Bribery and Corruption Laws”); or (iv) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment. To the best of the Issuer’s knowledge and belief, no actions or investigations by any governmental or regulatory agency are ongoing or threatened against the Issuer or its subsidiaries, or any of their directors, officers or employees or anyone acting on their behalf in relation to an alleged breach of the Anti-Bribery and Corruption Laws. The Issuer and its subsidiaries have instituted and will maintain and enforce, policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Issuer and its subsidiaries with the Anti-Bribery and Corruption Laws.
(dd)Compliance with Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Issuer and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Issuer, threatened.
(ee)No Conflicts with Sanctions Laws. None of the Issuer, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Issuer, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries is (i) currently the subject or the target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Government, including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”) (including, without limitation, the Ukraine-/Russia-related/Sectoral Sanctions Identification List sanctions program), the United Nations Security Council (“UNSC”), the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury (“HMT”), or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”) or (ii) owned 50% or more by or otherwise controlled by or acting on behalf of one or more persons or entities that are subject to Sanctions, nor is the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions (including but not limited to Cuba, Iran, Syria, North Korea and the Crimean Region (each a “Sanctioned Country”)); and the Issuer will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Securities hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity (i) for the purpose of any activities of or business with any person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such use, is the subject of Sanctions or (ii) in any other manner that would reasonably be expected, by the Issuer, to result in a violation by any person participating in the transaction, whether as Underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise, of Sanctions.
(ff)Cybersecurity. To the knowledge of the Issuer, (i)(x) there has been no security breach or other compromise of or relating to any of the Issuer’s or its subsidiaries’ information technology and computer systems, networks, hardware, software, data (including the data of their respective customers, employees, suppliers, vendors and any third party data maintained by or on behalf of them), equipment or
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