(xviii) The Registration Statement, at the Effective Time and the Prospectus, as of the date of the final prospectus supplement relating to the Shares, appeared on their face to be appropriately responsive in all material respects to the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations,provided,however, that such counsel need not express any opinion with respect to the financial statements or financial schedules or other financial or accounting data contained in, incorporated by reference into, or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or with respect to the Statement of Eligibility on FormT-1 (the “FormT-1”).
(xix) In addition, such counsel shall state that the Registration Statement became effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462 of the 1933 Act Regulations and that, to such counsel’s knowledge, based solely upon such counsel’s review of the Commission’s website, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or threatened by the Commission.
In addition, such counsel shall state that such counsel has participated in conferences with officers and representatives of the Company, representatives of the independent public accountants for the Company and the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters at which the contents of the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and related matters were discussed.
Such counsel shall state that the purpose of such counsel’s professional engagement was not to establish or to confirm factual matters set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, and that such counsel has not undertaken to verify independently any of such factual matters and is not passing upon, and does not assume any responsibility for, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (except as otherwise specifically provided in paragraphs (xii), (xiii) and (xvii) above).
Subject to the foregoing, such counsel shall state that nothing came to such counsel’s attention that caused such counsel to believe that:
(1) the Registration Statement, at the Effective Time, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
(2) the General Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or
(3) the Prospectus, as of its date and as of the date hereof, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided, however, such counsel need not express any belief with respect to the financial statements or financial schedules or other financial or accounting data contained in, incorporated by reference into, or omitted from the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or with respect to the FormT-1.
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