parties’ obligations under Sections 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 17 and 18 of this Agreement shall survive termination of this Agreement. Except as set forth herein or as otherwise required by law, upon expiration or termination hereof, Chatham Financial shall have no further obligations under this Agreement including, without limitation, any obligation to update any quarterly Debt Valuation reports or related information.
9. INDEPENDENT ADVISOR. The parties agree that Chatham Financial is being retained as an independent contractor to perform the Services and nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to create any other relationship between Chatham Financial and INVESCO. Chatham Financial shall be solely responsible for the actions and inactions of itself and of its affiliates, and their respective members, officers, directors, employees, advisors, legal counsel, contractors, and agents (“Chatham Financial Representatives”). Chatham Financial shall not, and is not authorized to, enter into contracts or agreements on behalf of INVESCO or to otherwise create obligations of INVESCO to third parties.
10. INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) INVESCO agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Chatham Financial and Chatham Financial Representatives (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”), from and against any losses, claims, damages, demands, and liabilities (“Damages”), joint or several, related to or arising in any manner out of INVESCO’s (i) gross negligence, fraud, or willful misconduct, (ii) material breach of the terms of this Agreement or (iii) violation of applicable law in connection with the performance of its duties under this Agreement (the “Indemnified Activities”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, INVESCO shall not be liable in respect of any Damages that a court of competent jurisdiction shall have determined by final non-appealable judgment resulted solely from the gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct of an Indemnified Party.
(b) Chatham Financial agrees to indemnify and hold harmless INVESCO, its employees, directors, officers and agents, from and against any Damages, joint or several, related to or arising in any manner out of Chatham’s (i) gross negligence, fraud, or willful misconduct, (ii) material breach of the terms of this Agreement or (iii) violation of applicable law in connection with the performance of its duties under this Agreement.
(c) The indemnifying party agrees not to enter into any waiver, release or settlement of any threatened or pending investigative, administrative, judicial or regulatory claim, action, proceeding or investigation arising in any manner out of any Indemnified Activities (collectively “Proceedings”) which would be binding on the Indemnified Party (whether or not any Indemnified Party is a formal party to such Proceeding) without prior written consent of the Indemnified Party (which consent not to be unreasonably withheld), unless such waiver, release or settlement includes and unconditional release of the applicable Indemnified Parties from all liability arising out of such Proceeding.
(d) This Section 10 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of any withdrawal, termination, or failure to initiate or consummate any transaction contemplated by this Agreement.
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