claims, damages, liabilities, expenses or actions arising out of, or based upon, any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement, or any such omission or alleged omission, if such statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing, to FPL by or on behalf of any Underwriter, through the Representatives, expressly for use in connection with the preparation of any preliminary prospectus supplement, the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any thereof, or arising out of, or based upon, statements in or omissions from the Statements of Eligibility; and provided, further, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 8(a) in respect of any preliminary prospectus supplement, the Pricing Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter (or of any officer or director or Controlling Person of such Underwriter) on account of any such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, expenses or actions arising from the sale of the Shares to any person in respect of any preliminary prospectus supplement, the Pricing Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus, each as may be then supplemented or amended, furnished by such Underwriter to a person to whom any of the Shares were sold (excluding in all cases, however, any document then incorporated by reference therein), insofar as such indemnity relates to any untrue or misleading statement made in or omission from such preliminary prospectus supplement, Pricing Prospectus, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Prospectus, if a copy of a supplement or amendment to such preliminary prospectus supplement, Pricing Prospectus, Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (excluding in all cases, however, any document then incorporated by reference therein) (i) is furnished on a timely basis by FPL to the Underwriter, (ii) is required by law or regulation to have been conveyed to such person by or on behalf of such Underwriter, at or prior to the entry into the contract of sale of the Shares with such person, but was not so conveyed (which conveyance may be oral or written) by or on behalf of such Underwriter and (iii) would have cured the defect giving rise to such loss, claim, damage or liability. The indemnity agreement of FPL contained in this Section 8(a) and the representations and warranties of FPL contained in Section 2 hereof shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, or any of its officers, directors or Controlling Persons, and shall survive the delivery of the Shares. Each Underwriter agrees promptly to notify FPL, and each other Underwriter, of the commencement of any litigation or proceedings against the notifying Underwriter, or any of its officers, directors or Controlling Persons, in connection with the issuance and sale of the Shares.
(b) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless FPL, its officers and directors, and each person who controls FPL within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Securities Act or any other statute or common law, and to reimburse each of them for any legal or other expenses (including, to the extent hereinafter provided, reasonable counsel fees) when and as incurred by them in connection with investigating any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities or in connection with defending any actions, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, expenses or actions arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or
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