(o) The Securities have been duly authorized by the Company, and when duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture (assuming due authentication of the Securities by the Trustee) and paid for as provided herein will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of the Indenture, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity) and except that rights to indemnification and contribution thereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws or public policy relating thereto; and the Securities will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.
(p) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, the Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee, the Indenture constitutes a valid and binding instrument of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity); and the Indenture conforms in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.
(q) Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included as part of or incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the business, financial position or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(r) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, will not be required to register as an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(s) No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required in connection with the transactions contemplated herein, except (i) such as have been obtained under the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and (ii) such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters in the manner contemplated herein and in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.
(t) Neither the issue and sale of the Securities nor the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of the Securities, the Indenture and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, (i) the charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) the terms of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which its or their property is subject, or (iii) any law, administrative regulation or administrative or court decree applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, except in the case of clauses (i) (other than with respect to the Company), (ii) and (iii) hereof, any such breach or violation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries that would not (1) individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (2) adversely affect in a material respect the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under the Indenture, the Securities or this Agreement, or would otherwise be material in the context of the sale of the Securities.
(u) The consolidated historical financial statements and schedules of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and the Registration Statement present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries at the dates indicated, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the periods indicated, comply as to form with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise noted therein).
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