salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit, the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the securities to be registered on any securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the Corporation are then listed and rating agency fees and the fees and expenses of any Person, including special experts, retained by the Corporation.
The Corporation shall not be required to pay (i) fees and disbursements of any counsel retained by any holder of Registrable Securities or by any underwriter (except as set forth in clauses (i)(B) and (viii) of the first paragraph of this Section 8), (ii) any underwriter’s fees (including discounts, commissions or fees of underwriters, selling brokers, dealer managers or similar securities industry professionals) relating to the distribution of the Registrable Securities (other than with respect to Registrable Securities sold by the Corporation, and except as set forth in clause (vii) of the first paragraph of this Section 8), or (iii) any other expenses of the holders of Registrable Securities not required to be paid by the Corporation pursuant to the first paragraph of this Section 8.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 8 shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to cause these expense provisions to comply with state “blue sky” laws of each state in which an offering is made.
Section 9. Indemnification.
(a) The Corporation will, and hereby agrees to, and hereby does, indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each holder of Registrable Securities whose Registrable Securities are covered by a Registration Statement or Prospectus, its directors, officers, fiduciaries, employees, stockholders, members or general or limited partners, agents, affiliates, consultants, representatives, successors and assigns (and the directors, officers, fiduciaries, employees, stockholders, members, general and limited partners, agents, affiliates, consultants, representatives and successors and assigns thereof), each other Person who participates as a seller (and its directors, officers, fiduciaries, employees, stockholders, members , general and limited partners, agents, affiliates, consultants, representatives and successors and assigns), underwriter or Qualified Independent Underwriter, if any, in the offering or sale of such securities, each officer, director, employee, stockholder, fiduciary, managing director, agent, Affiliate, consultant, representative, successor, assign or partner of such underwriter or Qualified Independent Underwriter, and each other Person, if any, who controls such holder, seller, underwriter or Qualified Independent Underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act and each director, officer, fiduciary, employee, stockholder, member or general or limited partners, agent, affiliate, consultant, representative, successor and assign of such controlling person, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, actions or proceedings (whether commenced or threatened) and expenses (including reasonable fees of counsel and any amounts paid in any settlement effected with the Corporation’s consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to which each such indemnified party may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise in respect thereof (collectively, “Claims”), insofar as such Claims arise out, are based upon, relate to or are in connection with (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement under which such securities were registered under the Securities Act or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
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