(k) Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Bank.
(l) Descriptions of the Transaction Documents. Each Transaction Document conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.
(m) No Violation or Default. The Bank is not (i) in violation of its Articles of Agreement; (ii) in default, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Bank is a party or by which the Bank is bound; or (iii) in violation of any applicable 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, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(n) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Bank of each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, the issuance and sale of the Securities and compliance by the Bank with the terms thereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents will not (i) result in any violation of the provisions of its Articles of Agreement or similar organizational documents of the Bank, (ii) 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 Bank pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Bank is a party or by which the Bank is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Bank are subject, 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, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such conflict, breach, violation, default or creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(o) 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 Bank of each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, the issuance and sale of the Securities and compliance by the Bank with the terms thereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, except for such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications (i) as have been obtained under the Act and (ii) as may be required under applicable state securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters.
(p) Legal Proceedings. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory investigations, actions, suits or proceedings pending to which the Bank is a party or to which any property of the Bank is the subject that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Bank, would have a Material Adverse Effect; and no such investigations, actions, suits or proceedings are, to the knowledge of the Bank, threatened by any governmental or regulatory authority or by others.
(q) No Stabilization. The Bank has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities.
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