(r) There are no costs or liabilities 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 potential liabilities to third parties) which would, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(s) The Company or its subsidiaries own or possess, or can acquire on reasonable terms, a valid right to use all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, patentable inventions, trade secret,know-how and other intellectual property (collectively, the “Intellectual Property”) used by the Company or its subsidiaries in, and material to, the conduct of the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ business as now conducted or as proposed in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus to be conducted. Except as set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, to the Company’s knowledge, there is no material infringement by third parties of any of the Company’s Intellectual Property. Except as set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, to the Company’s knowledge, (A) there are no legal or governmental actions, suits, proceedings or claims pending or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company (i) challenging the Company’s rights in or to any Intellectual Property, (ii) challenging the validity or scope of any Intellectual Property owned by the Company, or (iii) alleging that the operation of the Company’s business as now conducted infringes or otherwise violates any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of a third party, and (B) there are no facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such action, suit, proceeding or claim, except, in the case of (A) and (B), for any such action, suit, proceeding or claim that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the business, property, financial condition or results of operations of the Company.
(t) No material dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or its subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, contractors or customers, that could, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(u) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, nor, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, employee, agent or representative (in their capacity as such) of the Company or of any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, has taken or will take any action in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization or approval of the payment or giving of money, property, gifts or anything else of value, directly or indirectly, to any “government official” (including any officer or employee of a government or government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office) to influence official action or secure an improper advantage in violation of applicable anti-corruption laws; and the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance in all material respects with applicable anti-corruption laws and have instituted and maintain and will continue to maintain policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws and with the representation and warranty contained herein. Neither the Company nor its subsidiaries will use, directly or indirectly, the proceeds of the offering in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any person in violation of any applicable anti-corruption laws.
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