securities or clearance services in the United States; or (viii) any attack on, outbreak or escalation of hostilities or act of terrorism involving the United States, any declaration of war by Congress or any other national or international calamity or emergency if, in the judgment of the Representatives, the effect of any such attack, outbreak, escalation, act, declaration, calamity or emergency makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the offering or sale of and payment for the Offered Securities.
(c) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion and a 10b-5 statement of Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters, with respect to such matters as the Representatives may reasonably request.
(d) The Underwriters shall have received on and as of the Closing Date an opinion and 10b-5 statement of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, with respect to such matters as the Representatives may reasonably request.
(e) The Underwriters shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of the President, Chief Executive Officer or any Vice President of the Company in which such officer, to the best of his or her knowledge after reasonable investigation (acting on behalf of the Company and without personal liability), shall state that (i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct, and that the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date; and (ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect and no proceedings for such purpose are pending before, or threatened by, the Commission; and (iii) subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there has been no material adverse change, nor any development or event involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition (financial or other), business, properties or results of operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, which is material and adverse to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package or as described in such certificate.
(f) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect and no proceedings for such purpose shall be pending before or threatened by the Commission.
(g) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the Underwriters such further certificates and documents as the Underwriters or their counsel shall have reasonably requested.
(h) The Representatives may in their sole discretion waive on behalf of the Underwriters compliance with any conditions to the obligations of the Underwriters hereunder.
(i) No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal or state governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Offered Securities by the Company in the United States; and no injunction or order of any federal or state court shall have been issued that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Offered Securities by the Company in the United States.
6. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its partners, members, directors, officers, employees and agents and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
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