Assignment and Assumption of Liabilities Seller hereby assigns to Split-Off Subsidiary, and Split-Off Subsidiary hereby assumes and agrees to pay, honor and discharge all debts, adverse claims, liabilities, judgments and obligations of Seller as of the Effective Time, whether accrued, contingent or otherwise and whether known or unknown, including those arising under any law (including the common law) or any rule or regulation of any Governmental Entity or imposed by any court or any arbitrator in a binding arbitration resulting from, arising out of or relating to the assets, activities, operations, actions or omissions of Seller, or products manufactured or sold thereby or services provided thereby, or under contracts, agreements (whether written or oral), leases, commitments or undertakings thereof, but excluding in all cases the obligations of Seller under the Transaction Documentation (all of the foregoing being referred to herein as the “Assigned Liabilities”). The assignment and assumption of Seller’s assets and liabilities provided for in this Article I is referred to as the “Assignment.”
INDEMNIFICATION AND ASSIGNMENT Section 8.01 Indemnification............................................... Section 8.02 Limitation on Liability of Seller and Others.................. Section 8.03 Limitation on Resignation and Assignment by Seller............ Section 8.04
Non-Assumption of Liabilities Except as explicitly set ----------------------------- forth in Section 1.7 above, Purchasers 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 the Company, 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, 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) which occurs or exists on or prior to the Closing Date and 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 or obligation (whether written or oral); (b) 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; (c) violation of the requirements of 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 Sellers; (d) the generation, collection, transportation, storage or disposal by the Company of any materials, including, without limitation, hazardous materials; (f) any severance pay obligation of the Company, compensation owed employees of the Company for periods prior to the Closing Date, or any obligations under 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 Company or to which any of the Company contributes or any contributions, benefits or liabilities therefor or any liability for the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from or termination of any such plan or program by the Company; (g) the debts and obligations of the Company, except for the Assumed Liabilities; (h) any violation by the Company of any law, including, without limitation, any federal, state or local antitrust, racketeering or trade practice law; and (i) liabilities or obligations of the Sellers for brokerage or other commissions relative to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereunder.
Environmental Indemnification Borrower shall, at its sole cost and expense, protect, defend, indemnify, release and hold harmless the Indemnified Parties from and against any and all Losses and costs of Remediation (whether or not performed voluntarily), engineers' fees, environmental consultants' fees, and costs of investigation (including but not limited to sampling, testing, and analysis of soil, water, air, building materials and other materials and substances whether solid, liquid or gas) imposed upon or incurred by or asserted against any Indemnified Parties, and directly or indirectly arising out of or in any way relating to any one or more of the following: (a) any presence of any Hazardous Substances in, on, above, or under the Property; (b) any past, present or threatened Release of Hazardous Substances in, on, above, under or from the Property; (c) any activity by Borrower, any Person affiliated with Borrower or any tenant or other user of the Property in connection with any actual, proposed or threatened use, treatment, storage, holding, existence, disposition or other Release, generation, production, manufacturing, processing, refining, control, management, abatement, removal, handling, transfer or transportation to or from the Property of any Hazardous Substances at any tine located in, under, on or above the Property; (d) any activity by Borrower, any Person affiliated with Borrower or any tenant or other user of the Property in connection with any actual or proposed Remediation of any Hazardous Substances at any time located in, under, on or above the Property, whether or not such Remediation is voluntary or pursuant to court or administrative order, including but not limited to any removal, remedial or corrective action; (e) any past or present non-compliance or violations of any Environmental Laws (or permits issued pursuant to any Environmental Law) in connection with the Property or operations thereon, including but not limited to any failure by Borrower, any Affiliate of Borrower or any tenant or other user of the Property to comply with any order of any Governmental Authority in connection with any Environmental Laws; (f) the imposition, recording or filing of any Environmental Lien encumbering the Property; (g) any administrative processes or proceedings or judicial proceedings in any way connected with any matter addressed in Article 8 and this SECTION 9.4; (h) any past, present or threatened injury to, destruction of or loss of natural resources in any way connected with the Property, including but not limited to costs to investigate and assess such injury, destruction or loss; (i) any acts of Borrower or other users of the Property in arranging for disposal or treatment, or arranging with a transporter for transport for disposal or treatment, of Hazardous Substances owned or possessed by such Borrower or other users, at any facility or incineration vessel owned or operated by another Person and containing such or any similar Hazardous Substance; (j) any acts of Borrower or other users of the Property, in accepting any Hazardous Substances for transport to disposal or treatment facilities, incineration vessels or sites selected by Borrower or such other users, from which there is a Release, or a threatened Release of any Hazardous Substance which causes the incurrence of costs for Remediation; (k) any personal injury, wrongful death, or property damage arising under any statutory or common law or tort law theory, including but not limited to damages assessed for the maintenance of a private or public nuisance or for the conducting of an abnormally dangerous activity on or near the Property; and (1) any misrepresentation or inaccuracy in any representation or warranty or material breach or failure to perform any covenants or other obligations pursuant to Article 8. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower shall not be liable under this SECTION 9.4 for any Losses or costs of Remediation to which the Indemnified Parties may become subject to the extent such Losses or costs of Remediation arise by reason of the gross negligence, illegal acts, fraud of willful misconduct of the Indemnified Parties. This indemnity shall survive any termination, satisfaction or foreclosure of this Security Instrument, subject to the provisions of SECTION 10.5.
Transfer of Assets and Assumption of Liabilities (a) On or prior to the Effective Time, but in any case prior to the Distribution, in accordance with the Plan of Reorganization:
Assumption and Indemnification The General Partner agrees, as of the date of Closing (and, upon the execution and delivery of the Assignments by the Partnership, the General Partner shall be deemed to have agreed), (a) to assume, and to timely pay and perform, all duties, obligations and liabilities relating to the ownership and/or operation of the Properties, whether arising before, on or after the Effective Date (including, without limitation, those arising under the contracts and agreements described in Article II(c), and (b) to indemnify and hold the Partnership, its partners and its and such partners' parent and subsidiary companies and other affiliates, and its and their respective shareholders, members, owners, directors, officers, managers, employees and agents harmless from and against any and all claims, actions, liabilities, losses, damages, costs or expenses (including court costs and attorneys' fees) of any kind or character arising out of or otherwise relating to the ownership and/or operation of the Properties, whether arising before, on or after the Effective Date. In connection with (but not in limitation of) the foregoing, it is specifically understood and agreed that matters arising out of or otherwise relating to the ownership and/or operation of the Properties shall include all matters arising out of the condition of the Properties (including, without limitation, within such matters all obligations to properly plug and abandon, or replug and re-abandon, wellx xxxated on the Properties, to restore the surface, and to comply with, or to bring the Properties into compliance with, applicable environmental laws including conducting any remediation activities which may be required on, or otherwise in connection with activities on, the Properties), regardless of when the events occurred which give rise to such condition (AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE PARTNERSHIP, ITS PARTNERS AND ITS AND SUCH PARTNERS' PARENT AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES AND OTHER AFFILIATES, AND ITS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE SHAREHOLDERS, MEMBERS, OWNERS, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, MANAGERS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS, WERE WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY NEGLIGENT OR OTHERWISE AT FAULT), and the above provided for assumptions and indemnifications by the General Partner shall expressly cover and include such matters so arising out of such condition.
Assumption and Exclusion of Liabilities (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Purchaser shall assume, and agree to pay, perform and discharge as and when due and owing, only the following Liabilities (the “Assumed Liabilities”):
Indemnification of GFS The Trust shall on behalf of each applicable Fund indemnify and hold GFS harmless from and against any and all losses, damages, costs, charges, reasonable counsel fees, payments, expenses and liability arising out of or attributable to the Trust’s refusal or failure to comply with the terms of this Agreement, or which arise out of the Trust’s lack of good faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct with respect to the Trust’s performance under or in connection with this Agreement. GFS shall not be responsible for and shall be entitled to rely upon and may act upon information, records and reports generated by the Funds, advice of the Funds, or of counsel for the Funds and upon statements of the Funds’ independent accountants, and shall be without liability for any action reasonably taken or omitted pursuant to such records and reports or advice, provided that such action is not, to the knowledge of GFS, in violation of applicable federal or state laws or regulations, and provided further that such action is taken without gross negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct or reckless disregard of its duties, and the Trust shall hold GFS harmless in regard to any liability incurred by reason of the inaccuracy of such information or for any action reasonably taken or omitted in good faith reliance on such information.
Environmental Indemnity Agreement Borrower and each Guarantor will be required to execute at closing the Environmental Indemnity and to abide by their obligations thereunder.
Environmental Matters; Environmental Reviews (a) Each Restricted Person will comply in all material respects with all Environmental Laws now or hereafter applicable to such Restricted Person as well as all contractual obligations and agreements with respect to environmental remediation or other environmental matters and shall obtain, at or prior to the time required by applicable Environmental Laws, all environmental, health and safety permits, licenses and other authorizations necessary for its operations and will maintain such authorizations in full force and effect.
