(bb) The Shares have been approved for listing on NYSE, subject to notice of issuance.
(cc) Other than excepted activity pursuant to Regulation M under the Exchange Act, neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any affiliate of the Company has taken, directly or indirectly, any action that constituted, or was designed to, or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in or constitute, under the Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares, to result in a violation of Regulation M under the Exchange Act.
(dd) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have filed all federal, state, local and foreign tax returns required to be filed (other than tax returns as to which the failure to file, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect), which returns are complete and correct in all material respects, subject to permitted extensions, and have paid all taxes required to be paid thereon (except (i) as currently being contested in good faith and for which reserves required by GAAP have been created in the historical financial statements of the Company and (ii) which the failure to pay would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect). Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus, or as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, all deficiencies asserted as a result of any federal, state, local or foreign tax audits have been paid or finally settled.
(ee) Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, (i) there are no transactions between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any of their respective affiliates, officers, directors or securityholders, on the other hand, that are required by the Act to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and (ii) no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and their respective affiliates, directors, officers, securityholders, customers or suppliers, on the other hand, that is required by the Act to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus that is not so disclosed.
(ff) On each of (i) the Closing Date, (ii) any Additional Closing Date and (iii) after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares and the application of proceeds therefrom as described under “Use of Proceeds” in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries qualifies as an “investment company” or an “affiliated person” of, or “promoter” or “principal underwriter” for, an “investment company” within the meaning of the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (together with the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, the “Investment Company Act”).
(gg) Cawley, Gillespie & Associates, Inc., whose reports appear in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and Prospectus and who has delivered the letter referred to in Section 7.1.6, was, as of the date of such reserve reports, and is, as of the date hereof, an independent petroleum engineer with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries.
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