indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, (C) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action or (D) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes (i) an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding; and (ii) does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(d)In the event that the indemnity provided in
paragraph (a) or
(b) of this
Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, the
Offerors and the
Underwriters severally agree to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending same) (collectively “
Losses”) to which the
Offerors and one or more of the
Underwriters may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
Offerors on the one hand and by the
Underwriters on the other from the offering of the
Securities. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason,
the
Offerors and the
Underwriters severally shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the
Offerors on the one hand and of the
Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such
Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the
Offerors shall be deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by it, and benefits received by the
Underwriters shall be deemed to be equal to the total underwriting discounts and
commissions, in each case as set forth on
the
cover page of the
Final Prospectus. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or
any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission
or alleged omission
to state a material fact relates to information provided by the
Offerors on the one hand or the
Underwriters on the other, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. In no case shall any
Underwriter (except as may be provided in any agreement among
underwriters relating to the offering of the
Securities) be responsible for any amount pursuant to this
paragraph (d) in excess of the underwriting discount or
commission applicable to the
Securities purchased by such
Underwriter hereunder. The
Offerors and the
Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
paragraph (d), no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of
Section 11(f) of the
Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this
Section 8,
each person who controls an
Underwriter
within the meaning
of either the
Act or the
Exchange Act and each