Cooperation in Defense and Settlement (a) With respect to any Third Party Claim that implicates both Parties in any material respect due to the allocation of Liabilities, responsibilities for management of defense and related indemnities pursuant to this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements, the Parties agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate fully and maintain a joint defense (in a manner that, to the extent reasonably practicable, will preserve for all Parties any Privilege with respect thereto). The Party that is not responsible for managing the defense of any such Third Party Claim shall, upon reasonable request, be consulted with respect to significant matters relating thereto and may, if necessary or helpful, retain counsel to assist in the defense of such claims. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 6.5(a) shall derogate from any Party’s rights to control the defense of any Action in accordance with Section 6.4.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, with respect to any Action (i) by a Governmental Entity against Versum relating to matters involving anti-bribery, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, export control and similar laws, where the facts and circumstances giving rise to the Action occurred prior to the Separation Time or (ii) where the resolution of such Action by order, judgment, settlement or otherwise, could include any condition, limitation or other stipulation that could, in the reasonable judgment of Air Products, adversely impact the conduct of the Air Products Retained Businesses or result in an adverse change to Air Products at shared locations where Versum and Air Products have operating agreements, governmental permits or joint obligations to a Governmental Entity with interdependencies or at non-shared locations, the resolution of such Action may have a precedential adverse effect on then-current Air Products operating agreements, governmental permits or independent obligations to a Governmental Entity, Air Products shall have, at Air Products’ expense, the reasonable opportunity to consult, advise and comment in all preparation, planning and strategy regarding any such Action, including with regard to any drafts of notices and other conferences and communications to be provided or submitted by Versum to any third party involved in such Action (including any Governmental Entity), to the extent that Air Products’ participation does not affect any privilege in a material and adverse manner; provided that to the extent that any such action requires the submission by Versum of any content relating to any current or former officer or director of Air Products, such content will only be submitted in a form approved by Air Products in its reasonable discretion. With regard to the matters specified in the preceding clauses (i) and (ii), Air Products shall have a right to consent to any compromise or settlement related thereto.
(c) Each of Air Products and Versum agrees that at all times from and after the Separation Time, if an Action is commenced by a third party naming two (2) or more Parties (or any member of such Parties’ respective Groups) as defendants and with respect to which one or more named Parties (or any member of such Party’s respective Group) is a nominal defendant and/or such Action is otherwise not a Liability allocated to such named Party under this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, then the other Party or Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such nominal defendant to be removed from such Action, as soon as reasonably practicable.
Assumption of Defense of a Third-Party Claim Upon receipt of a notice of a claim for indemnity from an Indemnified Party pursuant to Section 8.3.1 in respect of a Third-Party Claim, the Indemnifying Party may, by notice to the Indemnified Party delivered within twenty (20) Business Days of the receipt of notice of such Third-Party Claim, assume the defense and control of any Third-Party Claim, with its own counsel and at its own expense, but shall allow the Indemnified Party a reasonable opportunity to participate in the defense of such Third-Party Claim with its own counsel and at its own expense (subject to the Indemnifying Party agreeing in writing that it is obligated to indemnify the Indemnified Party pursuant to, and subject to the limitations set forth in, this Article 8);provided, however, the Indemnifying Party shall not be entitled to assume the defense (unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Indemnified Party) of any criminal or regulatory action or claim, any claim seeking material non-monetary remedies, or any claim where the indemnifiable amount, when taken together with all other outstanding claims for indemnification, would reasonably be expected to exceed twice the maximum amount for which the Indemnifying Party can be liable pursuant to this Article 8. The Indemnifying Party shall not, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), consent to a settlement, compromise or discharge of, or the entry of any judgment arising from, any Third-Party Claim, unless such settlement, compromise, discharge or entry of any judgment (i) does not involve any finding or admission of any violation of Law or admission of any wrongdoing by the Indemnified Party and (ii) contains, as a condition of any settlement, compromise, discharge, entry of judgment (if applicable), or other resolution, an unconditional release of each Indemnified Party from any and all Liabilities in respect of such Third-Party Claim.
Assumption of Defense In the event the Company is obligated under this Agreement to advance or bear any Expenses for any Proceeding against Indemnitee, the Company shall be entitled to assume the defense of such Proceeding, with counsel approved by Indemnitee, upon delivery to Indemnitee of written notice of its election to do so. After delivery of such notice, approval of such counsel by Indemnitee and the retention of such counsel by the Company, the Company will not be liable to Indemnitee under this Agreement for any fees of counsel subsequently incurred by Indemnitee with respect to the same Proceeding, unless (i) the employment of counsel by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ has been previously authorized by the Company, (ii) Indemnitee shall have reasonably concluded, based on written advice of counsel, that there may be a conflict of interest of such counsel retained by the Company between the Company and Indemnitee in the conduct of any such defense, or (iii) the Company ceases or terminates the employment of such counsel with respect to the defense of such Proceeding, in any of which events the fees and expenses of Indemnitee’s counsel shall be at the expense of the Company. At all times, Indemnitee shall have the right to employ counsel in any Proceeding at Indemnitee’s expense.
Assumption of Liabilities Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, Buyer agrees, effective on the Effective Date, to assume the following liabilities and obligations of Seller (the "ASSUMED LIABILITIES"):
(a) all liabilities and obligations of Seller arising with respect to post-Closing periods under (i) the Contracts listed on Schedule 2.02(a) attached hereto, (ii) Contracts entered into by Seller with subscribers in the ordinary course of business prior to the Closing and (iii) any other Contracts entered into by Seller with the consent of Buyer (which consent is not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) in the ordinary course of business prior to the Closing (but excluding in all of the foregoing cases any liabilities or obligations attributable to any failure by Seller to comply with the terms thereof);
(b) liabilities set forth on the Closing Statement to refund the security deposits to the customers who are entitled to receive same in accordance with the terms of their service contract, provided that the aggregate amount of liabilities assumed hereunder does not exceed the aggregate liability for such amount set forth in the Closing Statement ("CLOSING DEPOSIT LIABILITIES");
(c) liabilities set forth on the Closing Statement for unearned revenue, provided that the aggregate amount of liabilities assumed hereunder does not exceed the aggregate liability for such amount set forth in the Closing Statement ("CLOSING UNEARNED REVENUE LIABILITIES");
(d) liabilities which relate to periods on or after the Effective Date in respect of which prorations are made under Section 2.08 and liabilities which relate to periods prior to the Effective Date for which Seller has paid Buyer; and
(e) subject to Section 8.02, any liability or obligation for Taxes arising from or with respect to the Purchased Assets, the System or the System Operations which is incurred in or attributable to any Post-Closing Tax Period.
Non-Assumption of Liabilities Purchaser shall not, by the execution and performance of this Agreement or otherwise, assume, become responsible for, or incur any liability or obligation of any nature of the Sellers, except for the Assumed Liabilities being assumed under Section 1.6 hereof. By way of illustration, Purchaser shall not assume, become responsible for, or incur any liability for whether legal or equitable, matured or contingent, known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, ordinary or extraordinary, patent or latent, arising out of occurrences prior to the Closing Date arising out of or relating to: (a) violation of the requirements of any governmental authority or of the rights of any third person, relating to the reporting and payment of federal, state, or other income Tax Liabilities of Sellers; (b) any severance pay, or accrued vacation pay obligation or any other potential claims that could be brought or alleged by any of the Sellers employees for periods prior to the Closing Date, or any obligations under any employee benefit plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended) or any other fringe benefit program maintained or sponsored by Sellers or to which any of the Sellers contributes or any contributions, benefits or liabilities therefore or any liability for the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from or termination of any such plan or program by the Sellers; (c) the interest bearing debts of the Sellers, (d) any violation by the Sellers of any federal, state or local antitrust, racketeering or trade practice law, (e) liabilities or obligations of the Sellers for brokerage or other commissions relative to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereunder, (f) any and all liability and obligation for commissions and bonuses listed on Schedule 3.13; and (g) any rights, liabilities or responsibilities for any lease agreement that is not listed in Schedule 1.4(e).