be, required to register as an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(t) No Unlawful Payments. Neither the Company nor any other Group Company nor any director, officer, or employee (in their respective capacity as such) of the Company or any other Group Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any agent or other person, acting on behalf of the Company or any Group Company has (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to foreign or domestic political activity; (ii) made or taken an intentional act in furtherance of an offer, promise or authorization of any direct or indirect unlawful payment or benefit to any foreign or domestic government or regulatory official or employee, including any directors, officers and employees of any wholly or partially government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, or committed an offence under the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom, or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws; or (iv) made, offered, promised, agreed, requested or taken an act in furtherance of any unlawful bribe or other unlawful benefit, including any rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful or improper payment or benefit. The Company and the Group Companies have instituted, and maintain and enforce, policies and procedures designed to promote and reasonably ensure compliance with all applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws.
(u) Certain Environmental Matters. The Company and the other Group Companies (i) are in compliance with all, and have not since January 1, 2018 violated any, applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws (including common law), rules, regulations, requirements, decisions, judgments, decrees, orders and other legally enforceable requirements relating to pollution or the protection of human health or safety, the environment (including ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), natural resources, hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands, or demand letters, injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters, orders, permits, plans or regulations, issued, entered, promulgated or approved thereunder (“Environmental Laws”); (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses; and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval except, with respect to each clause (i), (ii) and (iii), as disclosed in SEC Documents and where the failure to so comply could reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(v) Accounting Controls. The Company and the other Group Companies maintain systems of “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule13a-15(f) of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Exchange Act”)) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act and have been designed by, or under the supervision of, their respective principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance
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