(b) there shall have been, subsequent to the date of this Agreement, (1) any downgrading in the rating accorded Mexico’s debt securities by Standard & Poor’s, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (“Standard & Poor’s”) or, in the event Standard & Poor’s is no longer rating the debt securities of Mexico, another nationally recognized statistical rating agency as reasonably agreed upon by Mexico and the Representatives or (2) any public announcement that the rating of any of Mexico’s debt securities is under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, by Standard & Poor’s or such other rating agency, as aforesaid, except that if the Terms Agreement so specifies, this Section 9(b) will not apply;
(c) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended or limited or minimum prices shall have been established on such Exchange;
(d) trading of any securities of Mexico shall have been formally suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market outside Mexico;
(e) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities in New York or Mexico shall have been declared by either United States or New York State authorities or authorities of Mexico, respectively;
(f) a material disruption of the settlement or clearance of debt securities in the United States, Europe or Mexico shall occur and continue until at least the business day preceding the Closing Date, and such event shall make it impractical to proceed with the delivery of such Debt Securities; or
(g) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States or Mexico or the declaration by the United States or Mexico of a national emergency or war or other calamity or crisis the effect of which on financial markets is such as to make it, in the reasonable judgment of the Representatives, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of such Debt Securities as contemplated by the Prospectus.
10. Survival of Certain Provisions. The respective agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of Mexico or its officers and of each Underwriter set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of each Underwriter or Mexico or any of the directors, officers, employees, agents or controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Debt Securities. The provisions of Sections 5(k) and 7 hereof shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement.
11. Notices. All communications under this Agreement will be in writing and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Representatives, will be mailed or delivered and confirmed to the Representatives at the address specified in the Terms Agreement or otherwise furnished to Mexico in writing for the purpose of communications under this Agreement or, if sent to Mexico, will be mailed, delivered or sent by electronic mail and confirmed to it at:
United Mexican States
Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público
Unidad de Crédito Público
Insurgentes Sur 1971, Torre III, Piso 7
Col. Guadalupe Inn
Alcaldía Álvaro Obregón
01020 Ciudad de México
México
Attention: Deputy Undersecretary for Public Credit
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