Assumption of Liabilities and Obligations (a) Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, the Evergreen Parties shall not assume or become obligated to perform any debt, liability or obligation of any EZ Party or relating to any EZ Station whatsoever, including without limitation (i) any obligations or liabilities arising under any contract, lease or agreement, other than those arising under the EZ Assumable Agreements; (ii) any obligations or liabilities under the EZ Assumable Agreements relating to the period prior to the Cut-off Date; (iii) any Claims or pending or threatened Legal Actions to which any EZ Party is a party or to which any of the EZ Assets or either of the EZ Stations is subject relating to the ownership or operation of the EZ Assets or the conduct of the business of the EZ Stations prior to the Closing (other than as provided in the EZ Stations TBA); (iv) any insurance policies of the EZ Parties; (v) any obligations or liabilities arising under any financing arrangement, capitalized lease or other agreement relating to Indebtedness for Borrowed Money; (vi) any obligations or liabilities of any EZ Party under any EZ Employment Arrangement (including under any EZ Employee Plan), including any obligation to any EZ Station Employee for severance benefits, vacation time or sick leave; (vii) any liability for any Taxes attributable to the ownership or operation of the EZ Assets or the EZ Stations on or prior to the Cut-off Date; or (viii) any obligations or liabilities caused by, arising out of, or resulting from any action or omission of any EZ Party prior to the Closing. All such obligations and liabilities (the "EZ Nonassumed Liabilities") shall remain and be the obligations and liabilities solely of the EZ Parties.
Liabilities and Obligations 33 6.8 Conformity with Law; Litigation.................................33 6.9 No Violations...................................................33 6.10
Assumption of Liabilities On and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Buyer agrees to assume and become responsible for all of the Assumed Liabilities at the Closing. The Buyer will not assume or have any responsibility, however, with respect to any other obligation or Liability of the Seller not included within the definition of Assumed Liabilities.
Assumption and Retention of Liabilities; Related Assets (a) As of the Distribution Date, except as otherwise expressly provided for in this Agreement, EWS shall, or shall cause one or more members of the EWS Group to, assume or retain and EWS hereby agrees to pay, perform, fulfill and discharge, in due course in full (i) all Liabilities under all EWS Benefit Plans (provided, that as between EWS and SNI, SNI shall be responsible for certain of those Liabilities pursuant to Section 2.01(b) of this Agreement), (ii) all Liabilities with respect to the employment, retirement, service, termination of employment or termination of service of all EWS Employees, Former EWS Employees, their dependents and beneficiaries and other service providers (including any individual who is, or was, an independent contractor, temporary employee, temporary service worker, consultant, freelancer, agency employee, leased employee, on-call worker, incidental worker, or nonpayroll worker of any member of the EWS Group or in any other employment, non-employment, or retainer arrangement or relationship with any member of the EWS Group), in each case to the extent arising in connection with or as a result of employment with or the performance of services for any member of the EWS Group, and (iii) any other Liabilities expressly assumed by or retained by EWS or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates under this Agreement. For purposes of clarification and the avoidance of doubt, (x) the Liabilities assumed or retained by the EWS Group as provided for in this Section 2.01(a) are intended to be EWS Liabilities as such term is defined in the Separation Agreement, and (y) the Parties intend that such Liabilities assumed or retained by the EWS Group include the retirement benefits and health and welfare plan benefits under the EWS Benefit Plans for all EWS Employees, Former EWS Employees, their dependants, beneficiaries, alternate payees and surviving spouses.
Duties and Obligations The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and, (c) except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Loan Party or any Subsidiary that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection with any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral or the existence of the Collateral, or (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
No Assumption of Liabilities Purchaser shall not assume any of the existing liabilities, indebtedness, commitments or obligations of any nature whatsoever (whether fixed or contingent) of Seller in respect of the Property or otherwise, except those expressly assumed herein.
Non-Assumption of Liabilities Subject to the limitation on indemnification in Sections 8.6 and 8.7, Buyer does not assume and shall not be responsible for any liabilities, indebtedness or obligations of the Seller or the Business other than the Assumed Liabilities (as defined herein). Without limiting the of the foregoing sentence, the Parties hereby agree that except as expressly set forth in Section 7.2 hereof, Buyer shall not, by the execution and performance of this Agreement or otherwise, assume, become responsible for or incur any liability or obligation of any nature of either Seller or any Shareholder, whether legal or equitable, matured or contingent, known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, ordinary or extraordinary, patent or latent, whether arising out of occurrences prior to, at or after the date of this Agreement (provided such occurrences have a basis prior to the Closing Date), not otherwise disclosed to Buyer, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any liability or obligation arising out of or relating to: (a) any occurrence or circumstance (whether known or unknown) having a basis prior to the Closing Date which occurs or exists on or prior to the Closing Date and which constitutes, or which by the lapse of time or giving notice (or both) would constitute, a breach or default under any lease, contract, or other instrument or agreement (whether written or oral); (b) any injury to or death of any person or damage to or destruction of any property, whether based on negligence, breach of warranty, or any other theory having a basis prior to the Closing Date; (c) a violation by Seller or any Shareholder of any Applicable Laws or the requirements imposed by any governmental authority or of the rights of any third person, including, without limitation, any requirements relating to the reporting and payment of federal, state, local or other income, sales, use, franchise, excise or property tax liabilities of Seller; (d) the generation, collection, transportation, storage or disposal by Seller of any materials, including, without limitation, Hazardous Materials, having a basis prior to the Closing Date to or from the Real Property; (e) an agreement or arrangement in existence on the Closing Date between Seller and its employees or any labor or collective bargaining unit representing any such employees; (f) the severance pay obligation of Seller or any employee benefit plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended) or any other fringe benefit program maintained or sponsored by Seller or to which Seller contributes, or any contributions, benefits or liabilities therefor, or any liability for the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from or by reason of the termination of any such plan or program by Seller; (g) indebtedness and all other obligations and liabilities of Seller to any bank or other lender, who has extended credit to Seller for which there is an outstanding indebtedness or obligation owed by Seller to such lender on the Closing Date, except to the extent any such obligations or liability is an Assumed Liability; (h) any liability or obligation arising as a result of or out of any claim, legal or equitable action, proceeding or investigation pertaining to or relating in any way to Seller initiated at any time, having a basis prior to the Closing Date, whether or not listed on Schedule 4.1(h); (i) any liability, obligation, cost or expense related to the Excluded Assets; (j) any liability, obligation cost or expense incurred prior to the Closing Date related to the Operations Property, including, without limitation, the environmental condition thereof; (k) the liabilities or obligations of Seller for brokerage or other commissions relative to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereunder as a result of a contract for this transaction between Seller and such broker; (l) any liability or obligation of Seller for taxes of any kind, whether relating to periods before or after the Closing Date, or whether incurred by Seller in connection with this Agreement, the Business or the transactions contemplated hereby, except any taxes incurred in connection with the operation of the Business by Buyer on or after the Closing, those taxes solely attributable to Buyer and WCA and those taxes specifically prorated at Closing and undertaken by Buyer pursuant to such proration; (m) any liability or obligation to pay for any products, goods, raw materials or services delivered or provided to Seller prior to the Closing Date in respect of the Business or otherwise, except to the extent such liability or obligation is an Assumed Liability or attributable to products and services for Buyer’s benefit; (n) any liability or obligation of Seller under any guarantee or any agreement to provide indemnification to any other person or entity; (o) any liability or obligation arising from the acts or omissions of Seller or its Affiliates, representatives, agents or employees, accrued prior to the Closing Date, except to the extent that any such liability or obligation is an Assumed Obligation; and (p) all trade payables and accruals of the Seller in respect of the Business or otherwise (the items described in this Section 7.1 being referred to, collectively, as the “Retained Liabilities”). The Seller shall retain all of the Retained Liabilities. The assumption of the Assumed Liabilities by Buyer hereunder shall not in any respect enlarge any rights of third parties under contracts or arrangements with Buyer or Seller and nothing herein shall prevent any party from contesting in good faith any of the Retained Liabilities or the Assumed Liabilities, as the case may be, with any third party. Seller agrees to indemnify Buyer and its successors and assigns from and against any liabilities or obligations related to any Retained Liabilities in accordance with Section 8.1 hereof, and Buyer shall indemnify Seller and its successors and assigns from and against any liabilities or obligations of any Assumed Liabilities.
Novation of Liabilities (a) Each Party, at the request of the other Party, shall use reasonable best efforts to obtain, or to cause to be obtained, any Consent, Governmental Approval, substitution or amendment required to novate or assign to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law all obligations under Contracts and Liabilities for which a member of such Party’s Group and a member of the other 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 Other Party’s Group which Assumed or retained such Liability as set forth in this Agreement), so that, in any such case, the members of the applicable Group shall be solely responsible for such Liabilities; provided, however, that no Party shall be obligated to pay any consideration (or otherwise incur any Liability or obligation) therefor to any third party from whom any such Consent, Governmental Authority, substitution or amendment is requested (unless such Party is fully reimbursed or otherwise made whole by the requesting Party).
ASSUMPTION OF CERTAIN DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS The Assuming Institution agrees with the Receiver and the Corporation as follows:
