prescribed herein, the Grantor Trust Trustee may for all purposes hereof rely on a certificate, signed by the president or any vice president or by the treasurer or other authorized officers of the relevant party, as to such fact or matter, and such certificate shall constitute full protection to the Grantor Trust Trustee for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in reliance thereon.
(b) In the exercise or administration of the trusts hereunder and in the performance of its duties and obligations under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, the Grantor Trust Trustee may act directly or through its agents, attorneys, custodians or nominees pursuant to agreements entered into with any of them, and the Grantor Trust Trustee shall not be liable for the conduct or misconduct of such agents, attorneys, custodians or nominees if such agents, attorneys, custodians or nominees shall have been selected by the Grantor Trust Trustee in good faith and without gross negligence; and may consult with counsel, accountants and other skilled professionals to be selected in good faith and without gross negligence and employed by it. The Grantor Trust Trustee shall not be liable for anything done, suffered or omitted in good faith by it in accordance with the opinion or advice of any such counsel, accountants or other such Persons and not contrary to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.
Section 6.8 Grantor Trust Trustee May Own Notes. BNY Mellon Trust of Delaware or any successor Grantor Trust Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may deal with the Grantor, the Indenture Trustee, the Administrator and the Servicer in transactions in the same manner as it would have if it were not the Grantor Trust Trustee.
Section 6.9 Compensation and Indemnity.
(a) The Grantor Trust Trustee shall receive as compensation for its services hereunder (i) on the date of execution of this Agreement, an initial fee and an annual fee for its services to be provided, and (ii) such fees as have been separately agreed upon before the date hereof by the Grantor Trust Trustee, and the Grantor Trust Trustee, any paying agent, registrar, authenticating agent or co-trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for its other reasonable expenses hereunder, including the reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements of such agents, custodians, nominees, representatives, experts and external counsel as the Grantor Trust Trustee may employ in connection with the exercise and performance of its rights and its duties hereunder as specified in Section 2.7 of the Indenture.
(b) The Trust shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Grantor Trust Trustee (in its individual and trustee capacities), any paying agent, registrar, authenticating agent or co-trustee and its successors, assigns, agents and servants from and against all costs, expenses, losses, claims, actions, suits, damages and liabilities including reasonable and documented legal fees and expenses of external counsel, in connection with the successful enforcement of their indemnification rights hereunder, of any kind and nature whatsoever arising out of or incurred in connection with (i) the Grantor Trust Trustee’s performance of its duties under the Indenture or any other Transaction Document, or (ii) the acceptance, administration or performance by, or action or inaction of, the Grantor Trust Trustee of the trusts and duties contained in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, including the administration of the Grantor Trust Collateral, except in each case to the extent that such cost, expense, loss, claim, damage or liability (A) is due to the willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence (except for errors in judgment) of the Person indemnified, or (B) arises from the Grantor Trust Trustee’s breach of any of its representations or warranties set forth in Section 6.6.
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