The Servicer or the Special Servicer may be merged or consolidated with or into any Person, or transfer all or substantially all of its assets to any Person, in which case any Person resulting from any merger or consolidation to which it shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to its business, shall be the successor of the Servicer or the Special Servicer hereunder, and shall be deemed to have assumed all of the liabilities of the Servicer or the Special Servicer hereunder.
Section 6.02Liability and Indemnification. None of the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Note Administrator, the Collateral Manager, the Operating Advisor nor their Affiliates nor any of the managers, members, directors, officers, employees or agents thereof shall be under any liability to either the Issuer or theCo-Issuer or any third party (including the Noteholders) for taking or refraining from taking any action, in good faith pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement, or for errors in judgment;provided,however, that none of the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Note Administrator, the Collateral Manager, the Trustee or the Operating Advisor or any such Person will be protected against any breach of its representations or warranties (if any) made in this Agreement or any liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of its duties hereunder. The Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Note Administrator, the Collateral Manager, the Trustee or the Operating Advisor, as the case may be, and any director, officer, manager, member, employee or agent thereof may rely in good faith on any document of any kind which,prima facie, is properly executed and submitted by any appropriate Person respecting any matters arising hereunder. The Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Note Administrator, the Collateral Manager, the Trustee or the Operating Advisor, as the case may be, and any member, manager, director, officer, employee or agent thereof shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Issuer and theCo-Issuer against any loss, liability or expense incurred, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, including in connection with the enforcement of such indemnity, in connection with any claim, legal action, investigation or proceeding relating to this Agreement, the performance hereunder by, or any specific action which the Issuer, theCo-Issuer, the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Note Administrator, the Collateral Manager, the Trustee or the Operating Advisor authorized, requested or advised the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Note Administrator, the Collateral Manager, the Trustee or the Operating Advisor, as the case may be, to perform pursuant to this Agreement, as such are incurred, except for any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of the willful misfeasance, bad faith, or negligence in the performance of the duties of the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Note Administrator, the Collateral Manager, the Trustee or the Operating Advisor, as the case may be, or breach of the Servicer’s, the Special Servicer’s, the Note Administrator’s, the Collateral Manager’s, the Trustee’s or the Operating Advisor’s, as the case may be, representations and warranties set forth inSection 7.01. Any such indemnification shall be payable from any amounts on deposit in the Collection Account (other than in the case of the Note Administrator and the Trustee) and pursuant to the Priority of Payments under the Indenture.
In the event that the Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Note Administrator, the Collateral Manager, the Trustee or the Operating Advisor, as the case may be, sustains any loss, liability or expense which results from any overcharges to Obligors under the Mortgage Loans, to the extent that such overcharges were collected by the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, and remitted to the Issuer, the Issuer (or the Collateral Manager acting on behalf of the Issuer) shall promptly remit such overcharge to the related Obligor or other Obligors after the Issuer’s receipt of written notice from the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, regarding such overcharge.
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