(xvi) Except as disclosed or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no Subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such Subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such Subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such Subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company.
(xvii) Except as set forth or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is the subject which, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened.
(xviii) No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent that is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xix) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, or as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries (i) are conducting and have conducted their businesses, operations and facilities in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local statutes, laws, rules, regulations, ordinances, codes, policies, and rules of common law, and any enforceable administrative or judicial interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative order, consent decree or judgment, relating to the pollution or protection of human health and safety or the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface, or subsurface strata) or imposing liability or standards of conduct related thereto, including, without limitation, laws and regulations related to the emission, discharge, release or threatened release, generation, manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Material (as hereinafter defined) (“Environmental Laws”), (ii) have received, and maintain in full force and effect, all Permits (as hereinafter defined) required under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and operations in the manner described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (iii) are in compliance with the terms and conditions of any such Permits, (iv) do not have any liability in connection with either noncompliance with Environmental Laws or Permits or with the release into the environment of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Materials, (v) have not received any notice from a governmental authority or any other third party alleging any violation of, or liability pursuant to, Environmental Laws (including, without limitation, liability as a “potentially responsible party” and/or for costs of investigating or remediating sites containing Hazardous Materials and/or for damages to natural resources) and (vi) are not subject to any pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, or other legal proceeding under any Environmental Laws, and are not aware of any events or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to form the basis of any such legal proceeding. The term “Hazardous Material” means pollutants, contaminants or hazardous, dangerous or toxic substances, materials, constituents or wastes or petroleum, petroleum products and their breakdown constituents, asbestos-containing materials, urea formaldehyde insulation, mold, or any other material or substance regulated under Environmental Laws.
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