Excluded Liabilities. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, each Seller acknowledges and agrees that except for the Assumed Liabilities, # Purchaser shall not be the successor to any Liability of any Seller or its Affiliates or relating to the Acquired Assets and # Purchaser will not assume, be obligated to pay nor in any way be liable or responsible for, any Liability of any Seller or its Affiliates, except pursuant to the terms and provisions of this Agreement (any such excluded obligations and Liabilities, the “Excluded Liabilities”). For the avoidance of doubt, all environmental Liabilities of Sellers related to the Business and the Acquired Assets arising prior to the Closing Date are Excluded Liabilities and shall be retained by Sellers.

Excluded Liabilities. Purchaser shall not assume or be deemed to have assumed, and Sellers shall remain solely responsible following Closing for, any and all indebtedness, contract obligations and other liabilities of Sellers ("Excluded Liabilities").

Excluded Liabilities. Except as provided in [Section 1.3(b)], the Purchaser shall not assume, and shall have no liability for, any Liabilities of the Seller or any Seller Affiliate of any kind, character or description, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, it being understood that the Purchaser is expressly disclaiming any express or implied assumption of any Liabilities other than the Assumed Liabilities, including # any accounts payable, # Liabilities of the Seller or any Seller Affiliate of any kind, character or description, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise to the extent relating to or arising out of the operation or conduct of the Business or the ownership of the Purchased Assets prior to the Closing (other than those Liabilities specified in [Section 1.3(b)(v)]); # any Liability of the Seller and any claims by any stockholder of the Seller arising out of or relating to the execution, delivery or performance of the Transactional Agreements, # any Liability of the Seller or any Seller Affiliate to the extent relating to or arising out of the Excluded Assets, including the Excluded Contracts, except Liabilities related to the Business Portion of any Shared Contract but only in the event they are assumed by Purchaser pursuant to [Section 1.7], # any Excluded Taxes, # the Seller Severance Liabilities, # any Liabilities relating to the Non-Designated Employees, whether arising before, on or after Closing, # any Liabilities relating to the Transferred Employees, including all wages, accrued bonuses, retention amounts, salaries and other compensation and employee benefits (including any severance pay, notice pay, insurance, supplemental pension, deferred compensation, “stay” or other similar incentive bonuses, change-in-control bonuses (or other bonuses or compensation related in any way to the execution, delivery or performance of

Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, the Buyer shall not assume and shall not be obligated to assume or be obliged to pay, perform or otherwise discharge any Liability of, or Liability against, the Seller or any Affiliate of the Seller or the Acquired Assets, other than the Assumed Liabilities (such Liabilities other than Assumed Liabilities, collectively, the “Excluded Liabilities”).

Excluded Liabilities. None of Purchaser or any other USI Company shall assume or be required to perform, pay or discharge any, and the Seller Parties shall remain unconditionally liable for all, of the Seller Parties’ debts, obligations, liabilities and commitments, known or unknown, including, without limitation, any and all # obligations of the Seller Parties under leases of the Office Equipment, # debts, obligations, liabilities or commitments to the extent arising out of the operation of the Seller Business or the ownership of the Acquired Assets on or prior to the Closing Date (including, but not limited to, any such liabilities or obligations of Seller for Taxes, any Taxes relating to the ownership or operation of the Acquired Assets on or prior to the Closing Date and any such debts, obligations, liabilities or commitments that may be imposed on Purchaser under a de facto merger, successor transferee, bulk sale or similar theory, absolute, contingent or otherwise), # any liabilities to the extent arising out of or attributable to any Excluded Asset, and # liabilities, if any, set forth on [Schedule 1.4], other than the Assumed Liabilities. All such debts, obligations, liabilities and commitments that are not Assumed Liabilities are referred to as “Excluded Liabilities.”