Liabilities of the Company Except as stated in this Section 8, the Company shall have no liability for damages of any kind arising out of or related to events, acts, rights or privileges contemplated in this Agreement.
a. The liability of the Company for damages resulting in whole or in part from or arising in connection with the furnishing of Service under this Agreement including, but not limited to, mistakes, omissions, interruptions, delays, errors or other defects or misrepresentations shall not exceed an amount equal to the charges under this Agreement applicable to the specific call (or portion thereof) that was affected. No other liability shall attach to the Company.
b. The Company shall not be liable for any failure of performance hereunder due to causes beyond its control, including, but not limited to: (1) acts of God, fires, flood or other catastrophes; (2) any law, order, regulation, directive, action or request of the United States Government, or any other government, including state and local governments having jurisdiction over the Company, or of any department, agency, bureau, corporation or other instrumentality of any one or more of said governments, or of any civil or military authority; or (3) national emergencies, insurrections, riots, wars or other labor difficulties.
c. The Company shall not be liable for any act or omission of any other entity furnishing facilities, equipment, or services used by a Customer, with the Company's Services. In addition, the Company shall not be liable for any damages or losses due to the failure or negligence of any customer or due to the failure of customer provided equipment, facilities or services.
Indebtedness and Liabilities Incur, create, assume, become or be liable in any manner with respect to, or permit to exist, any Indebtedness or Liability, other than:
(a) Indebtedness to the Lender for Advances, or otherwise;
(b) Indebtedness and Liabilities with respect to trade obligations, accounts payable and other normal accruals incurred in the ordinary course of business, or with respect to which any of the Borrowers is contesting in good faith the amount or validity thereof by appropriate proceedings, and then only to the extent that the Borrowers have set aside on their books adequate reserves therefor;
(c) Indebtedness under those Real Property Leases listed on Schedule "3.07" annexed hereto;
(d) Indebtedness under Existing Operating Leases listed on Schedule "3.05" annexed hereto;
(e) Existing Indebtedness, but only to the extent set forth on Schedule "6.01(e)" annexed hereto;
(f) Purchase money Indebtedness or other Indebtedness incurred or assumed in connection with Investments (including the acquisition of additional assets or businesses) and Capital Expenditures made following the Agreement Date; provided, however, that: (i) the Borrowers shall, in connection with the incurrence of any and all such Indebtedness, be in compliance with the provisions of Section 6.06(c) and Section 6.09 hereof; and (ii) to the extent that the Borrowers shall elect to incur Indebtedness for money borrowed (other than purchase money Indebtedness) from any financial institution in connection with any permitted Investment contemplated by Section 6.06(c) hereof, they shall afford the Lender a right of first refusal to provide the financing therefor; provided, that the terms and conditions of any such financing which the Lender may (at their sole discretion) elect to offer shall be on terms and conditions which, in the aggregate, shall be no less favorable to the Borrowers than those offered by any other financial institution;
(g) Intercompany Investments which are represented by instruments that are promptly delivered (with all necessary endorsements thereon) to the Lender pursuant to the Security Agreement; and
(h) Subordinated Debt in such amounts and upon such terms and conditions as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Lender.
Indebtedness of Subsidiaries The Company will not at any time permit any Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to create, incur, assume, guarantee, have outstanding, or otherwise become or remain directly or indirectly liable for, any Indebtedness other than:
(a) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary outstanding on the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 5.15 and any extension, renewal or refunding thereof, provided that the principal amount outstanding at the time of such extension, renewal or refunding is not increased;
(b) Indebtedness of (a) any Subsidiary to any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, (b) the Company or any Co-Obligor to any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, (c) Lxxxxxx Finance Company B.V. to any Subsidiary (other than any Subsidiary Guarantor) in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed $50,000,000 at any time and (d) any one or more Co-Obligors to Hxxxxx CBI, Limited in the aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed $100,000,000; provided, that if either the Company or any Co-Obligor is the obligor on such Indebtedness, such Indebtedness may only be due either the Company or a Co-Obligor and shall be expressly subordinate to the payment in full in cash of the Credit Obligations on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(c) guaranties by a Subsidiary Guarantor of Indebtedness of the Company;
(d) Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement outstanding from time to time;
(e) Indebtedness under the Existing Note Purchase Agreement outstanding from time to time;
(f) Indebtedness with respect to the Hedging Arrangements pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary has hedged its reasonably estimated interest rate, foreign currency or commodity exposure, and which are non-speculative in nature;
(g) Indebtedness under the LOC Agreements and guaranties thereof by the Subsidiary Guarantors;
(i) recourse obligations resulting from endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business; (ii) Contingent Obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries identified as such on Schedule 7.11(h) to this Agreement; (iii) Contingent Obligations (x) incurred by any Subsidiary of the Company to support the performance of bids, tenders, sales, contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed money) of any other Subsidiary of the Company in the ordinary course of business, (y) incurred by any Subsidiary of the Company under the Credit Agreement, or (z) with respect to surety, appeal and performance bonds and Performance Letters of Credit obtained by the Company or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; and (iv) Contingent Obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors under the Subsidiary Guaranty; and
(i) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary not otherwise permitted by the preceding clauses (a) through (g), provided that immediately before and after giving effect to the incurrence thereof and to the application of the proceeds thereof,
(i) no Default or Event of Default exists, and
(ii) the aggregate amount of all Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this Section 7.11(h) does not exceed 20% of Consolidated Net Worth.
Company Indebtedness The Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, timely deliver all notices and take all other administrative actions required to facilitate (i) the termination of commitments, repayment in full of all outstanding loans or other obligations, release of any Liens securing such loans or obligations and guarantees in connection therewith, and replacement of or cash collateralization of any issued letters of credit in respect of the Credit Facility on or before the Closing Date and (ii) to the extent reasonably requested in writing by Parent, no later than ten (10) Business Days prior to the Closing Date with respect to any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness in respect of the Credit Facility) incurred by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries after the date hereof in compliance with Section 6.1(b)(xi) (it being understood that the Company shall promptly and in any event no later than fifteen (15) Business Days prior to the Closing Date notify Parent in writing of the amount of any such Indebtedness incurred or to be incurred and expected to be outstanding on the Closing Date), repayment in full of all obligations in respect of such Indebtedness and release of any Liens securing such Indebtedness and guarantees in connection therewith, in each case, on the Closing Date. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Company and its Subsidiaries shall use reasonable best efforts to deliver to Parent no later than one (1) Business Day prior to the Closing Date payoff letters with respect to the Company Credit Facility and, to the extent reasonably requested by Parent in writing no later than ten (10) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, any Indebtedness incurred by any of the Company and its Subsidiaries after the date hereof in compliance with Section 6.1(b)(xi) (each, a “Payoff Letter”) in form and substance customary for transactions of this type, from the persons, or the applicable agent on behalf of the persons, to which such Indebtedness is owed, which Payoff Letters together with any related release documentation shall, among other things, include the payoff amount and provide for Liens (and guarantees), if any, granted in connection therewith relating to the assets, rights and properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries securing such Indebtedness and any other obligations secured thereby, upon the payment of the amount set forth in the applicable Payoff Letter on or prior to the Closing Date, to be released and terminated. Upon at least ten (10) days’ prior written notice from the Company that the Company has determined, after reasonable consultation with Parent, that it will not at the time of the Real Estate Purchase (and without giving effect to the payment of the Real Estate Purchase Price or any other payment under this Agreement) have sufficient unencumbered and available cash, net of “cage cash”, cash on hand required by any Governmental Entity, the reasonably estimated additional amount of cash necessary to ensure the sound operation of the Company’s business consistent with past practice, and any other restricted cash, to pay in full the outstanding Indebtedness in respect of the Credit Facility, then to the extent of such shortfall Parent will extend an unsecured loan to the Company on the day of the Closing so that, together with such net unencumbered and available cash, the proceeds of such loan are sufficient to pay in full the outstanding Indebtedness in respect of the Credit Facility as may be necessary to release all Liens and obligations in respect thereof at the time of, or immediately prior to, the Real Estate Purchase, and the terms of such loan shall be reasonable for the circumstance as negotiated in good faith by Parent and the Company.
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).
Litigation and Contingent Obligations There is no litigation, arbitration, governmental investigation, proceeding or inquiry pending or, to the knowledge of any of their officers, threatened against or affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or which seeks to prevent, enjoin or delay the making of any Loans. Other than any liability incident to any litigation, arbitration or proceeding which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Borrower has no material contingent obligations not provided for or disclosed in the financial statements referred to in Section 5.4.
Ventures, Subsidiaries and Affiliates; Outstanding Stock and Indebtedness Except as set forth in Disclosure Schedule (3.8), as of the Closing Date, no Credit Party has any Subsidiaries, is engaged in any joint venture or partnership with any other Person, or is an Affiliate of any other Person. All of the issued and outstanding Stock of each Credit Party is owned by each of the Stockholders and in the amounts set forth in Disclosure Schedule (3.8). Except as set forth in Disclosure Schedule (3.8), there are no outstanding rights to purchase, options, warrants or similar rights or agreements pursuant to which any Credit Party may be required to issue, sell, repurchase or redeem any of its Stock or other equity securities or any Stock or other equity securities of its Subsidiaries. All outstanding Indebtedness and Guaranteed Indebtedness of each Credit Party as of the Closing Date (except for the Obligations) is described in Section 6.3 (including Disclosure Schedule (6.3)).
Contingent Obligations No Loan Party shall, and no Loan Party shall suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Contingent Obligations except in respect of the Finance Obligations and except:
(a) endorsements for collection or deposit in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(b) Rate Contracts entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business for bona fide hedging purposes and not for speculation with the Administrative Agent’s prior written consent;
(c) Contingent Obligations of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries existing as of the Effective Date and listed in Schedule 7.09, including extension and renewals thereof which do not increase the amount of such Contingent Obligations as of the date of such extension or renewal;
(d) Contingent Obligations incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business with respect to surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other similar obligations;
(e) Contingent Obligations arising under indemnity agreements to title insurers to cause such title insurers to issue to the Administrative Agent title insurance policies;
(f) Contingent Obligations arising with respect to customary indemnification obligations in favor of (i) sellers in connection with Acquisitions permitted hereunder and (ii) purchasers in connection with dispositions permitted under Section 7.02(b);
(g) Reserved;
(h) Contingent Obligations arising under guarantees made in the Ordinary Course of Business of obligations of any Loan Party (other than Holdings), which obligations are otherwise permitted hereunder; provided that if such obligation is subordinated to the Finance Obligations, such guarantee shall be subordinated to the same extent;
(i) unsecured Contingent Obligations of Holdings with respect to Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries (including Steinway and Sons, but only for so long as it is not a Loan Party hereunder) permitted pursuant to Section 7.05(j) or 7.05(c) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(j) other Contingent Obligations not exceeding $4,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding; and
(k) Contingent Obligations of Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiary arising under guarantees of the Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries permitted pursuant to Sections 7.05 (only to the extent that Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiary that are guarantors of such Indebtedness would be permitted to incur such Indebtedness as primary obligors pursuant to Section 7.05) and 7.04(b).
Intercompany Indebtedness The Company shall not create, incur, assume or otherwise become or remain directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness arising from loans from any Subsidiary to the Company unless (a) such Indebtedness is unsecured and (b) such Indebtedness shall be expressly subordinate to the payment in full in cash of the Obligations on terms satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
Contingent Liabilities Assume, guarantee, become liable as a surety, endorse, contingently agree to purchase, or otherwise be or become liable, directly or indirectly (including, but not limited to, by means of a maintenance agreement, an asset or stock purchase agreement, or any other agreement designed to ensure any creditor against loss), for or on account of the obligation of any person or entity, except by the endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of the Company’s business.
