(j) The Securities have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered pursuant to this Agreement and authenticated pursuant to the Indenture (as hereinafter defined), such Securities will have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Partnership enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, fraudulent transfer, equitable subordination, fair dealing, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles; entitled to the benefits provided by the indenture dated as of December 5, 2001 (the “BaseIndenture”) among the Partnership, the Guarantor and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor to Wachovia Bank, National Association (formerly known as First Union National Bank), as Trustee (the “Trustee”), as amended and supplemented by the first supplemental indenture dated as of June 5, 2007, the second supplemental indenture dated as of June 2, 2010, the third supplemental indenture dated as of August 17, 2015, the fourth supplemental dated as of January 26, 2017, the fifth supplemental indenture dated March 6, 2019 and the sixth supplemental indenture to be dated May 13, 2020 each among the Partnership, the Guarantor and Trustee (the “Supplemental Indentures” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), under which they are to be issued; the Indenture has been duly authorized and duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and the Indenture constitutes a valid and legally binding instrument, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, fraudulent transfer, equitable subordination, fair dealing, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles; the Guarantees have been duly authorized and, when the Securities are issued and delivered pursuant to this Agreement, the Guarantees will have been duly executed, issued and delivered and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Guarantor, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, fraudulent transfer, equitable subordination, fair dealing, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles; and the Indenture conforms, and the Securities and the Guarantees will conform, to the descriptions thereof in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus;
(k) None of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities) will violate or result in a violation of Section 7 of the Exchange Act, or any regulation promulgated thereunder, including, without limitation, Regulations G, T, U, and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System;
(l) Prior to the date hereof, neither the Guarantor nor any of its affiliates (including the Partnership) has taken any action which is designed to or which has constituted or which might have been expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Partnership or the Guarantor in connection with the offering of the Securities and the Guarantees;
(m) The issue and sale of the Securities, the issue of the Guarantees, and the compliance by the Partnership and the Guarantor with all of the provisions of the Securities, the Guarantees, the Indenture, this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
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