17. Waiver of Jury Trial. The Company, each Selling Stockholder and each of the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Share Repurchase.
18. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York. Each of the Company and the Selling Stockholders hereby submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Share Repurchase. Each of the Company and the Selling Stockholders irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Share Repurchase, in Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit or proceeding in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
19. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations, warranties and agreements of the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of the Company, the Selling Stockholders or the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Shares and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company, the Selling Stockholders or the Underwriters or the directors, officers, controlling persons or affiliates referred to in Section 10 hereof.
20. Headings. The headings of the sections of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed a part of this Agreement.
21. Notices. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and effective only upon receipt and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered, mailed or sent to the Representatives at in care of (i) Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk (copy to Legal Department), 1585 Broadway, New York, New York 10036 and (ii) Barclays Capital Inc., 745 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Syndicate Registration (Fax: (646) 834-8133), with a copy, in the case of any notice pursuant to Section 10(d), to the Director of Litigation, Office of the General Counsel, Barclays Capital Inc., 745 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019; if to the Company shall be delivered, mailed or sent to ADT, Inc., 1501 Yamato Road, Boca Raton, FL 33431, Attention: David Smail, EVP & Chief Legal Officer, fax: (561) 989-7980, with a copy (which shall not constitute notice hereunder) to Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, 825 8th Ave, New York, NY 10019, Attention: Andrew J. Pitts, Esq. and C. Daniel Haaren, Esq.; and if to the Selling Stockholders shall be delivered, mailed or sent to Apollo Management VIII, L.P, 9 West 57th Street, 42nd Floor, New York, NY 10019, Attention: General Counsel, with a copy (which shall not constitute notice hereunder) to Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019, Attention: Gregory A. Ezring, Esq. and Christodoulos Kaoutzanis, Esq.
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