(i) In making its decision to purchase the Shares, the Investor has relied solely upon independent investigation made by the Investor and the representations and warranties of SCS in Section 5. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Investor has not relied on any statements or other information provided by or on behalf of the Placement Agents or any of their respective affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing concerning SCS, the Company, the Transaction, the Transaction Agreement, this Subscription Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, the Shares or the offer and sale of the Shares.
(j) The Investor acknowledges and agrees that no federal or state agency has passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Shares or made any findings or determination as to the fairness of this investment.
(k) The Investor the requisite power and authority to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Subscription Agreement.
(l) The execution, delivery and performance by the Investor of this Subscription Agreement are within the powers of the Investor and will not constitute or result in a breach or default under or conflict with any order, ruling or regulation of any court or other tribunal or of any governmental commission or agency, or any agreement or other undertaking, to which the Investor is a party or by which the Investor is bound. The signature of the Investor on this Subscription Agreement is genuine, and the signatory has legal competence and capacity to execute the same or the signatory has been duly authorized to execute the same, and, assuming that this Subscription Agreement constitutes the valid and binding agreement of SCS, this Subscription Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Investor, enforceable against the Investor in accordance with its terms except as may be limited or otherwise affected by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, and (ii) principles of equity, whether considered at law or equity.
(m) The Investor is not: (i) a person named on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List, the Foreign Sanctions Evaders List, the Sectoral Sanctions Identification List, or any other similar list of sanctioned persons administered by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, or any similar list of sanctioned persons administered by the European Union, any individual European Union member state or the United Kingdom (collectively, “Sanctions Lists”); (ii) acting on behalf of one or more persons on a Sanctions List; (iii) located, resident in, or a citizen or national of, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Venezuela, the Crimea region of Ukraine, or any other country or territory that is the subject of comprehensive trade restrictions by the United States, the European Union, any individual European Union member state or the United Kingdom or (iv) a Designated National as defined in the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Part 515 (collectively, a “Prohibited Investor”). The Investor further represents that the funds held by the Investor and used to purchase the Shares were legally derived and were not obtained, directly or indirectly, from a Prohibited Investor.
(n) The Investor has had no contact with any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Jefferies LLC, Evercore Group LLC, and UBS Securities LLC (collectively, the “Placement Agents”) or any of their respective affiliates with respect to the issue and purchase of the Shares.
(o) None of the Placement Agents, nor any of their respective affiliates, nor any control persons, officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing has made any independent investigation with respect to SCS, the Company or its subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, or the Shares or the accuracy, completeness or adequacy of any information supplied to the Investor by SCS.
(p) The Investor agrees that the Placement Agents shall not be liable to the Investor (including in contract, tort, under federal or state securities laws or otherwise) for any action heretofore or hereafter taken or omitted to be taken in connection with the purchase of the Shares. On behalf of the Investor and its affiliates, the Investor releases the Placement Agents in respect of any losses, claims, damages, obligations, penalties, judgments, awards, liabilities, costs, expenses or disbursements related to the purchase of the Shares. This undertaking is given freely and after obtaining independent legal advice.
(q) In connection with the issue and purchase of the Shares, none of the Placement Agents, nor any of their respective affiliates, has acted as the Investor’s financial advisor or fiduciary.
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