(r) Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company and its subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, Federal, state and local 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”), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except where such noncompliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(s) Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, to the knowledge of the Company, there are no costs or liabilities of the Company or its subsidiaries associated with Environmental Laws (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required forclean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any liabilities to third parties) which would, singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(t) There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting such person the right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to any securities of the Company or to require the Company to include such securities with the Securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement.
(u) The Company and each of its subsidiaries (i) have all necessary consents, authorizations, approvals, orders, certificates and permits of and from, and have made all declarations and filings with, all Federal, state, local and other governmental, administrative or regulatory authorities, all self-regulatory organizations and all courts and other tribunals, to own, lease, license and use their respective properties and assets and to conduct their respective businesses in the manner described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, except to the extent that the failure to obtain such consents, authorizations, approvals, orders, certificates and permits or make such declarations and filings would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and (ii) have not received any notice of proceedings relating to revocation or modification of any such consent, authorization, approval, order, certificate or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(v) No material labor dispute exists with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or, to the Company’s knowledge, is imminent;
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