Company is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable listing and corporate governance and other rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange.
(b) The Company, its Subsidiaries, and its and their respective directors, officers, employees and, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other Persons acting on its or their behalf, are and have been for the last five (5) years in compliance with all applicable anti-corruption or anti-bribery Laws (including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977), and all rules and regulations promulgated under any such Laws (collectively, the “Anti-Corruption Laws”). Neither the Company, its Subsidiaries, nor, any of its or their directors, officers, employees, or to the Knowledge of the Company any other Person acting on its or their behalf, has, within the last five (5) years: (i) been charged with or convicted of violating any Anti-Corruption Laws; (ii) been subjected to any investigation by a Governmental Entity for the potential violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws; or (iii) directly or indirectly offered, paid, promised, or authorized, or caused to be offered, paid, promised, or authorized, any money, offer, gift, or other thing of value, regardless of form, to any Government Official, or to any Person while knowing or having reason to know that such Person would offer, pay, promise, or authorize, or cause to be offered, paid, promised, or authorized, any money, offer, gift, or other thing of value to any Government Official, in furtherance of, or with the intent or purpose of, (A) corruptly influencing any act or decision of such official in his or her official capacity, (B) inducing such Government Official to do or omit to do any act in violation of a lawful duty, (C) securing any improper advantage, or (D) corruptly inducing such Government Official to use his or her influence with a Governmental Entity, or instrumentality thereof, to affect or influence any act or decision of such Governmental Entity or instrumentality thereof. Solely for the purposes of thisSection 3.16, “Government Official” means: (i) any officer, director, or employee (elected, appointed, or career) of any Governmental Entity, or any Person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any Governmental Entity; (ii) any political party, party official, or candidate for political office; or (iii) any immediate family member of any Person who falls under sections (i) or (ii) of this sentence. Solely for the purposes of thisSection 3.16, “Governmental Entity” means: any U.S. (national, federal, state, local, or municipal),non-U.S., international, or multinational, governmental body or authority, including: (i) any political subdivision, department, commission, board, branch, agency, bureau, court, tribunal, or other regulatory, administrative, or judicial authority thereof; (ii) any government-owned or -controlled (in whole or in part) corporation, legal entity, or commercial enterprise; and (iii) any public international organization (e.g., United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund).
Section 3.17.Litigation. Except as would not reasonably be expected to be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, there are: (a) no claims, actions, suits, proceedings, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, investigations pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, before any Governmental Entity, brought by or against any of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their officers or directors involving or relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; and (b) no material judgments, decrees, injunctions, rules or Orders of any Governmental Entity outstanding, or to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, against either the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. As of the date hereof, there are no proposed settlements with respect to any pending material claims, actions, suits or proceedings.
Section 3.18.Contracts.
(a) Except for this Agreement, each Company Benefit Plan and the contracts filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Reports,Schedule 3.18(a) sets forth a list of all Material Contracts as of the date of this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, “Material Contract” means the following contracts that are currently in effect and to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or its Subsidiaries is bound (other than Company Leases):
(i) any material partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other similar Contract (including any Contract providing for joint research, development or marketing, and excluding, for avoidance of doubt, reseller agreements and other commercial agreements that do not involve the formation of an entity with any third Person);
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