(v)Title to Intellectual Property. The Company and its subsidiaries to the best of their knowledge own or possess adequate rights to use all material patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights, licenses andknow-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses; and the conduct of their respective businesses will not conflict in any material respect with any such rights of others, and the Company and its subsidiaries have not received any notice of any claim of infringement of or conflict with any such rights of others, except where the failure to own or possess such patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights, licenses andknow-how or any such conflict, would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(w)Investment Company Act. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is, and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as disclosed in the Prospectus, none of them will be, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.
(x)Taxes. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries have paid all Mexican, U.S. and other taxes and filed all tax returns required to be paid or filed through the date of the Pricing Agreement, except with respect to any taxes which are being contested in good faith and as to which appropriate reserves have been established by the Company or as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and, except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is no material tax deficiency that has been, or could reasonably be expected to be, asserted against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets except for taxes that are being contested in good faith and as to which appropriate reserves have been established by the Company.
(y)Licenses and Permits. The Company and its subsidiaries possess all material concessions, licenses, certificates, permits, consents, orders, approvals and other authorizations issued by, and have made all declarations and filings with, the appropriate Mexican, U.S. or other governmental or regulatory authorities, and courts that are necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties or the conduct of their respective businesses as disclosed in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except where the failure to possess or make the same would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice of any revocation or modification of any such material concession, license, certificate, permit or authorization or has any reason to believe that any such concession, license, certificate, permit or authorization will not be renewed in the ordinary course relating to the conduct of the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ businesses as conducted on the date hereof.
(z)No Labor Disputes. No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the best knowledge of the Company, is contemplated or threatened other than disputes involving employees in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and except for any such labor disturbance or dispute that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(aa)Compliance with Environmental Laws. The Company and its subsidiaries (i) are, and at all times prior to the date hereof have been, in compliance with any and all applicable Mexican, U.S. or other laws, rules, regulations, decisions and orders relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (collectively, “Environmental Laws”); (ii) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses; and (iii) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability for the investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, except in any such case for any such failure to comply with, or failure to receive required permits, licenses or approvals, or liability, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(bb)Reporting Company. The Company is subject to, and in compliance with, the reporting requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act and files reports with the SEC on the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) System.
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