(l) The Company has duly taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the offering and sale of the Securities and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(m) The Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and, when issued and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with this Agreement, will have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered and will constitute valid, enforceable and legally binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.
(n) The Base Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee, constitutes a valid and legally binding instrument, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles. The Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized, and when executed and delivered by the Company and assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee, will constitute a valid and legally binding instrument, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.
(o) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Indenture by the Company, the issue and sale of the Securities and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Indenture will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, (i) any statute, any rule, regulation or order 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, (ii) 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 by which the Company or any such subsidiary is bound or to which any of the properties of the Company or any such subsidiary is subject, or (iii) the Restated Certificate of Incorporation orBy-laws of the Company, each as amended to date, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), where any such breach, violation or default would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(p) No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or registration or qualification or filing with, any governmental agency or body or any court is required for the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the Indenture, the issue and sale of the Securities or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Indenture, except (i) such as have been obtained under the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and (ii) such as may be required under state or
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