(36) Related-Party Transactions. There are no business relationships or related-party transactions, including conventions réglementées under Article L. 225-38 et seq. of the French Commercial Code, involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any other person required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus that have not been described as required. All related party transactions described therein have been duly authorized and executed by the Company or one of its subsidiaries, as the case may be. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is engaged in any material transaction with their respective directors, officers, management shareholders or any other person, including persons formerly holding such positions, on terms that are not available from or to other parties on an arm’s-length basis.
(37) FINRA Matters. All of the information provided to the Placement Agent or to counsels for the Placement Agent by the Company, its counsels, its officers and directors and the holders of any securities (debt or equity) or options to acquire any securities of the Company in connection with the offering of the Units is true, complete, correct and compliant with FINRA’s rules in all material respects and any letters, filings or other supplemental information provided to FINRA by the Company pursuant to FINRA Rules or NASD Conduct Rules is true, complete and correct in all material respects.
(38) [Reserved.]
(39) Statistical and Market-Related Data. All statistical, demographic and market-related data included in or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes, after reasonable inquiry, to be reliable and accurate in all material respects. To the extent required, the Company has obtained a written consent permitting the use of such data from such sources.
(40) No Unlawful Contributions or Other Payments. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any employee or agent of the Company or any subsidiary, has made any contribution or other payment to any official of, or candidate for, any federal, state or foreign office in violation of any law or of the character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus.
(41) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Anti-Bribery Laws. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has, in the course of its actions for, or on behalf of, the Company or any of its subsidiaries (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any domestic government official, “foreign official” (as defined in the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended) (the “FCPA”), employee, political party, political party official, or candidate for political office, from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any applicable provision of the FCPA or the English common law offence of bribery, the U.K. Bribery Act 2010, Articles 432-11 et seq., 433-1 and 433-2, 433-22 to 433-25, 435-1 et seq. and 445-1 et seq. of the French Criminal Code, or any applicable anti-corruption laws, rules, or regulations of the European Union or any other jurisdiction in which the Company conducts business (collectively, the “Anti-Bribery Laws”); or (iv) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment to any domestic government official, “foreign official” as defined in the FCPA, employee, political party, political party official, or candidate for political office. The Company and its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, the Company’s affiliates have conducted their respective businesses in compliance with all Anti-Bribery Laws, and have instituted and maintain, policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.
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