Exculpation; Indemnification Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, whether express or implied, or any obligation or duty at law or in equity, neither the Sole Member, nor any officers, directors, stockholders, partners, employees, affiliates, representatives or agents of the Sole Member, or any manager, officer, employee, representative or agent of the Company (individually, a “Covered Person” and, collectively, the “Covered Persons”) shall be liable to the Company or any other person for any act or omission (in relation to the Company, its property or the conduct of its business or affairs, this Agreement, any related document or any transaction or investment contemplated hereby or thereby) taken or omitted by a Covered Person in the reasonable belief that such act or omission is in or is not contrary to the best interests of the Company and is within the scope of authority granted to such Covered Person by the Company, provided such act or omission does not constitute fraud, willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Covered Person from and against any and all civil, criminal, administrative or investigative losses, claims, demands, liabilities, expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings (“Claims”), in which the Covered Person may be involved, or threatened to be involved, as a party or otherwise, by reason of its management of the affairs of the Company or which relates to or arises out of the Company or its property, business or affairs. A Covered Person shall not be entitled to indemnification under this Section 11 with respect to (i) any Claim with respect to which such Covered Person has engaged in fraud, willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence or (ii) any Claim initiated by such Covered Person unless such Claim (or part thereof) (A) was brought to enforce such Covered Person’s rights to indemnification hereunder or (B) was authorized or consented to by the Board or the Sole Member. Expenses incurred by a Covered Person in defending any Claim shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such Claim upon receipt by the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Covered Person to repay such amount if it shall be ultimately determined that such Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company as authorized by this Section 11.
Limits on Indemnification Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement:
(a) The maximum aggregate amount for which Seller may be liable under this ARTICLE XII shall be limited to an amount equal to the portion of the Purchase Price actually received by Seller at the Closing pursuant to Section 3.3(a)(i), as adjusted pursuant to Section 3.4; provided, however, that the maximum aggregate amount for which Seller may be liable pursuant to Section 12.1 for any breaches of representations or warranties (other than the Fundamental Representations or the Company’s representations and warranties in Section 4.17 (Taxes)) shall be limited to the Escrow Amount; provided further that Buyer’s sole and exclusive remedy for any such breach shall be payment from the Escrow Account, to the extent any Escrow Funds remain in the Escrow Account.
(b) Except for (i) the representations and warranties of (A) Seller contained in Section 5.1 (Organization and Good Standing), Section 5.2 (Authorization of Agreement), Section 5.3 (Noncontravention) (other than with respect to the Credit Agreement), Section 5.4 (Brokers), Section 5.6 (Ownership of Member Interests) and Section 5.7 (Title), (B) the Company contained in Section 4.1 (Corporate Organization), Section 4.2 (Qualification), Section 4.3 (Capitalization of the Company), Section 4.4 (Authority Relative to This Agreement) and Section 4.5 (Noncontravention) (other than with respect to the Credit Agreement), (collectively, such representations and warranties in (A) and (B), the “Fundamental Representations”) and (C) Buyer contained in Section 6.1 (Organization and Good Standing), Section 6.2 (Authorization of Agreement), Section 6.3 (Noncontravention) and Section 6.9 (Brokers), each of which representations and warranties shall survive the Closing indefinitely and (ii) the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 4.17 (Taxes), which shall survive the Closing for the statute of limitations applicable to such Taxes plus 60 days, all other representations and warranties of Seller, the Company and Buyer shall survive the Closing for a period of six (6) months after the Closing Date (each period of survival set forth in this Section 12.4(b), a “Survival Period”).
(c) None of the Company, Seller, Buyer, or any officer, director, employee, Affiliate or Related Party of the Company, Seller or Buyer shall have any liability whatsoever (whether pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise) with respect to any representation or warranty and any claims arising therefrom or related thereto after the expiration of the Survival Period for such representation or warranty; provided, that if a claim for indemnification is given in writing by the Indemnified Party to the Indemnifying Party before expiration of the applicable Survival Period, such claim shall survive until it is satisfied.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Seller shall not have any obligation to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Buyer (or its Affiliates, and the officers, managers, directors, employees and agents thereof) with respect to any claims asserted by Buyer pursuant to Section 12.1 for a breach of a representation or warranty unless the aggregate of Losses (determined without regard to any qualifications of knowledge, materiality or Material Adverse Effect contained therein) with respect to such claims exceed the Deductible, and in the event the value of Losses pursuant to such claims exceed the Deductible, only the value of Losses in excess of the Deductible shall be considered in applying Section 12.1 to such claims; provided, however, that the Deductible shall not apply with respect to any claims asserted by Buyer for a breach of the Fundamental Representations or the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 4.17 (Taxes).
(e) Any payments made to Seller, the Company or Buyer pursuant to this ARTICLE XII shall constitute an adjustment of the Purchase Price for Tax purposes and shall be treated as such by Buyer and Seller on their Tax Returns.
Additional Indemnification; Limitation of Liability A. Subject to Section 2(A), USBFS CANNOT AND DOES NOT GUARANTEE AVAILABILITY OF THE ELECTRONIC SERVICES. Accordingly, USBFS’s sole liability to the Trust or any third party (including End Users) for any claims, notwithstanding the form of such claims (e.g., contract, negligence, or otherwise), arising out of the delay of or interruption in the Electronic Services to be provided by USBFS hereunder shall be to use its best reasonable efforts to commence or resume the Electronic Services as promptly as is reasonably possible.
B. USBFS shall, at its sole cost and expense, defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Trust and its trustees, officers and employees from and against any and all claims, demands, losses, expenses and liabilities of any and every nature (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or relating to (a) any infringement, or claim of infringement, of any United States patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, or other proprietary rights based on the use or potential use of the Electronic Services and (b) the provision of the Trust Files (as defined below) or Confidential Information (as defined below) to a person other than a person to whom such information may be properly disclosed hereunder.
C. If an injunction is issued against the Trust’s use of the Electronic Services by reason of infringement of a patent, copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights of a third party, USBFS shall, at its own option and expense, either (i) procure for the Trust the right to continue to use the Electronic Services on substantially the same terms and conditions as specified hereunder, or (ii) after notification to the Trust, replace or modify the Electronic Services so that they become non-infringing, provided that, in the Trust’s judgment, such replacement or modification does not materially and adversely affect the performance of the Electronic Services or significantly lessen their utility to the Trust. If in the Trust’s judgment, such replacement or modification does materially adversely affect the performance of the Electronic Services or significantly lessen their utility to the Trust, the Trust may terminate all rights and responsibilities under this Exhibit C immediately on written notice to USBFS.
D. Because the ability of USBFS to deliver Electronic Services is dependent upon the Internet and equipment, software, systems, data and services provided by various telecommunications carriers, equipment manufacturers, firewall providers and encryption system developers and other vendors and third parties, USBFS shall not be liable for delays or failures to perform its obligations hereunder to the extent that such delays or failures are attributable to circumstances beyond its reasonable control which interfere with the delivery of the Electronic Services by means of the Internet or any of the equipment, software and services which support the Internet provided by such third parties. USBFS shall also not be liable for the actions or omissions of any third party wrongdoers (i.e., hackers not employed by USBFS or its affiliates) or of any third parties involved in the Electronic Services and shall not be liable for the selection of any such third party, unless USBFS selected the third party in bad faith or in a grossly negligent manner.
E. USBFS shall not be responsible for the accuracy of input material from End Users nor the resultant output derived from inaccurate input. The accuracy of input and output shall be judged as received at USBFS’s data center as determined by the records maintained by USBFS.
F. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, USBFS shall not be obligated to ensure or verify the accuracy or actual receipt, or the transmission, of any data or information contained in any transaction via the Electronic Services or the consummation of any inquiry or transaction request not actually reviewed by USBFS.
Custodian’s Indemnification The Servicer as custodian shall indemnify the Trust, the Owner Trustee, and the Indenture Trustee and each of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents for any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, compensatory damages, payments, costs or expenses of any kind whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Trust, the Owner Trustee, or the Indenture Trustee or any of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents as the result of any improper act or omission in any way relating to the maintenance and custody by the Servicer as custodian of the Receivable Files, including, but not limited to, the cost of defending any claim or bringing any claim to enforce such indemnification or other obligations of the Servicer; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be liable to the Owner Trustee for any portion of any such amount resulting from the willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence of the Owner Trustee, and the Servicer shall not be liable to the Indenture Trustee for any portion of any such amount resulting from the willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence of the Indenture Trustee.
Waivers Indemnification 90 11.1 Demand; Protest; etc...........................................................................90 11.2 The Lender Group's Liability for Collateral....................................................90 11.3 Indemnification................................................................................90
