proceeds thereof (provided, however, that any decrease in the rating of any of the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act) or any notice given of any intended or potential decrease in any such rating or of a possible change in any such rating will not violate this Section 1(qq)), (ii) any transaction which is material to the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except for the sale of the Securities and the application of the net proceeds thereof, (iii) any obligation or liability, direct or contingent (including any off-balance sheet obligations), incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary, which is material to the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except for the sale of the Securities and the application of net proceeds thereof and issuances of commercial paper notes, any drawdowns under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, or (iv) any change in the capitalization or outstanding indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiaries, except for the sale of the Securities and the application of net proceeds thereof, issuance of common stock pursuant to the Company Equity Plans and any issuances of commercial paper notes, drawdowns under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.
(rr) The Company and its Subsidiaries own, possess, license or have other rights to use, on reasonable terms, all material patents, patent applications, trade and service marks, trade and service mark registrations, trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets, technology, know-how and other intellectual property (collectively, the “Intellectual Property”) necessary for the conduct of the Company’s business as now conducted or as proposed in the Final Prospectus to be conducted, except for failures of ownership or use that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Additionally, (i) to the Company’s or the Guarantors’ knowledge, there are no rights of third parties to any such Intellectual Property; (ii) to the Company’s or the Guarantors’ knowledge, there is no infringement by third parties of any such Intellectual Property; (iii) there is no pending or, to the Company’s or the Guarantors’ knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the Company’s or the Guarantors’ rights in or to any such Intellectual Property; and (iv) to the Company’s or the Guarantors’ knowledge, there is no pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company or Guarantors infringe or otherwise violate any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of others, in the case of each of clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) which would be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ss) (A) To the Company’s knowledge, there has been no security breach or incident, unauthorized access or disclosure, or other compromise of or relating to the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ information technology and computer systems, networks, hardware, software, data and databases (including the data and information of their respective customers, employees, suppliers, vendors and any third party data maintained, processed or stored by the Company and its Subsidiaries, and any such data processed or stored by third parties on behalf of the Company and its Subsidiaries), equipment or technology (collectively, “IT Systems and Data”) that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (B) neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries have been notified of, and each of them have no knowledge of any event or condition that could reasonably be expected to result in, any security breach or incident, unauthorized access or disclosure or other compromise to their IT Systems and Data that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (C) the Company and its Subsidiaries have implemented controls, policies, procedures, and technological safeguards to maintain and protect the integrity, continuous
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