nature or kind threatened, brought, or asserted against any Indemnified Party whether by reason or in consequence of direct action, counterclaim, cross-claim, third party claim, intervention, interpleader, or otherwise, even if groundless, false, meritless or fraudulent, and whether or not caused directly or indirectly, by any error, omission, act or negligence of any Indemnified Party so long as the claim, lawsuit, cause of action, chose in action or other legal action or proceeding is alleged or determined, directly or indirectly, to arise out of, result from, relate to, or be based upon, in whole or in part: (i) the obligations, duties, responsibilities, activities, acts or omissions of any Indemnifying Party, in connection with this Agreement; or (ii) as to matters where Purchaser and its related parties are the only Indemnified Parties, any matter whatsoever relating to any of the Percent of Premium Fees, other Conveyed Property or Initial Amount Offsets, including, without limitation, the use, ownership, sale, conversion, disposition, or collection of all or any portion of the Percent of Premium Fees, other Conveyed Property or Initial Amount Offsets (including compliance with laws).
For purposes hereof, “Losses” shall mean any losses, costs, damages, expenses, judgments, liabilities, obligations and penalties of whatever nature or kind, including, without limitation, attorneys’, accountants, and other professional fees; reasonable litigation expenses and court costs and expenses; amounts paid in settlement; amounts paid to discharge judgments, penalties, fines and amounts payable to or incurred by any Indemnified Party to any other person or entity, directly or indirectly, resulting from, arising out of or relating to one or more Claims.
In the event that an Indemnifying Party fails or refuses to defend any Indemnified Party as required herein, or an Indemnifying Party fails or refuses to engage independent counsel to defend any Indemnified Party to avoid any possible conflict of interest that results from joint representation of that party and any Indemnified Party by the same counsel, then, in such event, Indemnified Party, at its option, may engage counsel to defend the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party consents, covenants and agrees to bear and pay all such reasonable legal fees and related costs just as though that party had incurred the same for its own account.
Section 16.Taxes.
All taxes and governmental charges imposed with respect to the sales of the goods related to the Conveyed Property shall be charged to Seller.
Section 17.Termination.
This Agreement shall automatically terminate upon the occurrence of the Funding Termination Date. Termination of this Agreement shall not terminate any of Seller’s other liabilities or obligations hereunder, including but not limited to (i) payment of Initial Offset Amounts not previously included in a Settlement Date calculation or otherwise paid under this Agreement, (ii) payment of all Percent of Premium Fees payable after the Funding Termination Date for any Subject Policy which then remains in force, and (iii) any obligations that may arise under Seller’s indemnification obligation described above.
Section 18.Waiver.
Any failure by Purchaser to exercise any of its rights hereunder shall not be deemed to be a waiver by Purchaser of such or any other rights, nor in any manner impair the subsequent exercise of the same or any other right, and any waiver by Purchaser of any Event of Default or Default shall not constitute a waiver of any subsequent Event of Default or Default.
Section 19.Choice of Law; Venue, Service of Process.
This Agreement shall be construed according to the laws of the State of New York, without regard to choice of law principles. Any action or proceeding against Seller under or in connection with this Agreement or any other agreement executed in connection herewith shall be brought in any state or federal court in New York, New York, and Seller hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts and waives any objection it may now or hereafter have as to the venue of any such court as an inconvenient forum.
Section 20.WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL;CLASS ACTION WAIVER.
EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN
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