property by the Carvana Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries; all real property, buildings and other improvements, and all equipment and other property, held under lease or sublease by the Carvana Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries is held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases or subleases, as the case may be, with, solely in the case of leases or subleases relating to real property, buildings or other improvements, such exceptions as are not material and do not materially interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such property and buildings or other improvements by the Carvana Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries, and all such leases and subleases are in full force and effect; and neither of the Carvana Parties nor any of their respective subsidiaries has received any notice of any claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone adverse to the rights of the Carvana Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries under any of the leases or subleases mentioned above or affecting or questioning the rights of the Carvana Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries to the continued possession of the leased or subleased premises, or to the continued use of the leased or subleased equipment or other property, except for such claims which, if successfully asserted against the Carvana Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries, would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(v) Investment Company Act. Neither of the Carvana Parties are, and upon the issuance and sale of the Shares as herein contemplated and the receipt and application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds,” will not be, an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the 1940 Act.
(w) Environmental Laws. (i) Except as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (A) neither the Carvana Parties nor any of their respective subsidiaries is in violation of any federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, policy or rule of common law or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative order, consent, decree or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of human health, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or natural resources, including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to the release or threatened release of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum or petroleum products (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) or to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (B) the Carvana Parties and their respective subsidiaries have all permits, authorizations and approvals required under any applicable Environmental Laws and are each in compliance with their requirements, (C) there are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Carvana Parties, threatened administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, Liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigation or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law against the Carvana Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries and (D) to the knowledge of the Carvana Parties, there are no events or circumstances that might reasonably be expected to form the basis of an order for clean-up or remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by any private party or governmental authority or agency, against or affecting the Carvana Parties or any of their respective subsidiaries relating to Hazardous Materials or any Environmental Laws.
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