the Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto), the MHC Application (or any amendment or supplement thereto), the preliminary or final Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Blue Sky Application or Sales Information, (ii) are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state in any of the foregoing documents a material fact required to be stated therein 34 or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or (iii) arise from any theory of liability whatsoever relating to or arising from or based upon the Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto), preliminary or final Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), the MHC Application (or any amendment or supplement thereto),or any Blue Sky Application or Sales Information or other documentation distributed in connection with the Offering; provided, however, that the Agent's obligations under this Section 8(b) shall exist only if and only to the extent (i) that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement was made in, or such material fact or alleged material fact was omitted from, the Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto), the preliminary or final Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), the MHC Application (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or any Blue Sky Application or Sales Information in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company, the MHC or the Bank by the Agent or its counsel regarding the Agent, provided, that it is agreed and understood that the only information furnished in writing to the Company, the MHC or the Bank by the Agent regarding the Agent is set forth in the Prospectus. The indemnification provided for in this Section 8 (b) shall not be applicable with respect to