all Excluded Liabilities; and. 8.2.2 subject to Clause 11, any Losses that any member of Purchaser’s Group may suffer by reason of it taking any reasonable action to avoid, resist or defend any Excluded Liability.
all Excluded Liabilities; and Sample Clauses
Related to all Excluded Liabilities; and
Assumed Liabilities; Excluded Liabilities (a) Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing, Sellers shall sell, convey, deliver, transfer and assign to Buyer (or its designated Affiliate), and Buyer (or its designated Affiliate) shall assume from Sellers the Assumed Liabilities.
Assumed and Excluded Liabilities (a) The applicable Transferred Company shall assume and be responsible, from and after the Closing, for (i) all of the Liabilities of Seller and its Subsidiaries to the extent relating to, arising out of or resulting from the Transferred Companies or the ownership or operation of the Transferred Assets, whether incurred before, on or after the Closing, other than the Excluded Liabilities and except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, (ii) all Liabilities in respect of the Assigned Contracts and (iii) all Liabilities set forth on Annex 2.3(a) ((i), (ii) and (iii) collectively, the “Assumed Liabilities”) and (b) one or more members of Seller Group, as applicable, shall assume and be responsible for (i) all of the Liabilities of the Transferred Companies to the extent relating to, arising out of or resulting from an Excluded Asset, whether incurred before, on or after the Closing, (ii) any Liability of Seller or any of its Subsidiaries to their employees in their capacity as employers under any employee benefits or similar plans, except to the extent expressly assumed by Buyer under Section 6.6, (iii) all Taxes for which Seller is responsible under Section 6.5(a), (iv) except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents, any liability for any fees or expenses incurred by Seller or any of its Subsidiaries (including the fees and expenses of legal counsel, any accountant, auditor, broker, financial advisor or consultant retained by Seller or its Subsidiaries or on their behalf) in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Ancillary Documents or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (v) any Liabilities of the Transferred Companies relating to, arising out of or resulting from any business currently or formerly conducted by Seller or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Liabilities relating to, arising out of or resulting from (x) the provision of ILEC Services as conducted on the date of this Agreement or as of the Closing, (y) any similar business conducted by the Transferred Companies prior to the date of this Agreement that would constitute an ILEC Service but for the date restrictions contained in the definition thereof or (z) the Transferred Companies’ historic wireline business conducted within the Territory), and (vi) all Liabilities set forth on Annex 2.3(b), whether incurred before, on or after the Closing, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement (collectively, the “Excluded Liabilities”). For the avoidance of doubt, the Excluded Liabilities (other than clause (v) of the definition thereof) are not intended to create and expressly exclude any obligation of any member of the Seller Group to assume or be responsible for any Liability related to the infringement, misappropriation or other violation of any Intellectual Property rights.
Excluded Liabilities Buyer shall not assume and shall not be responsible to pay, perform or discharge any of the following liabilities or obligations of Seller (collectively, the “Excluded Liabilities”):
Retained Liabilities The Retained Liabilities shall remain the sole responsibility of and shall be retained, paid, performed and discharged solely by Seller. “Retained Liabilities” shall mean every Liability of Seller other than the Assumed Liabilities, including:
Liabilities of Seller All liabilities of Seller related to the Business or the Assets that are not Assumed Liabilities will be promptly paid by Seller as they come due.
Liabilities Assumed (a) Except for the Assumed Liabilities expressly specified in Section 2.2(b), Buyer has not agreed to pay, shall not be required to assume and shall have no liability or obligation with respect to, any liability or obligation, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, known or unknown, matured or unmatured, of Seller, any subsidiary or affiliate of Seller or any other person, whether arising out of occurrence prior to, at or after the date hereof (the "Excluded Liabilities"). Excluded Liabilities shall include, without limitation, (i) all fees and expenses incurred by Seller or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries, in connection with this Agreement; (ii) any liability or obligation to or in respect of any employees or former employees of Seller related to their employment or accruing prior to the Closing or as a result of their termination by Seller including without limitation (w) wages, overtime, severance pay, pay in lieu of notice, accrued vacation time earned or accrued prior to the Closing or as a result thereof, other than any accrued paid vacation days and sick pay for any employees of Seller whom Buyer agrees to employ ("Employee Costs"), (x) any employment agreement, whether or not written, between Seller and any person, (y) any liability under any Employee Plan (defined to include any employee benefit plan, "Employee Benefit Plan," as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, "ERISA," and all other benefit arrangements that are not Employee Benefit Plans, including, but not limited to any employment or consulting agreement, any arrangement providing insurance benefits, any incentive bonus or deferred bonus arrangement, any arrangement providing termination allowance, severance or similar benefits, any equity compensation plan, any deferred compensation plan, and any compensation policy or practice, "Benefit Arrangement," (i) which are maintained, contributed to or required to be contributed to by Seller or any entity that, together with Seller as of the relevant measuring date under ERISA, is or was required to be treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code, "ERISA Affiliate," or under which Seller or any ERISA Affiliate may incur any liability, and (ii) which cover the employees, former employees, directors or former directors of Seller or any ERISA Affiliate) at any time maintained, contributed to or required to be contributed to by or with respect to Seller or under which Seller may incur liability, or any contributions, benefits or liabilities therefor, or any liability with respect to Seller's withdrawal or partial withdrawal from or termination of any Employee Plan and (z) any claim of an unfair labor practice, or any claim under any state unemployment compensation or worker's compensation law or regulation or under any federal or state employment discrimination law or regulation, which shall have been asserted on or prior to the Closing Date or is based on acts or omissions which occurred on or prior to the Closing Date; (iii) any liability or obligation of Parent or Seller in respect of any Tax; or (iv) any liability arising out of occurrences or omissions prior to the Closing. For purposes of this Agreement "Tax" means any of the Taxes, and "Taxes" means all federal, state, local and foreign income, capital gains, gross receipts, sales, use, ad valorem, franchise, capital, profits, license, withholding, employment, payroll, transfer, conveyance, documentary, stamp, property, excise, value added, customs duties, minimum taxes, and any other taxes, levies or assessments of any kind whatsoever, together with additions to tax or additional amounts, interest and penalties relating thereto that may be imposed by any federal, state, local or foreign governments.
Material Liabilities The Company has no material liability or obligation, absolute or contingent (individually or in the aggregate), except (i) obligations and liabilities incurred after the date of incorporation in the ordinary course of business that are not material, individually or in the aggregate, (ii) obligations under the Notes and in connection with the Advance and (iii) as contemplated by the Merger Agreement and the Transaction Documents.
Total Liabilities to Tangible Net Worth Permit or suffer the ratio of the consolidated Total Liabilities of the Company and its subsidiaries to the consolidated Tangible Net Worth of the Company and its subsidiaries to be greater than 1.85 to 1.00.
Assumed Obligations At the Closing, Purchaser shall assume, and agree to satisfy and discharge as the same shall become due, (i) all trade accounts payable and accrued expenses that have been incurred in the ordinary course of Seller's business (excluding, for purposes of clarification and not limitation, any and all professional fees, costs and other expenses incurred by the Seller in connection with the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby after October 31, 2003, all of which shall be governed by Section 14.4 hereof), (ii) Seller's liabilities and other obligations arising subsequent to the Closing under all contracts entered into by Seller in the ordinary course of its business (including open purchase orders) after the date hereof, and (iii) the obligations listed on Schedule 2.1(c) hereto (collectively the "Assumed Obligations"). Except as expressly set forth in this paragraph (c), Purchaser shall not assume or be responsible at any time for any liability, obligation, debt or commitment of Seller, whether absolute or contingent, accrued or unaccrued, asserted or unasserted, or otherwise, including but not limited to any liabilities, obligations, debts or commitments of Seller incident to, arising out of or incurred with respect to, this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (except to the extent contemplated by Section 14.5 hereof). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Seller expressly acknowledges and agrees that Seller shall retain, and that Purchaser shall not assume or otherwise be obligated to pay, perform, defend or discharge, (a) any liability of Seller for Taxes, whether measured by income or otherwise, (b) any product liability pertaining to products sold by Seller prior to the Closing Date, (c) any liability or obligation of Seller relating to any default taking place before the Closing Date under any of the Assumed Obligations to the extent such default created or increased the liability or obligation, (d) any obligation of Seller to its shareholders, any Affiliate of Seller or its shareholders, or any Person claiming to have a right to acquire any capital stock or other securities of Seller, or (e) the Distribution Agreement by and between KMS and Seller effective as of September 26, 2002, together with any and all liabilities or obligations (including professional fees) arising out of or relating thereto or to any prior or subsequent agreements between the parties. All obligations which are not Assumed Obligations, including but not limited to the foregoing, are hereinafter referred to as the "Excluded Obligations."
ERISA Liabilities The Borrower shall not, and shall cause each of its ERISA Affiliates not to, (i) permit the assets of any of their respective Plans to be less than the amount necessary to provide all accrued benefits under such Plans, or (ii) enter into any Multiemployer Plan.
