Properties and Assets (a) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Royale Material Adverse Effect, the Royale Parties and their Subsidiaries own and have either good and valid title in fee or a valid leasehold interest, Right of Way or other rights to the land, mineral and other subsurface rights, buildings, structures and other improvements thereon and fixtures thereto necessary to permit it to conduct its business as currently conducted, in each case free and clear of all liens (except in all cases for Permitted Liens). Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Royale Material Effect, all leases, Rights of Way or other agreements under which any Royale Party or any of their Subsidiaries lease, access or use any real property are valid, binding and are in force and effect against the Royale Parties or any of their Subsidiaries and, to the Knowledge of each Royale Party, the counterparties thereto, in accordance with their respective terms, and neither the Royale Parties nor any of their Subsidiaries are in default under any such leases, Rights of Way or other agreements.
(b) Each Royale Party and its Subsidiaries has such Rights of Way from each person as are sufficient to conduct its business as currently conducted, except for such Rights of Way the absence of which have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Royale Material Adverse Effect. Each Royale Party and its Subsidiaries has fulfilled and performed all its obligations with respect to such Rights of Way and conducts their business in a manner that does not violate any of the Rights of Way, and no event has occurred that allows, or after notice or lapse of time would allow, revocation or termination thereof or would result in any impairment of the rights of the holder of any such Rights of Way, except for such revocations, terminations and impairments that have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Royale Material Adverse Effect. All pipelines owned or operated by the Royale Parties and their Subsidiaries are subject to Rights of Way, there are no encroachments or other encumbrances on the Rights of Way that affect the use thereof and there are no gaps (including any gap arising as a result of any breach by a Royale Party or any of their Subsidiaries of the terms of any Rights of Way) in the Rights of Way other than gaps that would not have and would not reasonably be expected to have a Royale Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Royale Material Adverse Effect, the Royale Parties and their Subsidiaries, as applicable, have defensible title to all of the Royale Interests forming the basis for the reserves reflected in the Royale Financial Statements except for such Royale Interests sold, used, farmed out or otherwise disposed of since December 31, 2015, in the ordinary course of business, free and clear of all liens and Production Burdens other than Production Burdens not yet earned, due or payable and Permitted Liens (other than Production Burdens). Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Royale Material Adverse Effect or as set forth on Section 5.10(c) of the Royale Disclosure Schedules, (i) none of the proceeds from the sale of Hydrocarbons produced from the Royale Interests in any producing well are being held in suspense for any reason, and (ii) there are no calls on production or preferential rights to purchase Hydrocarbons and the Royale Parties nor any of their Subsidiaries are not obligated to deliver Hydrocarbons or proceeds from the sale thereof at a future point in time without receiving payment therefor at or after the time of delivery (other than gas balancing arrangements), except for the rights of any lessor to take free gas under the terms of any applicable lease for its use on the lands covered by such lease. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Royale Material Adverse Effect, the Royale Parties and each applicable Subsidiary (A) are in compliance with all valuation agreements, and settlement agreements with respect to Production Burdens, and (B) have paid or will cause to be paid when due all Production Burdens with respect to the Royale Interests and each other royalty, Tax or similar payment, except for such amounts that are being held in suspense as permitted pursuant to applicable Law or the terms of the applicable Contract or as reserved against in the Royale Financial Statements.
(d) All of the xxxxx owned, leased, operated or used by the Royale Parties and their Subsidiaries and all water, carbon dioxide or injection xxxxx located on any property owned, leased, operated or used by the Royale Parties and their Subsidiaries or otherwise associated with the Royale Interests have been drilled, completed and operated within the limits permitted by the applicable Contract granting such rights and applicable Law, and all drilling and completion (and plugging and abandonment) of such xxxxx and all related development, production and other operations have been conducted in compliance with all applicable Laws except, in each case, as would not reasonably be expected to have a Royale Material Adverse Effect. No well owned, leased, operated or used by any Royale Party or any of their Subsidiaries are subject to material penalties on allowables because of overproduction or violation of any applicable Law.
(e) All Royale Interests operated by the Royale Parties and their Subsidiaries have been operated in accordance with reasonable, prudent field practices and in compliance with the applicable Contracts, except where the failure to so operate would not reasonably be expected to have a Royale Material Adverse Effect. None of the Interests of the Royale Parties or their Subsidiaries is subject to any preferential purchase, consent or similar right that would become operative as a result of the Transactions, except for any such preferential purchase, consent or similar rights that would not reasonably be expected to have a Royale Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth on Section 5.10(e) of Royale Disclosure Schedules, none of the Royale Interests are subject to any Tax partnership agreement or provisions requiring a partnership income Tax Return.
(f) There are no material inaccuracies in the report of Netherland, Xxxxxx & Associates, Inc. as of December 31, 2015, and dated February 1, 2016.
(g) Except as set forth on Section 5.10(g) of the Royale Disclosure Schedules, no Royale Party is engaged in any oil, natural gas or other futures or option trading in respect of which it has any material future liability, nor is any Royale Party a party to any price swaps, xxxxxx, futures or similar instruments. Section 5.10(g) of the Royale Disclosure Schedules sets forth obligations of each Royale Party for the delivery of Hydrocarbons attributable to any of the Royale Interests in the future on account of prepayment, advance payment, take-or-pay or similar obligations without then or thereafter being entitled to receive full value therefor. Except as set forth on Section 5.10(g) of the Royale Disclosure Schedules, as of the date hereof, no Royale Party is bound by futures, hedge, swap, collar, put, call, floor, cap, option or other Contracts that are intended to benefit from, relate to or reduce or eliminate the risk of fluctuations in the price of commodities, including Hydrocarbons, or securities.
(h) Except as provided in Section 5.10(h) of the Royale Disclosure Schedules, there are no mandatory drilling or completion obligations and there are no pending or, to the Knowledge of each Royale Party, expected proposals or elections for drilling, completing, recompleting, reworking, facilities or similar activities that would require such commitment on behalf of the Royale Parties or any of their Subsidiaries within one year of the Royale Merger Effective Time in any of the Royale Interests or any of the contracts governing any of the Royale Interests.
(i) Except as set forth on Section 5.10(i) of the Royale Disclosure Schedules, none of the Contracts in respect of gathering, processing, storage or transportation of the production of Hydrocarbons from the Royale Interests contain any minimum volume or throughput provisions or require the Royale Parties or any of their Subsidiaries to pay for services regardless of whether the Royale Parties or any of their Subsidiaries deliver such production for use of the services provided for under any such Contract.
(j) Except as set forth in Section 5.10(j) of the Royale Disclosure Schedules, none of the Contracts relating to the Royale Interests (including all oil, gas and mineral leases and similar Contracts) contain any provision (i) requiring the lessee to pay royalties on xxxxxx, (ii) causing the oil, gas or mineral lease or contract to terminate without advance notice and the opportunity to cure resulting in a loss, in whole or in part, of any of the Royale Interests for lessee’s failure to pay royalties or for lessee’s breach of any covenant thereunder, (iii) requiring lessor’s consent to the consummation of the transactions of the type contemplated under this Agreement, or (iv) is expected to result in a mandatory payment or expenditure not otherwise disclosed in Section 5.10(i) of the Royale Disclosure Schedules.
Liabilities and Obligations 33 6.8 Conformity with Law; Litigation.................................33 6.9 No Violations...................................................33 6.10
Liabilities and Warranties While the Custodian will take reasonable precautions to ensure that information provided is accurate, the Custodian shall have no liability with respect to information provided to it by third parties. Due to the nature and source of information, and the necessity of relying on various information sources, most of which are external to the Custodian, the Custodian shall have no liability for direct or indirect use of such information.
LIABILITIES AND INDEMNITY 5.1 In the event of any claim or proceeding in respect of personal injury made or brought against the Trust by a Clinical Trial Subject, the Sponsor shall indemnify the Trust, its servants, Agents and employees in accordance with the terms of the indemnity set out at Appendix 4 hereto.
5.2 Nothing in this clause 5 shall operate so as to restrict or exclude the liability of any Party in relation to death or personal injury caused by the negligence of that Party or its servants, Agents or employees or to restrict or exclude any other liability of any Party which cannot be so restricted or excluded in law. The CRO expressly disclaims any liability in connection with the Investigational Medicinal Product caused by or allegedly caused by the use or misuse of the Investigational Medicinal Product other than liability for death, personal injury or loss of or damage to property which liability is the result of negligence on the part of the CRO.
5.3 In no circumstances shall any Party be liable to another Party in contract, tort (including negligence or breach of statutory duty) or otherwise howsoever arising or whatever the cause thereof, for any loss of profit, business, reputation, contracts, revenues or anticipated savings for any special, indirect or consequential damage of any nature, which arises directly or indirectly from any default on the part of any other Party.
5.4 Subject to clauses 5.2 and 5.5, the Trust's liability to the Sponsor and CRO arising out of or in connection with any breach of this Agreement or any act or omission of the Trust in connection with the performance of the Clinical Trial shall in no event exceed in total the amount of fees payable by the Sponsor or CRO to the Trust under this Agreement. In the case of equipment loaned to the Trust for the purposes of the Clinical Trial, the Trust’s liability arising from its negligence shall exclude fair wear and tear and shall not exceed the value of the equipment.
5.5 In respect of any wilful and/or deliberate breach by the Trust, or any breach of clauses 6, 8 and/or 9, the Trust’s liability to the Sponsor and CRO arising out of or in connection with the breach shall not exceed in total twice the value of the contract.
5.6 The Sponsor will take out appropriate insurance cover or will provide an indemnity satisfactory to the Trust in respect of its potential liability under clause 5.1 above and such cover shall be for a minimum of £[…insert amount…] in respect of any one occurrence or series of occurrences arising from one event. The Sponsor shall produce to the Trust, on request, copies of insurance certificates, together with evidence that the policies to which they refer remain in full force and effect, or other evidence concerning the indemnity. The terms of any insurance or the amount of cover shall not relieve the Sponsor of any liabilities under this Agreement.
Liabilities and Indemnities The Sponsor shall indemnify the Participating Site and its Agents, against any reasonable claims, proceedings and related costs, expenses, losses, damages and demands to the extent they arise or result from the negligent acts or omissions of, or the wilful misconduct of the Sponsor, and/or contracted third party, in its performance of this Agreement or in connection with the Non-Interventional Study. The CRO shall indemnify the Participating Site and its Agents, against any reasonable claims, proceedings and related costs, expenses, losses, damages and demands to the extent they arise or result from the negligent acts or omissions of, or the wilful misconduct of the CRO, and/or contracted third party, in its performance of this Agreement or in connection with the Non-Interventional Study. The Sponsor and the CRO shall maintain all proper insurance arrangements to cover liabilities arising from their conduct in the Non-Interventional Study, in respect of any claims brought by or on behalf of a Non-Interventional Study Subject. The Sponsor and the CRO shall provide the Participating Site such evidence of their insurance maintained pursuant to clauses 5.1 and 5.2 as the Participating Site shall from time to time reasonably request. In no circumstances shall any Party be liable to another Party in contract, tort or delict (if the Participating Organisation is constituted in Scotland) (including negligence or breach of statutory duty) or otherwise howsoever arising or whatever the cause thereof, for any loss of profit, business, reputation, contracts, revenues or anticipated savings or for any special, indirect or consequential damage of any nature, which arises directly or indirectly from any default on the part of any other Party. Subject to Clauses 5.6 and 5.7 the Participating Organisation’s liability to the Sponsor and CRO arising out of or in connection with any breach of this Agreement or any act or omission of the Participating Organisation in connection with the performance of the Non-Interventional Study shall in no event exceed the amount of fees payable by the Sponsor or CRO to the Participating Organisation under this Agreement. [DELETE IF NOT APPLICABLE] In the case of equipment loaned to the Participating Organisation for the purposes of the Non-Interventional Study, the Participating Organisation’s liability for loss or damage to this equipment arising from its negligence shall exclude fair wear and tear and shall not exceed the value of the equipment. In respect of any wilful and/or deliberate breach by the Participating Organisation, or any breach of Clauses 6, 8, 10 or 11 the Participating Organisation’s liability to the Sponsor and CRO arising out of or in connection with the breach shall not exceed two times the value of the Agreement. Nothing in this Clause 5 shall operate so as to restrict or exclude the liability of any Party in relation to death or personal injury caused by the negligence or wilful misconduct of that Party or its Agents or employees, or to restrict or exclude any other liability of any Party that cannot be so restricted or excluded in law. Nothing in this Agreement will operate to limit or exclude any liability for fraud.
LIABILITIES OF THE PARTIES 11.1. The Parties acknowledge that the Seller has a legitimate interest in ensuring prompt payment under the Contract. Should the Buyer breach the terms of payment stipulated in Clause 6 of the Contract and corresponding additional agreements, the Buyer shall pay to the Seller liquidated damages of 0.05% of the amount outstanding per full calendar day of the payment delay. Should the Buyer fail to make 100% payment of Goods cost within 2 days of the time stipulated for payment, the Seller has the right, at its sole discretion, to terminate the Contract by written notice to the Buyer and without further liability upon the Seller. Should the Buyer breach the terms of signing of additional agreements both on provisional price and on final one, and the terms of fulfillment of final settlement, indicated in cl.8.3, the Seller reserves the right at its sole discretion, not to nominate the future Goods lots with further postponement of the delivery or decrease of the whole amount under the current Contract and / or to terminate the Contract without further liability upon the Seller. The Seller and the Buyer are relieved from any responsibility for the partial or complete default of their obligations under the Supply Сontract, if they prove by the documents that proper fulfillment of their obligations became impossible due to shut-down, unscheduled repairs of JSC Naftan OR facilities or due to force-majeure occurrence. The Parties shall bear no responsibility for the failure to properly fulfil their obligations under the Contract by virtue of provisions of law or other laws and regulations (other documents binding for the Seller / consignor) currently in force that prevent the Contract fulfilment, adopted by the respective state authorities or organizations and Belarusian State Concern of Oil and Chemistry (Belneftekhim concern) in particular, in case they were adopted (published) after the Contract signing and directly affect its fulfillment.
11.2. The Parties acknowledge that the Seller has a legitimate interest in ensuring prompt and full loading of the stipulated quantity of Goods and that any failure of the Buyer to load the full quantity of Goods at the time specified in the Contract could cause the Seller significant loss and inconvenience. In particular, the Buyer understands that any such failure may cause the Seller to incur costs including, but not limited to, terminal storage charges, railway demurrage and / or infrastructure charges, and / or vessel demurrage in respect of other vessels. Accordingly, should the Buyer fail to load the full quantity of Goods at the time specified in the Contract:
11.2.1. the final price (Pr(F)) of the Goods shall be increased by 0,05% of the Contract value of the unlifted goods, per full calendar day of delay in lifting; and
11.2.2. the Seller shall have the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel the delivery of the unlifted Goods and / or to terminate the Contract without further liability upon the Seller.
11.2.3. Сompensates to the Seller losses suffered, including, but not limited to the following: charges of the Seller for storage of the Goods in the tanks of the terminal and in tanks of park of Ministry of Railways, charges of the Seller for using an infrastructure of the railways, other connected with this charges including demurrage claims of other vessels.
11.3. The Buyer shall exercise reasonable efforts to ensure that:
11.3.1. for vessels carrying persistent oil products as cargo, the vessel carries on board a certificate of insurance as described in the Civil Liability Convention for Oil Pollution Damage; and
11.3.2. the vessel has in place insurance cover for oil pollution no less in scope and amounts than available under the Rules of P&I Clubs entered into the International Group of P&I Clubs.
11.3.3. the vessel shall comply with the requirements of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code and the relevant amendments to chapter XI of SOLAS (ISPS Code).
11.4. The Seller shall procure that the loading port/terminal/installation shall comply with the requirements of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code and the relevant amendments to Chapter XI of SOLAS (ISPS Code).
Liabilities Assumed On the Closing Date, CNCO will assume and agree to pay, perform and discharge as and when due the liabilities and obligations, whether fixed, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, (the "Assumed Liabilities") relating to the Business as the same exist on the Closing Date which are specified below (provided, that in no event shall the Assumed Liabilities include any Retained Liabilities, and CNCO shall assume no other liabilities whatsoever of the Associated Subsidiaries or their Affiliates):
(i) all accounts payable and trade obligations to the extent relating to the Business, including those which are owed to the Associated Subsidiaries or their Affiliates which were incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(ii) all prepaid subscription and advertising obligations to the extent relating to the Business;
(iii) all liabilities and obligations arising from commitments (in the form of issued purchase orders or otherwise) to purchase or acquire inventory, supplies or services to the extent relating to the Business and reflected on a balance sheet of the Business as of the Closing Date as accounts payable or accrued expenses;
(iv) all liabilities and obligations under existing licenses, permits, authorizations, leases or contracts which are to be assigned to CNCO hereunder other than liabilities or obligations for breaches or defaults that occurred prior to the Closing;
(v) all liabilities or obligations for accrued but unpaid vacation pay, sick pay and holiday pay for Employees (as defined in Section 10.1) to the extent such pay is reflected in the Net Liabilities (as defined in Section 1.3(f)) of the Business as of the Effective Date; and
(vi) [Reserved]
(vii) all liabilities, other than Retained Liabilities (including Tax (as defined in Section 3.14) liabilities), which are reflected in the balance sheet included in the Financial Statements dated as of September 30, 1997 provided pursuant to Section 3.6 (except to the extent discharged prior to the Closing Date) or incurred by the Business since the date of such balance sheet not in breach of any representation or covenant in this Agreement and in the ordinary course of business which are of the type that would be reflected in a balance sheet prepared in conformity with GAAP and consistent with the Financial Statements.
Liabilities If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 hereof, and provided further that Sections 1, 6, 7 and 8 shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect.
Title to Properties and Assets Each Group Company has good and marketable title to all respective properties and assets, in each case such property and assets are subject to no Liens. With respect to the property and assets it leases, each Group Company is in compliance with such leases and holds valid leasehold interests in such assets free of any Liens.
LIABILITIES AND INDEMNIFICATION SMC shall be liable for any actual losses, claims, damages or expenses (including any reasonable counsel fees and expenses) resulting from SMC's bad faith, willful misfeasance, reckless disregard of its obligations and duties, negligence or failure to properly perform any of its responsibilities or duties under this agreement. SMC shall not be liable and shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Fund, for any claim, demand or action brought against it arising out of, or in connection with:
A. Bad faith, willful misfeasance, reckless disregard of its duties or negligence of the Board of Directors of the Fund, or SMC's acting upon any instructions properly executed and authorized by the Board of Directors of the Fund;
B. SMC acting in reliance upon advice given by independent counsel retained by the Board of Directors of the Fund. In the event that SMC requests the Fund to indemnify or hold it harmless hereunder, SMC shall use its best efforts to inform the Fund of the relevant facts concerning the matter in question. SMC shall use reasonable care to identify and promptly notify the Fund concerning any matter which presents, or appears likely to present, a claim for indemnification against the Fund. The Fund shall have the election of defending SMC against any claim which may be the subject of indemnification hereunder. In the event the Fund so elects, it will so notify SMC and thereupon the Fund shall take over defenses of the claim, and (if so requested by the Fund, SMC shall incur no further legal or other claims related thereto for which it would be entitled to indemnity hereunder provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall prevent SMC from retaining, at its own expense, counsel to defend any claim. Except with the Fund's prior consent, SMC shall in no event confess any claim or make any compromise in any matter in which the Fund will be asked to indemnify or hold SMC harmless hereunder. PUNITIVE DAMAGES. SMC shall not be liable to the Fund, or any third party, for punitive, exemplary, indirect, special or consequential damages (even if SMC has been advised of the possibility of such damages) arising from its obligations and the services provided under this agreement, including but not limited to loss of profits, loss of use of the shareholder accounting system, cost of capital and expenses of substitute facilities, programs or services. FORCE MAJEURE. Anything in this agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, SMC shall not be liable for delays or errors occurring by reason of circumstances beyond its control, including but not limited to acts of civil or military authority, national emergencies, work stoppages, fire, flood, catastrophe, earthquake, acts of God, insurrection, war, riot, failure of communication or interruption.