agreed that the Agent shall not be liable for any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense or be required to contribute any amount which in the aggregate exceeds the amount paid (excluding reimbursable expenses) to the Agent under this Agreement. It is understood that the above stated limitation on the Agent's liability is essential to the Agent and that the Agent would not have entered into this Agreement if such limitation had not been agreed to by the parties to this Agreement. No person found guilty of any fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not found guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The obligations of the Company, the MHC and the Bank under this Section 9 and under Section 8 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company and the Bank may otherwise have. For purposes of this Section 9, each of the Agent's, the Company's, the MHC or the Bank's officers and directors and each person, if any, who controls the Agent or the Company or the MHC or the Bank within the meaning of the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Agent, the Company, the MHC or the Bank. Any party entitled to contribution, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action, suit, claim or proceeding against such party in respect of which a claim for contribution may be made against another party under this Section 9, will notify such party from whom contribution may be sought, but the omission to so notify such party shall not relieve the party from whom contribution may be sought from any other obligation it may have hereunder or otherwise than under this Section