Assignment and Novation 34.1 The Supplier shall not assign, novate, or otherwise dispose of or create any trust in relation to any or all of its rights, obligations or liabilities under this Framework Agreement or any part of it without Approval.
34.2 The Authority may assign, novate or otherwise dispose of any or all of its rights, liabilities and obligations under this Framework Agreement or any part thereof to:
34.2.1 any Other Contracting Body; or
34.2.2 any Central Government Body or other body established by the Crown or under statute in order substantially to perform any of the functions that had previously been performed by the Authority; or
34.2.3 any private sector body which substantially performs the functions of the Authority, and the Supplier shall, at the Authority’s request, enter into a novation agreement in such form as the Authority shall reasonably specify in order to enable the Authority to exercise its rights pursuant to this Clause 34.2.
34.3 A change in the legal status of the Authority such that it ceases to be a Contracting Body shall not, subject to Clause 34.4 affect the validity of this Framework Agreement and this Framework Agreement shall be binding on any successor body to the Authority.
34.4 If the Authority assigns, novates or otherwise disposes of any of its rights, obligations or liabilities under this Framework Agreement to a body which is not a Contracting Body or if a body which is not a Contracting Body succeeds the Authority (both “Transferee” in the rest of this Clause) the right of termination of the Authority in Clause 30.4 (Termination on Insolvency) shall be available to the Supplier in the event of the insolvency of the Transferee (as if the references to Supplier in Clause 30.4 (Termination on Insolvency)) and to Supplier or Framework Guarantor or Call Off Guarantor in the definition of Insolvency Event were references to the Transferee.
ASSIGNMENT AND SUB-LETTING Tenant shall not assign this Agreement, or sub-let or grant any license to use the Premises or any part thereof without the prior written consent of Landlord. A consent by Landlord to one such assignment, sub-letting or license shall not be deemed to be a consent to any subsequent assignment, sub-letting or license. An assignment, sub-letting or license without the prior written consent of Landlord or an assignment or sub-letting by operation of law shall be absolutely null and void and shall, at Landlord's option, terminate this Agreement.
Assumption of Certain Liabilities (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing, Purchaser agrees to cause the Designated Purchasers to assume, pay, perform and discharge when due, all liabilities or obligations listed in this Section 2.03, and only such liabilities or obligations listed in this Section 2.03 (except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement), whether arising before or after the Closing and whether known or unknown, fixed or contingent (the "Assumed Liabilities"):
(i) all liabilities set forth on the Closing Date Balance Sheet, other than any such liabilities that are Excluded Liabilities;
(ii) all liabilities and obligations of Sellers arising under or pursuant to the Acquired Contracts, the Permits, the Acquired Intellectual Property and the Acquired Know-how;
(iii) all liabilities and obligations relating to employee benefit plans, programs or arrangements associated with or relating to any Transferred Employee, but only to the extent such liabilities and obligations are expressly assumed by any Designated Purchaser pursuant to Article VII of this Agreement;
(iv) the Specified Contingent Liabilities in an amount equal to (and no amounts in excess of) the aggregate amount (the "Contingent Reserve Amount") of the Contingency Reserves reflected or shown on the Closing Date Balance Sheet; and
(v) all other liabilities and obligations of Parent and Sellers to the extent relating to the Business other than the Excluded Liabilities; provided, however, that with respect to any such other liability or obligation not relating exclusively to the Business, the Designated Purchasers shall only assume that portion of such liability or obligation that is allocable to the Business on a pro rata basis.
(b) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary or any other writing to the contrary, Purchaser shall cause the Designated Purchasers to assume only the Assumed Liabilities, and nether the Purchaser nor any other Designated Purchaser shall assume any other liability or obligation of Parent or any Seller (or any predecessor owner of all or part of its business and assets) of whatever nature whether presently in existence or arising hereafter. All such other liabilities and obligations ahll be retained by and remain obligations of Parent or Sellers (or any such predecessor owner) (all such liabilities and obligations not being assumed being herein referred to as the "Excluded Liabilities"). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Excluded Liabilities shall include the following:
(i) all liabilities and obligations which are attributable to any of the Excluded Assets, or associated with the realization of the benefits of any of the Excluded Assets;
(ii) the Tax Liabilities, other than the Assumed Tax Liabilities in an amount equal to (and no amounts in excess of) the amount of any specific reserve therefor reflected or shown on the Closing Date Balance Sheet;
(iii) the Existing Seller Indebtedness, other than Capital Lease Obligations reflected on the Closing Date Balance Sheet in an amount not in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate and other than as set forth in Schedule 5.14;
(iv) all liabilities and obligations relating to compensation and any pension, deferred compensation, vacation, medical benefit, life insurance, severance of other employee health or safety matters (other than worker's compensation) and any other employee benefit plans, programs or arrangements associated with or relating to any Transferred Employee or any other employee or former employee employed in the Business and all liabilities and obligations relating to or arising from the employment or cessation of employment of any such employee (including, but not limited to, all liabilities and obligations under any severance plan or arrangement of Parent, Sellers, the Purchased Entities or their respective Affiliates), except to the extent such liabilities and obligations are expressly assumed pursuant to Article VII of this Agreement;
(v) all liabilities and obligations arising from worker's compensation claims relating to pre-Closing events;
(vi) all Specified Contingent Liabilities to the extent the aggregate amount of Specified Contingent Liabilities exceeds the Contingent Reserve Amount;
(vii) all liabilities and obligations to the extent arising from the Excluded Joint Ventures;
(viii) all liabilities and obligations covered, but only to the extent covered, by any insurance policy maintained by Parent, Sellers, the Purchased Entities or any of their respective Affiliates; and
(ix) all other liabilities and obligations of Parent and Sellers to the extent not relating to the Business; provided, however, that with respect to any such other liability or obligation not relating exclusively to the Business, Parent and Sellers shall only retain that portion of such liability or obligation that is not allocable to the Business on a pro rata basis.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.03, to the extent a liability is included in the calculation of Closing Date Net Tangible Asset Value (as finally determined in accordance with Section 2.05), such liability shall (in an amount equal to (and no amount in excess of) the amount included in such calculation) be deemed to be an Assumed Liability, whether or not such liability is listed as an Excluded Liability under Section 2.03(b).
ASSUMPTION OF CERTAIN DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS The Assuming Institution agrees with the Receiver and the Corporation as follows:
ASSIGNMENT AND SUB-CONTRACTING The benefit and burden of this Contract may not be assigned or sub-contracted in whole or in part by the Contractor without the prior written consent of the Department. Such consent may be given subject to any conditions which the Department considers necessary. The Department may withdraw its consent to any sub-contractor where it no longer has reasonable grounds to approve of the sub-contractor or the sub-contracting arrangement and where these grounds have been presented in writing to the Contractor.
Assignment and Transfers Except as the Committee may otherwise permit pursuant to the Plan, the rights and interests of the Participant under this Agreement may not be sold, assigned, encumbered or otherwise transferred except, in the event of the death of the Participant, by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. In the event of any attempt by the Participant to alienate, assign, pledge, hypothecate, or otherwise dispose of the Stock Units or any right hereunder, except as provided for in this Agreement, or in the event of the levy or any attachment, execution or similar process upon the rights or interests hereby conferred, the Company may terminate the Stock Units by notice to the Participant, and the Stock Units and all rights hereunder shall thereupon become null and void. The rights and protections of the Company hereunder shall extend to any successors or assigns of the Company and to the Company’s parents, subsidiaries, and affiliates. This Agreement may be assigned by the Company without the Participant’s consent.
Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Depositor Any Person (i) into which the Depositor shall be merged or consolidated, (ii) resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Depositor shall be a party or (iii) that shall succeed by purchase and assumption to all or substantially all of the business of the Depositor, which Person in any of the foregoing cases executes an agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the Depositor under this Agreement, shall be the successor to the Depositor under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any other document or any further act on the part of any of the parties to this Agreement; provided, however, that (x) the Depositor shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such merger, conversion, consolidation or succession and such agreement of assumption comply with this Section 6.3, (y) the Depositor shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee and the Indenture Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either (A) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all financing statements and continuation statements and amendments thereto have been authorized and filed that are necessary to fully preserve and protect the interest of the Trust and the Indenture Trustee, respectively, in the Receivables, and reciting the details of such filings or referring to prior Opinions of Counsel in which such details are given, or (B) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action shall be necessary to fully preserve and protect such interest and (z) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the execution of the foregoing agreement of assumption and compliance with clauses (x), (y) and (z) above shall be conditions to the consummation of the transactions referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above.
Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Seller Any Person (a) into which the Seller may be merged or consolidated, (b) which may result from any merger or consolidation to which the Seller shall be a party or (c) which may succeed to the properties and assets of the Seller substantially as a whole, which Person in any of the foregoing cases executes an agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the Seller under this Agreement, shall be the successor to the Seller hereunder without the execution or filing of any document or any further act by any of the parties to this Agreement; provided, however, that (i) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no representation or warranty made pursuant to Section 3.1(a) shall have been breached and no Servicer Termination Event, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a Servicer Termination Event shall have happened and be continuing, (ii) the Seller shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee, the Trust Collateral Agent and the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such consolidation, merger or succession and such agreement of assumption comply with this Section and that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Agreement relating to such transaction have been complied with, (iii) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to such transaction and (iv) the Seller shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee, the Trust Collateral Agent and the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, either (A) all financing statements and continuation statements and amendments thereto have been executed and filed that are necessary fully to preserve and protect the interest of the Trust Collateral Agent, the Issuer and the Trustee, respectively, in the Receivables and reciting the details of such filings or (B) no such action shall be necessary to preserve and protect such interest. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the execution of the foregoing agreement of assumption and compliance with clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above shall be conditions to the consummation of the transactions referred to in clauses (a), (b) or (c) above.
Assignment and Transfer The Member may assign or transfer in whole but not in part its limited liability company interest to a single acquiror.
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.
