now operated by them, or presently employed by them, and have not received any notice of infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any intellectual property rights that, if determined adversely to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries could reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;
(x) Except as would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect and except as disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (i) neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is, or has been, in violation of any federal, state, local or foreign law, statute, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, policy or rule of common law or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative order, consent, decree or judgment, of any governmental agency or body or any court, relating to the pollution or protection of human health and safety, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface, or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including, without limitation, as such relates to the release or threatened release of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum or petroleum products, asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls or toxic 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 the Subsidiaries possess all permits, authorizations and approvals required under any applicable Environmental Laws and are, and at all times have been, each in compliance with their requirements, (iii) there are no 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, investigation or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law against the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, (iv) neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has received written notice of any actual or potential liability for the investigation or remediation of any Hazardous Materials, (v) neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is subject to any binding or written order, decree or agreement requiring any of them to perform any response or corrective action relating to any Hazardous Materials or otherwise with respect to Environmental Laws and (vi) there are no events or circumstances that might reasonably be expected to form the basis of an order or obligation forclean-up, remediation, corrective action or other response action, or an action, suit, demand or proceeding by any private party or governmental body or agency, against or affecting the Company or any of the Subsidiaries relating to any Hazardous Materials or the violation of, or liability under, any Environmental Laws;
(y) The Company and the Subsidiaries have (i) filed on a timely basis all federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise tax returns required to be filed or have properly requested extensions thereof; and (ii) paid all taxes of the Company and the Subsidiaries due and owing (including any related assessments, fines or penalties), except for taxes being contested in good faith by the appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which reserves in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been provided and except for such failures to pay or file as would not individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect. No tax deficiency has been asserted against the Company or any of the Subsidiaries which has had, nor does the Company know of any tax deficiency that is likely to be asserted against the Company, any of the Subsidiaries which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries would reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect;
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