Excluded Liabilities Other than as specifically listed in Section 2.03 above, Buyer shall not assume any Liability whatsoever of Sellers, whether or not arising from or related to the Business or the Purchased Assets (the “Excluded Liabilities”), and Sellers shall pay, perform and discharge, as and when due, each such Excluded Liability. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Excluded Liabilities shall include, and under no circumstances shall Buyer be deemed to assume any Liability arising out of or relating to: (a) any actual or alleged tortious conduct, breach of Contract or violation of Applicable Law by any Seller or their employees or agents; (b) any product sold or manufactured prior to the Closing Date; (c) Taxes of any kind or character (other than property taxes attributable to the Purchased Assets, to the extent prorated hereunder); (d) the ownership, operation, use or disposal of any Excluded Asset; (e) any collective bargaining agreement, employee compensation or employee benefits including Liability for severance pay, overtime pay, bonus or incentive compensation, retirement plans (including any underfunding or withdrawal liability pursuant to the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendment Act of 1980, arising from contributions made by the Sellers to the plans in question, as calculated through, and as of, any such withdrawal caused by the purchase of the Purchased Assets described herein, or otherwise triggered within thirty (30) days after the Closing Date, regardless of whether or not the amount of such Liability is known as of the time of such withdrawal) unemployment compensation, vacation, sick leave, termination pay or relating to any Employee Benefit Plan of any Seller or of any of their Affiliates; (f) any Environmental Liability relating to or arising out of any condition or obligation existing on or prior to the Closing Date; (g) any Debt of Sellers or any of their Affiliates; (h) any Proceedings relating to Sellers or to the conduct or ownership of the Business or the Purchased Assets on or prior to the Closing Date, whether or not listed in Section 4.07(a) of the Disclosure Letter; (i) any Liability arising out of any present or former business activity of Sellers other than the Business; (j) any claims, choses in action, causes of action, rights of recovery, rights of set-off of any kind by any third party (including any employee or former employee of any Seller) arising out of the conduct of the Business, or the ownership, operation or use of any Purchased Assets on or prior to the Closing Date; or (k) any Liability of Sellers under or arising by reason of this Agreement, or incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including any Sellers’ legal and accounting fees and expenses.
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 ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act of 2002 (the “▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ 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 ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ 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.
Retained Liabilities All Liabilities of the Company other than Assumed Liabilities (the "RETAINED LIABILITIES") shall be retained and paid, performed and discharged when due by the Company and Parent (PROVIDED, that the Company shall have the ability to contest, in good faith, any such claim of liability asserted in respect thereof by any Person other than Purchaser and its Affiliates, so long as such contest does not result in a Lien upon any of the Assets): (i) except to the extent any such liability is reflected on the Closing Date Balance Sheet as a current liability of the Business, any loss or liability of the Company of any nature or description, whether liquidated or contingent, to the extent (a) resulting from events or conditions which occurred or existed prior to the Transfer Time, or (b) arising out of or relating to the Excluded Assets (including those items identified as Retained Liabilities in SECTION 1.08); (ii) any loss or liability relating to current or former employees of the Business (and their eligible dependents and beneficiaries), including with respect to employment or Benefit Plans, which accrued on or prior to the Transfer Time, except to the extent that such liability is reflected on the Closing Balance Sheet as a current liability of the Business; (iii) all Liabilities with respect to gaming chips and tokens issued by the Company (but not progressive meters), except as provided otherwise herein; (iv) all Liabilities related to Benefit Plans, except to the extent that such liability is reflected on the Closing Balance Sheet as a current liability of the Business; (v) all Indebtedness (other than current accounts payable or accrued expenses of the Company incurred or accrued in the ordinary course of business, but only to the extent that the accrual for such payables and expenses has been properly reflected on the Closing Balance Sheet, and other than to the extent arising following the Transfer Time under Contracts that constitute Assets); (vi) any Liability, whether currently in existence or arising hereafter, owed by the Company to any of its Affiliates; (vii) all Liabilities related to any fines or penalties imposed against the Company (or with respect to the Business or any Asset) by any Governmental or Regulatory Authority (including, without limitation, the Commission) prior to the Transfer Time; and (viii) all other Liabilities of the Company other than the Assumed Liabilities.
Geographic Area and Sector Specific Allowances, Conditions and Exceptions The following allowances and conditions shall apply where relevant. Where the Employer does work which falls under the following headings, the Employer agrees to pay and observe the relevant respective conditions and/or exceptions set out below in each case.
Excluded Assets and Liabilities (a) Notwithstanding Section 1.2 above, the Purchased Assets shall not include the following assets (collectively, the “Excluded Assets”): (i) all unrestricted cash of Seller as of Closing; (ii) all accounts receivable of Seller for completed work as of Closing; (iii) Contracts, including Intellectual Property Agreements, that are not Assigned Contracts (the “Excluded Contracts”); (iv) all employee benefit plans and assets and liabilities attributable thereto; (v) the assets, properties and rights specifically excluded by Buyer as permitted by this Agreement; and (vi) the rights which accrue or will accrue to Seller under this Agreement and the Ancillary Documents. (b) Notwithstanding any provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, Buyer shall not assume and shall not be responsible to pay, perform or discharge any Liabilities of Seller or any of its Affiliates of any kind or nature whatsoever (the “Excluded Liabilities”) except liabilities relating solely to the conduct of the Business by Buyer after the Closing under the Assigned Contracts (the “Assumed Liabilities”). Seller shall, and shall cause each of its Affiliates to, pay and satisfy in due course all Excluded Liabilities which they are obligated to pay and satisfy, including (without limitation) all Pre-Closing Tax Period Liabilities. (c) After the Closing, Seller shall continue to discharge in a timely manner all of Seller’s Liabilities and obligations including, but not limited to, Liabilities and obligations disclosed in or pursuant to this Agreement.