ARTICLE 20
INDEMNIFICATION
Tenant shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Landlord, CM Management Services, Inc. or its successor as the manager of the Project (the “Property Manager”) and their respective partners, parents, affiliates, divisions and subsidiaries, and each of their respective directors, officers, principals, shareholders, members, managing members, managers, agents, advisors, employees, property manager, lenders and representatives (together with Landlord, collectively, the “Landlord Indemnified Parties” and each, a “Landlord Indemnified Party”) from and against any and all claims, demands, penalties, fines, liabilities, actions (including, without limitation, informal proceedings), settlements, judgments, damages, losses, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs) of whatever kind or nature, known or unknown, contingent or otherwise, incurred or suffered by or asserted against such Landlord Indemnified Party (collectively, “Claims”) arising from or in connection with: (a) any cause whatsoever in the Premises (including, but not limited to, Claims resulting in whole or in part from the active negligence of the Landlord Indemnified Party), except to the extent caused by the gross negligence or intentional misconduct of such Landlord Indemnified Party, (b) Tenant’s Permitted use of the Premises or any other portion of the Project, or (c) the conduct of Tenant’s business or from any activity, work or thing done, permitted or suffered by Tenant, its agents, contractors, employees or invitees (collectively, “Tenant Parties”), in or about the Premises or any other portion of the Project. Tenant shall further indemnify, defend and hold the Landlord Indemnified Parties harmless from and against all Claims arising from or in connection with (i) any breach or default in the performance of any obligation to be performed by Tenant under the terms of this Lease, or (ii) any act, neglect, fault or omission of Tenant or any other Tenant Parties. Payment shall not be a condition precedent to enforcement of the foregoing indemnity. In case any action or proceeding shall be brought against any Landlord Indemnified Party by reason of any such Claim, at such Landlord Indemnified Party’s option, upon Notice from Landlord, Tenant shall defend the same at Tenant’s expense by counsel selected by Landlord in its sole discretion. Without limitation on other obligations of Tenant that survive the expiration of the Term, the clauses of thisArticle 20 shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease until all Claims against the Landlord Indemnified Parties involving any of the indemnified matters are fully, finally, and absolutely barred by the applicable statutes of limitations.
ARTICLE 21
WAIVER; LANDLORD EXCULPATION
21.1Tenant, as a material part of the consideration to Landlord, hereby assumes all risk of (and agrees that Landlord shall not be liable for) any damage to property or injury to Tenant or any other Tenant Parties or persons in, upon or about the Premises, the Parking Facility or any other portion of the Project from any cause whatsoever (including, without limitation fire, explosion, falling plaster, steam, gas, air contaminants or emissions, electricity, electrical or electronic emanations or disturbance, water, rain or snow or leaks from any part the Building or from the pipes, appliances, equipment or plumbing works or from the roof, street orsub-surface or from any other place or caused by dampness, vandalism, malicious mischief or by any other cause of whatever nature), and except as otherwise provided in this Lease, hereby waives all Claims (including consequential damages arising out of any loss of use of the Premises, the Building, the Parking Facility or the Building or any equipment or facilities therein) in respect thereof against each Landlord Indemnified Party, except to the extent caused by, or to the extent the result of: (a) any default by Landlord under this Lease that continues beyond the applicable notice and cure period, (b) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Landlord Indemnified Party, and then only after: (i) Notice to Landlord of the condition claimed to constitute the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Landlord, and (ii) the expiration of a reasonable time after such Notice has been received by Landlord without Landlord having taken all reasonable and practicable means to cure or correct such condition; and pending such cure or correction by Landlord, Tenant shall take all reasonably prudent temporary measures and safeguards to prevent any injury, loss or damage to persons or property. In no event shall Landlord be liable for any loss, the risk of which is covered by Tenant’s insurance or is required to be so covered by this Lease; nor shall Landlord or its agents be liable for any such damage caused by other tenants or persons in the Building or caused by operations in construction of any private, public, or quasi-public work; nor shall Landlord be liable for any latent defect in the Premises or in the Building; provided, however, the foregoing limitations of liability shall not relieve Landlord from its obligations contained in this Lease (including, but not limited to, its maintenance and repair obligations under Section 16.2 above). Tenant shall immediately give Notice to Landlord of the occurrence of any fire or accidents in or about the Premises, and to the extent Tenant is aware, the Building, the Parking Facility or any other portion of the Project, or of the discovery of any defects therein (including, without limitation, any latent defect in the Premises, Building or Project) or in any fixtures or equipment that are the property of Landlord, Tenant or any other tenant or occupant of premises in the Project.
21.2Tenant acknowledges that safety and access control devices, services and programs provided by Landlord, if any, while intended to deter crime and ensure safety, may not in given instances prevent theft or other criminal acts, or ensure safety of persons or property. The risk that any safety or access control device, service or program may not be effective, or may malfunction, or be circumvented by a criminal, is assumed by Tenant with respect to Tenant’s property and interests, and Tenant shall obtain insurance
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