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.
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.
Excluded Assets Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Purchased Assets shall not include the following assets (collectively, the “Excluded Assets”):
(a) all cash, cash equivalents (including marketable securities and short-term investments), bank accounts and their balances (including related books and records), lockboxes and deposits of, and any rights or interests in, the cash management system of Seller, including uncleared checks and drafts received or deposited for the account of Seller;
(b) all rights under any Contracts, including those listed on Schedule 2.02(b), but excluding the Assumed Contracts;
(c) all Company Plans and attributable assets of, or relating to, such plans, including all records, Contracts and arrangements associated with such Company Plans;
(d) any Intellectual Property of Seller not Related to the Business;
(e) Seller’s Organizational Documents and minute and equity ownership books and records having to do with the company organization or existence of Seller and its company seal;
(f) all rights, claims, credits, causes of action or rights of set-off that Seller may have arising under this Agreement or as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby;
(g) any refunds of Taxes for any Pre-Closing Tax Period or for which Seller is liable pursuant to Section 6.12;
(h) the Tax Returns and Tax records and reports of Seller other than those that are Purchased Assets;
(i) all insurance policies of Seller, including claims thereunder and any claims or benefits in, to or under any express or implied warranties from suppliers of goods or services relating to Inventory sold by Seller prior to Closing;
(j) all of Seller’s intercompany account balances with its Affiliates, including those related to the Products;
(k) all assets, properties, and interests rights primarily used in or held for use in connection with the operation of Seller’s wound care and urology business;
(l) the rights that accrue or will accrue to Seller under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents; and
(m) the other assets of Seller that are identified on Schedule 2.02(m).
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.
Company SEC Documents; Undisclosed Liabilities (a) The Company has filed with or furnished to the SEC, on a timely basis, all registration statements, reports, proxy statements and other documents with the SEC required to be filed or furnished since October 31, 2013 (collectively, and in each case including all exhibits and schedules thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, as such statements, reports and documents may have been amended since the date of their filing, the “Company SEC Documents”). As of their respective effective dates (in the case of Company SEC Documents that are registration statements filed pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act) and as of their respective filing dates (in the case of all other Company SEC Documents), or in the case of amendments thereto, as of the date of the last such amendment (but only amendments prior to the date of this Agreement in the case of any Company SEC Document with a filing or effective date prior to the date of this Agreement), the Company SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act or the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”), as the case may be, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder, applicable to such Company SEC Documents, and none of the Company SEC Documents as of such respective dates (or, if amended, the date of the filing of such amendment, with respect to the disclosures that are amended) contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(b) Except to the extent updated, amended, restated or corrected by a subsequent Company SEC Document (but only amendments, restatements or corrections prior to the date of this Agreement in the case of any Company SEC Document with a filing or effective date prior to the date of this Agreement), as of their respective dates of filing with the SEC, the consolidated financial statements of the Company included in the Company SEC Documents (i) complied as to form in all material respects with all applicable accounting requirements and with the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto (except, in the case of unaudited statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q of the SEC), (ii) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except (A) as may be indicated in the notes thereto or (B) as permitted by Regulation S-X) and (iii) present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows, as of each of the dates and for the periods shown, as applicable, in conformity with GAAP.
(c) The Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting (as such terms are defined in paragraphs (e) and (f), respectively, of Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act) as required by Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act. The Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that all material information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or furnishes under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC, and that all such material information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and to make the certifications required pursuant to Sections 302 and 906 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act.
(d) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liabilities which would be required to be reflected or reserved against on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company prepared in accordance with GAAP or the notes thereto, except for liabilities (i) reflected or reserved against on the balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of July 31, 2015 (the “Balance Sheet Date”) (including the notes thereto) included in the Company SEC Documents, (ii) incurred after the Balance Sheet Date in the ordinary course of business, (iii) as contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise arising in connection with the Transactions or (iv) as would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(e) All filings (other than immaterial filings) required to be made by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries since January 1, 2014 under applicable state Laws specifically governing the regulation of public utilities have, to the Knowledge of the Company, been filed with the applicable state public utility commissions (including, to the extent required, the North Carolina Utilities Commission (“NCUC”), the South Carolina Public Service Commission and the Tennessee Regulatory Authority as the case may be, including all forms, statements, reports, agreements (oral or written) and all documents, exhibits, amendments and supplements appertaining thereto (collectively, “Regulatory Filings”)), and all such Regulatory Filings complied, in all material respects, as of their respective dates, with all applicable requirements of the applicable statute and the rules and regulations thereunder, except for Regulatory Filings the failure of which to make or the failure of which to make in compliance with all applicable requirements of the applicable statute and the rules and regulations thereunder have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Assumed Liabilities On the Closing Date, Buyer or the UniSource Designee acquiring the Assets shall deliver to Seller the Assignment and Assumption Agreement pursuant to which Buyer or such UniSource Designee shall assume and agree to discharge when due, without recourse to Seller, in accordance with the respective terms and subject to the respective conditions thereof, all of the Assumed Liabilities. All of the following liabilities and obligations of Seller or Buyer which relate to, or arise by virtue of Seller's or Buyer's ownership of the Assets or operation of the Business (other than Excluded Liabilities) are referred to collectively as the "Assumed Liabilities":
(a) all liabilities and obligations of Seller or Buyer arising on or after the Closing Date under the Assigned Agreements, the Real Property Leases, and the Transferable Permits in accordance with the terms thereof, including, without limitation, the Assigned Agreements entered into by Seller (i) prior to the date hereof and (ii) after the date hereof consistent with the terms of this Agreement, except in each case to the extent such liabilities and obligations, but for a breach or default by Seller, would have been paid, performed or otherwise discharged on or prior to the Closing Date and are not otherwise included among the items causing an adjustment to the Base Purchase Price contemplated in Section 3.3 or to the extent the same arise out of any such breach or default or out of any event which after the giving of notice or passage of time or both would constitute a default by Seller;
(b) all liabilities and obligations of Seller for accounts payable to the extent included among the items causing an adjustment to the Base Purchase Price contemplated in Section 3.3;
(c) all liabilities and obligations associated with the Assets or the Business in respect of Taxes for which Buyer is liable pursuant to Section 3.4 or 6.10(a) hereof;
(d) all liabilities and obligations of Seller or Buyer with respect to the Transferred Employees incurred on or after the Closing Date for which Buyer is responsible pursuant to Section 6.12;
(e) all liabilities, responsibilities and obligations of Seller or Buyer arising under Environmental Laws or relating to Environmental Conditions or Regulated Substances (including common law liabilities relating to Environmental Conditions and Regulated Substances), whether such liability, responsibility or obligation is known or unknown, contingent or accrued as of the Closing Date, including but not limited to: (i) costs of compliance (including capital, operating and other costs) relating to any violation or alleged violation of Environmental Laws occurring prior to, on or after the Closing Date, with respect to the ownership of the Assets or operation of the Business; (ii) property damage or natural resource damage (whether such damages were manifested before or after the Closing Date) arising from Environmental Conditions or Releases of Regulated Substances at, on, in, under, adjacent to, or migrating from any Assets prior to, on or after the Closing Date; (iii) any Remediation (whether or not such Remediation commenced before the Closing Date or commences after the Closing Date) of Environmental Conditions or Regulated Substances that are present or have been Released prior to, on or after the Closing Date, at, on, in, adjacent to or migrating from the Assets; (iv) any violations or alleged violations of Environmental Laws occurring on or after the Closing Date with respect to the ownership of any Assets or operation of the Business; (v) any bodily injury or loss of life arising from Environmental Conditions or Releases of Regulated Substances at, on, in, under, adjacent to or migrating from any Asset on or after the Closing Date; (vi) any bodily injury, loss of life, property damage, or natural resource damage arising from the storage, transportation, treatment, disposal, discharge, recycling or Release, at any Off-Site Location, or arising from the arrangement for such activities, on or after the Closing Date, of Regulated Substances generated in connection with the ownership of the Assets or the operation of the Business; and (vii) any Remediation of any Environmental Condition or Release of Regulated Substances arising from the storage, transportation, treatment, disposal, discharge, recycling or Release, at any Off-Site Location, or arising from the arrangement for such activities, on or after the Closing Date, of Regulated Substances generated in connection with the ownership or operation of the Assets; provided, that nothing set forth in this Section 2.3 shall require Buyer to assume any liabilities, responsibilities or obligations that are expressly excluded in Section 2.4;
(f) any Tax that may be imposed by any federal, state or local government on the ownership, sale (except as otherwise provided in Section 3.4 or 6.10(a)), operation of the Business or use of the Assets on or after the Closing Date, except for any Income Taxes attributable to the income of Seller;
(g) all liabilities and obligations of Seller or Buyer arising on and after the Closing Date under those Orders specifically relating to the Assets or the Business issued by or entered into with any Governmental Authority and listed in Schedule 2.3(g) or imposed on Buyer in any Required Regulatory Approval;
(h) customer advances, customer deposits and construction advances, unperformed service obligations, Easement relocation obligations, and engineering and construction required to complete scheduled construction, construction work in progress, and other capital expenditure projects, in each case directly related to the Business and outstanding on or arising after the Closing Date; and
(i) actions and proceedings based on conduct, actions, circumstances or conditions arising or occurring on or after the Closing Date, actions and proceedings described in Schedule 2.3(i), actions and proceedings arising from or directly related to any other Assumed Liability, and generic or industry-wide actions and proceedings outstanding on or arising on or after the Closing Date that are applicable to the Business.
SEC Documents; Undisclosed Liabilities (a) The Parent has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Parent with the SEC (the “Parent SEC Documents”) pursuant to Sections 13(a), 14(a) and 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
(b) As of its respective filing date, each Parent SEC Document complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to such Parent SEC Document, and did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Except to the extent that information contained in any Parent SEC Document has been revised or superseded by a later Parent SEC Document, none of the Parent SEC Documents contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The consolidated financial statements of the Parent included in the Parent SEC Documents comply as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto, have been prepared in accordance with the U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) (except, in the case of unaudited statements, as permitted by the rules and regulations of the SEC) applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto) and fairly present the consolidated financial position of the Parent and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the periods shown (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments).
(c) Except as set forth in the Parent SEC Documents, the Parent has no liabilities or obligations of any nature (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise) required by GAAP to be set forth on a balance sheet of the Parent or in the notes thereto. Except for its agreement with Securities Transfer Corporation to act as the Parent’s stock transfer agent, the Parent has no financial or contractual obligations and liabilities (including any obligations to issue capital stock or other securities of the Parent) due after the date hereof. All liabilities of the Parent shall have been paid off and shall in no event remain liabilities of the Parent, the Company or the Shareholders following the Closing.
Certain After-Acquired Collateral Borrowers shall promptly notify Agent in writing if, after the Closing Date, any Borrower obtains any interest in any Collateral consisting of Deposit Accounts, Chattel Paper, Documents, Instruments, Intellectual Property, Investment Property or Letter-of-Credit Rights and, upon Agent’s request, shall promptly take such actions as Agent deems appropriate to effect Agent’s duly perfected, first priority Lien upon such Collateral, including obtaining any appropriate possession, control agreement or Lien Waiver. If any Collateral is in the possession of a third party, at Agent’s request, Borrowers shall obtain an acknowledgment that such third party holds the Collateral for the benefit of Agent.
Purchase and Sale of Assets Assumption of Liabilities 8 2.1 Purchase and Sale of Assets 8 2.2 Excluded Assets 10 2.3 Assumption of Liabilities 11 2.4 Excluded Liabilities 12 2.5 Further Conveyances and Assumptions; Consent of Third Parties 12 2.6 Purchase Price Allocation 13
Assets Necessary to Business The Purchased Assets include all property and assets (except for the Excluded Assets), tangible and intangible, and all leases, licenses and other agreements, which are necessary to permit Buyer to carry on, or currently used or held for use in, the business of the Restaurant as presently conducted and as conducted immediately prior to the Closing Date.
