OTHER-2024-033-Bond Purchase Agreement

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omissions pertaining to the Underwriters) . This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the County may otherwise have . Each Underwriter severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the County, and its officials , directors , officers , and employees , and each person who controls the County within the meaning of either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the County to each Underwriter, but only with reference to written information furnished by the Underwriters to the County or information provided by the Underwriters specifically for inclusion in the Preliminary Official Statement or the Official Statement (or in any amendment or supplement thereto) . Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will , if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses ; and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party fiom any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation . The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel of the indemnifying party ' s choice at the indemnifying party ' s expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought provided, however, that such counsel shall be satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party ' s election to appoint counsel to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel) , and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees , costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (1) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest; (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the 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; (iii) 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 (iv) 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 an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding . In the event that the indemnity provided herein is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason the County and the Underwriters agree to contribute to the aggregate losses , claims , damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending the same) to which the County and one or more of the Underwriters may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the County on the one hand and by the Underwriters on the other from the offering . If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the County and the Underwriters shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the County 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 . In no case shall any Underwriter ( except as may be provided in any agreement among the Underwriters relating to the offering) be responsible for any amount in excess of the purchase discount or fee applicable to the Bonds purchased by such Underwriter hereunder. Benefits received by the County 42 -