intends to proceed directly against the Participant in the event that the Participant fails to honor any of its obligations pursuant to this Agreement that benefit the Trust. The foregoing shall not apply to any loss, damage, charge, liability, cost, expense, cause of action, obligation, judgment or fee incurred by such Sponsor Indemnified Party arising out of Sponsor Indemnified Party’s gross negligence or reckless or willful acts or omissions or the Sponsor Indemnified Party’s failure to perform any of its obligations or responsibilities under this Agreement. With respect to (i) through (iii) above, Sponsor Indemnified Party’s failure to promptly acknowledge the Participant’s breach of, failure to perform or failure to comply with, the terms of this Agreement shall not negate the foregoing indemnification.
(b) The Sponsor hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Participant, its respective subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees and agents, and each person, if any, who controls such persons within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act (each a “Participant Indemnified Party”) from and against any loss, liability, cost and expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by such Participant Indemnified Party as a result of (i) any breach by the Sponsor of any provision of this Agreement that relates to the Sponsor; (ii) any failure on the part of the Sponsor to perform any of its obligations set forth in this Agreement; (iii) any failure by the Sponsor to comply with applicable laws, including rules and regulations of self-regulatory organizations in relation to its role as Sponsor of the Trust, (iv) actions of such Participant Indemnified Party in reliance upon any instructions issued or representations made in accordance with Attachment A (as it may be amended from time to time) reasonably believed by the Participant to be genuine and to have been given by the Sponsor, in connection with the Participant’s acting in its capacity as an authorized participant, or (v) any untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement of the Trust or in any amendment thereof, or in any Prospectus or any statement of additional information, or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arising out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in connection with the Participant’s acting in its capacity as an authorized participant. The foregoing shall not apply to any loss, damage, charge, liability, cost, expense, cause of action, obligation, judgment or fee incurred by such Participant Indemnified Party arising out of Participant Indemnified Party’s gross negligence or reckless or willful acts or omissions or the Participant Indemnified Party’s failure to perform any of its obligations or responsibilities under this Agreement. With respect to (i) through (iv) above, Participant Indemnified Party’s failure to promptly acknowledge Sponsor’s breach of, failure to perform or failure to comply with, the terms of this Agreement shall not negate the foregoing indemnification.
No party to this Agreement shall be liable to the other party or to any other person for any damages arising out of mistakes or errors in data provided to such Sponsor Indemnified Party or Participant Indemnified Party, as the case may be, by a third party, or out of interruptions or delays of electronic means of communications with the Sponsor Indemnified Party or Participant Indemnified Party.
The indemnity agreements contained in this Section shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Participant, its partners, stockholders, members, directors, officers, employees or any person (including each partner, stockholder, member, director, officer or employee of such person) who controls the Participant within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, or
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