(w) The Parent Guarantor and its subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the Operating Partnership) possess all material licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, and neither the Parent Guarantor nor any such subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, authorization or permit which, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Parent Guarantor and its subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the Operating Partnership), taken as a whole.
(x) No labor dispute or disturbance involving the employees of the Parent Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the Operating Partnership) or of any other entity exists or, to the knowledge of the Operating Partnership or the Parent Guarantor, is threatened or imminent that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(y) The Parent Guarantor and its subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the Operating Partnership) (A) are in compliance with applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”), (B) have received, and are in compliance with, all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (C) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability under any Environmental Law, except in each case where such non-compliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive or comply with required permits, licenses or other approvals, or liability could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus; except as set forth in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, neither the Parent Guarantor nor any of its subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the Operating Partnership) has been named as a “potentially responsible party” under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended; in the ordinary course of its business, the Operating Partnership and the Parent Guarantor periodically review the effect of Environmental Laws on the business, operations and properties of the Operating Partnership, Parent Guarantor and their respective subsidiaries, in the course of which they identify and evaluate associated costs and liabilities (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws, or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties); and on the basis of such review, the Operating Partnership and the Parent Guarantor have reasonably concluded that such associated costs and liabilities could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
(z) The minimum funding standard under Section 302 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (“ERISA”), has been satisfied (without taking into account any waiver thereof) by each “pension plan” (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) which has been established or maintained by the Parent Guarantor and/or one or more of its subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the Operating Partnership) or any “ERISA Affiliate” (defined as any trade or business, whether or not incorporated, that together with the Parent Guarantor or the
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