party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject; or (iii) the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such default or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(k)No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, any applicable Terms Agreement, the Indenture and the Notes (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”), the issuance and sale of Notes and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents do not and, with respect to a particular issue of Notes, on the Settlement Date will not (i) 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 indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or bylaws or similar organizational documents of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or (iii) result in the violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for any such conflict, breach, violation, default, lien, charge or encumbrance that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(l)No Consents Required. 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 of each of the Transaction Documents to which each is a party, the issuance and sale of Notes and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, except for such as have been obtained or such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as may be required under (i) applicable securities laws of any state, (ii) applicable securities laws of anyNon-U.S. jurisdiction or (iii) the rules of FINRA in connection with the offer and sale of Notes.
(m)Legal Proceedings. Except as disclosed in each of the Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, (i) there are no legal, governmental or regulatory investigations, actions, suits or proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) to the knowledge of the Company, no such investigations, actions, suits or proceedings are threatened or contemplated by any governmental or regulatory authority or threatened by others that, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(n)Independent Accountants. The accounting firm(s) that certified the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries included in the Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and as required by the Securities Act.
(o)Investment Company Act. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of Notes and the application of the proceeds thereof as disclosed in the Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement 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 (collectively, the “Investment Company Act”).
(p)Taxes. Except where the failure to pay or file or where such deficiency, liability or lien would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and except for such taxes, if any, as are being contested in good faith and as to which adequate reserves have been established by the Company, the Company and its subsidiaries have paid all federal, state, local and foreign taxes and filed all tax returns required to be paid or filed through the date hereof (after considering any applicable extension). The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Company in respect of any income and corporation tax liability for any years not finally determined are, to the Company’s knowledge, adequate to meet any assessments orre-assessments for additional income tax for any years not finally determined, except to the extent of any inadequacy that would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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