filings by Rule 433; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, as amended from time to time, or any part thereof or the use of the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been complied with to the Underwriters’ reasonable satisfaction.
(b) United States counsel for the Underwriters, shall have furnished to the Underwriters such written opinion or opinions dated the Time of Delivery, with respect to the validity of the Indenture, the Debt Securities, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and such other related matters as they may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters. In rendering such opinion, United States counsel for the Underwriters may assume all matters of Brazilian law covered by the opinions referred to in Section 8(c).
(c) Special Brazilian counsel for the Underwriters, shall have furnished to the Underwriters such written opinion or opinions dated the Time of Delivery, with respect to the validity of this Agreement, the Indenture, the Debt Securities, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and such other related matters as they may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters; in rendering such opinion, such counsel may assume all matters of United States federal and New York law covered by the opinions referred to in Section 8(b).
(d) The Attorney General of the National Treasury or another duly authorized attorney of the Office of the Attorney General of the National Treasury (“PGFN”) shall have furnished to the Underwriters a written opinion dated the Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to them, to the effect that:
(i) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Brazil and constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement of Brazil;
(ii) The Debt Securities have been duly authorized, executed, issued and delivered by Brazil, and assuming due authentication by the Trustee, constitute valid and legally binding obligations of Brazil enforceable in accordance with their terms and entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles;
(iii) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Brazil and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee, constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement of Brazil enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles;
(iv) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Indenture or the Debt Securities, nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated, nor compliance with the terms and provisions hereof or thereof, including performance of each of the obligations contained in the Debt Securities, (A) to such counsel’s best knowledge after due inquiry, will conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument for borrowed money known to such counsel to which Brazil is a party, (B) will conflict with, violate or result in a breach of the Constitution of Brazil as amended to the date hereof or as currently proposed to be amended by any currently pending resolution of the Brazilian National Congress (i.e., a resolution that initially has been voted upon and approved by both houses of Congress), or any statutes, laws, decrees or regulations of Brazil, (C) to such counsel’s best knowledge after due inquiry, will conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any treaty, convention or agreement to which Brazil is a party or constitute a default thereunder or (D) will result in the creation or imposition of any mortgage, lien, charge or encumbrance of any nature whatsoever upon any of the revenues or assets of Brazil under any such treaty, convention or agreement which, in the case of clause (A), (B), (C), or (D), could have a material adverse effect on the financial, economic or fiscal condition of Brazil or affect the validity or enforceability of the Debt Securities;
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