Liabilities Assumed (a) Except for the Assumed Liabilities expressly specified in Section 2.2(b), Buyer has not agreed to pay, shall not be required to assume and shall have no liability or obligation with respect to, any liability or obligation, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, known or unknown, matured or unmatured, of Seller, any subsidiary or affiliate of Seller or any other person, whether arising out of occurrence prior to, at or after the date hereof (the "Excluded Liabilities"). Excluded Liabilities shall include, without limitation, (i) all fees and expenses incurred by Seller or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries, in connection with this Agreement; (ii) any liability or obligation to or in respect of any employees or former employees of Seller related to their employment or accruing prior to the Closing or as a result of their termination by Seller including without limitation (w) wages, overtime, severance pay, pay in lieu of notice, accrued vacation time earned or accrued prior to the Closing or as a result thereof, other than any accrued paid vacation days and sick pay for any employees of Seller whom Buyer agrees to employ ("Employee Costs"), (x) any employment agreement, whether or not written, between Seller and any person, (y) any liability under any Employee Plan (defined to include any employee benefit plan, "Employee Benefit Plan," as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, "ERISA," and all other benefit arrangements that are not Employee Benefit Plans, including, but not limited to any employment or consulting agreement, any arrangement providing insurance benefits, any incentive bonus or deferred bonus arrangement, any arrangement providing termination allowance, severance or similar benefits, any equity compensation plan, any deferred compensation plan, and any compensation policy or practice, "Benefit Arrangement," (i) which are maintained, contributed to or required to be contributed to by Seller or any entity that, together with Seller as of the relevant measuring date under ERISA, is or was required to be treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code, "ERISA Affiliate," or under which Seller or any ERISA Affiliate may incur any liability, and (ii) which cover the employees, former employees, directors or former directors of Seller or any ERISA Affiliate) at any time maintained, contributed to or required to be contributed to by or with respect to Seller or under which Seller may incur liability, or any contributions, benefits or liabilities therefor, or any liability with respect to Seller's withdrawal or partial withdrawal from or termination of any Employee Plan and (z) any claim of an unfair labor practice, or any claim under any state unemployment compensation or worker's compensation law or regulation or under any federal or state employment discrimination law or regulation, which shall have been asserted on or prior to the Closing Date or is based on acts or omissions which occurred on or prior to the Closing Date; (iii) any liability or obligation of Parent or Seller in respect of any Tax; or (iv) any liability arising out of occurrences or omissions prior to the Closing. For purposes of this Agreement "Tax" means any of the Taxes, and "Taxes" means all federal, state, local and foreign income, capital gains, gross receipts, sales, use, ad valorem, franchise, capital, profits, license, withholding, employment, payroll, transfer, conveyance, documentary, stamp, property, excise, value added, customs duties, minimum taxes, and any other taxes, levies or assessments of any kind whatsoever, together with additions to tax or additional amounts, interest and penalties relating thereto that may be imposed by any federal, state, local or foreign governments.
Release of Pre-Closing Claims (a) Except as provided in Section 3.1(c), effective as of the IPO Closing Date, TODCO does hereby, for itself and each other member of the TODCO Group, their respective Affiliates, successors and assigns, and all Persons who at any time prior to the IPO Closing Date have been stockholders, directors, officers, agents or employees of any member of the TODCO Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), remise, release and forever discharge Transocean, each member of the Transocean Group and their respective Affiliates, successors and assigns, and all stockholders, directors, officers, agents or employees of any member of the Transocean Group (in each case, in their respective capacities as such), and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, from any and all Liabilities whatsoever to TODCO and each other member of the TODCO Group, whether at law or in equity (including any right of contribution), whether arising under any contract or agreement, by operation of law or otherwise, existing or arising from any acts or events occurring or failing to occur or alleged to have occurred or to have failed to occur or any conditions existing or alleged to have existed on or before the IPO Closing Date, including in connection with the transactions and all other activities to implement any Prior Transfers, the Separation, the IPO and any Distribution.
