(xi) The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Covered Subsidiary Guarantors.
(xii) The statements in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus under the headings “Description of the Notes” and “Description of Debt Securities,” insofar as such statements purport to summarize certain provisions of the Indenture and the Securities, are accurate in all material respects.
(xiii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company and each of the Covered Subsidiary Guarantors of each of the Transaction Documents to which each is a party, the issuance and sale of the Securities and compliance by the Company and each of the Covered Subsidiary Guarantors with the terms thereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents will not (A) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any document filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 or the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 17, 2022 (such documents collectively, the “Applicable Contracts”), (B) result in any violation of the provisions of (i) the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company or (ii) any certificate of formation, certificate of limited partnership, limited liability company agreement, limited partnership agreement, certificate of incorporation or bylaws or similar organizational document of any of the Covered Subsidiary Guarantors or (C) result in the violation of any Applicable Law (as hereinafter defined) or any judgment, order or regulation known to us of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses (A) and (C) above, for any such conflict, breach, violation, default, lien, charge or encumbrance that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. With respect to clause (C) above, we express no opinion as to the application of any state securities or Blue Sky laws or federal or state antifraud laws, rules or regulations.
(xiv) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company and each of the Covered Subsidiary Guarantors of each of the Transaction Documents to which each is a party, the issuance and sale of the Securities and compliance by the Company and each of the Covered Subsidiary Guarantors with the terms thereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, except for the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act, the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as may be required under applicable state securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters and any consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification that either has been obtained or made, or which if not obtained or made, would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. With respect to this paragraph (xiv), we express no opinion with respect to consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as may be required under applicable state securities laws or federal or state antifraud laws, rules or regulations.
(xv) The descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus under the heading “Certain United States Federal Income Tax Consequences,” to the extent that they constitute summaries of matters of law or regulation or legal conclusions, are accurate in all material respects.
(xvi) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, will not be, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(xvii) Each document filed by the Company pursuant to the 1934 Act and incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus (other than the exhibits thereto, the financial statements, financial statement schedules and other financial data included therein, or incorporated or deemed incorporated therein by reference, or omitted therefrom, as to which we are not expressing an opinion), when so filed with the Commission, appeared on its face to have complied as to form in all material respects to the requirements of the 1934 Act.
We have participated in conferences with representatives of the Company and with representatives of its independent accountants and representatives of and counsel for the Underwriters, at which conferences the contents of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and related matters were discussed. Although we have not undertaken to determine independently, and do not assume responsibility for, or express any opinion regarding, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus (except as expressly provided in paragraphs above), based upon the participation described above and subject to the next succeeding sentence, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, as of its most recent effective date (including the information, if any, deemed pursuant to Rule 430A, 430B or 430C to be part of the Registration Statement as of such time), contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Time of Sale Information, as of the time sales of the Securities were first made on March , 2022, included an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Prospectus, as of its date and as of the date hereof, included or includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. In making the foregoing statement, we do not express any comment or belief with respect to the financial statements and notes and related schedules (and other financial and accounting data derived therefrom) and the Form T-1 filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, included in or omitted from the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus.
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