“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or any successor law, and regulations and rules issued pursuant to that Act or any successor law.
“Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, provincial, municipal and foreign governmental entity, authority, or agency, or any other political subdivision, or any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of government.
“Knowledge” means in the case of Seller, the actual, current knowledge of Kieran Harty, George di Urioste or Guy Colpitts.
“Laws” means any federal, state, provincial, local or foreign statute, law, ordinance, regulation, rule, code, order or other requirement or rule of law.
“Legal Proceeding” means any action, arbitration, audit, hearing, investigation, litigation or suit (whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or informal) commenced, brought, conducted or heard by or before, or otherwise involving, any Governmental Authority or arbitrator.
“Liability” means any liability, indebtedness, obligation, expense, claim, loss, cost, damage, obligation, responsibility, guaranty or endorsement of or by any Person, absolute or contingent, accrued or unaccrued, known or unknown, due or to become due, liquidated or unliquidated, whether or not secured.
“Liens” means any security interests, mortgages, interests, liens, pledges, charges, defects of title, options and other rights of third parties, rights of first refusal, claims (as defined in Section 101 of the Bankruptcy Code), or any other encumbrance or restriction on ownership provided such encumbrance or restriction on ownership can be overridden by Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code. “Liens” shall not include Permitted Liens.
“Material Adverse Effect” means any event or change or circumstance, in respect of the operation of the Business and Purchased Assets that, individually or when aggregated with any one or more of the other such changes, events or circumstances, has had or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (i) the Purchased Assets, taken as a whole, or (ii) the ability of Purchaser to own or use the Purchased Assets after the Closing;provided,however, that none of the following events, changes or circumstances (individually or when aggregated with any one or more of the other such changes, events or circumstances) shall be deemed to be or constitute a Material Adverse Effect, and none of the following changes, events or circumstances (individually or when aggregated with any one or more of the other such changes, events or circumstances) shall be taken into account when determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred: (a) war, acts of nature, general strike, acts of terror, (b) general economic, market or political changes or conditions, (c) events, changes or circumstances which generally affect the industries in which Seller conducts business, (d) changes in Laws, unless such Laws or conditions apply solely or principally to the Business or Seller, (e) actions or omissions taken or not taken by or on behalf of Seller in compliance with a specific request from
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