4.13 Investment Company Act. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offer, sale and issuance of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof received by the Company in conformity with the terms of this Agreement, will not be required to register as an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Investment Company Act”).
4.14 Taxes. The Company and its Subsidiaries have paid all federal, state, local and foreign taxes, except for any tax that is being contested in good faith and for which an adequate reserve or accrual has been established in accordance with GAAP, and filed all tax returns required to be paid or filed through the date hereof; and except as otherwise disclosed in the Company SEC Filings, there is no tax deficiency that has been, or could reasonably be expected to be, asserted against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets, except where the failure to pay or file, or when such deficiency, would not individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.15 No Labor Disputes. No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries exists or, to the Knowledge of the Company, is contemplated or threatened, and to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no existing or imminent labor disturbance by, or dispute with, the employees of any of its or its subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, contractors or customers, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.16 Compliance with and Liability under Environmental Laws.
(a) The Company and its Subsidiaries (i) are, and at all prior times were, except as disclosed in the Company SEC Filings, in compliance with any and all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, requirements, decisions, judgments, decrees, orders and the common law relating to pollution or the protection of the environment, natural resources or human health or safety, including those relating to the generation, storage, treatment, use, handling, transportation, release or threat of release of hazardous materials (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (ii) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses, certificates or other authorizations or approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses, (iii) have not received written notice of any actual or potential liability under or relating to, or actual or potential violation of, any Environmental Laws, including for the investigation or remediation of any release or threat of release of hazardous materials, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in any such notice, (iv) are not conducting or paying for, in whole or in part, any investigation, remediation or other corrective action pursuant to any Environmental Law at any location, and (v) are not a party to any order, decree or agreement that imposes any obligation or liability under any Environmental Law.
(b) There are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws of or relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries, except in the case of each of (i) and (ii) above, for any such matter, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Except as described in the Company SEC Filings, (i) there are no proceedings that are pending, or that are known by the Company to be contemplated, against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws in which a governmental entity is also a party, other than such proceedings regarding which it is reasonably believed no monetary sanctions of $100,000 or more will be imposed against the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) the Company and its Subsidiaries are not aware of any facts or issues regarding compliance with Environmental Laws, or liabilities or other obligations under Environmental Laws, including the Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials, that could reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the capital expenditures, earnings or competitive position of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and (iii) none of the Company and its Subsidiaries anticipates making capital expenditures relating to any Environmental Laws that are material to the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
4.17 Hazardous Materials. Except for specific matters that are accurately described in the Company SEC Filings, there has been no storage, generation, transportation, use, handling, treatment, Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials by, relating to or caused by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or, to the Knowledge of the Company and its Subsidiaries, any other entity (including any predecessor) for whose acts or omissions the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or could reasonably be expected to be liable) at, on, under or
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