall Easements and Assumed Contracts during, or which have otherwise accrued from or otherwise relate to the period of time prior to the Closing Date; (v) Seller's failure to pay and discharge all claims of creditors which may be entitled to be reimbursed asserted against Purchaser by Indemnitee reason of Purchaser's waiver of compliance by Seller of the Bulk Sales Laws; and (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Companyvi) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is claims made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and IndemniteePlan.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Purchase and Sale Agreement (Carrols Corp), Purchase and Sale Agreement (Carrols Corp)

Agreement to Indemnify. The Company hereby agrees to hold harmless and indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law as follows: (a) In Subject to the event exceptions contained in Section 10(a)(ii) below, if Indemnitee was, was or is or becomes a party to or witness or other a participant in, or is threatened to be made a party or a participant to or witness or any Proceeding (other participant in, than a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company) by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable EventIndemnitee’s Company Status, Indemnitee shall be indemnified by the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all Expenses, judgments, finespenalties, penalties fines and amounts paid in settlement (including all interestactually and reasonably incurred by him, assessments and other charges paid or payable on his behalf, in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director claim, issue or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by lawmatter therein. (b) Notwithstanding Subject to the foregoingexceptions contained in Section 10(a)(iii) below, if Indemnitee was or is a party or a participant or is threatened to be made a party or a participant to any Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of Indemnitee’s Company Status, Indemnitee shall be indemnified by the Company against all Expenses incurred or paid by the Indemnitee in connection with such Proceedings. (ic) If any JCP Fund is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any Proceeding, then to the extent the JCP Fund’s involvement in the Proceeding arises from the Indemnitee’s service to the Company as an officer or director of the Company, the JCP Fund shall be entitled to all of the indemnification rights and remedies, and shall to the extent indemnified hereunder, undertake the obligations of the Company Indemnitee, under Section 2(a) shall be subject this Agreement to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that same extent as Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the same extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified as if such JCP Fund was a party hereto. Each JCP Fund is an intended third party beneficiary under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemniteethis Agreement.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Indemnification Agreement (Edgen Group Inc.), Indemnification Agreement (Edgen Group Inc.)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ - Indemnification Agreement_v2 Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemnitee.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Indemnification Agreement (Mti Technology Corp)

Agreement to Indemnify. 11.2.1 Any one or more of the Principals (acollectively, "Indemnified Persons") In seeking indemnification hereunder shall give prompt written notification to Retek (the event Indemnitee was"Indemnification Representative") of the commencement ------------------------------ of any action, is suit or becomes proceeding relating to a third party claim for which indemnification pursuant to this Section 11 may be sought; provided, however, ---------- that no delay on the part of the Indemnified Person in providing such notice shall relieve Retek of any liability or witness obligation hereunder except to the extent of any damage or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding liability caused by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty of such failure. Within twenty (3020) days after delivery of such notification, the Indemnification Representative may, upon written demand is presented notice thereof to the CompanyIndemnified Person, against assume control of the defense of such action, suit or proceeding with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person, provided that the Indemnification Representative acknowledges in writing to the Indemnified Person that any and all Expenses, judgmentsdamages, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and costs or other charges paid or payable liabilities that may be assessed against the Indemnified Person in connection with such action, suit or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on proceeding constitute Damages for which the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee Indemnified Person shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection Section 11. If the Indemnification ----------- Representative does not so assume control of such defense, the Indemnified Person shall control such defense. The party not controlling such defense may participate therein at its own expense; provided that if the Indemnification Representative assumes control of such defense and the Indemnified Person reasonably concludes that the indemnifying parties and the Indemnified Person have conflicting interests or different defenses available with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against respect to such action, suit or proceeding, the Company or any director or officer reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Indemnified Person shall be considered "Damage" for purposes of this Agreement. The party controlling such defense shall keep the other party advised of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation status of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemniteeaction, suit or proceeding and the Company defense thereof and shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (consider in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination good faith recommendations made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law other party with respect thereto. The Indemnified Person shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required agree to reimburse any settlement of such action, suit or proceeding without the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority prior written consent of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and IndemniteeIndemnification Representative.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (Lamy Robert)

Agreement to Indemnify. (ai) In the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee Subject to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but limitations set forth in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including Wolverine, on the creation of one hand, and Purchaser, on the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5other hand, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee(separately, the Company “Indemnifying Party”) shall advanceindemnify, within ten defend and hold the other (10and the other’s respective officers, directors, managers, employees, representatives, and agents) business days of (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) harmless from and against, and shall pay to such requestpersons and reimburse such persons for, any and all Expenses Damages arising, directly or indirectly, from or in connection with: (A) any breach of any representation and warranty of the Indemnifying Party contained in this Agreement or in any certificate delivered at or in connection with the Closing; or (B) any inaccuracy in any representation and warranty of an Indemnifying Party contained in this Agreement as of the Closing Date, giving any effect to Indemnitee any written information delivered to the Indemnified Party at or before the Closing; or (an "Expense Advance"C) any breach or alleged breach of any covenant or agreement of the Indemnifying Party (or with respect to Wolverine, by Wolverine or W/Investments) contained in this Agreement or in a certificate delivered at the Closing. (ii) The representations of Wolverine contained in Sections 4 and 5, on the one hand, and of Purchaser contained in Section 6, on the other hand, of this Agreement shall survive for a period of twelve (12) months following the Closing Date; provided however, that in the event Wolverine Shanghai does not deliver it audited financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008 to ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ on or before February 14, 2008 (the “2008 Financial Statement”), this Agreement shall survive until the thirtieth (30th) day immediately following the date on which the 2008 Financial Statement is delivered to ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇; providedand provided further, however, that such Expenses the representations and warranties concerning taxes contained in Section 5(k) shall survive until the expiration of the statute of limitations under Applicable Law. No representation or warranty shall be advanced only upon delivery deemed to the Company of an undertaking be waived or otherwise diminished unless waived or otherwise diminished by or on behalf express written consent. A party’s consummation of the Indemnitee transactions contemplated hereby after waiving any of the conditions to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled its obligation to be indemnified by close (including the Company; provided further, condition that the Company other party’s representations and warranties be true in all material respects) shall make such advances only limit or otherwise affect its rights to the extent permitted by lawrecover under this Agreement. (biii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) any indemnification relating to any goods manufactured, sold, marketed, or distributed or services provided by Wolverine Shanghai, Wolverine or its other Affiliates, or Purchaser or its Affiliates before the obligations Closing shall not be governed by the terms and conditions of the Company under Section 2(a) this Agreement, but shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation those of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and IndemniteeVoting Rights Agreement.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Purchase Agreement (Wolverine Tube Inc)

Agreement to Indemnify. Subject always to the provisions of this Agreement, the Articles, the Companies Law and all other applicable laws, the Company hereby agrees to hold harmless and indemnify the Indemnitee against all Expenses and Liabilities properly incurred or paid by the Indemnitee by reason of the Indemnitee’s Position to the fullest extent permitted by Article 77 of the Companies Law, as amended, and any other applicable law. In furtherance of the foregoing indemnification, and without limiting the generality thereof: (a) In Subject to the event exceptions contained in Section 4, Section 6 and Section 8 below, if the Indemnitee was, was or is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness participant in any Proceeding (other than an action by or other participant in, a Proceeding in the right of the Company) by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Eventthe Indemnitee’s Position, the Indemnitee shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company shall indemnify against all Expenses and Liabilities properly incurred or paid by the Indemnitee to or on the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding (referred to herein as “Indemnifiable Expenses” and any federal“Indemnifiable Liabilities,” respectively, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee and collectively as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"“Indemnifiable Amounts”); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject Subject to the condition that exceptions contained in Section 4, Section 6 and Section 8 below, if the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in Indemnitee was or is, or is threatened to be made, a written opinion, party to or participant in any case Proceeding by or in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation right of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the Indemnitee’s Position, the Indemnitee shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against all Indemnifiable Expenses. (c) In addition to, and without regard to any limitations on, the indemnification provided for in Sections 3(a) and (b) but subject to the condition thatexceptions contained in Section 4, Section 6 and Section 8 below, the Indemnitee shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against all Indemnifiable Amounts if, when and to by reason of the extent that Indemnitee’s Position, the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted is, or is threatened to be so indemnified under applicable lawmade, a party to or participant in any Proceeding (including a Proceeding by or in the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse right of the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, provided that if in no circumstances shall the Company be obligated to make any payment to the Indemnitee has commenced that it is advised by its legal proceedings in a court advisers would be unlawful under the laws of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made Jersey or is prohibited by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and IndemniteeArticles.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Officer Indemnification Agreement (Mimecast LTD)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In Subject to the limitations provided herein, in the event Indemnitee wasthe Closing occurs, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant inSeller shall indemnify and hold harmless Buyer and its Affiliates and their respective directors, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant inofficers, a Proceeding by reason of employees, successors and assigns (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Eventcollectively, the Company “Buyer Indemnitees”) to the extent set forth in this ARTICLE IX in respect of any Losses incurred by Buyer Indemnitees as a result of any (i) breach, inaccuracy or misrepresentation in any representation or warranty of Seller Group made herein or in any Ancillary Agreement (other than the Transition Services Agreement and Transition License Agreement which are governed solely thereby), (ii) any breach of or failure to perform any covenant, agreement or obligation of Seller Group in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement (other than the Transition Services Agreement and Transition License Agreement which are governed solely thereby) or (iii) Excluded Liability. (b) Subject to the limitations provided herein, in the event the Closing occurs, Buyer shall indemnify Indemnitee and hold harmless Seller and its Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees, successors and assigns (collectively the “Seller Indemnitees” and, together with Buyer Indemnitees, the “Indemnitees”) to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but set forth in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against this ARTICLE IX in respect of any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and Losses incurred by any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Seller Indemnitee as a result of any: (i) breach, inaccuracy or misrepresentation in any representation or warranty of Buyer or any other member of the actual Buyer Group thereof made herein or deemed receipt in any Ancillary Agreement (other than the Transition Services Agreement and Transition License Agreement which are governed solely thereby), (ii) breach of or failure to perform any covenant, agreement or obligation of Buyer or any other member of the Buyer Group thereof in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement (other than the Transition Services Agreement and Transition License Agreement which are governed solely thereby), (iii) Assumed Liability, or Buyer’s operation of the Business following the Closing (other than with respect to any Excluded Liabilities, Excluded Assets or other matters to which Buyer is entitled to indemnification hereunder) or (iv) Remaining Canadian Obligations. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraphs (a) and (b): (i) No member of Seller Group shall be liable under Section 9.1(a)(i) (other than with respect to any Fundamental Representation or with respect to fraud): (A) for any Losses in respect of any payments under claim (or group of related claims) subject to Section 9.1(a)(i) having an aggregate value of less than $50,000 (any such claim or group of related claims having an aggregate value equal to or more than $50,000 shall be referred to hereinafter as “Qualified Claims”) (and, for the avoidance of doubt, it being understood that all claims arising from the same or a similar circumstance (whether or not arising from a breach of any single representation or warranty) shall be deemed to be related), and (B) until all Losses in respect of all Qualified Claims exceed one and one-quarter percent (1.25%) of the Purchase Price in the aggregate (the “Minimum Amount”), and thereafter the Seller shall be liable, subject to the other limitations provided for elsewhere in this Agreement, including for Qualified Claims to the creation extent in excess of the Trust Minimum Amount; (ii) No member of Buyer Group shall be liable under Section 9.1(b)(i) (other than with respect to any Fundamental Representation or with respect to fraud): (A) for any Losses in respect of any claim (or group of directly related claims) subject to Section 9.1(b)(i) having an aggregate value of less than a Qualified Claim (and, for the avoidance of doubt, it being understood that all claims arising from the same or a similar circumstance (whether or not arising from a breach of any single representation or warranty) shall be deemed to be related), and (B) until all Losses in respect of all Qualified Claims exceed the Minimum Amount, and thereafter the Buyer shall be liable, subject to the other limitations provided for elsewhere in this Agreement, for Qualified Claims to the extent in excess of the Minimum Amount; (iii) The aggregate liability of Seller Group (other than with respect to any Fundamental Representation or with respect to fraud) for all Losses pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in 9.1(a)(i) of this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer exceed ten percent (10.0%) of the Company unless Purchase Price (the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"“Maximum Amount”); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law.; (biv) Notwithstanding the foregoing, The aggregate liability of Buyer Group (iother than with respect to any Fundamental Representation or with respect to fraud) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance for all Losses pursuant to Section 2(a9.1(b)(i) of this Agreement shall not exceed the Maximum Amount; (v) The aggregate liability of Seller Group with respect to all Losses under this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement (other than with respect to Excluded Liabilities) shall be subject not exceed the Purchase Price; (vi) The aggregate liability of Buyer with respect to all Losses under this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement (other than with respect to Assumed Liabilities) shall not exceed the condition that, if, when and Purchase Price; and (vii) Seller Group shall have no liability to indemnify any Buyer Indemnitee for any Losses (A) for any liability that is reflected or reserved for in the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted Most Recent Financial Statements which is an Assumed Liability or (B) arising or resulting from any action taken or omitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed taken by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted Buyer or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemniteeits Affiliates.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Asset Purchase Agreement (MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding Claim by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company Parent shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, law against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable Expenses incurred in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by lawClaim. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification for Expenses which are finally judicially determined to have resulted primarily from Indemnitee’s gross negligence or bad faith in fulfilling her duties to the applicable Company or Parent. (ic) Further, the obligations of the Company Parent under Section 2(aArticle II(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party Parent’s Board of Directors shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law. However, and (ii) to the obligation extent that Indemnitee has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of the Company any Claim relating in whole or in part to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) Indemnifiable Event, including dismissal without prejudice, Indemnitee shall be subject indemnified against Expenses incurred in connection with that Claim. In connection with any determination by Parent’s Board of Directors as to whether Indemnitee is entitled to be indemnified, the burden of proof shall be on Parent to establish that Indemnitee is not so entitled. (d) Expenses will be reimbursed or advanced (“Expense Advance”) when and as incurred promptly upon submission by Indemnitee of statements to the condition that, ifParent. If, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party Parent’s Board of Directors determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable lawlaw or under Article II(a), the Company Parent shall not be obligated to reimburse or advance Expenses to Indemnitee and shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the CompanyParent) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable lawlaw or this Agreement, any determination made by the Reviewing Party Parent’s Board of Directors that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law or this Agreement shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company Parent for any Expense Advance such amounts paid until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto made. (e) If any Claim is commenced as to which all rights Indemnitee proposes to demand indemnification, Indemnitee will notify the Parent with reasonable promptness; provided, however, that any failure by Indemnitee to notify the Parent will relieve the Parent from its obligations hereunder only to the extent the Parent has been prejudiced by such failure or delay. (f) Indemnitee will have the right to retain counsel of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed)her own choice to represent her, and the Parent will pay the reasonable Expenses of one such counsel only. Indemnitee's obligation The Parent retains the right to reimburse participate in the Company for Expense Advances shall defense of such Claim as to which Indemnitee seeks indemnification through counsel of the Parent’s choice (the cost of which will be unsecured paid by the Parent) and no interest shall be charged thereonIndemnitee will reasonably cooperate with such counsel and the Parent (including, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Controlpossible and consistent with her own interests, keeping the Reviewing Party shall Parent reasonably informed of such defense). (g) The Parent will be selected by liable for any settlement of any Claim against Imdemnitee made with the Board of DirectorsParent’s written consent, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would consent will not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemnitee.unreasonably withheld

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Indemnification Agreement (Digital Angel Corp)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) The Seller shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Purchaser and its respective officers, directors, employees, representatives, agents, successors, and assigns (collectively, the “Indemnitees”) from, against, and in respect of any and all damages incurred by any Indemnitee arising out of or as a result of: (i) any inaccuracy or misrepresentation in or breach of any representation or warranty made by the Seller in this Agreement; (ii) any breach of any covenant or agreement made by the Seller in this Agreement; and/or (iii) any and all proceedings, judgments, decrees, awards, assessments, fees, and expenses incident to any of the foregoing or incurred in investigating or attempting to avoid the same or to oppose the imposition thereof, or in enforcing this indemnification. (b) The Seller shall not be required to provide indemnification to any Indemnitee pursuant to Section 7.1(a) unless and until the aggregate amount of all damages incurred by all Indemnitees responsive to such Section exceeds Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) (the “Deductible”), whereupon the Indemnitees shall be entitled to indemnification under such Section only with respect to damages in excess of such Deductible. The maximum aggregate monetary liability of the Seller to indemnify the Indemnitees under Section 7.1(a) shall not exceed the Purchase Price (the “Cap”) in the aggregate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Deductible nor the Cap shall apply to claims arising out of fraud, intentional misrepresentation, or gross negligence. (c) If any third party notifies any Indemnitee with respect to any matter which may give rise to a claim for indemnification against the Seller under this Article VII, then the Indemnitee will notify the Seller thereof within thirty (30) days thereafter, such notice to state the nature and basis of any claim made by the third party; provided that, no delay on the part of the Indemnitee in notifying the Seller will relieve the Seller from any obligation hereunder unless, and then solely to the extent that, the Seller is demonstrably prejudiced thereby. In the event the Seller notify the Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than within thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or date the Indemnitee has given notice of the matter that the Seller will indemnify the Indemnitee in respect of such Expensesmatter, judgmentsthen the Seller may, finesby notice to the Indemnitee within such 30-day period, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) assume the defense of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on matter. If the Indemnitee as a result of Seller assume the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation defense of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoingmatter, (i) the obligations Seller will defend the Indemnitee against the matter with counsel of Seller’s choice reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnitee, (ii) the Indemnitee may retain separate counsel at its sole cost and expense, and (iii) the Seller will not consent to the entry of a judgment or consent order with respect to the matter, or enter into any settlement, in each case which either (A) grants the plaintiff or claimant any form of relief other than monetary damages which will be satisfied by the Seller or (B) fails to include a provision whereby the plaintiff or claimant in the matter releases the Indemnitees from all liability with respect thereto, in either such case without the written consent of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party Indemnitee (which consent shall not have determined be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If the Seller has not assumed the defense of such matter, (in a written opinion, i) the Indemnitee may defend against the matter in any case in which the special, independent manner it reasonably may deem appropriate and with counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable lawof its choice, and (ii) the obligation Seller may retain separate counsel at its sole cost and expense. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, if defendants in any action include any Indemnitee and Seller, and such Indemnitee shall have been advised by its counsel that there may be material legal defenses available to such Indemnitee inconsistent with those available to Seller, or if a conflict of interest exists between an Indemnitee and Seller with respect to such claim or the defense thereof, or if an Indemnitee reasonably determines that Seller’s control of such defense would reasonably be expected to have an adverse effect on the Assets or the outcome of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition thatmatter, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable lawthen in any such case, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation reassert such defense through its own counsel, and in any court such event (or in the States event that the Seller does not timely assume or diligently pursue the defense of California such matter as provided above) the reasonable fees and expenses of the Indemnitee’s counsel shall be borne by the Seller and shall be paid by them from time to time within twenty (20) days of receipt of appropriate invoices therefore. (d) In the event that an Indemnitee notifies the Seller of any claim for indemnification hereunder that does not involve a third party claim, the Seller shall, within thirty (30) days after the date of such notice, pay to the Indemnitee the amount of damages payable pursuant to this Section 7.1 and shall thereafter pay any other damages payable pursuant to this Section 7.1 and arising out of the same matter on demand, unless the Seller dispute in writing its liability for, or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and the amount of, any such damages within such 30-day period, in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any case such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise payment shall be conclusive made as provided above in respect of any matters or amounts not so disputed and binding any damages in respect of the matters so disputed shall be paid within five (5) business days after any determination (by agreement of Purchaser and Seller, or pursuant to arbitration in accordance with Section 8.3) that the Seller are liable therefore pursuant to this Section 7.1. (e) In connection with any payment of damages pursuant to this Section 7.1, the Seller shall pay to the Indemnitee(s) an amount calculated like interest on the Company and Indemniteeamount of such damages at the applicable interest rate from the date of Closing until the Indemnitee(s) shall have been indemnified in respect thereof.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Asset Purchase Agreement (I-Web Media, Inc.)

Agreement to Indemnify. The Corporation agrees to indemnify Indemnitee as follows: (a) In Subject to the event exceptions contained in Section 4 below, if Indemnitee was, was or is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding (other than an action by or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding in the right of the Corporation) by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, Indemnitee shall be indemnified by the Corporation against all Expenses and Liabilities incurred or paid by Indemnitee in connection with such Proceeding (referred to herein as “Indemnifiable Expenses” and “Indemnifiable Liabilities,” respectively, and collectively as “Indemnifiable Amounts”) if (i) Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in, or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Eventnot opposed to, the Company shall indemnify best interests of the Corporation, and (ii) with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, Indemnitee had no reasonable cause to believe that Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful. (b) Subject to the fullest extent permitted exceptions contained in Section 4 below, if Indemnitee was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding by lawor in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to Indemnitee shall be indemnified by the Company, Corporation against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties Indemnifiable Expenses and amounts paid in settlement (including all interestif Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or not opposed to, the best interests of the Corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made under this subsection in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which Indemnitee shall have been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction that Indemnitee is liable to the Corporation, unless, and only to the extent that, the court in which such ExpensesProceeding was brought or another court of competent jurisdiction determines upon application that in view of all the circumstances of the case, judgments, fines, penalties or that Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such Indemnifiable Expenses and amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, then Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant payment in such amount as such court deems proper. (c) If Indemnitee, in connection with Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, is compelled or asked to this Agreement be a witness in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company but is not otherwise a party or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented threatened to the initiation of be made a party to such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company Indemnitee shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by lawCorporation against all Indemnifiable Expenses. (bd) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to exceptions listed in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law4 below, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that Indemnitee has been successful on the Reviewing Party determines that merits or otherwise in defense of any Proceeding referred to in subsections 3(a) or 3(b), or in defense of any claim, issue, or matter therein, Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed indemnified by the Corporation against Indemnifiable Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection therewith. (who hereby agrees e) If Indemnitee is entitled under any provisions of this Agreement to reimburse indemnification by the Company) Corporation for all such amounts theretofore paid; providedsome or a portion of Indemnifiable Amounts but not, however, that if for the total amount thereof, the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court for the portion of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as such Indemnifiable Amounts to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemniteeentitled.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Indemnification Agreement (Sba Communications Corp)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In the event Indemnitee INDEMNITEE was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company INSIGHT shall indemnify Indemnitee INDEMNITEE to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand request is presented to the CompanyINSIGHT, against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee INDEMNITEE as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement. INSIGHT shall select counsel to defend INDEMNITEE (which defense counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to INDEMNITEE). Any written request for indemnification shall include sufficient documentation or information reasonably available to INDEMNITEE to support INDEMNITEE’s claim for indemnification. The president or secretary or other appropriate officer of INSIGHT shall promptly, including upon receipt of INDEMNITEE’s request for indemnification, advise the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereofBoard in writing that INDEMNITEE has made such request. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 52.03, Indemnitee INDEMNITEE shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee INDEMNITEE against the Company INSIGHT or any director director, officer or officer key employee of the Company INSIGHT, unless the Company INSIGHT has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by IndemniteeINDEMNITEE, the Company INSIGHT shall advance, advance (within ten (10) business days of such request, ) any and all Expenses to Indemnitee INDEMNITEE (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company INSIGHT of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee INDEMNITEE to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee INDEMNITEE is not entitled to be indemnified by INSIGHT. Further, no indemnification shall be made for the Company; provided further, that accounting of profits made from the Company shall make such advances only to purchase or sale by INDEMNITEE of any securities of INSIGHT or the extent permitted by Parent within the meaning of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act or similar provision of any state statutory or common law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company INSIGHT under Section 2(a2.01(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 2.02 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee INDEMNITEE would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company INSIGHT to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a2.01(a) shall be subject to the condition that, that if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee INDEMNITEE would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company INSIGHT shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee INDEMNITEE (who hereby agrees to reimburse the CompanyINSIGHT) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee INDEMNITEE has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee INDEMNITEE should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee INDEMNITEE would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding binding, and Indemnitee INDEMNITEE shall not be required to reimburse the Company INSIGHT for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's INDEMNITEE’s obligation to reimburse the Company INSIGHT for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of DirectorsINSIGHT Board, and if there has been such a Change in Control, Control (other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's INSIGHT Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control), the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 2.02 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party within thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to INSIGHT by INDEMNITEE, or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee INDEMNITEE substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee INDEMNITEE shall have the right to commence litigation litigation, after giving INSIGHT ten (10) days’ prior written notice thereof, in any court in the States states of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company INSIGHT hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company INSIGHT and IndemniteeINDEMNITEE.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Indemnification Agreement (Insight Health Services Holdings Corp)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's ’s obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's ’s Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemnitee.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Securities Purchase Agreement (Mti Technology Corp)

Agreement to Indemnify. Following the Closing and subject to the limitations set forth herein, (a) In the event Indemnitee wasCompany Stockholders shall severally (in an amount equal to 1/7th of any such Damages per Company Stockholder) indemnify and agree to defend and hold harmless Parent and the Surviving Entity (and their respective Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents) (“Parent Indemnified Persons” and, singularly, a “Parent Indemnified Person”) against and in respect of any and all Damages, by reason of or otherwise arising out of: (i) Parent Indemnified Taxes; (ii) any amount Parent is entitled to claim as Damages calculated in accordance with Section 2.07(c); (iii) any claim by an employee or becomes a party former employee of the Company, or any other person or entity, based upon (A) such employee’s or former employee’s employment with the Company prior to the Effective Time, (B) the termination of employment of current or witness former employees of the Company pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise prior to the Effective Time, or (C) any severance arrangements or payments or any benefit, salary, bonus, commission or other participant in, compensation payments made or is threatened required to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee connection with such terminations prior to the fullest extent permitted Effective Time; (iv) any claim by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to a Company Stockholder or former stockholder of the Company, or any other person or entity, against the Company or any and all Expensesof its Affiliates, judgmentsofficers, finesdirectors, penalties and amounts paid in settlement employees or agents, based upon any rights of a stockholder (other than the right of Company Stockholders to receive Merger Consideration pursuant to this Agreement), including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on dissenter rights under the Indemnitee as a result applicable provisions of the actual California Code, any option, preemptive rights or deemed receipt rights to notice or to vote; (v) a breach of any payments under this Agreementa representation, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything warranty or covenant contained in this Agreement to made by the contrary and except as provided Company; or (vi) a breach of a representation, warranty or covenant contained in Section 5this Agreement made by such Company Stockholder. provided, Indemnitee shall that, the Parent Indemnified Persons will not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company Section 11.01(a) unless the Company has joined aggregate amount of all Damages for which indemnification is sought by the Parent Indemnified Persons exceeds $85,000 (the “Parent Indemnification Basket”), in or consented which case the Parent Indemnified Persons will be entitled to indemnification for the initiation full amount of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance")Damages; provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company Parent Indemnification Basket shall make such advances only not apply to any claim for indemnification based on items (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (vi) above or any claim for indemnification under item (v) above to the extent permitted by lawsuch claim relates to a breach of representation, warranty or covenant under Section 4.06, Section 4.08, Section 4.09, Section 4.11 or Section 4.18 due to uncollectability of accounts receivable. (b) Notwithstanding Parent shall indemnify and agrees to defend and hold harmless the foregoingCompany Stockholders (and their respective affiliates, representatives and agents) against and in respect of any and all Damages by reason of or otherwise arising out of: (i) the obligations a breach by Parent or Merger Sub of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (any representation, warranty or covenant contained in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and this Agreement; or (ii) the obligation any claim of the Company false or misleading information relating to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition Parent included in Parent SEC Filings provided, that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall Stockholders will not be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees indemnification pursuant to reimburse this Section 11.01(b) unless the Company) aggregate amount of all Damages for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made which indemnification is sought by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse Company Stockholders exceeds $85,000, in which case the Company Stockholders will be entitled to indemnification for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights the full amount of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and IndemniteeDamages.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Perficient Inc)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In Each Selling Entity shall hold harmless, ---------------------- indemnify and defend Apple, its affiliates, successors and assigns (the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company"Apple Indemnified Parties"), against any and all Expensesobligations, judgmentsclaims, fineslosses, penalties damages, liabilities and amounts paid in settlement expenses (including all interestincluding, assessments without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlementlegal expenses and other charges) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result (all of the actual foregoing being referred to below in this Agreement as "Claims"), but specifically excluding any claims, losses, damages, liabilities and expenses related or deemed receipt connected to, in any way, the payment of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust obligations pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement 5.03 of the Management Agreement, arising out of the breach by such Selling Entity (or, with respect to the contrary indemnity obligations of the General Partner, a breach by the Company or the Controlling Partnership) of its representations and except warranties under the Original Agreement, as provided in Section 5amended and affected by the First Amendment (and CCRI and Desert Springs shall be jointly and severally liable with the General Partner for breaches of representations and warranties by the General Partner with respect to the Inns, Indemnitee the Company or the Controlling Partnership); Crestline shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with hold harmless and indemnify the Apple Indemnified Parties against (i) all Claims brought by Crestline or any Proceeding initiated of its affiliates, or by Indemnitee any pre-Closing managers and officers of the Company or the Controlling Partnership, against the Company or any director the Controlling Partnership, as applicable, to the extent relating to the period prior to the Closing, (ii) all Claims arising out of or officer relating to the Residence Inn located in Raleigh, North Carolina, which was formerly owned by the Controlling Partnership and (iii) all Claims relating to the matters disclosed in Section 6.5 hereof. The General Partner hereby assumes the indemnity agreements made by the Company and/or the Controlling Partnership in Section 11.3 of the Company unless Original Agreement, as amended and affected by the Company has joined First Amendment (which is unaffected by this Agreement), and Apple agrees that the indemnification agreements made by it for the benefit of the Controlling Partnership in that Section 11.3 shall instead be for the benefit of the Selling Entities. The Selling Entities' indemnity obligations hereunder shall be primary obligations of each such Selling Entity, and Apple may proceed immediately against the Selling Entities without being required to bring any proceeding or consented to take any action against the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance")Company; provided, however, that no claim may be prosecuted by any party under this 11.3 ----------------- (meaning both subsections (a) and (b) hereof), or under Section 11.3 of the Original Agreement, as affected hereby and by the First Amendment, unless written notice of such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery claim is delivered by the party seeking to prosecute such claim to the Company of an undertaking by party or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay parties against whom such amount if it claim is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only prosecuted prior to the extent permitted by lawdate that is eighteen (18) months after the Closing Date. (b) Notwithstanding In addition, and notwithstanding any provisions of this Agreement to the foregoingcontrary, (i) each Selling Entity shall hold harmless, indemnify and defend the obligations of Apple Indemnified Parties, against any and all Claims, connected with the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject Controlling Interests owned by such Selling Entity to the condition that extent relating to the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in period during which such Selling Entity owned the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, Controlling Interests; and (ii) Apple shall hold harmless, indemnify and defend the obligation of Selling Entities and their affiliates, successors and assigns, against any and all obligations, claims, losses, damages, liabilities, debts obligations and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and other charges) connected with the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and Controlling Interests to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, relating to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, period during which Apple (or its affiliates) owns the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and IndemniteeControlling Interests.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Purchase Agreement (Apple Hospitality Two Inc)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In Subject to the event Indemnitee waslimitations provided herein, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of Buyer and its Affiliates (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Eventcollectively, the Company "Buyer Indemnitees") shall indemnify Indemnitee each be indemnified and held harmless to the fullest extent permitted set forth in this Article IX on a joint and several basis by lawShareholders in respect of any Damages reasonably and proximately incurred by any Buyer Indemnitee (i) as a result of any inaccuracy or misrepresentation in or breach of or failure to perform any representation, as soon as practicable but warranty, covenant, agreement or obligation of Diverco or Shareholders in this Agreement or (ii) in connection with any event no later than thirty Environmental Liability. The aggregate liability of Shareholders collectively under this Section 9.01(a) of this Agreement shall not exceed the Purchase Price, except in the case of Damages due to Shareholders' fraud or willful misconduct. (30b) days after written demand is presented Shareholders and their Affiliates (collectively the "Shareholder Indemnitees") shall each be indemnified and held harmless to the Company, against extent set forth in this Article IX by Buyer in respect of any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties Damages reasonably and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and proximately incurred by any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Shareholder Indemnitee as a result of the actual (i) any inaccuracy or deemed receipt misrepresentation in or breach of or failure to perform any payments under this Agreementrepresentation, including the creation warranty, covenant, agreement or obligation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything Buyer in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer (ii) Diverco's conduct of the Company unless Business after the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by lawClosing. (bc) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) Buyer Indemnitees may not seek indemnification hereunder from Shareholders unless and until the obligations claims in the aggregate exceed $50,000, provided that if such threshold is exceeded, Buyer Indemnitees may seek indemnification hereunder for any and all claims subject to a one-time deductible in the amount of the Company under $10,000. This Section 2(a9.01(c) shall not apply to indemnification claims relating to Sections 3.01, 3.06, 3.21, 5.07 or 5.08, which will be subject fully indemnified by Shareholders. (d) From and after the Closing Date, Diverco shall have no liability to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinionShareholders for contribution or reimbursement due to, in any case in which the specialor other Damages arising out of, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance liability incurred by Shareholders pursuant to Section 2(a9.01(a) shall be subject to notwithstanding the condition that, if, when and to the extent fact that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings representations and warranties of Diverco and Shareholders in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, Article III and the Company hereby consents to service covenants of process Diverco and to appear Shareholders in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive Article V are joint and binding on the Company and Indemniteeseveral.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Stock Purchase Agreement (Aftermarket Technology Corp)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of Buyer and its Affiliates (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Eventcollectively, the Company "Buyer Indemnitees") shall indemnify Indemnitee each be indemnified and held harmless to the fullest extent permitted set forth in this Article VIII by law, as soon as practicable but each Shareholder in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against respect of any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties Damages reasonably and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and proximately incurred by any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Buyer Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt any breach of any payments under this Agreementrepresentation or warranty made by such Shareholder in Article III hereof (collectively, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense AdvanceArticle III Claims"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Each Buyer Indemnitee shall be indemnified and held harmless to the extent set forth in this Article VIII by Shareholders severally in their respective Pro Rata Portions in respect of any and all Damages reasonably and proximately incurred by any Buyer Indemnitee as a result of: (1) any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made in this Agreement (other than in Article III) by Tranzparts prior to the Closing or Shareholders at any time or (2) any of the items set forth on SCHEDULE 4.19(a)(i) (collectively with Article III Claims, "Buyer Indemnifiable Claims"). (c) Shareholders and their respective Affiliates (collectively, the "Shareholder Indemnitees") shall each be indemnified and held harmless to the extent set forth in this Article VIII by Buyer in respect of any and all Damages reasonably and proximately incurred by any Shareholder Indemnitee as a result of any inaccuracy or misrepresentation in or breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by Buyer in this Agreement. (d) Except as set forth in Sections 8.01(a), (b) and (c), no Person shall have any claim or cause of action as a result of any inaccuracy or misrepresentation in or breach of or failure to perform any representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or obligation of any Indemnifying Party referred to in this Section 8.01 against any Affiliate, stockholder, director, officer, employee, consultant or agent of such Indemnifying Party. Nothing set forth in this Article VIII shall be deemed to prohibit or limit any Buyer Indemnitee's or Shareholder Indemnitee's right at any time before, on or after the Closing Date, to seek injunctive or other equitable relief for the failure of any Indemnifying Party to perform any covenant or agreement contained herein. (e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, Buyer Indemnitees may not seek indemnification hereunder from Shareholders unless and until the Buyer Indemnifiable Claims in the aggregate exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) (the "Basket") and then only for amounts in excess of the Basket. This Section 8.01(e) shall not apply to the Article III Claims, indemnification claims relating to Sections 4.03 or 4.18 (the "Fully Covered Claims"), or indemnification claims relating to Section 4.21 of Article IV so long as such claims relate to the status and taxation of the Company as an S corporation under Section 1361 ET. SEQ. of the Code (and any corresponding provisions of all applicable state and local income tax laws) (the "S Corporation Claims"), which will be fully indemnified by Shareholders. (f) The maximum aggregate liability of each Shareholder to indemnify the Buyer Indemnitees under this Article VIII shall not exceed (i) the obligations thirty-five percent (35%) of such Shareholder's Pro Rata Portion of the Company under Total Consideration with respect to those claims other than Article III Claims, Fully Covered Claims, S Corporation Claims and indemnification claims relating to Section 2(a4.19 ("Environmental Claims") shall be subject (ii) one hundred percent (100%) of such Shareholder's Pro Rata Portion of the Total Consideration with respect to the condition Article III Claims, Fully Covered Claims and Environmental Claims; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined sum of (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involvedi) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of this Section 8.01(f) shall not exceed such Shareholder's Pro Rata Portion of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) Total Consideration. There shall be subject no maximum aggregate liability of Shareholders to indemnify the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified Buyer Indemnitees under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made this Article VIII with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and IndemniteeS Corporation Claims.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Stock Purchase Agreement (Aftermarket Technology Corp)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party The Companies hereby agrees to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall hold harmless and indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon such may be amended from time to time, as practicable but in any event no later than thirty follows: (30a) days after written demand is presented Subject to the Companyexceptions contained in Section l0(a)(iv) below, if Indemnitee was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding (other than a Proceeding by or in the right of any of the Companies) by reason of Indemnitee’s Company Status, Indemnitee shall be indemnified by the Companies against any and all Expenses, judgments, finespenalties, penalties fines and amounts paid in settlement (including all interestactually and reasonably incurred by him, assessments and other charges paid or payable on his behalf, in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director claim, issue or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by lawmatter therein. (b) Notwithstanding Subject to the foregoingexceptions contained in Section 10(a)(v) below, (i) if Indemnitee was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding by or in the obligations right of any of the Companies to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of Indemnitee’s Company under Section 2(a) Status, Indemnitee shall be subject to indemnified by the condition that Companies against all Expenses incurred or paid by the Reviewing Party shall not have determined Indemnitee in connection with such Proceedings. (in a written opinion, in any case in which c) In consideration for the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, Apax Funds designation of its partners and (ii) the obligation employees as members of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Companies’ Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Controlany Apax Fund is, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted is threatened to be indemnified made, a party to or a participant in any Proceeding, then to the extent the Apax Fund’s involvement in the Proceeding arises in whole or in part under applicable lawor directly or indirectly from the Indemnitee’s service to any of the Companies as an officer or director of such Company, Indemnitee the Apax Fund shall have be entitled to all of the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof indemnification rights and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereofremedies, and shall to the Company hereby consents extent indemnified hereunder, undertake the obligations of the Indemnitee, under this Agreement to service of process the same extent as Indemnitee and to appear in any the same extent as if such proceedingApax Fund was a party hereto. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and IndemniteeEach Apax Fund is an intended third party beneficiary under this Agreement.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Director Indemnification Agreement (Bankrate, Inc.)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, Agreement (including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereofTrust). Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, prior to a Change in Control Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, advance (within ten (10) business days of such request, ) any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, Control the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, Control (other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control), the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemnitee.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: By Laws (McKesson Corp)

Agreement to Indemnify. Following the Closing and subject to the limitations set forth herein, (a) In all of the event Indemnitee wasStockholders collectively and the Principal Stockholder individually shall indemnify and agree to defend and hold harmless AspenTech and the Surviving Corporation (and their respective affiliates, is or becomes a party to or witness officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents) against and in respect of any and all claims, costs, losses, expenses, liabilities or other participant indamages, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant inincluding interest and penalties (collectively "Damages"), a Proceeding by reason of or otherwise arising out of a breach by Chesapeake or the Principal Stockholder prior to or at the Closing of a representation, warranty or covenant contained in this Agreement and (or arising in part out ofb) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company AspenTech shall indemnify Indemnitee and agree to defend and hold harmless the fullest extent permitted by lawStockholders (and their respective affiliates, as soon as practicable but representatives and agents) against and in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against respect of any and all ExpensesDamages by reason of or otherwise arising out of a breach by AspenTech or Acquisition Corp. prior to or at the Closing of a representation, judgmentswarranty or covenant contained in this Agreement. The amounts for which AspenTech, finesthe Surviving Corporation and the Stockholders may seek indemnification under this Section 9 shall extend to, penalties and as used herein the term "Damages" shall include, reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements, reasonable accountants' fees and disbursements, costs of litigation and other expenses incurred by them (or their respective affiliates, officers, directors or employees) in the defense of any claim asserted against them (or their respective affiliates, officers, directors or employees) and any amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt compromise of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee claim asserted against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and them to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee claim asserted is or would have been subject to the indemnification provisions hereof, subject to the limitations on indemnification set forth in Sections 9.2 and 9.3. "Damages" shall not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable lawinclude any amount for which reimbursement is received by AspenTech, the Company shall be entitled Surviving Corporation or the Stockholders, as the case may be, pursuant to be reimbursed insurance policies or third-party payments by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all virtue of indemnification or subrogation received by such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemniteeparty.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (Aspen Technology Inc /De/)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable practicable, but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, Agreement (including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof(as defined below)). Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, prior to a Change in Control Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, advance (within ten (10) business days of such request, ) any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee Indemnittee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, Control (other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control), the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemnitee. Expenses shall be advanced, however, only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Indemnification Agreement (Broadband Sports Inc)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to The Purchasers shall be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee indemnified and held harmless to the fullest extent permitted set forth in this ARTICLE VIII by law, as soon as practicable but each of the RG Companies in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against respect of any and all Expensesdemands, claims, actions or causes of action, assessments, losses, damages, costs, expenses, liabilities, judgments, awards, fines, penalties sanctions, penalties, charges and amounts paid in settlement (net of insurance proceeds actually received), including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or (i) interest on cash disbursements in respect of any of the foregoing at the per annum rate of interest publicly announced from time to time by the Bank of America as its prime rate (or reference rate), compounded quarterly, from the date each such Expensescash disbursement is made until the person incurring the same shall have been indemnified in respect thereof and (ii) reasonable costs, judgmentsfees and expenses of attorneys, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) accountants and other agents of such Proceeding person (collectively, "Damages") reasonably and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee proximately incurred by Purchaser as a result of the actual any inaccuracy or deemed receipt misrepresentation in or breach of any payments under this Agreementrepresentation, including the creation warranty, covenant or agreement made by any of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything RG Companies or ActiveUSA in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance")Closing; provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law.and (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) The RG Companies shall be subject indemnified and held harmless to the condition that extent set forth in this ARTICLE VIII by Purchaser in respect of any and all Damages reasonably and proximately incurred by any RG Company as a result of any inaccuracy or misrepresentation in or breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by the Reviewing Party shall not have determined Purchaser in this Agreement. (c) Except as set forth in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable lawSECTIONS 8.1(a), and (iib) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and except to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted of confidentiality provisions in this Agreement, no person shall have any claim or cause of action as a result of any inaccuracy or misrepresentation in or breach of or failure to be so indemnified under applicable lawperform any representation, the Company warranty, covenant, agreement or obligation of a party providing indemnification (each, an "INDEMNIFYING PARTY") against any affiliate, stockholder, director, officer, employee, consultant or agent of such Indemnifying Party. Nothing set forth in this ARTICLE VIII shall be deemed to prohibit or limit the right of a party entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee indemnification (who hereby agrees to reimburse each, an "INDEMNITEE") at any time before, on or after the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereonClosing Date, to seek injunctive or other equitable relief for the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing failure of any Indemnifying Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party perform any covenant or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemniteeagreement contained herein.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Series D Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (Ticketmaster Online Citysearch Inc)

Agreement to Indemnify. Subject always to the provisions of this Agreement, the Articles and the Companies Law, the Company hereby agrees to hold harmless and indemnify the Indemnitee against all Expenses and Liabilities properly incurred or paid by the Indemnitee by reason of the Indemnitee’s Corporate Status to the fullest extent permitted by Article 77 of the Companies Law, as amended, and any other applicable law. In furtherance of the foregoing indemnification, and without limiting the generality thereof: (a) In Subject to the event exceptions contained in Section 4, Section 6 and Section 8 below, if the Indemnitee was, was or is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness participant in any Proceeding (other than an action by or other in the right of the Company) by reason of the Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, the Indemnitee shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against all Expenses and Liabilities properly incurred or paid by the Indemnitee or on the Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with such Proceeding (referred to herein as “Indemnifiable Expenses” and “Indemnifiable Liabilities,” respectively, and collectively as “Indemnifiable Amounts”). (b) Subject to the exceptions contained in Section 4, Section 6 and Section 8 below, if the Indemnitee was or is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or participant inin any Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, the Indemnitee shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against all Indemnifiable Expenses. (c) In addition to, and without regard to any limitations on, the indemnification provided for in Sections 3(a) and (b) but subject to the exceptions contained in Section 4, Section 6 and Section 8 below, the Indemnitee shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against all Indemnifiable Amounts if, by reason of the Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, the Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or participant in any Proceeding (including a Proceeding by reason or in the right of the Company) provided that in no circumstances shall the Company be obligated to make any payment to the Indemnitee that it is advised by its legal advisers would be unlawful under the laws of Jersey or is otherwise not permitted pursuant to the Articles. (or arising in part out ofd) an Indemnifiable Event[The Company hereby acknowledges that the Indemnitee has certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance provided by the Fund Indemnitors. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee hereby agrees that, subject always to the fullest extent permitted provisions of the Companies Law and the Articles (i) it is the indemnitor of first resort in respect of Indemnifiable Expenses properly incurred by lawthe Indemnitee by reason of the Indemnitee’s Corporate Status (i.e., as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented its obligations to the CompanyIndemnitee are primary and any obligation of the Fund Indemnitors to advance Expenses or to provide indemnification for the same Indemnifiable Amounts incurred by the Indemnitee are secondary), (ii) it shall be required to advance the full amount of Indemnifiable Expenses properly incurred by the Indemnitee by reason of the Indemnitee’s Corporate Status and shall be liable for the full amount of all Indemnifiable Amounts to the extent legally permitted and as required by the terms of this Agreement and/or the Articles (or any other agreement between the Company and the Indemnitee), without regard to any rights the Indemnitee may have against the Fund Indemnitors, and (iii) it irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases the Fund Indemnitors from any and all Expensesclaims against the Fund Indemnitors for contribution, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and subrogation or any other charges paid or payable in connection with or recovery of any kind in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties thereof. The Company further agrees that no advancement or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on payment by the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or Fund Indemnitors on behalf of the Indemnitee with respect to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that any claim for which the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that has sought indemnification from the Company shall make such advances only affect the foregoing and the Fund Indemnitors shall have a right of contribution and/or be subrogated to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of such advancement or payment to all of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation rights of recovery of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse against the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemnitee.]

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Director Indemnification Agreement (Mimecast LTD)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In From and after the event Indemnitee wasClosing Date and subject to the terms and conditions of this Article IX, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable EventBuyer, the Company and its Subsidiaries and their respective officers, directors, employees, partners, members, agents, representatives, successors and permitted assigns (collectively, the “Buyer Indemnitees”) each shall indemnify Indemnitee be indemnified, held harmless, compensated and reimbursed by the Sellers, jointly and severally, as the Buyer Indemnitees’ sole and exclusive remedy (other than pursuant to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in Seller Guarantee) for any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented breach of this Agreement to the Company, against extent set forth in this Article IX in respect of any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid Damages directly incurred or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and suffered by any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Buyer Indemnitee as a result of (i) any breach of, or inaccuracy in, any representation or warranty made by the actual Company or deemed receipt the Sellers in Article III or Article V of this Agreement as of the date of this Agreement or as of the Closing as if such representation or warranty had been made on and as of the Closing (in each case after giving effect to any payments under updated Material Contracts Schedule pursuant to a permitted Schedule Supplement), (ii) any breach of, or any failure to perform any covenant or agreement of the Company or the Sellers contained in this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant (iii) any Transaction Expenses not paid prior to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement or in connection with the Closing, (iv) any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against inaccuracy in Section 3.07(b), (v) Taxes imposed on the Company or any director or officer of its Subsidiaries with respect to any Pre-Signing Tax Period (excluding any Taxes attributable to a breach of Section 10.02(a)(iii)), (vi) the Company unless matters set forth on the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten Specified Matters Schedule (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only except to the extent permitted by lawany such Damages constitute Settlement Payments and are taken into account in determining Sale Consideration pursuant to Section 1.02), and (vii) any 280G Indemnifiable Matter. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, foregoing (i) the obligations of the Company no Buyer Indemnitee shall be indemnified under Section 2(a9.01(a) for any claim (or series of related claims) for breach of a representation and warranty set forth in the Disclosure Schedules (and not, for the avoidance of doubt, a representation and warranty set forth in Article III or Article V of this Agreement) unless the aggregate amount of Damages incurred or suffered by the Buyer Indemnitees as a result of such breach exceeds $25,000 (the “Small Claims Threshold”), whereupon the Buyer Indemnitees shall be entitled (subject to the condition same limitations applicable to the applicable section of this Agreement to which such disclosure relates) to indemnification for all Damages so incurred or suffered, including the Small Claims Threshold; (ii) no Buyer Indemnitee shall be indemnified under Section 9.01(a) unless and until the aggregate amount of all Damages incurred or suffered by any or all of the Buyer Indemnitees hereunder exceeds $2,750,000 (the “Deductible Amount”), whereupon the Buyer Indemnitees shall be entitled (subject to the other limitations herein) to indemnification for all Damages incurred or suffered by them only in excess of the Deductible Amount; provided that the Reviewing Party such limitation shall not have determined apply (A) to Damages relating to (1) the breach of a Specified Representation in a written opinion, in any case in which Article III or Article V or (2) to the special, independent counsel matters referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved9.01(a)(ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), or (vii) or (B) in the event of fraud or willful misconduct; and (iii) the maximum aggregate amount of indemnification that the Buyer Indemnitees may recover under Section 9.01(a) shall not exceed $19,250,000 (the “Cap”); provided further that the Cap shall not apply (A) to Damages relating to (1) the breach of a Specified Representation in Article III or Article V or (2) to the matters referred to in Section 9.01(a)(iii), (iv), (v), (vi), or (vii) or (B) in the event of fraud or willful misconduct. (c) From and after the Closing Date and subject to the terms of this Article IX, the Seller, their Affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees, partners, members, agents, representatives, successors and permitted assigns (collectively, the “Seller Indemnitees”) shall each be indemnified, held harmless, compensated and reimbursed to the extent set forth in this Article IX, by Buyer and the Company (jointly and severally) in respect of any and all Damages directly incurred or suffered by any Seller Indemnitee would not as a result of any breach of, or inaccuracy in, any representation or warranty made by Buyer in this Agreement as of the date of this Agreement or as of the Closing as if such representation or warranty had been made on and as of the Closing, or any failure to perform any covenant or agreement made by Buyer or, with respect to breaches of covenants to be permitted to performed following the closing, by the Company in this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing (x) no Seller Indemnitee shall be indemnified under applicable lawthis Section 9.01(c) unless and until the aggregate amount of all Damages incurred or suffered by any or all of the Seller Indemnitees hereunder exceeds the Deductible Amount, whereupon the Seller Indemnitees shall be entitled to indemnification for all Damages incurred or suffered by them only in excess of the Deductible Amount; provided that such limitation shall not apply to damages relating to the breach of a Specified Representation in Article IV or to Buyer’s failure to make any of the payments required to be made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b), (c) and (d); (y) the maximum aggregate amount of indemnification that the Seller Indemnitees may recover under Section 9.01(c) shall not exceed the Cap; provided that the Cap shall not apply to damages relating to the breach of a Specified Representation in Article IV or to Buyer’s failure to make any of the payments required to be made pursuant to Sections 1.04(b), (c) and (d); and (z) no Seller Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification under Section 9.01(c) to the extent the Damages relate to any action taken or omitted to be taken by any Seller Indemnitee or any of its Affiliates. Furthermore, no Seller Indemnitee shall have any right to assert any claims pursuant to this Article IX with respect to any Damage or other claim to the extent it is (A) primarily a possible or potential Damage or claim that such Seller Indemnitee believes may be asserted rather than a Damage or claim that has, in fact, been filed of record against such Seller Indemnitee or paid or incurred by such Seller Indemnitee or (B) a Damage or claim with respect to which such Seller Indemnitee has taken action (or caused action to be taken) to accelerate the time period in which such matter is asserted or payable. (d) This Article IX constitutes the Buyer Indemnitees’ sole and exclusive remedy for any and all Damages or other claims (excluding actions for specific performance or similar injunctive relief or claims of, or causes of action arising from, actual common law fraud, which may be brought without limitation under this Agreement against the fraudulent party) relating to or arising from this Agreement, any of the agreements, documents and instruments executed and delivered in connection herewith and the transactions contemplated by any of the foregoing. The Buyer Indemnitees may not avoid such limitation on liability by seeking damages for breach of contract, tort or pursuant to any other theory of liability. Except as expressly contemplated by Section 9.01(a), no claim (excluding any actions for specific performance or similar injunctive relief or claims of, or causes of action arising from, actual common law fraud, which may be brought without limitation under this Agreement against the fraudulent party) shall be brought or maintained by Buyer, its Subsidiaries (including, after the Closing, the Company and its Subsidiaries) or its or their respective Affiliates, successors or permitted assigns or any other Buyer Indemnitee, and no recourse shall be brought or granted against any of them, by virtue of or based upon any alleged misrepresentation or inaccuracy in or breach of any of the representations, warranties or covenants of the Company or any other Person set forth or contained in this Agreement, or any of the agreements, documents and instruments executed and delivered in connection herewith, the subject matter of this Agreement, any information, document or material furnished or made available to Buyer in “data rooms,” management presentations or in any other form in anticipation of or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the ownership, operation, management, use, control of, and other actions or omissions with respect to, the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, any of their assets, any of the transactions contemplated hereby or any other actions or omissions at or prior to the Closing. Buyer, its Subsidiaries (including, after the Closing, the Company and its Subsidiaries), and its and their respective Affiliates, successors and permitted assigns and any other Buyer Indemnitee hereby irrevocably waive all such claims of any type or description and hereby agree to indemnify and hold harmless each of the Seller Indemnitees from and against and in respect of any and all Damages and other losses incurred by any Seller Indemnitee as a result of any such claim brought or maintained by any such party against any Seller Indemnitee in contravention of this Section 9.01(d). EACH BUYER INDEMNITEE (EACH, A “RELEASING PARTY”) EXPRESSLY WAIVES ALL RIGHTS AFFORDED BY ANY STATUTE WHICH LIMITS THE EFFECT OF A RELEASE WITH RESPECT TO UNKNOWN CLAIMS. EACH RELEASING PARTY UNDERSTANDS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS RELEASE OF UNKNOWN CLAIMS AND WAIVER OF STATUTORY PROTECTION AGAINST A RELEASE OF UNKNOWN CLAIMS. EACH RELEASING PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT THIS WAIVER IS AN ESSENTIAL AND MATERIAL TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT. (e) For the sole purpose of appropriately apportioning any Taxes relating to any Straddle Period, the portion of such Tax that is attributable to the Tax period that ends on and includes the date hereof shall be (i) in the case of a Tax that is not transaction-based, the total amount of such Tax for the full Tax period that includes the date hereof multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days from the beginning of such Tax period to and including the date hereof and the denominator of which is the total number of days in such full Tax period, and (ii) in the obligation case of a transaction-based Tax, including a Tax based on net income, the Tax that would be due with respect to such partial period, if such partial period that includes the date hereof were a full Tax period, apportioning income, gain, expenses, loss, depreciation, deductions and credits equitably based on an interim closing of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemniteebooks.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Securities Purchase Agreement (OMNICELL, Inc)

Agreement to Indemnify. Subject to the limitations set forth in Sections 9.1 (ad) In the event Indemnitee wasand 10.3-10.8, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant ineach Seller (each, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event"INDEMNIFYING PERSON" and collectively, the Company shall "INDEMNIFYING PERSONS") will severally, and not jointly, based on each such Seller's Pro Rata Share, indemnify Indemnitee to and hold harmless Buyer, the fullest extent permitted by lawGroup Companies and their respective directors, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty officers, agents, representatives, shareholders and employees, and each Person, if any, who controls or may Control Buyer or the Group Companies (30each, an "INDEMNIFIED PERSON" and collectively, the "INDEMNIFIED PERSONS") days after written demand is presented to the Company, from and against any and all Expenseslosses, judgmentscosts, finesdamages, penalties Liabilities and amounts paid in settlement expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, other professionals' and experts' reasonable fees, and court or arbitration costs (including all interestcollectively, assessments and other charges "DAMAGES"), directly incurred, paid or payable accrued in connection with with, resulting from or in respect arising out of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result breach of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments Sellers' obligations under this Agreement, including the creation (a) any failure of any Warranty of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything Sellers in this Agreement to be true and correct as of the contrary and Agreement Date and, as regards the Repeating Warranties, as of Closing as though such Warranty were made as of Closing (except for any such Warranties that, by their terms, speak only as provided in Section 5of a specific date or dates), Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement (b) any breach of or default in connection with any Proceeding initiated of the covenants or agreements made by Indemnitee against any Seller in this Agreement, the Disclosure Letter or any certificate or document delivered pursuant to this Agreement; and (c) any Transaction Expenses paid or to be paid by the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. not already deducted from the Purchase Price pursuant to the definition thereof. Damages shall be calculated as the Indemnified Person's direct loss (bDKK for DKK or that other currency which may apply to the Damages) Notwithstanding without regard to any method of calculation (P/E, cash flow multiple or similar method) used for the foregoing, (i) the obligations determination of the Company under Section 2(a) Purchase Price. The Damages shall be subject the net loss effectively sustained by the Indemnified Person less any benefits available to the condition that Indemnified Person directly connected to the Reviewing Party Damages, including but not limited to loss covered by insurance and the Tax benefit of a Tax deductible loss. Damages shall not have determined be calculated exclusive of any indirect or consequential loss. In addition, as stated in subsection 2.2(b)(iii), if the Net Amount calculated pursuant to such section is less than zero (in a written opinion0), such difference shall constitute indemnifiable Damages hereunder. Materiality, Material Adverse Effect, knowledge and similar standards or qualifications in any case representation, warranty or covenant shall only be taken into account in which the specialdetermining whether a breach of or default in connection with such representation, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted warranty or covenant (or failure of any representation or warranty to be indemnified under applicable lawtrue and correct) exists, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse reapplied in determining the Company for amount of any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made indemnifiable Damages with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Controlbreach, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party default or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted failure to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof true and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemniteecorrect.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Stock Purchase Agreement (Spectralink Corp)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Indemnification any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemnitee.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Indemnification Agreement (Mti Technology Corp)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In Subject to the event limitations provided herein ATC, Buyer and their Affiliates (collectively, the "Buyer Indemnitees") shall each be indemnified and held harmless on a joint and several basis by Stockholders and Sellers in respect of any Damages reasonably and proximately incurred by any Buyer Indemnitee was(i) as a result of any inaccuracy or misrepresentation in or breach of or failure to perform any representation, is warranty, covenant, agreement or becomes a party to obligation of any Stockholder or witness or other participant inSeller in this Agreement, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in(ii) in connection with any Excluded Liabilities. The aggregate Liability of Stockholder and Seller under Section 9.01(a)(i) shall not exceed $40,000,000, a Proceeding by reason except in the case of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee Damages due to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in fraud or willful misconduct of any event no later than thirty Stockholder or Seller. (30b) days after written demand is presented Subject to the Companylimitations provided herein, against Stockholders, Sellers and their Affiliates (collectively the "Seller Indemnitees") shall each be indemnified and held harmless by ATC and Buyer in respect of any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties Damages reasonably and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect proximately incurred by any of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Seller Indemnitee as a result of the actual (i) any inaccuracy or deemed receipt misrepresentation in or breach of or failure to perform any payments under representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or obligation of ATC or Buyer in this Agreement, including (ii) Assumed Liabilities or (iii) the creation conduct of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to Business after the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by lawClosing Date. (bc) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company Buyer Indemnitees may not seek indemnification under Section 2(a9.01(a) shall be subject to unless and until the condition claims in the aggregate exceed $50,000, provided that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof if such threshold is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable lawexceeded, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) Buyer Indemnitees may seek indemnification hereunder for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law claims. The foregoing limitation shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required apply to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as Damages relating to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted Excluded Liabilities or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, Damages due to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board fraud or willful misconduct of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party any Stockholder or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and IndemniteeSeller.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Asset Purchase Agreement (Aftermarket Technology Corp)

Agreement to Indemnify. The Corporation agrees to indemnify Indemnitee as follows: (a) In Subject to the event exceptions contained in Section 4 below, if Indemnitee was, was or is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding (other than an action by or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding in the right of the Corporation) by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, either prior to or after the execution of this Agreement, Indemnitee shall be indemnified by the Corporation against all Expenses and Liabilities incurred or paid by Indemnitee in connection with such Proceeding (referred to herein as “Indemnifiable Expenses” and “Indemnifiable Liabilities,” respectively, and collectively as “Indemnifiable Amounts”) if (i) Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in, or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Eventnot opposed to, the Company best interests of the Corporation, and (ii) with respect to any criminal Proceeding, Indemnitee had no reasonable cause to believe that Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful. In addition, the Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, from and against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes (if any) imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding Subject to the foregoingexceptions contained in Section 4 below, (i) if Indemnitee was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding by or in the obligations right of the Company under Section 2(a) Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, either prior to or after the execution of this Agreement, Indemnitee shall be subject indemnified by the Corporation against all Indemnifiable Expenses and amounts paid in settlement if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made under this subsection in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which Indemnitee shall have been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction that Indemnitee is liable to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinionCorporation, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable lawunless, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and only to the extent that, the court in which such Proceeding was brought or another court of competent jurisdiction determines upon application that in view of all the Reviewing Party determines circumstances of the case, that Indemnitee would not is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such Indemnifiable Expenses and amounts paid in settlement, then Indemnitee shall be permitted entitled to be so indemnified payment in such amount as such court deems proper. In addition, the Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnitee from and against any and all federal, state, local or foreign taxes (if any) imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement. (c) Except as otherwise prohibited under applicable law, the Company Proceedings described in Sections 3(a) and 3(b) hereof shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) include, for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court purposes of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable lawthis Agreement, any determination made by Proceedings that involve, directly or indirectly, activities of the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding both in his or her official capacities as a Director or Officer and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse actions taken in another capacity while serving as Director or Officer on behalf of the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto Corporation. (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse d) Notwithstanding the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereonexceptions listed in Section 4 below, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there that Indemnitee has been such a Change successful on the merits or otherwise in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority defense of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel any Proceeding referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party subsections 3(a) or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole 3(b), or in part under applicable lawdefense of any claim, issue, or matter therein, Indemnitee shall be indemnified by the Corporation against Indemnifiable Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection therewith. (e) If Indemnitee is entitled under any provisions of this Agreement to indemnification by the Corporation for some or a portion of Indemnifiable Amounts but not, however, for the total amount thereof, the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee for the portion of such Indemnifiable Amounts to which Indemnitee is entitled. (f) For purposes of this Section 3 only, the Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in good faith and in a manner the right Indemnitee reasonably believed to commence litigation be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, or, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, to have had no reasonable cause to believe the Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful, if such action was based on a reasonable reliance upon any of the following: (i) the records or books of the Corporation or applicable Entity, including financial statements; (ii) information supplied to the Indemnitee by the officers of such Entity in the course of their duties; (iii) the advice of legal counsel for the Corporation or the applicable Entity; or (iv) information or records given in reports made to the Corporation or the applicable Entity by its independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected with reasonable care by such entity. The provisions of this Section 3(f) shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any court in way the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and other circumstances in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by Indemnitee may be deemed to have met the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service applicable standard of process and to appear conduct set forth in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemniteethis Section 3.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Indemnification Agreement (Dycom Industries Inc)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In Subject to the event Indemnitee waslimitations provided herein, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant inBuyer, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of RBC and their Affiliates (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Eventcollectively, the Company "Buyer Indemnitees") shall indemnify Indemnitee each be indemnified and held harmless to the fullest extent permitted set forth in this Article 7 by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or Seller in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlementany Damages reasonably and proximately incurred by any Buyer Indemnitee (i) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual any inaccuracy or deemed receipt misrepresentation in or breach of or failure to perform any payments under this Agreementrepresentation, including the creation warranty, covenant, agreement or obligation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything Seller in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5or any agreement, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement document or certificate delivered hereunder, (ii) in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against Excluded Liability, or (iii) in connection with any Liability arising during, or directly or indirectly associated with, the Company or any director or officer Interim Period and not arising in the ordinary course of the Company unless Business. Notwithstanding the Company has joined foregoing, Seller shall not be liable as an Indemnifying Party with respect to any claim relating to an inaccuracy or misrepresentation in or consented breach of any representation or warranty under subsection (a)(i) above if Buyer had Knowledge of such inaccuracy, misrepresentation or breach on or before the Closing Date. Further, Seller shall not be liable as an Indemnifying Party until all claims by the Buyer Indemnitees for indemnification exceed $75,000 in the aggregate, and thereafter Seller shall be liable, subject to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemniteeother limitations provided for elsewhere in this Agreement, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and for all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance")indemnification claims; provided, however, that such Expenses Seller shall be advanced only upon delivery liable, subject to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified other limitations provided for elsewhere in this Agreement, for all claims by the Company; provided furtherBuyer Indemnitees, regardless of amount, arising out of (i) the fraud or willful misconduct of Seller, (ii) any Lien that does not constitute a Permitted Lien, (iii) any Third Party Claim or (iv) any Excluded Liability. The aggregate liability of Seller collectively under this Section 7.1(a) of this Agreement shall not exceed $5,000,000, provided, however, that there shall be no limit on the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted aggregate liability of Seller for Damages incurred by lawBuyer in connection with: (1) Seller's fraud or willful misconduct; (2) any Excluded Liability; or (3) a Third Party Claim arising from an Excluded Liability; or (4) any Lien that does not constitute a Permitted Lien. (b) Notwithstanding Seller and its Affiliates (collectively the foregoing, "Seller Indemnitees") shall each be indemnified and held harmless to the extent set forth in this Article 7 by Buyer and RBC in respect of any and all Damages reasonably and proximately incurred by any Seller Indemnitee as a result of (i) the obligations any inaccuracy or misrepresentation in or breach of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject or failure to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (perform any representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or obligation of Buyer or RBC in a written opinionthis Agreement, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) failure of Buyer or RBC to pay and discharge the obligation Assumed Liabilities or (iii) the conduct of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to Business after the condition thatEffective Time, if, when and but only to the extent that (A) such Damages are directly attributable to periods following the Reviewing Party determines Effective Time, (B) such Damages are not proximately caused by actions of Seller prior to the Effective Time, (C) such Damages do not arise from an Excluded Liability, (D) if the underlying act or omission giving rise to such Damages began or occurred prior to the Effective Time and continued after the Effective Time, such Damages increased following such time that Indemnitee would not be permitted Buyer obtained Knowledge thereof and failed to be so indemnified under applicable lawtake reasonable actions after the Closing Date in response thereto, and (E) if such Damages arose by reason of Liabilities incurred during, or with respect to, the Company shall be entitled Interim Period, they are not subject to be reimbursed by Indemnitee Seller's indemnification responsibilities set forth in subsection (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Companya)(iii) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemniteeabove.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Asset Purchase Agreement (Roller Bearing Co of America Inc)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In Subject to the event Indemnitee waslimitations of this Article 10, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable EventAcquirer, the Surviving Corporation and their respective directors, officers, agents, representatives, Company Securityholders and employees, and each Person, if any, who controls or may control Acquirer or the Surviving Corporation within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (each, an “Indemnified Person” and, collectively, the “Indemnified Persons”), shall indemnify Indemnitee be entitled to indemnification out of the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, Escrow Fund from and against any and all Expensesclaims, judgmentsdemands, finessuits, penalties actions, causes of actions, losses, costs, damages, Liabilities and amounts paid in settlement expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, other professionals’ and experts’ reasonable fees, and court or arbitration costs (including all interestcollectively, assessments and other charges paid “Damages”), directly or payable indirectly arising out of, resulting from or in connection with with: (i) any inaccuracy, misrepresentation or in respect of such Expensesdefault in, judgmentsor breach of, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual representations or deemed receipt of any payments under warranties given or made by Company in this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company Disclosure Letter or any director agreement, certificate or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking document delivered by or on behalf of Company or an officer of Company pursuant hereto (other than the Indemnitee Net Working Capital Certificate); (ii) any inaccuracy in the Net Working Capital Certificate or the Spreadsheet; (iii) any default in, or breach of, any of the covenants made by Company in this Agreement or any agreement, certificate or document delivered by or on behalf of Company or an officer of Company pursuant hereto; and (iv) any claims made with respect to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled Dissenting Shares or any payments paid with respect to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only Dissenting Shares pursuant to Section 6.3 to the extent permitted by lawthat such payments, in the aggregate, exceed the value of all cash otherwise issuable pursuant to Section 2.2(b) upon conversion of such Dissenting Shares. In determining the amount of any Damages in respect of any inaccuracy, misrepresentation or default in, or breach of, any representation, warranty or covenant, any materiality standard or qualification contained in such representation or warranty shall be disregarded. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) The Escrow Fund shall be subject available under the terms hereof and as set forth in the Escrow Agreement, to indemnify the Indemnified Persons from and against any and all Damages directly or indirectly incurred, paid or accrued in connection with, resulting from or arising out of any failure of such Series E Holder to have good and valid title to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation shares of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (Series E Preferred Stock as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court set forth in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and IndemniteeSpreadsheet.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Sonicwall Inc)

Agreement to Indemnify. Following the Closing and subject to the limitations set forth herein, (a) In the event Indemnitee wasStockholders shall severally, on a pro rata basis in accordance with their ownership of Company Common Stock, indemnify and agree to defend and hold harmless Parent, the Merger Sub, for periods prior to Closing, and the Surviving Entity, for periods after Closing (and their respective Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents) (“Parent Indemnified Persons” and, singularly, a “Parent Indemnified Person”) against and in respect of any and all Damages, by reason of or otherwise arising out of: (i) Parent Indemnified Taxes; (ii) any amount Parent is entitled to claim as Damages calculated in accordance with Section 2.07(c); (iii) any claim by an employee, former employee, independent contractor or becomes a party former independent contractor of the Company, or any other person or entity, based upon (A) such employee’s or former employee’s employment or such independent contractor’s or former independent contractor’s contract with the Company prior to the Effective Time, (B) the termination of employment of current or witness former employees or current or former independent contractors of the Company prior to the Effective Time, or (C) any severance arrangements or payments or any benefit, salary, bonus, commission or other participant in, compensation payments made or is threatened required to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee connection with such terminations prior to the fullest extent permitted Effective Time; (iv) any claim by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to a Stockholder or former stockholder of the Company, or any other person or entity, against the Company or any and all Expensesof its Affiliates, judgmentsofficers, finesdirectors, penalties and amounts paid in settlement employees or agents, based upon any rights of a stockholder (other than the right of the Stockholders to receive Merger Consideration pursuant to this Agreement), including all interestappraisal rights under the applicable provisions of the DGCL, assessments and other charges paid any option, preemptive rights or payable rights to notice or to vote; (v) any expenses incurred by the Company in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby which are not paid in settlement) of such Proceeding by the Company prior to the Closing and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed which are not reflected on the Indemnitee as Closing Date Statement; (vi) a result breach of the actual a representation, warranty or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything covenant contained in this Agreement to made by the contrary and except as provided Company; or (vii) a breach of a representation, warranty or covenant contained in Section 5this Agreement made by such Principal. provided, Indemnitee shall that, the Parent Indemnified Persons will not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company Section 10.01(a) unless the Company has joined aggregate amount of all Damages for which indemnification is sought by the Parent Indemnified Persons exceeds $100,000 (the “Parent Indemnification Basket”), in or consented which case the Parent Indemnified Persons will be entitled to indemnification for the initiation full amount of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance")Damages; provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company Parent Indemnification Basket shall make such advances only not apply to any claim for indemnification based on items (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and (vii) above or any claim for indemnification under item (vi) above to the extent permitted such claim relates to a breach of representation, warranty or covenant under Section 4.01, Section 4.02, Section 4.06, Section 4.08, Section 4.09, Section 4.11, Section 4.13 or Section 4.17. It is understood and agreed by lawthe Parent Indemnified Persons that indemnification hereunder is provided only severally by the Stockholders, and, except as provided to the extent they are Stockholders, is not provided, directly or indirectly, jointly or severally, by the Principals based upon their making representations, warranties or covenants hereunder or their execution of this Agreement or otherwise. The alleged breach or breach of a Stock Restriction and Non-Compete Agreement by a Stockholder shall not be an indemnifiable claim hereunder. (b) Notwithstanding Parent shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the foregoingStockholders and their respective affiliates, representatives and agents (ithe “Stockholder Indemnitees”) the obligations against and in respect of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (any and all Damages by reason of or otherwise arising out of a breach by Parent or Merger Sub of any representation, warranty or covenant contained in a written opinionthis Agreement; provided, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would Stockholder Indemnitees will not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees indemnification pursuant to reimburse this Section 10.01(b) unless the Company) aggregate amount of all Damages for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made which indemnification is sought by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereonStockholder Indemnitees exceeds $100,000, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by case the court or challenging any Stockholder Indemnitees will be entitled to indemnification for the full amount of such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and IndemniteeDamages.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Perficient Inc)

Agreement to Indemnify. Following the Closing, Sellers (athe “Indemnifying Parties”) In shall jointly and severally indemnify and hold harmless Buyer and its subsidiaries (including, after Closing, Targets), their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives and equityholders, and each person, if any, who controls or may control Buyer or any of its subsidiaries within the event Indemnitee was, is meaning of the Securities Act or becomes the Exchange Act (each hereinafter referred to individually as a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of“Buyer Indemnified Person” and collectively as “Buyer Indemnified Persons”) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, from and against any and all Expensesdamages, judgmentslosses, finescosts, penalties penalties, Liabilities and amounts paid expenses (including, in settlement each case to the extent it is finally determined that a Buyer Indemnified Person is entitled to indemnification hereunder for the underlying claim, reasonable attorneys’ fees, other professionals’ and experts’ fees, costs of investigation and court costs) (including all interesthereinafter collectively referred to as “Damages”), assessments and other charges paid arising out of, resulting from or payable in connection with the following: (a) any breach of any representation or warranty made by any Seller Group Party in Article 3 or Article 4 or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlementany Seller Ancillary Agreement; (b) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt failure of any payments under this Agreementcertification, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company representation or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking warranty made by or on behalf of the Indemnitee any Seller Group Party in any certificate delivered to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled Buyer pursuant to any provision of this Agreement to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations true and correct as of the Company under Section 2(adate such certificate is delivered to Buyer; (c) shall be subject to any breach of or default in connection with any of the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted covenants or agreements to be indemnified under applicable law, and performed or complied with made by any Seller in this Agreement or any Seller Ancillary Agreement; (iid) any Indemnified Taxes; (e) any Target Debt not reflected in the obligation calculation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(aFinal Purchase Price; (f) shall be subject to any Target Transaction Expenses not reflected in the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority calculation of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party Final Purchase Price; or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in (g) any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and IndemniteeExcluded Liabilities.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Purchase Agreement (Coupa Software Inc)

Agreement to Indemnify. Each Effective Time Holder shall severally (abased on each such holder’s Pro Rata Share), and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless Parent and its Subsidiaries, their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives (each hereinafter referred to individually as an “Parent Indemnified Person” and collectively as “Parent Indemnified Persons”) In the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, from and against any and all Expensesdamages, judgmentslosses, finescosts, penalties and amounts paid in settlement expenses (including all interestreasonable attorneys’ fees, assessments other professionals’ and other charges experts’ fees, costs of investigation and court costs (including such fees and costs incurred in connection with enforcing the provisions of this Article 11)) (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Damages”), arising out of or resulting from the following (the “Indemnifiable Matters”): (a) any failure of any representation or warranty made by the Company in this Agreement, the Company Disclosure Letter or the Company Closing Certificates to be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement (in the case of any such representation or warranty contained in this Agreement or the Company Disclosure Letter only) and as of the Closing Date (as though such representation or warranty were made as of the Closing Date, except in the case of representations and warranties which by their terms speak only as of a specific date or dates, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct on and as of such specified date or dates); (b) any breach of or default in connection with any of the covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement to be performed prior to the Closing; (c) any Dissenting Shares Excess Payments; (d) any Fraud by the Company under this Agreement; (e) any Company Merger Expenses or Company Closing Debt, in each case, to the extent not paid at the Closing or otherwise accounted for pursuant to Section 2.4; (f) any benefit payable by the Company or the Surviving Corporation as a result of, in connection with or arising under this Agreement that constitutes a “parachute payment” (as defined in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlementSection 280G(b)(2) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10Code) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition imposition of an excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code or that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation deductible by reason of Section 280G of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(aCode; or (g) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court any Taxes of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights Tax period ending on or before the Closing Date, including the allocable portion of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse any Tax period of the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereonthat contains, to the extent permitted by law. If there has but does not been a Change in Controlend on, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, Closing Date (and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court otherwise accounted for in the States calculation of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and IndemniteeNet Working Capital).

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Wright Medical Group N.V.)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, Agreement (including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof). Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, advance (within ten (10) business days of such request, ) any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, Control (other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control), the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemnitee.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Indemnification Agreement (Mti Technology Corp)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company Seller shall indemnify Indemnitee and hold harmless Buyer and its Affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives and stockholders (each hereinafter referred to the fullest extent permitted by law, individually as soon a “Buyer Indemnified Person” and collectively as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30“Buyer Indemnified Persons”) days after written demand is presented to the Company, from and against any and all Expensesdamages, judgmentslosses, finescosts, penalties penalties, Liabilities and amounts paid in settlement expenses (including all interestreasonable attorneys’ fees, assessments and other charges paid or payable reasonable professionals’ and experts’ fees, costs of investigation and court costs (including such fees and costs incurred in connection with enforcing the provisions of this Article VII)) (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Damages”), arising from: (i) any breach or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt inaccuracy of any payments under representation or warranty made by Seller, Company, or Company Subsidiary in this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant any Related Agreement or any exhibit or schedule to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to be true and correct as of the contrary date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date (as though such representation or warranty were made as of the Closing Date, except in the case of representations and warranties which by their terms speak only as provided of a specific date or dates, in Section 5which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct on and as of such specified date or dates); (ii) any breach or inaccuracy of any certification, Indemnitee shall not be entitled representation or warranty made by Seller in any certificate delivered to indemnification Buyer pursuant to any provision of this Agreement to be true and correct as of the date such certificate is delivered to Buyer; (iii) any breach of or default of any of the covenants or agreements made by Seller in connection with this Agreement, any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company Related Agreement or any director exhibit or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented schedule to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten this Agreement; (10iv) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking Fraud by or on behalf of Seller; (v) all Taxes imposed on Seller or the Indemnitee Trusts for any taxable period, or imposed on the Company with respect to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending on or before the Closing Date, or imposed on the Company Subsidiary with respect to be indemnified any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending on or before the Company Subsidiary Transfer Date, and all Taxes resulting from or attributable to the consummation of the Contribution, Conversion, Reorganization Transactions or Street Smart Transfer, (vi) all Taxes resulting from or attributable to the items disclosed in the second paragraph of Schedule 3.8 regarding tax matters, including the fees of professional advisors incurred in connection with the resolution of the tax matters items disclosed in Section 3.8 and the Sales Tax Returns; (vii) all liabilities, debts, and obligations of Company of any kind or character whatsoever to the extent arising out of (A) the performance or breach of any Contract during the period prior to Closing; or (B) any claim by a current or former employee, contractor, director, officer, member or manager of Company with respect to any act or omission of Company or one of its current or former employees, contractors, directors, officers, members or managers occurring prior to the CompanyClosing Date; provided further(viii) all liabilities, debts, and obligations of Company Subsidiary of any kind or character whatsoever to the extent arising out of (A) the performance or breach of any Contract during the period prior to the Company Subsidiary Transfer Date, (B) any claim by a current or former employee, contractor, director, officer, member or manager of Company Subsidiary with respect to any act or omission of Company Subsidiary or one of its current or former employees, contractors, directors, officers, members or managers occurring prior to the Company Subsidiary Transfer Date or (C) operation of the Street Smart Business before or after the Company Subsidiary Transfer Date; (ix) Transaction Expenses, or (x) any Third-Party Claim, received within 18 months after the Closing, that the open source code listed on Schedule 3.11(e) that either the Company shall make or Company Subsidiary has incorporated or incorporates into Risk Center Business or E Team Business software products listed on Schedule 3.11(e) violates, or fails to comply with its license terms (as well as any Third-Party Claim for infringement based upon such advances only violation or failure), to the extent permitted by lawsuch alleged violation, infringement or failure is directed to such software product as it existed at Closing; and (xi) any Third Party Claim, received within 18 months after the Closing, arising from acts of hackers, denial of service attacks, security breaches or other similar system security incidents, any of which results in unauthorized access to personally identifying or other private and confidential information of any individual, or the confidential information of any customer or other business partner or the Risk Center Business or E Team Business, to the extent any such acts, attacks, breaches or incidents arise from the Company or Company Subsidiary not implementing material security patches or material security upgrades (as defined in Section 3.11(g)). The indemnification obligations provided under this Section 8.2(a)(xi) shall not apply to the extent the Third-Party Claim relates to or arises from either: (A) Buyer’s failure to continue to provide Defense in Depth (DID) strategies, or to otherwise maintain compensating security controls intended to defend the applicable systems against attack, in a manner at least as protective as those in place at the Closing; or (B) Buyer’s modification, addition to or reconfiguration of the applicable Risk Center Business or E Team Business software product. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoingBuyer shall indemnify and hold harmless Seller and its Affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives and stockholders (each hereinafter referred to individually as a “Seller Indemnified Person” and collectively as “Seller Indemnified Persons”) from and against any and all Damages arising from: (i) the obligations any breach or inaccuracy of any representation or warranty made by Buyer in this Agreement, any Related Agreement or any exhibit or schedule to this Agreement to be true and correct as of the Company under Section 2(a) date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date (as though such representation or warranty were made as of the Closing Date, except in the case of representations and warranties which by their terms speak only as of a specific date or dates, in which case such representations and warranties shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, true and correct on and as of such specified date or dates); (ii) the obligation any breach or inaccuracy of any certification, representation or warranty made by Buyer in any certificate delivered to Seller pursuant to any provision of this Agreement to be true and correct as of the date such certificate is delivered to Seller; (iii) any breach of or default of any of the covenants or agreements made by Buyer in this Agreement, any Related Agreement or any exhibit or schedule to this Agreement; (iv) any Fraud by or on behalf of Buyer; (v) all Taxes imposed on Seller or the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject with respect to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court business of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made taxable period but solely with respect thereto to the portion of such period after the Closing Date; or (as to which vi) all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted Taxes imposed on Seller or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, Subsidiary with respect to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority business of the Company's Board Company Subsidiary for any taxable period but solely with respect to the portion of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and period after the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and IndemniteeSubsidiary Transfer Date.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (Everbridge, Inc.)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding Claim by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company Parent shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, law against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable Expenses incurred in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by lawClaim. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification for Expenses which are finally judicially determined to have resulted primarily from Indemnitee’s gross negligence or bad faith in fulfilling his duties to the applicable Company or Parent. (ic) Further, the obligations of the Company Parent under Section 2(aArticle II(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party Parent’s Board of Directors shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law. However, and (ii) to the obligation extent that Indemnitee has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of the Company any Claim relating in whole or in part to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) Indemnifiable Event, including dismissal without prejudice, Indemnitee shall be subject indemnified against Expenses incurred in connection with that Claim. In connection with any determination by Parent’s Board of Directors as to whether Indemnitee is entitled to be indemnified, the burden of proof shall be on Parent to establish that Indemnitee is not so entitled. (d) Expenses will be reimbursed or advanced (“Expense Advance”) when and as incurred promptly upon submission by Indemnitee of statements to the condition that, ifParent. If, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party Parent’s Board of Directors determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable lawlaw or under Article II(a), the Company Parent shall not be obligated to reimburse or advance Expenses to Indemnitee and shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the CompanyParent) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable lawlaw or this Agreement, any determination made by the Reviewing Party Parent’s Board of Directors that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law or this Agreement shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company Parent for any Expense Advance such amounts paid until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto made. (e) If any Claim is commenced as to which all rights Indemnitee proposes to demand indemnification, Indemnitee will notify the Parent with reasonable promptness; provided, however, that any failure by Indemnitee to notify the Parent will relieve the Parent from its obligations hereunder only to the extent the Parent has been prejudiced by such failure or delay. (f) Indemnitee will have the right to retain counsel of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed)his own choice to represent him, and the Parent will pay the reasonable Expenses of one such counsel only. Indemnitee's obligation The Parent retains the right to reimburse participate in the Company for Expense Advances shall defense of such Claim as to which Indemnitee seeks indemnification through counsel of the Parent’s choice (the cost of which will be unsecured paid by the Parent) and no interest shall be charged thereonIndemnitee will reasonably cooperate with such counsel and the Parent (including, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Controlpossible and consistent with his own interests, keeping the Reviewing Party shall Parent reasonably informed of such defense). (g) The Parent will be selected by liable for any settlement of any Claim against Imdemnitee made with the Board of DirectorsParent’s written consent, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would consent will not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemnitee.unreasonably withheld

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Indemnification Agreement (Digital Angel Corp)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In Subject to the event limitations provided herein Buyer and its Affiliates (collectively, the "Buyer Indemnitees") shall each be indemnified and held harmless on a joint and several basis by Stockholder and Seller in respect of any Damages reasonably and proximately incurred by any Buyer Indemnitee was(i) as a result of any inaccuracy or misrepresentation in or breach of or failure to perform any representation, is warranty, covenant, agreement or becomes a party to obligation of Stockholder or witness or other participant inSeller in this Agreement, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in(ii) in connection with any Excluded Liabilities. The aggregate Liability of Stockholder and Seller under Section 9.01(a)(i) shall not exceed $43,750,000, a Proceeding by reason except in the case of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee Damages due to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty fraud or willful misconduct of Stockholder or Seller. (30b) days after written demand is presented Subject to the Companylimitations provided herein, against Stockholder, Seller and their Affiliates (collectively the "Seller Indemnitees") shall each be indemnified and held harmless by Buyer in respect of any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties Damages reasonably and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect proximately incurred by any of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Seller Indemnitee as a result of the actual (i) any inaccuracy or deemed receipt misrepresentation in or breach of or failure to perform any payments under representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or obligation of Buyer in this Agreement, including (ii) Assumed Liabilities or (iii) the creation conduct of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to OEM Business after the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by lawClosing Date. (bc) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company Buyer Indemnitees may not seek indemnification under Section 2(a9.01(a) for any particular claim that does not exceed $25,000, such claim being treated as if it did not exist for purposes of this Agreement. (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, Buyer Indemnitees may not seek indemnification under Section 9.01(a) unless and until the claims in the aggregate exceed $750,000, provided that if such threshold is exceeded, the Buyer Indemnitees may seek indemnification hereunder only for such excess. The foregoing limitation shall be subject not apply to Damages relating to Excluded Liabilities or Damages due to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation fraud or willful misconduct of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted Stockholder or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and IndemniteeSeller.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Asset Purchase Agreement (Aftermarket Technology Corp)

Agreement to Indemnify. Quevedo agrees to indemnify and hold AVS harmless from and against ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ate of all expenses, losses, costs, deficiencies, liabilities and damages (aincluding, without limitation, related reasonable counsel and paralegal fees and expenses) In incurred or suffered by AVS arising out of or resulting from (i) any breach of a representation or warranty made by the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising Shareholders in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation (ii) any breach of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything covenants or agreements made by any of the Companies or the Shareholders in this Agreement to Agreement, (iii) any inaccuracy in any certificate delivered by either of the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification Companies or the Shareholders pursuant to this Agreement in connection with Agreement, (iv) any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company tax liability relating to any period occurring on or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented prior to the initiation Effective Time, (v) any regulating and licensing obligations arising on or prior to the Effective Time, or (vi) any claims of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemniteeany third parties arising from or relating to any facts, circumstances or events occurring on or prior to the Company shall advanceEffective Time (collectively, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense AdvanceIndemnifiable Damages"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to . Without limiting the Company generality of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) with respect to the obligations measurement of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be Indemnifiable Damages, subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinionprovisions set forth herein, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee AVS shall have the right to commence litigation in any court be put in the States same after tax consolidated financial position as it would have been in had each of California or Delaware having the representations and warranties of the Shareholders hereunder been true and correct and had the covenants and agreements of each of the Companies and the Shareholders hereunder been performed in full. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no claim for Indemnifiable Damages (except for claims arising under clauses (ii) and (iv) of this Section and claims pursuant to the Stock Consideration Adjustment which shall not be subject matter jurisdiction thereof and to the Indemnification Threshold (defined below)) shall be asserted by AVS until the aggregate of all such Indemnifiable Damages exceeds $50,000 (the "Indemnification Threshold"), in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise case AVS shall be conclusive and binding on entitled to collect all Indemnifiable Damages from the Company and Indemniteefirst dollar of Indemnifiable Damages. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, D. Quevedo shall have no liability for Indemnifiable Damages.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Aviation Sales Co)

Agreement to Indemnify. Subject to the conditions and limitations ---------------------- set forth herein (a) In including the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising dollar limits set forth in part out of) an Indemnifiable EventSection 17), the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee Sellers agree to the fullest extent permitted indemnify, defend and hold harmless Buyer from and against all demands, claims, actions or causes of action, assessments, losses, damages, liabilities, costs, and reasonable expenses and including, without limitation, interest, penalties and reasonable attorneys fees and disbursements (collectively "Claims"), asserted against or imposed upon or incurred by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to Buyer ------ or the Company, and which result from or arise out of: (i) Any facts constituting a breach of any representation, warranty, or covenant of the Sellers or the Company contained in this Agreement; (ii) Any tax audit or workers' compensation audit asserted against Buyer or the Company with respect to any Taxes relating to the operation of the Company through the Closing Date, but only to the extent that such Claim for Taxes and/or workers' compensation premiums exceed reserves for such items set forth on the Closing Financial Statements; (iii) The existence of any Environmental Contamination upon a parcel of real property leased by the Company, which was both (A) caused by some act or omission of the Company and/or someone for whom the Company bears legal responsibility, and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid (B) not disclosed in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlementthe Environmental Reports delivered to Buyer pursuant to subsection 6.17(b)(ii) of such Proceeding this Agreement; (iv) Litigation against the Company which both (A) arises from any act, transaction or occurrence happening prior to the Closing Date, and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed (B) was not disclosed on the Indemnitee version of Schedule 6.13 delivered as of the Closing Date; or (v) Any other liability of the Company not specifically dealt with above, which arose or accrued prior to the Closing Date, except for (i) liabilities set ------ --- forth in the various schedules to this Agreement, (ii) liabilities disclosed on the Most Recent Balance Sheet, (iii) trade payables, accrued expenses, and performance obligations under contracts incurred in the ordinary course of business after the date of the Most Recent Balance Sheet, (iv) Corporate Level Taxes imposed upon the Company as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation sale of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereofShares, or imposed upon earnings of the Company in the ordinary course of business. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, for purposes of determining the existence of an indemnifiable Claim under this Section 18.01(a) or the amount of any such Claim, the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement will be read without regard to any qualifications contained therein to the contrary and except as provided terms "materiality," "Company Material Adverse Effect," "knowledge" or terms of similar import, it being the intent of the parties to utilize the $280,000 deductible in Section 517.02 in lieu of, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement rather than in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of addition to, such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by lawqualifications. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemnitee.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Stock Purchase Agreement (Albany Ladder Co Inc)

Agreement to Indemnify. Subject to the other provisions of this Section 8.1, Parent and the Company (a) In the event Indemnitee was, is individually or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Eventcollectively, the Company shall "Indemnifying Party") hereby agree jointly and severally to defend, indemnify Indemnitee to and hold harmless Buyer and the fullest extent permitted by lawSubsidiaries (individually or collectively, as soon as practicable but the "Indemnified Party") from and against and in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against respect of any and all ExpensesLosses incurred by the Indemnified Party which may be imposed on, judgmentssustained, finesincurred or suffered by or assessed against the Indemnified Party, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interestdirectly or indirectly, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of or relating to or to the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation extent arising out of the Trust pursuant to following: (i) any breach of the representations or warranties of Parent or the Company contained in Sections 3.2(b),(c) and (d) and Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 53.5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company such breach determined as if any such representations or any director or officer warranties were given as of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance")Closing Date; provided, however, that the ability of Buyer to recover hereunder in respect of a breach of Sections 3.2(b),(c) or (d)hereof shall not be deemed qualified by any references to materiality contained in such Expenses representation and any breach thereof shall be advanced only upon delivery determined without regard to whether such breach constitutes a Material Adverse Effect; provided, further, however, that with respect to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay representations and warranties contained in Section 3.5, such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party indemnification shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in cover any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and Losses to the extent that such Losses are a result of any actions taken by Buyer or reflect changes implemented to reflect accounting policies or practices of Buyer; (ii) any breach of the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, representations or warranties of Parent or the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; contained in Section 3.7(b), provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings (x) the ability of Buyer to recover hereunder in respect of a court breach of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding representation and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances warranty included in Section 3.7(b)(i) shall be unsecured determined without regard to whether the related liabilities or obligations have resulted in or are reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect and no interest (y) solely for purposes of the indemnification provided by this clause (b)(ii), a breach of the representations and warranties included in Section 3.7(b)(ii) shall be charged thereondetermined as if the reference in Section 3.7(b)(ii) to $325 million was $100 million, and the Indemnified Party shall be indemnified, subject to the other provisions of this Section 8.1, including subsection (c) hereof, only to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change of Losses in Controlexcess of $100 million (all numbers referenced in this clause(ii) to be determined before giving effect to any related reduction in any Indemnified Party's Taxes); provided, the Reviewing Party further however, that no indemnification shall be selected provided hereunder with respect to any Losses to the extent that such Losses are a result of any actions taken by Buyer or reflect changes implemented to reflect accounting policies or practices of Buyer; and (iii) with respect to any defined benefit plan of an ERISA Affiliate of Parent, (x) any accumulated funding deficiency within the Board meaning of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority Section 412 of the Company's Board Code or Section 302 of Directors who were directors immediately prior ERISA and (y) any withdrawal liability relating to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemniteea multi-employer pension plan.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Asset Purchase Agreement (Associates First Capital Corp)

Agreement to Indemnify. The Company Stockholder will indemnify and hold harmless Parent and its officers, directors, agents, representatives, stockholders and employees, and each person, if any, who controls or may control Parent within the meaning of the Securities Act (aeach hereinafter referred to individually as a “Parent Indemnified Person” and collectively as “Parent Indemnified Persons”) In the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, from and against any and all Expenseslosses, judgmentscosts, finesdamages, penalties Liabilities and amounts paid in settlement expenses (including all interestreasonable attorneys’ fees, assessments other professionals’ and experts’ fees, costs of investigation and court costs, but excluding incidental, special, consequential and punitive damages, other charges paid than any incidental, special, consequential and punitive damages payable by any Parent Indemnified Person to a third party), actually incurred and calculated net of actual recoveries under existing insurance policies (net of any applicable collection costs and reserves, deductibles, premium adjustments and retrospectively rated premiums) and net of actual recoveries received by a Parent Indemnified Person from a third party (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Damages”), arising out of, resulting from or payable in connection with: (i) any failure of any representation or warranty made by the Company in this Agreement or the Disclosure Schedule (including the schedules thereto) to be true and correct as of the Closing Date; (ii) any failure of any certification, representation or warranty made by the Company in any certificate delivered to Parent pursuant to any provision of this Agreement to be true and correct as of the date such certificate is delivered to Parent; (iii) any breach of or default in connection with any of the covenants or agreements made by the Company in this Agreement or the Disclosure Schedule (including the schedules thereto); (iv) any Liability resulting or arising from or related to any of the Retained Assets, the Retained Liabilities, the Gastrodiagnostic Business, the Gastrodiagnostic Business Distribution, the Second Spin and Distribution or the Company Reorganization; (v) Liabilities in respect of any Taxes incurred by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for any period (or portions thereof, as determined in accordance with Section 5.07(c)) on or prior to the Closing Date; (vi) any and all Taxes of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or Liabilities in respect of such Taxes) attributable to or in respect of such Expensesthe Gastrodiagnostic Business Distribution, judgmentsthe Second Spin and Distribution or the Company Reorganization (indemnification under this Section 8.07(vi) is referred to herein as the “Tax Indemnification”); (vii) any Dissenting Shares Excess Payments; or (viii) any unpaid Transaction Expenses (for the sake of clarification, fines, penalties any Transaction Expenses paid by Parent or amounts paid the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective affiliates in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result excess of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust amount paid by Parent pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"7.02(d); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law). (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemnitee.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Natus Medical Inc)

Agreement to Indemnify. (ai) RSVP and RAP, jointly and severally (each, an "Indemnifying Party" and, collectively, the "Indemnifying Parties"), agree to indemnify and hold harmless Asset Manager and its affiliates, successors and assigns, and all of their respective officers, directors, partners, shareholders, employees (including "contract" employees), members, partners and managers ("Asset Manager Indemnitees"), against any and all Damages (as defined in the Amended LLC Agreement) suffered or incurred by any of them resulting from, arising out of, based on or relating to (i) any breach of any representation or warranty made by the Companies in this Agreement; or (ii) any failure to perform any covenant, agreement or undertaking on the part of the Companies contained in this Agreement; or (iii) any third party claims asserted against any Asset Manager Indemnitee which result from or are based upon Asset Manager's performance (or lack of performance) under this Agreement during the term of this Agreement, unless in the case of clauses (ii) (solely to the extent directly caused by Asset Manager) and (iii) related claims, the Damages are caused directly by an act or omission of Asset Manager constituting gross negligence, fraud or intentional misconduct of Asset Manager, in which event neither Asset Manager nor any other Asset Manager Indemnitee will be indemnified for such Damages under this Agreement. The right of indemnification pursuant to this Section 8(o) in connection with a third-party action shall include the right to be paid, in advance or within 15 business days of presentation of reasonable supporting documentation, to the Companies for the reasonable expenses incurred by an Asset Manager Indemnitee who was, is, or is threatened in writing to be made a named defendant or respondent in any third-party action, suit, arbitration, administrative hearing or other proceeding provided that such Asset Manager Indemnitee shall have given a written undertaking to reimburse the Companies in the event it is subsequently determined by a court of competent jurisdiction from which no further appeal may be taken or as to which the time for appeal has lapsed, that he, she or it is not entitled to such indemnification. (ii) In order for an Asset Manager Indemnitee to be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement, the Asset Manager Indemnitee shall notify the Indemnifying Parties in writing of any claim to which it is entitled to indemnification within thirty (30) days of the date such party receives written notice or otherwise becomes aware of the claim, describing in reasonable detail such claim; provided, however, that the failure of an Asset Manager Indemnitee to so notify the Indemnifying Parties of the claim shall not relieve the Indemnifying Parties of their obligations under this Agreement except to the extent the Indemnifying Parties shall have been actually prejudiced as a result of such failure; and provided further, that the Indemnifying Parties shall not be liable for any expenses incurred during the period in which the Asset Manager Indemnitee failed to give such notice. The Asset Manager Indemnitee shall deliver to the Indemnifying Parties copies of all notices and documents (including court papers) received by the Asset Manager Indemnitee relating the claim along with the notice referred to above. If the Indemnifying Parties do not object in writing to the availability of the indemnity under this Agreement within thirty (30) days after receiving such notice, then the claim set forth in the notice by such party shall be considered a valid claim under this Agreement (a "Valid Claim"), and such Valid Claim shall be payable in accordance with this Agreement. In the event Indemnitee the Indemnifying Party objects to the availability of the indemnity under this Agreement, then the Indemnified Party shall be entitled to be paid for the reasonable expenses incurred by the Indemnified Party in defense of such claim in the manner and to the extent provided in the immediately following sentence. The right of indemnification under this Agreement shall include the right to be paid by the Indemnifying Party, in advance or within 15 Business Days (as defined in the Amended LLC Agreement) of presentation of reasonable supporting documentation, for the reasonable expenses incurred by the Indemnified Party, who was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant inis, or is threatened to be made a party to named defendant or witness respondent in an action, suit, arbitration, administrative hearing or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as proceeding provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Indemnified Party shall not have determined (in given a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees undertaking to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings Indemnifying Party in the event it is subsequently determined by a court of competent jurisdiction from which no further appeal may be taken or as to secure which the time for appeal has lapsed, that he, she or it is not entitled to such indemnification. (iii) If any Valid Claim arises out of or involves a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination claim or demand made by any person that is not a party to this Agreement or an Asset Manager Indemnitee seeking indemnification (a "Third Party Claim"), then the Reviewing Indemnifying Parties shall be entitled to participate in, and direct and/or assume the defense of such action on behalf of the Asset Manager Indemnitee, with counsel selected by the Indemnifying Parties; provided, that such counsel is not reasonably objected to by the Asset Manager Indemnitee. Should the Indemnifying Parties so elect to assume the defense of a Third Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law Claim, the Indemnifying Parties shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, liable to the extent permitted Asset Manager Indemnitee for legal expenses subsequently incurred by lawthe Asset Manager Indemnitee in connection with the defense thereof. If there has not been a Change in Controlany of the Indemnifying Parties assumes such defense, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Asset Manager Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court participate in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction defense thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination to employ counsel, at its own expense, separate from the counsel employed by the court or challenging any Indemnifying Parties, it being understood that the Indemnifying Parties shall control such determination defense. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Indemnifying Parties shall be liable for the fees and expenses of counsel employed by the Reviewing Asset Manager Indemnitee for any period during which any of the Indemnifying Parties have failed to assume the defense thereof (other than during the period prior to the time the Asset Manager Indemnitee shall have given notice of the Third Party Claim as provided above) or if a conflict of interest would exist if one counsel represented both the Indemnifying Parties and the Asset Manager Indemnitee, in connection with such Third Party Claim, then the Asset Manager Indemnitee may employ separate counsel at the expense of the Indemnifying Parties provided that such counsel is not reasonably objected to by the Indemnifying Parties; provided, however, it being understood that the Indemnifying Party shall not object to the use of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, unless Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP ▇▇▇ ▇ ▇▇nfl▇▇▇-▇▇-interest. (▇▇) ▇f t▇▇ ▇▇▇emnifying Parties so elect to assume the defense of any aspect Third Party Claim, each Asset Manager Indemnitee shall cooperate with the Indemnifying Parties in the defense or prosecution thereof. Such cooperation shall include the retention and (upon any Indemnifying Parties request) the provision to any of the Indemnifying Parties of records and information which are reasonably relevant to such Third Party Claim, and making employees available on a mutually convenient basis to provide additional information and explanation of any material provided hereunder. Whether or not the Company hereby consents Indemnifying Parties shall have assumed the defense of a Third Party Claim, no Asset Manager Indemnitee shall admit any liability or make any other admission or stipulation with respect to, or settle, compromise or discharge, such Third Party Claim without each Indemnifying Party's prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned). If the Indemnifying Parties shall have assumed the defense of a Third Party Claim, each Asset Manager Indemnitee shall agree to service any settlement, compromise or discharge of process a Third Party Claim which the Indemnifying Parties may recommend and to appear which by its terms fully releases the Asset Manager Indemnitee (without cost or obligation) in any connection with such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Third Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and IndemniteeClaim.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Management Agreement (Frontline Capital Group)

Agreement to Indemnify. Following the Closing and subject to the limitations set forth herein, (a) In the event Indemnitee wasPrincipals shall severally in accordance with their Applicable Percentages indemnify and agree to defend and hold harmless (as may be limited for each Principal as set forth herein) Parent and the Surviving Corporation (and their respective Affiliates, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant inofficers, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant indirectors, employees, representatives and agents) ("Parent Indemnified Persons" and, singularly, a Proceeding "Parent Indemnified Person") against and in respect of any and all Damages, by reason of (or otherwise arising in part out of: (i) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee Parent Indemnified Taxes; (ii) any amount Parent is entitled to the fullest extent permitted claim as Damages calculated in accordance with Section 2.11(c); (iii) any claim by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to a Securityholder or former securityholder of the Company, or any other Person, against the Company or any of its Affiliates or their respective officers, directors, employees or agents, based upon any rights of a securityholder (other than the right of the Closing Recipients to receive the Total Consideration pursuant to this Agreement), including appraisal rights (to the extent greater in amount than the consideration payable under this Agreement to any such person) under the applicable provisions of any option, preemptive rights or rights to notice or to vote; (iv) any expenses incurred by the Company in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby which are not paid by the Company prior to the Closing and which are not reflected on the Closing Date Statement, including, without limitation, any and all Expensesfees, judgmentsexpenses and costs payable to KPMG Corporate Finance LLC; (v) any liabilities, finesobligations or expenses resulting from or arising with respect to incidents occurring before the Effective Time, penalties and amounts paid in settlement regardless of when the claim is made; or (including all interestvi) a breach of a representation, assessments and other charges paid warranty or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything covenant contained in this Agreement to made by the contrary and except as Company or Principals; provided in Section 5that, Indemnitee shall the Parent Indemnified Persons will not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company Section 6.01(a) unless the Company has joined aggregate amount of all Damages for which indemnification is sought by the Parent Indemnified Persons exceeds $125,000 (the "Parent Indemnification Basket"), in or consented which case Parent Indemnified Persons will be entitled to indemnification for the initiation full amount of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance")Damages; provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company Parent Indemnification Basket shall make such advances only not apply to any claim for indemnification based on items (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) above or any claim for indemnification under item (vi) above to the extent permitted by lawsuch claim relates to a breach of representation, warranty or covenant under Section 3.01, Section 3.02, Section 3.03, Section 3.06, Section 3.08, Section 3.09, Section 3.11, Section 3.13, or Section 3.17 (such representations, warranties and covenants, the "Fundamental Representations"). (b) Notwithstanding Parent shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the foregoingPrincipals and their respective affiliates, representatives and agents (ithe "Principal Indemnitees") the obligations against and in respect of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (any and all Damages by reason of or otherwise arising out of a breach by Parent or Merger Sub of any representation, warranty or covenant contained in a written opinionthis Agreement; provided, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would Principal Indemnitees will not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees indemnification pursuant to reimburse this Section 6.01(b) unless the Company) aggregate amount of all Damages for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made which indemnification is sought by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereonPrincipal Indemnitees exceeds $125,000, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by case the court or challenging any Principal Indemnitees will be entitled to indemnification for the full amount of such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and IndemniteeDamages.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Perficient Inc)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In Subject to the event limitations provided herein, Buyer, ATC and their Affiliates (collectively, the "Buyer Indemnitees") shall each be indemnified and held harmless to the extent set forth in this Article IX by Seller and the Stockholder, jointly and severally, in respect of any Damages reasonably and proximately incurred by any Buyer Indemnitee was(i) as a result of any inaccuracy or misrepresentation in or breach of or failure to perform any representation, is warranty, covenant, agreement or becomes obligation of Seller or the Stockholder in this Agreement, (ii) as a party result of Buyer's waiver of compliance with applicable "bulk sales" laws pursuant to Section 6.02 or witness or other participant in(iii) in connection with any Excluded Liability. Notwithstanding the foregoing, or is threatened Seller and the Stockholder shall not be liable as Indemnifying Parties until all claims by the Buyer Indemnitees for indemnification exceed $10,000 in the aggregate, and thereafter Seller and the Stockholder shall be liable for all indemnification claims up to the aggregate liability set forth in Section 9.01(c); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that Seller and the Stockholder shall be made a party to or witness or other participant inliable for all claims by the Buyer Indemnitees, a Proceeding by reason regardless of amount, arising out of (i) the fraud or arising in part out ofwillful misconduct of Seller or the Stockholder or (ii) an Indemnifiable Eventany Environmental Liability, other than Buyer Environmental Liabilities. (b) Seller, the Company Stockholder and their Affiliates (collectively the "Seller Indemnitees") shall indemnify Indemnitee each be indemnified and held harmless to the fullest extent permitted set forth in this Article IX by lawBuyer and ATC, as soon as practicable but jointly and severally, in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against respect of any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties Damages reasonably and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and proximately incurred by any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Seller Indemnitee as a result of the actual (i) any inaccuracy or deemed receipt misrepresentation in or breach of or failure to perform any payments under representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or obligation of Buyer or ATC in this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation conduct of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to Business after the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee Closing or (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsediii). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemnitee.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Asset Purchase Agreement (Aftermarket Technology Corp)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the The Company shall indemnify the Indemnitee for reasonable legal fees (“Defense Expenses”), in the single aggregate amount up to, but no more than, ONE MILLION AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($1,000,000.00) (“Maximum Aggregate Indemnification Limit”), incurred by the Indemnitee after January 1, 2011 (including the balances of any retainers for legal services paid prior to the fullest extent permitted by lawdate of this Agreement but unexhausted as of January 1, as soon as practicable but 2011), in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against defense of any and all Expensesproceedings based on, judgmentsarising out of, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect any way relating to the Other Service that he has rendered prior to the date of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on this Agreement. Indemnitee agrees that he will be entitled to receive only up to the Indemnitee Maximum Aggregate Indemnification Limit as a result of all his Other Service rendered prior to January 1, 2011, whether under the actual Articles of Incorporation or deemed receipt Bylaws of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director the Bank, the Employment Agreement or officer applicable law and regardless of the Company unless number of claims, claimants or proceedings, the Company has joined number of entities to which Indemnitee rendered Other Service, the positions in or consented to which he served, the initiation duration of such Proceeding. If so Other Service or whether requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of or authorized to render such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified Other Service by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to Bank or both, and regardless of whether the extent permitted by lawproceedings are pending, threatened, brought in the future or completed. (b) Notwithstanding The Indemnitee shall be entitled to seek advancement of Defense Expenses he incurs in advance of the foregoingtermination of a proceeding, and the Company and the Bank agree to advance Defense Expenses, upon his compliance with the requirements of the Company’s Bylaws and applicable law. (c) The Indemnitee hereby waives any other rights to indemnification and advancement by the Company or the Bank based upon or arising out of Other Service rendered prior to the date of this Agreement, whether pursuant to provisions of (i) the obligations Articles of Incorporation of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to or the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and Bank; (ii) the obligation Bylaws of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(aor the Bank; (iii) shall be subject to the condition thatEmployment Agreement; (iv) any other resolution, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court agreement or understanding of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, ; (v) any other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of agreement with the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, Company or the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party Bank or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under (vi) applicable law, . The Indemnitee shall have agrees that all his rights to indemnification under the right to commence litigation in any court in the States Articles of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service Incorporation of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemniteethe Bank, the Bylaws of the Company and the Bank, the Employment Agreement and applicable law are limited to Defense Expenses and that he waives any and all rights of indemnification for any judgments, settlements, fines, penalties, excise taxes or other liabilities (other than liability for Defense Expenses) that he may incur as a result of such Other Service rendered prior to January 1, 2011. (d) No provision in this Agreement shall require the Company or the Bank to provide the Indemnitee with any indemnification, advancement, reimbursement or payment (i) that constitutes a “prohibited indemnification payment” within the meaning of 12 C.F.R. § 359.1(l)(1) or 12 C.F.R. § 359.5; (ii) that violates the requirements of other applicable law; or (iii) that is otherwise prohibited under the Articles of Incorporation of either the Company or the Bank, the Bylaws of either the Company or the Bank, or the Employment Agreement, as each such document is in effect as of the date of this Agreement. (e) The Indemnitee shall continue to retain all rights to indemnification he may have, arising under (i) the Articles of Incorporation of the Company and the Bank; (ii) the Bylaws of the Company or the Bank; (iii) the Employment Agreement, (iv) any other resolution, agreement or understanding of the Board of Directors; (v) any other agreement with the Company or the Bank; (vi) applicable law; or (vii) otherwise, with respect to proceedings based upon or arising out of his service as an officer or director of the Company or the Bank, or any subsidiary of the Company or the Bank, or Other Service, provided such Other Service is rendered after the date of this Agreement.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Indemnification Agreement (Crescent Financial Corp)

Agreement to Indemnify. (ai) In Subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, Wolverine, on the one hand, and Purchaser, on the other hand, (separately, the “Indemnifying Party”) shall indemnify, defend and hold the other (and the other’s respective officers, directors, managers, employees, representatives, and agents) (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) harmless from and against, and shall pay to such persons and reimburse such persons for, any and all Damages arising, directly or indirectly, from or in connection with: (A) any breach of any representation and warranty of the Indemnifying Party contained in this Agreement or in any certificate delivered at or in connection with the Accelerated Purchase Closing; or (B) any inaccuracy in any representation and warranty of an Indemnifying Party contained in this Agreement as of the Accelerated Closing Date, giving any effect to any written information delivered to the Indemnified Party at or before the Accelerated Purchase Closing; or (C) any breach or alleged breach of any covenant or agreement of the Indemnifying Party (or with respect to Wolverine, by W/Investments) contained in this Agreement or in a certificate delivered at the Accelerated Purchase Closing; or (D) any and all indebtedness, obligations, and other liabilities of W/Investments, whether known or unknown, absolute, contingent, fixed or otherwise (collectively, the “Retained Liabilities”), whether existing, accrued, due or payable or are claimed to exist or to accrue or be due or payable for any period prior to September 15, 2008 (the “Retained Liabilities Effective Date”), even though such Retained Liabilities are discovered or asserted after the Retained Liabilities Effective Date. Solely for the purposes of this Section 8(a)(i)(D), the Indemnifying Party shall be Wolverine and the Indemnified Parties shall be Purchaser. (ii) The representations and warranties of Wolverine contained in Section 4, on the one hand, and of Purchaser contained in Section 6, on the other hand, of this Agreement shall survive for a period of twelve (12) months following the Accelerated Purchase Closing Date; provided however, that the representations and warranties concerning taxes contained in Section 4(l) shall survive until the expiration of the statute of limitations under Applicable Law. The representations and warranties of Wolverine contained in Section 5 of this Agreement shall survive for a period of twelve (12) months following March 13, 2008; provided, however, in the event Indemnitee wasWolverine Shanghai does not deliver its audited financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008 (the “2008 Financial Statements”) to Purchaser on or before February 14, 2009, this Agreement shall survive until the thirtieth (30th) day immediately following the date on which the 2008 Financial Statement is actually delivered to Purchaser; and provided further, however, that the representations and warranties concerning taxes contained in Section 5(k) shall survive until the expiration of the statute of limitations under Applicable Law. No representation or becomes warranty shall be deemed to be waived or otherwise diminished unless waived or otherwise diminished by express written consent. A party’s consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby after waiving any of the conditions to its obligation to close (including the condition that the other party’s representations and warranties be true in all material respects) shall limit or otherwise affect its rights to recover under this Agreement; provided, however, that in no event shall a party party’s decision to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby (“Closing Party”) be deemed to waive, limit or witness otherwise affect the other party’s indemnity obligations hereunder or the Closing Party’s rights to recover for a breach of the representations and warranties contained in Sections 4(c), 5(b), and 6(b) of this Agreement. Further, the parties expressly agree that, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8(a)(i), the terms and conditions of Section 8(a)(i) shall be separate from and independent of the terms and conditions of this Section 8(a)(iv), such that no claim for indemnification which arises from the indemnification described in Section 8(a)(iv) shall be included in any claim for indemnification pursuant to Section 8(a)(i) and that no claim for indemnification which arises from the indemnification described in Section 8(a)(i) shall be included in any claim for indemnification pursuant to Section 8(a)(iv). (iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any indemnification relating to any goods manufactured, sold, marketed, or distributed or services provided by Wolverine Shanghai, Wolverine or its other Affiliates, or Purchaser or its Affiliates before the Closing shall not be governed by the terms and conditions of this Agreement, but shall be subject to those of the Voting Rights Agreement. (iv) Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 8(b) of this Agreement, Wolverine (the “Chinese Payment Indemnifying Party”) shall indemnify, defend and hold each of W/Investments, Wolverine Shanghai, and Purchaser (and the officers, directors, or owners, as the case may be, of W/Investments, Wolverine Shanghai, and Purchaser) (collectively, the “Chinese Payment Indemnified Parties”) harmless from and against, and shall pay to such persons and reimburse such persons for, any and all amounts actually paid by such Chinese Payment Indemnified Party which arises directly from or in connection with a claim by the People’s Republic of China that amounts are due from Wolverine Shanghai (or from W/Investments or Purchaser strictly and directly as a result of the direct or indirect, respectively, ownership of an interest in Wolverine Shanghai) under the local, regional, national or other participant inlaws of the People’s Republic of China with respect to the “capital gain” on the sale of the Optioned 20% Interest by Wolverine (that is, a tax on the difference between the purchase price and the tax basis in the twenty-percent (20%) ownership interest by Wolverine on March 14, 2008) (the “Claimed Chinese Payment”). Purchaser, for itself, or is threatened to be made a party to on behalf of W/Investments or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by lawWolverine Shanghai, as soon the case may be and as practicable but in any event no later than it shall specifically give notice of to Wolverine, shall claim indemnification under this Section 8(a)(iv) by giving Wolverine written notice of the Claimed Chinese Payment within thirty (30) days after Purchaser receives written demand is presented notice of such Claimed Chinese Payment, which notice by Purchaser shall, if and to the Companyextent known by Purchaser after reasonable investigation, set forth the nature and amount of the Claimed Chinese Payment, the person against any which such Claimed Chinese Payment is made by the People’s Republic of China and copies of all Expensesrelevant documents related to such Claimed Chinese Payment (if such documents are available to Purchaser), judgmentsand the date when assessed, finesclaimed or incurred. Wolverine shall either pay such claim by Purchaser or give written notice to Purchaser of Wolverine’s disagreement with such claim, penalties specifying in reasonable detail the nature and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect extent of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties disagreement on or amounts paid in settlementbefore: (A) ten (10) days before the Claimed Chinese Payment is due or (B) thirty (30) days following Purchaser’s notice of such Proceeding claim, whichever shall first occur. If Purchaser and Wolverine are unable to resolve any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except disagreement as provided in Section 59(a), Indemnitee shall not be entitled then Purchaser and Wolverine agree to arbitrate such claim for indemnification pursuant to this Agreement Section 8(a)(iv) as otherwise provided in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such ProceedingSection 9. If so requested by IndemniteeThe rights, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any duties and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under parties contained in this Section 2(a8(a)(iv) hereof shall be subject to survive the condition that Closing until the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation later of expiration of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court statute of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a limitations or final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority resolution of the Company's Board Claimed Chinese Payment, if a claim is pending as of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be expiration of the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by statute of limitations of the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and IndemniteeClaimed Chinese Payment.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Optioned 20% Interest Purchase Agreement (Wolverine Tube Inc)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee Subject to the fullest extent permitted by lawlimitations set forth in this Article 12, from and after the Effective Time, each Effective Time Holder shall severally (based on each such holder’s Pro Rata Share), and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless Acquiror and its officers, directors, agents, representatives, stockholders and employees, and each person, if any, who controls or may control Acquiror within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (each hereinafter referred to individually as soon an “Acquiror Indemnified Person” and collectively as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30“Acquiror Indemnified Persons”) days after written demand is presented to the Company, from and against any and all Expenseslosses, judgmentscosts, finesdamages, penalties Liabilities and amounts paid in settlement expenses (including all interestreasonable attorneys’ fees, assessments other professionals’ and other charges experts’ fees, costs of investigation and court costs), calculated net of actual recoveries under existing insurance policies (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Damages”), paid or payable in connection with incurred by the Acquiror Indemnified Parties, directly or in respect of such Expensesindirectly arising out of, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlementresulting from: (i) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt failure of any payments under representation or warranty made by the Company in this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant Company Disclosure Letter, any Company Ancillary Agreement or any exhibit or schedule to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to be true and correct as of the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to date of this Agreement (as though such representation or warranty were made as of the date of this Agreement, except in the case of representations and warranties which by their terms speak only as of a specific date or dates); (ii) any failure of any certification, representation or warranty made by the Company in any Company Certificate to be true and correct as of the date such certificate is delivered to Acquiror; (iii) any breach of or default in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in covenants or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination agreements made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse Company in this Agreement the Company for Disclosure Letter, any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto Company Ancillary Agreement or any exhibit or schedule to this Agreement; (iv) any inaccuracies in the Spreadsheets as of the Closing Date; (v) any Indemnifiable Deal Fees and Excess Payroll Service Charges; (vi) any Dissenting Shares Excess Payments; (vii) any AR Shortfall; (viii) any amounts payable under the Retention Plan that were not deducted as part of the Retention Plan Net Initial Merger Consideration Exclusion Amount or the Retention Plan Net Contingent Merger Consideration Exclusion Amount; (ix) any Qualifying Customer Transition Expenses; or (x) any claim by any Person related to which all ownership of Company Common Stock, Company Options, Company Warrants or other rights to acquire ownership of appeal therefrom have been exhausted any shares of Company Capital Stock, including, without limitation, any claim by any Company Securityholder or have lapsed)Retention Plan Participant related to the cancellation or termination of Company Capital Stock, Company Options or Company Warrants in the Merger, the terms of the Merger or the treatment of such Person in the Merger. Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse In determining the Company for Expense Advances amount of any Damages, any materiality standard contained in such representation or warranty shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemniteedisregarded.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (Opsware Inc)

Agreement to Indemnify. The Corporation hereby agrees to ---------------------- indemnify, keep indemnified and hold harmless, Indemnitee (awhich shall include any legal representatives of such person) In the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted authorized by lawthe Delaware Law, including, without limitation, Section 145(f) thereof, and other applicable law as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented effect from time to the Companytime, from and against any expenses (including expenses of investigation and all Expensespreparation and reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel, accountants and other experts), judgments, fines, penalties liability, losses and amounts paid in settlement (including all interestsettlement, assessments actually and other charges paid or payable reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any threatened, pending or in respect completed action, suit, claim or proceeding (hereinafter, a "proceeding"), whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, and whether or not the cause of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties proceeding occurred before or amounts paid in settlement) after the date of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and foregoing, but except as provided in Section 58 hereof, the Corporation shall indemnify the Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay only if such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. proceeding (bor part thereof) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected was authorized by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority Directors of the Company's Board Corporation. For purposes of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Controlthis Agreement, the Reviewing Party shall be terms "corporation," "other enterprise," "fines" and "serving at the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by request of the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee Corporation" shall have the right to commence litigation meanings provided in any court in Section 145 of the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and IndemniteeLaw.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Indemnification Agreement (Material Sciences Corp)

Agreement to Indemnify. Following the Closing and subject to the limitations set forth herein, (a) In the event Indemnitee wasSole Stockholder and the Principals shall severally indemnify and agree to defend and hold harmless Parent and the Surviving Entity (and their respective Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents) (“Parent Indemnified Persons” and, singularly, a “Parent Indemnified Person”) against and in respect of any and all Damages, by reason of or otherwise arising out of: (i) Parent Indemnified Taxes; (ii) any amount Parent is entitled to claim as Damages calculated in accordance with Section 2.07(c); (iii) any claim by an employee or becomes a party former employee of the Company, or any other person or entity, based upon (A) such employee’s or former employee’s employment with the Company prior to the Effective Time, (B) the termination of employment of current or witness former employees of the Company pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise prior to the Effective Time, or (C) any severance arrangements or payments or any benefit, salary, bonus, commission or other participant in, compensation payments made or is threatened required to be made a party in connection with such terminations prior to or witness or other participant inthe Effective Time; (iv) any claim by the Sole Stockholder, a Proceeding by reason Principal or former stockholder of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, or any other person or entity, against the Company or any and all Expensesof its Affiliates, judgmentsofficers, finesdirectors, penalties and amounts paid in settlement employees or agents, based upon any rights of a stockholder (other than the right of Principals to receive Merger Consideration pursuant to this Agreement), including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on appraisal rights under the Indemnitee as a result applicable provisions of the actual MBCA, any option, preemptive rights or deemed receipt rights to notice or to vote; (v) a breach of any payments under this Agreementa representation, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything warranty or covenant contained in this Agreement to made by the contrary and except as provided Company; or (vi) a breach of a representation, warranty or covenant contained in Section 5this Agreement made by such Principal. provided, Indemnitee shall that, the Parent Indemnified Persons will not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company Section 11.01(a) unless the Company has joined aggregate amount of all Damages for which indemnification is sought by the Parent Indemnified Persons exceeds $125,000 (the “Parent Indemnification Basket”), in or consented which case the Parent Indemnified Persons will be entitled to indemnification for the initiation full amount of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance")Damages; provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company Parent Indemnification Basket shall make such advances only not apply to any claim for indemnification based on items (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (vi) above or any claim for indemnification under item (v) above to the extent permitted by lawsuch claim relates to a breach of representation, warranty or covenant under Section 4.06, Section 4.08, Section 4.09, Section 4.11 or Section 4.17. (b) Notwithstanding Parent shall indemnify and agrees to defend and hold harmless the foregoingPrincipals (and their respective affiliates, representatives and agents) against and in respect of any and all Damages by reason of or otherwise arising out of: (i) the obligations a breach by Parent or Merger Sub of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (any representation, warranty or covenant contained in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and this Agreement; or (ii) the obligation any claim of the Company false or misleading information relating to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition Parent included in Parent SEC Filings provided, that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would Principals will not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees indemnification pursuant to reimburse this Section 11.01(b) unless the Company) aggregate amount of all Damages for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made which indemnification is sought by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereonPrincipals exceeds $125,000, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by case the court or challenging any Principals will be entitled to indemnification for the full amount of such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and IndemniteeDamages.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Perficient Inc)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of The Buyers and their respective Affiliates (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Eventcollectively, the Company "Buyer Indemnitees") shall indemnify Indemnitee each be indemnified and held harmless to the fullest extent permitted set forth in this Article 9 by law, as soon as practicable but Parent in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against respect of any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and Losses incurred by any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Buyer Indemnitee as a result of, relating to or arising from any of the actual following: (1) any inaccuracy or deemed receipt misrepresentation in or breach of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything representation or warranty made in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided or in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant any agreements which are exhibits to this Agreement in connection with by the Selling Parties at any Proceeding initiated time, whether or not Buyer's Indemnitees relied thereon or had knowledge thereof; provided, however, that for the purposes of determining whether there has been a Loss or the amount of any such Loss suffered by a Buyer Indemnitee against under this Section 9.1(a)(1), those representations and warranties of the Selling Parties qualified by a materiality standard shall be deemed not to include such materiality qualifiers; (2) any liabilities owed by the Company or any director Company Subsidiary to any of their respective shareholders, or officer any Affiliate of any such shareholder; (3) the business, operations or assets of the Company unless and the Company has joined in Subsidiaries or consented any state of facts, activity, incident, circumstance or condition relating, existing or occurring at or prior to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by IndemniteeSubsequent Closing Date, including, but not limited to, all Taxes for which the Company shall advanceor any Company Subsidiary is or could be held liable with respect to (i) any taxable period ending on or prior to the Subsequent Closing Date, within ten and (10ii) business days of such request, any taxable period that includes and all Expenses to Indemnitee ends after the Subsequent Closing Date (an "Expense AdvanceOverlap Period") in an amount equal to the liability for Taxes that would have resulted had the Overlap Period ended at the close of business on the Subsequent Closing Date (utilizing, if applicable, the actual tax rate imposed on a particular category of income by the applicable taxing jurisdiction); provided, however, that such Expenses notwithstanding the foregoing, there shall be advanced only upon delivery no right of indemnification under this Section 9.1(a)(3) with respect to Losses relating to items or matters that are (i) disclosed in the Company of an undertaking by Disclosure Letter or on behalf of (ii) disclosed and adequately reserved against in the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided furtherFinancial Statements, that the Company shall make such advances but in each case only to the extent permitted of the dollar amount so disclosed or reserved, as the case may be; and (4) any liability owed as a result of the transactions contemplated by lawSections 8.1(r)(ii) and (iii). It is the mutual understanding of the Buyers and the Selling Parties that the indemnification obligations of the Selling Parties under each of the subsections (1), (2), (3) and (4) of this Section 9.1(a) are separate sources of obligation under this Agreement, and the failure of a Loss to be indemnifiable, in whole or in part, under one of such subsections does not exclude such Loss from qualifying as indemnifiable under another subsection. (b) To the extent that the Losses giving rise to an indemnification obligation of Parent are of the type covered by: (i) applicable insurance policies of Parent or its Affiliates covering the Business; (ii) the ERP Coverage; or (iii) any excess ERP coverage purchased by the Buyers or their Affiliates (hereinafter collectively the "Applicable Insurance"), then the Buyer Indemnitees shall, except as provided in the second sentence of this Section 9.1(b), first submit a claim for such Losses to the Applicable Insurance carrier before seeking indemnification from Parent, and Parent shall cooperate with the Buyer Indemnitees in the submission and resolution of such claim. Notwithstanding the foregoing, foregoing or any other provision of this Agreement: (i) the obligations of Buyer Indemnitees have agreed in Section 6.5 to not to submit any claim to Lex, and therefore the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject Buyer Indemnitees agree not to seek indemnification from Parent to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not extent any Loss would otherwise have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, been covered by Lex; and (ii) the obligation Buyer Indemnitees also agree that their exclusive remedy for professional liability errors and omissions Losses shall be to submit a claim for such Losses under the Applicable Insurance rather than seeking indemnification from Parent therefor. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, Parent shall not be obligated to indemnify a Buyer Indemnitee under this Section 9.1 with respect to any individual Loss unless and until (i) any such individual Loss exceeds Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000) (the entire amount of such Loss, a "Qualified Loss") and (ii) the aggregate of all Qualified Losses suffered by all Buyer Indemnitees hereunder exceeds Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) (the "Deductible Amount"), whereupon any Qualified Losses in excess of the Company to make an Expense Advance Deductible Amount shall become due and payable pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition thatterms of this Article 9, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings the foregoing limitations shall not apply with respect to any Losses under Section 9.1(a)(4). (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, in a court all events, the maximum obligation of competent jurisdiction Parent for indemnification pursuant to secure a determination that Indemnitee should Section 9.1(a)(1) or otherwise under this Agreement (the "Maximum R&W Indemnification") shall be the Escrow Amount. (e) The Selling Parties and their respective Affiliates (collectively, the "Seller Indemnitees") shall each be indemnified under applicable law, and held harmless to the extent set forth in this Article 9 by ▇▇▇▇▇▇ in respect of any determination and all Losses incurred by any Seller Indemnitee as a result of (i) any inaccuracy or misrepresentation in or breach of any representation or warranty made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted Buyers in this Agreement or in agreements which are exhibits to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse this Agreement, or (ii) the business, operations or assets of the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse and the Company for Expense Advances Subsidiaries or any state of facts, activity, incident, circumstances or condition relating, existing or occurring after the Subsequent Closing Date. (f) The indemnification procedures of Article 9 shall be unsecured the exclusive remedy of the parties hereto for Losses resulting from any inaccuracies or misrepresentations in or breach of any representation or warranty made in this Agreement or in any agreements which are exhibits to this Agreement. (g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the provisions pertaining to the Deductible Amount, the Maximum R&W Indemnification or the exclusivity of remedies set forth in Sections 9.1(b), (c), (d), (e) and no interest (f), respectively, shall be charged thereon, apply to the indemnification obligations of Parent to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change that any inaccuracy or misrepresentation in Controlor breach of any representation or warranty or any other indemnifiable condition under this Agreement results from fraud, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party gross negligence or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court willful misconduct in the States making of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party representation or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemniteewarranty.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Stock Purchase Agreement (Lawgibb Group Inc)

Agreement to Indemnify. Following the Closing and subject to the limitations set forth herein, (a) In The Indemnifying Sellers shall severally, on a pro rata basis in accordance with their percentage interests set forth on Schedule 6.02(b) indemnify, defend and hold harmless Buyer and its respective Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents (“Purchaser Indemnitees” and, singularly, a “Purchaser Indemnitee”) against and in respect of any and all Damages, by reason of or otherwise arising out of: (i) any Excluded Liability; (ii) any Net Working Capital shortfall determined pursuant to Section 2.06; (iii) any claim by an employee, former employee, independent contractor or former independent contractor of Seller, or any other person or entity, based upon (A) such employee’s or former employee’s employment or such independent contractor’s or former independent contractor’s contract with Seller prior to the event Indemnitee wasClosing Date, is (B) the termination of employment of current or becomes a party former employees or current or former independent contractors of Seller prior to the Closing Date, or witness (C) any severance arrangements or payments or any benefit, salary, bonus, commission or other participant in, compensation payments made or is threatened required to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with such terminations prior to the Closing Date; (iv) any Seller Warranty Liabilities; or (v) any breach by Seller of a representation, warranty or covenant contained in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement; provided, including that, the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall Purchaser Indemnitees will not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company Section 9.01(a) unless the Company has joined aggregate amount of all Damages for which indemnification is sought by the Purchaser Indemnitees exceeds $140,000 (the “Purchaser Indemnification Basket”), in or consented which case the Purchaser Indemnitees will be entitled to indemnification for the initiation full amount of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance")Damages; provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company Purchaser Indemnification Basket shall make such advances only not apply to any claim for indemnification based on (A) items (i) through (iv) above or (B) item (v) above to the extent permitted such claim relates to a breach by lawSeller under Section 3.01, 3.02, 3.05, 3.09, 3.12, 3.22 or 3.25 (such claims collectively, the “Seller Carved-Out Liabilities”). (b) Notwithstanding Buyer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Seller and its Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents (the foregoing, “Seller Indemnitees”) against and in respect of any and all Damages by reason of or otherwise arising out of: (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and Assumed Liability; or (ii) the obligation any breach by Buyer of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition any representation, warranty or covenant contained in this Agreement; provided, that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would Seller Indemnitees will not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 9.01(b) unless the aggregate amount of all Damages for which indemnification is sought by the Seller Indemnities exceeds $140,000 (the “Seller Indemnification Basket”), in which case the Seller Indemnitees will be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees entitled to reimburse indemnification for the Company) for all full amount of such amounts theretofore paidDamages; provided, howeverfurther, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction the Seller Indemnification Basket will not apply to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by claim for indemnification based on item (i) above (the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed“Buyer Carved-Out Liabilities”). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemnitee.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Asset Purchase Agreement (Perficient Inc)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In Except as provided in subsection 1(b) and Section 10 below, the event Corporation shall indemnify the Indemnitee wasagainst any and all loss, judgments, fines, bonds, and expenses (including attorney's fees) and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, and whether formal or informal ("Proceeding"), including any appeal therefrom, in which the Indemnitee was or is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to because he or witness she is or was an officer and/or a director of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, agent, member or trustee of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other participant inenterprise, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company and such indemnification shall indemnify Indemnitee be made to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable it may be amended to increase, but in any event no later than thirty not reduce the measure of indemnification permitted. (30b) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary set forth in subsection l(a) above and except as provided in Section 53 below, Indemnitee unless hereafter permitted by law, indemnification or advancement of expenses shall not be entitled made to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee if a judgment or other final adjudication establishes that his or her actions or omissions to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only act were material to the extent permitted by law.cause of action so adjudicated and constitute: (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations A violation of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable criminal law, and unless the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was lawful or had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful; (ii) A transaction from which the obligation director or officer derived an improper personal benefit; (iii) In the case of a director, a circumstance under which the liability provisions of Section 607.0834 of the Company Florida Business Corporation Act are applicable; or (iv) Willful misconduct or a conscious disregard for the best interests of the corporation in a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(aprocure a judgment in its favor or in a proceeding by or in the right of a shareholder. For purposes of this subsection 1(b), the determination of whether such a judgment or other final adjudication has been rendered shall be made after exhaustion of any and all appeals or other review from the Proceeding in which it was rendered. Adjudications within the meaning of this subsection 1(b) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when include arbitration awards and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal decisions rendered in formal administrative proceedings in before a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable state or federal administrative law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemniteejudge.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Indemnification Agreement (Gevity Hr)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable practicable, but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid actually and reasonably incurred by him or payable her in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, Agreement (including the creation of the Trust pursuant Trust) if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to Section 4 hereofbe in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful; provided, however, that the Company shall not indemnify Indemnitee for any Expenses incurred in a Proceeding instituted by an appropriate bank regulatory agency if that Proceeding results in a final order assessing civil monetary penalties or requiring affirmative action by Indemnitee in the form of payments to the Company. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, prior to a Change in Control, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, advance (within ten (10) business days of such request, ) any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a2(b) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, Expenses incurred in defending a Proceeding that is an administrative or civil action initiated by a federal bank regulatory agency shall be advanced only if Indemnitee agrees in writing to reimburse the Company for that portion of the advanced Expenses as to which it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee was not entitled to indemnification and the Reviewing Party has first made a determination in writing that Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he or she believed to be in the best interests of the Company and that the advancing of such Expenses will not adversely affect the safety and soundness of the Company. Expenses shall be advanced, however, only upon delivery to the Company of a written binding agreement by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. Indemnitee's ’s obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States State of California or Delaware Colorado having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemnitee.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Employment Agreement (United Western Bancorp Inc)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding Claim by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, law as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid or incurred in connection with settlement (including all interest, interest assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding Claim and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, Agreement (including the creation of the Trust pursuant trust referred to in Section 4 hereof). If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall pay in advance of the final disposition of any Claim any and all Expenses incurred or paid by Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"). An Expense Advance shall be made by the Company within five business days of any such request by Indemnitee, Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5Sections 5 and 15(c), prior to a Change in Control Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding Claim initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation Board of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf Directors of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to the provisions of Section 6 hereof (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) for indemnification shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel Independent Legal Counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be is permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, ; when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable lawlaw for the amount advanced by the Company, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, Control (other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, ) the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel Independent Legal Counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. hereof If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation commence, in any accordance with Section 15 hereof, an action in a court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper an arbitration proceeding seeking an initial determination by the court or arbitration panel or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, ; or the legal or factual bases therefor and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemnitee.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Indemnification Agreement (Napro Biotherapeutics Inc)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In Purchaser shall be indemnified and held harmless to the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding extent set forth in this ARTICLE VIII by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against respect of any and all Expensesdemands, claims, actions or causes of action, assessments, losses, damages, costs, expenses, liabilities, judgments, awards, fines, penalties sanctions, penalties, charges and amounts paid in settlement (net of insurance proceeds actually received), including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or (i) interest on cash disbursements in respect of any of the foregoing at the per annum rate of interest publicly announced from time to time by the Bank of America as its prime rate (or reference rate), compounded quarterly, from the date each such Expensescash disbursement is made until the person incurring the same shall have been indemnified in respect thereof and (ii) reasonable costs, judgmentsfees and expenses of attorneys, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) accountants and other agents of such Proceeding person (collectively, "DAMAGES") reasonably and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee proximately incurred by Purchaser as a result of the actual any inaccuracy or deemed receipt misrepresentation in or breach of any payments under this Agreementrepresentation, including warranty, covenant or agreement made by the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything Company in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance")Closing; provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law.and (b) Notwithstanding The Company shall be indemnified and held harmless to the foregoing, (i) the obligations extent set forth in this ARTICLE VIII by Purchaser in respect of any and all Damages reasonably and proximately incurred by the Company under Section 2(aas a result of any inaccuracy or misrepresentation in or breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by the Purchaser in this Agreement. (c) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (Except as set forth in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable lawSECTIONS 8.1(a), and (iib) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and except to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted of confidentiality provisions in this Agreement, no person shall have any claim or cause of action as a result of any inaccuracy or misrepresentation in or breach of or failure to be so indemnified under applicable lawperform any representation, the Company warranty, covenant, agreement or obligation of a party providing indemnification (each, an "INDEMNIFYING PARTY") against any affiliate, stockholder, director, officer, employee, consultant or agent of such Indemnifying Party. Nothing set forth in this ARTICLE VIII shall be deemed to prohibit or limit the right of a party entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee indemnification (who hereby agrees to reimburse each, an "INDEMNITEE") at any time before, on or after the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereonClosing Date, to seek injunctive or other equitable relief for the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing failure of any Indemnifying Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party perform any covenant or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemniteeagreement contained herein.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Series a Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (Ticketmaster Online Citysearch Inc)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In From and after the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party Effective Time and subject to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason the terms and conditions of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Eventthis Article X, the Company Sellers shall indemnify Indemnitee except to the fullest extent permitted by lawset forth in proviso B of Section 10.1(c) (exclusively out of the Escrow Account, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented and only to the Companyextent funds are available in the Escrow Account) defend, against indemnify and hold harmless ("Indemnify" or "Indemnification") the Buyer Indemnitees from and against, and pay or reimburse the Buyer Indemnitees for, any and all ExpensesDamages resulting from, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid arising out of or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated of the following (collectively, the "Buyer Indemnified Matters"): (i) any breach or inaccuracy of any representation or warranty made by Indemnitee against the Company in this Agreement or any director certificate delivered by the Company in connection herewith; (ii) any breach by the Company of any of its covenants or officer agreements made or contained herein or in any instrument, certificate or agreement delivered by the Company in connection herewith; (iii) any breach by any one or more of the Company unless Sellers of its or their covenants or agreements made or contained the Escrow Agreement or the Cash Flow Insurance Claims Escrow Agreement; (iv) [intentionally omitted] (v) with respect to the litigation set forth on Schedule 10.1(a)(v) (the "Specified Litigation"), if and to the extent that the aggregate Damages incurred by the Buyer Indemnitees (including the Surviving Corporation) from and after the Closing Date with respect to the Specified Litigation exceeds 100% of $5.30 million relating thereto, 100% of any Damages incurred by the Buyer Indemnitees exceeding such amount; (vi) the Dissenting Shares, during the period that they constitute Dissenting Shares (including, without limitation, the portion of the Closing Date Merger Consideration owed to the dissenting stockholders and the fees, costs and expenses of any litigation relating thereto)(such claims and Damages, the "Dissenting Share Damages"); (vii) the Cash Flow Insurance Claims to the extent (a) payable to a third party (including any party or parties defendant in any Action relating to the Cash Flow Insurance Claims, and counsel for the Sellers) (it being understood that there shall be no indemnification for Damages relating to overhead of any Buyer Indemnitee or for the cost of employee time) and (b) relating to (x) any expense incurred by the Company has joined after the Closing Date relating to such Cash Flow Insurance Claims or (y) the prosecution of any claim by a third party (other than those described in or consented (x) above) with respect to the initiation Cash Flow Insurance Claims; and (viii) any error, inaccuracy, omission or misstatement in any of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance")amounts comprising the Closing Deduct Amount; provided, however, that such Expenses any Indemnification of the Buyer Indemnitees pursuant to Section 10.1(a)(vi) shall be advanced only upon delivery satisfied (including without limitation the payment of fees and expenses incurred in connection with the defense of a Third Party Claim relating thereto as set forth in Section 10.4) solely and exclusively (A) first, out of and by setoff against the Dissenting Shares Escrow Amount and (B) second, out of and by setoff against the Basic Escrow Amount, pursuant to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf terms hereof and the Escrow Agreement; provided, further that any Indemnification of the Indemnitee Buyer Indemnitees pursuant to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined Section 10.1(a)(vii) shall be satisfied (including without limitation the payment of fees and expenses incurred in connection with the defense of a Third Party Claim relating thereto as set forth in Section 10.4), (A) first, out of and by setoff against any amounts that Indemnitee is not the Sellers are entitled to be indemnified with respect to the Excluded Assets, prior to such time as the Excluded Assets, or any portion thereof, are distributed to the Sellers, (B) second, out of and by setoff against the Cash Flow Insurance Claims Escrow Amount, and (C) third, at the sole option of Buyer, either or both (i) out of and by setoff against the Basic Escrow Amount, or (ii) severally and not jointly, by the CompanySellers pro rata according to their proportionate share of the cash distributions made pursuant to Sections 2.6 and 3.4, subject to the provisions of clause (C) of paragraph 4 of this Section 10.1(a); provided furtherprovided, further that the Company parties expressly acknowledge and agree that from and after the Effective Date, the Surviving Corporation shall make not have any liability to the Buyer Indemnitees in connection with the Indemnification of any Buyer Indemnitees hereunder and that, notwithstanding the fact that the Surviving Corporation, as a party to this Agreement (as the Company) made representations and warranties to, and covenants to, the Buyer hereunder, none of the Sellers shall have any right of contribution or reimbursement whatsoever from the Surviving Corporation with respect to such advances representations, warranties or covenants; For the avoidance of doubt, (A) the maximum aggregate amount of Indemnification that the Buyer Indemnitees may recover under this Section 10.1 (other than pursuant to Section 10.1(a)(vi) or Section 10.1(a)(vii)) shall not exceed the Basic Escrow Amount, (B) the maximum aggregate amount of Indemnification that the Buyer Indemnitees may recover under Section 10.1(a)(vi) shall not exceed the aggregate of the Dissenting Shares Escrow Amount and the Basic Escrow Amount, and (C) the maximum aggregate amount of Indemnification that the Buyer Indemnitees may recover under Section 10.1(a)(vii) shall not exceed the net after-tax proceeds of Closing Date Merger Consideration that have been received in cash by any Seller as of the date of such Indemnification claim. 1. The Buyer Indemnitees shall not be Indemnified under Sections 10.1(a)(i) or 10.1(a)(ii) if, as of the Closing Date, the Buyer had Actual Knowledge, as of the Closing Date, of that Post-Signing Breach. If, as of the Closing Date, the Buyer had Actual Knowledge of the existence of a Pre-Signing MAE Breach without Knowledge or a Pre-Signing Non-MAE Breach without Knowledge and, if such breach is capable of being cured, complied with Section 8.6, then the Buyer Indemnitee shall be entitled to Indemnification hereunder with respect to such Pre-Signing MAE Breach without Knowledge or such Pre-Signing Non-MAE Breach without Knowledge, but only to the extent permitted by law. of 50% of the Damages resulting from, arising out of or in connection with such Pre-Signing MAE Breach without Knowledge or Pre-Signing Non-MAE Breach without Knowledge (bmeasured from the first dollar of such Damages without regard to the Deductible Amount but subject to all of the other limitations set forth in this Article X). If, as of the Closing Date, the Buyer had Actual Knowledge of the existence of a Pre-Signing MAE Breach with Knowledge or a Pre-Signing Non-MAE Breach with Knowledge, then the Buyer Indemnitees shall be entitled to Indemnification hereunder without any of the limitations set forth in Sections 10.1(a)(F) Notwithstanding or (G) above, but subject to all of the foregoingother limitations set forth in this Article X. For purposes of Sections 10.1(a)(F), (G) and (H) above, "Actual Knowledge" of the Buyer shall be deemed to mean (i) the obligations actual knowledge of ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Buyer's General Counsel, and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ May without any duty or inquiry or investigation and, without limiting the foregoing, shall not include any constructive, imputed or implied knowledge resulting from Buyer's due diligence investigation of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable lawunless such Persons had actual knowledge resulting from such investigations, and (ii) the obligation Buyer Indemnitees shall be deemed to have Actual Knowledge of the breaches described in such sections if disclosed to the Buyer by the Company pursuant to Section 8.6 hereof. (b) No Buyer Indemnitee shall be entitled to Indemnification under Section 10.1(a) to the extent the Damages relate to any inaccuracy or misrepresentation in, or breach of, or failure to perform, any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made in this Agreement by the Buyer or the Acquisition Company. (c) From and after the Effective Time and subject to the terms of this Article X, the Buyer shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Seller Indemnitees from and against, and pay or reimburse the Seller Indemnitees for, any and all Damages incurred by any Seller Indemnitee as a result of (i) any inaccuracy or misrepresentation in, or breach of, or failure to perform, any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made or required to be performed by the Buyer or the Surviving Corporation (with respect to the Surviving Corporation, after the Effective Time) in this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the Cash Flow Insurance Escrow Agreement or any certificate delivered hereunder or thereunder, (ii) events that relate to the business, properties, assets, operations, activities, liabilities, ownership, management, use or Control of the Company which occur after the Closing Date and (iii) any breach of the fiduciary duty of the board of directors of the Company (after receipt by the Company of the written consent of a majority of the Stockholders approving this Agreement and the Merger) following receipt of a Superior Proposal and notice to make an Expense Advance pursuant Buyer of same, based solely on the Buyer's determination not to waive the provisions of Section 2(a8.8(b) that terminate the provisions thereof on the date on which the Company receives the written consent of a majority of the Stockholders approving this Agreement and the Merger, which would otherwise allow the board of directors to accept the Superior Proposal; provided that no Seller Indemnitee shall be subject entitled to the condition that, if, when and indemnification under this Section 10.1(c) to the extent the Damages relate to any Buyer Indemnified Matters; and provided, further that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, no current or former directors or officers of the Company shall be entitled to any indemnification from the Buyer (or the Surviving Corporation) as a result their status as such except as expressly set forth in Article VII and provided, further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, Buyer's indemnity in (iii) shall be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse effective from the Companydate of this Agreement. Additionally, the Seller Indemnitees shall not be indemnified under Section 10.1(c)(i) for any breach or inaccuracy of any representation or warranty made by the Buyer in this Agreement unless and until the aggregate amount of Damages so incurred by the Seller Indemnitees exceeds the Deductible Amount, whereupon the Seller Indemnitees shall be entitled to indemnification for all Damages incurred by them in excess of the Deductible Amount. In the absence of fraud, except with respect to payment of the Merger Consideration as required by this Agreement (including but not limited to those payments required to be made after the Closing Date pursuant to Sections 3.3(b) and 3.4 hereof)or a breach of Section 10(d) below, the Seller Indemnitees shall not be entitled to recover from Buyer pursuant to this Section 10.1(c)(i) an aggregate amount that is greater than the Basic Escrow Amount; (d) From and after the Effective Time, the rights and remedies set forth in this Article X are the sole and exclusive remedies of the Buyer Indemnitees, except for fraud, in which case the Buyer Indemnitees may pursue all remedies available to them against the Person committing such fraud (but only with respect to such fraud). Without limiting the foregoing, in the absence of fraud and except as set forth and subject to the limitations in this Section 10.1, no claim or Action shall be brought or maintained, and no rights or remedies may be exercised, by the Buyer or its Affiliates (including the Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries), or their respective successors or permitted assigns(a "Releasing Party"), and each Releasing Party hereby releases and discharges any claim or Action it may have, directly against any of the Seller Indemnitees (and no recourse shall be brought or granted against any of them) to the extent based upon, arising out of, relating to or in connection with (i) any alleged misrepresentation or inaccuracy in or breach of any of the representations or warranties of the Company set forth or contained in this Agreement or any certificate delivered hereunder, (ii) any information, document or material furnished or made available to the Buyer in certain "data rooms," management presentations or in any other form in anticipation of or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (iii) the ownership, operation, management, use, Control of, and other actions or omissions with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries prior to the Effective Time or (iii) any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Releasing Party is not releasing or discharging any claim or Action it may have against any of the Seller Indemnitees other than in their capacity as Sellers except to the extent that a Seller Indemnitee is releasing the Buyer and the Surviving Corporation for any action it may have in its capacity other than as a Seller. The Buyer acknowledges that there is possibility that subsequent to the execution of this Agreement, the Buyer will discover facts or claims which were unknown or unsuspected at the time this Agreement was executed, and which if known by the Buyer at that time may have materially affected the Buyer's decision to execute this Agreement. The Buyer acknowledges and agrees that, except in the case of fraud (and then only with respect to the Person committing such fraud) and except as set forth and subject to the limitations in this Section 10.1 with respect to its ability to bring an Action or exercise rights or remedies, the Buyer is assuming any risk of such unknown facts and such unknown and unsuspected claims. The undersigned has been advised of the existence of Section 1542 of the California Civil Code ("Section 1542"), which provides: A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTENT TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT EXIST IN HIS FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR. Notwithstanding such provision, release set forth in Section 10(d) shall constitute a full release in accordance wit its terms. The Buyer knowingly and voluntarily WAIVES the provisions of Section 1542, as well as any other statute, law, or rule of similar effect, and acknowledges and agrees that this waiver is an essential and material term of this release and the agreement which leads to it, and without such waiver the agreement would not have been accepted. (e) The amount of any Damages for which the Indemnification is provided hereunder shall be net of any amounts theretofore paidrecovered by any Buyer Indemnitee from third parties or under insurance policies of the Buyer, the Company or any of their Subsidiaries with respect to such Damages; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings any such amount received from insurance policies shall themselves be determined net of Buyer's good faith estimate of any potential increase in insurance premiums that may result from making a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable lawclaim against such insurance policies; provided further, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereonthat, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States event that Buyer's good faith estimate was greater than the actual increase in premium when realized (a "Estimated Premium Excess"), Buyer shall pay such Estimated Premium Excess in accordance with the last sentence of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemnitee.this Section 10.1

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Lions Gate Entertainment Corp /Cn/)

Agreement to Indemnify. Subject to the terms and conditions of, and in accordance with the procedures set forth in, this Agreement, the Company shall hold Indemnitee harmless and indemnify Indemnitee (aand Indemnitee’s spouse as provided below), to the fullest extent permitted by the provisions of the DGCL and other applicable law, from and against all Expenses and Liabilities, including, without limitation, Expenses and Liabilities arising from any Proceeding brought by or in the right of the Company or its stockholders. The Company and Indemnitee intend that this Agreement provide for indemnification in excess of that expressly required or permitted by statute, including, without limitation, any indemnification provided by the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, by vote of its stockholders or directors, or by applicable law. If, after the date hereof, the DGCL or any other applicable law is amended to permit or authorize indemnification of, or advancement of defense expenses to, Indemnitee to a greater extent than is permitted on the date hereof, references in this Agreement to the DGCL or any other applicable law shall be deemed to refer to the DGCL or such applicable law as so amended. If (i) In the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to was affiliated with one or witness or other participant inmore venture capital funds that has invested in the Company (an “Appointing Stockholder”), (ii) the Appointing Stockholder is, or is threatened to be made made, a party to or witness or other a participant inin any proceeding, a Proceeding by reason of and (or arising iii) the Appointing Stockholder’s involvement in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the proceeding is related to Indemnitee’s service to the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to as a director of the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in Company or any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to direct or indirect subsidiaries of the Company, against then, to the extent resulting from any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed claim based on the Indemnitee Indemnitee’s service to the Company as a result director or other fiduciary of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this AgreementCompany, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not Appointing Stockholder will be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented hereunder for Expenses to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the same extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemnitee.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Indemnification Agreement (Synageva Biopharma Corp)

Agreement to Indemnify. Subject to the terms and conditions of, and in accordance with the procedures set forth in, this Agreement, the Company shall hold Indemnitee harmless and indemnify Indemnitee (aand Indemnitee’s spouse as provided below), to the fullest extent permitted by the provisions of the DGCL and other applicable law, from and against all Expenses and Liabilities, including, without limitation, Expenses and Liabilities arising from any Proceeding brought by or in the right of the Company or its stockholders. The Company and Indemnitee intend that this Agreement provide for indemnification in excess of that expressly required or permitted by statute, including, without limitation, any indemnification provided by the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, by vote of its stockholders or directors, or by applicable law. If, after the date hereof, the DGCL or any other applicable law is amended to permit or authorize indemnification of, or advancement of defense expenses to, Indemnitee to a greater extent than is permitted on the date hereof, references in this Agreement to the DGCL or any other applicable law shall be deemed to refer to the DGCL or such applicable law as so amended. If (i) In the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to was affiliated with one or witness or other participant inmore venture capital funds that has invested in the Company (an “Appointing Stockholder”), (ii) the Appointing Stockholder is, or is threatened to be made made, a party to or witness or other a participant inin any proceeding, a Proceeding by reason of and (or arising iii) the Appointing Stockholder’s involvement in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the proceeding is related to Indemnitee’s service to the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to as an officer of the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in Company or any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to direct or indirect subsidiaries of the Company, against then, to the extent resulting from any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed claim based on the Indemnitee Indemnitee’s service to the Company as a result an officer or other fiduciary of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this AgreementCompany, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not Appointing Stockholder will be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented hereunder for Expenses to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the same extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemnitee.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Indemnification Agreement (Synageva Biopharma Corp)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In From and after the event Indemnitee wasClosing, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company Seller shall indemnify Indemnitee and hold harmless Buyer and its Affiliates (including the Group Companies), and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, members, stockholders, partners, agents and representatives (each hereinafter referred to the fullest extent permitted by law, individually as soon an “Buyer Indemnified Person” and collectively as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30“Buyer Indemnified Persons”) days after written demand is presented to the Company, from and against any and all Expensesdamages, judgments, finessettlements, penalties losses, liabilities, fees, reductions in value, costs, taxes, payments, penalties, interest, fines and amounts paid in settlement expenses (including all interestcosts of investigation, assessments defense and settlement, reasonable attorneys’ fees and other charges paid professionals’ and experts’ fees, and court, arbitrator or payable mediator costs (including such fees and costs incurred in connection with enforcing the provisions of this Article 12)) (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Damages”) based upon, relating to, arising out of or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and resulting from any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual following (the “Buyer Indemnifiable Matters”): (i) any breach or deemed receipt inaccuracy of any payments under representation or warranty made by Seller in this Agreement, including the creation Seller Disclosure Letter or the Seller Closing Certificates (in each case, except with respect to Section 3.11(a), without giving effect to any qualifications relating to materiality, material adverse effect or Material Adverse Effect for the purposes of determining the amount of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to Damages that are the contrary and except as provided in Section 5subject matter of a claim for indemnification thereunder, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that the operation of this parenthetical shall not alter the meaning of the defined terms such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery as “Company Material Contract” to “Company Contract” or “Material Adverse Effect” to “Effect” for such purposes); (ii) any breach of or default in connection with any of the covenants or agreements made by Seller in this Agreement; (iii) Excluded Taxes; (iv) any Change in Control Payments or Tax Liabilities in respect of the Change in Control Agreements, to the extent unpaid as of the Closing, (v) any Liabilities relating to or arising out of any “excess parachute payments” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code, (vi) any matter set forth on Schedule 3.7 of the Company Disclosure Letter or that is or would be an exception to the representations and warranties made in Section 3.7 (Litigation) as of an undertaking the Agreement Date or the Closing Date; (vii) Unpaid Transaction Expenses, (viii) any error or inaccuracy in the Company Closing Financial Certificate; and (ix) any fraud, intentional misrepresentation or Willful Breach by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by lawSeller. (b) Notwithstanding From and after the foregoingClosing, Buyer shall indemnify and hold harmless Seller and its Affiliates, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, members, stockholders, partners, agents and representatives (each hereinafter referred to individually as a “Seller Indemnified Person” and collectively as “Seller Indemnified Persons”) from and against any and all Damages based upon, relating to, arising out of or resulting from any of the following (the “Seller Indemnifiable Matters” and, together with the Buyer Indemnifiable Matters, the “Indemnifiable Matters”): (i) breach or inaccuracy of any representation or warranty made by Buyer in this Agreement or the obligations Buyer Closing Certificates (without giving effect to any qualifications relating to materiality, material adverse effect or Material Adverse Effect for the purposes of determining the amount of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be Damages that are the subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in matter of a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) claim for all such amounts theretofore paid; indemnification thereunder provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings the operation of this parenthetical shall not turn references to “Material Adverse Effect” to “Effect” for such purposes), (ii) any breach of or default in a court connection with any of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination the covenants or agreements made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding Buyer in this Agreement; and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for (iii) any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights fraud, intentional misrepresentation or Willful Breach by or on behalf of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and IndemniteeBuyer.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Share Purchase Agreement (Exar Corp)

Agreement to Indemnify. The Corporation agrees to indemnify Indemnitee as follows: (a) In Subject to the event exceptions contained in Section 4 below, if Indemnitee was, was or is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding (other than an action by or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding in the right of the Corporation) by reason of Indemnitee's Corporate Status, Indemnitee shall be indemnified by the Corporation against all Expenses and Liabilities incurred or paid by Indemnitee in connection with such Proceeding (referred to herein as "Indemnifiable Expenses" and "Indemnifiable Liabilities," respectively, and collectively as "Indemnifiable Amounts") if (i) Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in, or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Eventnot opposed to, the Company shall indemnify best interests of the Corporation, and (ii) with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, Indemnitee had no reasonable cause to believe that Indemnitee's conduct was unlawful. (b) Subject to the fullest extent permitted exceptions contained in Section 4 below, if Indemnitee was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding by lawor in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of Indemnitee's Corporate Status, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to Indemnitee shall be indemnified by the Company, Corporation against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties Indemnifiable Expenses and amounts paid in settlement (including all interestif Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or not opposed to, the best interests of the Corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made under this subsection in respect of such Expensesany claim, judgments, fines, penalties issue or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee matter as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, which Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated have been adjudged by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure be liable to the Corporation, unless, and only to the extent that, the court in which such Proceeding was brought or another court of competent jurisdiction determines upon application that in view of all the circumstances of the case, Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such Indemnifiable Expenses and amounts paid in settlement, in which case Indemnitee shall then be entitled to payment in such amount as such court deems proper. (c) If Indemnitee, in connection with Indemnitee's Corporate Status, is compelled or asked to be a determination that witness in connection with any Proceeding but is not otherwise a party or threatened to be made a party to such Proceeding, Indemnitee should shall be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse Corporation against all Indemnifiable Expenses. (d) Notwithstanding the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereonexceptions listed in Section 4 below, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there that Indemnitee has been such a Change successful on the merits or otherwise in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority defense of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel any Proceeding referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party subsections 3(a) or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole 3(b), or in part under applicable lawdefense of any claim, issue, or matter therein, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination be indemnified by the court or challenging Corporation against Indemnifiable Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection therewith. (e) If Indemnitee is entitled under any such determination provisions of this Agreement to indemnification by the Reviewing Party Corporation for some or any aspect a portion of Indemnifiable Amounts but not, however, for the total amount thereof, and the Company hereby consents Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee for the portion of such Indemnifiable Amounts to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemniteewhich Indemnitee is entitled.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Indemnification Agreement (Elizabeth Arden Inc)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In Each Selling Entity shall hold harmless, ---------------------- indemnify and defend Apple, its affiliates, successors and assigns (the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company"Apple Indemnified Parties"), against any and all Expensesobligations, judgmentsclaims, fineslosses, penalties damages, liabilities and amounts paid in settlement expenses (including all interestincluding, assessments without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlementlegal expenses and other charges) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result (all of the actual foregoing being referred to below in this Agreement as "Claims"), but specifically excluding any claims, losses, damages, liabilities and expenses related or deemed receipt connected to, in any way, the payment of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust obligations pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement 5.03 of the Management Agreement, arising out of the breach by such Selling Entity (or, with respect to the contrary indemnity obligations of the General Partner, a breach by the Company or the Controlling Partnership) of its representations and except warranties under the Original Agreement, as provided in Section 5amended and affected by the First Amendment (and CCRI and Desert Springs shall be jointly and severally liable with the General Partner for breaches of representations and warranties by the General Partner with respect to the Inns, Indemnitee the Company or the Controlling Partnership); Crestline shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with hold harmless and indemnify the Apple Indemnified Parties against (i) all Claims brought by Crestline or any Proceeding initiated of its affiliates, or by Indemnitee any pre-Closing managers and officers of the Company or the Controlling Partnership, against the Company or any director the Controlling Partnership, as applicable, to the extent relating to the period prior to the Closing, (ii) all Claims arising out of or officer relating to the Residence Inn located in Raleigh, North Carolina, which was formerly owned by the Controlling Partnership and (iii) all Claims relating to the matters disclosed in Section 6.5 hereof. The General Partner hereby assumes the indemnity agreements made by the Company and/or the Controlling Partnership in Section 11.3 of the Company unless Original Agreement, as amended and affected by the Company has joined First Amendment (which is unaffected by this Agreement), and Apple agrees that the indemnification agreements made by it for the benefit of the Controlling Partnership in that Section 11.3 shall instead be for the benefit of the Selling Entities. The Selling Entities' indemnity obligations hereunder shall be primary obligations of each such Selling Entity, and Apple may proceed immediately against the Selling Entities without being required to bring any proceeding or consented to take any action against the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance")Company; provided, however, that no claim may be prosecuted by any party under this 11.3 -------- ------- (meaning both subsections (a) and (b) hereof), or under Section 11.3 of the Original Agreement, as affected hereby and by the First Amendment, unless written notice of such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery claim is delivered by the party seeking to prosecute such claim to the Company of an undertaking by party or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay parties against whom such amount if it claim is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only prosecuted prior to the extent permitted by lawdate that is eighteen (18) months after the Closing Date. (b) Notwithstanding In addition, and notwithstanding any provisions of this Agreement to the foregoingcontrary, (i) each Selling Entity shall hold harmless, indemnify and defend the obligations of Apple Indemnified Parties, against any and all Claims, connected with the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject Controlling Interests owned by such Selling Entity to the condition that extent relating to the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in period during which such Selling Entity owned the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, Controlling Interests; and (ii) Apple shall hold harmless, indemnify and defend the obligation of Selling Entities and their affiliates, successors and assigns, against any and all obligations, claims, losses, damages, liabilities, debts obligations and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and other charges) connected with the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and Controlling Interests to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, relating to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, period during which Apple (or its affiliates) owns the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and IndemniteeControlling Interests.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Purchase Agreement (Crestline Capital Corp)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Indemnification ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemnitee.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Indemnification Agreement (Mti Technology Corp)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes The Sellers (also referred to herein individually as a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event“Seller Indemnifying Party” and collectively, the Company shall “Seller Indemnifying Parties”) shall, jointly and severally indemnify Indemnitee to and hold harmless Purchaser and each of its directors, officers, employees, stockholders, representatives, advisors and agents (collectively, the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30“Purchaser Indemnified Parties”) days after written demand is presented to the Company, from and against any and all ExpensesLosses, judgmentswhether or not involving a Third-Party Claim, finesarising out of or resulting from any of the following: (i) any actual or alleged inaccuracy in or breach of any representation or warranty of the Sellers contained in Article 4 of this Agreement or in any schedule, penalties and amounts paid in settlement certificate or other document delivered pursuant hereto; (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid ii) any actual or payable alleged breach of or default in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and the failure to perform any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual covenants or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including agreements made by the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything Sellers in this Agreement or any schedule, certificate or other document delivered pursuant hereto; (iii) any Excluded Asset or Excluded Liability; (iv) any Company Taxes; (v) any security or data breach suffered by the Company prior to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with Closing; and (vi) any Proceeding initiated failure by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer to fully perform its obligations under Section 2.1(a)(iii), which include, without limitation, the assignment of the Company unless Company’s rights and obligations under the Company has joined in or consented Option Agreement and Underlying Agreements to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by lawPurchaser. (b) Notwithstanding Purchaser shall indemnify and hold harmless the foregoingSellers and each of their respective directors, officers, employees, stockholders, representatives, advisors and agents (collectively, the “Seller Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all Losses arising out of or resulting from any of the following (provided that this Section 7.2(b) shall not limit the Purchaser Indemnified Parties’ rights or recoveries pursuant to Section 7.2(b)): (i) the obligations any actual or alleged inaccuracy in or breach of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (any representation or warranty of Purchaser contained in a written opinion, Article 5 of this Agreement or in any case in which the specialschedule, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and certificate or other document delivered pursuant hereto; and (ii) any actual or alleged breach of or default in connection with the obligation failure to perform any of the Company covenants or agreements made by Purchaser in this Agreement or any schedule, certificate or other document delivered pursuant hereto. (c) For purposes of this Article 7 (including for purposes of determining whether a representation or warranty is inaccurate or has been breached and the amount of Losses subject to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) indemnification), the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would deemed not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable lawqualified by, the Company and shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable lawinterpreted without giving effect to, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (limitations or qualifications as to which all rights “materiality” (including the words “material” or “Material Adverse Effect” and other terms of appeal therefrom have been exhausted similar import or have lapsedeffect). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemnitee.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Asset Acquisition Agreement (Trump Media & Technology Group Corp.)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In From and after the event Indemnitee wasClosing Date and subject to the terms and conditions of this ARTICLE X (including the limitations set forth in the last sentence of this Section 10.01(a), is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable EventBuyer, the Company Surviving Corporation and their respective officers, directors, employees, partners, members, agents, representatives, successors and permitted assigns (collectively, the "Buyer Indemnitees") each shall indemnify Indemnitee be indemnified and held harmless out of the Escrow Account to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but set forth in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against this ARTICLE X in respect of any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and Damages directly incurred by any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Buyer Indemnitee as a result of of, or arising out of, (i) any inaccuracy or misrepresentation in, or breach of, or failure to perform, on or prior to the actual Effective Time, any representation, warranty, covenant or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including agreement made by the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything Company in this Agreement to or (ii) any of the contrary and except as provided in Section 5matters set forth on the Special Indemnified Matters Schedule (the "Scheduled Matters"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) no Buyer Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to indemnified under this Agreement Section 10.01(a) in connection with respect of any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against individual claim of Damages that results in Damages of less than $10,000 (and any such Damages shall be disregarded for all purposes of this Section 10.01(a), including in determining whether the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company Deductible Amount (as defined below) has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"been exceeded); provided, however, that such Expenses the $10,000 threshold referred to in this subsection (i) shall not apply to claims for Damages relating to the Scheduled Matters; (ii) no Buyer Indemnitee shall be advanced only upon delivery indemnified under this Section 10.01(a) (except with respect to the Company of an undertaking by any inaccuracy or on behalf misrepresentation in, or breach of the Indemnitee Special Representations, any covenant or agreement contained herein or the Scheduled Matters) unless and until the aggregate amount of all Damages incurred by any or all of the Buyer Indemnitees hereunder exceeds $1,075,000 (the "Deductible Amount"), whereupon the Buyer Indemnitees shall be entitled to repay indemnification for all Damages incurred by them; and (iii) the maximum aggregate amount of indemnification that the Buyer Indemnitees may recover under this Section 10.01(a) (except with respect to any inaccuracy or misrepresentation in, or breach of the Special Representations) shall not exceed the remaining funds in the Escrow Account and recourse for such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled shall be limited solely to be indemnified by offsets against the Company; provided further, that Escrow Account in accordance with this Agreement and the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by lawEscrow Agreement. (b) From and after the Closing Date and subject to the terms of this ARTICLE X (including the last sentence of this Section 10.01(b)), the Sellers, their Affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees, partners, members, agents, representatives, successors and permitted assigns (collectively, the "Seller Indemnitees") shall each be indemnified and held harmless to the extent set forth in this ARTICLE X by Buyer in respect of any and all Damages arising out of or in any manner incident, relating or attributable to any inaccuracy or misrepresentation in, or breach of, or failure to perform, any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by Buyer or Merger Sub in this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, foregoing (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) no Seller Indemnitee shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, this Section 10.01(b) except with respect to any inaccuracy or misrepresentation or breach of Section 5.02) unless and until the aggregate amount of all Damages incurred by any or all of the Seller Indemnitees hereunder exceeds $1,075,000 (ii) the obligation maximum aggregate amount of indemnification that the Seller Indemnitees may recover under this Section 10.01(b) shall not exceed the Merger Consideration. (c) This ARTICLE X constitutes the Buyer Indemnitees' and Seller Indemnitees' sole and exclusive remedy for any and all Damages or other claims (excluding any actions for specific performance or similar injunctive relief) relating to or arising from this Agreement, any of the agreements, documents and instruments executed and delivered in connection herewith and the transactions contemplated by any of the foregoing, except for claims that may arise against any Seller as a result of the inaccuracy of any letter of transmittal or breach of any representation or warranty of any Seller contained therein. Neither the Buyer Indemnitees nor the Seller Indemnitees may avoid such limitation on liability by seeking damages for breach of contract, tort or pursuant to any other theory of liability, other than claims based on fraud. Notwithstanding any implication herein to the contrary, any indemnification of the Buyer Indemnitees shall be satisfied solely and exclusively by setoff against the funds remaining in the Escrow Account pursuant to the terms hereof and the Escrow Agreement, including the payment of fees and expenses incurred in connection with the defense of a Third Party Claim by the Buyer Indemnitee as set forth in Section 10.04 below. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 10.01 or for claims based on fraud, no claim shall be brought or maintained by Buyer, its Subsidiaries (including, after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries) or its or their respective Affiliates, successors or permitted assigns or any other Buyer Indemnitee against any of the Seller Indemnitees, and no recourse shall be brought or granted against any of them, by virtue of or based upon any alleged misrepresentation or inaccuracy in or breach of any of the representations, warranties or covenants of the Company or any other Person set forth or contained in this Agreement, or any of the agreements, documents and instruments executed and delivered in connection herewith, the subject matter of this Agreement, any information, document or material furnished or made available to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject Buyer in "data rooms," management presentations or in any other form in anticipation of or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the ownership, operation, management, use, control of, and other actions or omissions with respect to, the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, any of their assets, any of the transactions contemplated hereby or any other actions or omissions at or prior to the condition thatClosing Date or the Effective Time. Buyer, ifits Subsidiaries (including, when after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries), and its and their respective Affiliates, successors and permitted assigns and any other Buyer Indemnitee hereby irrevocably waive all such claims of any type or description and hereby agree to indemnify and hold harmless each of the Seller Indemnitees from and against and in respect of any and all Damages and other losses incurred by any Seller Indemnitee as a result of any such claim brought or maintained by any such party against any Seller Indemnitee in contravention of this Section 10.01(c). EACH RELEASING PARTY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ALL RIGHTS AFFORDED BY ANY STATUTE WHICH LIMITS THE EFFECT OF A RELEASE WITH RESPECT TO UNKNOWN CLAIMS. EACH RELEASING PARTY UNDERSTANDS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS RELEASE OF UNKNOWN CLAIMS AND WAIVER OF STATUTORY PROTECTION AGAINST A RELEASE OF UNKNOWN CLAIMS. EACH RELEASING PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT THIS WAIVER IS AN ESSENTIAL AND MATERIAL TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT. (d) Each Buyer Indemnitee and Seller Indemnitee shall take all commercially reasonable steps to mitigate any Damages for which such Person may be entitled to indemnification hereunder (including to first seek any recoveries of the type described in clause (ii) of the definition of Damages) to the extent mitigation is required under law. If the amount to be netted (in accordance with clause (ii) of the definition of Damages) from any payment required under this ARTICLE X is determined after payment by the Indemnifying Party of an amount otherwise required to be paid to an Indemnitee pursuant to this ARTICLE X, the Indemnitee shall repay to the Indemnifying Party, promptly after such determination, any amount that the Reviewing Indemnifying Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted have had to be so indemnified under applicable lawpay pursuant to this ARTICLE X had such determination been made at the time of such payment. (e) With respect to any particular matter, the Company no party shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse any indemnification under this ARTICLE X if such matter was disclosed and accounted for in the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole Latest Balance Sheet or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof Preliminary Closing Statement and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect party has fully recovered its indemnifiable Damages as a result thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemnitee.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Activant Solutions Inc /De/)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable practicable, but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, Agreement (including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereofTrust). Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, prior to a Change in Control Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, advance (within ten (10) business days of such request, ) any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee Indemnittee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, Control (other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control), the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemnitee. Expenses shall be advanced, however, only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Indemnification Agreement (Cheap Tickets Inc)

Agreement to Indemnify. (ai) In Subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, Wolverine, on the one hand, and Purchaser, on the other hand, (separately, the “Indemnifying Party”) shall indemnify, defend and hold the other (and the other’s respective officers, directors, managers, employees, representatives, and agents) (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) harmless from and against, and shall pay to such persons and reimburse such persons for, any and all Damages arising, directly or indirectly, from or in connection with: (A) any breach of any representation and warranty of the Indemnifying Party contained in this Agreement or in any certificate delivered at or in connection with the Closing; or (B) any inaccuracy in any representation and warranty of an Indemnifying Party contained in this Agreement as of the Closing Date, giving any effect to any written information delivered to the Indemnified Party at or before the Closing; or (C) any breach or alleged breach of any covenant or agreement of the Indemnifying Party (or with respect to Wolverine, by Seller or W/Investments) contained in this Agreement or in a certificate delivered at the Closing; or (D) any and all indebtedness, obligations, and other liabilities of W/Investments, whether known or unknown, absolute, contingent, fixed or otherwise (collectively, the “Retained Liabilities”), whether existing, accrued, due or payable or are claimed to exist or to accrue or be due or payable for any period prior to September 15, 2008 (the “Retained Liabilities Effective Date”), even though such Retained Liabilities are discovered or asserted after the Retained Liabilities Effective Date. Solely for the purposes of this Section 8(a)(i)(D), the Indemnifying Party shall be Wolverine and the Indemnified Parties shall be Purchaser. (ii) The representations and warranties of Wolverine contained in Section 4, on the one hand, and of Purchaser contained in Section 6, on the other hand, of this Agreement shall survive for a period of twelve (12) months following the Closing Date; provided however, that the representations and warranties concerning taxes contained in Section 4(l) shall survive until the expiration of the statute of limitations under Applicable Law. The representations and warranties of Wolverine contained in Section 5 of this Agreement shall survive for a period of twelve (12) months following March 13, 2008; provided, however, in the event Indemnitee wasWolverine Shanghai does not deliver its audited financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008 (the “2008 Financial Statements”) to Purchaser on or before February 14, 2009, this Agreement shall survive until the thirtieth (30th) day immediately following the date on which the 2008 Financial Statement is actually delivered to Purchaser; and provided further, however, that the representations and warranties concerning taxes contained in Section 5(k) shall survive until the expiration of the statute of limitations under Applicable Law. No representation or becomes warranty shall be deemed to be waived or otherwise diminished unless waived or otherwise diminished by express written consent. A party’s consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby after waiving any of the conditions to its obligation to close (including the condition that the other party’s representations and warranties be true in all material respects) shall limit or otherwise affect its rights to recover under this Agreement; provided, however, that in no event shall a party party’s decision to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby (“Closing Party”) be deemed to waive, limit or witness otherwise affect the other party’s indemnity obligations hereunder or the Closing Party’s right to recover for a breach of the representations and warranties contained in Sections 4(c), 5(b), and 6(b) of this Agreement. Further, the parties expressly agree that, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8(a)(i), the terms and conditions of Section 8(a)(iv) shall be separate from and independent of the terms and conditions of Section 8(a)(i) and that no claim for indemnification which arises from the indemnification described in Section 8(a)(iv) shall be included in any claim for indemnification pursuant to Section 8(a)(i) and that no claim for indemnification which arises from the indemnification described in Section 8(a)(i) shall be included in any claim for indemnification pursuant to Section 8(a)(iv). (iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any indemnification relating to any goods manufactured, sold, marketed, or distributed or services provided by Wolverine Shanghai, Wolverine or its other Affiliates, or Purchaser or its Affiliates before the Closing shall not be governed by the terms and conditions of this Agreement, but shall be subject to those of the Voting Rights Agreement. (iv) Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 8(b) of this Agreement, Wolverine (the “Chinese Payment Indemnifying Party”) shall indemnify, defend and hold each of W/Investments, Wolverine Shanghai, and Purchaser (and the officers, directors, or owners, as the case may be, of W/Investments, Wolverine Shanghai, and Purchaser) (collectively, the “Chinese Payment Indemnified Parties”) harmless from and against, and shall pay to such persons and reimburse such persons for, any and all amounts actually paid by such Chinese Payment Indemnified Party which arises directly from or in connection with a claim by the People’s Republic of China that amounts are due from Wolverine Shanghai (or from W/Investments or Purchaser strictly and directly as a result of the direct or indirect, respectively, ownership of an interest in Wolverine Shanghai) under the local, regional, national or other participant inlaws of the People’s Republic of China with respect to the “capital gain” on the sale of the 30% Ownership Interest by Seller (that is, a tax on the difference between the purchase price and the tax basis in the thirty-percent (30%) ownership interest of Wolverine Shanghai on March 14, 2008) (the “Claimed Chinese Payment”). Purchaser, for itself, or is threatened to be made a party to on behalf of W/Investments or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by lawWolverine Shanghai, as soon the case may be and as practicable but in any event no later than it shall specifically give notice of to Wolverine, shall claim indemnification under this Section 8(a)(iv) by giving Wolverine written notice of the Claimed Chinese Payment within thirty (30) days after Purchaser receives written demand is presented notice of such Claimed Chinese Payment, which notice by Purchaser shall, if and to the Companyextent known by Purchaser after reasonable investigation, set forth the nature and amount of the Claimed Chinese Payment, the person against any which such Claimed Chinese Payment is made by the People’s Republic of China and copies of all Expensesrelevant documents related to such Claimed Chinese Payment (if such documents are available to Purchaser), judgmentsand the date when assessed, finesclaimed or incurred. Wolverine shall either pay such claim by Purchaser or give written notice to Purchaser of Wolverine’s disagreement with such claim, penalties specifying in reasonable detail the nature and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect extent of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties disagreement on or amounts paid in settlementbefore: (A) ten (10) days before the Claimed Chinese Payment is due or (B) thirty (30) days following Purchaser’s notice of such Proceeding claim, whichever shall first occur. If Purchaser and Wolverine are unable to resolve any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except disagreement as provided in Section 59(a), Indemnitee shall not be entitled then Purchaser and Wolverine agree to arbitrate such claim for indemnification pursuant to this Agreement Section 8(a)(iv) as otherwise provided in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such ProceedingSection 9. If so requested by IndemniteeThe rights, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any duties and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under parties contained in this Section 2(a8(a)(iv) hereof shall be subject to survive the condition that Closing until the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation later of expiration of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court statute of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a limitations or final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority resolution of the Company's Board Claimed Chinese Payment, if a claim is pending as of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be expiration of the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by statute of limitations of the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and IndemniteeClaimed Chinese Payment.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: 30% Interest Purchase Agreement (Wolverine Tube Inc)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party The Company hereby agrees to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall hold harmless and indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon such may be amended from time to time, as practicable but in any event no later than thirty follows: (30a) days after written demand is presented Subject to the exceptions contained in Section 10(a)(ii) below, if Indemnitee was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding (other than a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company) by reason of Indemnitee’s Company Status, Indemnitee shall be indemnified by the Company against any and all Expenses, judgments, finespenalties, penalties fines and amounts paid in settlement (including all interestactually and reasonably incurred by him, assessments and other charges paid or payable on his behalf, in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director claim, issue or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by lawmatter therein. (b) Notwithstanding Subject to the foregoingexceptions contained in Section 10(a)(iii) below, if Indemnitee was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of Indemnitee’s Company Status, Indemnitee shall be indemnified by the Company against all Expenses incurred or paid by the Indemnitee in connection with such Proceedings. (ic) If any Apax Fund is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any Proceeding, then to the extent the Apax Fund’s involvement in the Proceeding arises from the Indemnitee’s service to the Company as an officer or director of the Company, the Apax Fund shall be entitled to all of the indemnification rights and remedies, and shall to the extent indemnified hereunder, undertake the obligations of the Company Indemnitee, under Section 2(a) shall be subject this Agreement to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that same extent as Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the same extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified as if such Apax Fund was a party hereto. Each Apax Fund is an intended third party beneficiary under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemniteethis Agreement.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Director Indemnification Agreement (Bankrate, Inc.)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In the event Indemnitee wasThe Partnership, is its receiver or becomes a party to or witness or other participant inits trustee, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant inshall, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest maximum extent permitted by law, indemnify, save harmless and pay all judgments and claims against the Sponsor from any liability, loss or damage incurred by the Sponsor or by the Partnership by reason of any act performed or omitted to be performed by the Sponsor, including costs and reasonable attorneys' fees (which attorneys' fees may be paid as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30incurred) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federalamount expended in the settlement of any claim of liability, stateloss or damage; provided that (i) if such liability, local loss or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result damage arises out of any action or inaction of employees, agents, subsidiaries or Affiliated assigns of the actual Sponsor, such actions or deemed receipt inactions must have occurred while such parties were engaged in activities which could have been engaged in by a General Partner in its capacity as such; (ii) if such liability, loss or damage arises out of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation action or inaction of the Trust pursuant Sponsor, (a) the Sponsor must have determined, in good faith, that such course of conduct was in the best interests of the Partnership and (b) such course of conduct did not constitute negligence or misconduct by the Sponsor; and (iii) any such indemnification shall be recoverable only from the assets of the Partnership and not from the assets of the Limited Partners. All judgments against the Partnership and the Sponsor, wherein the Sponsor is entitled to Section 4 hereofindemnification, must first be satisfied from Partnership assets before such Sponsor is responsible for these obligations. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee The Partnership shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with pay for any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer insurance covering liability of the Company unless the Company has joined in Sponsor for actions or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance")omissions for which indemnification is not permitted hereunder; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall preclude the Partnership from purchasing and paying for such Expenses shall types of insurance, including extended coverage liability and casualty and worker's compensation, as would be advanced only upon delivery customary for any person owning comparable assets and engaged in a similar business, or from naming the Sponsor as an additional insured party thereunder, provided that such addition does not add to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified premiums payable by the Company; provided further, that the Company Partnership. Nothing contained herein shall make such advances only to the extent permitted constitute a waiver by lawany Limited Partner of any right which he may have against any party under federal or state securities laws. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemnitee.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Agreement of Limited Partnership (High Equity Partners L P Series 86)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In Subject to Section 2 hereof and except as provided in subsection 1(b) below, the event Corporation shall indemnify the Indemnitee wasagainst expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, and whether formal or informal ("Proceeding"), including any appeal therefrom, in which the Indemnitee was or is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to because he is or witness was an officer [AND/OR A DIRECTOR] of the Corporation or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other participant inenterprise if (i) the Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, a and (ii) with respect to any criminal Proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any Proceeding by reason judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of (nolo contendere or arising its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the Indemnitee did not act in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result best interests of the actual or deemed receipt of Corporation, or, with respect to any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such criminal Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only Indemnitee had reasonable cause to the extent permitted by lawbelieve that his conduct was unlawful. (b) Notwithstanding anything to the foregoingcontrary set forth in subsection 1(a) above, (i) the obligations Corporation shall not be required to indemnify the Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding by or in the right of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case Corporation in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted shall have been adjudged to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject liable to the condition that, if, when Corporation unless and only to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable lawcourt in which the Proceeding was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, the Company shall be Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all indemnity of such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a expenses which such court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemniteedeem proper.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Indemnification Agreement (Staff Leasing Inc)

Agreement to Indemnify. The Company hereby agrees to hold harmless and indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law as follows: (a) In Subject to the event exceptions contained in Section 10(a)(ii) below, if Indemnitee was, was or is or becomes a party to or witness or other a participant in, or is threatened to be made a party or a participant to or witness or any Proceeding (other participant in, than a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company) by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable EventIndemnitee’s Company Status, Indemnitee shall be indemnified by the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all Expenses, judgments, finespenalties, penalties fines and amounts paid in settlement (including all interestactually and reasonably incurred by him, assessments and other charges paid or payable on his behalf, in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director claim, issue or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by lawmatter therein. (b) Notwithstanding Subject to the foregoingexceptions contained in Section 10(a)(iii) below, if Indemnitee was or is a party or a participant or is threatened to be made a party or a participant to any Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of Indemnitee’s Company Status, Indemnitee shall be indemnified by the Company against all Expenses incurred or paid by the Indemnitee in connection with such Proceedings. (ic) If any JCP Fund is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any Proceeding, then to the extent the JCP Fund’s involvement in the Proceeding arises from the Indemnitee’s service to the Company as an officer or director of the Company, the JCP Fund shall be entitled to all of the indemnification rights and remedies, and shall to the extent indemnified hereunder, undertake the obligations of the Company Indemnitee, under Section 2(a) shall be subject this Agreement to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that same extent as Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the same extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified as if such JCP Fund was a party hereto. Each JCP Fund is an intended third party beneficiary under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemniteethis Agreement.]

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Indemnification Agreement (Edgen Group Inc.)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In Upon the event Indemnitee wasterms and subject to the conditions of this Section 11, is or becomes a party Seller hereby agrees to or witness or other participant inindemnify, defend and hold harmless Buyer and its directors, officers, stockholders, representatives, successors and assigns ("Buyer Indemnified Parties") from and against all Damages based upon, arising out of, or is threatened to be made a party to resulting from (i) any misrepresentation or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding breach of warranty by reason of (or arising Seller set forth in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including (ii) the creation failure of Seller to perform any of its covenants and obligations under this Agreement or to obtain the Trust pursuant performance by its Affiliates of all applicable covenants and obligations hereunder or (iii) any Excluded Liability. (***) The omitted information has been filed separately with the Commission and is the subject of a confidential treatment request. (b) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Section 4 hereof. 11, each of Parent and Buyer hereby jointly and severally agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Seller and its directors, officers, shareholders, representatives, successors and assigns ("Seller Indemnified Parties") from and against all Damages based upon, arising out of, or resulting from (i) any misrepresentation or breach of warranty by Parent or Buyer set forth in this Agreement, (ii) the failure of either Parent or Buyer to perform its covenants and obligations under this Agreement or to obtain the performance by its Affiliates of all applicable covenants and obligations hereunder or (iii) any Assumed Liability. (c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoingcontrary, (i) no claim for any misrepresentation or breach of any warranty or covenant hereunder shall be asserted by a Buyer Indemnified Party pursuant to Section 11.2(a), or a Seller Indemnified Party pursuant to Section 11.2(b), unless the obligations aggregate amount of Damages with respect to all such claims for which indemnification is sought (x) by the Company Buyer Indemnified Parties under Section 2(a11.2(a) or (y) by the Seller Indemnified Parties under Section 11.2(b) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinionexceed $1.0 million, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) in no event shall Seller be subject liable to the condition thatBuyer Indemnified Parties, if, when or Parent and Buyer be liable to the extent that Seller Indemnified Parties, for more than $18.0 million in the Reviewing aggregate with respect to all such claims for which indemnification is sought by the Buyer Indemnified Parties or the Seller Indemnified Parties, as applicable, under Section 11.2(a) or Section 11.2(b), (iii) in no event shall Seller, or Parent and/or Buyer, be liable for any indirect or consequential losses, damages or liabilities or punitive or exemplary damages, unless the same are assessed against a Buyer Indemnified Party determines that Indemnitee would or a Seller Indemnified Party as a result of a claim for which Seller, or Parent and/or Buyer, as the case may be, is obligated to indemnify the Buyer Indemnified Party or the Seller Indemnified Party, as the case may be, asserted by a person who is not be permitted an Affiliate of Buyer or Seller, (iv) in no event shall a Buyer Indemnified Party have any claim under this Section 11 with respect to be so indemnified under applicable lawthe valuation of any inventory included in the IGC-Advanced Superconductor Division Assets or relating to any payment or refund provided for or contemplated by Sections 2.2, the Company 2.3 or 2.4 hereof and (v) in no event shall a Buyer Indemnified Party or a Seller Indemnified Party be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee recover under Section 11.2(a) or Section 11.2 (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; providedb), howeverrespectively, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made matter or series or group of related matters, and neither shall any such matter or series or group of related matters count towards the respective $1.0 million and $18.0 million thresholds applicable to the Buyer Indemnified Parties and the Seller Indemnified Parties as specified in Section 11.2(c)(i), unless the Buyer Indemnified Party's or Seller Indemnified Party's Damages with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemniteeexceed $50,000.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Purchase Agreement (Intermagnetics General Corp)

Agreement to Indemnify. The Company agrees to indemnify Indemnitee as follows: (a) In Subject to the event exceptions contained in Section 5(a) below, if Indemnitee was, was or is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding (other than an action by or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding in the right of the Company) by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable EventIndemnitee’s Corporate Status, Indemnitee shall be indemnified by the Company shall indemnify against all Expenses and Liabilities incurred or paid by Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with such Proceeding (referred to herein as “Indemnifiable Expenses” and “Indemnifiable Liabilities,” respectively, and collectively as “Indemnifiable Amounts”). (b) Subject to the exceptions contained in Section 5(b) below, if Indemnitee was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding by or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result right of the actual or deemed receipt Company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated indemnified by Indemnitee against the Company or against all Indemnifiable Expenses. (c) The indemnification and contribution provided for in this Section 3 will remain in full force and effect regardless of any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking investigation made by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by or any officer, director, employee, agent or controlling person of the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by lawIndemnitee. (bd) The Company’s obligation to indemnify, hold harmless, exonerate or advance Expenses hereunder to Indemnitee who is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, trustee, partner, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of any other Entity (other than a Subsidiary of the Company) shall be excess to and reduced by any amount Indemnitee has actually received as indemnification, hold harmless or exoneration payments or advancement of expenses from such Entity or through insurance arranged by the Entity. For clarity, any payment made to Indemnitee pursuant to an insurance policy purchased and maintained by Indemnitee at his or her own expense of any amounts otherwise indemnifiable or obligated to be made pursuant to this Agreement shall not reduce the Company’s obligations to Indemnitee pursuant to this Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the foregoingcontrary, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) Indemnitee shall be subject have no obligation to reduce, offset, allocate, pursue or apportion any indemnification, hold harmless, exoneration, advancement, contribution or insurance coverage among multiple parties possessing such duties to Indemnitee prior to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified Company’s satisfaction and performance of all its obligations under applicable lawthis Agreement, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled perform fully its obligations under this Agreement without regard to be reimbursed by whether Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse holds, may pursue or has pursued any indemnification, advancement, hold harmless, exoneration, contribution or insurance coverage rights against any person or Entity other than the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that nothing in this provision shall limit the Company’s right to reduce, offset, allocate, pursue or apportion any amounts paid under this Agreement properly attributable to or paid by other persons or Entity (including without limitation as contemplated by Section 19). (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings was or is serving in his or her capacity as a court director, officer, employee or agent of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that the Company in connection with his or her employment or other relationship with another investor in this Company, and such other investor provides for indemnification or advancement of expenses for the benefit of Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made for the matters covered by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted Company’s obligations under this Agreement, the Company’s obligations, if any, pursuant to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and this Agreement to indemnify or advance expenses to Indemnitee shall be superior to and not be required pari passu or junior to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as Investor’s or such other investor’s obligations to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemnitee.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Indemnification Agreement (Wabash National Corp /De)

Agreement to Indemnify. Each Effective Time Holder shall severally (a) In the event Indemnitee wasbased on each such holder's Pro Rata Share), is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant inand not jointly, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, and hold harmless Acquiror from and against any and all ExpensesDamages directly or indirectly arising out of, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid resulting from or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlementwith: (a) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt failure of any payments under representation or warranty made by the Company in this Agreement, including the creation Company Disclosure Letter or any Company Ancillary Agreement to be true and correct as of the Trust date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date (as though such representation or warranty were made as of the Closing Date, except in the case of representations and warranties which by their terms speak only as of a specific date or dates); (b) any failure of any certification, representation or warranty made by the Company in any certificate delivered to Acquiror pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement Article 9 (other than the Closing Financial Certificate) to be true and correct as of the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled date such certificate is delivered to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement Acquiror; (c) any breach of or default in connection with any Proceeding initiated of the covenants or agreements made by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemniteethis Agreement, the Company shall advanceDisclosure Letter or any Company Ancillary Agreement; (d) any inaccuracies in the Spreadsheet or Closing Financial Certificate; (e) any Indemnifiable Merger Expenses; or (f) any Dissenting Shares Excess Payments. "DAMAGES" means losses, within ten costs, damages, liabilities and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, other professionals' and experts fees, costs of investigation and court costs, and including amounts that Acquiror properly pays to officers, directors or other agents of Acquiror or the Company, but excluding special, consequential, incidental, punitive or exemplary damages (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, except that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party excluded damages shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and so excluded to the extent that Acquiror pays any such damages to a third party or records a liability or reserve on its financial statements in accordance with GAAP for such payment). In determining the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted amount of any Damages in respect of the failure of any representation or warranty to be so indemnified under applicable lawtrue and correct as of any particular date (but not in determining whether any such representation and warranty is, the Company in fact, true and correct), any materiality qualifier contained in such representation or warranty shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemniteedisregarded.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Symantec Corp)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee 12.2.1 Subject to the fullest extent permitted by lawlimitations set forth in this Section 12.2, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to Seller will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, Purchaser Indemnified Persons from and against any and all Expensesactual losses, judgmentsliabilities, finesdamages, penalties costs and amounts paid in settlement (expenses, including all interestcosts of investigation and defense and reasonable fees and expenses of lawyers, assessments experts and other charges paid professionals, other than, for the avoidance of doubt, (A) such an Indemnified Person’s own damage to reputation, lost business opportunities, lost profits, mental or payable in connection with emotional distress, incidental, special, exemplary, punitive or in respect consequential damages (as opposed to such damages of such Expensesany other person asserted against the Indemnified Person, judgmentswhich shall be included), fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlementand (B) of such Proceeding any insurance proceeds and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on tax benefits accruing to the Indemnitee Indemnified Person as a result of the actual events giving rise thereto or deemed receipt thereof (hereinafter referred to as “Damages”), directly or indirectly arising out of, resulting from or in connection with (i) any failure of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything representation or warranty made by Seller in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant or any exhibit or schedule to this Agreement to be true and correct, (ii) any failure of any certification, representation or warranty made by the Company or Seller in any certificate delivered to Purchaser pursuant to any provision of this Agreement to be true and correct as of the date such certificate is delivered to Purchaser, (iii) any breach of or default in connection with any Proceeding initiated of the covenants or agreements made and to be performed by Indemnitee the Company on or prior to the Closing or made by Seller in this Agreement or any exhibit or schedule to this Agreement; (iv) relating to the late and/or incomplete filing of Forms 5500 for the Broadband Access Systems, Inc. 401(k) Plan by Seller; and (v) any liability assigned to the Company by Seller or Seller Group to the extent not contemplated by Schedule 5.1.1(a). 12.2.2 Subject to the limitations set forth in this Section 12.2, Purchaser will indemnify and hold harmless the Seller Indemnified Persons from and against any and all Damages, directly or indirectly arising out of, resulting from or in connection with (i) any failure of any representation or warranty made by Purchaser in this Agreement or any exhibit or schedule to this Agreement to be true and correct; (ii) any failure of any certification, representation or warranty made by the Purchaser in any certificate delivered to the Company or Seller pursuant to any director provision of this Agreement to be true and correct as of the date such certificate is delivered thereto; (iii) any breach of or officer default in connection with any of the covenants or agreements made by Purchaser in this Agreement or any exhibit or schedule to this Agreement; (iv) the Non-U.S. Liabilities and Purchaser’s or an Affiliate of Purchaser’s operation of the Company unless Business after Closing; (v) the use, exercise or ownership of the Non-U.S. Assets and the assets and rights of the United States members of the Seller Group assigned to the Company has joined in or consented the Purchaser or an Affiliate of Purchaser, as the case may be, as part of the Corporate Reorganization, following the Closing; and (vi) any of the obligations or liabilities (whether known or unknown, fixed or contingent) assigned to or assumed by the initiation Company or the Purchaser or an Affiliate of such Proceeding. If so requested by IndemniteePurchaser, as the case may be, as part of the Corporate Reorganization. 12.2.3 In seeking indemnification for Damages under Sections 12.2.1 and 12.2.2, the Company Indemnified Persons shall advancemake no claim against the Indemnifying Party for Damages unless and until such Damages aggregate at least $350,000 (the “Basket”) against such Indemnifying Party, within ten (10) business days in which event the Indemnified Persons may make claims solely for Damages in excess of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance")the Basket; provided, however, that for purposes of determining whether Damages aggregate the Basket, such Expenses Damages shall be advanced only upon delivery calculated without regard for any materiality, ordinary course of business, Material Adverse Effect or similar qualifiers or exceptions in the representations, warranties or covenants that have been breached or allegedly breached. The aggregate liability of either Indemnifying Party pursuant to this Section 12 or in connection with the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf transactions contemplated hereby shall be limited to 15% of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by aggregate Purchase Price (the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) “Cap”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Basket and the Cap will not apply: (i) in the obligations case of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to Purchaser Indemnifying Parties, for any breach or default in connection with the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to representation and warranty in Section 3 hereof is involved4.1.1, any of the covenants in Sections 5.14, 6.4, 6.5, or 6.6, the provisions of Section 8, or as provided in clauses (iv)-(vi) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and of Section 12.2.2; (ii) in the obligation case of the Company Seller Indemnifying Parties, for any breach or default in connection with the covenants in Sections 5.12, 5.13.1, 5.13.2, or 5.14, the provisions of Section 8, or as provided in clauses (v) of Section 12.2.1; and (iii) as to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) any Indemnifying Party, for fraud. For purposes of this limitation, the value of the Stock Consideration shall be subject to determined on the condition thatClosing Date, if, when and to in the extent that case of the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable lawSeries E Stock, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse purchase price per share in the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; providedSeries E Financing, howeverand, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority case of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in ControlCommon Stock, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to as provided in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemnitee12.6 below.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Acquisition Agreement (Adc Telecommunications Inc)

Agreement to Indemnify. The Company will indemnify and hold harmless Concur and the Surviving Corporation and their respective officers, directors, agents, and employees, and each person who controls or may control Concur or the Surviving Corporation within the meaning of the Securities Act and who suffers Damages (aas defined below) In in the event Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason capacity as such controlling person (each of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable EventConcur, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee Surviving Corporation and each such officer, director, agent, employee and controlling person is hereinafter referred to the fullest extent permitted by law, individually as soon an "INDEMNIFIED PERSON" and collectively as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30"INDEMNIFIED PERSONS") days after written demand is presented to the Company, from and against any and all Expensesclaims, judgmentsdemands, finessuits, penalties actions, causes of actions, losses, costs, demonstrable damages, liabilities 44 and amounts paid in settlement expenses including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees, other professionals' and experts' reasonable fees and court or arbitration costs (including all interesthereinafter collectively referred to as "DAMAGES") incurred and arising out of any inaccuracy, assessments and other charges paid misrepresentation, breach of, or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expensesdefault in, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual representations, warranties or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including covenants given or made by the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything Company in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided or in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company Disclosure Letter or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking certificate delivered by or on behalf of the Indemnitee Company pursuant hereto, (if such inaccuracy, misrepresentation, breach or default existed at the Closing Date). Any claim of indemnity made by an Indemnified Person under this Section 11.2 must be raised in a writing delivered to repay such the Representative and the Escrow Agent by no later than the Escrow Release Date. As used herein, the term "Damages" will not include any overhead costs of Concur personnel and the amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to of Damages incurred by any Indemnified Person will be indemnified reduced by the Company; provided further, amount of any insurance proceeds actually received by such Indemnified Person on account of such Damages and the amount of any direct tax savings actually recognized by such Indemnified Person that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior are directly attributable to such Change in ControlDamages, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred but will include any reasonable costs or expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person to in Section 3 hereofrecover such insurance proceeds or to obtain such tax savings. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted The Indemnified Persons will use reasonable efforts to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemniteemitigate their Damages.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Concur Technologies Inc)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In the event Indemnitee wasThe Company will, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Person against all claims, liabilities and expenses of whatever nature (30“Claims”) days after written demand is presented relating to the Company, against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable activities undertaken in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties relation to the Company or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including amounts paid in satisfaction of judgments, in compromise or as fines and penalties, and attorneys’, accountants’ and other professionals’ fees and expenses and all other expenses reasonably incurred in the creation defense, prosecution or preparation for the defense or prosecution of, or preparing to testify as a witness in connection with, any such Claim (all of such amounts covered by this Section 12.2 are referred to as “Losses”) imposed upon or reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with the defense, prosecution or other disposition of any action, suit, arbitration or other proceeding (a “Proceeding”), whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, before any court, administrative body or arbitrator in which such Indemnified Person may be or may have been involved, as a party or otherwise, or with which such Indemnified Person may be or may have been threatened, except with respect to any matter as to which such Indemnified Person did not act in good faith and in the reasonable belief that such Indemnified Person’s action was in or not opposed to the best interests of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereofCompany or constituted gross negligence, intentional misconduct or fraud. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not No indemnification will be entitled to indemnification payable pursuant to this Agreement Section 12.2 to an Indemnified Person: (i) against any liability incurred by reason of conduct that has been finally determined (without right to further appeal) to be Disabling Conduct by such Indemnified Person; (ii) in connection with respect of any Proceeding initiated action by Indemnitee against or in the Company or any director or officer right of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented against such Indemnified Person if such Indemnified Person is adjudged to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery liable to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances unless and only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party court in which such Proceeding was brought determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable lawupon application that, despite the Company shall be adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such Indemnified Person is fairly and reasonably entitled to be reimbursed indemnity for such expenses which such court or arbitrator deems proper; and (iii) in respect of any Proceeding brought or maintained by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse such Indemnified Person against the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of DirectorsManagers or any Member or such Member’s Affiliates. The termination of any Proceeding by judgment, order, settlement or conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent will not, of itself, create a presumption that such Indemnified Person was guilty of Disabling Conduct or that such Person did not act in good faith, and if there has been in a manner such a Change Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority or not opposed to the best interests of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior Company or that such Indemnified Person had reasonable cause to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines believe that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemniteeits conduct was unlawful.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Operating Agreement (Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In Subject to the event Indemnitee waslimitations provided herein, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant inBuyer, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of RBC and their Affiliates (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Eventcollectively, the Company "Buyer Indemnitees") shall indemnify Indemnitee each be indemnified and held harmless to the fullest extent permitted set forth in this Article IX by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or Seller in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlementany Damages reasonably and proximately incurred by any Buyer Indemnitee (i) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual any inaccuracy or deemed receipt misrepresentation in or breach of or failure to perform any payments under this Agreementrepresentation, including the creation warranty, covenant, agreement or obligation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything Seller in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company Excluded Liability, provided that in connection with any Environmental Liability, Buyer Indemnitees shall include any party acquiring title directly from Buyer of some or any director or officer all of that portion of the Company unless Owned Real Property consisting of unimproved land located on the Company has joined ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Road side of the existing factory facility. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Seller shall not be liable as an Indemnifying Party until all claims by the Buyer Indemnitees for indemnification exceed $100,000 in or consented the aggregate, and thereafter Seller shall be liable, subject to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemniteeother limitations provided for elsewhere in this Agreement, for all indemnification claims arising after the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance")Closing Date; provided, however, that such Expenses Seller shall be advanced only upon delivery liable, subject to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified other limitations provided for elsewhere in this Agreement, for all claims by the Company; provided furtherBuyer Indemnitees, regardless of amount, arising out of (i) the fraud or willful misconduct of Seller or (ii) any Lien that does not constitute a Permitted Lien. The aggregate liability of Seller collectively under this Section 9.01(a) of this Agreement shall not exceed $3,000,000, provided, however, that there shall be no limit on the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted aggregate liability of Seller for Damages incurred by lawBuyer in connection with: (1) Seller's fraud or willful misconduct; or (2) any Environmental Liability. (b) Notwithstanding Seller and its Affiliates (collectively the foregoing, "Seller Indemnitees") shall each be indemnified and held harmless to the extent set forth in this Article IX by Buyer and RBC in respect of any and all Damages reasonably and proximately incurred by any Seller Indemnitee as a result of (i) the obligations any inaccuracy or misrepresentation in or breach of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject or failure to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (perform any representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or obligation of Buyer or RBC in a written opinionthis Agreement, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) failure of Buyer or RBC to pay and discharge the obligation Assumed Liabilities or (iii) conduct of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to Business after the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and IndemniteeClosing.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Asset Purchase Agreement (Bremen Bearings Inc)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In 10.2.1 Subject to the event Indemnitee waslimitations set forth in this Section 10, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Eventafter the Closing, the Company shall holders of Classifieds2000 Capital Stock, Classifieds2000 Options and Classifieds2000 Warrants will indemnify Indemnitee and hold harmless Excite, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, consultants and agents (hereinafter referred to the fullest extent permitted by law, individually as soon an "INDEMNIFIED PERSON" and collectively as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30"INDEMNIFIED PERSONS") days after written demand is presented to the Company, from and against any and all Expensesclaims, judgmentsliability, finesdamages and/or costs including, penalties and amounts paid in settlement but not limited to, attorneys fees (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlementhereinafter referred to as "DAMAGES") of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt arising out of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation misrepresentation or breach of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement or default in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless representations and warranties given or made by Classifieds2000 or the Company has joined Principal Shareholders in or consented Section 2 of this Agreement. Except to the initiation extent of such Proceeding. If so requested the Escrow Shares, each holder shall have no liability for breaches of representations, warranties, and covenants involving intentional fraud by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance")another holder; provided, however, that such Expenses no limit of liability shall apply to any holder who is determined to have committed intentional fraud. Other than for liability for breaches of representations, warranties, and covenants, which breaches involve intentional fraud, each holder's maximum liability shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by his, her or on behalf its pro rata share of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances Escrow Shares and each Indemnified Person may look only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding Escrow Shares to satisfy this indemnity obligation and the foregoing, (i) sole remedy shall be a claim under the obligations Escrow. Under no event shall there be any indemnity for any Damages arising solely in connection with termination of the Company under Classifieds2000 Pension Plan, which is covered by Section 2(a401(k) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance Code, pursuant to Section 2(a) 4.19 of this Agreement. 10.2.2 In seeking indemnification for Damages under this Section 10, the Indemnified Persons shall exercise their remedies with respect to the Escrow Shares and any other assets deposited in escrow pursuant to the Escrow Agreement and these Escrow Shares shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paidsole source of indemnification in connection therewith; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings no such claim for Damages will be asserted after the expiration of the Escrow Period. In seeking indemnification for Damages under Section 10.2.1, the Indemnified Persons shall exercise their remedies solely to the Escrow Shares deposited in a court escrow pursuant to the Escrow Agreement. Except for intentional fraud: (i) no Classifieds2000 Stockholder shall have any liability to an Indemnified Person under this Agreement except to the extent of competent jurisdiction such Classifieds2000 Stockholder's Escrow Shares deposited under the Escrow Agreement and (ii) the remedies set forth in this Section 10.2 shall be the exclusive remedies of Excite and the other Indemnified Persons hereunder against any Classifieds2000 Stockholder. The liability of any Classifieds2000 Stockholder with respect to secure a determination any claim for intentional fraud shall be several and not joint. 10.2.3 Excite will indemnify, defend and hold harmless Classifieds2000, its affiliates (it is agreed and understood that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable lawthis term includes all of Classifieds2000's venture capital investors), officers, directors, employees, consultants and agents from any determination and all Damages arising from the misrepresentations or breach of or default in performance of any of the representations and warranties and covenants given or made by Excite in this Agreement, in any certificate, document or instrument delivered by or on behalf of Excite pursuant hereto. 10.2.4 Notwithstanding the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law foregoing, Excite shall not be binding entitled to recover any Escrow Shares from the Escrow Account unless and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights an aggregate of appeal therefrom $100,000 in Claims have been exhausted awarded or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, settled in favor of Excite pursuant to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board terms and conditions of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, this Agreement and the Company hereby consents Escrow Agreement and then such case Excite shall only be entitled to service recover from the Escrow Account the amount of process and to appear all such claims in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemniteeexcess of $100,000.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (Excite Inc)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In 7.2.1 Subject to the event Indemnitee wasterms, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant inconditions and limitations of this Article 7, or is threatened the Parent Indemnified Parties shall be entitled to be made indemnified, from and after the Effective Time, solely from the Escrow Fund (except as set forth in Section 7.3.5), against, and shall be compensated, reimbursed and paid for, any Damages which are suffered or incurred by a party to Parent Indemnified Party from any of the following: (i) any breach of any representation or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason warranty of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee in Article 3 hereof, in the Company Compliance Certificate or in the Closing Certificate (without giving effect, solely for the purposes of computing the amount of any Damages, to the fullest extent permitted by lawany materiality qualification contained or incorporated in such representation or warranty), as soon as practicable but in (ii) any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to breach of any covenant or agreement of the Company, against prior to the Effective Time, in this Agreement, (iii) the amount of any Transaction Costs not deducted from the Total Merger Consideration, (iv) any assertion or recovery by any holder of Company Capital Stock of the fair value, interest and all Expensesexpenses or other amounts pursuant to dissenters’ rights exercised or purportedly exercised pursuant to California Law (it being understood that any such Damages will not include the pro rata share of the Total Merger Consideration such asserting or recovering stockholder would have received pursuant to this Agreement), judgments(v) the amount of any Company Debt on the Closing Date in excess of the amount of Company Debt on the date of this Agreement, finesto the extent such amount is not deducted from the Total Merger Consideration and is determined by Parent within 60 days of the Effective Time, (vi) any Liability, including any penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interestremediation costs and expenses, assessments and other charges paid related to, arising out of or payable incurred in connection with the Company’s failure to ensure that the Company Options and Company Common Stock set forth on Annex 3.13.8 to the Company Disclosure Schedule at all times satisfied all applicable requirements of Section 409A of the Code and related guidance, (vii) the loss of a tax deduction (such loss computed as the total amount of Compensatory Arrangements that constitute “parachute payments” under Section 280G of the Code, multiplied by Parent’s combined federal and state income tax rate) with respect to compensation payable to or in respect for the benefit of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ as a result of the actual application of Section 280G of the Code and related guidance in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (viii) any Actions, demands or deemed receipt assessments incidental to any of the matters set forth in clauses (i) through (vii) above (including any payments proceeding commenced by any Parent Indemnified Party for the purpose of enforcing its rights under this Article 7). For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Parent Indemnified Parties” shall mean Parent, the Surviving Corporation, and their affiliates and each of their respective directors, officers, employees, and agents, and the term “Damages” shall mean any loss, injury, claim, demand, settlement, judgment, award, fine, penalty, Liability, damage, Tax, Encumbrance, charge, cost or expense of any nature (including costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements and other litigation expenses), whether or not involving the creation claim of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary another Person, but excluding any special, indirect, consequential, exemplary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection punitive damages and also excluding any damages associated with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company lost profits or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance")lost opportunities; provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only Damages may include any special, indirect, consequential, exemplary and punitive damages awarded to any third party in any Third-Party Claim or agreed upon delivery to the Company in settlement of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Companyany Third-Party Claim; provided provided, further, that for purposes of computing the amount of any Damages incurred by a Parent Indemnified Party there shall be deducted an amount equal to the amount of any insurance proceeds actually received or receivable by a Parent Indemnified Party in connection with such Damages or any of the circumstances giving rise thereto arising under an insurance policy purchased by the Company shall make such advances only prior to the extent permitted by lawEffective Time. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemnitee.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Applera Corp)

Agreement to Indemnify. From and after the Closing Date, subject to the provisions of this Article VIII, each Selling Interest Holder shall indemnify the Buyer Indemnitees as follows: (a) In Each Selling Interest Holder shall, severally (but not jointly), indemnify the event Indemnitee wasBuyer Indemnitees from, is against, for and in respect of Losses paid, suffered or becomes a party to incurred by such Buyer Indemnitee(s), and resulting from, based upon, arising out of or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with (i) a breach of any representation or in respect warranty of such ExpensesSelling Interest Holder (and not any other Selling Interest Holder) contained in Article III, judgments, fines, penalties and (ii) a breach of any covenant or amounts paid in settlement) agreement of such Proceeding Selling Interest Holder (and not any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of other Selling Interest Holder) contained in any payments under this Agreement, including the creation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by lawTransaction Document. (b) Notwithstanding Each Selling Interest Holder shall jointly and severally indemnify the foregoingBuyer Indemnitees from, against, for and in respect of Losses paid, suffered or incurred by such Buyer Indemnitee(s), and resulting from, based upon, arising out of or in connection with (i) the obligations a breach of any representation or warranty of the Company under Section 2(acontained in Article IV; (ii) shall be subject a breach of any covenant or agreement of the Member Representative contained in any Transaction Document to which the Member Representative is a party as of and after the Closing; (iii) any other claims or Proceedings made or brought against the Buyer, the Company or any other Buyer Indemnitee by a Selling Interest Holder or a UAR Holder as a result of this Agreement, any other Transaction Document (except for any Management Retention Agreements, Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreements or Executive Agreements entered into with the Buyer) or the Transaction (other than claims relating to a breach by the Buyer of its obligations hereunder); (iv) any indemnification obligation to reimburse or advance payment for expenses to the condition Indemnified DOM’s for actions taken by them prior to the Closing Date (to the extent not covered by insurance); (v) Transaction Fees (to the extent not reflected in the calculation of the Adjusted Closing Consideration); (vi) Indebtedness of the Company that existed prior to or at the Reviewing Party shall Closing Date (to the extent not have determined (reflected in a written opinion, in the calculation of the Adjusted Closing Consideration) and any case in which other components of the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) Closing Adjustment that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable laware inaccurate or inappropriately calculated as of the Closing Date, and (iivii) those matters described in Section 9.4 with respect to the obligation allocation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject Purchase Price by the Member Representative to the condition that, if, when Selling Interest Holder and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and IndemniteeUAR Interest Holders.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Unit Purchase Agreement (Phase Forward Inc)

Agreement to Indemnify. Each party hereto (athe "Indemnifying Party") In agrees to indemnify and hold the event Indemnitee wasother party hereto (the "Indemnified Party") harmless from and against the aggregate of all expenses, is losses, costs, deficiencies, liabilities and damages (including, without limitation, legal counsel and paralegal fees and expenses) incurred or becomes suffered by the Indemnified Party (and/or its Affiliates) arising out of or resulting from (i) any breach of a party representation or warranty made by the Indemnifying Party in or pursuant to any Transaction Document, (ii) any breach of the covenants, agreements or witness obligations made by the Indemnifying Party in or other participant inpursuant to any Transaction Document, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out ofiii) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, as soon as practicable but any inaccuracy in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented certificate delivered by the Indemnifying Party pursuant to the Company, against any and all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of such Proceeding and any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation or (iv) solely with respect to an indemnification of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated BTSL by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation of such Proceeding. If so requested by Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within ten (10) business days of such requestCSRG, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee Excluded Liability (an collectively, "Expense AdvanceIndemnifiable Damages"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to . Without limiting the Company generality of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject with respect to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation measurement of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable lawIndemnifiable Damages, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Indemnified Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court be put in the States same pre-tax consolidated financial position as it would have been in had each of California the representations and warranties of the Indemnifying Party hereunder been true and correct, had the covenants, agreements and obligations of the Indemnifying Party hereunder been performed in full, had the certificates been delivered hereunder by the Indemnifying Party been accurate and had BTSL as an Indemnified Party not been held liable for any Excluded Liability. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no Indemnifiable Damages shall be recoverable by an Indemnified Party pursuant to the provisions of this Section 7.1, and no claim therefor shall be asserted for any purpose hereunder, unless and until the amount of such Indemnified Party's Indemnifiable Damages equals or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and exceeds $10,000 in the aggregate, in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any case such determination by the Reviewing Indemnified Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on entitled to seek the Company and Indemniteerecovery of 100% of its Indemnifiable Damages, including such $10,000.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Acquisition Agreement (BTSL Technologies LTD)

Agreement to Indemnify. (a) In Subject to the event Indemnitee waslimitations set forth in this Article 12, is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant ineach Effective Time Securityholder shall severally, and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless each OmniVision Indemnified Person from and against Damages arising from assessments, claims, demands, assertions of liability, or is actual or threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant inactions, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Eventfines, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by lawpenalties, as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all Expensesdefenses, judgments, finessettlements, penalties suits or proceedings (whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative) directly or indirectly arising out of, resulting from or in connection with: (i) any failure of any representation or warranty made by CDM or any of the CDM Officers in this Agreement, the CDM Disclosure Letter, any CDM Ancillary Agreement or any exhibit or schedule to this Agreement to be true and amounts paid correct as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date (as though such representation or warranty were made as of the Closing Date, except in settlement the case of representations and warranties which by their terms speak only as of a specific date or dates) or any breach thereof; (including all interestii) any failure of any certification, assessments representation or warranty made by CDM or any of the CDM Officers in any certificate delivered to OmniVision pursuant to any provision of this Agreement to be true and other charges paid correct as of the date such certificate is delivered to OmniVision; (iii) any breach of or payable default in connection with any of the covenants or agreements made by CDM or any of the CDM Officers in respect of such this Agreement, the CDM Disclosure Letter, any CDM Ancillary Agreement or any exhibit or schedule to this Agreement; (iv) any inaccuracies in the Spreadsheet; (v) any Indemnifiable Merger Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement; (vi) of such Proceeding any Dissenting Shares Excess Payments; and (vii) any federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on the Indemnitee Damages as a result of the actual or deemed receipt arising under or from, directly or indirectly, (a) any government audit of any payments under this Agreement, including the creation CDM invoices pursuant to Contracts (for audits relating to all fiscal years of CDM from incorporation of the Trust pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary predecessor entity through September 30, 2004 and except as provided in Section 5, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or any director or officer fifty percent of the Company unless the Company has joined in or consented to the initiation amount of such Proceeding. If so requested by IndemniteeDamages for audit adjustments relating to fiscal year 2005 (beginning October 1, the Company shall advance2004 and ending September 30, within ten (102005)) business days of such request, any and all Expenses to Indemnitee (an "Expense Advance"); provided, however, that such Expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company; provided further, that the Company shall make such advances only to the extent permitted by law. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or have lapsed4.13(r). Indemnitee's obligation to reimburse the Company for Expense Advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon, to the extent permitted by law. If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and if there has been such a Change in Control, other than a Change in Control which has been approved by a majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were directors immediately prior to such Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall be the special, independent counsel referred to in Section 3 hereof. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of California or Delaware having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Any determination by the Reviewing Party otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemnitee.

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Sources: Merger Agreement (Omnivision Technologies Inc)