the Company and its subsidiaries is made known to the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those entities; and such disclosure controls and procedures were evaluated for effectiveness and were effective as of the date of the latest financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus and since such evaluation, the Company has made no significant changes in such system of disclosure controls and procedures or in other systems, processes or otherwise that could materially adversely affect such system of disclosure controls and procedures.
(aa) Real Property. The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title to, or have valid rights to lease or otherwise use, all real property owned or used by the Company and its subsidiaries and good title to all other properties owned by them, in each case, free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests, claims, restrictions or encumbrances of any kind except such as (i) are described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, (ii) do not, singly or in the aggregate, materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (iii) would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(bb) Environmental. Except as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus and except for such matters as would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, rule, regulation, or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative order, consent, decree or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of human health, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to the release of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum or petroleum products, asbestos-containing materials or mold (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) or to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (ii) the Company and its subsidiaries have all permits, authorizations and approvals required under any applicable Environmental Laws and are each in compliance with their requirements, and (iii) there are no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigation or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law against the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
(cc) ERISA. Except as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, none of the following events has occurred or exists: (i) a failure to fulfill the obligations, if any, under the minimum funding standards of Section 302 of the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to a Plan, determined without regard to any waiver of such obligations or extension of any amortization period; (ii) an audit or investigation by the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any other federal or state governmental agency or any foreign regulatory agency with respect to the employment or compensation of employees by any of the Company or any of its subsidiaries that could have a Material Adverse Effect; or (iii) any breach of any contractual obligation, or any violation of law or applicable qualification standards, with respect to the employment or compensation of employees by the Company or any of its subsidiaries that could have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, no event or condition giving rise to a liability under Title IV of ERISA that could have a Material Adverse Effect has occurred. For purposes of this paragraph, the term “Plan” means a plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA) subject to Title IV of ERISA with respect to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries may have any liability.
(dd) Foreign Corrupt Practices. None of (w) the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (x) to the Knowledge of the Company (as defined below), Alacare Home Health Services, Inc. d/b/a Alacare Home Health & Hospice (“Alacare”) or any of its subsidiaries (the “Alacare Companies”), (y) to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (z) to the Knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of any of the Alacare Companies has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to
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