Indemnification of the Company, its Directors and Officers Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, and its directors, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in Section 5.1.1, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus, any Testing-the-Waters Communication or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement to the foregoing), solely in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriters’ Information.
Indemnification of the Company, Directors and Officers Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this Section, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto).
Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance and Indemnification For not less than six (6) years from and after the Effective Date, Aon agrees to indemnify and hold harmless all individuals who at or prior to the Effective Time are past or present directors, officers or employees of WTW or WTW Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) against any costs or expenses (including advancing attorneys’ fees and expenses in advance of the final disposition of any actual or threatened claim, suit, proceeding or investigation to each Indemnified Party to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law; provided such Indemnified Party agrees in advance to return any such funds to which a court of competent jurisdiction has determined in a final, nonappealable judgment such Indemnified Party is not ultimately entitled), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages, liabilities and amounts paid in settlement in connection with any actual or threatened claim, action, investigation, suit or proceeding in respect of acts or omissions occurring or alleged to have occurred at or prior to the Effective Time (including acts or omissions occurring in connection with the approval of this Agreement and the consummation of the Acquisition or any of the other Transactions), whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Effective Time, in connection with such persons serving as an officer, director, employee or other fiduciary of WTW or any of the WTW Subsidiaries or of any Person if such service was at the request or for the benefit of WTW or any of the WTW Subsidiaries, to the fullest extent permitted by Law or provided pursuant to WTW Governing Documents or the organizational documents of any WTW Subsidiary or any indemnification agreements, if any, in existence on the date of this Agreement. The Parties agree that all rights to elimination of liability, indemnification and advancement of expenses for acts or omissions occurring or alleged to have occurred at or prior to the Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Effective Time, now existing in favor of the Indemnified Parties as provided in their respective certificate of incorporation or by-laws (or comparable organizational documents) or in any agreement shall survive the Acquisition and shall continue in full force and effect. For six (6) years after the Effective Time, Aon shall cause to be maintained in effect the provisions in (i) WTW Governing Documents and the organizational documents of any WTW Subsidiary and (ii) any other agreements of WTW and WTW Subsidiaries with any Indemnified Party, in each case, regarding elimination of liability, indemnification of officers, directors and employees and advancement of expenses that are in existence on the date of this Agreement, and no such provision shall be amended, modified or repealed in any manner that would adversely affect the rights or protections thereunder of any such Indemnified Party in respect of acts or omissions occurring or alleged to have occurred at or prior to the Effective Time (including acts or omissions occurring in connection with the approval of this Agreement and the consummation of the Acquisition or any of the other Transactions). Aon shall cause for an aggregate period of not less than six (6) years from the Effective Date, the purchase of an insurance and indemnification policy in favor of WTW’s current directors and officers that provides coverage for events occurring prior to the Effective Time (the “D&O Insurance”) that is no less favorable that WTW’s existing policy or, if insurance coverage that is no less favorable is unavailable, the best available coverage; provided, however, that WTW shall not be required to pay an annual premium for the D&O Insurance in excess of three-hundred (300%) of the last annual premium paid prior to the date of this Agreement (it being understood that Aon shall nevertheless be obligated to provide as much coverage as may be obtained for such amount); provided further that WTW may prior to the Effective Time substitute therefor a single premium six-year tail coverage with respect to D&O Insurance with an annual cost not in excess of three-hundred (300%) of the last annual premium paid prior to the date of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if any Indemnified Party notifies Aon on or prior to the sixth (6th) anniversary of the Effective Time of a matter in respect of which such Person may seek indemnification pursuant to this Section 8.4, the provisions of this Section 8.4 shall continue in effect with respect to such matter until the final disposition of all claims, actions, investigations, suits and proceedings relating thereto. In the event following the Effective Time Aon or any of its respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges into any other Person and shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of Aon, as the case may be, shall assume the obligations set forth in this Section 8.4. The rights and obligations under this Section 8.4 shall survive consummation of the Acquisition and shall not be terminated or amended in a manner that is adverse to any Indemnified Party without the written consent of such Indemnified Party. The provisions of this Section 8.4 are intended to be for the benefit of, and will be enforceable by, each Indemnified Party, his or her heirs and his or her legal representatives.
Indemnification of Company, Directors and Officers Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this Section, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430A Information, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.
Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification (a) The Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation shall contain provisions no less favorable with respect to indemnification than are set forth in the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Target, which provisions shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified for a period of six (6) years from the Effective Time in any manner that would affect adversely the rights thereunder of individuals who at any time prior to the Effective Time were directors, officers or employees of the Target or any of the Subsidiaries, unless such modification shall be required by Delaware Law. (b) From and after the Effective Time, Acquiror and the Surviving Corporation shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless each person who is now, or has been at any time prior to the date of this Agreement or who becomes prior to the Effective Time, an officer, director, employee or agent of the Target or any of the Subsidiaries (collectively, the "INDEMNIFIED PARTIES") against all losses, expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees), claims, damages, liabilities or amounts that are paid in settlement of, with the approval of the Surviving Corporation (which approval shall not unreasonably be withheld), or otherwise in connection with, any threatened or actual claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation (a "CLAIM"), based in whole or in part on or arising in whole or in part out of the fact that the Indemnified Party (or the person controlled by the Indemnified Party) is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Target or any of the Subsidiaries and pertaining to any matter existing or arising out of actions or omissions occurring at or prior to the Effective Time (including, without limitation, any Claim arising out of this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby), whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Effective Time, in each case to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware Law and by Target's Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws as in effect on the date hereof, and shall pay any expenses, as incurred, in advance of the disposition of any such action or proceeding to each Indemnified Party to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware Law and by Target's Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws as in effect on the date hereof. Without limiting the foregoing, in the event any such Claim is brought against any of the Indemnified Parties, Acquiror or the Surviving Corporation shall have the right to assume the defense thereof and neither Acquiror nor the Surviving Corporation shall be liable to such Indemnified Parties for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses subsequently incurred by such Indemnified Parties in connection with the defense thereof, except that if Acquiror or the Surviving Corporation elects not to assume such defense or counsel for the Indemnified Parties advises that there are substantive issues that raise conflicts of interest between Acquiror or the Surviving Corporation and the Indemnified Parties, such Indemnified Parties may retain counsel satisfactory to them and which shall be reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and the Surviving Corporation and they shall pay all reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel for such Indemnified Parties. The Indemnified Parties, or the Acquiror and the Surviving Corporation, as the case may be, shall use all reasonable efforts to assist in the defense of any such Claim, provided that the Acquiror and the Surviving Corporation shall not be liable for any settlement effected without their written consent, which consent, however, shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Acquiror and the Surviving Corporation shall be obligated pursuant to this paragraph to pay only one law firm to represent the Indemnified Parties with respect to each such Claim unless there is, as determined by counsel to the Indemnified Parties, under applicable standards of professional conduct, a conflict or a reasonable likelihood of a conflict on any significant issue between the positions of any two or more Indemnified Parties at the expense of the Acquiror and the Surviving Corporation. (c) Prior to the Effective Time, the Target shall, and after the Effective Time Surviving Corporation and the Acquiror shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware Law, make reasonable advances to the Indemnified parties to cover expenses for which such Indemnified Parties would otherwise be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 6.06, provided, however, that the person to whom the expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is determined that such person is not entitled to indemnification. (d) Acquiror shall maintain in effect for three years from the Effective Time, the current directors' and officers' liability insurance policies maintained by the Target (provided that Acquiror may substitute therefor policies of at least the same coverage containing terms and conditions which are not materially less favorable) with respect to matters occurring prior to the Effective Time; provided, however, that in the event that the annual premium for such coverage is more than 2.0 times the annual premium for such coverage as of the date hereof, the Acquiror shall only be obligated to maintain the best coverage that reasonably can be obtained for an annual premium equal to the 2.0 times the annual premium in effect as of the date hereof; PROVIDED, FURTHER, that in no event shall the policy limits of such coverage be less than 2/3 of the policy limits currently in effect. (e) In the event the Surviving Corporation or the Acquiror consolidates, liquidates, dissolves or merges into another entity (which events are in no way prohibited by this Agreement), proper provisions shall be made so that the successor and assigns of the Surviving Corporation and the Acquiror satisfy their respective obligations under this Section 6.06.