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• Assumption of Liabilities Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, Acquisition Subsidiary agrees, effective at the time of Closing, to assume all obligations and liabilities of Seller of any kind, character or description, arising exclusively or primarily out of the conduct of the Business (the "ASSUMED LIABILITIES"), except for the Excluded Liabilities, including, without limitation, the following: (a) Accounts payable which are either disclosed on the Most Recent Balance Sheet or incurred by Seller in the ordinary course of operating the Business between January 1, 2004 and the Closing; (b) Liabilities and obligations related to customer deposits which are either disclosed on the Most Recent Balance Sheet or incurred by Seller in the ordinary course of operating the Business between January 1, 2004 and the Closing; (c) Accrued payroll (including bonuses in the ordinary course of business) and accrued vacation and sick time which are either disclosed on the Most Recent Balance Sheet or incurred in the ordinary course of operating the Business between January 1, 2004 and the Closing; (d) Other accrued liabilities relating to the Business (of the nature included in the Most Recent Balance Sheet in the line item "Other accrued liabilities") which are either disclosed on the Most Recent Balance Sheet or incurred by Seller in the ordinary course of operating the Business between January 1, 2004 and the Closing; (e) Indebtedness to certain related parties of Seller, after giving effect to the transfer of the Excluded Real Property, subject to a mortgage or deed of trust securing the Real Estate Facility, to the holder(s) of such indebtedness in exchange for the cancellation of a portion of such indebtedness (the "RELATED PARTY DEBT"), as more particularly described in SCHEDULE 2.3(e) of the Disclosure Schedule; and (f) Seller's obligations under the Assumed Contracts.

• Non-Assumption of Liabilities Neither Party shall be liable for the prior, existing or future obligations, liabilities or debts of the other Party.

• Assumption of Liabilities and Obligations (a) At the Closing, ATS shall assume and agree to pay, discharge and perform the following obligations and liabilities of BEA (collectively, the "BEA Assumed Obligations"): (i) all of the obligations and liabilities of BEA under the BEA Assumable Agreements, and (ii) all obligations and liabilities of BEA with respect to the ownership and operation of the BEA Assets and the conduct of the BEA Business, on and after the Closing Date; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, ATS shall not assume and agree to pay, and shall not be obligated with respect to, the BEA Nonassumed Obligations. (b) ATS shall not assume or become obligated to perform any debt, liability or obligation of BEA relating to any of the following matters (collectively, the "BEA Nonassumed Obligations"): (i) the ownership or operation of the BEA Assets or the conduct of the BEA Business prior to the Closing Date, including without limitation Taxes, unfunded pension costs, any Employment Arrangement of BEA (including without limitation any obligation to any BEA Employee for severance benefits, vacation time or sick leave), and any of the following to the extent same arise from Events occurring prior to or existing on the Closing Date: products liability, Legal Actions or other Claims, and obligations and liabilities relating to Environmental Law; (ii) any obligations or liabilities under the BEA Assumable Agreements relating to the period prior to the Closing; (iii) any insurance policies of BEA; (iv) those required to be disclosed in the BEA Disclosure Schedule which are not so disclosed or which, if disclosed, Section 2.2(b)(iv) of the BEA Disclosure Schedule indicates that such obligation or liability will not be assumed; (v) any liability or obligation from or relating to breach of any warranty or any misrepresentation by BEA under this Agreement or any Collateral Document; (vi) any liability or obligation from or relating to breach or violation of, or failure to perform, any of BEA's obligations, covenants, agreements or undertakings set forth in this Agreement or any Collateral Document, including without limitation Article 5 of this Agreement; (vii) any obligation or liability relating to any asset of BEA not included in the BEA Assets. (viii) any obligation or liability with respect to capitalized lease obligations or Indebtedness for Money Borrowed; (ix) any Taxes, fees, expenses or other amounts required to be paid by BEA pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement or any Collateral Document; and (x) any Contract with any Affiliate of BEA, other than those, if any, set forth in Section 2(b)(x) of the BEA Disclosure Schedule. All BEA Nonassumed Obligations shall remain and be the obligations and liabilities solely of BEA. (c) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, except as set forth in Section 2.2(c) of the BEA Disclosure Schedule, all items of income and expense (including without limitation with respect to rent, utility charges, Pro Ratable Taxes and wages, salaries and accrued but unused vacation of BEA employees) arising from the ownership or operation of the BEA Assets or the conduct of the BEA Business shall be prorated as of 12:01 a.m., Eastern time, on the Closing Date, with BEA entitled to and responsible for any such items on or prior to the Closing Date and ATS entitled to and responsible for any such items relating to any subsequent period. For these purposes, Pro Ratable Taxes attributable to a period that begins before and ends after the Closing Date shall be treated on a "closing of the books" basis as two partial periods, one ending at the close of the Closing Date and the other beginning on the day after the Closing Date, except that Pro Ratable Taxes (such as property Taxes) imposed on a periodic basis shall be allocated on a daily basis. If either party shall have received any such revenues or paid any such expenses or charges which, pursuant to the terms hereof, the other party is entitled to or responsible for, it shall furnish the other party with a detailed statement of any such items as soon as practicable after receipt or payment thereof. The parties shall use their best efforts to agree upon such items and other adjustments prior to the Closing Date and, in any event, except as set forth in Section 2.2(c) of the BEA Disclosure Schedule, within sixty (60) days thereafter. If the parties are unable within such period to agree upon such items and other adjustments, BEA and ATS shall, within the following ten (10) days, jointly designate a nationally known independent public accounting firm to be retained to review such items and other adjustments. The fees and other expenses of retaining such independent public accounting firm shall be borne equally by BEA and ATS. Such firm shall report its conclusions as to such items and other adjustments pursuant to this Section and such report shall be conclusive on all parties to this Agreement and not subject to dispute or review. Upon such agreement or determination by such independent accounting firm, BEA or ATS, as the case may be, shall promptly reimburse the other party for any income received or expenses paid by the other party and not previously reimbursed or any other adjustment required by this Section. Nothing contained in this Section 2.2(c) is intended or shall be deemed to amend or modify the indemnification provisions of Article 8 nor to reallocate responsibility for the matters set forth therein.

• Assumption and Satisfaction of Liabilities Except as otherwise specifically set forth in any Ancillary Agreement from and after the Effective Time, (a) Tyco shall, or shall cause a member of the Tyco Group to, accept, assume (or, as applicable, retain) and perform, discharge and fulfill, in accordance with their respective terms (“Assume”), all of the Tyco Retained Liabilities, (b) Healthcare shall, or shall cause a member of the Healthcare Group to, Assume all the Healthcare Liabilities and (c) Electronics shall, or shall cause a member of the Electronics Group to, Assume all the Electronics Liabilities, in each case, regardless of (i) when or where such Liabilities arose or arise, (ii) whether the facts upon which they are based occurred prior to, on or subsequent to the Effective Time, (iii) where or against whom such Liabilities are asserted or determined or (iv) whether arising from or alleged to arise from negligence, recklessness, violation of Law, fraud or misrepresentation by any member of the Tyco Group, the Healthcare Group or the Electronics Group, as the case may be, or any of their past or present respective directors, officers, employees, agents, Subsidiaries or Affiliates.

• Allocation of Liabilities The IMS Health Group shall assume all Liabilities with respect to awards granted to IMS Health Employees, IMS Health Retirees, Corporation Retirees and IMS Health Disabled Employees pursuant to the IMS Health Replacement Option Plan. The Corporation Group shall retain all other Liabilities with respect to awards granted pursuant to the Corporation Stock Option Plans (including, but not limited to, awards granted to Corporation Post-Distribution Employees).

• Novation of Liabilities (a) Each Party, at the request of another Party, shall use best efforts to obtain, or to cause to be obtained, any Consent, substitution or amendment required to novate or assign all obligations under Contracts, licenses and other obligations or Liabilities for which a member of such Party’s Group and a member of another Party’s Group are jointly or severally liable and that do not constitute Liabilities of such other Party as provided in this Agreement (such other Party, the “Other Party”), or to obtain in writing the unconditional release of all parties to such arrangements (other than any member of the Group who Assumed or retained such Liability as set forth in this Agreement), so that, in any such case, the members of the applicable Group will be solely responsible for such Liabilities; provided, however, that no Party shall be obligated to pay any consideration therefor to any third party from whom any such Consent, substitution or amendment is requested (unless such Party is fully reimbursed by the requesting Party). (b) If the Parties are unable to obtain, or to cause to be obtained, any such required Consent, release, substitution or amendment, the Other Party or a member of such Other Party’s Group shall continue to be bound by such Contract, license or other obligation that does not constitute a Liability of such Other Party and, unless not permitted by Law or the terms thereof, as agent or subcontractor for such Party, the Party or member of such Party’s Group who Assumed or retained such Liability as set forth in this Agreement (the “Liable Party”) shall, or shall cause a member of its Group to, pay, perform and discharge fully all the obligations or other Liabilities of such Other Party or member of such Other Party’s Group thereunder from and after the Effective Time. The Liable Party shall indemnify each Other Party and hold each of them harmless against any Liabilities (other than Liabilities of such Other Party) arising in connection therewith; provided, that the Liable Party shall have no obligation to indemnify any Other Party with respect to any matter to the extent that such Other Party has engaged in any knowing violation of Law, fraud or misrepresentation in connection therewith. The Other Party shall, without further consideration, promptly pay and remit, or cause to be promptly paid or remitted, to the Liable Party or to another member of the Liable Party’s Group, all money, rights and other consideration received by it or any member of its Group in respect of such performance by the Liable Party (unless any such consideration is an Asset of such Other Party pursuant to this Agreement). If and when any such Consent, release, substitution or amendment shall be obtained or such agreement, lease, license or other rights or obligations shall otherwise become assignable or able to be novated, the Other Party shall promptly Transfer all rights, obligations and other Liabilities thereunder of any member of such Other Party’s Group to the Liable Party or to another member of the Liable Party’s Group without payment of any further consideration and the Liable Party, or another member of such Liable Party’s Group, without the payment of any further consideration, shall Assume such rights and Liabilities. (c) If the Liable Party (i) suffers a downgrade to its senior debt credit rating to below BB (as rated by Standard & Poor’s) or (ii) no longer has its debt securities rated by any nationally recognized credit rating agencies, then, upon the demand of the Other Party, such Liable Party shall be required to post an irrevocable letter of credit or similar security obligation reasonably acceptable to the Other Party in an amount reasonably necessary to provide security to the Other Party for the Liable Party’s obligations pursuant to Section 2.9(b); provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply with respect to Assumed Tyco Contingent Liability. For the avoidance of doubt, the posting of such a letter of credit or similar security obligation shall in no event relieve the issuing Party’s obligations pursuant to Section 2.9(b), and shall not result in a cap or limitation on such Party’s Liabilities with respect thereto.

• Retained Liabilities The Sellers shall retain liability to third parties for the following (the “Retained Liabilities”): (a) liabilities arising from disposal off-site of the Facilities before the Closing Date of Hazardous Materials originating from the Facilities or the JWWTP (including without limitation with respect to the Star Lake Canal site, EPA ID TX0001414341) (the “Seller Off Site Disposal Liability”); (b) fines and penalties imposed by Governmental Entities for violations before the Closing Date of Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits (the “Seller Environmental Fines and Penalties Liability”); (c) liabilities, known or unknown, to the extent arising from the exposure before the Closing Date of any employee, former employee, Independent Contractor or former independent contractor of either Seller or other Person to Hazardous Materials from, at or on the Site or the other Assets (the “Seller Exposure Liability”); (d) liabilities, known or unknown, to the extent arising from the MTBE that was manufactured, sold, processed, used or stored by the Sellers in conducting the Business before the Closing Date, excluding the Product Inventory comprised of MTBE conveyed to the Purchaser at the Closing (the “Seller MTBE Liability”); (e) any obligation under (i) each Assumed Contract, related to the rights under each Assumed Contract assigned to the Purchaser under the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, (ii) each License of either Seller included in the Assets, and (iii) each JWWTP Agreement, related to the rights under each JWWTP Agreement assigned to the Purchaser under the Assignment (JWWTP Agreements); in each case clause (i), (ii) or (iii), required to be performed before the Closing Date; and any indebtedness of either Seller in respect of the Assets, to the extent not taken into account in the determination of Final Net Working Capital; (f) physical or bodily injuries to, or damage to the property of, third parties that occurred before the Closing Date to the extent caused by the physical condition of the Assets; (g) liabilities (including accounts payable) owed by either Seller to the other Seller or any Affiliate of the Sellers on or before the Closing Date in respect of the Business, the Facilities or any other Assets; (h) liabilities for (i) Taxes of either Seller not related to or associated with the Business, the Facilities or the other Assets, (ii) Taxes related to or associated with the Business, the Facilities or the other Assets or the Assumed Liabilities for taxable periods (or portions thereof) ending on or before the Closing Date and (iii) payments under any Tax allocation, sharing or similar agreement (whether oral or written); (i) liabilities for any indebtedness of either Seller or any Affiliate of either Seller with respect to borrowed money, including any interest or penalties accrued thereon; (j) liabilities associated with, related to or arising from any Excluded Asset, excluding, in the case of an Excluded Asset that is the subject of, or owned or operated after the Closing Date pursuant to the terms of, a Commercial Agreement, the Purchaser’s liabilities and obligations with respect to such asset thereunder for matters attributable to operations and transactions during the period after the Closing, it being understood that the respective rights, obligations and liabilities of the Purchaser and the Seller party thereto with respect to such matters will be governed solely by the relevant Commercial Agreement; (k) liabilities arising in connection with any Seller Benefit Plan or ERISA Affiliate Plan; (l) liabilities under any of the CBAs or any other collective bargaining agreement or other labor arrangement, including any grievances, to the extent arising from any act or omission of either Seller or any Affiliate of either Seller before the Closing; (m) liabilities set forth on Schedule 2.5(m), 4.10, or 4.11, in each case to the extent attributable to periods of time before the Closing Date; and (n) all other liabilities (other than those the subject matter of clauses (a) through (m) above or that are the subject of the Sellers’ representations and warranties in Article IV and the Sellers’ covenants in Article VI), known or unknown, to the extent arising under current or prior applicable Law (except that, with respect to those liabilities arising under applicable common law, such liabilities shall be included without regard to whether there has been a change in the common law after the Closing) from the ownership, operation or use of the Business, the Facilities and the Assets, in each case, before the Closing Date, excluding, in the case of an Excluded Asset that is the subject of, or owned or operated after the Closing Date pursuant to the terms of, a Commercial Agreement, the Purchaser’s liabilities and obligations with respect to such asset thereunder for matters attributable to operations and transactions during the period after the Closing, it being understood that the respective rights, obligations and liabilities of the Purchaser and the Seller party thereto with respect to such matters will be governed solely by the relevant Commercial Agreement.

• Assumption of Liability Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, Licensee shall be solely responsible for any product liability, liability for death, illness, personal injury, improper business practice or any other statutory liability or any other liability under any law or regulation in respect of the Compound, Product and/or Licensed Product.

• No Assumption of Liabilities Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or elsewhere to the contrary, no SNH Entity is assuming, and no SNH Entity shall be responsible for, any liability of any kind or nature whether known or unknown, absolute, mature or not yet due, liquidated or non-liquidated, contingent, non-contingent, direct or indirect or otherwise, of any Mariner Entity or any other person for: (a) Any costs or expenses, including, but not limited to, legal fees, accounting fees, consulting and financing costs incurred by any Mariner Entity in negotiating this Agreement or in consummating the transactions contemplated hereby; (b) Any claim as a result of any injury to any person arising out of the rendering of or failure to render services by any Mariner Entity or its or his employees, agents or representatives or any other person performing services for or on behalf of any Mariner Entity (i) with respect to the Retained Facilities, prior to the Effective Time and, subject to, and upon the terms and conditions contained in the Interim Management Agreement, after the Effective Time, and (ii) with respect to the Transferred Facilities or any other operations of the Mariner Entities (except as otherwise expressly set forth herein), both prior to, and after, the Effective Time; (c) Any liability to set off or recoupment (including set off or recoupment against Post-Effective Time accounts receivable) by any Third Party Payor by reason of any contractual claim, settlement, order or judgment retroactively adjusting the amounts payable for reimbursement purposes or recovering overpayments made or requiring the payment of fines, penalties or damages, or reduction of prospective payments to any Facility or interest, with respect to, or based upon, the services rendered by any Mariner Entity (i) with respect to the Retained Facilities, prior to the Effective Time and, subject to, and upon the terms and conditions contained in the Interim Management Agreement, after the Effective Time, and (ii) with respect to the Transferred Facilities or other operations of the Mariner Entities (except as otherwise expressly set forth herein), both prior to, and after, the Effective Time, including liabilities that are subject to a stay ordered by the Court and liabilities that may be collected against the New Operator under state or Federal law; (d) Any taxes owed by any Mariner Entity, including, but not limited to, any investment tax recapture, depreciation recapture, employer taxes such as F.I.C.A. and F.U.T.A., any sales or use taxes, any personal property taxes, any withholding taxes and any workers' compensation or unemployment insurance premiums or adjustments and, in the case of any Mariner Entity's employees or any of its affiliates' employees, relating to, or arising out of, such employee's employment at any Retained Facility prior to the Effective Time; and with respect to the Transferred Facilities or other operations of the Mariner Entities, both prior to, and after, the Effective Time; (e) Any claim by any employee of any Mariner Entity for wages, salary, vacation, holiday, sick pay, welfare, or fringe benefits, relating to, or arising out of, such employee's employment prior to the Effective Time, except for those Employee Accruals assumed by the New Manager pursuant to Section 10.1 hereof and with respect to the Transferred Facilities or other operations of the Mariner Entities (except as otherwise expressly set forth herein), both prior to, and after, the Effective Time; (f) Any claim arising under any instrument, agreement, indenture, contract or understanding to which any Mariner Entity is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound, unless such instrument, agreement, indenture, contract or understanding is explicitly described and affirmed and assumed by the SNH Entities in this Agreement or is otherwise expressly affirmed and assumed by separate instrument in writing executed by SPTMNR; or (g) Any claim, order or judgment otherwise arising out of the operation of any Facility or other operations of the Mariner Entities (except as otherwise expressly set forth herein but specifically including any claim, order or judgment arising under any applicable Federal, state or local statutes, laws, ordinances, rules and regulations, licensing requirements or conditions (including Medicare or Medicaid requirements or conditions, and environmental laws), or involving the imposition of any lien under any applicable law), in each case to the extent arising or attributable to conditions or events occurring prior to the Effective Time, and, subject to, and upon the terms and conditions contained in the Interim Management Agreement, after the Effective Time, and (ii) with respect to the Transferred Facilities or other operations of the Mariner Entities (except as otherwise expressly set forth herein), both prior to, and after, the Effective Time.

• Limitation of Liabilities IN NO EVENT WILL LICENSOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF USE, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF DATA, COST OF COVER OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER ALLEGED AS A BREACH OF CONTRACT OR TORTIOUS CONDUCT, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, EVEN IF LICENSOR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT SHALL LICENSOR BE LIABLE TO LICENSEE OR ANY SUBLICENSEE OR ANY OTHER ENTITY FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSS CAUSED BY DELAY IN DELIVERY OR FURNISHING OF DATA USING THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. IN ADDITION, LICENSOR SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER IN EXCESS OF TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2,500,000.00). THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS SHALL NOT APPLY TO (I) INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS; (II) ANY CLAIMS FOR PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH, OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY; OR (III) ANY CLAIMS BASED UPON LICENSOR'S GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT; OR (IV) BREACHES OF THE CONFIDENTIALITY OBLIGATIONS.