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 DBC (collectively, the "DBC Assumed Obligations"): (i) all of the obligations and liabilities of DBC under the DBC Assumable Agreements, and (ii) all obligations and liabilities of DBC with respect to the ownership and operation of the DBC Assets and the conduct of the DBC 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 DBC Nonassumed Obligations. (b) ATS shall not assume or become obligated to perform any debt, liability or obligation of DBC relating to any of the following matters (collectively, the "DBC Nonassumed Obligations"): (i) the ownership or operation of the DBC Assets or the conduct of the DBC Business prior to the Closing Date, including without limitation Taxes, unfunded pension costs, any Employment Arrangement of DBC (including without limitation any obligation to any DBC 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 DBC Assumable Agreements relating to the period prior to the Closing; (iii) any insurance policies of DBC; (iv) those required to be disclosed in the DBC Disclosure Schedule which are not so disclosed or which, if disclosed, Section 2.2(b)(iv) of the DBC 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 DBC 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 DBC'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 DBC not included in the DBC 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 DBC pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement or any Collateral Document; and (x) any Contract with any Affiliate of DBC, other than those, if any, set forth in Section 2(b)(x) of the DBC Disclosure Schedule. All DBC Nonassumed Obligations shall remain and be the obligations and liabilities solely of DBC. (c) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, except as set forth in Section 2.2(c) of the DBC 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 DBC employees) arising from the ownership or operation of the DBC Assets or the conduct of the DBC Business shall be prorated as of 12:01 a.m., Eastern time, on the Closing Date, with DBC 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 DBC Disclosure Schedule, within sixty (60) days thereafter. If the parties are unable within such period to agree upon such items and other adjustments, DBC 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 DBC 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, DBC 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.
Assumption of Liabilities Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, Buyer agrees, effective on the Effective Date, to assume the following liabilities and obligations of Seller (the "ASSUMED LIABILITIES"): (a) all liabilities and obligations of Seller arising with respect to post-Closing periods under (i) the Contracts listed on Schedule 2.02(a) attached hereto, (ii) Contracts entered into by Seller with subscribers in the ordinary course of business prior to the Closing and (iii) any other Contracts entered into by Seller with the consent of Buyer (which consent is not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) in the ordinary course of business prior to the Closing (but excluding in all of the foregoing cases any liabilities or obligations attributable to any failure by Seller to comply with the terms thereof); (b) liabilities set forth on the Closing Statement to refund the security deposits to the customers who are entitled to receive same in accordance with the terms of their service contract, provided that the aggregate amount of liabilities assumed hereunder does not exceed the aggregate liability for such amount set forth in the Closing Statement ("CLOSING DEPOSIT LIABILITIES"); (c) liabilities set forth on the Closing Statement for unearned revenue, provided that the aggregate amount of liabilities assumed hereunder does not exceed the aggregate liability for such amount set forth in the Closing Statement ("CLOSING UNEARNED REVENUE LIABILITIES"); (d) liabilities which relate to periods on or after the Effective Date in respect of which prorations are made under Section 2.08 and liabilities which relate to periods prior to the Effective Date for which Seller has paid Buyer; and (e) subject to Section 8.02, any liability or obligation for Taxes arising from or with respect to the Purchased Assets, the System or the System Operations which is incurred in or attributable to any Post-Closing Tax Period.
Assumption and Satisfaction of Liabilities Except as otherwise specifically set forth in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, from and after the Effective Time, (a) Dover shall, or shall cause another member of the Dover Group to, accept, assume (or, as applicable, retain) and perform, discharge and fulfill, in accordance with their respective terms, all of the Dover Liabilities and (b) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall, or shall cause another member of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Group to, accept, assume (or, as applicable, retain) and perform, discharge and fulfill, in accordance with their respective terms, all the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Liabilities, in each case regardless of (i) when or where such Liabilities arose or arise, (ii) where or against whom such Liabilities are asserted or determined, (iii) whether arising from or alleged to arise from negligence, gross negligence, recklessness, violation of law, willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud or misrepresentation by any member of the Dover Group or the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Group, as the case may be, or any of their past or present respective directors, officers, employees, or agents, (iv) which entity is named in any action associated with any Liability and (v) whether the facts on which they are based occurred prior to, on or after the date hereof.
Non-Assumption of Liabilities Purchaser 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 the Sellers, except for the Assumed Liabilities being assumed under Section 1.6 hereof. By way of illustration, Purchaser shall not assume, become responsible for, or incur any liability for whether legal or equitable, matured or contingent, known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, ordinary or extraordinary, patent or latent, arising out of occurrences prior to the Closing Date arising out of or relating to: (a) violation of the requirements of any governmental authority or of the rights of any third person, relating to the reporting and payment of federal, state, or other income Tax Liabilities of Sellers; (b) any severance pay, or accrued vacation pay obligation or any other potential claims that could be brought or alleged by any of the Sellers employees for periods prior to the Closing Date, or any obligations under 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 Sellers or to which any of the Sellers contributes or any contributions, benefits or liabilities therefore or any liability for the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from or termination of any such plan or program by the Sellers; (c) the interest bearing debts of the Sellers, (d) any violation by the Sellers of any federal, state or local antitrust, racketeering or trade practice law, (e) liabilities or obligations of the Sellers for brokerage or other commissions relative to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereunder, (f) any and all liability and obligation for commissions and bonuses listed on Schedule 3.13; and (g) any rights, liabilities or responsibilities for any lease agreement that is not listed in Schedule 1.4(e).
ADVISER’S LIABILITIES AND INDEMNIFICATION (a) The Adviser shall have responsibility for the accuracy and completeness (and liability for the lack thereof) of the statements in the Fund’s offering materials (including the prospectus, the statement of additional information, and advertising and sales materials), except for information supplied by the administrator or the Trust or another third party for inclusion therein. (b) The Adviser shall be liable to the Fund for any loss (including brokerage charges) incurred by the Fund as a result of any improper investment made by the Adviser in contradiction of the Investment Policies. (c) In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith, negligence, or reckless disregard of the obligations or duties hereunder on the part of the Adviser, the Adviser shall not be subject to liability to the Trust or the Fund or to any shareholder of the Fund for any act or omission in the course of, or connected with, rendering services hereunder or for any losses that may be sustained in the purchase, holding or sale of any security by the Fund. Notwithstanding the foregoing, federal securities laws and certain state laws impose liabilities under certain circumstances on persons who have acted in good faith, and therefore nothing herein shall in any way constitute a waiver or limitation of any rights which the Trust, the Fund or any shareholder of the Fund may have under any federal securities law or state law. (d) Each party to this Agreement shall indemnify and hold harmless the other party and the shareholders, directors, officers and employees of the other party (any such person, an “Indemnified Party”) against any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense (including the reasonable cost of investigating and defending any alleged loss, liability, claim, damage or expenses and reasonable counsel fees incurred in connection therewith) arising out of the Indemnified Party’s performance or non-performance of any duties under this Agreement; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be deemed to protect any Indemnified Party against any liability to which such Indemnified Party would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties hereunder or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations and duties under this Agreement. (e) No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to protect any Trustee or officer of the Trust, or officer of the Adviser, from liability in violation of Sections 17(h) and (i) of the Investment Company Act.