Common use of Public Offering or Private Placement Clause in Contracts

Public Offering or Private Placement. Any public offering, private placement or other sale of securities in the Licensee, the Hotel or the Hotel Site (“Securities”) requires our consent. All materials required by any Applicable Law for the offer or sale of those Securities must be submitted to us for review at least sixty (60) days before the date you distribute those materials or file them with any governmental agency, including any materials to be used in any offering exempt from registration under any securities laws. You must submit to us a non-refundable Five Thousand Dollar ($5,000) processing fee with the offering documents and pay any additional costs we may incur in reviewing your documents, including reasonable attorneys’ fees. Except as legally required to describe the Hotel in the offering materials, you also may not use any of the Marks or otherwise imply our participation or that of Hilton Worldwide or any other Entity in or endorsement of any Securities or any Securities offering. We will have the right to approve any description of this Agreement or of your relationship with us, or any use of the Marks, contained in any prospectus, offering memorandum or other communications or materials you use in the sale or offer of any Securities. Our review of these documents will not in any way be considered our agreement with any statements contained in those documents, including any projections, or our acknowledgment or agreement that the documents comply with any Applicable Laws. You may not sell any Securities unless you clearly disclose to all purchasers and offerees that: (i) neither we, nor any Entity, nor any of our or their respective officers, directors, agents or employees, will in any way be deemed an Issuer or underwriter of the Securities, as those terms are defined in applicable securities laws; and (ii) we, the Entities, and our respective officers, directors, agents and employees have not assumed and will not have any liability or responsibility for any financial statements, prospectuses or other financial information contained in any prospectus or similar written or oral communication. You must indemnify, defend and hold the Indemnified Parties free and harmless of and from any and all liabilities, costs, damages, claims or expenses arising out of or related to the sale or offer of any of your Securities to the same extent as provided in Paragraph 9 of this Agreement.