(i) All actions required to be taken by or on behalf of the Bank, including the passing of all requisite resolutions of its directors, have occurred so as to validly authorize, issue and sell the Securities and to validly authorize and reserve for issuance the Conversion Shares as contemplated by this Agreement, and duly, punctually and faithfully perform all the obligations to be performed by it under this Agreement.
(j) Each of the Base Indenture and the Third Supplemental Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and has been duly authorized by the Bank and, when executed and delivered by the Bank, and assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee, will constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Bank, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles; and the Indenture and the Securities will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Pricing Disclosure Package;
(k) The Securities have been duly authorized by the Bank and, when executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Bank, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles; and the Securities will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture;
(l) The Conversion Shares have been duly and validly authorized and reserved by the Bank, and, when issued upon conversion of the Securities in accordance with the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, will be fully paid andnon-assessable, and the issuance of the Conversion Shares will not be subject to any preemptive right, right of first refusal or other similar rights to subscribe for purchase securities of the Bank; and the Conversion Shares will conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package;
(m) The execution and delivery by the Bank of this Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities, the issue and sale of the Securities, the authorization and issuance of the Conversion Shares and the compliance by the Bank with all of the provisions of the Securities, the Indenture and this Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated, will not result in a violation or breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other material agreement or instrument to which the Bank is a party or by which the Bank is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Bank is subject, or result in any violation of any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Bank or any of its properties, except, in each case, for such conflicts, breaches, defaults and violations that would not have a material adverse effect on the business, financial position, shareholders’ equity or results of operations of the Bank and its subsidiaries considered as an entirety (a “Material Adverse Effect”) or affect the validity of the Securities, nor will such action result in any material violation of the provisions of the Bank Act or a violation of theby-laws of the Bank; and no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or governmental agency or body is required by the Bank for the solicitation of offers to purchase Securities, the issue and sale of the Securities, the authorization and issuance of the Conversion Shares or the consummation by the Bank of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Indenture, except (i) to the extent that the failure to obtain or make such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications would not have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities, (ii) such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as have been, or will have been prior to the date of this Agreement, obtained
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