Notice of Asserted Liability Promptly after receipt by any party hereto (the "Indemnitee") of notice of any demand, claim or circumstances which, with the lapse of time, would or might give rise to a claim or the commencement (or threatened commencement) of any action, proceeding or investigation (an "Asserted Liability") that may result in a Loss, the Indemnitee shall give notice thereof (the "Claims Notice") to any other party (or parties) obligated to provide indemnification pursuant to Section 9.01 or 9.02 (the "Indemnifying Party"). The Claims Notice shall describe the Asserted Liability in reasonable detail, and shall indicate the amount (estimated, if necessary and to the extent feasible) of the Loss that has been or may be suffered by the Indemnitee.
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.
Assumption of Assumed Liabilities (a) Except as expressly provided in Section 2.4(b), the Purchaser shall not assume, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, any liability or obligation of either Seller whatsoever, whether known, unknown, absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether accrued or unaccrued.
(b) Subject to the foregoing Section 2.4(a), effective as of the Closing Date, the Purchaser shall assume the following liabilities and obligations of the Sellers arising out of the use, ownership or operation of the Business, the Facilities or the other Assets (collectively, the “Assumed Liabilities”):
(i) the obligations of the Sellers under (x) each Assumed Contract, related to the rights under each Assumed Contract assigned to the Purchaser under the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, (y) each JWWTP Agreement to the extent assigned to the Purchaser under the Assignment (JWWTP Agreements) and (z) each License included in the Assets required to be performed on or after the Closing Date;
(ii) all accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities of the Sellers related to the Business and accrued or existing as of the Closing Date, but only to the extent included in the determination of Final Net Working Capital;
(iii) all liabilities and obligations, known or unknown, relating to, resulting from, arising out of or in connection with, directly or indirectly, (A) events that occur, (B) services performed or products manufactured or sold, or (C) the ownership, operation or use of the Business and the Assets, in each case, from and after the Closing;
(iv) liabilities and obligations relating to or arising from physical or bodily injuries to, or damage to the property of, third parties that occur from and after the Closing to the extent caused by the physical condition of the Assets (which are being transferred as-is, where-is);
(v) liabilities arising in connection with any severance plan established by the Purchaser on or after the Closing Date; and
(vi) 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 after the Closing.
Financial Statements; Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities (a) Parent has made available to Buyer copies of (i) the combined audited balance sheets of the Business as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, and related audited statements of income, changes in equity and cash flows for the years then ended (the “Annual Financial Statements”) and (ii) the unaudited combined pre-tax balance sheet of the Business as of June 30, 2017, in each case excluding the Medical Device Business (the “Interim Balance Sheet”). The Annual Financial Statements (A) are derived from, and have been prepared in accordance with, the consolidated financial statements and books and records of Parent and its Affiliates, (B) fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position of the Business (excluding the Medical Device Business) as of the dates indicated, and (C) fairly present, in all material respects, the assets and liabilities, the results of the operations, changes in equity and cash flows of the Business (excluding the Medical Device Business) for the periods then ended. The Annual Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods indicated. The Interim Balance Sheet is derived from, and has been prepared in accordance with, the consolidated financial statements and books and records of Parent and its Affiliates, except that it does not include footnote disclosure and does not include income tax-related accruals and disclosures.
(b) There are no material Liabilities of Parent or any of its Affiliates (to the extent relating to the Business) or of any Transferred Subsidiary or the Business (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise) required by GAAP to be set forth on a combined balance sheet of the Business, except (i) Liabilities expressly reflected, reserved for or disclosed in the Interim Balance Sheet, (ii) Liabilities incurred or accrued in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice since the Balance Sheet Date, (iii) Liabilities incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, or (iv) Excluded Liabilities.
(c) Parent maintains systems of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP in all material respects, including internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit the preparation of financial statements of the Business in conformity with GAAP and maintain accountability for assets. There are no material weaknesses or significant deficiencies (as such terms are defined in Regulation S-X) in Parent’s internal controls likely to adversely affect its ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information of the Business and there has not been any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees of the Business who have a significant role in Parent’s internal controls over financial reporting.
Financial Statements; No Undisclosed Liabilities (a) The Company has delivered to the Buyer true and complete copies of (i) the audited Financial Statements with respect to the Company as of and for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2015 (the “Audited Financial Statements”), (ii) any management letters relating to the Audited Financial Statements received by the Company, any Seller or any of such Seller’s Affiliates from the auditors, and any other written correspondence addressing any material deficiencies or weaknesses with respect to the Company and/or such financial statements (collectively, the “Management Letters”), and (iii) unaudited Financial Statements as of and for the twelve (12) month period (the “Interim Period”) ended December 31, 2016 (the “Balance Sheet Date”, and together with the Audited Financial Statements, collectively, the “Company Financial Statements”). The Company Financial Statements (including the notes thereto in the case of Audited Financial Statements) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby (except in the case of the unaudited financial statements, for the omission of footnotes and subject to year-end adjustments). All of the Company Financial Statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company for the dates or periods indicated thereon applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods indicated (except for the absence of the footnotes and, with respect to the unaudited financial statements, year-end adjustments).
(b) Except for, (i) the liabilities reflected on the Company’s balance sheet as of the Balance Sheet Date included with the Company Financial Statements, (ii) liabilities incurred since the Balance Sheet Date in the ordinary course of business, none of which are material, (iii) obligations under (x) Contracts listed in Company Schedule 3.12(a), and/or (y) Contracts not required to be listed in Company Schedule 3.12(a), (iv) the liabilities set forth in Company Schedule 3.7(b) hereto, and (v) liabilities not classified as a debt, indebtedness or financing under GAAP or any Legal Requirement relating to Tax, the Company does not have any liabilities or obligations (whether accrued, absolute, contingent, known, unknown or otherwise, or required to be reflected or reserved against in a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP) including, but not limited to, liabilities for violation of Legal Requirements, breach of contract or tort that would be required by GAAP to be reflected in the Balance Sheet.
(c) Since January 1, 2014, there has not been, to the Knowledge of the Company, any fraud (whether or not material) that involved management or other employees who have or had a significant role in financial reporting. Except as set forth in the Company Financial Statements and the Management Letters, with respect to the periods covered thereby (i) there have not been any significant deficiencies in the financial reporting of the Company which are or were reasonably likely to materially and adversely affect the ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information, (ii) there are no extraordinary or material non-recurring items of income or expense during the periods covered by the Audited Financial Statements, and (iii) the balance sheets included in the Audited Financial Statements do not reflect any write-up, write-down or revaluation increasing or decreasing the book value of the assets, in each case, except as specifically disclosed thereon or in the notes thereto.
(d) Except as otherwise set forth in Company Schedule 3.7(d) hereto, the accounts receivable reflected on the balance sheet as of the Balance Sheet Date included in the Company Financial Statements and all of the Company’s accounts receivable arising since the Balance Sheet Date arose from bona fide transactions in the ordinary course of business and the Company is entitled to collect the net accounts receivable in full, subject to the applicable reserves set forth on balance sheet as of the Balance Sheet Date in a manner consistent with past practice. Except as otherwise set forth in Company Schedule 3.7(d) hereto, no such account has been assigned or pledged to any Person, and, except only to the extent fully reserved against as set forth in the balance sheet as of the Balance Sheet Date included in the Company Financial Statements, no defense or set-off to any such account has been asserted by the account obligor or, to the Knowledge of the Company, exists.