Prior to the time the first Contract of Sale (as defined in Section 5(g) hereof) for the Notes (such time, the “Time of Sale”), the Seller has prepared a Preliminary Prospectus, dated [ ] (subject to completion), and the Ratings Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as defined below). As used herein, “Preliminary Prospectus” means, with respect to any date or time referred to herein, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus relating to the Notes (as amended or supplemented, if applicable), which has been prepared and delivered by the Seller to the Underwriters in accordance with the provisions hereof. The Preliminary Prospectus, together with the Registration Statement (including the form of Prospectus), the Ratings Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (only when taken together with the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as applicable), and each Road Show (as defined below) is hereinafter referred to as the “Time of Sale Information.”
The Seller proposes to file with the Commission, pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act (“Rule 424(b)”), a final prospectus relating to the Notes (such final prospectus, in the form most recently revised and filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), together with any amendment or supplement thereto, is hereinafter referred to as the “Prospectus”). The Preliminary Prospectus, together with the Registration Statement (including the form of Prospectus), the Prospectus and the Ratings Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (only when taken together with the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as applicable), is hereinafter referred to as the “Disclosure Materials.”
Pursuant to this Agreement and the Terms Exhibit, which is incorporated by reference herein (this Agreement including such Terms Exhibit if the context so requires, the “Agreement”), and subject to the terms hereof, the Seller agrees to sell the Notes to the Underwriters named in such Terms Exhibit.
Section 2. Representations and Warranties of the Bank. The Bank represents and warrants to each Underwriter as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date (unless otherwise specified) as follows:
(a) The Bank is a national banking association validly subsisting under the laws of the United States and has, in all material respects, all power and authority to carry on its business as it is now conducted. The Bank has obtained all necessary licenses, consents, approvals, or order of, or filing with, any United States governmental agency or authority or any United States federal court in each jurisdiction where the failure to do so would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Bank to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents.
(b) The execution, delivery and performance by the Bank of this Agreement and each Transaction Document to which it is a party, the issuance of the Issued Notes, the sale of the Notes, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Bank. Neither the execution and delivery by the Bank of such instruments, nor the performance by the Bank of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor the compliance by the Bank with the provisions hereof or thereof, will (i) contravene or constitute a default under (A) any applicable order, law, rule or regulation, (B) its organizational documents or (C) any material agreement, contract, order or other instrument to which it is a party or its property is subject (other than violations which do not affect the legality, validity or enforceability of such agreements or which, individually or in the aggregate, would not materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated by, or the Bank’s ability to perform its obligations under, the Transaction Documents), or (ii) result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the Bank’s property pursuant to the terms of any such material agreement, contract, order or other instrument.
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