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.
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.
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”):
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.
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 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.
Securities Act Liabilities Any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall not be obligated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement to indemnify Indemnitee or otherwise act in violation of any undertaking appearing in and required by the rules and regulations promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), or in any registration statement filed with the SEC under the Act. Indemnitee acknowledges that paragraph (h) of Item 512 of Regulation S-K currently generally requires the Company to undertake in connection with any registration statement filed under the Act to submit the issue of the enforceability of Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement in connection with any liability under the Act on public policy grounds to a court of appropriate jurisdiction and to be governed by any final adjudication of such issue. Indemnitee specifically agrees that any such undertaking shall supersede the provisions of this Agreement and to be bound by any such undertaking.
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.
Excluded Assets and Liabilities Notwithstanding that this ------------------------------- Agreement relates to the purchase of capital stock from Seller by Purchaser, which results in the Company retaining any and all of its assets and liabilities, it is understood and agreed that Xxxxxx shall remove from the Company's premises prior to Closing and/or, as appropriate, remove from the Company's books and records, only those particular assets set forth on Schedule 1.3 hereto (the "EXCLUDED ASSETS"). Further, Xxxxxx shall assume any and all liabilities set forth on Schedule 1.3 hereto (the "EXCLUDED LIABILITIES"). Purchaser agrees that it shall cause Xxxxxx and the Company to execute any and all such bills of sale, deeds, assignments and/or agreements as may be necessary to transfer title to the Excluded Assets to Xxxxxx and to assign and/or transfer the Excluded Liabilities to Xxxxxx. The parties hereto further agree that no other assets of the Company, whether tangible or intangible, shall have been or shall be removed from the Company's premises or from the Company's books and records except in the ordinary course of the Company's Business as provided herein from and after December 31, 1995 through the Closing Date.
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.
