Contractor Indemnity. Subject to Article 18.3 herein, the Contractor, at its own expense, shall defend, indemnify and hold Customer, its permitted assignees, Customer’s Affiliates and the employees of any of them who have responsibility with respect to the Rivada Program, and their respective Directors, officers, employees, and their contractors, subcontractors, Consultants, and agents for actions taken in their capacities as providers of services with respect to the Rivada Program (collectively, for purposes of this Article 18.1, “Customer Indemnitees”) harmless from any loss, damage, liability or expense (including court costs and legal fees) resulting from damage to property, including but not limited to the property of Customer Indemnitees, and from personal injury, and death, to all persons, including, but not limited to, employees of the Contractor or of its Subcontractors, employees of Customer or Customer’s Affiliates and of all other persons performing any of the Work hereunder, arising from any occurrence caused by any act or omission, negligent or otherwise, of the Contractor, or its subcontractors at any tier, or its directors, officers, employees, agents, or any of them or for which they are legally liable, and at its expense shall defend any actions brought against Customer Indemnitees, or any of them, in connection therewith and shall pay all expenses and satisfy all judgments which may be incurred by or rendered against them or any of them in connection therewith. Customer shall give the Contractor prompt notice of

General Contractor. ​ shall deliver to ​ a fully executed copy of the General Contractor’s Agreement, in the form that has been approved by ​. General Contractor shall have executed and delivered to ​ an original certificate, consenting to the assignment of the General Contractor’s Agreement, substantially in the form of [Exhibit 2.17](i)(i).

It is the express intention of the parties that Advisor is an independent contractor. Nothing in this Agreement shall in any way be construed to constitute Advisor as an agent, employee or representative of the Company, but Advisor shall perform the Services hereunder as an independent contractor. Advisor agrees to furnish (or reimburse the Company for) all tools and materials necessary to accomplish this contract, and shall incur all expenses associated with performance, except as expressly agreed upon by the Company. Advisor acknowledges and agrees that Advisor is obligated to report as income all compensation received by Advisor pursuant to this Agreement, and Advisor agrees to and acknowledges the obligation to pay all self-employment and other taxes thereon. Advisor further agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its directors, officers, and employees from and against all taxes, losses, damages, liabilities, costs arid expenses, including attorney’s fees and other legal expenses, arising directly or indirectly from # any negligent, reckless or intentionally wrongful act of Advisor or Advisor’s assistants, employees or agents, including, but not limited to, any damage to or disclosure of any Company Confidential Information # a determination by a court or agency that the Advisor is not an independent contractor, or # any breach by the Advisor or Advisor’s assistants, employees or agents of any of the covenants contained in this Agreement.

Independent Contractor. The Director’s status during the Directorship Term shall be that of an independent contractor and not, for any purpose, that of an employee or agent with authority to bind the Company in any respect. All payments and other consideration made or provided to the Director under this Section 3 shall be made or provided without withholding or deduction of any kind, and the Director shall assume sole responsibility for discharging all tax or other obligations associated therewith.

Independent Contractor. Provider shall perform the Services as an independent contractor with exclusive control of the manner and means of performing the Scope of Work in accordance with the requirements of this Agreement and the SOW. Provider has no authority to act or make any agreements or representations on behalf of Company or its affiliates. This Agreement or SOW is not intended to create, and shall not be construed as creating, between Company and Provider, the relationship of principal and agent, joint venturers, co-partners or any other such relationship, the existence of which is hereby expressly denied. No employee, or agent engaged by Provider shall be, or shall be deemed to be, an employee or agent of Company or its affiliate and shall not be entitled to any benefits that the Company or its affiliate provides to its own employees.

Independent Contractor. Evelo and Company are independent contractors under this Agreement. This Agreement creates no partnership, joint venture or agency between the Parties. Neither Party will have the authority to make any statements, representations or commitments of any kind, or to take any action, to bind the other without the prior written consent of the other Party.

Independent Contractor. WuXi ATU shall perform the Services as an independent contractor and, as such, neither WuXi ATU nor its employees shall be entitled to any benefits applicable to employees of Graphite, and neither Graphite nor its employees shall be entitled to benefits applicable to employees of WuXi ATU. Further, Neither Party is authorized or empowered to act as agent for the other for any purpose and shall not on behalf of the other enter into any contract, warranty or representation as to any matter.

Independent Contractor. Nothing herein shall be construed to create an employer­ employee relationship between Trecora and Carter. Carter is not an employee, servant, partner or agent of Trecora for any purpose whatsoever, and is not entitled to paid vacation days, sick days, holidays or any other benefits provided to Trecora employees, and is an independent contractor of the Company. The consideration set forth in Section 2 shall be the sole consideration due Carter for the Consulting Services rendered under this Agreement. Carter will not represent to be or hold himself out as an employee of Trecora.

Independent Contractor. The relationship of the parties is that of an independent contractor, and Manager shall not be deemed or construed to be an employee or joint venturer of Purchaser. The parties agree to respect the independent contractor status for all purposes.

Independent Contractor. Contractor is an independent contractor, and is not an employee, partner or agent of GP for any purpose including but not limited to, the application of the Federal Insurance Contribution Act, the Social Security Act, the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, Hawaii’s Income tax laws relating to income tax withholding at the source of income, the Hawaii Workers Compensation Code, the Hawaii Prepaid Healthcare Act, and the Hawaii Temporary Disability Insurance Act.