(i) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid andnon-assessable; and all the outstanding shares of capital stock of each Significant Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid andnon-assessable, and, except as otherwise set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Significant Subsidiaries are owned by the Company either directly or through wholly-owned subsidiaries free and clear of any perfected security interest or any other security interests, claims, liens or encumbrances;
(j) The Securities have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered pursuant to this Agreement, will have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and entitled to the benefits provided by the indenture dated as of October 9, 2007 (the “Indenture”) between the Company and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, as heretofore supplemented and as to be further supplemented by the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 8, 2020, between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee with respect to the Securities (the “Trustee”), under which they are to be issued (the “Supplemental Indenture”); the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and constitutes a valid and legally binding instrument, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); and the Securities and the Indenture will conform to the descriptions thereof in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus;
(k) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;
(l) Neither the issue and sale of the Securities nor the consummation of any of the other transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment of the terms hereof will conflict with, result in a breach or violation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to (i) the certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or similar organizational document), in each case as amended, of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), conflicts, breaches, violations or liens (considered in the aggregate) which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(m) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the issue and sale of the Securities or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Indenture, except such as have been obtained under the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters;
(n) (A) Neither the Company nor any Significant Subsidiary is in violation or default of any provision of its certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or similar organizational document), in each case as amended, and (B) neither the Company nor any subsidiary is in violation or default of (i) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which it is a party or bound or to which its property is subject, or (ii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or such subsidiary or any of its properties, as applicable, other than, in the case of clause (B) above, any violations or defaults (considered in the aggregate) that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Schedule III hereto lists each indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument with respect to which a default by the Company could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;