ARTICLE VI
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Company represents and warrants to the Agents and the Banks, as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date and (except as otherwise specified herein) to the Banks on the date of each Advance, that:
Section 6.1Corporate Existence and Standing. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and has all requisite authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted and where the failure to have such authority would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 6.2Authorization and Validity.
(a) The Company has the corporate power and authority to execute and deliver the Loan Documents and to perform its obligations thereunder. The execution and delivery by the Company of the Loan Documents and the performance of its obligations thereunder have been duly authorized by proper corporate proceedings. The Company has duly executed and delivered the Loan Documents, and the Loan Documents constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).
(b) The Company has the authority pursuant to CME Rules 816, 817 and 820, CBOT Rules 816, 817 and 820, NYMEX Rules 816, 817 and 820 and any other similar Rules, as applicable, to execute and deliver, as MemberAttorney-in-Fact on behalf of the Clearing Members, the Collateral Documents. Pursuant to CME Rule 817, CBOT Rule 817, NYMEX Rule 817 and any other similar Rules, as applicable, the Company has the authority, as MemberAttorney-in-Fact on behalf of the Clearing Members, to cause the Security Deposits to be subject to the Lien of the Collateral Documents to secure the Secured Obligations. Pursuant to CME Rule 817, CBOT Rule 817, NYMEX Rule 817 and any other similar Rules, as applicable, the Company has the authority, as MemberAttorney-in-Fact on behalf of the Clearing Members, to cause the Performance Bonds of Clearing Members to be subject to the Lien of the Collateral Documents to secure the Secured Obligations (it being understood that only those Security Deposits and Performance Bonds which are Eligible Assets shall be pledged under the Collateral Documents). CME Rules 816, 817, 820 and 913.B, CBOT Rules 816, 817, 820 and 913.B, NYMEX Rules 816, 817, 820 and 913.B and any other similar Rules, as applicable, each as published on the CME website (located at the URLhttps://www.cmegroup.com/market-regulation/rulebook.html) as of the Amendment No. 2 Effective Date have been duly adopted and are in full force and effect.
Section 6.3Compliance with Laws and Contracts. Neither the execution and delivery by the Company of the Loan Documents, nor the consummation of the transactions therein contemplated, nor compliance with the provisions thereof will violate any law, rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or award binding on the Company or any Subsidiary or the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s organizational or governing documents or the provisions of any material indenture, instrument or agreement to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or is subject, or by which it, or its property, is bound, or conflict with or constitute a default thereunder. No order, consent, approval, license, authorization, or validation of, or filing, recording or registration with, or exemption by, any Governmental Authority, or any subdivision thereof, that has not been obtained and in full force and effect is required to authorize, or is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of, or the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of, any of the Loan Documents as against the Company, except for registration of each Bullion Security Agreement at the Companies Registration Office in England and Wales under The Overseas Companies (Execution of Documents and Registration of Charges) Regulations 2009 and payment of associated fees.
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