Novation of Liabilities (a) Each Party, at the request of another Party, shall use best efforts to obtain, or to cause to be obtained, any Consent, substitution or amendment required to novate or assign all obligations under Contracts, licenses and other obligations or Liabilities for which a member of such Party’s Group and a member of another Party’s Group are jointly or severally liable and that do not constitute Liabilities of such other Party as provided in this Agreement (such other Party, the “Other Party”), or to obtain in writing the unconditional release of all parties to such arrangements (other than any member of the Group who Assumed or retained such Liability as set forth in this Agreement), so that, in any such case, the members of the applicable Group will be solely responsible for such Liabilities; provided, however, that no Party shall be obligated to pay any consideration therefor to any third party from whom any such Consent, substitution or amendment is requested (unless such Party is fully reimbursed by the requesting Party).
(b) If the Parties are unable to obtain, or to cause to be obtained, any such required Consent, release, substitution or amendment, the Other Party or a member of such Other Party’s Group shall continue to be bound by such Contract, license or other obligation that does not constitute a Liability of such Other Party and, unless not permitted by Law or the terms thereof, as agent or subcontractor for such Party, the Party or member of such Party’s Group who Assumed or retained such Liability as set forth in this Agreement (the “Liable Party”) shall, or shall cause a member of its Group to, pay, perform and discharge fully all the obligations or other Liabilities of such Other Party or member of such Other Party’s Group thereunder from and after the Effective Time. The Liable Party shall indemnify each Other Party and hold each of them harmless against any Liabilities (other than Liabilities of such Other Party) arising in connection therewith; provided, that the Liable Party shall have no obligation to indemnify any Other Party with respect to any matter to the extent that such Other Party has engaged in any knowing violation of Law, fraud or misrepresentation in connection therewith. The Other Party shall, without further consideration, promptly pay and remit, or cause to be promptly paid or remitted, to the Liable Party or to another member of the Liable Party’s Group, all money, rights and other consideration received by it or any member of its Group in respect of such performance by the Liable Party (unless any such consideration is an Asset of such Other Party pursuant to this Agreement). If and when any such Consent, release, substitution or amendment shall be obtained or such agreement, lease, license or other rights or obligations shall otherwise become assignable or able to be novated, the Other Party shall promptly Transfer all rights, obligations and other Liabilities thereunder of any member of such Other Party’s Group to the Liable Party or to another member of the Liable Party’s Group without payment of any further consideration and the Liable Party, or another member of such Liable Party’s Group, without the payment of any further consideration, shall Assume such rights and Liabilities.
(c) If the Liable Party (i) suffers a downgrade to its senior debt credit rating to below BB (as rated by Standard & Poor’s) or (ii) no longer has its debt securities rated by any nationally recognized credit rating agencies, then, upon the demand of the Other Party, such Liable Party shall be required to post an irrevocable letter of credit or similar security obligation reasonably acceptable to the Other Party in an amount reasonably necessary to provide security to the Other Party for the Liable Party’s obligations pursuant to Section 2.9(b); provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply with respect to Assumed Tyco Contingent Liability. For the avoidance of doubt, the posting of such a letter of credit or similar security obligation shall in no event relieve the issuing Party’s obligations pursuant to Section 2.9(b), and shall not result in a cap or limitation on such Party’s Liabilities with respect thereto.
Allocation of Liabilities (a) The RHD Group shall retain responsibility for and continue to pay all expenses and benefits relating to the Corporation Employee Benefit Welfare Plans with respect to claims incurred from and after the Effective Time by RHD Employees and RHD Disabled Employees as well as their dependents. The New D&B Group shall be responsible for and pay expenses and benefits relating to all Employee Benefit Welfare Plan claims (i) incurred prior to the Effective Time by Corporation Employees, RHD Disabled Employees and their covered dependents and (ii) incurred by New D&B Employees, Corporation Retirees, DonTech Retirees and New D&B Disabled Employees as well as their covered dependents from and after the Effective Time. For purposes of this paragraph, a claim is deemed incurred when the services that are the subject of the claim are performed; in the case of life insurance, when the death occurs; in the case of long-term disability, when the disability occurs; and, in the case of a hospital stay, when the employee first enters the hospital. Notwithstanding the foregoing, claims incurred by any employee of a pre-Distribution Subsidiary of Corporation or their covered dependents under any welfare plan maintained by such Subsidiary solely for the benefit of its employees and their dependents shall, whether incurred prior to, on or after the Effective Time, be the sole responsibility and liability of that Subsidiary.
(b) The RHD Group shall be responsible for all COBRA coverage for any RHD Employee and his or her covered dependents who participated in a Corporation Employee Benefit Welfare Plan and who had or have a loss of health care coverage due to a qualifying event occurring prior to the Effective Time. The New D&B Group shall be responsible for all COBRA coverage for any other Corporation Employee and his or her covered dependents who participated in a Corporation Employee Benefit Welfare Plan and who had or have a loss of health care coverage due to a qualifying event occurring prior to the Effective Time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a pre-Distribution Subsidiary of Corporation shall be responsible for all COBRA coverage for its former employees and covered dependents who participated in a plan maintained solely for their benefit whether the applicable event occurs prior to, on or after the Effective Time. COBRA coverage to which a RHD Employee is entitled as a result of a qualifying event occurring at or after the Effective Time shall be the responsibility of the RHD Group.
Payment of Liabilities (a) On each Business Day, the Administrative Agent shall apply the then collected balance of the Concentration Account (net of fees charged, and of such impressed balances as may be required by the bank at which the Concentration Account is maintained) first, against the SwingLine Loans (if any), and second, against the unpaid balance of the Loan Account and all other Liabilities, provided, that if and so long as the Excess Availability Ratio is greater than 50% for five (5) consecutive Business Days, the Borrowers’ Representative may instruct the Administrative Agent to apply such amounts to the outstanding principal balance of the Last Out Revolving Loans, in which case the Administrative Agent shall apply such amounts to the Last Out Revolving Loans until all Last Out Revolving Loans have been repaid in full. For purposes of the calculation of interest on the unpaid principal balance of the Loan Account, such payment shall be deemed to have been made one (1) Business Day after such transfer, and further provided that until the occurrence, and during the continuance, of an Event of Default, unless the Borrower Representative otherwise instructs the Administrative Agent, the balance of the Concentration Account shall not be applied to any LIBOR Loans until the end of the applicable Interest Period therefor.
(b) The following rules shall apply to deposits and payments under and pursuant to this Section 7.5:
(i) Funds shall be deemed to have been deposited to the Concentration Account on the Business Day on which deposited, provided that notice of such deposit is delivered to the Administrative Agent by 2:00 PM on that Business Day.
(ii) Funds paid to the Administrative Agent, other than by deposit to the Concentration Account, shall be deemed to have been received on the Business Day when they are good and collected funds, provided that notice of such payment is delivered to the Administrative Agent by 2:00 PM on that Business Day.
(iii) If notice of a deposit to the Concentration Account (Section 7.5(b)(i)) or payment (Section 7.5(b)(ii)) is not delivered to the Administrative Agent until after 2:00 PM on a Business Day, such deposit or payment shall be deemed to have been made at 9:00 AM on the then next Business Day.
(iv) All deposits to the Concentration Account and other payments to the Administrative Agent are subject to clearance and collection.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall transfer to the Operating Account any surplus in the Concentration Account remaining after the application towards the Liabilities referred to in Section 7.5(a) above (less those amount which are to be netted out, as provided therein) provided, however, in the event that
(i) a Default has occurred and is continuing; and
(ii) one or more L/C’s are then outstanding. then the Administrative Agent may establish a funded reserve of up to 110% of the aggregate of the Stated Amounts of such L/C’s. Such funded reserve shall either be (i) returned to the Borrowers’ Representative at such time that no Default has occurred and is continuing or (ii) applied towards the Liabilities following Acceleration.
Limitations of Liability The Trustee shall have no responsibility or liability to:
(a) Imply obligations, perform duties, inquire or otherwise be subject to the provisions of any agreement or document other than this Agreement and that which is expressly set forth herein;
(b) Take any action with respect to the Property, other than as directed in Section 1 hereof, and the Trustee shall have no liability to any third party except for liability arising out of the Trustee’s gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct;
(c) Institute any proceeding for the collection of any principal and income arising from, or institute, appear in or defend any proceeding of any kind with respect to, any of the Property unless and until it shall have received instructions from the Company given as provided herein to do so and the Company shall have advanced or guaranteed to it funds sufficient to pay any expenses incident thereto;
(d) Refund any depreciation in principal of any Property;
(e) Assume that the authority of any person designated by the Company to give instructions hereunder shall not be continuing unless provided otherwise in such designation, or unless the Company shall have delivered a written revocation of such authority to the Trustee;
(f) The other parties hereto or to anyone else for any action taken or omitted by it, or any action suffered by it to be taken or omitted, in good faith and in the Trustee’s best judgment, except for the Trustee’s gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct. The Trustee may rely conclusively and shall be protected in acting upon any order, notice, demand, certificate, opinion or advice of counsel (including counsel chosen by the Trustee, which counsel may be the Company’s counsel), statement, instrument, report or other paper or document (not only as to its due execution and the validity and effectiveness of its provisions, but also as to the truth and acceptability of any information therein contained) which the Trustee believes, in good faith and with reasonable care, to be genuine and to be signed or presented by the proper person or persons. The Trustee shall not be bound by any notice or demand, or any waiver, modification, termination or rescission of this Agreement or any of the terms hereof, unless evidenced by a written instrument delivered to the Trustee, signed by the proper party or parties and, if the duties or rights of the Trustee are affected, unless it shall give its prior written consent thereto;
(g) Verify the accuracy of the information contained in the Registration Statement;
(h) Provide any assurance that any Business Combination entered into by the Company or any other action taken by the Company is as contemplated by the Registration Statement;
(i) File information returns with respect to the Trust Account with any local, state or federal taxing authority or provide periodic written statements to the Company documenting the taxes payable by the Company, if any, relating to any interest income earned on the Property;
(j) Prepare, execute and file tax reports, income or other tax returns and pay any taxes with respect to any income generated by, and activities relating to, the Trust Account, regardless of whether such tax is payable by the Trust Account or the Company, including, but not limited to, tax obligations, except pursuant to Section 1(j) hereof; or
(k) Verify calculations, qualify or otherwise approve the Company’s written requests for distributions pursuant to Sections 1(i), 1(j) or 1(k) hereof.
Absence of Liabilities Except as set forth in the Financial Statements, the Company has no material liabilities, contingent or otherwise, other than (i) liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business, that individually or in the aggregate are not material to the financial condition or operating results of the Company, and (ii) obligations not required under generally accepted accounting principles to be reflected in the Financial Statements.