Indemnification and Assumption of Risk – Vendor Data VENDOR AGREES THAT IT IS VOLUNTARILY PROVIDING DATA (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: VENDOR INFORMATION, VENDOR DOCUMENTATION, VENDOR’S PROPOSALS, VENDOR PRICING SUBMITTED OR PROVIDED TO TIPS, TIPS CONTRACT DOCUMENTS, TIPS CORRESPONDENCE, VENDOR LOGOS AND IMAGES, VENDOR’S CONTACT INFORMATION, VENDOR’S BROCHURES AND COMMERCIAL INFORMATION, VENDOR’S FINANCIAL INFORMATION, VENDOR’S CERTIFICATIONS, AND ANY OTHER VENDOR INFORMATION OR DOCUMENTATION, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION SOFTWARE AND SOURCE CODE UTILIZED BY VENDOR, SUBMITTED TO TIPS BY VENDOR AND ITS AGENTS) (“VENDOR DATA”) TO TIPS. FOR THE SAKE OF CLARITY, AND WITHOUT LIMITING THE BREADTH OF THE INDEMNITY OBLIGATIONS IN SECTION 14 ABOVE, VENDOR AGREES TO PROTECT, INDEMNIFY, AND HOLD THE TIPS INDEMNITEES HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL LOSSES, CLAIMS, ACTIONS, DEMANDS, ALLEGATIONS, SUITS, JUDGMENTS, COSTS, EXPENSES, FEES, INCLUDING COURT COSTS, ATTORNEY’S FEES, AND EXPERT FEES AND ALL OTHER LIABILITY OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO: (I) ANY UNAUTHORIZED, NEGLIGENT OR WRONGFUL USE OF, OR CYBER DATA BREACH INCIDENT AND VIRUSES OR OTHER CORRUPTING AGENTS INVOLVING, VENDOR’S DATA, PRICING, AND INFORMATION, COMPUTERS, OR OTHER HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE SYSTEMS, AND; (II) ALLEGATIONS OR CLAIMS THAT ANY VENDOR DATA INFRINGES ON THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF A THIRD-PARTY OR VENDOR.
Non-Assumption of Liabilities Buyer does not assume and shall not be responsible for any liabilities, indebtedness or obligations of the Selling Parties or the Business other than the Assumed Obligations (as defined herein). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the Parties hereby agree that except as expressly set forth in Section 7.2 hereof, Buyer 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 either Seller or Shareholder 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 of Seller or Shareholder 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 which 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 (whether written or oral); (b) any 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) a violation of any Applicable Laws or the requirements imposed by 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 Seller other than ad valorem property taxes and similar taxes prorated on closing statement; (d) the generation, collection, transportation, storage or disposal by Seller of any materials, including, without limitation, Hazardous Materials, prior to the Closing Date; (e) an agreement or arrangement between Seller and its employees or any labor or collective bargaining unit representing any such employees; (f) the severance pay obligation of Seller or 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 Seller or to which Seller contributes, or any contributions, benefits or liabilities therefor, or any liability for the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from or by reason of the termination of any such plan or program by Seller; (g) indebtedness and all other obligations and liabilities of Seller to any bank or other lender, except to the extent any such obligations or liability is an Assumed Liability; (h) Seller and unrelated to Buyer initiated at any time, whether or not listed on Schedule 4.1(h) (and to the extent any liability or obligation arises out of or relates to both Seller and Buyer, each party's liability shall be proportionately allocated between the parties); (i) any liability, obligation, cost or expense related to the Excluded Assets; (j) any liability, obligation cost or expense related to the Operations Property, including, without limitation, the environmental condition thereof; (k) the liabilities or obligations of Seller for brokerage or other commissions relative to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereunder; (l) any liability or obligation of Seller for taxes of any kind, related to periods before the Closing Date, or whether incurred by Seller in connection with this Agreement, the Business or the transactions contemplated hereby, except any taxes incurred in connection with the operation of the Business by Buyer or otherwise attributable to a period of time after the Closing; (m) any liability or obligation to pay for any products, goods, raw materials or services delivered or provided to Seller in respect of the Business or otherwise, except to the extent such liability or obligation is an Assumed Liability; (n) any liability or obligation of Seller under any guarantee or any agreement to provide indemnification to any other person or entity unless as a part of an assumed contract; (o) any liability or obligation arising from the acts or omissions of Seller except to the extent that any such liability or obligation is an Assumed Obligation; (p) all trade payables and accruals of the Seller in respect of the Business or otherwise; (q) that certain Disposal Agreement by and between Waste Reduction of South Carolina, Inc. and Laurens County Landfill, LLC dated October 5, 2001; and (r) that certain Disposal Agreement by and between Waste Reduction of South Carolina, Inc. and R&B Landfill, Inc. dated August 1, 1998, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Disposal Agreement dated June 29, 2000 ((a) through (r) being referred to collectively as the "Retained Liabilities"). The Seller shall retain all of the Retained Liabilities. The assumption of the Assumed Liabilities by Buyer hereunder shall not in any respect enlarge any rights of third parties under contracts or arrangements with Buyer or Seller and nothing herein shall prevent any party from contesting in good faith any of the Assumed Liabilities with any third party. Seller agrees to indemnify Buyer and its successors and assigns from and against any liabilities or obligations related to any Retained Liabilities in accordance with Section 8.1 hereof.
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:
No Assumption of Liabilities Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or elsewhere to the contrary, no SNH Entity is assuming, and no SNH Entity shall be responsible for, any liability of any kind or nature whether known or unknown, absolute, mature or not yet due, liquidated or non-liquidated, contingent, non-contingent, direct or indirect or otherwise, of any Mariner Entity or any other person for:
(a) Any costs or expenses, including, but not limited to, legal fees, accounting fees, consulting and financing costs incurred by any Mariner Entity in negotiating this Agreement or in consummating the transactions contemplated hereby;
(b) Any claim as a result of any injury to any person arising out of the rendering of or failure to render services by any Mariner Entity or its or his employees, agents or representatives or any other person performing services for or on behalf of any Mariner Entity (i) with respect to the Retained Facilities, prior to the Effective Time and, subject to, and upon the terms and conditions contained in the Interim Management Agreement, after the Effective Time, and (ii) with respect to the Transferred Facilities or any other operations of the Mariner Entities (except as otherwise expressly set forth herein), both prior to, and after, the Effective Time;
(c) Any liability to set off or recoupment (including set off or recoupment against Post-Effective Time accounts receivable) by any Third Party Payor by reason of any contractual claim, settlement, order or judgment retroactively adjusting the amounts payable for reimbursement purposes or recovering overpayments made or requiring the payment of fines, penalties or damages, or reduction of prospective payments to any Facility or interest, with respect to, or based upon, the services rendered by any Mariner Entity (i) with respect to the Retained Facilities, prior to the Effective Time and, subject to, and upon the terms and conditions contained in the Interim Management Agreement, after the Effective Time, and (ii) with respect to the Transferred Facilities or other operations of the Mariner Entities (except as otherwise expressly set forth herein), both prior to, and after, the Effective Time, including liabilities that are subject to a stay ordered by the Court and liabilities that may be collected against the New Operator under state or Federal law;
(d) Any taxes owed by any Mariner Entity, including, but not limited to, any investment tax recapture, depreciation recapture, employer taxes such as F.I.C.A. and F.U.T.A., any sales or use taxes, any personal property taxes, any withholding taxes and any workers' compensation or unemployment insurance premiums or adjustments and, in the case of any Mariner Entity's employees or any of its affiliates' employees, relating to, or arising out of, such employee's employment at any Retained Facility prior to the Effective Time; and with respect to the Transferred Facilities or other operations of the Mariner Entities, both prior to, and after, the Effective Time;
(e) Any claim by any employee of any Mariner Entity for wages, salary, vacation, holiday, sick pay, welfare, or fringe benefits, relating to, or arising out of, such employee's employment prior to the Effective Time, except for those Employee Accruals assumed by the New Manager pursuant to Section 10.1 hereof and with respect to the Transferred Facilities or other operations of the Mariner Entities (except as otherwise expressly set forth herein), both prior to, and after, the Effective Time;
(f) Any claim arising under any instrument, agreement, indenture, contract or understanding to which any Mariner Entity is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound, unless such instrument, agreement, indenture, contract or understanding is explicitly described and affirmed and assumed by the SNH Entities in this Agreement or is otherwise expressly affirmed and assumed by separate instrument in writing executed by SPTMNR; or
(g) Any claim, order or judgment otherwise arising out of the operation of any Facility or other operations of the Mariner Entities (except as otherwise expressly set forth herein but specifically including any claim, order or judgment arising under any applicable Federal, state or local statutes, laws, ordinances, rules and regulations, licensing requirements or conditions (including Medicare or Medicaid requirements or conditions, and environmental laws), or involving the imposition of any lien under any applicable law), in each case to the extent arising or attributable to conditions or events occurring prior to the Effective Time, and, subject to, and upon the terms and conditions contained in the Interim Management Agreement, after the Effective Time, and (ii) with respect to the Transferred Facilities or other operations of the Mariner Entities (except as otherwise expressly set forth herein), both prior to, and after, the Effective Time.
Assumption of Liabilities Subject to the exceptions and exclusions of this Section 2.6, the Buyer agrees that on the Effective Date, it will assume and agree to perform and pay when due: (i) all Trade Payables, (ii) all unperformed and unfulfilled obligations under the Contracts set forth on Schedule 2.1(c), for which the Seller is not in default on or prior to the --------------- Effective Date, (iii) all liabilities pertaining to customer deposits, (iv) a prorated portion of all franchise, Los Angeles City, business and related taxes of the Business due with respect to the 1997 calendar year (the "1997 Operational Taxes") and (v) any and all debts, liabilities and obligations relating to the Business as conducted on and after the Closing Date (collectively, the "Assumed Liabilities"). Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Assumed Liabilities shall not include any other debts, liabilities or obligations, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, in contract or in tort, of the Seller or the Business, or relating to the Assets such as and including but not limited to (i) accrued income taxes, (ii) deferred income taxes, (iii) a pro rated portion of the 1997 Operational Taxes, (iv) any taxes imposed on the Seller because of the operations of any of their respective businesses or sale of the Business, (v) any of the liabilities or expenses of the Seller incurred in negotiating and carrying out its obligations under this Agreement, (vi) any obligations of the Seller owed to each Employee prior to the Closing Date under employee benefits agreements, (vii) any obligations incurred by the Seller before the Effective Date except as otherwise specifically assumed by Buyer pursuant to this Section 2.6, (viii) any liabilities or obligations incurred by the Seller in violation of, or as a result of the Seller's violation of, this Agreement, (ix) liabilities arising from sales of products or services before the Effective Date, and (x) liabilities, costs, and expenses associated with the litigation described in Schedule 3.9 hereto (all of the foregoing being ------------ hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Retained Liabilities"). Subject to Sections 7.1(E), 7.2 and 9.11 hereof, Buyer shall be permitted to recover for any damages caused by breaches of representations, warranties, covenants and agreements by Seller relating to the Assumed Liabilities.
Assignment and Assumption of Leases Two (2) counterparts of the Assignment and Assumption of Leases, executed, acknowledged and sealed by Purchaser;
Definitions and Assumptions For purposes of this Agreement: (i) the terms “excess parachute payment” and “parachute payments” shall have the meanings assigned to them in Section 280G of the Code, and such “parachute payments” shall be valued as provided therein; (ii) present value shall be calculated in accordance with Section 280G(d)(4) of the Code; (iii) the term “Base Period Income” means an amount equal to Executive’s “annualized includible compensation for the base period” as defined in Section 280G(d)(1) of the Code; (iv) “Agreement Benefits” shall mean the payments and benefits to be paid or provided pursuant to this Agreement; (v) for purposes of the opinion of the National Advisor, the value of any noncash benefits or any deferred payment or benefit shall be determined by the Company’s independent auditors in accordance with the principles of Sections 280G(d)(3) and (4) of the Code, which determination shall be evidenced in a certificate of such auditors addressed to the Company and Executive; and (vi) Executive shall be deemed to pay federal income tax and employment taxes at the highest marginal rate of federal income and employment taxation, and state and local income taxes at the highest marginal rate of taxation in the state or locality of Executive’s domicile (determined in both cases in the calendar year in which the Date of Termination occurs or the notice described in Section 4.5(b) above is given, whichever is earlier), net of the maximum reduction in federal income taxes that may be obtained from the deduction of such state and local taxes.
Assignment and Assumption of Lease The Assignment and Assumption ---------------------------------- of Lease;
Assignment and Assumption of Contracts (a) Seller hereby sells, assigns, transfers and conveys to Purchaser all of Seller’s right, title and interest in, to and under those service, supply and similar agreements set forth on Exhibit C, attached hereto and made a part hereof (the “Contracts”).
(b) Purchaser hereby assumes all of the covenants, agreements, conditions and other terms and provisions stated in the Contracts which, under the terms of the Contracts, are to be performed, observed, and complied with by the property owner from and after the date of this Agreement. Purchaser acknowledges that Purchaser shall become solely responsible and liable under the Contracts for obligations arising or accruing from and after the date hereof, including with respect to any and all payments coming due under the Contracts for which Purchaser has received a credit or payment on the closing statement executed by Purchaser and Seller (the “Credited Payments”). It is specifically agreed between Seller and Purchaser that Seller shall remain liable for the performance of the obligations to be performed by Seller under the Contracts which were required to be performed prior to (but not from and after) the date hereof.
(c) Purchaser shall indemnify, hold harmless and defend Seller from and against any and all claims, demands, causes of action, liabilities, losses, costs, damages and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and court costs incurred in defending any such claim or in enforcing this indemnity) that may be incurred by Seller by reason of the failure of Purchaser to perform, observe and comply with its obligations under any of the Contracts arising or accruing during the period from and after the date hereof, including without limitation, claims made by any other contract party with respect to the Credited Payments (to the extent paid or assigned to Purchaser or for which Purchaser received a credit or payment at Closing). Seller shall indemnify, hold harmless and defend Purchaser from and against any and all claims, demands, causes of action, liabilities, losses, costs, damages and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and court costs incurred in defending any such claim or in enforcing this indemnity) that may be incurred by Purchaser by reason of the failure of Seller to perform, observe and comply with its obligations under any of the Contracts arising or accruing during the period prior to the date hereof, including without limitation, claims made by any other contract party with respect to the Credited Payments, arising before the date hereof (to the extent such Credited Payments were not paid or assigned to Purchaser or for which Purchaser did not receive a credit or payment at Closing).
Assignment and Assumption Agreement The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption Agreement, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500, and the assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an administrative questionnaire provided by the Administrative Agent.
