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CDP Depository Rules
14 Indemnity
Past version: Effective up to 14 Sep 2017

Each Depository Agent shall indemnify the Depository, its officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents ("Indemnified Persons") and hold them harmless against all costs, fees (including legal fees on a solicitor and client basis), expenses, liabilities, taxes, assessments, losses, fines, penalties, losses and damages suffered or incurred by any of them directly or indirectly arising from or in connection with the following matters, except when the losses and damages are directly caused by the Depository's failure to act in good faith, or by an act of negligence or fraud on the part of the Depository:

14.1.1 any breach by the Depository Agent of its obligations under the Depository Agent Terms;
14.1.2 any wilful, unlawful or negligent act or omission by a Depository Agent;
14.1.3 any legal proceedings or dispute resolution proceedings of any nature which the Depository Agent is a party to or required to take part in, and which requires the Depository's involvement ("Proceedings"), including production of information or documents, whether at the request of the Depository Agent or otherwise;
14.1.4 the actions or omissions by the Indemnified Persons in reliance on instructions or communications believed in good faith by any of them to have been given by or on behalf of the Depository Agent or the failure of the Depository Agent to give instructions to the Depository; and
14.1.5 any action by the Indemnified Persons in respect of the Deposited Securities, taken in good faith to comply with any law, regulation or order of any government, competent authority or any court or tribunal.