Retained Obligations Provided that the Closing occurs, Seller shall retain (a) all obligations and liabilities of Seller for the payment or improper payment of royalties, rentals and other similar payments under the Leases relating to the Subject Interests to the extent attributable to periods prior to the Effective Time; (b) all obligations of Seller under the Contracts for (i) overhead charges related to periods prior to the Effective Time, (ii) costs and expenses incurred prior to the Effective Time for goods and services provided prior to the Effective Time and (iii) other payment obligations that accrue and become due prior to the Effective Time; (c) all liability of Seller to Third Parties for personal injury or death to the extent occurring prior to the Effective Time as a result of the operation of the Assets; (d)(i) any and all income Taxes, franchise Taxes and similar Taxes imposed by any applicable law on Seller or any of its affiliates, or any combined, unitary, or consolidated group of which any of the foregoing is or was a member, (ii) Asset Taxes allocable to Seller pursuant to Section 9.02 taking into account, and without duplication of, such Asset Taxes effectively borne by Seller pursuant to Section 10.02(b)(iii) or Section 12.02, (iii) any Taxes imposed on or with respect to the ownership or operation of the Excluded Assets, and (iv) and any all other Taxes imposed on or with respect to the ownership or operation of the Assets for any tax period (or portion thereof) ending before the Effective Time; (e) all litigation existing as of the Closing Date, to the extent it relates to the period of time prior to the Effective Time; (f) any offsite disposal of hazardous materials by Seller from the Subject Interests to offsite locations occurring prior to the Effective Time; (g) Seller’s employment relationship with its employees and Seller’s employee benefit plans; (h) all liability of Seller under any credit facilities; (i) all liability of Seller under any hedging, swap, put, call, collar, future, derivative or similar arrangement; and (j) the Excluded Assets (collectively, the “Retained Obligations”, and the items specified in (c), (d), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j) and (k) herein, the “Specified Retained Obligations”).
Assumed Obligations At the Closing, Buyer shall assume, and shall agree to satisfy and discharge as the same shall become due, the Seller’s obligations and liabilities first arising subsequent to the Closing (excluding any obligations or liabilities that relate to the period preceding the Closing, including, without limitation, obligations or liabilities arising or accruing with respect to any default or breach by the Seller prior to the Closing) under such of the Contracts as are set forth on Schedule 2.2.2 (collectively, the “Assumed Obligations”). Except for the Assumed Obligations, Buyer shall not assume or be responsible at any time for any liability, obligation, Indebtedness or commitment of the Seller, the Owner or the Owner Member, whether absolute or contingent, accrued or unaccrued, asserted or unasserted, or otherwise (such liabilities, obligations, Indebtedness and commitments, other than the Assumed Obligations, collectively, the “Excluded Liabilities”), including but not limited to any liabilities, obligations, debts or commitments of the Seller, the Owner or the Owner Member incident to, arising out of or incurred with respect to, this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby or the Other Acquisition (including any and all sales or use, income or other Taxes arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby). The Seller, the Owner and the Owner Member expressly acknowledge and agree that, except for the Assumed Obligations, the Seller, the Owner and the Owner Member shall retain, as applicable, and Buyer shall not assume or otherwise be obligated to pay, perform, defend or discharge, (i) any liability of the Seller and/or the Owner for Taxes, including without limitation, (A) any and all liabilities for Taxes relating to the Purchased Assets or the Assumed Obligations with respect to all periods prior to and including the Closing Date (including any Taxes that are the liability of the Seller pursuant to Section 5.4), (B) any and all liabilities for Taxes of the Seller and/or the Owner for any period, and (C) any and all Tax liabilities that are incurred or become payable as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including but not limited to any transfer, documentary, sales, use, and other Taxes assessed upon or with respect to the transfer of the Purchased Assets to Buyer, and any recording or filing fees with respect thereto) (collectively, “Seller Taxes”), (ii) any liability of the Seller and/or the Owner in connection with any employee benefits, (iii) any liability of the Seller and/or the Owner under any federal, state or local law, rule, regulation, ordinance, program, permit, or other legal requirement relating to health, safety, hazardous substances and environmental matters applicable to the Business and/or the facilities used by the Seller (whether or not owned by the Seller), (iv) any liability pertaining to services provided by the Seller prior to the Closing Date, or insurance related matters, (v) any liabilities and obligations of the Seller with respect to the Excluded Assets, (vi) any liabilities arising under or in connection with an Employee Plan, or (vii) any other liabilities arising prior to the Closing Date (including, without limitation, the Seller Note Payable), regardless of whether such liabilities are disclosed on the Schedules to this Agreement. The Seller and the Owner further agree to satisfy and discharge, as the same shall become due, all Excluded Liabilities. Buyer’s assumption of the Assumed Obligations shall in no way expand the rights or remedies of third parties against Buyer as compared to the rights and remedies which such parties would have had against the Seller or the Owner had this Agreement not been consummated.
Retained Liabilities The Sellers shall retain liability to third parties for the following (the “Retained Liabilities”):
(a) liabilities arising from disposal off-site of the Facilities before the Closing Date of Hazardous Materials originating from the Facilities or the JWWTP (including without limitation with respect to the Star Lake Canal site, EPA ID TX0001414341) (the “Seller Off Site Disposal Liability”);
(b) fines and penalties imposed by Governmental Entities for violations before the Closing Date of Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits (the “Seller Environmental Fines and Penalties Liability”);
(c) liabilities, known or unknown, to the extent arising from the exposure before the Closing Date of any employee, former employee, Independent Contractor or former independent contractor of either Seller or other Person to Hazardous Materials from, at or on the Site or the other Assets (the “Seller Exposure Liability”);
(d) liabilities, known or unknown, to the extent arising from the MTBE that was manufactured, sold, processed, used or stored by the Sellers in conducting the Business before the Closing Date, excluding the Product Inventory comprised of MTBE conveyed to the Purchaser at the Closing (the “Seller MTBE Liability”);
(e) any obligation under (i) each Assumed Contract, related to the rights under each Assumed Contract assigned to the Purchaser under the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, (ii) each License of either Seller included in the Assets, and (iii) each JWWTP Agreement, related to the rights under each JWWTP Agreement assigned to the Purchaser under the Assignment (JWWTP Agreements); in each case clause (i), (ii) or (iii), required to be performed before the Closing Date; and any indebtedness of either Seller in respect of the Assets, to the extent not taken into account in the determination of Final Net Working Capital;
(f) physical or bodily injuries to, or damage to the property of, third parties that occurred before the Closing Date to the extent caused by the physical condition of the Assets;
(g) liabilities (including accounts payable) owed by either Seller to the other Seller or any Affiliate of the Sellers on or before the Closing Date in respect of the Business, the Facilities or any other Assets;
(h) liabilities for (i) Taxes of either Seller not related to or associated with the Business, the Facilities or the other Assets, (ii) Taxes related to or associated with the Business, the Facilities or the other Assets or the Assumed Liabilities for taxable periods (or portions thereof) ending on or before the Closing Date and (iii) payments under any Tax allocation, sharing or similar agreement (whether oral or written);
(i) liabilities for any indebtedness of either Seller or any Affiliate of either Seller with respect to borrowed money, including any interest or penalties accrued thereon;
(j) liabilities associated with, related to or arising from any Excluded Asset, excluding, in the case of an Excluded Asset that is the subject of, or owned or operated after the Closing Date pursuant to the terms of, a Commercial Agreement, the Purchaser’s liabilities and obligations with respect to such asset thereunder for matters attributable to operations and transactions during the period after the Closing, it being understood that the respective rights, obligations and liabilities of the Purchaser and the Seller party thereto with respect to such matters will be governed solely by the relevant Commercial Agreement;
(k) liabilities arising in connection with any Seller Benefit Plan or ERISA Affiliate Plan;
(l) liabilities under any of the CBAs or any other collective bargaining agreement or other labor arrangement, including any grievances, to the extent arising from any act or omission of either Seller or any Affiliate of either Seller before the Closing;
(m) liabilities set forth on Schedule 2.5(m), 4.10, or 4.11, in each case to the extent attributable to periods of time before the Closing Date; and
(n) all other liabilities (other than those the subject matter of clauses (a) through (m) above or that are the subject of the Sellers’ representations and warranties in Article IV and the Sellers’ covenants in Article VI), known or unknown, to the extent arising under current or prior applicable Law (except that, with respect to those liabilities arising under applicable common law, such liabilities shall be included without regard to whether there has been a change in the common law after the Closing) from the ownership, operation or use of the Business, the Facilities and the Assets, in each case, before the Closing Date, excluding, in the case of an Excluded Asset that is the subject of, or owned or operated after the Closing Date pursuant to the terms of, a Commercial Agreement, the Purchaser’s liabilities and obligations with respect to such asset thereunder for matters attributable to operations and transactions during the period after the Closing, it being understood that the respective rights, obligations and liabilities of the Purchaser and the Seller party thereto with respect to such matters will be governed solely by the relevant Commercial Agreement.
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Excluded Liabilities Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Purchaser shall not assume any duties, obligations or liabilities of Seller of any kind, whether known, unknown, contingent or otherwise, other than the Transferred Liabilities, including any duty, obligation or liability:
(1) not directly relating to the Transferred Assets;
(2) attributable to any acts or omissions to act taken or omitted to be taken by or on behalf of Seller (or any of its Affiliates) prior to the Effective Time in violation of any applicable laws, contracts or legal or fiduciary duties;
(3) attributable to any actions, causes of action, claims, suits or proceedings or violations of law or regulation attributable to any acts or omissions to act taken or omitted to be taken by Seller (or any of its affiliates or direct or indirect Subsidiaries);
(4) for (i) Taxes relating to the Transferred Assets or the Transferred Liabilities for taxable periods (or portions thereof) ending on or prior to the Closing Date and (ii) Taxes for which Seller is liable pursuant to Section 2.1(h);
(5) except as expressly set forth in Section 8.13, relating to the Employees in any respect, including the employment or termination of employment of any Employee, in the case of each Branch Employee relating to any period prior to the time such Branch Employee become employed by Purchaser as contemplated hereby, and relating to the Benefit Plans, ERISA, COBRA or the WARN Act in any respect, whether arising before or after the Effective Time (for avoidance of doubt, Excluded Liabilities include any duty, obligation or liability arising under the Seller Employment Agreements, the Parent Equity Incentive Plans, any contract listed on Schedule 6.8(b)(ii) or any plan listed on Schedule 6.8(b)(iii));
(6) arising from circumstances, events or conditions prior to the Effective Time and not expressly assumed hereunder; and
(7) all amounts due and payable to any Affiliate (collectively, the “Excluded Liabilities”). For avoidance of doubt, Excluded Liabilities shall include the Perryville Loan Liabilities, and Purchaser shall not be a successor to Seller with respect to any Perryville Loan Liabilities. This Section 2.1(f) is not intended to enlarge the rights of any third parties relating to the Excluded Liabilities. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prevent either party hereto from contesting matters relating to the Excluded Liabilities with any third party.
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.
Costs, Expenses, Liabilities and Obligations The Developer shall be responsible for all costs, expenses, liabilities and obligations imposed under or incurred in order to satisfy the terms of this Agreement and all Federal, Provincial and Municipal laws, by-laws, regulations and codes applicable to the Lands.
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 Seller 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, Seller shall assume any and all liabilities set forth on Schedule 1.3 hereto (the "EXCLUDED LIABILITIES"). Purchaser agrees that it shall cause Penta-Gen and the Company to execute any and all such bills of sale, assignments and/or agreements as may be necessary to transfer title to the Excluded Assets to Seller and to assign and/or transfer the Excluded Liabilities to Seller. The parties hereto further agree that no other assets of the Company, whether tangible or intangible, 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.
Indemnity Obligations (a) Parent shall indemnify and hold harmless SpinCo from and against, and will reimburse SpinCo for, (i) all liability for Taxes allocated to Parent pursuant to Article II, (ii) all Tax Related Costs and Expenses allocated to Parent pursuant to Section 6.7, (iii) all Taxes, Tax Related Costs and Expenses and Tax Related Losses (without duplication) to the extent arising out of, based upon, or relating or attributable to any breach of or inaccuracy in, or failure to perform, as applicable, any representation, covenant or obligation of any member of the Parent Group pursuant to this Agreement and (iv) the amount of any Refund received by any member of the Parent Group that is allocated to SpinCo pursuant to Section 2.5(a).
(b) Without regard to whether a Post-Distribution Ruling or an Unqualified Tax Opinion may have been provided or whether any action is permitted or consented to hereunder and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, SpinCo shall indemnify and hold harmless Parent from and against, and will reimburse Parent for, (i) all liability for Taxes allocated to SpinCo pursuant to Article II, (ii) all Tax Related Costs and Expenses allocated to SpinCo pursuant to Section 6.7, (iii) all liability for Taxes, Tax Related Costs and Expenses and Tax Related Losses (without duplication) arising out of, based upon, or relating or attributable to any breach of or inaccuracy in, or failure to perform, as applicable, any representation, covenant or obligation of any member of the SpinCo Group pursuant to this Agreement, (iv) the amount of any Refund received by any member of the SpinCo Group that is allocated to Parent pursuant to Section 2.5(a) and (v) any Distribution Taxes and Tax Related Losses attributable to a Prohibited Act, or otherwise attributable to a SpinCo Disqualifying Action (regardless of whether the conditions set forth in Section 4.2(c) are satisfied). To the extent that any Tax, Tax Related Costs and Expenses or Tax Related Loss is subject to indemnity pursuant to both Section 5.1(a) and Section 5.1(b), responsibility for such Tax, Tax Related Costs and Expenses or Tax Related Loss shall be shared by Parent and SpinCo according to relative fault as determined by Parent in its sole and absolute discretion. The amount of any liability for Taxes which are indemnifiable pursuant to this Section 5.1(b)(iii) and (v) shall be determined, in Parent’s sole and absolute discretion, without regard to any Tax Attributes of the Parent Group or the Parent Business.
Assumption of Liabilities and Obligations (a) At the Closing, ATS shall assume and agree to pay, discharge and perform the following obligations and liabilities of BEA (collectively, the "BEA Assumed Obligations"): (i) all of the obligations and liabilities of BEA under the BEA Assumable Agreements, and (ii) all obligations and liabilities of BEA with respect to the ownership and operation of the BEA Assets and the conduct of the BEA Business, on and after the Closing Date; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, ATS shall not assume and agree to pay, and shall not be obligated with respect to, the BEA Nonassumed Obligations.
(b) ATS shall not assume or become obligated to perform any debt, liability or obligation of BEA relating to any of the following matters (collectively, the "BEA Nonassumed Obligations"):
(i) the ownership or operation of the BEA Assets or the conduct of the BEA Business prior to the Closing Date, including without limitation Taxes, unfunded pension costs, any Employment Arrangement of BEA (including without limitation any obligation to any BEA Employee for severance benefits, vacation time or sick leave), and any of the following to the extent same arise from Events occurring prior to or existing on the Closing Date: products liability, Legal Actions or other Claims, and obligations and liabilities relating to Environmental Law;
(ii) any obligations or liabilities under the BEA Assumable Agreements relating to the period prior to the Closing;
(iii) any insurance policies of BEA;
(iv) those required to be disclosed in the BEA Disclosure Schedule which are not so disclosed or which, if disclosed, Section 2.2(b)(iv) of the BEA Disclosure Schedule indicates that such obligation or liability will not be assumed;
(v) any liability or obligation from or relating to breach of any warranty or any misrepresentation by BEA under this Agreement or any Collateral Document;
(vi) any liability or obligation from or relating to breach or violation of, or failure to perform, any of BEA's obligations, covenants, agreements or undertakings set forth in this Agreement or any Collateral Document, including without limitation Article 5 of this Agreement;
(vii) any obligation or liability relating to any asset of BEA not included in the BEA Assets.
(viii) any obligation or liability with respect to capitalized lease obligations or Indebtedness for Money Borrowed;
(ix) any Taxes, fees, expenses or other amounts required to be paid by BEA pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement or any Collateral Document; and
(x) any Contract with any Affiliate of BEA, other than those, if any, set forth in Section 2(b)(x) of the BEA Disclosure Schedule. All BEA Nonassumed Obligations shall remain and be the obligations and liabilities solely of BEA.
(c) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, except as set forth in Section 2.2(c) of the BEA Disclosure Schedule, all items of income and expense (including without limitation with respect to rent, utility charges, Pro Ratable Taxes and wages, salaries and accrued but unused vacation of BEA employees) arising from the ownership or operation of the BEA Assets or the conduct of the BEA Business shall be prorated as of 12:01 a.m., Eastern time, on the Closing Date, with BEA entitled to and responsible for any such items on or prior to the Closing Date and ATS entitled to and responsible for any such items relating to any subsequent period. For these purposes, Pro Ratable Taxes attributable to a period that begins before and ends after the Closing Date shall be treated on a "closing of the books" basis as two partial periods, one ending at the close of the Closing Date and the other beginning on the day after the Closing Date, except that Pro Ratable Taxes (such as property Taxes) imposed on a periodic basis shall be allocated on a daily basis. If either party shall have received any such revenues or paid any such expenses or charges which, pursuant to the terms hereof, the other party is entitled to or responsible for, it shall furnish the other party with a detailed statement of any such items as soon as practicable after receipt or payment thereof. The parties shall use their best efforts to agree upon such items and other adjustments prior to the Closing Date and, in any event, except as set forth in Section 2.2(c) of the BEA Disclosure Schedule, within sixty (60) days thereafter. If the parties are unable within such period to agree upon such items and other adjustments, BEA and ATS shall, within the following ten (10) days, jointly designate a nationally known independent public accounting firm to be retained to review such items and other adjustments. The fees and other expenses of retaining such independent public accounting firm shall be borne equally by BEA and ATS. Such firm shall report its conclusions as to such items and other adjustments pursuant to this Section and such report shall be conclusive on all parties to this Agreement and not subject to dispute or review. Upon such agreement or determination by such independent accounting firm, BEA or ATS, as the case may be, shall promptly reimburse the other party for any income received or expenses paid by the other party and not previously reimbursed or any other adjustment required by this Section. Nothing contained in this Section 2.2(c) is intended or shall be deemed to amend or modify the indemnification provisions of Article 8 nor to reallocate responsibility for the matters set forth therein.
