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Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t

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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Goldman Sachs Group Inc), Underwriting Agreement (Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Blackstone Holdings III L.P.)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities Offered Notes shall be subject to the accuracy in all material respects of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and the Closing Datein this Agreement, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any applicable officers’ certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective its obligations hereunder under this Agreement and to the following additional conditionsconditions applicable to the Note Offering: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the related Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted instituted, or threatenedto the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission. (b) The Company shall have requested furnished to the Underwriter a certificate of the Company, signed by the President, any Vice President, or the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signer of such certificate has carefully examined the Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party, and caused Faegre that, to the best of such person’s knowledge after reasonable investigation, the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party are true and correct in all material respects, and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date. (c) The Underwriter shall have received on the Closing Date a signed opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, special New York counsel for the Company, to have furnished in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter their opinionand counsel to the Underwriter, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is a limited liability company validly existing as a corporation and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with ; Holding is a corporation validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware; and each of the Company and Holding has full power and authority to own, lease enter into and operate perform its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package obligations under this Agreement and the Final ProspectusTransaction Documents and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in execution and delivery by each of the Disclosure Package Bank, GECC, GECS, Holding, the Issuer and the Final Prospectus Company (except for subsequent issuanceseach, a “Specified Entity”) of this Agreement (if anyapplicable) and the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, pursuant to dividend reinvestment and the consummation by each of the transactions contemplated thereby, will not violate any applicable law, statute or director governmental rule or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans)regulation; (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder execution and delivery by each Specified Entity of this Agreement (if applicable) and the Selling Stockholders Transaction Documents to which it is a party does not, and the consummation by each Specified Entity of the transactions contemplated thereby to occur on the date of this opinion will not, require any consent, authorization or approval of, the giving of notice to or registration with any governmental entity, except such as may have been duly made and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessablesuch as may be required under the Federal securities laws, the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction or the Uniform Commercial Code of any state; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed the execution and delivered delivery by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package Company and Holding of this Agreement and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Transaction Documents to which it is a party do not, and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor thereby to occur on the fulfillment by the Company date of this opinion will not, violate or contravene any term or provision of the terms hereof will conflict with, result in a breach Certificate of Formation or violation of, or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets the Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company or its subsidiaries pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws of Holding; (Av) the charter or by-laws each of the Company or Transaction Documents (Bother than the Trust Agreement) any applicable federal or Indiana statuteconstitutes a legal, lawvalid and binding obligation of each of GECC, ruleGECS, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”)Issuer, or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or and Holding that is a party thereto, enforceable against each such party in accordance with its subsidiaries terms; (vi) each of any federalthe Notes is in due and proper form and when executed, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, authenticated and delivered as specified in the case Indenture, and when delivered against payment of clause (B), would, individually the consideration specified herein or in the aggregateNote Purchase Agreement, reasonably as applicable, it will be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect validly issued and outstanding, will constitute the validity legal, valid and binding obligation of the Securities or Issuer, enforceable against the legal authority Issuer in accordance with its terms, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Company to comply with the Securities or this AgreementIndenture; (vii) no consentthe Issuer is not now, approvaland immediately following the issuance of the Notes pursuant to the Indenture will not be, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ixviii) the Registration Statement became has become effective under the Act upon filing Act, and the Prospectus has been filed with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made thereunder in the manner and within the time period required by rule Rule 424(b); to the knowledge best of such counsel’s knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and the Prospectus and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted instituted; (ix) the statements in the Base Prospectus under the headings “The Trust—Perfection and Priority of Security Interests” and “—Conservatorship and Receivership; Bankruptcy,” and “ERISA Considerations” and the statements in the Prospectus Supplement under the heading “Structural Summary—ERISA Considerations” to the extent they constitute matters of law or threatened; andlegal conclusions with respect thereto, have been reviewed by us and are correct in all material respects; (x) the Registration Statement Transaction Documents and the Final Prospectus Notes conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Prospectus; (other than xi) the documents incorporated by reference therein, Indenture has been duly qualified under the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained thereinTrust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended and complies as to which such counsel need express no opinionform with the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; and (xii) comply each of the Registration Statement, as of its Effective Date, and the Prospectus, as of its date, complied as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such and regulations under the Act, except that such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come need not express any opinion as to their attention that caused them the financial and statistical data included therein or excluded therefrom or the exhibits to believe that (i) the Registration StatementStatement and, on except as, and to the Effective Dateextent set forth in paragraphs (ix) and (x), contained such counsel need not assume any untrue statement responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of Registration Statement or the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or Prospectus. (iiid) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and The Underwriter shall have received on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of Date a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the signed opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished Special Transaction Counsel for the Bank, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed counsel to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is requiredUnderwriter, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV Bank is (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”A) is duly organized and validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, as a Federal savings bank in good standing under the laws of the United States and (B) duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction where the conduct of its jurisdiction business or the ownership, lease or operation of organizationits property requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not have a material adverse effect on its ability to perform its obligations under the Receivables Sale Agreement; (ii) the execution Bank has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Receivables Sale Agreement and to consummate the transactions provided for therein; (iii) the execution, delivery and performance by the Bank of the Underwriting Receivables Sale Agreement and the consummation of the transactions provided for therein have been duly authorized by each all requisite corporate action on the part of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and Bank; (iv) the Underwriting Receivables Sale Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholdera duly authorized officer of the Bank; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (bv) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC)execution, the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement delivery and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders Bank of their obligations in the Receivables Sale Agreement and the consummation by the Bank of the transactions provided for therein, do not and will notnot (A) contravene, violate or constitute a default under any provision of the certificate of incorporation or By-laws of the Bank, (aB) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in best of such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable knowledge, contravene or violate any judgment, injunction, order or decree, to general business entities with respect which the Bank or its property is subject, (C) to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation best of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities knowledge, result in the creation or imposition of any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Bank, except as contemplated by the Servicing Agreement and the Receivables Sale Agreement or (D) contravene violate, conflict with respect to such sale or performance (but constitute a default under any agreement, lease, indenture, trust, deed, mortgage, or other instrument of which such counsel need not express any opinion relating is aware to which the United States federal securities laws Bank is a party or any state securities or Blue Sky laws)by which the Bank is bound. (e) The Selling Stockholders Underwriter shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for received on the Closing Date a signed opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Senior Vice President and Counsel, Capital Markets for GE Capital, Retail Finance, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter and counsel to the Underwriter, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) each of GECC and GECS is validly existing and in good standing as a corporation under the laws of the State of Delaware and has the corporate power and authority to transact the business in which it is now engaged and to enter into and to perform all of its obligations under the Servicing Agreement, the Administration Agreement and the Contribution Agreement to which it is a party in the various capacities set forth therein; (ii) the execution, delivery and performance by each of GECC and GECS of the Servicing Agreement, the Administration Agreement and the Contribution Agreement to which it is a party and the consummation by GECC and GECS of the transactions contemplated thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of GECC and GECS; (iii) the Servicing Agreement, the Administration Agreement and the Contribution Agreement to which it is a party have been duly and validly executed and delivered by GECC and GECS; and (iv) the execution and delivery by each of GECC and GECS of the Servicing Agreement, the Administration Agreement and the Contribution Agreement to which it is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby will not conflict with, result in a breach of any of the terms and provisions of, constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under (A) the certificate of incorporation or By-laws of GECC or, with respect to the Contribution Agreement, GECS, (B) to such counsel’s knowledge, and without any special investigation for this purpose, any material indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument of agreement to which GECC or, with respect to the Contribution Agreement, GECS is a party or by which GECC or, with respect to the Contribution Agreement, GECS is bound, or (C) to such counsel’s knowledge and without any special investigation for this purpose, any judgment, writ, injunction, decree, order or ruling of any court or governmental authority having jurisdiction over GECC or, with respect to the Contribution Agreement, GECS. (f) The Underwriter shall have received on the Closing Date a signed opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings& Finger, L.P.counsel for the Owner Trustee, in form and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter their opinions and counsel to the Underwriter, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Owner Trustee is duly incorporated and is validly existing and in good standing as a banking corporation under the forms laws of the State of Delaware; (ii) the Owner Trustee has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Trust Agreement and as trustee under the Administration Agreement, and to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby; (iii) the Owner Trustee has duly authorized, executed and delivered the Trust Agreement and the Administration Agreement, as trustee, and the Trust Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Owner Trustee, enforceable against the Owner Trustee in accordance with its terms; and (iv) neither the execution, delivery and performance by the Owner Trustee of the Trust Agreement, the Administration Agreement, as trustee, nor the consummation of any of the transactions by the Owner Trustee contemplated thereby, (A) is in violation of the charter or bylaws of the Owner Trustee or of any law, governmental rule or regulation of the State of Delaware or of the federal laws of the United States governing the trust powers of the Owner Trustee and (B) requires the consent or approval of, the withholding of objection on the part of, the giving of notice to, the filing, registration or qualification with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any governmental authority or agency under the laws of the State of Delaware or the federal laws of the United States governing the trust powers of the Owner Trustee. (g) The Underwriter shall have received on the Closing Date a signed opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Finger, special Delaware counsel for the Issuer, in form and substance reasonably acceptable satisfactory to the Underwriter and counsel to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Issuer has been duly formed and is validly existing as a statutory trust under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, 12 Del. C. § 3801, et seq., and has the power and authority under the Trust Agreement and the Delaware Statutory Trust Act to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Indenture, the Administration Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the Custody and Control Agreement, dated as of September 25, 2003, among the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer, and the Custodian (the “Custody and Control Agreement”) and the Transfer Agreement; (ii) the Indenture, the Administration Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the Custody and Control Agreement, the Transfer Agreement, the Notes to be issued by the Issuer on the Closing Date, and the Certificates have been duly authorized and executed by the Issuer; (iii) the Trust Agreement is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company and the Owner Trustee, enforceable against the Company and the Owner Trustee, in accordance with its terms; (iv) neither the execution, delivery or performance by the Issuer of the Indenture, the Administration Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the Custody and Control Agreement or the Transfer Agreement, nor the consummation by the Issuer of any of the transactions contemplated thereby, (A) requires the consent or approval of, the withholding of objection on the part of, the giving of notice to, the filing, registration or qualification with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any governmental authority or agency of the State of Delaware, other than the filing of the certificate of trust with the Secretary of State, or (B) is in violation of the Trust Agreement or of any law, rule or regulation of the State of Delaware applicable to the Issuer; (v) under § 3805 (b) and (c) of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, (A) no creditor of any Certificateholder shall have any right to obtain possession of, or otherwise exercise legal or equitable remedies with respect to, the property of the Issuer except in accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement, and (B) except to the extent otherwise provided in the Trust Agreement, a form reasonably acceptable tCertificateholder (including the Company in its capacity as such) has no interest in specific Issuer property; (vi) under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, the Issuer is a separate legal entity and, assuming that the Transfer Agreement conveys good title to the Issuer Estate (as defined in the Trust Agreement) to the Issuer as a true sale and not as a security arrangement, the Issuer rather than the Certificateholders will hold whatever title to the Issuer property as may be conveyed to it from time to time pursuant to the Transfer Agreement, except to the extent that the Issuer has taken action to dispose of or otherwise transfer or encumber any part of the Issuer property; and (vii) unde

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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (GE Capital Credit Card Master Note Trust), Underwriting Agreement (GE Capital Credit Card Master Note Trust)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter Underwriter’s obligation to purchase the Securities Certificates shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no 6.1 No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued be in effect, and no proceedings for that purpose shall be pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission; and the Prospectus Supplement shall have been instituted filed or threatenedtransmitted for filing by means reasonably calculated to result in a filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act. 6.2 Since [________] [__], 200[__] there shall have been no material adverse change (not in the ordinary course of business) in the condition of the Company or Residential Funding. 6.3 The Company shall have delivered to you a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of the President, a Senior Vice President or a Vice President of the Company to the effect that the signer of such certificate has examined this Agreement, the Approved Offering Materials, the Prospectus, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and various other closing documents, and that, to the best of his or her knowledge after reasonable investigation: (a) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are true and correct in all material respects; and (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarizehas, in all material respects, complied with all the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither agreements and satisfied all the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 conditions on its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required part to be obtained performed or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company 6.4 Residential Funding shall have requested delivered to you a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of the President, a Managing Director, a Director or an Associate of Residential Funding to the effect that the signer of such certificate has examined the Pooling and caused its General CounselServicing Agreement and this Agreement and that, to the best of his or her knowledge after reasonable investigation, the representations and warranties of Residential Funding contained in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects. 6.5 You shall have received the opinions of [▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. & Maw LLP] [▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP], special counsel for the Selling StockholdersCompany and Residential Funding, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, substantially to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing andset forth in Exhibits A-1, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution A-2 and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling StockholdersA-3, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed opinion of [__________], associate counsel for the Company and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of Residential Funding, dated the UCC, Closing Date and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant substantially to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; andeffect set forth in Exhibit B. (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders 6.6 You shall have requested and caused received a negative assurance letter regarding the Prospectus from [▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇and Calder& Maw LLP] [▇▇▇▇▇▇, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore HoldingsLLP], L.P.special counsel for the Company and Residential Funding, in form satisfactory to you. 6.7 The Underwriter shall have received from [___________], certified public accountants, (a) a letter dated the date hereof and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter their opinions and the Underwriter’s counsel, to the effect that they have performed certain specified procedures, all of which have been agreed to by the Underwriter, as a result of which they determined that certain information of an accounting, financial or statistical nature set forth in the Prospectus Supplement under the captions “Description of the Mortgage Pool”, “Description of the Agreements”, “Description of the Securities” and “Certain Yield and Prepayment Considerations” agrees with the records of the Company and Residential Funding excluding any questions of legal interpretation and (b) the letter prepared pursuant to Section 4.4(e). 6.8 The Class A Certificates shall have been rated “AAA” by [Fitch Ratings, (“Fitch”)] and AAA by [Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”)]. 6.9 You shall have received the opinion of [_________], counsel to the Trustee, dated the Closing Date and addressed Date, substantially to the Underwriter, effect set forth in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter.Exhibit C. (f) The Selling Stockholders 6.10 [You shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partnersreceived the opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇, LLP, special Minnesota tax counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KGthe Company, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed Date, substantially to the Underwritereffect set forth in Exhibit D]. 6.11 You shall have received from [_________], in associate counsel to the Company, a form reliance letter with respect to any opinions delivered to the rating agencies, or you shall have been listed as an addressee on any such opinions. The Company will furnish you with conformed copies of the above opinions, certificates, letters and documents as you reasonably acceptable trequest.

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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Residential Accredit Loans Inc), Underwriting Agreement (Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations Underwriter hereby enters into this Bond Purchase Agreement in reliance upon the representations and warranties of the Underwriter Authority and the City contained herein and the representations and warranties of the Authority and the City to purchase be contained in the Securities documents and instruments to be delivered on or prior to the Closing Date and upon the performance by the Authority and the City of their obligations both on and as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date. Accordingly, the Underwriter’s obligations under this Bond Purchase Agreement to purchase, to accept delivery of and to pay for the Bonds shall be subject subject, at the option of the Underwriter, to the accuracy in all material respects of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company Authority and the Selling Stockholders City contained herein as of the Applicable Time date hereof and as of the Closing Date, to the accuracy in all material respects of the statements of the Company officers and other officials of the Authority and the Selling Stockholders City made in any certificates certificate or other document furnished pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company Authority and the Selling Stockholders City of their respective obligations to be performed hereunder and under such documents and instruments at or prior to the Closing Date, and also shall be subject to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final ProspectusUnderwriter shall receive, within seven (7) business days of the date hereof and at least in sufficient time to accompany any orders or confirmations that request payment from any customer, copies of the Official Statement (including all information previously permitted to have been omitted by Rule 15c2-12 and any supplement theretoamendments or supplements as have been approved by the Underwriter), in such quantity as the Underwriter shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company requested pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened.Section 2 hereof; (b) The Company representations and warranties of the Authority and the City contained herein shall have requested be true and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for correct on the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated date hereof and on the Closing Date Date, as if made on and addressed to at the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final ProspectusClosing Date; (iic) As of the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in Closing Date, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders Financing Documents shall have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Companyrespective parties thereto, and the Official Statement shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Authority, all in substantially the forms heretofore submitted to the Underwriter, with only such changes as shall have been agreed to in writing by the Underwriter, and such Financing Documents shall be in full force and effect and shall not have been amended, modified or supplemented and the Official Statement shall not have been supplemented or amended, except in any such case as may have been agreed to by the Underwriter; and there shall be in full force and effect such resolution or resolutions of the Authority and the City as, in the opinion of Bond Counsel, shall be necessary or appropriate in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby; (vd) Between the statements date hereof and the Closing Date, the market price or marketability, at the initial public offering prices set forth in each the Official Statement, of the Disclosure Package Bonds shall not have been materially adversely affected, in the judgment of the Underwriter (evidenced by a written notice to the Authority terminating the obligation of the Underwriter to accept delivery of and make any payment for the Final Prospectus under Bonds), by reason of any of the captions “Description following: (1) an amendment to the Constitution of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions the United States or the State of Our Governing Documents California shall have been passed or legislation shall have been introduced in or enacted by the Congress of the United States or the legislature of any state having jurisdiction of the subject matter or legislation pending in the Congress of the United States shall have been amended or legislation shall have been recommended to the Congress of the United States or to any state having jurisdiction of the subject matter or otherwise endorsed for passage (by press release, other form of notice or otherwise) by the President of the United States, the Treasury Department of the United States, the Internal Revenue Service or the Chairman or ranking minority member of the Committee on Finance of the United States Senate or the Committee on Ways and Delaware Law”Means of the United States House of Representatives, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent legislation shall have been proposed for consideration by either such Committee by any member thereof or presented as an option for consideration by either such Committee by the staff of such Committee or by the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation of the Congress of the United States, or legislation shall have been favorably reported for passage to either House of the Congress of the United States by a change Committee of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as such House to which such legislation has been referred for consideration, or a decision shall have been rendered by a court of the sole and exclusive forum for certain types United States or of actions and proceedings that may be initiated the State of California or the Tax Court of the United States, or a ruling shall have been made or a regulation or temporary regulation shall have been proposed or made or any other release or announcement shall have been made by our stockholdersthe Treasury Department of the United States, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers the Internal Revenue Service or other employees”federal or State of California authority, insofar as such statements constitute a summary with respect to federal or State of California taxation upon revenues or other income of the legal mattersgeneral character to be derived by the Authority or upon interest received on obligations of the general character of the Bonds which may have the purpose or effect, documents directly or proceedings referred to thereinindirectly, fairly present of affecting the tax status of the Authority, its property or income, its securities (including the Bonds) or the interest thereon, or any tax exemption granted or authorized by State of California legislation or materially and summarize, in all material respects, adversely affecting the matters referred to therein.market for the Bonds or the market price generally of obligations of the general character of the Bonds; (vi2) neither legislation enacted, introduced in the sale Congress or recommended for passage by the President of the United States, or a decision rendered by a court established under Article III of the Constitution of the United States or by the Tax Court of the United States, or an order, ruling, regulation (final, temporary or proposed) or official statement issued or made by or on behalf of the Securities by and Exchange Commission, or any other governmental agency having jurisdiction of the Selling Stockholders subject matter shall have been made or issued to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company effect that obligations of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company general character of the terms hereof will conflict with, result in a breach or violation ofBonds, or imposition of the Bonds, including any lienor all underlying arrangements, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of are not exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or that the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or Indenture is not exempt from qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Trust Indenture Act of 19401939, as amended; (ix3) any legislation, ordinance, rule or regulation shall be introduced in, or be enacted by any governmental body, department or agency of the State of California, or a decision by any court of competent jurisdiction within the State of California or any court of the United States of America shall be rendered which, in the reasonable opinion of the Underwriter, materially adversely affects the market price of the Bonds; (4) the Registration Statement became effective under escalation in military hostilities or declaration by the Act upon filing United States of a national emergency or war, or other calamity or crisis or escalation thereof; (5) the declaration of a general banking moratorium by federal, New York or California authorities, or the general suspension of trading on any national securities exchange; (6) the imposition by the New York Stock Exchange or other national securities exchange, or any governmental authority, of any material restrictions not now in force with respect to the Commission; any required filing Bonds or obligations of the Base Prospectusgeneral character of the Bonds or securities generally, or the material increase of any Preliminary Prospectus such restrictions now in force, including those relating to the extension of credit by, or the charge to the net capital requirements of, the Underwriter; (7) an order, decree or injunction of any court of competent jurisdiction, or order, ruling, regulation or official statement by the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other governmental agency having jurisdiction of the Final Prospectussubject matter, issued or made to the effect that the issuance, offering or sale of obligations of the general character of the Bonds, or the issuance, offering or sale of the Bonds, including any or all underlying obligations, as contemplated hereby or by the Official Statement, is or would be in violation of the federal securities laws as amended and then in effect; (8) any supplements theretolitigation shall be instituted, pursuant pending or threatened to Rule 424(brestrain or enjoin the issuance or sale of the Bonds or in any way contesting the validity of the Bonds or the Financing Documents, or the existence or powers of the Authority or the City; (9) has been made any event occurring, or information becoming known that, in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness judgment of the Registration Underwriter, makes untrue in any material respect any statement or information contained in the Official Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for the effect that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Official Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted omits to state any a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading misleading; (in each case, other than 10) the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law marketability of the State of Delaware Bonds or the Federal laws market price thereof, in the opinion of the Underwriter, has been materially adversely affected by an amendment to the Constitution of the United States or by any legislation in or by the Congress of the United States or by the State, or the amendment of legislation pending as of the date of the Bond Purchase Agreement in the Congress of the United States, or the recommendation to Congress or endorsement for passage (by press release, other form of notice or otherwise) of legislation by the extent they deem proper President of the United States, the Treasury Department of the United States, the Internal Revenue Service or the Chairman or ranking minority member of the Committee on Finance of the United States Senate or the Committee on Ways and Means of the United States House of Representatives, or the proposal for consideration of legislation by either such Committee or by any member thereof, or the presentment of legislation for consideration as specified an option by either such Committee, or by the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation of the Congress of the United States, or the favorable reporting for passage of legislation to either House of the Congress of the United States by a Committee of such House to which such legislation has been referred for consideration, or any decision of any federal or state court or any ruling or regulation (final, temporary or proposed) or official statement on behalf of the United States Treasury Department, the Internal Revenue Service or other federal or state authority affecting the federal or state tax status of the City or the Authority, or the interest on bonds or notes (including the Bonds); (11) the withdrawal or downgrading of any rating of the Bonds by a national rating agency; or (12) any other event shall have occurred since the date of hereof that in such opinion, upon the opinion reasonable judgment of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to materially adversely affects the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers marketability or market price of the Company and public officials. References Bonds. (e) At or prior to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date., the Underwriter shall have received the following documents, in each case satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter: (c1) The Company shall have requested Official Statement and caused its General each supplement or amendment, if any, thereto, executed by the Authority and approved by the City; (2) Copies of each of the Financing Documents, each duly executed and delivered by the respective parties thereto; (3) The approving opinions of Bond Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Authority, in substantially the forms attached to the Official Statement as Appendix E thereto, together with reliance letters addressed to the Underwriter permitting the Underwriter to rely on such opinions; (4) The supplemental opinion of Bond Counsel, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: that the statements in the Official Statement under the captions “INTRODUCTION,” “THE BONDS” (i) excluding the Company is duly qualified information relating to DTC and the book-entry only system), “SECURITY FOR THE BONDS,” “TAX MATTERS,” APPENDIX D—SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL LEGAL DOCUMENTS, and APPENDIX F—FORM OF CONTINUING DISCLOSURE CERTIFICATE insofar as a foreign corporation such statements purport to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason summarize certain provisions of the ownership or leasing of property Financing Documents or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized Bonds and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel’s final legal opinion concerning certain federal tax matters, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein.; (d5) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused letter of ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for in its capacity as Disclosure Counsel, dated the Selling StockholdersClosing Date and addressed to the Authority and the Underwriter, to have furnished substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C. (6) An opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter and the Authority, of the City Attorney, to the effect that: (i) the City is a municipal corporation and general law city duly organized and validly existing under the Constitution and laws of the State of California; (ii) the Financing Documents to which it is a party have been duly approved by resolutions of the City adopted at meetings duly called and held in accordance with the requirements of all applicable laws, with all public notice required by law, and at which a quorum of the members of the City Council of the City was continuously present and such resolutions have not been modified, amended or rescinded since the date of its adoption; (iii) except as described in the Official Statement, to such counsel’s best knowledge, there is no litigation, inquiry, or investigation pending or threatened, which: (A) challenges the right or title of any member of the City Council of the City or officer of the City to hold his or her office or exercise or perform the powers and duties pertaining thereto; (B) challenges the validity or enforceability of the Bonds or the Financing Documents; (C) seeks to restrain or enjoin the sale of the Bonds or the execution and delivery by the City of, or the performance by the City of its legal obligations under, the Financing Documents to which it is a party or in which a final adverse decision could materially adversely affect the operations of the City; or (D) contesting in any way the completeness or accuracy of the Preliminary Official Statement or the Official Statement; (iv) to such counsel’s best knowledge, the execution and delivery by the City of, and the performance by the City of its obligations under, the Financing Documents to which it is a party, do not conflict with, violate or constitute a default under any provision of any law, court order or decree or any contract, instrument or agreement to which the City is a party or by which it is bound and of which such counsel has knowledge; (v) the Financing Documents to which it is a party have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the City and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery of the Financing Documents by the parties thereto other than the City, the Financing Documents constitute legal, valid and binding agreements of the City, enforceable against the City in accordance with their respective terms except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and remedies in general, or by the application of equitable principles if equitable remedies are sought; and (vi) except as may be required under the “blue sky” or securities laws of the United States or any state, there is no authorization, approval, consent or other order of, or filing with, or certification by, the State or any other governmental authority or agency within the State having jurisdiction over the City required for the issuance of the Bonds or the consummation by the City of the other financial transactions contemplated by the Official Statement and the City Documents; As used in such opinion, the phrase “current actual knowledge” may mean knowledge as such counsel shall have obtained from (i) the incumbency and signature certificate of the City, (ii) the representations and warranties contained in each closing certificate of the City, and (iii) knowledge of facts or other information currently known to lawyers in its firm who have performed legal services for the City. (7) An opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to of counsel for the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing andAuthority, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable tth

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Bond Purchase Agreement, Bond Purchase Agreement

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders Stockholder contained herein as of the Applicable Execution Time and the Closing DateDate pursuant to Section 3 hereof, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders Stockholder made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders Stockholder of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any other material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre Wachtell, Lipton, ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter its opinion and negative assurance letters, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B. (c) The General Counsel of the Company, shall have furnished to the Underwriter her opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C. (d) The Company shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇, Halter & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, Ohio counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter its opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D. (e) The Selling Stockholder shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the CompanySelling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinionits opinion dated the Closing Date, addressed to the Underwriter and substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E. (f) The Underwriter shall have received from ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Underwriter, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, with respect to the sale of the Securities, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Underwriter may reasonably require, and the Company and the Selling Stockholder shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. (g) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter a certificate of the Company, signed by the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer or the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that: (i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date and the Company has been duly incorporated complied with all the agreements and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under satisfied all the laws of conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final ProspectusClosing Date; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened; and (xiii) since the Registration Statement date of the most recent financial statements included in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (other than exclusive of any supplement thereto), there has been no Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the documents incorporated Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto). (h) The Selling Stockholder shall have furnished to the Underwriter a certificate, signed by reference thereinan authorized representative of the Selling Stockholder reasonably acceptable to counsel to the Underwriter dated the Closing Date, to the financial statements effect that the representations and other financial warranties of the Selling Stockholder in this Agreement are true and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form correct in all material respects with the applicable requirements on and as of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, Date to the extent they deem proper and same effect as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, if made on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (ci) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, each of Ernst & Young LLP and KPMG LLP to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated at the Execution Time and, in the case of Ernst & Young LLP, at the Closing Date Date, letter(s), dated respectively as of the Execution Time and, if applicable, as of the Closing Date, in form and addressed substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter Underwriter. (j) Subsequent to the effect that: Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), there shall not have been (i) any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (i) of this Section 6 or (ii) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the management, condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business or properties of the Company is duly qualified or its subsidiaries taken as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is requiredwhole, whether by reason of or not arising from transactions in the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct ordinary course of business, except where the failure to so qualify as set forth in or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto) the effect of which, in any case referred to transact business and is in good standing clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason the sole judgment of the ownership Underwriter, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or leasing of property inadvisable to proceed with the offering or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge (exclusive of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statementany amendment thereof), the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of contracts and other documents any amendment or supplement thereto). (k) Subsequent to which the Execution Time, there shall not have been any decrease in the rating of any of the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 3(a)(62) under 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 that does not indicate the direction of the possible change. (l) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company or and the Selling Stockholder shall have furnished to the Underwriter such further information, certificates and documents as the Underwriter may reasonably request. (m) The Securities shall have been listed and admitted and authorized for trading on the New York Stock Exchange, and satisfactory evidence of such actions shall have been provided to the Underwriter. If any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate the conditions specified in all material respects; this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the best Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriter hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Underwriter. Notice of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases cancellation shall be given to the Company and the Selling Stockholder in writing or other instruments by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing. The documents required to be described or referred to in delivered by this Section 6 shall be delivered at the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇office of ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇BMET Investors Offshore Holdings▇▇▇▇, L.P.▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated on the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the UnderwriterDate. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t

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Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter Underwriter’s obligation to purchase the Securities Certificates shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no 6.1 No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued be in effect, and no proceedings for that purpose shall be pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission; and the Prospectus Supplement shall have been instituted filed or threatenedtransmitted for filing by means reasonably calculated to result in a filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act. 6.2 Since December 1, 2005 there shall have been no material adverse change (not in the ordinary course of business) in the condition of the Company or Residential Funding. 6.3 The Company shall have delivered to you a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of the President, a Senior Vice President or a Vice President of the Company to the effect that the signer of such certificate has examined this Agreement, the Approved Offering Materials, the Prospectus, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and various other closing documents, and that, to the best of his or her knowledge after reasonable investigation: (a) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are true and correct in all material respects; and (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarizehas, in all material respects, complied with all the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither agreements and satisfied all the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 conditions on its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required part to be obtained performed or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company 6.4 Residential Funding shall have requested delivered to you a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of the President, a Managing Director, a Director or an Associate of Residential Funding to the effect that the signer of such certificate has examined the Pooling and caused its General CounselServicing Agreement and this Agreement and that, to the best of his or her knowledge after reasonable investigation, the representations and warranties of Residential Funding contained in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects. 6.5 You shall have received the opinions of [▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. & Maw LLP] [▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP], special counsel for the Selling StockholdersCompany and Residential Funding, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, substantially to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing andset forth in Exhibits A-1, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution A-2 and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling StockholdersA-3, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed opinion of [_________], associate counsel for the Company and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of Residential Funding, dated the UCC, Closing Date and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant substantially to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; andeffect set forth in Exhibit B. (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders 6.6 You shall have requested received a negative assurance letter regarding the Preliminary Prospectus and caused Prospectus from [▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇and Calder& ▇▇▇ LLP] [Orrick, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore HoldingsLLP], L.P.special counsel for the Company and Residential Funding, in form satisfactory to you. 6.7 The Underwriter shall have received from [________], certified public accountants, (a) a letter dated the date hereof and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter their opinions and the Underwriter’s counsel, to the effect that they have performed certain specified procedures, all of which have been agreed to by the Underwriter, as a result of which they determined that certain information of an accounting, financial or statistical nature set forth in the Prospectus Supplement under the captions “Description of the Mortgage Pool”, “Description of the Agreements”, “Description of the Securities” and “Certain Yield and Prepayment Considerations” agrees with the records of the Company and Residential Funding excluding any questions of legal interpretation and (b) the letter prepared pursuant to Section 4.4(e). 6.8 The Class A Certificates shall have been rated “AAA” by [Fitch Ratings, (“Fitch”)] and AAA by [Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”)]. 6.9 You shall have received the opinion of [____________], counsel to the Trustee, dated the Closing Date and addressed Date, substantially to the Underwriter, effect set forth in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter.Exhibit C. (f) The Selling Stockholders 6.10 [You shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partnersreceived the opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇, LLP, special Minnesota tax counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KGthe Company, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed Date, substantially to the Underwritereffect set forth in Exhibit D.] 6.11 You shall have received from [_________], in associate counsel to the Company, a form reliance letter with respect to any opinions delivered to the rating agencies, or you shall have been listed as an addressee on any such opinions. The Company will furnish you with conformed copies of the above opinions, certificates, letters and documents as you reasonably acceptable trequest.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc), Underwriting Agreement (Residential Accredit Loans Inc)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter Underwriter's obligation to purchase the Securities Certificates shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no 6.1 No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued be in effect, and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counselthe Company, threatened actionby the Commission; and the Prospectus Supplement shall have been filed or transmitted for filing, suit by means reasonably calculated to result in a filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act. 6.2 Since _____, 20__ there shall have been no material adverse change (not in the ordinary course of business) in the condition of the Company. 6.3 The Company shall have delivered to the Underwriter a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of the President, a Senior Vice President or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving a Vice President of the Company or any to the effect that the signer of its subsidiaries or its or their propertysuch certificate has examined this Agreement, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, andthe Pooling and Servicing Agreement and various other closing documents, and that, to the best of his or her knowledge after reasonable investigation: (a) the representations and warranties of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described the Company in this Agreement and in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package [Pooling and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act Servicing] [Trust] Agreement are true and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate correct in all material respects; and (b) the Company has complied, in all material respects, with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to thereinClosing Date. (d) 6.4 The Selling Stockholders Underwriter shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇received the opinion of Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP special counsel for the Company dated the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & for▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLPd substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter. 6.5 The Underwriter shall have received from _____________, counsel for the Selling StockholdersUnderwriter, to have furnished to the Underwriter their an opinion dated the Closing Date in form and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms substance reasonably acceptable satisfactory to the Underwriter. (f) 6.6 The Selling Stockholders Underwriter shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partnersreceived from ___________, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KGcertified public accountants, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished letter dated the date hereof and satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter their opinion dated and the Closing Date and addressed Underwriter's counsel, to the Underwritereffect that they have performed certain specified procedures, all of which have been agreed to by the underwriter, as a result of which they determined that certain information of an accounting, financial or statistical nature set forth in a form reasonably acceptable tthe Prospectus Supplement under the captions "Description of the Mortgage Pool", ["Pooling and Servicing Agreement"] ["The Trust Agreement"], "Description of the Certificates" and "Certain Yield and Prepayment Considerations" agrees with the records of the Company excluding any questions of legal interpretation.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Underwriting Agreement (National City Mortgage Capital LLC), Underwriting Agreement (Taconic Asset Acceptance Company, L.L.C.)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities Notes shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders Origen Companies contained herein as of the Applicable Time date hereof, as of the date of the effectiveness of any amendment to the Registration Statement filed prior to the Closing Date and as of the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders Origen Companies made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders Origen Companies of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting Statement, as amended from time to its use time, shall have been issued and not withdrawn and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened; and the Final Prospectus shall have been filed or transmitted for filing with the Commission in accordance with Rule 424 under the 1933 Act; the Prospectus and each Free Writing Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission under the Securities Act and in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof; and all requests by the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Underwriter. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for delivered to you a certificate of the Company, to have furnished to signed by the Underwriter their opinion, President or a vice president or an assistant vice president of the Company and dated the Closing Date and addressed to the UnderwriterDate, to the effect that: that the signer of such certificate has carefully examined the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Prospectus, Final Prospectus and this Agreement and that (i) the Company has been duly incorporated representations and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws warranties of the State Company in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects at and as of Delawarethe Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarizehas, in all material respects, complied with all the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither agreements and satisfied all the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 conditions on its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is part that are required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations to be performed or qualifications as may be required by the securities satisfied at or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); prior to the knowledge of such counselClosing Date, (iii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or or, to the Company's knowledge, threatened; and , (xiv) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their the attention of such officer that caused them would lead such officer to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained Time of Sale Prospectus or Final Prospectus contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or and (iiiv) subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Final Prospectus, there has not been any material adverse change in the general affairs, capitalization, financial condition or results of operations of the Company. (c) The Underwriter shall have received from Hunton & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Origen Companies, a favorable opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter including without limitation a statement that nothing has come to such counsel's attention that would lead such counsel to believe that the Time of Sale Prospectus and Final Prospectus, each as of its date date, and on the Closing Date, included contained or includes any contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which misleading; it being understood that such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) view as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper financial and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents statistical information contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders Underwriter shall have requested received from Deloitte & Touche, certified public accountants, a letter, dated the date hereof and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to counsel for the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) that they have performed certain specified procedures as a result of which they determined that certain information of an accounting, financial or statistical nature set forth in the Static Pool Information and in each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV Time of Sale Prospectus and Final Prospectus under the captions "Summary of Prospectus Supplement--The Contracts," "Risk Factors" (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in of information regarding the relevant jurisdictionContracts therein), in good standing under "The Contract Pool", "Yield on the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution Notes", and delivery "Description of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each Notes" agrees with the records of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws)Seller. (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t

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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Origen Manufactured Housing Contract Trust Collateralized Notes, Series 2006-A), Underwriting Agreement (Origen Residential Securities, Inc.)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities Offered Certificates shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time date hereof, as of the date of the effectiveness of any amendment to the Registration Statement filed prior to the Closing Date (including the filing of any document incorporated by reference therein) and as of the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final ProspectusUnderwriter shall have received from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (i) a letter, dated the date hereof, confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Act and any supplement theretothe rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter and counsel to the Underwriter and (ii) if requested by the Underwriter, a letter dated the Closing Date, updating the letter referred to in clause (i) above, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter. (b) All actions required to be taken and all filings required to be made by the Company under the Act prior to the sale of the Offered Certificates shall have been filed with duly taken and made. At and prior to the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the ActClosing Date, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted instituted, or threatenedto the knowledge of the Company or the Underwriter, shall have been contemplated by the Commission. (bc) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting particularly the business or properties of the Company which, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter, materially impairs the investment quality of the Offered Certificates; (ii) any downgrading in the ratings of the Mortgage Certificates by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Act), or any public announcement that any such organization has under surveillance or review its ratings of the Mortgage Certificates (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating); (iii) any suspension or limitation of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, or any setting of minimum prices for trading on such exchange; (iv) any banking moratorium declared by federal, North Carolina or New York authorities; or (v) any outbreak or escalation of major hostilities in which the United States is involved, any declaration of war by Congress or any other substantial national or international calamity or emergency if, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter, the effects of any such outbreak, escalation, declaration, calamity or emergency makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the sale of and payment for the Offered Certificates. (d) The Company Underwriter shall have requested received a certificate dated the Closing Date of an executive officer of the Company in which such officer shall state that, to the best of such officer’s knowledge after reasonable inspection, (i) the representations and caused Faegre warranties of the Company contained in the Basic Documents are true and correct with the same force and effect as if made on the Closing Date and (ii) 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. (e) The Underwriter shall have received an opinion of reasonably acceptable counsel to the Trustee, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter. (f) The Underwriter shall have received an opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, special counsel for to the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date Date, in form and addressed substance satisfactory to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vig) neither the sale The Underwriter shall have received copies of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by any opinions of counsel for the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over that the Company is required to deliver to any Rating Agency. Any such opinions shall be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter or accompanied by reliance letters addressed to the effect that:Underwriter. (ih) The Underwriter shall have received from Hunton & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, special counsel to the Company is duly qualified as Underwriter, a foreign corporation letter addressed to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or Underwriter dated the conduct of business, except where the failure Closing Date with respect to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all substantially to the effect that no facts have come to such counsel’s attention in the course of its review of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary Final Prospectus which causes it to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and believe that the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act date of the Prospectus Supplement or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunderClosing Date, and none of such documents contained an any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions it being understood that such counsel need not express any view as to any information incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus or as to the adequacy or accuracy of contracts the financial, numerical, statistical or quantitative information included in the Final Prospectus. (i) On or before the Closing Date, the Underwriter shall have received evidence satisfactory to it that each class of Offered Certificates has been given the ratings set forth on Schedule I hereto. (j) At the Closing Date, the Certificates and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate Trust Agreement will conform in all material respects; and respects to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to descriptions thereof contained in the Final Prospectus. (k) The Underwriter shall not have discovered and disclosed to the Company on or prior to the Closing Date that the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package Statement or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred any amendment or supplement thereto contains an untrue statement of a fact or omits to thereinstate a fact which, in the opinion of counsel to the Underwriter, is material and is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. (dl) All corporate proceedings and other legal matters relating to the authorization, form and validity of this Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Mortgage Certificate Purchase Agreement, the Certificates, the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus, and all other legal matters relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, shall be reasonably satisfactory in all respects to counsel for the Underwriter, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel all documents and information that they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters. (m) The Selling Stockholders Underwriter shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ received a certificate (upon which Hunton & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for LLP shall be entitled to rely in rendering its opinions and letters under the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion Basic Documents) dated the Closing Date and addressed to of an officer of the UnderwriterTrustee in which such officer shall state that, to the effect that: best of such officer’s knowledge after reasonable investigation: (i) each the Trustee is not an affiliate of the Selling Stockholders any other entity listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists as a transaction party in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; Prospectus Supplement; (ii) the execution and delivery of information in the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of Prospectus Supplement related to the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and Trustee (the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii“Trustee Disclosure”) assuming that includes (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) the Trustee’s correct name and form of the UCC, organization and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 a discussion of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement Trustee’s experience serving as trustee for asset-backed securities transactions involving mortgage loans; and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iviii) the sale Trustee Disclosure is true and correct in all material respects and nothing has come to his or her attention that that would lead such officer to believe that the Trustee Disclosure contains any untrue statement of material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the Securities by the Selling Stockholders statements therein not misleading. The Company will provide or cause to be provided to the Underwriter pursuant such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as the Underwriter may reasonably request. All opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter. If any condition specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by the Underwriter by notice to the Agreement does notCompany at any time at or prior to the Closing Date, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders such termination shall be without liability of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating party to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result other party except as provided in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws)Section 7. (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Banc of America Funding 2009-R1 Trust), Underwriting Agreement (Banc of America Funding Corp)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter Underwriter’s obligation to purchase the Securities Certificates shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no 6.1 No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued be in effect, and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counselthe Company, threatened actionby the Commission; and the Prospectus Supplement shall have been filed or transmitted for filing by means reasonably calculated to result in a filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act. 6.2 Since [DATE], suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving there shall have been no material adverse change (not in the ordinary course of business) in the condition of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their propertyMaster Servicer. 6.3 The Company shall have delivered to you a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of the President, a character required Senior Vice President or a Vice President of the Company to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in effect that the Disclosure Package and signer of such certificate has examined this Agreement, the Final Approved Offering Materials, the Prospectus, andthe Pooling and Servicing Agreement and various other closing documents, and that, to the best of his or her knowledge after reasonable investigation: (a) the representations and warranties of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described the Company in this Agreement and in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package Pooling and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act Servicing Agreement are true and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate correct in all material respects; and (b) the Company has, in all material respects, complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date. 6.4 Master Servicer shall have delivered to you a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of the President, a Managing Director or a Director of Master Servicer to the effect that the signer of such certificate has examined the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and this Agreement and that, to the best of such counsel’s knowledgehis or her knowledge after reasonable investigation, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to the representations and warranties of Master Servicer contained in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to thereinPooling and Servicing Agreement and in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects. (d) The Selling Stockholders 6.5 You shall have requested and caused ▇▇received the opinion of Mayer, Brown, ▇▇▇▇ & Maw LLP, special counsel for the Company and the opinions of [ ], Special Counsel for Master Servicer, each dated the Closing Date and substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibits A-1 and A-2, and the opinion of [NAME], [TITLE] for the Company and the opinion of [NAME], [TITLE] for Master Servicer, dated the Closing Date and substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibits B-1 and B-2. 6.6 You shall have received from Mayer, Brown, ▇▇▇▇ & Maw LLP, counsel for the Underwriter, an opinion dated the Closing Date in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter. 6.7 You shall have received from [ACCOUNTING FIRM], certified public accountants, (a) a letter dated the date hereof and satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and your counsel, to the effect that they have performed certain specified procedures, all of which have been agreed to by you, as a result of which they determined that certain information of an accounting, financial or statistical nature set forth in the Prospectus Supplement under the captions “Description of the Mortgage Pool,” “Pooling and Servicing Agreement,” “Description of the Certificates” and “Yield and Prepayment Considerations” agrees with the records of the Company and Master Servicer excluding any questions of legal interpretation and (b) the letter prepared pursuant to Section 5.9 hereof. 6.8 The Class A-[1], Class A-[2], Class A-[3] and Class A-[4] Certificates shall have each been rated “AAA” by Standard & Poor’s, a division of The ▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ Companies, Inc. (“Standard & Poor’s”) and “Aaa” by ▇▇▇▇’▇ Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”). The Class M-1 Certificates shall have been rated “AA+” by Standard & Poor’s and “Aaa” by Moody’s. The Class M-2 Certificates shall have been rated “AA+” by Standard & Poor’s and “Aa1” by Moody’s. The Class M-3 Certificates shall have been rated “AA” by Standard & Poor’s and “Aa2” by Moody’s. The Class M-4 Certificates shall have been rated “AA-” by Standard & Poor’s and “Aa3” by Moody’s. The Class M-5 Certificates shall have been rated “A+” by Standard & Poor’s and “A1” by Moody’s. The Class M-6 Certificates shall have been rated “A” by Standard & Poor’s and “A2” by Moody’s. The Class M-7 Certificates shall have been rated “A-” by Standard & Poor’s and “A3” by Moody’s. The Class M-8 Certificates shall have been rated “BBB+” by Standard & Poor’s and “Baa1” by Moody’s. The Class M-9 Certificates shall have been rated “BBB” by Standard & Poor’s and “Baa2” by Moody’s. The Class M-10 Certificates shall have been rated “BBB-” by Standard & Poor’s and “Baa3” by Moody’s. 6.9 You shall have received the opinion of [COUNSEL], counsel to the Trustee, dated the Closing Date, substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit C. 6.10 You shall have received from Mayer, Brown, ▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Maw LLP, special counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the UnderwriterCompany, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter reliance letters with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale any opinions delivered to Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s. The Company will furnish you with conformed copies of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does notabove opinions, certificates, letters and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such documents as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws)you reasonably request. (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t

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Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations obligation of the Underwriter to purchase accept delivery of and pay for the Securities Bonds on the Closing Date shall be subject subject, at the option of the Underwriter, (i) to the accuracy in all material respects of the representations representations, warranties and warranties agreements on the part of the Company Authority and the Selling Stockholders City contained herein as of the Applicable Time date hereof and as of the Closing Date, to the accuracy in all material respects of the statements of the Company officers and other officials of the Authority and the Selling Stockholders City made in any certificates or other documents furnished pursuant to the provisions hereof, and to the performance by the Company Authority and the Selling Stockholders City of their respective its obligations to be performed hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date; and (ii) to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final ProspectusAt the time of Closing, the Authority Documents and the City Documents shall be in full force and effect as valid, binding and enforceable agreements between or among the various parties thereto, and any supplement theretothis Purchase Contract and the remainder of the Authority Documents and City Documents shall not have been amended, modified or supplemented, except as described herein or as may otherwise have been agreed to in writing by the Underwriter, and there shall have been filed taken in connection with the Commission issuance of the Bonds and with the transactions contemplated thereby and by this Purchase Contract, all such actions as, in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Actopinion of Bond Counsel, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; be necessary and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened.appropriate; (b) The Company As of the Closing Date, the Official Statement shall not have been amended, modified or supplemented, except as may have been agreed to in writing by the Underwriter; (c) Between the date hereof and the Closing Date, none of the following shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect thatoccurred: (i1) legislation enacted in the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation Congress or in good standing under the laws legislature of the State of DelawareCalifornia, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder a decision rendered by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each a court established under Article III of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description Constitution of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction or under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law Constitution of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the CommissionCalifornia, as the case may be, conformed or by the Tax Court of the United States, or an order, ruling, regulation (final or temporary) or official or staff statement issued or made: (A) by or on behalf of the Treasury Department of the United States or the Internal Revenue Service, or any agency, commission or instrumentality of the State of California, with the purpose or effect, directly or indirectly, of imposing federal income taxation or State of California personal income taxation, respectively, upon the System Revenues (as defined in all material respects the Indenture) as would be received by the Authority or the Trustee or upon such interest as would be received by the holders of the Bonds or obligations of the general character of the Bonds, or (B) by or on behalf of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other governmental agency having jurisdiction of the subject matter, to the requirements effect that obligations of the Act general character of the Bonds or the Exchange Bonds are not exempt from registration under the Securities Act and of 1933, as amended (the rules and regulations “Securities Act”), or that the Indenture is not exempt from qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”), which, in either case, in the reasonable judgment of the Commission thereunderUnderwriter, would have a material and none adverse effect on the market price or marketability, at the initial offering prices set forth in the Official Statement, of the Bonds; (2) the declaration of war or the material outbreak or material escalation of existing military hostilities involving the United States or the occurrence of any other national emergency or calamity relating to the effective operation of the government of or the financial community in the United States, which, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter, would have a material and adverse effect on the market price or marketability, at the initial offering prices set forth in the Official Statement, of the Bonds; (3) the declaration of a general banking moratorium by federal, New York or California authorities, or the general suspension of trading on any national securities exchange, which, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter, would have a material and adverse effect on the market price or marketability, at the initial offering prices set forth in the Official Statement, of the Bonds; (4) the imposition by the New York Stock Exchange or other national securities exchange, or any governmental authority, of any material restrictions not now in force with respect to the Bonds or obligations of the general character of the Bonds or securities generally, or the material increase of any such documents restrictions now in force, including those relating to the extension of credit by, or the charge to the net capital requirements of, underwriters; (5) an order, decree or injunction of any court of competent jurisdiction, or order, ruling, regulation or official or staff statement by the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other governmental agency having jurisdiction of the subject matter, issued or made to the effect that the issuance, offering or sale of obligations of the general character of the Bonds, or the issuance, offering or sale of the Bonds, including any or all underlying obligations, as contemplated hereby or by the Official Statement, is or would be in violation of the federal securities laws as amended and then in effect; (6) the withdrawal or downgrading of the rating on the Bonds to less than “ ” by S&P Global Ratings, a division of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“S&P”); (7) any event occurring, or information becoming known which, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter, makes untrue in any material respect any statement or information contained an in the Official Statement, or has the effect that the Official Statement contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein or information therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and, and the Authority or the City refuse to amend or supplement the Official Statement to correct such statements or information; (vii8) any amendment to the federal or California Constitution or action by any federal or California court, legislative body, regulatory body or other authority materially adversely affecting the tax status of the City or the Authority, their property, income or securities (or interest thereon), or the validity or enforceability of the Indenture, the other Authority Documents, the City Documents, or the Official Statement; or (9) all descriptions any adverse event occurs with respect to the affairs of the Authority, the City or the Trustee, which, in the Registration reasonable judgment of the Underwriter, would have a material and adverse effect on the market price or marketability, at the initial offering prices set forth in the Official Statement, of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to thereinBonds. (d) The Selling Stockholders At or prior to the Closing Date, the Underwriter shall have requested received the following documents, in each case satisfactory in form and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished substance to the Underwriter their Underwriter: (1) The Indenture, the Lease, the Site Lease, and the Continuing Disclosure Certificate, duly executed and delivered by the respective parties thereto, with only such amendments, modifications or supplements as may have been agreed to in writing by the Underwriter; (2) The Official Statement, executed on behalf of the Authority by its [Director] or another authorized official of the Authority; (3) An approving opinion of Bond Counsel, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the UnderwriterAuthority, in substantially the form attached to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing andOfficial Statement as APPENDIX E, together with a reliance letter addressed to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organizationUnderwriter; (ii4) the execution and delivery a supplemental opinion of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling StockholdersBond Counsel, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the UnderwriterUnderwriter and the Authority, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. effect that (fi) The Selling Stockholders shall the Authority Documents have requested been duly authorized, executed and caused P+P Pöllath + Partnersdelivered by the Authority, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KGand, assuming such agreements constitute a Selling Stockholdervalid and binding obligation of the other respective parties thereto, constitute the legally valid and binding agreements of the Authority enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, moratorium, insolvency or other laws affecting creditor’s rights or remedies and may be subject to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a form reasonably acceptable tequity or at law);

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Purchase Contract, Purchase Contract

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations obligation of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities Offered Certificates shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time date hereof, as of the date of the effectiveness of any amendment to the Registration Statement filed prior to the Closing Date (including the filing of any document incorporated by reference therein) and as of the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final ProspectusUnderwriter shall have received from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (i) a letter, dated the date hereof, confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Act and any supplement theretothe rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter and counsel to the Underwriter and (ii) if requested by the Underwriter, a letter dated the Closing Date, updating the letter referred to in clause (i) above, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter. (b) All actions required to be taken and all filings required to be made by the Company under the Act prior to the sale of the Offered Certificates shall have been filed with duly taken and made. At and prior to the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the ActClosing Date, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted instituted, or threatenedto the knowledge of the Company or the Underwriter, shall have been contemplated by the Commission. (bc) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting particularly the business or properties of the Company or the Servicer which, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter, materially impairs the investment quality of the Offered Certificates; (ii) any downgrading in the rating of the Servicer by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization" (as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Act), or any public announcement that any such organization has under surveillance or review its rating of the Servicer (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating); (iii) any suspension or limitation of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, or any setting of minimum prices for trading on such exchange; (iv) any banking moratorium declared by federal, North Carolina or New York authorities; or (v) any outbreak or escalation of major hostilities in which the United States is involved, any declaration of war by Congress or any other substantial national or international calamity or emergency if, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter, the effects of any such outbreak, escalation, declaration, calamity or emergency makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the sale of and payment for the Offered Certificates. (d) The Company Underwriter shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, received a certificate dated the Closing Date and addressed to of an executive officer of the UnderwriterCompany in which such officer shall state that, to the effect that: best of such officer's knowledge after reasonable inspection, (i) the Company has been duly incorporated representations and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws warranties of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described Company contained in the Disclosure Package Basic Documents are true and correct with the Final Prospectus; same force and effect as if made on the Closing Date and (ii) 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. (e) The Underwriter shall have received an outstanding capitalization opinion of counsel for the Company, which may be an opinion of in-house counsel to the Company, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter. (f) The Underwriter shall have received a certificate of an executive officer of BANA, dated as set forth of the Closing Date, to the effect that, to the best of such officer's knowledge, (i) the representations and warranties contained in the Disclosure Package Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement are true and correct with the same force and effect as though made on and as of the Closing Date and (ii) such officer has reviewed the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment as amended or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant supplemented to the exercise of options Closing Date and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their such officer's attention that caused them would lead such officer to believe that (i) the Registration StatementFinal Prospectus as amended or supplemented, on insofar as it relates to BANA or the Effective DateMortgage Loans originated or acquired by BANA, contained contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or misleading. (iiig) the Final ProspectusThe Underwriter shall have received an opinion of counsel for BANA, as which may be an opinion of its date and on in-house counsel to BANA, dated the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements form and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, substance satisfactory to the extent they deem proper Underwriter and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter. (h) The Underwriter shall have received an opinion of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, special counsel to the Company, which opinion ▇▇▇ rel▇ ▇▇, and assume the accuracy of, the opinions described in paragraphs (e) and (Bg) as to matters of factabove, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter. (ci) The Company Underwriter shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇received copies of any opinions of counsel for the Company that the Company is required to deliver to any Rating Agency. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion Any such opinions shall be dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter or accompanied by reliance letters addressed to the effect that:Underwriter. (ij) The Underwriter shall have received from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, special counsel for the Company is duly qualified as Underwriter, a foreign corporation l▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇d the ▇losing Date with respect to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all substantially to the effect that nothing has come to such counsel's attention in the course of its review of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary Final Prospectus which causes it to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and believe that the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act date of the Prospectus Supplement or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunderClosing Date, and none of such documents contained an any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming it being understood that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating view as to any state securities information incorporated by reference in the Final Prospectus or Blue Sky laws), as to the adequacy or (b) result in a violation accuracy of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholderfinancial, numerical, statistical or (c) result quantitative information included in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws)Final Prospectus. (ek) The Selling Stockholders Underwriter shall have requested received an opinion of reasonably acceptable counsel to the Trustee, dated the Closing Date, in form and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished substance satisfactory to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to counsel for the Underwriter. (fl) On or before the Closing Date, the Underwriter shall have received evidence satisfactory to it that each class of Offered Certificates has been given the ratings set forth on Schedule I hereto. (m) At the Closing Date, the Certificates and the Pooling Agreement will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Final Prospectus. (n) The Selling Stockholders Underwriter shall not have requested discovered and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished disclosed to the Underwriter their opinion dated Company on or prior to the Closing Date and addressed that the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto contains an untrue statement of a fact or omits to state a fact which, in the opinion of counsel to the Underwriter, is material and is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. (o) All corporate proceedings and other legal matters relating to the authorization, form and validity of this Agreement, the Pooling Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Certificates, the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus, and all other legal matters relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, shall be reasonably satisfactory in a all respects to counsel for the Underwriter, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel all documents and information that they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters. The Company will provide or cause to be provided to the Underwriter such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as the Underwriter may reasonably request. All opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably acceptable tsatisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter. If any condition specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by the Underwriter by notice to the Company at any time at or prior to the Closing Date, and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 7.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Subordinate Underwriting Agreement (Banc of America Mortgage 2006-a Trust), Underwriting Agreement (Banc of America Mortgage Securities Inc)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The Underwriter has entered into this Purchase Agreement in reliance upon the representations and warranties of the Authority and the City contained herein. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase accept delivery of and pay for the Securities Bonds on the date of the Closing shall be subject to subject, at the accuracy option of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and the Closing DateUnderwriter, to the accuracy in all respects of the statements of the Company officers and other officials of the Authority and of the City, as well as authorized representatives of Bond Counsel, Disclosure Counsel and the Selling Stockholders Trustee made in any certificates Bonds or other documents furnished pursuant to the provisions hereof, ; to the performance by the Company Authority and the Selling Stockholders City of their respective obligations to be performed hereunder at or prior to the date of the Closing; and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectusrepresentations, warranties and any supplement theretocovenants of the City and the Authority contained herein shall be true, shall have been filed with complete and correct at the Commission in the manner date hereof and within at the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened.Closing, as if made on the date of the Closing; (b) The Company At the time of Closing, the Legal Documents shall be in full force and effect as valid and binding agreements between or among the various parties thereto, and the Legal Documents and the Official Statement shall not have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLPbeen amended, counsel for the Company, modified or supplemented except as may have been agreed to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to in writing by the Underwriter, and all such reasonable actions as, in the opinion of Bond Counsel, shall reasonably deem necessary in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby; (c) At the time of the Closing, no default shall have occurred or be existing under the Authority Documents, the City Documents, or any other agreement or document pursuant to which any of the City’s financial obligations were executed and delivered, and the City shall not be in default in the payment of principal or interest with respect to any of its financial obligations, which default would adversely impact the ability of the City to make the Lease Payments; (d) In recognition of the desire of the Authority, the City and the Underwriter to effect a successful public offering of the Bonds, and in view of the potential adverse impact of any of the following events on such a public offering, this Purchase Agreement shall be subject to termination in the absolute discretion of the Underwriter by notification, in writing, to the effect thatAuthority and the City prior to delivery of and payment for the Bonds, if at any time prior to such time, regardless of whether any of the following statements of fact were in existence or known of on the date of this Purchase Agreement: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation any event shall occur which makes untrue any statement or results in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority an omission to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) in the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements thereinOfficial Statement, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading misleading, which event, in the reasonable opinion of the Underwriter would materially or adversely affect the ability of the Underwriter to market the Bonds; or (ii) the marketability of the Bonds or the market price thereof, in the reasonable opinion of the Underwriter, has been materially adversely affected by an amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America or by any legislation in or by the Congress of the United States of America or by the State, or the amendment of legislation pending as of the date of this Purchase Agreement in the Congress of the United States of America, or the recommendation to Congress or endorsement for passage (by press release, other form of notice or otherwise) of legislation by the President of the United States of America, the Treasury Department of the United States of America, the Internal Revenue Service or the Chairman or ranking minority member of the Committee on Finance of the United States Senate or the Committee on Ways and Means of the United States House of Representatives, or the proposal for consideration of legislation by either such Committee or by any member thereof, or the presentment of legislation for consideration as an option by either such Committee, or by the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation of the Congress of the United States of America, or the favorable reporting for passage of legislation to either House of the Congress of the United States of America by a Committee of such House to which such legislation has been referred for consideration, or any decision of any federal or state court or any ruling or regulation (final, temporary or proposed) or official statement on behalf of the United States Treasury Department, the Internal Revenue Service or other federal or State authority affecting the federal or State tax status of the Authority or the City, or the interest on or with respect to bonds or notes (including the Bonds); or (iii) any legislation, ordinance, rule or regulation shall be introduced in, or be enacted by any governmental body, department or agency of the State, or a decision by any court of competent jurisdiction within the State shall be rendered which materially adversely affects the market price of the Bonds; or (iv) an order, decree or injunction issued by any court of competent jurisdiction, or order, ruling, regulation (final, temporary or proposed), official statement or other form of notice or communication issued or made by or on behalf of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other governmental agency having jurisdiction of the subject matter, to the effect that: (i) obligations of the general character of the Bonds, or the Bonds, including any or all underlying arrangements, are not exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or that the Trust Agreement is not exempt from qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended; or (ii) the issuance, offering or sale of obligations of the general character of the Bonds, or the issuance, offering or sale of the Bonds, including any or all underlying obligations, as contemplated hereby or by the Official Statement, is or would be in violation of the federal securities laws as amended and then in effect; or (v) legislation shall be enacted by the Congress of the United States of America, or a decision by a court of the United States of America shall be rendered, to the effect that obligations of the general character of the Bonds, or the Bonds are not exempt from registration under or other requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and as then in effect, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and as then in effect, or that the Trust Agreement is not exempt from qualification under or other requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended and as then in effect; or (vi) additional material restrictions not in force as of the date hereof shall have been imposed upon trading in securities generally by any domestic governmental authority or by any domestic national securities exchange, which are material to the marketability of the Bonds; or (vii) a general banking moratorium shall have been declared by federal, State or New York authorities, or the general suspension of trading on any national securities exchange; or (viii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, declaration by the United States of America of a national emergency or war or other calamity or crisis the effect of which on financial markets is materially adverse such as to make it, in the sole judgment of the Underwriter, impractical to proceed with the purchase or delivery of the Bonds as contemplated by the final Official Statement (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto); or (ix) any rating of the Bonds or the rating of any obligations of the City secured by the City’s general fund shall have been downgraded or withdrawn by a national rating service, which, in the reasonable opinion of the Underwriter, materially adversely affects the market price of the Bonds; or (x) the commencement of any action, suit or proceeding described in Section 6(h) or Section 7(h); (e) at or prior to the Closing, the Underwriter shall receive the following documents, in each case to the reasonable satisfaction in form and substance of the Underwriter: (i) all resolutions relating to the Bonds adopted by the Authority and certified by an authorized official of the Authority authorizing the execution and delivery of the Bonds, the Authority Documents and the Official Statement; (ii) all resolutions relating to the Bonds adopted by the City and certified by an authorized official of the City authorizing the execution and delivery of the City Documents and the delivery of the Bonds and the Official Statement; (iii) the Final ProspectusLegal Documents duly executed and delivered by the respective parties thereto, with only such amendments, modifications or supplements as may have been agreed to in writing by the Underwriter; (iv) the approving opinion of Bond Counsel, dated the date of Closing and addressed to the Authority and the City, in substantially the form attached as Appendix B to the Official Statement, together with a reliance letter thereon addressed to the Underwriter; (v) a supplemental opinion of Bond Counsel dated the date of Closing and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (A) the statements on the cover of the Official Statement and in the Official Statement under the captions “INTRODUCTION,” “THE BONDS,” “SECURITY FOR THE BONDS,” “THE LEASE AGREEMENT,” and “TAX MATTERS,” and in APPENDIX B – “FORM OF BOND COUNSEL OPINION,” APPENDIX C – “SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL LEGAL DOCUMENTS,” APPENDIX E – “FORM OF CONTINUING DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT,” and excluding any material that may be treated as included under such captions and appendices by any cross-reference, insofar as such statements expressly summarize provisions of the Bonds, the Property Lease, the Lease Agreement, the Assignment Agreement, the Trust Agreement, and Bond Counsel’s final opinion concerning certain federal tax matters relating to the Bonds, are accurate in all material respects as of the date of Closing. (B) the Purchase Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Authority and the City and is the valid, legal and binding agreement of the Authority and the City enforceable in accordance with its terms, except that the rights and obligations under the Purchase Agreement are subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights, to the application of equitable principles if equitable remedies are sought, to the exercise of judicial discretion in appropriate cases and to limitations on legal remedies against public agencies in the State, and provided that no opinion is expressed with respect to any indemnification or contribution provisions contained therein. (C) the Bonds are not subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Trust Agreement is exempt from qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. (D) no authorization, approval, consent, or other order of the State of California or any other governmental body within the State of California is required for the valid authorization, execution and delivery of the Authority Documents or the Official Statement by the Authority or the consummation by the Authority of the transactions on its part contemplated therein, except such as have been obtained and except such as may be required under state securities or blue sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Bonds by the Underwriter. (E) no authorization, approval, consent, or other order of the State of California or any other governmental body within the State of California is required for the valid authorization, execution and delivery of the City Documents or the consummation by the City of the transactions on its part contemplated therein, except such as have been obtained and except such as may be required under state securities or blue sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Bonds by the Underwriter. (vi) the Official Statement, executed on behalf of the Authority and the City; (vii) evidence that the Bonds have been rated “AA-” by S&P Global Ratings; (viii) a certificate, dated the date of Closing, signed by a duly authorized officer of the Authority satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the representations, warranties and covenants of the Authority contained in this Purchase Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of Closing with the same effect as if made on the date of the Closing by the Authority, and the Authority has complied with all of the terms and conditions of this Purchase Agreement required to be complied with by the Authority at or prior to the date of Closing; (ii) to the best of such officer’s knowledge, no event affecting the Authority has occurred since the date of the Official Statement which should be disclosed in the Official Statement for the purposes for which it is to be used or which is necessary to disclose therein in order to make the statements and information therein not misleading in any material respect; (iii) the information and statements contained in the Official Statement (other than information relating to DTC and its book‑entry system) did not as of its date and on do not as of the Closing Date, included or includes any contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits omit to state a any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading in any material respect; and (iv) the Authority is not in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application breach of laws of or default under any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate applicable law or administrative regulation of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws United States of America or any applicable judgment or decree or any loan agreement, indenture, bond, note, resolution, agreement or other instrument to which the Authority is a party or is otherwise subject, which would have a material adverse impact on the Authority’s ability to perform its obligations under the Authority Documents, and no event has occurred and is continuing which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute such a default or an event of default under any such instrument; (ix) a certificate, dated the date of Closing, signed by a duly authorized officer of the United States, to the extent they deem proper City satisfactory in form and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed substance to the Underwriter to the effect that: : (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business representations, warranties and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason covenants of the ownership or leasing City contained in this Purchase Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of property or the conduct date of businessClosing with the same effect as if made on the date of the Closing by the City, except where and the failure to so qualify or City has complied with all of the terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement required to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; complied with by the City at or prior to the date of Closing; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary to the best of such officer’s knowledge, no event affecting the City has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under occurred since the laws date of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in Official Statement which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to should be disclosed in the Registration Official Statement for the purposes for which it is to be used or which is necessary to disclose therein in order to make the statements and information therein not adequately disclosed misleading in any material respect; (iii) the information and statements contained in the Disclosure Package Official Statement (other than information relating to DTC and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge its book‑entry system) did not as of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed its date and do not as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained Closing contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted omit to state a any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions therein, in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each light of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing andcircumstances under which they were made, to the extent such concept exists not misleading in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlementmaterial respect; and (iv) the sale City is not in breach of or default under any applicable law or administrative regulation of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration State or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States of America or any applicable judgment or decree or any loan agreement, indenture, bond, note, resolution, agreement (including but not limited to the Lease Agreement) or other instrument to which the City is a party or is otherwise subject, which would have a material adverse impact on the City’s ability to perform its obligations under the City Documents, and no event has occurred and is continuing which, with the passage of time or the State giving of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws)notice, or both, would constitute such a default or an event of default under any such instrument; and (bv) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel no further consent is required for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable tinc

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Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter Underwriter's obligation to purchase the Securities Certificates shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no 6.1 No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued be in effect, and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counselthe Company, threatened actionby the Commission; and the Prospectus Supplement shall have been filed or transmitted for filing by means reasonably calculated to result in a filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act. 6.2 Since [______ __], suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving 20[__] there shall have been no material adverse change (not in the ordinary course of business) in the condition of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their propertyResidential Funding. 6.3 The Company shall have delivered to you a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of the President, a character required Senior Vice President or a Vice President of the Company to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in effect that the Disclosure Package and signer of such certificate has examined this Agreement, the Final Approved Offering Materials, the Prospectus, andthe Pooling and Servicing Agreement and various other closing documents, and that, to the best of his or her knowledge after reasonable investigation: (a) the representations and warranties of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described the Company in this Agreement and in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package Pooling and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act Servicing Agreement are true and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate correct in all material respects; and (b) the Company has, in all material respects, complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date. 6.4 Residential Funding shall have delivered to you a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of the President, a Managing Director, a Director or an Associate of Residential Funding to the effect that the signer of such certificate has examined the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and this Agreement and that, to the best of such counsel’s knowledgehis or her knowledge after reasonable investigation, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to the representations and warranties of Residential Funding contained in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to thereinPooling and Servicing Agreement and in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects. (d) The Selling Stockholders 6.5 You shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLPreceived the opinions of [___________], special counsel for the Selling StockholdersCompany and Residential Funding, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibits ▇-▇, ▇-▇ ▇▇▇ ▇-▇, and the opinion of [________], associate counsel for the Company and Residential Funding, dated the Closing Date and substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit B. 6.6 You shall have received a negative assurance letter regarding the Prospectus from [___________], special counsel for the Company and Residential Funding, in form satisfactory to you. 6.7 The Underwriter shall have received from [___________], certified public accountants, (a) a letter dated the date hereof and satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and the Underwriter's counsel, to the effect that: (i) each that they have performed certain specified procedures, all of which have been agreed to by the Underwriter, as a result of which they determined that certain information of an accounting, financial or statistical nature set forth in the Prospectus Supplement under the captions "Description of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing andMortgage Pool", to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction"Pooling and Servicing Agreement", in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery "Description of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each Certificates" and "Certain Yield and Prepayment Considerations" agrees with the records of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, Company and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) Residential Funding excluding any questions of the UCC, legal interpretation and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor letter prepared pursuant to Section 4.4(e). 6.8 The Class A Certificates shall have been rated "[____]" by [Fitch Ratings, ("Fitch")] and [____] by [Standard & Poor's ("S&P")]. 6.9 You shall have received the Agreement and has had such Securities credited opinion of [_________], counsel to the Trustee, dated the Closing Date, substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit C. 6.10 You shall have received the opinion of [_________], special Minnesota tax counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit D. 6.11 You shall have received from [_________], associate counsel to the Company, a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter reliance letter with respect to any opinions delivered to the rating agencies, or you shall have been listed as an addressee on any such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale opinions. The Company will furnish you with conformed copies of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does notabove opinions, certificates, letters and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such documents as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws)you reasonably request. (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t

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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Residential Funding Mortgage Securities I Inc), Underwriting Agreement (Residential Funding Mortgage Securities Ii Inc)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter Underwriter's obligation to purchase the Securities Certificates shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no 6.1 No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued be in effect, and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counselthe Company, threatened actionby the Commission; and the Prospectus Supplement shall have been filed or transmitted for filing by means reasonably calculated to result in a filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act. 6.2 Since December 1, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving 2005 there shall have been no material adverse change (not in the ordinary course of business) in the condition of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their propertyResidential Funding. 6.3 The Company shall have delivered to you a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of the President, a character required Senior Vice President or a Vice President of the Company to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in effect that the Disclosure Package and signer of such certificate has examined this Agreement, the Final Approved Offering Materials, the Prospectus, andthe Pooling and Servicing Agreement and various other closing documents, and that, to the best of his or her knowledge after reasonable investigation: (a) the representations and warranties of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described the Company in this Agreement and in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package Pooling and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act Servicing Agreement are true and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate correct in all material respects; and (b) the Company has, in all material respects, complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date. 6.4 Residential Funding shall have delivered to you a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of the President, a Managing Director, a Director or an Associate of Residential Funding to the effect that the signer of such certificate has examined the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and this Agreement and that, to the best of such counsel’s knowledgehis or her knowledge after reasonable investigation, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to the representations and warranties of Residential Funding contained in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to thereinPooling and Servicing Agreement and in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects. (d) The Selling Stockholders 6.5 You shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLPreceived the opinions of [___________], special counsel for the Selling StockholdersCompany and Residential Funding, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibits ▇-▇, ▇-▇ ▇▇▇ ▇-▇, and the opinion of [__________], associate counsel for the Company and Residential Funding, dated the Closing Date and substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit B. 6.6 You shall have received a negative assurance letter regarding the Preliminary Prospectus and Prospectus from [___________], special counsel for the Company and Residential Funding, in form satisfactory to you. 6.7 The Underwriter shall have received from [___________], certified public accountants, (a) a letter dated the date hereof and satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and the Underwriter's counsel, to the effect that: (i) each that they have performed certain specified procedures, all of which have been agreed to by the Underwriter, as a result of which they determined that certain information of an accounting, financial or statistical nature set forth in the Prospectus Supplement under the captions "Description of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing andMortgage Pool", to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction"Pooling and Servicing Agreement", in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery "Description of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each Certificates" and "Certain Yield and Prepayment Considerations" agrees with the records of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, Company and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) Residential Funding excluding any questions of the UCC, legal interpretation and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor letter prepared pursuant to Section 4.4(e). 6.8 The Class A Certificates shall have been rated "[____]" by [Fitch Ratings, ("Fitch")] and [____] by [Standard & Poor's ("S&P")]. 6.9 You shall have received the Agreement and has had such Securities credited opinion of [_________], counsel to the Trustee, dated the Closing Date, substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit C. 6.10 You shall have received the opinion of [_________], special Minnesota tax counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit D. 6.11 You shall have received from [_________], associate counsel to the Company, a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter reliance letter with respect to any opinions delivered to the rating agencies, or you shall have been listed as an addressee on any such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale opinions. The Company will furnish you with conformed copies of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does notabove opinions, certificates, letters and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such documents as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws)you reasonably request. (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Residential Funding Mortgage Securities Ii Inc), Underwriting Agreement (Residential Funding Mortgage Securities I Inc)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter Underwriter's obligation to purchase the Securities Certificates shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no 6.1 No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued be in effect, and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counselthe Company, threatened actionby the Commission; and the Prospectus Supplement shall have been filed or transmitted for filing, suit by means reasonably calculated to result in a filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act. 6.2 Since _________ 1, ____ there shall have been no material adverse change (not in the ordinary course of business) in the condition of the Company. 6.3 The Company shall have delivered to you a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of the President, a Senior Vice President or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving a Vice President of the Company or any to the effect that the signer of its subsidiaries or its or their propertysuch certificate has examined this Agreement, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, andthe Pooling and Servicing Agreement and various other closing documents, and that, to the best of his or her knowledge after reasonable investigation: (a) the representations and warranties of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described the Company in this Agreement and in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package Pooling and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act Servicing Agreement are true and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate correct in all material respects; and (b) the Company has, in all material respects, complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to thereinClosing Date. (d) The Selling Stockholders 6.4 You shall have requested and caused received the opinions of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling StockholdersCompany and the Master Servicer, to have furnished dated the Closing Date and substantially to the Underwriter their effect set forth in Exhibit A-1 and Exhibit A-2, and the opinion of [counsel to Master Servicer], dated the Closing Date and substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit B. 6.5 You shall have received from ________________________, counsel for the Underwriter, an opinion dated the Closing Date in form and addressed substance satisfactory to the Underwriter. 6.6 The Underwriter shall have received from ________________________, certified public accountants, a letter dated the date hereof and satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and the Underwriter's counsel, to the effect that: (i) each that they have performed certain specified procedures, all of which have been agreed to by the Underwriter, as a result of which they determined that certain information of an accounting, financial or statistical nature set forth in the Prospectus Supplement under the captions "Description of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (Mortgage Pool", "Pooling and Servicing Agreement", "Description of the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing andCertificates" and "Certain Yield and Prepayment Considerations" agrees with the records of the Company excluding any questions of legal interpretation. 6.7 The Certificates shall have been rated "AAA" by [Standard & Poor's Ratings Services] and [Fitch Investor's Service, L.P.] 6.8 You shall have received the opinion of [Trustee's Counsel], dated the Closing Date, substantially to the extent such concept exists effect set forth in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization;Exhibit C. (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders 6.9 You shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for received from ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇BMET Investors Offshore Holdings& ▇▇▇▇, L.P.counsel to the Company, reliance letters with respect to any opinions delivered to Standard & Poor's Ratings Services and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore FundFitch Investor Services, L.P., certain L.P. The Company will furnish you with conformed copies of the Selling Stockholdersabove opinions, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date certificates, letters and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms documents as you reasonably acceptable to the Underwriterrequest. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t

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Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations obligation of the Underwriter to purchase the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities, as the case may be, shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time Execution Time, the Closing Date, with respect to the Underwritten Securities and Option Securities purchased on the Closing Date, and any settlement date pursuant to Section 3 hereof, with respect to Option Securities purchased after the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company Underwriter shall have requested received the opinion, dated as of the Closing Date and caused Faegre addressed to the Underwriter, of (i) S▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & C▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished in the form of Schedule III hereto, and (ii) G▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Traurig, LLP, Nevada counsel to the Company, in the form of Schedule IV hereto. (c) The Underwriter their opinionshall have received from Ropes & G▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Underwriter, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities, the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus, the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Underwriter may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request that are necessary and customary for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. (d) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter a certificate of the Company, signed by the Chief Executive Officer, dated the Closing Date, in the form of Schedule V hereto. (e) The Underwriter shall have received from Withum, at the Execution Time and at the Closing Date, letters, dated respectively as of the Execution Time and as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, confirming that they are a registered public accounting firm that is independent with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission thereunder and that they have performed a review of the audited financial statements of the Company for the period from August 26, 2020 (date of inception) through August 31, 2020, provided that the cutoff date shall not be more than two business days prior to such Execution Time or Closing Date, as applicable, and stating in effect that: (i) in their opinion the Company has been duly incorporated audited financial statements and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described financial statement schedules included in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respectsRegistration Statement, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Statutory Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, Prospectus and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required reported on by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) them comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Securities Act and the related rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) and regulations adopted by the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect;Commission; and (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated they have performed certain other specified procedures as a result of which they determined that certain information of an accounting, financial or organized and statistical nature (which is validly existing in good standing under limited to accounting, financial or statistical information derived from the laws general accounting records of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iiiCompany) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described set forth in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, or including the information set forth under the captions “Dilution” and “Capitalization” in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, agrees with the accounting records of the Company, excluding any questions of legal interpretation. References to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required;the Prospectus in this paragraph (e) include any supplement thereto at the date of the letters. (vif) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects Subsequent to the requirements Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions which information is given in the Registration StatementStatement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the Disclosure Package Statutory Prospectus and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledgesupplement thereto), there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases shall not have been (i) any change or other instruments required to be described decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (e) of this Section 6 or (ii) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the earnings, business, management, properties, assets, operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto) the effect of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the sole judgment of the Underwriter, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Registration StatementStatement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the Disclosure Package or Statutory Prospectus and the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein(exclusive of any supplement thereto). (dg) The Selling Stockholders Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated such further information, certificates and documents as the Closing Date and addressed Underwriter may reasonably request. (h) FINRA shall not have raised any objection with respect to the Underwriter, to fairness or reasonableness of the effect that:underwriting or other arrangements of the transactions contemplated hereby. (i) each The Securities shall be duly listed subject to notice of issuance on the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing andNasdaq Capital Market, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws satisfactory evidence of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement which shall have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable provided to the Underwriter. (fj) The Selling Stockholders On the Effective Date, the Company shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished delivered to the Underwriter their opinion dated executed copies of the Trust Agreement, the Warrant Agreement, the Founder’s Purchase Agreement, the Warrant Subscription Agreement, the Insider Letters and the Registration Rights Agreement. (k) At least one Business Day prior to the Closing Date, the Sponsor shall have caused the purchase price for the Private Placement Warrants to be deposited into the Trust Account. (l) No order preventing or suspending the sale of the Units in any jurisdiction designated by the Underwriter pursuant to Section 5(g) hereof shall have been issued as of the Closing Date, and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or shall have been threatened. If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be in all material respects reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriter hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date and addressed by the Underwriter. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Underwriter, Company in a form reasonably acceptable twriting or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Underwriting Agreement (CONX Corp.), Underwriting Agreement (CONX Corp.)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations Underwriter hereby enters into this Purchase Contract in reliance upon the representations and warranties of the Underwriter Authority and the City contained herein and the representations and warranties of the Authority and the City to purchase be contained in the Securities documents and instruments to be delivered on or prior to the Closing Date and upon the performance by the Authority, the City and the Manager of their obligations both on and as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date. Accordingly, the Underwriter’s obligations under this Purchase Contract to purchase, to accept delivery of and to pay for the Series 2023[●] Bonds shall be subject subject, at the option of the Underwriter, to the accuracy in all material respects of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company Authority, the City and the Selling Stockholders Manager contained herein and in the Financing Documents to which they are parties, as applicable, as of the Applicable Time date hereof and as of the Closing Date, to the accuracy in all material respects of the statements of the Company officers and other officials of the Authority, the City and the Selling Stockholders Manager made in any certificates certificate or other document furnished pursuant to the provisions hereofhereof or the Financing Documents to which they are parties, to the performance by the Company Authority, the City and the Selling Stockholders Manager of their respective obligations to be performed hereunder (as applicable), under the Financing Documents to which they are parties and under such other documents and instruments at or prior to the Closing Date, and also shall be subject to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final ProspectusUnderwriter shall receive, within seven (7) business days of the date hereof and at least in sufficient time to accompany any orders or confirmations that request payment from any customer, copies of the Official Statement (including all information previously permitted to have been omitted by Rule 15c2-12 and any supplement theretoamendments or supplements as have been approved by the Underwriter), in such quantity as the Underwriter shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company requested pursuant to Rule 433(dSection 3 (Use and Preparation of Official Statement) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened.hereof; (b) The Company representations and warranties of the Authority and the City contained herein shall be true and correct on the date hereof and on the Closing Date, as if made on and at the Closing Date; (c) The representations and warranties of the Manager contained in the Management Agreement, the Accounts Agreement, the Covenant Agreement, the Security Agreement, the Consents to Collateral Assignment, the NHL Team Agreement, the Naming Rights Agreement, the Development Documents, the Site Lease, [the Landlord Estoppel Certificate (Site Lease),] the Recognition and Acknowledgment Agreement, [add any other AAM agreements], and the Continuing Disclosure Agreement (collectively, the “Manager Documents”) shall be true and correct on the date hereof and on the Closing Date, as if made on and at the Closing Date; (d) As of the Closing Date, the Series 2023[●] Bonds and the Financing Documents shall have requested been duly authorized, executed and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLPdelivered by the respective parties thereto, counsel the Preliminary Official Statement shall have been authorized and the Official Statement shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Authority, all in substantially the forms heretofore submitted to the Underwriter, with only such changes as shall have been agreed to in writing by the Underwriter, and such Financing Documents shall be in full force and effect and shall not have been amended, modified or supplemented and the Preliminary Official Statement or the Official Statement shall not have been supplemented or amended, except in any such case as may have been agreed to by the Underwriter; and there shall be in full force and effect such resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Authority and the City Council of the City as, in the opinion of Bond Counsel, shall be necessary or appropriate in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby; (e) Between the date hereof and the Closing Date, the market price or marketability, at the initial public offering prices set forth in the Preliminary Official Statement, of the Series 2023[●] Bonds shall not have been materially adversely affected, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter (evidenced by a written notice to the Authority and the City terminating the obligation of the Underwriter to accept delivery of and make any payment for the CompanySeries 2023[●] Bonds), to by reason of any of the following: (1) legislation enacted, introduced in the Congress or recommended for passage by the President of the United States, or a decision rendered by a court established under Article III of the Constitution of the United States or by the Tax Court of the United States, or an order, ruling, regulation (final, temporary or proposed) or official statement issued or made by or on behalf of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other governmental agency having jurisdiction of the subject matter shall have furnished been made or issued to the effect that obligations of the general character of the Series 2023[●] Bonds, or the Series 2023[●] Bonds, including any or all underlying arrangements, are not exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or that the Indenture is not exempt from qualification under the Indenture Act of 1939, as amended; (2) the outbreak or escalation in military hostilities or declaration by the United States of a national or international emergency or war or other calamity or crisis, or the escalation thereof, the effect of which on the financial markets is such as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Series 2023[●] Bonds as contemplated hereby or by the Preliminary Official Statement and the Official Statement; (3) the declaration of a general banking moratorium by federal, New York or California authorities, or the general suspension of trading on any national securities exchange, or a major financial crisis or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearances services shall have occurred; (4) the imposition by the New York Stock Exchange or other national securities exchange, or any governmental authority, of any material restrictions not now in force with respect to the Series 2023[●] Bonds or obligations of the general character of the Series 2023[●] Bonds or securities generally, or the material increase of any such restrictions now in force, including those relating to the extension of credit by, or the charge to the net capital requirements of, the Underwriter; (5) an order, decree or injunction of any court of competent jurisdiction, or order, ruling, regulation or official statement by the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other governmental agency having jurisdiction of the subject matter, issued or made to the effect that the issuance, offering or sale of obligations of the general character of the Series 2023[●] Bonds, or the issuance, offering or sale of the Series 2023[●] Bonds, including any or all underlying obligations, as contemplated hereby or by the Preliminary Official Statement or the Official Statement, is or would be in violation of the federal securities laws as amended and then in effect; (6) the withdrawal or downgrading of the rating of the Series 2023[●] Bonds by DBRS, Inc. or the rating on the Series 2023[●] Bonds shall have been placed on credit watch with a “Negative Outlook” by any rating agency then rating such Series 2023[●] Bonds (other than as previously disclosed in the Preliminary Official Statement); or (7) an event shall occur or be discovered which makes untrue or incorrect in any material respect, as of the time of such event, any statement or information contained in the Preliminary Official Statement or which is not reflected in the Preliminary Official Statement but should be reflected therein in order to make the statements contained therein not misleading in any material respect and requires an amendment of or supplement to the Preliminary Official Statement. (f) At or prior to the Closing Date, the Underwriter their shall have received the following documents, in each case satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter: (1) The Official Statement and each supplement or amendment, if any, thereto, executed by the Authority and approved by the City. (2) An executed original or certified copy, as applicable, of each of the Financing Documents, each duly executed and delivered by the respective parties thereto. (3) A certified copy of each of the Development Documents, each duly executed and delivered by the respective parties thereto. (4) The unqualified approving opinion of Bond Counsel, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Authority, in substantially the form attached to the Official Statement as Appendix [Q] thereto and a reliance letter for such opinion, addressed to the Trustee. (5) The supplemental opinion of Bond Counsel, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to in substantially the effect that: form attached hereto as Exhibit A (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws Form of the State Supplemental Opinion of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇& ▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for as Bond Counsel). (6) The opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇ as disclosure counsel to the Authority and the City, L.P.dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Authority, the City and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fundthe Underwriter, L.P.in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (Form of Opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇ as Disclosure Counsel to the Authority and the City). (7) The opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ LLP as disclosure counsel to the Manager, certain dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Authority, the City, the Manager and the Underwriter, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (Form of Opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ LLP as Disclosure Counsel to the Manager). (8) The opinion of the Selling StockholdersCity Attorney of the City, to have furnished to as counsel for the Underwriter their opinions Authority, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, satisfactory in the forms reasonably acceptable form and substance to the Underwriter, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D (Form of Opinion of the City Attorney of the City as counsel for the Authority). (f9) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partnersopinion of the City Attorney of the City, as counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KGthe City, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E (Form of Opinion of the City Attorney of the City as counsel for the City). (10) The opinion of counsel to the Trustee, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Authority, the City, the Manager and the Underwriter, satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter, to the effect that (i) the Trustee has duly authorized, executed and delivered the Indenture, the Continuing Disclosure Agreement and the other Financing Documents to which it is a party, and has duly authenticated and delivered the Series 2023[●] Bonds on the Closing Date; (ii) the Indenture, the Continuing Disclosure Agreement and the other Financing Documents to which it is a party constitute the legally valid and binding obligations of the Trustee, enforceable against the Trustee in accordance with their respective terms, except that the enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws in effect from time to time affecting the rights of creditors generally and except to the extent that the enforceability thereof may be limited by the application of general principles of equity; and (iii) such other matters as the Underwriter may reasonably request. (11) The opinion of counsel to the Manager and the Additional Project Property Owner, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Authority, the City and the Underwriter, satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter, to the effect that (i) the Manager and the Additional Project Property Owner has duly authorized, executed and delivered the Continuing Disclosure Agreement, the Management Agreement and the other Manager Documents to which it is a party; (ii) the Continuing Disclosure Agreement, the Management Agreement and the other Manager Documents constitute the legally valid and binding obligations of the Manager and the Additional Project Property Owner, as applicable, enforceable against the Manager and the Additional Project Property Owner in accordance with their respective terms, except that the enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws in effect from time to time affecting the rights of creditors generally and except to the extent that the enforceability thereof may be limited by the application of general principles of equity; and (iii) such other matters as the Underwriter may reasonably acceptable trequest. (12) The opinion of counsel to TeamCo, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Authority, the City and the Underwriter, satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter, to the effect that (i) TeamCo has duly authorized, executed and delivered the NHL Team Agreement and the Non-Relocation Agreement; (ii) the NHL Team Agreement and the Non- Relocation Agreement constitute the legally valid and binding obligations of TeamCo, enforceable against TeamCo in accordance with their respective terms, except that the enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws in effect from time to time affecting the rights of creditors generally and except to the extent that the enforceability thereof may be limited by the application of general principles of equity; and (iii) such other matters as the Underwriter may reasonably request.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Purchase Contract, Purchase Contract

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities, as the case may be, shall be subject to the accuracy in all material respects of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and Execution Time, the Closing DateDate and any settlement date pursuant to Section 3 hereof, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance in all material respects by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Sidley Austin LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinionits opinion letter, dated the Closing Date or settlement date (as applicable) and addressed to the Underwriter, in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto. (c) The Underwriter shall have received from ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Underwriter, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date or settlement date (as applicable) and addressed to the Underwriter, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities, the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus, the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Underwriter may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. (d) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter a certificate of the Company, signed by its Chief Executive Officer and its principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date or settlement date (as applicable), to the effect that the signer of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, and this Agreement and that: (i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date or settlement date (as applicable) with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date or settlement date (as applicable) and the Company has been duly incorporated complied with all the agreements in all material respects and is validly existing satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date or settlement date (as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectusapplicable); (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened; and (xiii) since the Registration Statement date of the most recent financial statements included in the Statutory Prospectus and the Final Prospectus (other than exclusive of any supplement thereto), there has been no Material Adverse Effect or Sponsor Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the documents incorporated Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto). (e) The Company shall have requested and caused WithumSmith to have furnished to the Underwriter, at the Execution Time and at the Closing Date or settlement date (as applicable), letters, dated respectively as of the Execution Time and as of the Closing Date or settlement date (as applicable), in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, confirming that they are a registered public accounting firm that is independent with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations adopted by reference therein, the Commission thereunder and that they have performed a review of the audited financial statements and other financial statement schedules included in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus and statistical information contained thereinthe Prospectus, provided that the cutoff date shall not be more than two business days prior to such Execution Time or Closing Date or settlement date, as to which such counsel need express no opinionapplicable, and stating in effect that: (i) in their opinion the audited financial statements and financial statement schedules included in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus and reported on by them comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Securities Act and the related rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) and regulations adopted by the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect;Commission; and (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated they have performed certain other specified procedures as a result of which they determined that certain information of an accounting, financial or organized and statistical nature (which is validly existing in good standing under limited to accounting, financial or statistical information derived from the laws general accounting records of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iiiCompany) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described set forth in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, including the information set forth under the captions “Dilution” and “Capitalization” in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, agrees with the accounting records of the Company, excluding any questions of legal interpretation. References to the Prospectus in this paragraph (e) include any supplement thereto at the date of the letter. (f) Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), there shall not have been (i) any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (e) of this Section 6 or (ii) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), or in the business or operations of the Company, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto) the effect of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the sole judgment of the Underwriter, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto). (g) Prior to the Closing Date or settlement date (as applicable), the Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter such further information, certificates and documents as the Underwriter may reasonably request. (h) FINRA shall not have raised any objection with respect to the fairness or reasonableness of the underwriting or other arrangements of the transactions contemplated hereby. (i) The Securities shall be duly listed subject to notice of issuance on the Nasdaq Capital Market, satisfactory evidence of which shall have been provided to the Underwriter. (j) On the Effective Date, the Company shall have delivered to the Underwriter executed copies of the Trust Agreement, the Warrant Agreement, the Founder’s Purchase Agreement, the Unit Purchase Agreement, the Administrative Support Agreement, the Insider Letter and the Registration Rights Agreement. (k) On or prior to the Closing Date or settlement date (as applicable), the Company shall have caused the applicable purchase price for the Private Units to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required;deposited into the Trust Account. (vil) No order preventing or suspending the documents incorporated sale of the Public Units in any jurisdiction designated by reference the Underwriter pursuant to Section 5(hh) hereof shall have been issued as of the Closing Date or settlement date (as applicable), and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or shall have been threatened. If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the Disclosure Package opinions and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective certificates mentioned above or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed elsewhere in all material respects this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the requirements Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter, this Agreement and all obligations of the Act Underwriter hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Exchange Act and Closing Date by the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none Underwriter. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing. The documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make delivered by this Section 6 shall be delivered at the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus office of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder▇▇▇▇▇▇, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇BMET Investors Offshore Holdings▇▇, L.P.Esq., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fundunless otherwise indicated herein, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated on the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriteror settlement date (as applicable). (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t

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Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations obligation of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities Shares shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders Stockholder contained herein as of the Applicable Time date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders Stockholder made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders Stockholder of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final If filing of the Prospectus, and or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, is required under the Securities Act, the Company shall have been filed the Prospectus (or such amendment or supplement) or such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus with the Commission in the manner and within the time period so required by (without reliance on Rule 424(b424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433remain effective; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its part thereof or any amendment thereof, nor suspending or preventing the use of the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been issued and issued; no proceedings for that purpose the issuance of such an order shall have been instituted initiated or threatened; any request of the Commission for additional information (to be included in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or otherwise) shall have been complied with to your satisfaction; and the NASD shall have raised no objection to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements. (b) The Company No Underwriter shall have requested advised the Company that the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, contains an untrue statement of fact which, in your opinion, is material, or omits to state a fact which, in your opinion, is material and caused Faegre is required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. (c) On the Closing Date, there shall have been furnished to you, the Underwriter, the opinion of P▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriteryou, to the effect that: (i) the The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with the corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate own its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus. The Company is qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions listed on an exhibit thereto; (ii) Each domestic subsidiary of the Company listed on Exhibit A hereto (each a “Covered Subsidiary” and together, the “Covered Subsidiaries") is a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, with the corporate power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; each domestic subsidiary is qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions listed on an exhibit thereto; and all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each domestic subsidiary has an outstanding been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and nonassessable; (iii) The Company’s authorized equity capitalization is as set forth in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee Prospectus; the capital stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant of the Company conforms in all material respects to the exercise description thereof contained in the Time of options Sale Disclosure Package and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); the Prospectus; the outstanding shares of Common Stock (iii) including the Securities Shares being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders Stockholder) have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; the Shares being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholder are duly listed, and admitted and authorized for trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market; the certificates for the Shares are in valid and sufficient form; to the knowledge of such counsel, the holders of outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are not entitled to preemptive or other rights to subscribe for the Shares; and, except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, to the knowledge of such counsel, no options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue, or rights to convert any obligations into or exchange any securities for, shares of capital stock of or ownership interests in the Company are outstanding; (iv) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is and, none will be, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares, an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (v) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing with, any governmental agency or body or any court pursuant to any statute, decisional law, rule or regulation, that in such counsel’s experience is customarily applicable to transactions of the nature contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (“Applicable Laws") is required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or otherwise in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriter, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations, orders or filings as may be required under state securities laws; (vi) To the knowledge of such counsel and other than as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no pending actions, suits or proceedings against or affecting the Company, any of the Company’s subsidiaries or any of their respective properties that would, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, or ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (a “Material Adverse Effect"); and no such actions, suits or proceedings are, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened or contemplated; and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or the documents incorporated by reference therein, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; and the statements under “Part I—Item 3 Legal Proceedings” in the Company’s Annual Report Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2006, under “Part I—Item 1 Legal Proceedings” in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006 and under “Part I—Item 1 Legal Proceedings” in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2006, in each case incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries of such legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings. (vii) Neither the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, (a) any Applicable Laws or order known to such counsel of any governmental agency or body or any court having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, (b) any agreement or instrument listed on an exhibit thereto (the “Reviewed Agreements") or (c) the charter, bylaws or other organizational documents of the Company or any of its domestic subsidiaries; except with respect to clauses (a) and (b) above for breaches or violations that would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (viii) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (vix) To the statements in each knowledge of such counsel, no holders of securities of the Company have rights to the registration of such securities under the Registration Statement except for the Selling Stockholder and whose participation satisfies and is in compliance with their rights and is set forth in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under Prospectus, and the captions “Description holders of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions outstanding shares of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets capital stock of the Company or its subsidiaries pursuant are not entitled to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), statutory preemptive or, to the knowledge of such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable other similar contractual rights to subscribe for the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this AgreementShares; (viix) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the The Registration Statement became has become effective under the Act upon filing with the CommissionSecurities Act; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule Rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and issued, no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) threatened and the Registration Statement Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the rules thereunder. Such ; and such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them no reason to believe that (i) on the effective date of the Registration StatementStatement (including the information, on if any deemed pursuant to Rule 430A or 430B to be part of the Effective Date, Registration Statement at the time of effectiveness) contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, ; (ii) that the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented Package at the Applicable Time, Time of Sale contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state any a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading misleading; or (iii) that the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on as of the Closing Date, included or includes contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no beliefopinion). ; In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (Ax) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State States of California, Delaware and New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware York or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (By) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (bc) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (cd) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇R▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason Each of the ownership or leasing subsidiaries has been duly incorporated in its state of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be incorporation as set forth in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effectan exhibit thereto; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws Each of the jurisdiction of its organization, with subsidiaries has the corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, and, except as otherwise disclosed set forth in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all outstanding shares of capital stock of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is subsidiaries are owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any perfected security interestinterest or any other security interests, mortgageclaims, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim liens or equity;encumbrances. (iv) neither The statements under “Part I—Item 3 Legal Proceedings” in the sale of Company’s Annual Report Form 10-K for the Securities by year ended June 30, 2006, under “Part I—Item 1 Legal Proceedings” in the Selling Stockholders to Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreementquarter ended September 30, nor 2006 and under “Part I—Item 1 Legal Proceedings” in the consummation by Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof will conflict withquarter ended December 31, result in a breach or violation of, or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance2006, in the each case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding incorporated by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or Final and the Prospectus, insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or to be filed as an exhibit theretoproceedings discussed therein, which is not described are accurate and fair summaries of such legal matters, agreements, documents or filed as required;proceedings; and (viv) Each of the documents incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act Act, as applicable; and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none such counsel has no reason to believe that any of such documents documents, when such document became effective or were so filed, as the case may be, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and . In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (viix) all descriptions as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the States of Delaware and New York or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent deemed proper and specified in such opinion, upon the Registration Statementopinion of other counsel of good standing whom he believes to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (y) as to matters of fact, to the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus extent deemed proper, on certificates of contracts and other documents to which responsible officers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and public officials. References to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to Prospectus in this paragraph (d) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to thereinClosing Date. (de) The Selling Stockholders On the Closing Date, there shall have requested and caused been furnished to you, the Underwriter, the opinion of G▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇, D▇▇▇ & C▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling StockholdersStockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriteryou, to the effect that, subject to customary exceptions, limitations and qualifications: (i) each of The Selling Stockholder has all requisite limited partnership power and authority to sell, assign, transfer and deliver the Selling Stockholders listed Shares delivered by it on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organizationdate hereof; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each the Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming Assuming that the Underwriter (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined purchaser in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, good faith and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased Shares without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC); (b) has purchased the Shares delivered by the Selling Stockholder to the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) by making payment therefore in accordance with this Agreement; and (c) has had the Shares credited to the securities account or accounts of such Underwriter maintained by it directly with DTC, the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant will acquire a security entitlement to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement Shares being purchased by it (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an any “adverse claim claim” (as defined in Section 8-102 of the UCC) to such Shares may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and; (iv) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the sale consummation of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement transactions herein contemplated will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t

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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Dollar Financial Corp)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Execution Time and the Closing DateDate pursuant to Section 3 hereof, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any other material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter. (c) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders shall have furnished to the Underwriter its written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter. (d) The Underwriter shall have received from ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Underwriter, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, and the Company and each Selling Stockholder shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters as the Underwriter reasonably requests. (e) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter a certificate of the Company, signed by Chief Executive Officer or the President and the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus and any supplements or amendments thereto and that: (i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date and the Company has been duly incorporated complied with all the agreements and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under satisfied all the laws of conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final ProspectusClosing Date; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened; and (xiii) since the Registration Statement date of the most recent financial statements included in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (other than exclusive of any supplement thereto), there has been no Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the documents incorporated Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto). (f) Each Selling Stockholder shall have furnished to the Underwriter a certificate, signed by reference thereinan authorized signatory of such Selling Stockholder, dated the financial statements Closing Date, to the effect that the representations and other financial warranties of such Selling Stockholder in this Agreement are true and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form correct in all material respects with the applicable requirements on and as of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, Date to the extent they deem proper and same effect as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, if made on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (cg) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date each of Deloitte & Touche LLP and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP to have furnished to the Underwriter, at the Execution Time and at the Closing Date, letters (which may refer to letters previously delivered to the Underwriter), dated respectively as of the Execution Time and as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter. (h) Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), there shall not have been (i) any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (g) of this Section 6 or (ii) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto) the effect of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the sole judgment of the Underwriter, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto). (i) Subsequent to the Execution Time, there shall not have been any decrease in the rating of any of the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 3(a)(62) under 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 that does not indicate the direction of the possible change. (j) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have furnished to the Underwriter such further information, certificates and documents as the Underwriter may reasonably request. (k) The Securities shall have been listed and admitted and authorized for trading on the New York Stock Exchange, and satisfactory evidence of such actions shall have been provided to the Underwriter. If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriter hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Underwriter. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company and each Selling Stockholder in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing. The documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 shall be delivered at the office of ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇at ▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇BMET Investors Offshore Holdings▇▇▇▇, L.P.▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated on the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the UnderwriterDate. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Winnebago Industries Inc)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The Underwriter has entered into this Purchase Agreement in reliance upon the representations and warranties of the Authority and the City contained herein. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase accept delivery of and pay for the Securities Bonds on the Closing Date shall be subject to subject, at the accuracy option of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and the Closing DateUnderwriter, to the accuracy in all material respects of the statements of the Company officers and other officials of the Authority and of the City, as well as authorized representatives of Bond Counsel and the Selling Stockholders Trustee made in any certificates or other documents furnished pursuant to the provisions hereof, ; to the performance by the Company Authority and the Selling Stockholders City of their respective obligations hereunder to be performed under the Authority Documents and the City Documents, respectively, at or prior to the Closing Date; and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectusrepresentations, warranties and any supplement thereto, covenants of the City and the Authority contained herein shall have been filed with be true and correct at the Commission in the manner date hereof and within at the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatenedClosing, as if made on the Closing Date. (b) The Company At the time of Closing, the City Documents and the Authority Documents shall be in full force and effect as valid and binding agreements between or among the various parties thereto, and the City Documents, the Authority Documents and the Official Statement shall not have been amended, modified or supplemented except as may have been agreed to in writing by the Underwriter. (c) At the time of the Closing, no material default shall have requested occurred or be existing under the City Documents, the Authority Documents or any other agreement or document pursuant to which any of the City’s financial obligations were executed and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLPdelivered, counsel and the City and the Authority shall not be in default in the payment of principal or interest with respect to any of their respective financial obligations, which default would materially adversely impact the ability of the City to pay the Lease Payments or the Authority to pay the Bonds. (d) In recognition of the desire of the Authority, the City and the Underwriter to effect a successful public offering of the Bonds, and in view of the potential adverse impact of any of the following events on such a public offering, this Purchase Agreement shall be subject to termination in the discretion of the Underwriter by notification, in writing, to the Authority and the City prior to delivery of and payment for the CompanyBonds, if at any time prior to such time, regardless of whether any of the following statements of fact were in existence or known of on the date of this Purchase Agreement: (i) any event shall occur which makes untrue any material statement or results in an omission to state a material fact that is necessary to make the statements in the Official Statement, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, which event, in the reasonable opinion of the Underwriter would materially or adversely affect the ability of the Underwriter to market the Bonds; or (ii) the marketability of the Bonds or the market price thereof, in the opinion of the Underwriter, has been materially adversely affected by an amendment to the Constitution of the United States or by any legislation in or by the Congress of the United States or by the State, or the amendment of legislation pending as of the date of this Purchase Agreement in the Congress of the United States, or the recommendation to Congress or endorsement for passage (by press release, other form of notice or otherwise) of legislation by the President of the United States, the Treasury Department of the United States, the Internal Revenue Service or the Chairman or ranking minority member of the Committee on Finance of the United States Senate or the Committee on Ways and Means of the United States House of Representatives, or the proposal for consideration of legislation by either such Committee or by any member thereof, or the presentment of legislation for consideration as an option by either such Committee, or by the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation of the Congress of the United States, or the favorable reporting for passage of legislation to either House of the Congress of the United States by a Committee of such House to which such legislation has been referred for consideration, or any decision of any federal or State court or any ruling or regulation (final, temporary or proposed) or official statement on behalf of the United States Treasury Department, the Internal Revenue Service or other federal or State authority affecting the federal or State tax status of the Authority or the City, or the interest on or with respect to bonds or notes (including the Bonds); or (iii) any legislation, ordinance, rule or regulation shall be enacted by any governmental body, department or authority of the State, or a decision by any court of competent jurisdiction within the State shall be rendered which materially adversely affects the market price of the Bonds; or (iv) an order, decree or injunction issued by any court of competent jurisdiction, or order, ruling, regulation (final, temporary or proposed), official statement or other form of notice or communication issued or made by or on behalf of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other governmental authority having jurisdiction of the subject matter, to the effect that: (i) obligations of the general character of the Bonds, or the Bonds, including any or all underlying arrangements, are not exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or that the Indenture is not exempt from qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended; or (ii) the issuance, offering or sale of obligations of the general character of the Bonds, or the issuance, offering or sale of the Bonds, including any or all underlying obligations, as contemplated hereby or by the Official Statement, is or would be in violation of the federal securities laws as amended and then in effect; or (v) legislation shall be enacted by the Congress of the United States, or a decision by a court of the United States shall be rendered, to the effect that obligations of the general character of the Bonds, or the Bonds are not exempt from registration under or other requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and as then in effect, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and as then in effect, or that the Indenture is not exempt from qualification under or other requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended and as then in effect; or (vi) additional material restrictions not in force as of the date hereof shall have furnished been imposed upon trading in securities generally by any domestic governmental authority or by any domestic national securities exchange, which are material to the marketability of the Bonds; or (vii) a general banking moratorium shall have been declared by federal, State or New York authorities, or the general suspension of trading on any national securities exchange; or (viii) the declaration of war or the escalation of, or engagement in, military hostilities by the United States or the occurrence of any other national or international emergency or calamity or crisis relating to the effective operation of the government of, or the financial community or financial markets in, the United States or elsewhere, or the escalation of such calamity or crisis, which, in the judgment of the Underwriter, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or the delivery of the Bonds on the terms and in the manner that are contemplated in the Preliminary Official Statement or the Official Statement; or (ix) any rating of the Bonds or the rating of any obligations of the City secured by the City’s general fund shall have been downgraded or withdrawn by a national rating service, which, in the opinion of the Underwriter, materially adversely affects the market price of the Bonds; or (x) the commencement of any action, suit or proceeding described in Section 6(g) or Section 7(h). (e) at or prior to the Closing, the Underwriter shall receive the following documents, in each case to the reasonable satisfaction in form and substance of the Underwriter: (i) The executed Authority Resolution; (ii) The executed City Resolution; (iii) The City Documents and the Authority Documents, each duly executed and delivered by the respective parties thereto, with only such amendments, modifications or supplements as may have been agreed to in writing by the Underwriter; (iv) Specimen Bonds; (v) Evidence that the Assignment Agreement, the Lease and the Site Lease, or memoranda thereof, have been recorded in the Office of the County Recorder of the County of Contra Costa; (vi) Evidence that the insurance required to be in effect on the Closing Date under the Lease is in fact in effect as of such date; (vii) The approving opinion of Bond Counsel dated the Closing Date and addressed to the City and the Authority, in substantially the form attached as an appendix to the Official Statement, and a reliance letter or letters thereon addressed to the Underwriter their opinion, and the Trustee; (viii) A supplemental opinion of Bond Counsel dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (iA) the Company has been duly incorporated statements on the cover of the Official Statement and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing the Official Statement under the laws captions “INTRODUCTION,” “FINANCING PLAN,” “THE BONDS,” “SECURITY FOR THE BONDS” and “TAX MATTERS,” and in Appendices A and E, excluding any material that may be treated as included under such captions and appendices by any cross-reference, insofar as such statements expressly summarize provisions of the State City Documents, the Authority Documents and Bond Counsel’s final opinion concerning certain federal tax matters relating to the Bonds, are accurate in all material respects as of Delawarethe Closing Date, provided that Bond Counsel need not express any opinion with power and authority respect to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described any financial or statistical data contained therein or with respect to the book-entry system in which the Disclosure Package and the Final ProspectusBonds are initially issued; (iiB) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package The Purchase Agreement and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders Continuing Disclosure Certificate have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;City and the Authority, as applicable, and are the valid, legal and binding agreements of the City and the Authority, as applicable, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except that the rights and obligations under the Purchase Agreement and the Continuing Disclosure Certificate are subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights, to the application of equitable principles if equitable remedies are sought, to the exercise of judicial discretion in appropriate cases and to limitations on legal remedies against public agencies in the State, and provided that no opinion need be expressed with respect to any indemnification or contribution provisions contained therein; and (vC) The Bonds are not subject to the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale registration requirements of the Securities by Act of 1933, as amended, and the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or Indenture is exempt from qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Trust Indenture Act of 19401939, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing The Official Statement, executed on behalf of the Base ProspectusCity and/or the Authority, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; andPreliminary Official Statement; (x) Evidence that the Registration Statement rating or ratings on the Bonds are in effect as described in the Official Statement; (xi) A certificate, dated the Closing Date, signed by a duly authorized officer of the Authority satisfactory in form and substance to the Final Prospectus Underwriter substantially as set forth in Exhibit C; (other than xii) A certificate, dated the documents incorporated Closing Date, signed by reference thereina duly authorized officer of the City satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the representations, warranties and covenants of the financial statements City contained in this Purchase Agreement are true and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date with the applicable requirements same effect as if made on the Closing Date by the City, and the City has complied with, in all material respects, all of the Act terms and conditions of the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing Purchase Agreement required to be complied with by the City at or prior to the Closing Date; (ii) no event affecting the City has come occurred since the date of the Official Statement which should be disclosed in the Official Statement for the purposes for which it is to their attention that caused them be used or which is necessary to believe that disclose therein in order to make the statements and information therein not misleading in any material respect; (iiii) the Registration Statement, on information and statements contained in the Effective Date, contained any Official Statement (other than information in the Official Statement under the caption “UNDERWRITING” and information regarding DTC and its book-entry only system) did not as of its date and do not as of the Closing contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact that is necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading in any material respect; and (in each case, other than iv) to the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application best of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New Yorkits knowledge after reasonable investigation, the corporate City is not, in any material respect, in breach of or default under any applicable law or administrative regulation of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United StatesStates or any applicable judgment or decree or any loan agreement, indenture, bond, note, resolution, agreement (including but not limited to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (BLease) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries City is a party or bound or to which its or their property is otherwise subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to would have a Material Adverse Effect or affect material adverse impact on the validity City’s ability to perform its obligations under the City Documents, and no event has occurred and is continuing which, with the passage of the Securities time or the legal authority giving of the Company to comply with this Agreementnotice, or both, would constitute such a default or event of default under any such instrument; (vxiii) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their An opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, of counsel to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing andAuthority, satisfactory in form and substance to the extent such concept exists Underwriter substantially as set forth in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organizationExhibit D; (iixiv) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their An opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, of the City Attorney, to the effect that: (A) The City is a general law city that is duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the general laws of the State of California; (B) The City Resolution was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the City at which a quorum was present and acting throughout after a public hearing that was duly noticed and held in a form reasonably acceptable taccordance with California Government Code Section 6586.5, is in full force and effect and has not been modified, amended, rescinded or repealed since its date of adoption; (C) The City Documents have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the City and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties thereto, as applicable, constitute the valid and binding obligations of the City, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, or similar laws, or by legal or equitable principles relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally; (D) No consent, authorization or approval of, or filing or registration with, any governmental or regulatory officer or body which has not already been obtained is required to be obtained by the City for the execution and performance of the City Documents or the actions on the part of the City contemplated thereby, including causing the issuance of the Bonds; (E) Except as otherwise disclosed in the Official Statement, there is no litigation, proceeding, action, suit or investigation at law or in equity before or by any court, governmental authority or body, pending, with service of process upon the City having been accomplished, or threatened in writing against the City, challenging the creation, organization or existence of the City, or the validity of the City Documents or seeking to restrain or enjoin the payment of the Lease Payments or the repayment of the Bonds or in any way contesting or affecting the validity of the City Documents or contesting the authority of the City to enter into or perform its obligations under any of the City Documents, or which, in any manner, questions the right of the City to pay the Lease Payments under the Lease; and (F) To the best of such counsel’s knowledge, the execution and delivery of the City Documents and compliance with the provisions thereof do not and will not in any material respect conflict with or co

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Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of ------------------------------------------------ the Underwriter to convert Notes and to purchase the any Purchased Securities shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and Execution Time, each Effective Date occurring after the Execution Time, the Redemption Date and, as to the purchase of the Purchased Securities, the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The If filing of the Final Prospectus, or any supplement thereto, is required pursuant to Rule 424(b), the Final Prospectus, and any supplement theretosuch supplement, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date, the Company shall have requested and caused Faegre furnished to the Underwriter the opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, L.L.P., counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date and addressed to the UnderwriterDate, respectively, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with ; the Company has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package Prospectus; the Company is duly qualified to do business and the Final Prospectusis, if applicable, in good standing in each jurisdiction in which it owns or leases a material amount of real property; (ii) the Company has an outstanding Company's authorized equity capitalization is as set forth in the Disclosure Package and Final Prospectus; the capital stock of the Company conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to Prospectus; the exercise outstanding shares of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders Common Stock have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; the outstanding Notes have been duly and validly authorized and issued and constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of the Indenture, enforceable in accordance with their terms except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights and by general equitable principles; assuming the mailing of the Notices of Redemption in accordance with Section 1(c) and 5(f) hereof and any further assumptions agreed upon by the parties, all the Notes will have been duly called for redemption at the respective dates of mailing such Notices of Redemption and the right to convert the Notes into shares of Common Stock will expire at 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on April 28, 1999; the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes have been duly and validly authorized and, when issued and delivered upon conversion of any Notes pursuant to this Agreement, will be fully paid and nonassessable; the Purchased Securities have been duly and validly authorized and, when issued and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriter pursuant to this Agreement, will be fully paid and nonassessable; the Conversion Securities (and, for the opinion to be delivered on the Closing Date only, the Purchased Securities) are duly listed, and admitted and authorized for trading, subject to official notice of issuance, on the American Stock Exchange; the certificates for the Securities are in valid and sufficient for in; the holders of outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are not entitled to statutory preemptive rights to subscribe for the Securities or the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes; and, except as set forth in the Final Prospectus, to our knowledge there are no options, warrants or other rights to purchase or agreements to issue, or rights to convert any obligations into or exchange any securities for, shares of capital stock of or ownership interests in the Company, are outstanding; (iviii) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (viv) the statements in each call of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum Notes for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respectsredemption, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither conversion or redemption thereof, the issue and sale of the Securities Securities, the execution, delivery and performance by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to Company of this Agreement, nor Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated herein contemplated nor the fulfillment and compliance by the Company of the terms hereof with its obligations hereunder will conflict with, not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or imposition constitute a default under, any statute, any agreement or instrument known to such counsel to which the Company or any subsidiary is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any the property or assets of the Company or its subsidiaries pursuant any subsidiary is subject, the Company's or any subsidiary's Articles of Incorporation, as amended to (A) the charter date, or by-laws of the Company laws, or (B) any applicable federal order, rule or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, known to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries counsel of any federal, Delaware court or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental agency or body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries any subsidiary or any of its or their respective properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) ; and no consent, approval, authorizationauthorization or order of, orderor filing with, registration or qualification of or with any court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except such as have been obtained under the Act and such as may be required under state securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriter; provided that no opinion is called for with respect to any such regulatory authority consent, approval, authorization or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is order required to be obtained or made by under the Company for Act and the sale applicable rules and regulations of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement Commission thereunder that have been obtained or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the under state securities laws or Blue Sky laws Laws of the various states; and (v) to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no pending action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Act Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Final Prospectus, and there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in Registration Statement or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which the Securities are offeredis not described, incorporated by reference or filed as required; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ixvi) the Registration Statement became has become effective under the Act upon filing with the CommissionAct; any required filing of the Base Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule Rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and issued, no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) threatened and the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical reserve information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act and the respective rules thereunder; and the documents from which information is incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and of the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (other than the financial statements and other financial data therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion). Such counsel shall also may disclaim responsibility for, and state that they have not independently verified, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the financial statements, the notes thereto, and the other financial and reserve and operating data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and Final Prospectus, and have not examined the accounting, financial, reserve or operating records from which such financial statements, notes and data were derived. Such counsel may note that, while certain portions of the Registration Statement and Final Prospectus (including financial statements, the notes thereto, and other financial and reserve information) have been included on the authority of "experts" (as defined in the Act), such counsel are not such experts with respect to any portion of the Registration Statement and Final Prospectus, including, without limitation, such financial statements, the notes thereto, or other financial or reserve and operating data included or incorporated by reference therein. Subject to the foregoing, such counsel shall state that nothing such counsel has come participated in conferences with the officers and other representatives of the Company, representatives of the independent accountants for the Company, representatives of the experts referred to their above, and the Underwriter and its counsel, at which the contents of the Registration Statement and Final Prospectus and related matters were discussed and, although such counsel is not passing upon, and does not assume any responsibility for, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus and have not made any independent check or verification thereof, during the course of such participation (relying as to factual matters as to materiality to a large extent upon the statements of officers and other representatives of the Company), no facts came to such counsel's attention that caused them such counsel to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, Date or at the Execution Time the Registration Statement contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) that the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included Date contained or includes any contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were are made, not misleading (in each case, other than the except that such statements by such counsel shall not be deemed to include any statement with respect to any financial statements and information or other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no beliefor reserve or operating data). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State States of Delaware or Colorado or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. The opinion of such counsel shall be rendered to the Underwriter at the request of the Company and shall so state therein. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counselfurnished to the Underwriter the opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, special regulatory counsel for the Underwriter his opinion Company, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter Date, to the effect that: (i) to the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which best knowledge of such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of businesscounsel, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing lack of possession would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under Effect on the laws financial condition of the jurisdiction Company, the Company has all necessary consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations, qualifications, licenses and permits of its organizationand from all public, with power regulatory or governmental agencies and authority bodies to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as now being conducted and as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (viiii) all the descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts statutes and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party regulations described therein are accurate in all material respects; respects and to fairly present the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments information required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to thereinshown. (d) The Selling Stockholders On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date, the Underwriter shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ received from Winston & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling StockholdersUnderwriter, to have furnished to the Underwriter their such opinion or opinions, dated the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date Date, respectively, and addressed to the Underwriter, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities, the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus (together with any supplements thereto) and other related matters as the Underwriter may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. The opinion or opinions of such counsel shall be rendered to the Underwriter at the request of the Company and shall so state therein. (e) On the date of this Agreement, on each Effective Date occurring after the Execution Time and on the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter a certificate of the Company, signed by the Chief Executive Officer or the Vice President and the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the date of delivery, to the effect thatthat the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus, any supplements to the Final Prospectus and this Agreement and: (i) each the representations and warranties of the Selling Stockholders listed Company in this Agreement are true and correct on Schedule IV (and as of the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, date of such certificate as if made on the date of such certificate and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the extent date of such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organizationcertificate; (ii) no stop order suspending the execution and delivery effectiveness of the Underwriting Agreement Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been duly authorized by each of instituted or, to the Domestic Selling StockholdersCompany's knowledge, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder;threatened; and (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) since the date of the UCCmost recent financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), there has been no material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Final Prospectus (bexclusive of any supplement thereto). (f) At the Execution Time, on each Effective Date occurring after the Execution Time on which financial information is included or incorporated in the Registration Statement or 15 the Prospectus and on the Closing Date, PricewaterhouseCoopers, L.L.P. shall have furnished to the Underwriter acquires its interest a letter, dated respectively as of the Execution Time, each such Effective Date and as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (Underwriter, confirming that they are independent accountants within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation and the respective applicable published rules and regulations thereunder and containing statements and information of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result type ordinarily included in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable accountants' "comfort letters" to general business entities Underwriter with respect to such sale the financial statements and certain financial information contained in or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and Prospectus. References to the United States federal securities laws or Final Prospectus in this paragraph (g) include any state securities or Blue Sky laws)supplement thereto at the date of the letter. (eg) The Selling Stockholders Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), there shall not have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calderbeen (i) any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (g) of this Section 6 or (ii) any change, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdingsor any development involving a prospective change, L.P.in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fundearnings, L.P., certain business or properties of the Selling StockholdersCompany and its subsidiaries, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwritertaken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the forms reasonably acceptable to ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable tFinal Prospectus

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Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities Securities, as the case may be, shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and Execution Time, the Closing DateDate and any settlement date pursuant to Section 3 hereof, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); ) and any other material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇, Weiss, Rifkind, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described Underwriter substantially in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as form set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing DateExhibit B hereto. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ , Weiss, Rifkind, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit C hereto. (d) The Underwriter shall have received from Shearman & Sterling LLP, counsel for the Underwriter, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Underwriter may reasonably require, and the Company and each Selling Stockholder shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. (e) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter a certificate of the Company, signed by the Chairman of the Board or the President and the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus and any supplements or amendments thereto, as well as each electronic road show used in connection with the offering of the Securities, and this Agreement and that: (i) each the representations and warranties of the Selling Stockholders listed Company in this Agreement are true and correct on Schedule IV (and as of the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organizationClosing Date; (ii) no stop order suspending the execution and delivery effectiveness of the Underwriting Agreement Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been duly authorized by each of instituted or, to the Domestic Selling StockholdersCompany’s knowledge, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder;threatened; and (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) since the date of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest most recent financial statements included in the Securities it has purchased without notice Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), there has been no material adverse claim effect on the condition (within the meaning of Section 8-105 financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the UCC)Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, Disclosure Package and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, Final Prospectus (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents exclusive of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky lawssupplement thereto). (ef) Each Selling Stockholder shall have furnished to the Underwriter a certificate, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the representations and warranties of such Selling Stockholder in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date to the same effect as if made on the Closing Date. (g) The Selling Stockholders Company shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇Ernst & Young LLP (with respect to the Company) and Ernst & Young (with respect to OPI) to have furnished to the Underwriter, at the Execution Time and at the Closing Date, accountant’s “comfort” letters (which may refer to letters previously delivered to the Underwriter), dated respectively as of the Execution Time and as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, and in the case of the letters dated as of the Execution Time, substantially in the form of Exhibit D and Exhibit E hereto, respectively. (h) Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), there shall not have been (i) any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (h) of this Section 6 or (ii) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto) the effect of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the sole judgment of the Underwriter, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto). (i) At the Execution Time, the Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter a letter substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto from each of the officers and directors of the Company listed on Schedule VI and addressed to the Underwriter. (j) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have furnished to the Underwriter such further information, certificates and documents as the Underwriter may reasonably request. If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriter hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Underwriter. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company and each Selling Stockholder in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing. The documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 shall be delivered at the office of Shearman & Sterling LLP, counsel for the Underwriter, at ▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇BMET Investors Offshore Holdings▇▇▇▇, L.P.▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated on the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the UnderwriterDate. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t

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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (ExlService Holdings, Inc.)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities Offered Notes shall be subject to the accuracy in all material respects of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and the Closing Datein this Agreement, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any applicable officers’ certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective its obligations hereunder under this Agreement and to the following additional conditionsconditions applicable to the Note Offering: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the related Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted instituted, or threatenedto the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission. (b) The Company shall have requested furnished to the Underwriter a certificate of the Company, signed by the President, any Vice President, or the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signer of such certificate has carefully examined the Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party, and caused Faegre that, to the best of such person’s knowledge after reasonable investigation, the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party are true and correct in all material respects, and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date. (c) The Underwriter shall have received on the Closing Date a signed opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, special New York counsel for the Company, to have furnished in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter their opinionand counsel to the Underwriter, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is a limited liability company validly existing as a corporation and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with ; Holding is a corporation validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware; and each of the Company and Holding has full power and authority to own, lease enter into and operate perform its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package obligations under this Agreement and the Final ProspectusTransaction Documents and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in execution and delivery by each of the Disclosure Package Bank, GECC, GECS, Holding, the Issuer and the Final Prospectus Company (except for subsequent issuanceseach, a “Specified Entity”) of this Agreement (if anyapplicable) and the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, pursuant to dividend reinvestment and the consummation by each of the transactions contemplated thereby, will not violate any applicable law, statute or director governmental rule or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans)regulation; (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder execution and delivery by each Specified Entity of this Agreement (if applicable) and the Selling Stockholders Transaction Documents to which it is a party does not, and the consummation by each Specified Entity of the transactions contemplated thereby to occur on the date of this opinion will not, require any consent, authorization or approval of, the giving of notice to or registration with any governmental entity, except such as may have been duly made and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessablesuch as may be required under the Federal securities laws, the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction or the Uniform Commercial Code of any state; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed the execution and delivered delivery by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package Company and Holding of this Agreement and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Transaction Documents to which it is a party do not, and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor thereby to occur on the fulfillment by the Company date of this opinion will not, violate or contravene any term or provision of the terms hereof will conflict with, result in a breach Certificate of Formation or violation of, or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets the Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company or its subsidiaries pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws of Holding; (Av) the charter or by-laws each of the Company or Transaction Documents (Bother than the Trust Agreement) any applicable federal or Indiana statuteconstitutes a legal, lawvalid and binding obligation of each of GECC, ruleGECS, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”)Issuer, or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or and Holding that is a party thereto, enforceable against each such party in accordance with its subsidiaries terms; (vi) each of any federalthe Notes is in due and proper form and when executed, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, authenticated and delivered as specified in the case Indenture, and when delivered against payment of clause (B), would, individually the consideration specified herein or in the aggregateNote Purchase Agreement, reasonably as applicable, it will be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect validly issued and outstanding, will constitute the validity legal, valid and binding obligation of the Securities or Issuer, enforceable against the legal authority Issuer in accordance with its terms, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Company to comply with the Securities or this AgreementIndenture; (vii) no consentthe Issuer is not now, approvaland immediately following the issuance of the Notes pursuant to the Indenture will not be, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ixviii) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing not more than three years prior to the Closing Date, and the Prospectus has been filed with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made thereunder in the manner and within the time period required by rule Rule 424(b); to the knowledge best of such counsel’s knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and the Prospectus and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted instituted; (ix) the statements in the Base Prospectus under the headings “The Trust—Perfection and Priority of Security Interests” and “—Conservatorship and Receivership; Bankruptcy,” and “ERISA Considerations” and the statements in the Prospectus Supplement under the heading “Structural Summary—ERISA Considerations” to the extent they constitute matters of law or threatened; andlegal conclusions with respect thereto, have been reviewed by such counsel and are correct in all material respects; (x) the Registration Statement Transaction Documents and the Final Prospectus Notes conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Prospectus; (other than xi) the documents incorporated by reference therein, Indenture has been duly qualified under the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained thereinTrust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended and complies as to which such counsel need express no opinionform with the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; and (xii) comply each of the Registration Statement, as of its Effective Date, and the Prospectus, as of its date, complied as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state and regulations under the Act, except that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need not express no beliefany opinion as to the financial and statistical data included therein or excluded therefrom or the exhibits to the Registration Statement and, except as, and to the extent set forth in paragraphs (ix) and (x). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving need not assume any responsibility for the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New Yorkaccuracy, the corporate law completeness or fairness of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed statements contained in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to thereinProspectus. (d) The Selling Stockholders Underwriter shall have requested and caused received on the Closing Date a signed opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel Special Transaction Counsel for the Selling StockholdersBank, to have furnished in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter their opinion and counsel to the Underwriter, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV Bank is (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”A) is duly organized and validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, as a Federal savings bank in good standing under the laws of the United States and (B) duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction where the conduct of its jurisdiction business or the ownership, lease or operation of organizationits property requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not have a material adverse effect on its ability to perform its obligations under the Receivables Sale Agreement; (ii) the execution Bank has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Receivables Sale Agreement and to consummate the transactions provided for therein; (iii) the execution, delivery and performance by the Bank of the Underwriting Receivables Sale Agreement and the consummation of the transactions provided for therein have been duly authorized by each all requisite corporate action on the part of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and Bank; (iv) the Underwriting Receivables Sale Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholdera duly authorized officer of the Bank; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (bv) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC)execution, the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement delivery and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders Bank of their obligations in the Receivables Sale Agreement and the consummation by the Bank of the transactions provided for therein, do not and will notnot (A) contravene, violate or constitute a default under any provision of the certificate of incorporation or By-laws of the Bank, (aB) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in best of such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable knowledge, contravene or violate any judgment, injunction, order or decree, to general business entities with respect which the Bank or its property is subject, (C) to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation best of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities knowledge, result in the creation or imposition of any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Bank, except as contemplated by the Servicing Agreement and the Receivables Sale Agreement or (D) contravene violate, conflict with respect to such sale or performance (but constitute a default under any agreement, lease, indenture, trust, deed, mortgage, or other instrument of which such counsel need not express any opinion relating is aware to which the United States federal securities laws Bank is a party or any state securities or Blue Sky laws)by which the Bank is bound. (e) The Selling Stockholders Underwriter shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇received on the Closing Date a signed opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇, Vice President and Counsel, Capital Markets for GE Capital, Retail Finance, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter and counsel to the Underwriter, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) each of GECC and GECS is validly existing and in good standing as a corporation under the laws of the State of Delaware and has the corporate power and authority to transact the business in which it is now engaged and to enter into and to perform all of its obligations under the Servicing Agreement, the Administration Agreement, the Assignment Agreement and the Contribution Agreement to which it is a party in the various capacities set forth therein; (ii) the execution, delivery and performance by each of GECC and GECS of the Servicing Agreement, the Administration Agreement and the Contribution Agreement to which it is a party and the consummation by GECC and GECS of the transactions contemplated thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of GECC and GECS; (iii) the Servicing Agreement, the Administration Agreement, the Assignment Agreement and the Contribution Agreement to which it is a party have been duly and validly executed and delivered by GECC and GECS; and (iv) the execution and delivery by each of GECC and GECS of the Servicing Agreement, the Administration Agreement, the Assignment Agreement and the Contribution Agreement to which it is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby will not conflict with, result in a breach of any of the terms and provisions of, constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under (A) the certificate of incorporation or By-laws of GECC or, with respect to the Assignment Agreement, GECS, (B) to such counsel’s knowledge, and without any special investigation for this purpose, any material indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument of agreement to which GECC or, with respect to the Assignment Agreement, GECS is a party or by which GECC or, with respect to the Assignment Agreement, GECS is bound, or (C) to such counsel’s knowledge and without any special investigation for this purpose, any judgment, writ, injunction, decree, order or ruling of any court or governmental authority having jurisdiction over GECC or, with respect to the Assignment Agreement, GECS. (f) The Underwriter shall have received on the Closing Date a signed opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings& Finger, L.P.counsel for the Owner Trustee, in form and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter their opinions and counsel to the Underwriter, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Owner Trustee is duly incorporated and is validly existing and in good standing as a banking corporation under the forms laws of the State of Delaware; (ii) the Owner Trustee has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Trust Agreement and as trustee under the Administration Agreement, and to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby; (iii) the Owner Trustee has duly authorized, executed and delivered the Trust Agreement and the Administration Agreement, as trustee, and the Trust Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Owner Trustee, enforceable against the Owner Trustee in accordance with its terms; and (iv) neither the execution, delivery and performance by the Owner Trustee of the Trust Agreement, the Administration Agreement, as trustee, nor the consummation of any of the transactions by the Owner Trustee contemplated thereby, (A) is in violation of the charter or bylaws of the Owner Trustee or of any law, governmental rule or regulation of the State of Delaware or of the federal laws of the United States governing the trust powers of the Owner Trustee and (B) requires the consent or approval of, the withholding of objection on the part of, the giving of notice to, the filing, registration or qualification with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any governmental authority or agency under the laws of the State of Delaware or the federal laws of the United States governing the trust powers of the Owner Trustee. (g) The Underwriter shall have received on the Closing Date a signed opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Finger, special Delaware counsel for the Issuer, in form and substance reasonably acceptable satisfactory to the Underwriter and counsel to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Issuer has been duly formed and is validly existing as a statutory trust under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, 12 Del. C. § 3801, et seq., and has the power and authority under the Trust Agreement and the Delaware Statutory Trust Act to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Indenture, the Administration Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the Custody and Control Agreement, dated as of September 25, 2003, among the Indenture Trustee, the Issuer, and the Custodian (the “Custody and Control Agreement”) and the Transfer Agreement; (ii) the Indenture, the Administration Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the Custody and Control Agreement, the Transfer Agreement, the Notes to be issued by the Issuer on the Closing Date, and the Certificates have been duly authorized and executed by the Issuer; (iii) the Trust Agreement is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company and the Owner Trustee, enforceable against the Company and the Owner Trustee, in accordance with its terms; (iv) neither the execution, delivery or performance by the Issuer of the Indenture, the Administration Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the Custody and Control Agreement or the Transfer Agreement, nor the consummation by the Issuer of any of the transactions contemplated thereby, (A) requires the consent or approval of, the withholding of objection on the part of, the giving of notice to, the filing, registration or qualification with, or the taking of any other action in respect of, any governmental authority or agency of the State of Delaware, other than the filing of the certificate of trust with the Secretary of State, or (B) is in violation of the Trust Agreement or of any law, rule or regulation of the State of Delaware applicable to the Issuer; (v) under § 3805 (b) and (c) of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, (A) no creditor of any Certificateholder shall have any right to obtain possession of, or otherwise exercise legal or equitable remedies with respect to, the property of the Issuer except in accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement, and (B) except to the extent otherwise provided in the Trust Agreement, a form reasonably acceptable tCertificateholder (including the Company in its capacity as such) has no interest in specific Issuer property; (vi) under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, the Issuer is a separate legal entity and, assuming that the Transfer Agreement conveys good title to the Issuer Estate (as defined in the Trust Agreement) to the Issuer as a true sale and not as a security arrangement, the Issuer rather than the Certificateholders will hold whatever title to the Issuer property as may be conveyed to it from time to time pursuant to the Transfer Agreement, except to the extent that the Issuer has taken a

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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (GE Capital Credit Card Master Note Trust)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and Time, the Closing DateDate and any settlement date pursuant to Section 3 hereof, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre Bass, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇& ▇▇▇▇ LLPPLC, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in form and substance satisfactory to the effect that:Underwriter. (ic) On the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing Closing Date, the Underwriter shall have received the favorable opinion of Bass, ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇ PLC, regulatory counsel for the Company, dated as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of DelawareClosing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter. (d) The Underwriter shall have received from ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Underwriter, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, with power respect to the issuance and authority to ownsale of the Securities, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuancestogether with any supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Underwriter may reasonably require, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to and the exercise of options Company and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders shall have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable;furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. (ive) this Agreement has been duly authorizedThe Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused Simpson, executed Thacher & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and delivered addressed to the Underwriter, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter. (f) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter a certificate of the Company, signed by the Chairman of the Board or the President and the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company; (v) , dated the statements in each Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have reviewed the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under and any supplements or amendments thereto, as well as each electronic road show used in connection with the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary offering of the legal mattersSecurities, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein.this Agreement and that: (vii) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets representations and warranties of the Company or its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or (B) any applicable federal satisfied at or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable prior to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this AgreementClosing Date; (viiii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened; and (xiii) since the Registration Statement date of the most recent financial statements included in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (other than exclusive of any supplement thereto), there has been no Material Adverse Change. (g) The Underwriter shall have received a certificate of the documents incorporated by reference thereinSelling Stockholders, dated the financial statements Closing Date, to the effect that the representations and other financial warranties of the Selling Stockholders in this Agreement are true and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form correct in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act on and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, Date to the extent they deem proper and same effect as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, if made on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (ch) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, Deloitte & Touche LLP to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated Underwriter, at the Applicable Time and at the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: Date, (i) letters (which may refer to letters previously delivered to the Underwriter), dated respectively as of the Applicable Time and as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, confirming that they are independent accountants with respect to the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of within the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements meaning of the Act or and the Exchange Act and the respective applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission thereunder and that they have performed a review of the Commission thereunderunaudited interim financial information of the Company for the nine-month period ended, and none as at September 30, 2013 and 2014, in accordance with Statement on Auditing Standards No. 100, and (ii) letters (which may refer to letters previously delivered to the Underwriter), dated respectively as of the Applicable Time and as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, confirming that they are independent accountants with respect to Sheridan within the meaning of the Act and the Exchange Act and the respective applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission thereunder and that they have performed a review of the unaudited interim financial information of Sheridan for the nine-month period ended, and as at September 30, 2013 and 2014, in accordance with Statement on Auditing Standards No. 100 and, in each of cases (i) and (ii), containing such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact other statements and information as is ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial and statistical information included or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and Prospectus. (i) Subsequent to the best Applicable Time or, if earlier, the dates as of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to which information is given in the Registration StatementStatement (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), there shall not have been any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto) the effect of which, is, in the sole judgment of the Underwriter, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the Disclosure Package or and the Final Prospectus other than those described (exclusive of any amendment or referred to thereinsupplement thereto). (dj) The Subsequent to the Applicable Time, there shall not have been any decrease in the rating of any of the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 3(a)(62) under 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 that does not indicate the direction of the possible change. (k) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter such further information, certificates and documents as the Underwriter may reasonably request. (l) Prior to the Closing Date, the Securities shall have been listed and admitted and authorized for trading on Nasdaq Global Select Market, subject to notice of official issuance and satisfactory evidence of such actions shall have been provided to the Underwriter. If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriter hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Underwriter. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company and the Selling Stockholders in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing. The documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 shall have requested and caused be delivered at the office of ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇at ▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇BMET Investors Offshore Holdings▇▇▇▇, L.P.▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇, and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated on the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the UnderwriterDate. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t

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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Amsurg Corp)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations obligation of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities Notes on the Closing Date shall be subject subject, at the option of the Underwriter, to the accuracy in all material respects of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders Issuer contained herein as of the Applicable Time date hereof and as of the Closing Date, to the accuracy in all material respects of the statements of the Company Issuer and the Selling Stockholders Bank made in any certificates or other documents furnished pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and Issuer of its obligations to be performed hereunder at or prior to the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder Closing Date and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final ProspectusAt the Closing Date, the Issuer Documents, all other Bank Credit Documents and any supplement thereto, the Letter of Credit shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner duly authorized, executed and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed delivered by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under respective parties thereto, and the Act, Offering Circular shall have been filed with delivered to the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; Underwriter, and no stop order suspending the effectiveness none of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use foregoing agreements shall have been issued amended, modified or supplemented so as to materially affect the content thereof, except as may have been agreed to in writing by the Underwriter, and no proceedings for that purpose there shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company shall have requested taken in connection therewith, with the issuance of the Notes, and caused Faegre with the transactions contemplated thereby and by this Note Purchase Agreement, all such actions as ▇▇▇▇▇▇, Halter & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion(“Underwriter’s Counsel”), dated shall deem to be necessary and appropriate. (b) At the Closing Date and addressed Date, the Offering Circular shall not have been amended, modified or supplemented, except as may have been agreed to in writing by the Underwriter. (c) At or prior to the Closing Date, no event shall have occurred or information become known which, in the judgment of the Underwriter, to makes untrue in any material respect any statement or information contained in the Offering Circular or has the effect that: (i) that the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained Offering Circular contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted omits to state any a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading misleading. (d) At or prior to the Closing Date, the Underwriter shall have received an original copy or copies of the following documents, in each case, other than the financial statements case satisfactory in form and other financial information contained therein, as substance to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to in each applicable case conforming in all material respects with any description thereof contained in the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect thatOffering Circular: (i) The Issuer Documents, the Company is Letter of Credit and the other Bank Credit Documents, each duly qualified executed and delivered by the respective parties thereto, with such amendments, modifications or supplements as a foreign corporation may have been agreed to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether writing by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse EffectUnderwriter; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws The opinion of the jurisdiction of its organizationBond, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇, PLLC, counsel to the Issuer, dated the Closing Date, satisfactory to the Underwriter and Underwriter’s Counsel; (iii) The enforceability opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇, Halter & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, special co-counsel for to the Selling StockholdersBank, to have furnished dated the Closing Date, satisfactory to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization’s Counsel; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale The securities opinion of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for Halter & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore HoldingsLLP, L.P.Underwriter’s Counsel, and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Funddated the Closing Date, L.P.satisfactory to the Underwriter; (v) The opinion of Lemery, certain Greisler, LLC, Esq., counsel to the Bank, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the description of the Selling StockholdersReimbursement Agreement in the Offering Circular is an accurate summary of that document; (vi) Certificates, to have furnished dated the Closing Date, signed by duly authorized officers of the Bank, satisfactory to the Underwriter their opinions and the Underwriter’s Counsel; (vii) A certificate, dated the Closing Date and addressed Date, signed by a duly authorized officer of the Issuer, satisfactory to the Underwriter and the Underwriter’s Counsel, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the effect that the representations and warranties of the Issuer set forth in Section 3 hereof are true, correct and complete on the date of such certificate; and (viii) Such additional legal opinions, certificates, proceedings, instruments and other documents as the Underwriter or the Underwriter’s Counsel may request to evidence compliance by the Bank, the Trustee or the Issuer with legal requirements of closing, and to certify the truth and accuracy, as of the Closing Date, of the representations of the Issuer contained herein and the due performance or satisfaction by the Bank, the Trustee and the Issuer at or prior to such time of all agreements then to be performed and all conditions then to be satisfied by each of them. (e) Between the date hereof and the Closing Date, legislation shall not have been enacted by the Congress or be actively considered for enactment by Congress, or recommended to the Congress for enactment by the President of the United States, or introduced or favorably reported for passage to either house of the Congress, and neither a decision, order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, nor an order, ruling, regulation or official statement of or on behalf of the Securities and Exchange Commission shall have been rendered or made, with the purpose or effect that the issuance, offering or sale of the Notes or any related security or obligations of the general character of the Notes or any related security as contemplated hereby, or the execution and delivery of the Indenture, is or would be in violation of any provision of, or is or would be subject to registration or qualification requirements under, the Securities Act or the Trust Indenture Act. (f) The Selling Stockholders Between the date hereof and the Closing Date, there shall not have occurred any action by the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any governmental agency or court which calls into question the validity or enforceability of the Letter of Credit. (g) No event shall have requested occurred or fact exist which makes untrue, incorrect or inaccurate, in any material respect as of the time the same purports to speak, any statement or information contained in the Offering Circular, or which is not reflected in the Offering Circular but should be reflected therein as of the time and caused P+P Pöllath + Partnersfor the purpose for which the Offering Circular is to be used in order to make the statements and information contained therein not misleading in any material respect as of such time. (h) None of the following shall have occurred: (i) additional material restriction not in force as of the date hereof shall have been imposed upon trading in securities generally by any governmental authority or by any national securities exchange or such trading shall have been suspended; (ii) the New York Stock Exchange or other national securities exchange, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KGor the National Association of Securities Dealers, a Selling StockholderInc. or other national securities association, to have furnished or other similar national self-regulatory rule-making board, or any governmental authority, shall impose, as to the Notes or similar obligations, any material restrictions not now in force, or increase materially those now in force, with respect to the extension of credit by, or change in the net capital requirements of, underwriters; (iii) a general banking moratorium shall have been declared by federal, New York or Ohio authorities; or (iv) a war involving the United States of America, whether or not declared, or any other national or international calamity or crisis, or a financial crisis, shall have occurred, the effect of which, in the judgment of the Underwriter, would make it impracticable to market the Notes or would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Underwriter their opinion dated to enforce contracts for the Closing Date sale of the Notes. (i) All matters relating to this Note Purchase Agreement, the Offering Circular, the Issuer Documents, the other Bank Credit Documents, the Letter of Credit and addressed the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Note Purchase Agreement and the Offering Circular, shall be satisfactory to and subject to the approval of the Underwriter. If the conditions to the Underwriter’s obligations contained in this Note Purchase Agreement are not satisfied or if the Underwriter’s obligations shall be terminated for any reason permitted herein, this Note Purchase Agreement shall, at the option of the Underwriter, terminate and neither the Underwriter nor the Issuer shall have any further obligations hereunder, except as provided in a form reasonably acceptable tSection 7 with respect to the payment of certain expenses.

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Sources: Note Purchase Agreement (Angiodynamics Inc)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company Republic contained herein, both (i) on, and as though made on, the Selling Stockholders contained herein date hereof and (ii) on, and as of the Applicable Time and though made on, the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders Republic made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders Republic of their respective its obligations hereunder performable prior to the Closing Date and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final ProspectusPrior to the Closing Date, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement Statement, as amended from time to time, or any notice objecting to its use part thereof shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened; any request of the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Underwriter; and the Prospectus shall have been filed pursuant to the applicable provision of Rule 424(b) under the Act within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by the rules and regulations under the Act and in accordance with Section 4(a) of this Agreement. (b) The Company Head or Acting Head of the Legal Affairs Group of the Dirección General de Crédito Público y Tesoro Nacional of the Ministerio de Hacienda y Crédito Público of the Republic shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their such counsel’s written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the UnderwriterDate, to the effect that: (i) the Company The Republic has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with full power and authority to own, lease execute and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in deliver the Disclosure Package Agreements and the Final ProspectusSecurities, to incur the obligations to be incurred by it as provided herein and therein, and to perform and observe the provisions hereof and thereof on its part to be performed or observed; (ii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in Republic of the Disclosure Package Agreements and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuancesSecurities have been duly authorized by all necessary action on its part and by all necessary constitutional, if anylegislative, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options executive, administrative and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans)other governmental action; (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders The Agreements have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the CompanyRepublic and the Agreements constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Republic enforceable in accordance with their terms; (iv) The Securities have been duly authorized, executed, issued and delivered by the Republic in accordance with the Fiscal Agency Agreement, and, assuming due authentication and delivery by the Fiscal Agent, the Securities constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Republic enforceable in accordance with their terms; (v) the statements in each The obligations of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus Republic under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents Securities are or will at all times on and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” following the Closing Date be supported by the full faith and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary credit of the legal mattersRepublic and are or will at all times on and following the Closing Date be general, documents or proceedings referred to thereindirect, fairly unconditional, unsecured and unsubordinated External Indebtedness (as defined in the Securities) of the Republic that will rank equal in right of payment with all other present and summarize, in all material respects, future unsecured and unsubordinated External Indebtedness of the matters referred to therein.Republic; (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this AgreementThere is no constitutional provision, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or imposition any provision of any lientreaty, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana convention, statute, law, ruleregulation, regulation decree, court order or similar authority binding upon the Delaware General Corporation Law Republic, nor (to the “Covered Laws”), or, to best of such counsel’s knowledge, ) any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries provision of any federalcontract, Delaware agreement or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries Republic or any of its or their propertiesGovernmental Agency is a party, which conflictwould be contravened or breached in any material respect, breachor under which a material default would arise or a moratorium in respect of any obligations of the Republic or any Governmental Agency would be effected, violationas a result of the execution and delivery of any of the Agreements, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity issue of the Securities as contemplated herein and in the Prospectus, or the legal authority performance or observance by the Republic of any of the Company to comply with terms of the Securities Agreements or this Agreementthe Securities; (vii) no No consent, approval (including exchange control approval), authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority governmental agency or other governmental regulatory body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company Republic is required to be obtained or made for (A) the due execution, delivery and performance by the Company for the sale Republic of any of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement Agreements or the consummation by Securities, (B) the Company validity or enforceability against the Republic of any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by Agreements or the Company with Securities, or (C) the applicable provisions thereofissue, sale or delivery of the Securities, except such consentsfor (I) Law 533 of November 11, approvals1999, authorizations(II) the surviving portions of Law 185 of January 27, orders1995 which were not repealed or amended by Law 533 of November 11, registrations or qualifications as may be required by 1999, (III) the securities or Blue Sky laws relevant portions of Law 80 of October 28, 1993, (IV) Law 781 of December 20, 2002, (V) Decree No. 2681 of December 29, 1993 and (VI) Resolution No. 2768 dated November 4, 2005 of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offeredMinisterio de Hacienda y Crédito Público; (viii) To ensure the Company legality, validity, enforceability, priority or admissibility in evidence of each of the Agreements and the Securities in the Republic, it is not an “investment company” necessary that any Agreement or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined the Securities be registered, recorded, published or filed with any court or other authority in the Investment Company Act Republic or be notarized or that any documentary, stamp or similar tax be paid on or in respect of 1940any such Agreements or the Securities, as amendedexcept for (A) the issuance by the Director General of Public Credit of the Ministerio de Hacienda y Crédito Público of a request for publication of (x) Resolution No. 2768 dated November 4, 2005, issued by the Ministerio de Hacienda y Crédito Público in the Diario Oficial of the Republic and (y) a summary of the Agreements in the Diario Unico de Contratación Pública of the Republic, to satisfy the requirement for such publications, (B) notice to the Banco de la República concerning the liability management transaction and (C) in accordance with External Resolution No. 8 of November 19, 2004, issued by the Junta Directiva del Banco de la República, the delivery of written information from the Director General of Public Credit of the Ministerio de Hacienda y Crédito Público to the Junta Directiva del Banco de la República regarding the proposed liability management transaction, each of which shall be effected on or prior to the Closing Date; (ix) The Republic is empowered to issue the Registration Statement became effective Securities. Any failure of the Republic to make the necessary or appropriate provisions in the National Annual Budget for the full and timely payment of any and all amounts due from the Republic under the Act upon filing with Agreements and the Commission; any required filing Securities will not constitute a defense to enforcement of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness obligations of the Registration Statement Republic under the Agreements or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; andthe Securities; (x) There is no pending or, to such counsel’s knowledge after reasonable inquiry, threatened legal action or proceeding affecting the Republic or any Governmental Agency which (A) might individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the economic, fiscal or financial condition of the Republic or (B) purports to affect the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Agreements; (xi) To such counsel’s knowledge after reasonable inquiry, no event has occurred (and is continuing) which, had the Securities already been issued, would (with the giving of notice and/or the passage of time) constitute an Event of Default under the Securities (as defined therein); (xii) There is no income, stamp or other tax, levy, impost, deduction or other charge imposed or levied (whether by withholding or otherwise) by the Republic or any Governmental Agency or other Colombian governmental, revenue or taxing authority or agency on or by virtue of the execution or delivery by the Republic of any Agreement or the Securities, the enforcement hereof or thereof against the Republic, or any payment to be made by the Republic, pursuant hereto or thereto; provided, that, the Securities are held by a non-resident and non-domiciliary of the Republic. (xiii) Under the laws of the Republic, neither the Republic nor any of its property has any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from set-off or any legal process; provided, that, except as provided under Article 177 of the Código Contencioso Administrativo of the Republic, which does not override Articles 684 or 513 of the Código de Procedimiento Civil and Article 19 of Decree 111 of January 15, 1996 of the Republic, the revenues, assets and property of the Republic located in the Republic are not subject to execution, set-off or attachment. The waiver of immunity by the Republic contained in Section 14 hereof and in the Fiscal Agency Agreement and the Securities and the appointment of the Authorized Agent in Section 14 hereof, Section 19 of the Fiscal Agency Agreement and Section 17 of the Securities, the consents by the Republic to the jurisdiction of the courts specified in Section 14 hereof, Section 19 of the Fiscal Agency Agreement and Section 17 of the Securities, and the provisions that the law of the State of New York shall govern this Agreement and the Fiscal Agency Agreement and the Securities as provided in Section 13 hereof, Section 18 of the Fiscal Agency Agreement and Section 16 of the Securities, are irrevocably binding on the Republic and service of process effected in the manner set forth in Section 14 hereof, Section 19 of the Fiscal Agency Agreement and Section 17 of the Securities will be effective, insofar as Colombian law is concerned, to confer valid personal jurisdiction over the Republic; (xiv) The courts of the Republic would give effect to and enforce a judgment obtained in a court outside of the Republic through a procedural system provided for under Colombian law known as “exequatur”, subject to the provisions of Article 693 of the Código de Procedimiento Civil which requires that there be reciprocity in the recognition of foreign judgments between the courts of the relevant jurisdiction and the courts of the Republic and subject to compliance with the provisions of Article 694 of the Código de Procedimiento Civil. The pertinent provisions of such articles as they would affect a judgment obtained in a foreign court ordering payment of money by the Republic following a failure to pay amounts due and owing under the Agreements or the Securities are as follows: (A) the foreign judgment presented in the Republic for enforcement does not conflict with public order laws of the Republic, (B) the foreign judgment, in accordance with the laws of the country in which it was obtained, is final and a duly certified and authenticated copy has been presented to the court in the Republic, (C) no proceedings are pending in the Republic with respect to the same cause of action, and no final judgment has been awarded in the Republic in any proceeding on the same subject matter and between the same parties and (D) in the proceedings commenced in the foreign court which issued the judgment, the defendant was served in accordance with the law of such jurisdiction and in a manner reasonably designed to give an opportunity to the defendant to defend the action. Proceedings for execution of a money judgment by attachment or execution against any assets or property located in the Republic would be within the exclusive jurisdiction of Colombian courts. A judgment obtained in a foreign court ordering payment of money by the Republic under the Agreements or the Securities would not conflict with public order laws of the Republic; (xv) Each of the Agreements is in proper legal form under the laws of the Republic for the enforcement thereof in the Republic against the Republic; (xvi) The Registration Statement, as amended, and the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, and their filing with the Commission have been duly authorized by and on behalf of the Republic, and the Registration Statement, as amended, has been duly executed by and on behalf of the Republic, and the information in the Registration Statement, as amended, and the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, stated on the authority of public officials of the Republic has been stated in their official capacities thereunto duly authorized; (xvii) The statements in the Registration Statement, as amended, and the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, relating to the Securities and the Fiscal Agency Agreement, insofar as matters of Colombian law are concerned, and all other statements in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as with respect to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form or involving Colombian law are correct in all material respects with the applicable requirements respects; (xviii) The Refrendación (Acknowledgment) of the Act Agreements and the rules thereunderSecurities by the Contralor General de la República, pursuant to Law 42 of 1993, is not required under Colombian law for the due execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of the Agreements or the Securities. Such The Contralor General de la República is required by law to acknowledge the Agreements and the Securities; provided, that, the Securities have been issued according to Colombian regulations and in compliance with all applicable requirements. The Securities have been so issued and the Agreements have been duly authorized and all necessary actions have been taken to comply with all applicable requirements. Pursuant to Colombian law and regulations, the failure by the Contralor General de la República to acknowledge the Agreements and the Securities will not affect the obligations of the Republic in respect of the Securities; and (xix) In addition, such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) have furnished the Registration StatementUnderwriter with a letter, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on dated the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument No information has come to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required ’s attention that causes such counsel to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in believe that the Registration Statement, at the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectusrespective times each part became effective, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (viiB) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents No information has come to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledgeattention that causes such counsel to believe that the Prospectus, there are as of the date thereof or on the Closing Date, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Such counsel may state that he or she is not passing upon and does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Prospectus (except to the extent expressly set forth in (xvii) above) and that such counsel makes no contractsrepresentation that such counsel has independently verified the accuracy, indenturescompleteness and fairness of such statements (except as aforesaid), mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or and that such counsel’s opinions referred to in this subsection (b) are limited to matters of Colombian law and, insofar as the Registration Statementopinion required by this subsection (b) is affected by matters of United States or New York law, it may be given in reliance upon the Disclosure Package opinion required by subsection (c) of this Section 6 and that, insofar as the foregoing opinions relate to the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of any agreement or obligation of the Final Prospectus Republic, such counsel has assumed that each party to such agreement or obligation other than the Republic has satisfied those described legal requirements that are applicable to it to the extent necessary to make such agreement or referred to thereinobligation enforceable against it. (dc) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, United States counsel for to the Selling StockholdersRepublic, to shall have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the UnderwriterDate, to the effect that: (i) each Assuming that the Securities have been duly authorized, executed, authenticated, issued and delivered against payment therefor, the Securities constitute valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing andRepublic, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, to the extent such concept exists general principles of equity (whether enforcement is considered in the relevant jurisdiction, a proceeding in good standing under the equity or at law) and to possible judicial action giving effect to governmental actions or foreign laws of its jurisdiction of organizationaffecting creditors’ rights; (ii) Assuming that the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Fiscal Agency Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is the parties thereto, the Fiscal Agency Agreement constitutes a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) valid, binding and enforceable agreement of the UCCRepublic, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities similar laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable taffecting creditors’ rights gen

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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Republic of Colombia)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities, as the case may be, shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time Execution Time, the Closing Date and the any Option Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇, Professional Corporation, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinionits opinions and negative assurance letter, each dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (c) The Underwriter shall have received from ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Underwriter, such opinion or opinions and negative assurance letter, each dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities, the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus, the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Underwriter may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. (d) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter a certificate of the Company, signed by the Chief Executive Officer and the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, and this Agreement and that: (i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date and the Company has been duly incorporated complied with all the agreements and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under satisfied all the laws of conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final ProspectusClosing Date; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose or under Section 8A of the Securities Act have been instituted or or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened; and (xiii) since the Registration Statement date of the most recent financial statements included in the Statutory Prospectus and the Final Prospectus (other exclusive of any supplement thereto), there has been no Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto). (e) The Company shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ to have furnished to the Underwriter, at the Execution Time and at the Closing Date, letters, dated respectively as of the Execution Time and as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, confirming that they are a registered public accounting firm that is independent with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Act and the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission thereunder and that they have performed a review of the audited financial statements of the Company for the period from December 8, 2020 (date of inception) through December 31, 2020, provided, however, that the cutoff date shall not be more than two business days prior to such Execution Time or Closing Date, as applicable, and stating in effect that: (i) in their opinion the documents incorporated by reference therein, the audited financial statements and other financial statement schedules included in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) the Prospectus and reported on by them comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the related rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) and regulations adopted by the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect;Commission; and (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated they have performed certain other specified procedures as a result of which they determined that certain information of an accounting, financial or organized and statistical nature (which is validly existing in good standing under limited to accounting, financial or statistical information derived from the laws general accounting records of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iiiCompany) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described set forth in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, including the information set forth under the captions “Dilution” and “Capitalization” in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus, agrees with the accounting records of the Company, excluding any questions of legal interpretation. References to the Prospectus in this paragraph (e) include any supplement thereto at the date of the letter. (f) Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), there shall not have been (i) any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (e) of this Section 6 or (ii) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the earnings, business, management, properties, assets, rights, operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto) the effect of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the sole judgment of the Underwriter, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto). (g) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter such further information, certificates and documents as the Underwriter may reasonably request. (h) FINRA shall not have raised any objection with respect to the fairness or reasonableness of the underwriting or other arrangements of the transactions contemplated hereby. (i) The Securities shall be duly listed subject to notice of issuance on the Exchange, satisfactory evidence of which shall have been provided to the Underwriter. (j) On the Effective Date, the Company shall have delivered to the Underwriter executed copies of the Founder’s Purchase Agreement. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company will deliver to the Underwriter executed copies of the Trust Agreement, the Warrant Agreement, the Insider Letter and the Registration Rights Agreement. (k) At least one Business Day prior to the Closing Date, the Sponsor shall have caused $6,000,000 of the purchase price for the Private Placement Units to be filed deposited into the Trust Account, with the remainder being deposited into the Company’s operating accounts at a financial institution to be chosen by the Company. (l) No order preventing or suspending the sale of the Units in any jurisdiction designated by the Underwriter pursuant to Section 5(g) hereof shall have been issued as an exhibit theretoof the Closing Date, which is not described and no proceedings for that purpose or filed under Section 8A of the Securities Act shall have been instituted or shall have been threatened. (m) The several obligations of the Underwriter to purchase Option Securities hereunder are subject to the delivery to the Underwriter on the applicable Option Closing Date of the following: (i) a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer and the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the Option Closing Date, confirming that the certificate delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6(d) hereof remains true and correct as requiredof such Option Closing Date; (viii) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package opinions and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements negative assurance letter of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇, Professional Corporation, counsel for the Company, dated the Option Closing Date, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Option Closing Date and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 6(b) hereof; (iii) opinions and negative assurance letter of ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling StockholdersUnderwriter, to have furnished dated the Option Closing Date, relating to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Option Securities to be purchased on such Option Closing Date and addressed otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 6(c) hereof; (iv) a letter dated the Option Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ substantially in the same form and Caldersubstance as the letter furnished to the Underwriter pursuant to Section 6(e) hereof; provided that the cutoff date shall not be more than two business days prior to such Option Closing Date; (v) on each Option Closing Date, the Sponsor shall have caused to be deposited into the Trust Account a portion of the purchase price for the additional Private Placement Units equal to 2.0% of the aggregate purchase price for any Option Securities to be issued and sold on such Option Closing Date, up to a maximum of $900,000.00 in the aggregate for all Option Closing Dates taken together; and (vi) such further information, certificates and documents as Underwriter may reasonably request with respect to the issuance of such Option Securities. If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions, negative assurance letters and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriter hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Underwriter. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing. The documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 shall be delivered at the office of ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Underwriter, at ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: ▇▇▇BMET Investors Offshore Holdings▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, L.P.unless otherwise indicated herein, and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated on the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the UnderwriterDate. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Underwriting Agreement (NightDragon Acquisition Corp.)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter Underwriter’s obligation to purchase the Securities Notes shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no 6.1 No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued be in effect, and no proceedings for that purpose shall be pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission; and the Prospectus Supplement shall have been instituted filed or threatenedtransmitted for filing by means reasonably calculated to result in a filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act. 6.2 Since [_________], 201[_] there shall have been no material adverse change (not in the ordinary course of business) in the condition of the Company or [_______________]. 6.3 The Company shall have delivered to you a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of the President, a Senior Vice President or a Vice President of the Company to the effect that the signer of such certificate has examined this Agreement, the Approved Offering Materials, the Prospectus, the Trust Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the Indenture and various other closing documents, and that, to the best of his or her knowledge after reasonable investigation: (a) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement and in the Indenture are true and correct in all material respects; and (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarizehas, in all material respects, complied with all the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither agreements and satisfied all the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 conditions on its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required part to be obtained performed or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company 6.4 [_______________] shall have requested delivered to you a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of the President, a Managing Director, a Director or an Associate of [_______________] to the effect that the signer of such certificate has examined the Trust Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the Indenture and caused its General Counselthis Agreement and that, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. to the best of his or her knowledge after reasonable investigation, the representations and warranties of [_______________] contained in the Servicing Agreement and in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects. 6.5 [[_______________] shall have delivered to you a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of the President, a Managing Director, a Director or an Associate of [_______________] to the effect that the signer of such certificate has examined the Trust Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the Indenture and this Agreement and that, to the best of his or her knowledge after reasonable investigation, the representations and warranties of [_______________] contained in the Servicing Agreement and in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects.] 6.6 You shall have received the opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, special counsel for the Selling StockholdersCompany and [_______________], to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit A, and the opinion of [_________], associate counsel for the Company and [_______________], dated the Closing Date and substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit B. 6.7 You shall have received a negative assurance letter regarding the Preliminary Prospectus and Prospectus from [______________], counsel for the Underwriter and [_______________], in form satisfactory to you. 6.8 The Underwriter shall have received from [________], certified public accountants, (a) a letter dated the date hereof and satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and the Underwriter’s counsel, to the effect that: that they have performed certain specified procedures, all of which have been agreed to by the Underwriter, as a result of which they determined that certain information of an accounting, financial or statistical nature set forth (ior incorporated by reference) each in the Prospectus Supplement under the captions “Description of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the Mortgage Pool”, Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery Description of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each Agreements,” “Description of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, Securities” and “Yield and Prepayment Considerations” agrees with the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) records of the UCC, Company and [_______________] excluding any questions of legal interpretation and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor letter prepared pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws4.4(f). (e) 6.9 The Selling Stockholders Notes shall have requested and caused been rated [“AAA” by Fitch Ratings, (“Fitch”)], [“AAA” by Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”)], [“Aaa” by ▇▇▇▇▇Investor Service (“Moody’s”)] and Calder[“AAA” by DBRS, Inc. (“DBRS”)]. 6.10 You shall have received the opinion of [____________], counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions Trustee, dated the Closing Date and addressed Date, substantially to the Underwritereffect set forth in Exhibit C. 6.11 You shall have received from [_________], in the forms reasonably acceptable associate counsel to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders Company, a reliance letter with respect to any opinions delivered to any rating agency that is hired by the Company or [__________] to rate the Notes, or you shall have requested been listed as an addressee on any such opinions. The Company will furnish you with conformed copies of the above opinions, certificates, letters and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form documents as you may reasonably acceptable trequest.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Phoenix Residential Securities, LLC)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations obligation of the Underwriter to purchase and pay for the Securities shall Offered Certificates will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company Bank herein on the date hereof and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of officers of the Company and the Selling Stockholders Bank made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders Bank of their respective its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditionsconditions precedent: (a) On or prior to the date hereof the Underwriter shall have received a letter (a "Procedures Letter"), dated the date of this Agreement of each of Price Waterhouse LLP and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ verifying the accuracy of such financial and statistical data contained in the Prospectus as the Underwriter shall deem reasonably advisable. In addition, if any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus made after the date hereof contains financial or statistical data, the Underwriter shall have received a letter dated the Closing Date confirming the Procedures Letter and providing additional comfort on such new data; (b) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, Prospectus Supplement shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b)) of the Rules and Regulations; and any material required prior to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the ActClosing Date, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened.; (bc) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting particularly the business or properties of the Bank, The Chase Manhattan Bank or The Chase Manhattan Corporation which, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter, materially impairs the investment quality of the Offered Certificates or makes it impractical to market the Offered Certificates; (ii) any suspension or material limitation of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, or any setting of minimum prices for trading on such exchange, or any suspension of trading of any securities of the Bank, The Chase Manhattan Bank or The Chase Manhattan Corporation on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market by such exchange or over-the-counter market or by the Commission; (iii) any banking moratorium declared by Federal or New York authorities; or (iv) any outbreak or material escalation of major hostilities or any other substantial national or international calamity or emergency if, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter, the effect of any such outbreak, escalation, calamity or emergency on the United States financial markets makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the sale of and any payment for the Offered Certificates; (d) The Company Underwriter shall have requested received opinions, dated the Closing Date and caused Faegre reasonably satisfactory, when taken together, in form and substance to the Underwriter, of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP& ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, special counsel to the Bank and the General Partner, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Finger, special counsel to the Trust, and such other counsel otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter, with respect to such matters as are customary for the Companytype of transaction contemplated by this Agreement; (e) The Underwriter shall have received an opinion or opinions of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished special counsel to the Underwriter their opinionBank, dated the Closing Date and addressed satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter, with respect to certain matters relating to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws transfers of the State Receivables from the Bank to the Trust and with respect to a grant of Delawarea security interest in the Receivables to the Indenture Trustee, and an opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Finger, Special Counsel to the Trust, with power respect to the perfection of the Trust's and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described the Indenture Trustee's interests in the Disclosure Package and the Final ProspectusReceivables; (iif) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuancesThe Underwriter shall have received from ▇▇▇▇▇▇, if any▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant counsel to the exercise of options Underwriter, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and except for repurchases satisfactory in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly form and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders substance to the Underwriters pursuant Underwriter, with respect to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or Offered Certificates, the legal authority Registration Statement, the Prospectus and other related matters as the Underwriter may require, and the Bank shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters; (g) The Underwriter shall have received an opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, special tax counsel to the Company Bank, dated the Closing Date and reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to comply the Underwriter, with respect to such matters as are customary for the Securities or type of transaction contemplated by this Agreement; (viih) no consentThe Underwriter shall have received an opinion of counsel to the Indenture Trustee, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or dated the Closing Date and satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter with any court or any respect to such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company matters as are customary for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by Agreement; In rendering such opinions, counsel to the Company with Indenture Trustee may rely on the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws opinion of the various statesoffice of the general counsel to the Indenture Trustee. (i) The Underwriter shall have received an opinion of counsel to the Owner Trustee, and such other counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Act Underwriter and its counsel, dated the securities laws Closing Date and satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter, with respect to such matters as are customary for the type of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offeredtransaction contemplated by this Agreement; (viiij) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled The Certificates have been rated "A+" by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940Standard & Poor's, as amendedA2 by Moody's and "A+" by Fitch; (ixk) The Underwriter shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of an attorney-in-fact, a Vice President or more senior officer of the Bank in which such person, to the best of his or her knowledge after reasonable investigation, shall state that (i) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing representations and warranties of the Base ProspectusBank in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date, any Preliminary Prospectus (ii) that the Bank 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, (iii) the representations and warranties of the Bank, as Seller and Servicer, in the Sale and Servicing Agreement and, as Depositor, in the Trust Agreement, are true and correct as of the dates specified in the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Final ProspectusTrust Agreement, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b(iv) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, that no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and are threatened by the Commission, (xv) that, subsequent to the date of the Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change in the financial position or results of operation of the Bank's automotive finance business except as set forth in or contemplated by the Prospectus or as described in such certificate and (vi) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading; (l) On the Closing Date, $966,000,000 aggregate amount of Notes shall have been issued and sold pursuant to the Note Underwriting Agreement; and (viim) all descriptions in the Registration StatementThe Class A-1 Notes shall have been rated "A-1+" by Standard & Poor's, the Disclosure Package "P-1" by Moody's and "F-1+" by Fitch, and the Final Prospectus of contracts Class A-2 Notes, Class A-3 Notes and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders Class A-4 Notes shall have requested been rated "AAA" by Standard & Poor's, Aaa by Moody's and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to "AAA" by Fitch. The Bank will furnish the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) or cause the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice to be furnished, with such number of any adverse claim (within the meaning conformed copies of Section 8-105 of the UCC)such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws)reasonably requests. (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Certificate Underwriting Agreement (Chase Manhattan Bank Usa)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter Underwriter’s obligation to purchase the Securities Certificates shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no 6.1 No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued be in effect, and no proceedings for that purpose shall be pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission; and the Prospectus Supplement shall have been instituted filed or threatenedtransmitted for filing by means reasonably calculated to result in a filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act. 6.2 Since [________] [__], 201[__] there shall have been no material adverse change (not in the ordinary course of business) in the condition of the Company or [_______________]. 6.3 The Company shall have delivered to you a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of the President, a Senior Vice President or a Vice President of the Company to the effect that the signer of such certificate has examined this Agreement, the Approved Offering Materials, the Prospectus, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and various other closing documents, and that, to the best of his or her knowledge after reasonable investigation: (a) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are true and correct in all material respects; and (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarizehas, in all material respects, complied with all the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither agreements and satisfied all the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 conditions on its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required part to be obtained performed or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company 6.4 [_______________] shall have requested delivered to you a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of the President, a Managing Director, a Director or an Associate of [_______________] to the effect that the signer of such certificate has examined the Pooling and caused its General CounselServicing Agreement and this Agreement and that, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. to the best of his or her knowledge after reasonable investigation, the representations and warranties of [_______________] contained in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects. 6.5 [[_______________] shall have delivered to you a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of the President, a Managing Director, a Director or an Associate of [_______________] to the effect that the signer of such certificate has examined the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and this Agreement and that, to the best of his or her knowledge after reasonable investigation, the representations and warranties of [_______________] contained in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects.] 6.6 You shall have received the opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, special counsel for the Selling StockholdersCompany and [_______________], to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit A, and the opinion of [__________], associate counsel for the Company and [_______________], dated the Closing Date and substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit B. 6.7 You shall have received a negative assurance letter regarding the Prospectus from [_________________], counsel for the Underwriter and [_______________], in form satisfactory to you. 6.8 The Underwriter shall have received from [___________], certified public accountants, (a) a letter dated the date hereof and satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and the Underwriter’s counsel, to the effect that: that they have performed certain specified procedures, all of which have been agreed to by the Underwriter, as a result of which they determined that certain information of an accounting, financial or statistical nature set forth (ior incorporated by reference) each in the Prospectus Supplement under the captions “Description of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the Mortgage Pool”, Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution Pooling and delivery Servicing Agreement,” “Description of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each Certificates” and “Yield and Prepayment Considerations” agrees with the records of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, Company and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) [_______________] excluding any questions of the UCC, legal interpretation and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor letter prepared pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws4.4(f). (e) 6.9 The Selling Stockholders Class A Certificates shall have requested and caused been rated “AAA” by [Fitch Ratings, (“Fitch”)], “AAA” by [Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”)], “Aaa” by [▇▇▇▇▇Investor Service (“Moody’s”)] and Calder“AAA” by [DBRS, Inc. (“DBRS”)]. 6.10 You shall have received the opinion of [_________], counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions Trustee, dated the Closing Date and addressed Date, substantially to the Underwritereffect set forth in Exhibit C. 6.11 You shall have received from [_________], in the forms reasonably acceptable associate counsel to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders Company, a reliance letter with respect to any opinions delivered to any rating agency that is hired by the Company or [________] to rate the Certificates, or you shall have requested been listed as an addressee on any such opinions. The Company will furnish you with conformed copies of the above opinions, certificates, letters and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form documents as you may reasonably acceptable trequest.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Phoenix Residential Securities, LLC)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities shall be are subject to the accuracy of condition that the representations and warranties Registration Statement shall remain effective on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time date hereof and the Closing Date, Date and no stop order with respect to the accuracy effectiveness of the statements Registration Statement shall have been issued under the Securities Act nor any proceedings initiated under Sections 8(d) or 8(e) of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereofSecurities Act, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:. (a) The Final ProspectusSubsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date: (i) there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of any intended or potential downgrading or of any review for a possible change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded any of the securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act; and (ii) there shall not have occurred any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and the Fund from that set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus and Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement theretoamendments or supplements thereto subsequent to the date of this Agreement) that, shall have been filed with in the Commission Underwriter’s judgment, is material and adverse and that makes it, in the Underwriter’s judgment, impracticable to market the Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus and within Prospectus. (b) The Underwriter shall have received on the time period required by Rule 424(b); Closing Date a certificate dated the Closing Date and any material required to be filed signed by the Company pursuant chief executive officer and chief financial officer of the Company, (i) that such officers have carefully reviewed the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus and, to Rule 433(dthe best knowledge of such officers, the representations set forth in Sections 1(a)-(d) under hereof are true and correct, (ii) to the Acteffect set forth in Section 5(a) above, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and (iii) that no stop order suspending with respect to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or has been issued under the Securities Act nor any notice objecting to its use shall proceedings have been issued initiated under Sections 8(d) or 8(e) of the Securities Act and no (iv) that the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement are true, correct and complete as of the Closing Date and that the Company has complied with all of the agreements and satisfied all of the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder on or before the Closing Date. The officers signing and delivering such certificate may rely upon the best of his or her knowledge as to proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (bc) The Company Underwriter shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ received on the Closing Date, an opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, Maryland counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to in the Underwriter, to the effect that:form attached hereto as Exhibit B. (id) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders The Underwriter shall have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and received on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement an opinion and letter of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements thereinPaul, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General CounselHastings, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, outside counsel to the Company, dated the Closing Date in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C. (e) The Underwriter shall have received on the Closing Date, an opinion and letter of O’Melveny & ▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling StockholdersUnderwriter, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdictionDate, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution form and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable substance satisfactory to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders Underwriter shall have requested received, on each of the date hereof and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KGthe Closing Date, a Selling Stockholderletter dated the date hereof, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated and the Closing Date in form and addressed substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, from Ernst & Young LLP, independent public accountants, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a form “cut-off date” not earlier than the date hereof. (g) The Lock-up Agreements between the Underwriter and the parties set forth on Schedule IV relating to sales and certain other dispositions of shares of Class A Common Stock or certain other securities, delivered to the Underwriter on or before the date hereof, shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date. (h) On or before the Closing Date, the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter shall have received such information, documents and opinions as they may reasonably acceptable trequire for the purposes of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Shares as contemplated herein, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations and warranties or the satisfaction of any of the conditions or agreements herein contained. (i) The Shares shall have been approved for listing on the NYSE, subject to official notice of issuance.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Capital Trust Inc)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities Certificates shall be subject to the accuracy in all respects of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders Depositor contained herein as of the Applicable Time date hereof and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders Depositor made in any Officers' certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders Depositor of their respective its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) [___________] shall have furnished to the Underwriter opinions, dated the Closing Date, substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit A. (b) The Final ProspectusDepositor shall have furnished to the Underwriter a certificate of the Depositor, signed by the President, Senior Vice President or any Vice President, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signer of such certificate has carefully examined the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and that: (i) The representations and warranties of the Depositor in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed the Depositor has complied with all the Commission in agreements and satisfied all the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required conditions on its part to be filed by performed or satisfied at or prior to the Company pursuant to Rule 433(dClosing Date; (ii) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or or, to his knowledge, threatened; and (xiii) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing Nothing has come to their his attention that caused them would lead him to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on as of the Effective Closing Date, contained contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) or that the Disclosure PackageProspectus, as amended or supplemented at of the Applicable TimeClosing Date, contained contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Datemisleading. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to [___________] will have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion a letter, dated as of the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbranceDate, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package form and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each that they have performed certain specified procedures as a result of which they have determined that such information as the Underwriter may reasonably request of an accounting, financial or statistical nature set forth in the Prospectus Supplement under the caption "The Initial Mortgage Loans" and elsewhere therein agrees with the accounting records of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing Depositor and, to where applicable, the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery Mortgage Loan files of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each Depositor, excluding any questions of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws)legal interpretation. (ed) The Selling Stockholders Depositor's Home Equity Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series [___________], [list classes] Certificates shall have requested and caused been rated "AAA" by [Standard & Poor's, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. ("S&P"), "AAA" Fitch Ratings, Inc. ("▇▇▇▇▇") and Calder"Aaa" by Moody's Investors Service, counsel for Inc. ("Moody's")]. [The Class M-1 ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders icates shall have requested been rated "AA+" by S&P, "AA+" by Fitch and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners"Aa1" by Moody's. The Class M-2 Certificates shall have been rated "AA" by S&P, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG"AA" by Fitch and "Aa2" by Moody's. The Class M-3 Certificates shall have been rated "AA-" by S&P, a Selling Stockholder"AA-" by Fitch and "Aa3" by Moody's. The Class M-4 Certificates shall have been rated "A+" by S&P, to "A+" by Fitch and "A1" by Moody's. The Class M-5 Certificates shall have furnished to been rated "A" by S&P, "A" by Fitch and "A2" by Moody's. The Class M-6 Certificates shall have been rated "A-" by S&P, "A-" by Fitch and "A3" by Moody's. The Class M-7 Certificates shall have been rated "BBB+" by S&P, "BBB+" by Fitch and "Baa1" by Moody's. The Class M-8 Certificates shall have been rated "BBB" by S&P, "BBB" by Fitch and "Baa" by Moody's. The Class M-9F Certificates and the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date Class M-9A Certificates shall have been rated "BBB-" by S&P, "BBB-" by Fitch and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t"Baa3" by Moody's. The Class A-R Certificates and Class A-RL Certificates shall have been rated "AAA" by S&P.]

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any other material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their its written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to in substantially the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing form attached hereto as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date.Exhibit A. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, to Esq. shall have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion written opinion, as Senior Vice President/General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Company (and not in his capacity as Chief Financial Officer), dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbranceUnderwriter, in substantially the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed form attached hereto as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein.Exhibit B. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in substantially the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter.form attached hereto as Exhibit C. (fe) The Selling Stockholders Underwriter shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partnersreceived from ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KGthe Underwriter, a Selling Stockholdersuch opinion or opinions, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, with respect to the sale of the Securities, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Underwriter may reasonably require, and the Company, and the Selling Stockholders shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. (f) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter a certificate of the Company, signed by the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, any amendments or supplements thereto and this Agreement and that: (i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date; (ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened; and (iii) since the date of the most recent financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), there has been no material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto). (g) Each Selling Stockholder shall have furnished to the Underwriter a certificate, signed by or on behalf of such Selling Stockholder, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signer(s) of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplements or amendments thereto and this Agreement, and that the representations and warranties of such Selling Stockholder in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date to the same effect as if made on the Closing Date. (h) The Company shall have requested and caused Deloitte & Touche LLP to have furnished to the Underwriter, at the Applicable Time and at the Closing Date, letters, dated respectively as of the Applicable Time and as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter (x) confirming that it is an independent public accountant under the guidelines of the AICPA and (y) stating, as of such date (or, with respect to matters involving changes or developments since the respective dates as of which specified financial information is given in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, as of a date not more than three days prior to such date), the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial information and other matters covered by accountants “comfort letters” to underwriters in connection with registered public offerings. (i) Subsequent to the Applicable Time or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), there shall not have been (i) any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (h) of this Section 6 or (ii) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto) the effect of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the sole judgment of the Underwriter, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto). (j) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have furnished to the Underwriter such further information, certificates and documents as the Underwriter may reasonably acceptable trequest. (k) Subsequent to the Applicable Time, there shall not have been any decrease in the rating of any of the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Securities Act) or any notice given of any intended or potential decrease in any such rating or of a possible change in any such rating that does not indicate the direction of the possible change. (l) The Securities shall have been listed and admitted and authorized for trading on the New York Stock Exchange. (m) As of the date of this Agreement, the Underwriter shall have received a “lock-up” agreement addressed to the Underwriter substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto from each shareholder of the Company listed on Schedule V hereto (each such letter, a “Lock-up Agreement”). If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriter hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Underwriter. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company and each Selling Stockholder in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing. The documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 shall be delivered at the office of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Underwriter, at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, on the Closing Date.

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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Accuride Corp)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities, as the case may be, shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein in this Agreement as of the Applicable Time and Execution Time, the Closing DateDate and any settlement date pursuant to Section 3 hereof, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective its obligations hereunder under this Agreement and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b)) under the Act; and any other material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433433 under the Act; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the ADR Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its their use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, United States counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter (i) its opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, and (ii) its tax opinion dated the Closing Date and and addressed to the Underwriter, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Cayman Islands counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter its opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto. (d) The Company shall have requested and caused Fangda Partners, PRC counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Company its opinion dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, together with a consent letter permitting the Company to provide its opinion to the Underwriter; such consent letter shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter. (e) The Depositary shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Associates, LLP, counsel for the Depositary, to have furnished to the Underwriter its opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto. (f) The Underwriter shall have received from ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, United States counsel for the CompanyUnderwriter, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinionsuch opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities, the Registration Statement, the ADR Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Underwriter may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP such documents as it may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling it to pass upon such matters. (g) The Underwriter shall have received from King and Wood, PRC counsel for the Underwriter, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, with respect to certain issues under PRC law relating to the transactions contemplated hereunder and other related matters as the Underwriter may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to King and Wood such documents as it may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling it to pass upon such matters. (h) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter a certificate of the Company, signed by the chairman of the board or the chief executive officer and the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the ADR Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as well as each electronic road show used in connection with the offering of the Securities, and this Agreement and that: (i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date and the Company has been duly incorporated complied with all the agreements and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under satisfied all the laws of conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final ProspectusClosing Date; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the ADR Registration Statement or the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened; and; (xiii) since the Registration Statement date of the most recent financial statements included in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (other than exclusive of any supplement thereto), there has been no Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the documents incorporated by reference therein, Disclosure Package and the financial statements Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto); and (iv) a true and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements complete copy of the Act and legal opinion of Fangda Partners, PRC counsel for the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration StatementCompany, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on dated the Closing Date, included is attached as an exhibit to such certificate and such opinion has not been amended or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Datewithdrawn. (ci) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, Deloitte Touche & Tohmatsu CPA Ltd. to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated at the Execution Time and at the Closing Date Date, letters, dated respectively as of the Execution Time and addressed as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is set forth in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organizationExhibit F, with power respect to the financial statements and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described certain financial information contained in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is requiredPreliminary Prospectus dated November 22, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business2010, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which Prospectus; provided that the Company or any of its subsidiaries is letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a party are accurate in all material respects; and “cut-off date” not earlier than the date hereof. (j) Subsequent to the best Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of such counsel’s knowledgewhich information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases shall not have been (i) any change or other instruments required to be described decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (l) of this Section 6 or (ii) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto) the effect of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the sole judgment of the Underwriter, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Registration StatementStatement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the Disclosure Package or and the Final Prospectus other than those described (exclusive of any amendment or referred to thereinsupplement thereto). (dk) The Selling Stockholders Deposit Agreement shall be in full force and effect. (l) The Depositary shall have requested furnished or caused to be furnished to the Underwriter certificates satisfactory to the Underwriter evidencing the deposit with the Custodian of the Underlying Shares in respect of which ADSs to be purchased by the Underwriter on such Closing Date are to be issued, and caused the execution, issuance, countersignature (if applicable) and delivery of the ADRs evidencing such ADSs pursuant to the Deposit Agreement and such other matters related thereto as the Underwriter may reasonably request. (m) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter such further information, certificates and documents as the Underwriter may reasonably request. (n) The ADSs shall have been approved for listing on the NYSE, subject only to official notice of issuance. (o) The FINRA shall have confirmed that it has not raised any objection with respect to the fairness or reasonableness of the underwriting, or other arrangements of the transactions, contemplated hereby. (p) There shall not be any adverse legislative or regulatory developments related to the M&A Rules and Related Clarifications which in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter would make it inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Shares and the ADSs on the terms and in the manner contemplated in this Agreement. (q) The Lock-up Agreements shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date. If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled in all material respects when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriter under this Agreement may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Underwriter. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing. The documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 shall be delivered at the offices of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling StockholdersUnderwriter, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated at Bank of China Tower, 39/F, One Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong, on the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws)Date. (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t

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Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities Shares shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time Closing Date and the Closing Dateany settlement date pursuant to Section 3 hereof, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission in a timely fashion in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof and a form of the manner Prospectus containing information relating to the description of the Shares and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); method of distribution and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, similar matters shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433period; and and, at or prior to the Closing Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its post-effective amendment thereof, and no stop order suspending or preventing the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose therefor shall have been instituted initiated or threatenedthreatened by the Commission. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, general counsel for of the Company, to shall have furnished to the Underwriter their a favorable written opinion, as counsel to the Company, addressed to the Underwriter and dated the Closing Date Date, in form and addressed substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws Each of the State of DelawareCompany, with the Bank and, to such counsel’s knowledge, each Other Subsidiary has all corporate or other power and authority necessary to own, lease and operate own or hold its properties property and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the The Company has an outstanding authorized capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package Prospectus under the caption “Description of Common Stock;” and all of the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuancesissued shares of capital stock of each of the Bank and, if anyto such counsel’s knowledge, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders each Other Subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid paid, non-assessable and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered are owned directly or indirectly by the Company; (viii) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package The issue and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by Shares being delivered on the Selling Stockholders to Closing Date and the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreementexecution, nor the consummation delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof hereby will not (A) conflict with, with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or imposition constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument known to such counsel to which any lienof the Company, charge the Bank or, to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, any Other Subsidiary, is a party or encumbrance upon by which the Company, the Bank or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any Other Subsidiary, is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or its subsidiaries pursuant to any Subsidiary is subject, or (AB) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal Subsidiary or Indiana statuteany statute or any order, law, rule, rule or regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, known to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries counsel of any federal, Delaware court or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental agency or body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries any Subsidiary or any of its their properties or their propertiesassets; except, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause with respect to clauses (A) and (B)) as such clauses apply to the Other Subsidiaries, wouldfor those defaults, individually breaches or in the aggregate, violations that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect Effect; and, except for the validity registration of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with Shares under the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, ordersauthorization, registrations or qualifications as may be required under the Exchange Act and applicable state or foreign securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the securities Underwriter, no consent, approval, authorizations or Blue Sky laws order of, or filing or registration with, any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offeredtransactions contemplated hereby; (viiiiv) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has such authorizations of, and has made all filings with and notices to, all governmental or regulatory authorities and self-regulatory organizations and all courts and other tribunals, including, without limitation, under any applicable environmental laws (each, a “Government Entity”), as are necessary to own, lease, license and operate its respective properties and to conduct its business, except where the failure to have any such authorization or to make any such filing or notice would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; each such authorization is valid and in full force and effect and, to such counsel’s knowledge, each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects with all the terms and conditions thereof and with the rules and regulations of the authorities and governing bodies having jurisdiction with respect thereto; and, to such counsel’s knowledge, no event has occurred (including, without limitation, the receipt of any notice from any authority or governing body) which allows or, after notice or lapse of time or both, would allow, revocation, suspension or termination of any such authorization or results or, after notice or lapse of time or both, would result in any other impairment of the rights of the holder of any such authorization; and, to such counsel’s knowledge, such authorizations contain no restrictions that are burdensome to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; except where such failure to be valid and in full force and effect or to be in compliance, the occurrence of any such event or the presence of any such restriction would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and (v) To such counsel’s knowledge, except as disclosed or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or threatened to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or of which any property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary is the subject which, if determined adversely to the Company or any Subsidiary, might have a Material Adverse Effect on (A) any communication from any Governmental Entity (including the Federal Reserve Board and any other bank, insurance or securities regulatory authority) (1) threatening to revoke any permit, license, franchise, certificate of authority or other governmental authorization, or (2) threatening or contemplating revocation or limitation of, or which would have the effect of revoking or limiting, FDIC deposit insurance, and (B) any order, decree, agreement, memorandum of understanding or similar arrangement with, or a commitment letter, supervisory letter or similar submission to, any Governmental Entity charged with the supervision or regulation of depository institutions or engaged in the insurance of deposits (including the FDIC) or the supervision or regulation of the Company or any Subsidiary, or any notice that such Governmental Entity is contemplating issuing or requesting (or is considering the appropriateness of issuing or requesting) any such order, decree, agreement, memorandum of understanding, commitment letter, supervisory letter or similar submission; and, to such counsel’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by Governmental Entities. (c) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP shall have furnished to the Underwriter a favorable written opinion, as counsel to the Company, addressed to the Underwriter and dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) Each of the Company and the Bank is validly existing as a corporation and stock savings bank, respectively, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as such terms are defined a foreign corporation in the Investment Company Act State of 1940, as amendedNew York; (ixii) the The Registration Statement became was declared effective under the Act upon filing Securities Act, the Prospectus was filed with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, Commission pursuant to the subparagraph of Rule 424(b) has been made in of the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); Securities Act and, to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings proceeding for that purpose have been instituted is pending or threatened; andthreatened by the Commission; (xiii) the The Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements thereto made by the Company prior to such Closing Date (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained related schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the rules thereunder. Such documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act; (iv) To such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts or other documents that are required to be described in the Prospectus or filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement by the Securities Act, that have not been so described or filed, and there are no contracts or other documents that are required by the Exchange Act to be described in or filed as exhibits to any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus that have not been so described or filed; (v) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (vi) The issue and sale of the Shares being delivered on the Closing Date and the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not (A) 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 agreement or other agreement or instrument filed as an exhibit to the Company’s periodic reports filed under the Exchange Act to which any of the Company or the Bank is a party or by which the Company or the Bank is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or the Bank is subject, or (B) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws of the Company or the Bank or any statute or any order, rule or regulation known to such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or the Bank or any of their properties or assets; (vii) To such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting such person the right (other than rights which have been waived or satisfied) to their attention that caused them require the Company to believe that (i) file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to any securities of the Company owned or to be owned by such person or to require the Company to include such securities in the securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement, on ; (viii) The Company is registered as a bank holding company under the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement Bank Holding Company Act of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package1956, as amended or supplemented at amended; (ix) The Bank is a member of the Applicable TimeFederal Home Loan Bank of New York, and the deposit accounts of the Bank are insured up to the applicable limits by the FDIC; (x) The Bank is a stock savings bank in good standing under the laws of New York; and (xi) The statements contained any untrue statement in each of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, Prospectus and the Company’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K under the caption “Regulation and Supervision,” and in the light Prospectus under the caption “Description of the circumstances under which Common Stock,” insofar as they were madedescribe federal statutes, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date rules and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements regulations and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief)legal matters constitute a fair summary thereof. In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as state that their opinion is limited to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or governed by the Federal laws of the United StatesStates of America, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers General Corporation Law of the Company State of Delaware and public officialsthe laws of the State of New York. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) Such counsel shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and a written statement, addressed to the Underwriter and dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, to the effect that: that (ix) such counsel has acted as counsel to the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason connection with the preparation of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, and (y) based on the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectusforegoing, or no facts have come to be filed as an exhibit thereto, the attention of such counsel which is not described or filed as required; lead them to believe that (viI) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the CommissionRegistration Statement, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunderEffective Date, and none of such documents contained an any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in , or that the Registration StatementProspectus, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any as of its subsidiaries is date and as of the Closing Date, contained or contains any untrue statement of a party are accurate in all material respects; and fact or omitted or omits to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments state a material fact required to be described stated therein or referred necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or (II) any document incorporated by reference in the Registration StatementProspectus or any further amendment or supplement to any such incorporated document made by the Company prior to the Closing Date, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, contained, in the case of a registration statement which became effective under the Securities Act, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, or, in the case of other documents which were filed under the Exchange Act with the Commission, an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or (III) the Pricing Disclosure Package Package, as of the Applicable Time and as of the Closing Date, contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. (d) The Selling Stockholders Underwriter shall have requested received from Weil, Gotshal & ▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, as counsel for the Underwriter, a favorable written opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and caused addressed to the Underwriter, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Shares, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Underwriter may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. (e) The Underwriter shall have received from ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, P.C., as special regulatory counsel for the Selling StockholdersUnderwriter, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion a favorable written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, no facts have come to the extent attention of such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming counsel which lead them to believe that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in shall have discovered and disclosed to the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within Company on or prior to such Delivery Date that the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC)Registration Statement, the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States Prospectus or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws)Pricing Disclosure Package, or (b) result in any amendment or supplement thereto, contains an untrue statement of a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, material fact or (c) result in omits to state a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwritermaterial fact which, in the forms reasonably acceptable opinion of such counsel, is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make the Underwriterstatements therein not misleading. (f) The Selling Stockholders Company shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of its Chief Executive Officer or a Senior Vice President and its Chief Financial Officer stating that: (i) the condition set forth in subsection (a) of this Section 7 has been satisfied, (ii) as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section 1 hereof are accurate, (iii) as of the Closing Date all agreements, conditions and addressed obligations of the Company to be performed or complied with hereunder on or prior thereto have been duly performed or complied with, (iv) the UnderwriterCompany and the Subsidiaries have not sustained any material loss or interference with their respective businesses or properties from fire, in a form reasonably acceptable tflood, hurricane, accident or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or any legal or governmental proceeding, (v) there are no pro forma or as adjusted financial statements

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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (New York Community Bancorp Inc)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities Depositary Shares shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Execution Time and the Closing DateDate and any settlement date pursuant to Section 3 hereof, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The If the Registration Statement has not become effective prior to the Execution Time, unless the Representative agrees in writing to a later time, the Registration Statement will become effective not later than (i) 6:00 P.M. New York City time, on the date of determination of the public offering price, if such determination occurred at or prior to 3:00 P.M. New York City time on such date or (ii) 9:30 A.M. New York City time on the Business Day following the day on which the public offering price was determined, if such determination occurred after 3:00 P.M. New York City time on such date; if filing of the Final Prospectus, or any supplement thereto, is required pursuant to Rule 424(b), the Final Prospectus, and any supplement theretosuch supplement, shall have been will be filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ Jenkens & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP▇▇▇, a Professional Corporation, counsel for the CompanyCompany and the Operating Partnership, to have furnished to the Underwriter Representative their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the UnderwriterRepresentative, to the effect that: (i) the The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, Maryland law with all requisite corporate power and authority to ownown and lease its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Final Prospectus. The Company has been duly qualified or registered to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. To such counsel’s knowledge, there are no other jurisdictions in which the ownership or leasing of the Company’s properties or the nature or conduct of its business requires such qualification or registration, except where the failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect. To such counsel’s knowledge, the Operating Partnership or the Company, as applicable, directly or indirectly, owns the percentage equity interests of each of the Subsidiaries as reflected on Schedule II to the Underwriting Agreement. All of the equity interests reflected on Schedule II to the Underwriting Agreement have been duly and validly authorized and issued and, except for general partnership interests, are to such counsel’s knowledge fully paid and non-assessable and are so owned free and clear of any pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance, security interests, preemptive right or other claims, except as set forth in such entity’s governing documents or on Schedule II. (ii) The Operating Partnership has been duly formed and is validly existing under the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the “Delaware Act”) with all requisite partnership power and authority to own and lease its properties and operate to conduct its business as described in the Final Prospectus. The Operating Partnership has been duly qualified or registered to do business and is in good standing as a foreign limited partnership in the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. To such counsel’s knowledge, there are no other jurisdictions in which the ownership or leasing of the Operating Partnership’s properties or the nature or conduct of its business requires such qualification or registration, except where such failure would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership and owns, directly or indirectly, at least a 95% interest in the Operating Partnership. (iii) Each Significant Subsidiary has been duly formed and is validly existing as a limited partnership or limited liability company in good standing under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of formation. Each such Significant Subsidiary has all requisite partnership or limited liability company power and authority to own and lease its properties and conduct its business as presently conducted. (iv) The Company has all requisite corporate right, power and authority to enter into, deliver and perform the Underwriting Agreement, the Amendment to the Deposit Agreement and the Articles Supplementary, to issue, sell and deliver the Securities as provided in the Final Prospectus and to consummate the transactions contemplated in the Final Prospectus. (v) The Underwriting Agreement, the Amendment to the Deposit Agreement and the Articles Supplementary have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. (vi) Each consent, approval, authorization, order, license, certificate, permit, registration, designation or filing by or with any governmental agency or body necessary for the valid authorization, issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities, the execution, delivery and performance of the Underwriting Agreement and the Amendment to the Deposit Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by the Final Prospectus has been made or obtained and is in full force and effect, except such (i) as may be necessary under state securities or real estate syndication laws or by the NASD in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriter, as to which such counsel need express no opinion, or (ii) solely as the same may relate to the Operative Documents, the lack of which would not have a Material Adverse Effect. (vii) Neither the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities, nor the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Amendment to the Deposit Agreement and the other documents to be entered into in connection with the transaction contemplated hereby and thereby by the Company, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or in the Final Prospectus, will violate any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, any of the Operative Documents, the charter (as amended by the Articles Supplementary), articles or certificates of incorporation, bylaws, certificate of limited partnership, partnership agreement, certificate of formation or limited liability company agreement, as the case may be, of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary; or, to the knowledge of such counsel, under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument filed as an exhibit to any required reports, schedules, forms, statements or other documents filed by the Company or the Operating Partnership with the Commission (collectively, the “SEC Reports”), except that any violation of the “Ownership Limit,” as defined in the Company’s articles of amendment and restatement, because of the issuance of the Preferred Stock has been waived by the Company’s board of directors as permitted by such instrument and except for violations or defaults under agreements or instruments which have since been terminated, cured or otherwise satisfied or such violations or defaults as would not have a Material Adverse Effect; or, to the knowledge of such counsel, violate any applicable statute, judgment, decree, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body of the United States of America or the State of Texas (provided that no opinion is given with respect to laws regulating alcoholic beverages), except for violations as would not have a Material Adverse Effect; or, to the knowledge of such counsel, result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge, claim or encumbrance upon any property or asset of any of the foregoing, except for liens, charges, claims or encumbrances which are created by the Operative Documents or which have since been terminated, cured or otherwise would not have a Material Adverse Effect. (viii) The Depositary Shares and the Preferred Stock have been validly authorized by the Company. When the Preferred Stock and the Depositary Receipts evidencing the Depositary Shares representing interests in such Preferred Stock are issued and delivered against payment therefor as provided in the Underwriting Agreement and the Deposit Agreement, the Preferred Stock will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. The deposit of the Preferred Stock by the Company with the Depositary pursuant to the Deposit Agreement has been duly authorized and, when the Depositary Shares are issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement and the Deposit Agreement, the Depositary Shares will represent legal and valid interests in the Preferred Stock as provided in the Deposit Agreement. Assuming due authorization, execution and delivery of the Amendment to the Deposit Agreement by the Depositary, each Depositary Share will represent the interest described in the Disclosure Package Final Prospectus in a validly issued, outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable share of Preferred Stock. Assuming due execution and delivery of the Depositary Receipts by the Depositary pursuant to the Deposit Agreement, the Depositary Receipts will entitle the holders thereof to the benefits provided therein and in the Deposit Agreement. To such counsel’s knowledge, no person or entity has a right of participation or first refusal with respect to the sale of the Depositary Shares by the Company. The form of certificates evidencing the Preferred Stock comply in all material respects with all applicable requirements of Maryland law. The Depositary Receipts are in due and proper form. (ix) All offers and sales of the Company’s capital stock prior to the date hereof were at all relevant times duly registered under the Act or exempt from the registration requirements of the Act by reason of Sections 3(b), 4(2) or 4(6) thereof, and (with the exception of shares of Common Stock, Series A Preferred Stock, depositary shares representing Series B Preferred Stock and depositary shares representing the Preferred Stock registered under the Act, as to which such counsel need not opine) were duly registered or the subject of an available exemption from the registration requirements of the applicable state securities or blue sky laws. (x) The Company’s authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock is as disclosed in the Final Prospectus; (ii) . All of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth have been duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. The Securities conform to the description thereof contained in the Disclosure Package and Final Prospectus. To the knowledge of such counsel, except as disclosed in the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuancesProspectus, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases any grants of options or restricted stock made in connection with open market repurchase the ordinary course of business under the Company’s restricted stock and stock option plans);, there is no outstanding option, warrant or other right calling for the issuance of, and no commitment, plan or arrangement to issue, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any security convertible into or exchangeable for capital stock of the Company. (iiixi) All of the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders issued Units have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has paid. None of the issued Units have been issued or is owned or held in violation of any preemptive rights. The Units to be issued, directly or indirectly, to the Company at the Closing Date have been duly authorized, executed and validly authorized by the Operating Partnership. When issued and delivered by against payment thereof as provided in the Company; (v) the statements in each Partnership Agreement, such Units will be duly and validly issued and fully paid. All of the Disclosure Package outstanding Units have been issued, offered and sold in compliance with all applicable laws (including, without limitation, federal and state securities laws). The Units to be issued, directly or indirectly, to the Final Prospectus under Company at the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents Closing Date will be issued, offered and Delaware Law”sold in compliance with all applicable laws (including, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” without limitation, federal and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to thereinstate securities laws). (vixii) neither The Company, the sale Operating Partnership and each Significant Subsidiary is not in violation of its respective charter, articles or certificates of incorporation, bylaws, certificate of limited partnership, partnership agreement, certificate of formation or limited liability company agreement, as the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to case may be. (Axiii) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to To such counsel’s knowledge, except as described in the Final Prospectus, there is not pending or threatened, any judgmentaction, order suit, proceeding, inquiry or decree investigation against either the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Significant Subsidiary or any of their respective officers and directors or to which the properties, assets or rights of any such entity are subject, which, if determined adversely to any such entity, would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect. (xiv) There are no contracts, leases or other documents known to such counsel of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement which are not described or filed as required. To the knowledge of such counsel, there are no statutes or regulations of the United States of America or the State of Texas (provided that no opinion is given with respect to laws regulating alcoholic beverages) applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federalthe Operating Partnership or certificates, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body permits or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company authorizations from governmental regulatory officials or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is bodies required to be obtained or made maintained by the Company for the sale such entity, known to such counsel, of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders a character required to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States disclosed in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became or Final Prospectus which have not been so disclosed and properly described therein. (xv) The Depositary Shares have been approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange, subject only to official notice of issuance. (xvi) The Registration Statement has become effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectusand, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings proceeding for that purpose have has been instituted or threatened; and (x) is pending or contemplated under the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other Act. Other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical operating information data and schedules contained therein, as to which counsel need express no opinion, the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto appear on their face to conform as to form in all material respects with the requirements of Form S-3 under the Act. To the knowledge of such counsel, the conditions for use of a registration statement on Form S-3 set forth in the General Instructions to Form S-3 have been satisfied with respect to the Company and the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement. (xvii) The Company’s and the Operating Partnership’s SEC Reports (other than financial statements and related schedules and statistical data, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to appear on their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required face to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed responsive in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make under the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to thereinExchange Act. (dxviii) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLPNeither the Company, counsel for the Selling StockholdersOperating Partnership nor any Significant Subsidiary is, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each or solely as a result of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery consummation of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized transactions contemplated hereby will become, an “investment company,” or a company “controlled” by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a an clearing corporationinvestment company,as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Investment Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws)of 1940, as amended. (exix) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, statements in the forms reasonably acceptable to Final Prospectus under the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested caption “Description of Series C Preferred Stock and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to Depositary Shares” fairly summarize the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable tmatters refe

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Underwriting Agreement (FelCor Lodging Trust Inc)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities under this Agreement shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained set forth herein as of the Applicable Time and date hereof, as of the First Closing Date, and if applicable, as of the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company Company's directors and the Selling Stockholders officers made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective its obligations hereunder hereunder, and to the following additional conditions, except to the extent expressly waived in writing by the Underwriter: (a) The Final ProspectusRegistration Statement shall have been declared effective by the Commission not later than 5:30 p.m. eastern time, and on the date of this Agreement, or such later time as shall have been consented to by the Underwriter, but in any supplement theretoevent not later than 5:30 p.m., eastern time, on the third full business day following the date hereof; if the Company omitted information from the Registration Statement at the time it became effective in reliance on Rule 430A under the Act, the Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by compliance with Rule 424(b); ) and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) 430A under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use amendment or supplement thereto shall have been issued and issued; no proceedings proceeding for that purpose the issuance of such an order shall have been instituted initiated or threatenedshall be pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Underwriter, threatened or contemplated by the Commission or by any jurisdiction in which the Shares have been registered; and any request of the Commission for additional information (to be included in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or otherwise) shall have been disclosed to the Underwriter and complied with to the Underwriter's satisfaction. (b) The Company Shares shall have requested been qualified or registered for sale, or subject to an available exemption from such qualification or registration, under the Blue Sky Laws of such jurisdictions as shall have been reasonably specified by the Underwriter and caused Faegre the offering shall have been cleared by the NASD. (c) Since the dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus: (i) There shall not have been any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the ability of the Company or the Bank to conduct their respective businesses (whether by reason of any court, legislative, other governmental action, order, decree, or otherwise), or in the general affairs, condition (financial and otherwise) business, prospects, properties, management, financial position or earnings, results of operations, or net worth of the Company or the Bank, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business; and (ii) Neither the Company nor the Bank shall have sustained any material loss or interference from any labor dispute, strike, fire, flood, windstorm, accident, or other calamity (whether or not insured) or from any court or governmental action, order, or decree, the effect of which on the Company or the Bank, in any such case described in this clause (c)(ii), is in the reasonable opinion of the Underwriter so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. (d) There shall have been furnished to the Underwriter on each Closing Date, except as otherwise expressly provided below: (i) An opinion of Stol▇▇▇▇ ▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇ark, LLP, Lexington, Kentucky, or English, Luca▇, ▇▇iest & Owsl▇▇, ▇▇wling Green, Kentucky, counsel for the Company, to have furnished in form reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter their opinionand counsel for the Underwriter, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the UnderwriterUnderwriter and dated as of the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, to the effect that: (i1) The Company and the Bank have been duly organized and are validly existing as corporations with active status under the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, with full power and authority (corporate and other) to own, lease, and operate their respective properties and conduct their respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement; the Company has been and the Bank are not required to be qualified to do business in any jurisdiction outside Kentucky; the Company is duly incorporated registered under the BHCA; and the Bank is duly organized and validly existing as a state-chartered banking corporation in good standing under the laws of the State Commonwealth of DelawareKentucky, with full power and authority (corporate and other) to own, lease lease, and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package Prospectus and, except as described in the Prospectus, the Bank is not subject to any current formal arrangements or memorandum of understanding with, or cease and desist order by, any bank regulatory agency; (2) The authorized capital stock of the Final Company consists solely of 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock, no par value, and 500 shares of Preferred Stock, no par value, and all such stock conforms to the descriptions thereof in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; (ii3) the Company has an The issued and outstanding capitalization shares of Common Stock are as set forth in the Disclosure Package Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (except and have been duly authorized and validly issued, and are fully paid and nonassessable and there are no preemptive, preferential, or other rights to subscribe for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant or purchase any shares of Common Stock or of the Shares to dividend reinvestment be sold by the Company hereunder and no shares of Common Stock have been issued in violation of such rights; there are no restrictions upon the voting or director transfer of the shares of Common Stock or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or the Shares pursuant to the exercise Company's Articles of options Incorporation, bylaws, and other governing documents, or, to the knowledge of counsel after reasonable investigation, any agreement or other instrument to which the Company or the Bank is a party or by which any of them may be bound, except for repurchases as described in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by Registration Statement and the Selling Stockholders Prospectus; all of the outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Bank have been duly authorized and validly authorized and issued issued, and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreementknowledge of counsel after reasonable investigation, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or imposition free and clear of any lien, charge claim, encumbrance or encumbrance upon any property or assets security interests; to the knowledge of such counsel after reasonable investigation, all offers, sales and issuances of the capital stock of the Company and the Bank prior to the date hereof were made in compliance with, and were registered under or its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) exempt from, the charter or by-laws registration requirements of the Company Act and were duly registered or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statutequalified under, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (subject of an available exemption from, the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity registration provisions of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreementapplicable Blue Sky Laws; (vii4) no consentThe certificates for the Shares to be delivered hereunder are in due and proper form and when duly countersigned by the Company's transfer agent, approvaland delivered to the Underwriter or upon the order of the Underwriter against payment therefor in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, authorizationthe Shares represented thereby will be duly authorized and validly issued, orderfully paid, registration or qualification and nonassessable and, upon the closing of or with the transactions contemplated hereby, and assuming the Underwriter is acquiring the shares in good faith and without notice of any court or adverse claims, the Underwriter will acquire good title to the Shares sold by the Company, free and clear of any such regulatory authority lien, claim, security interest, or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained encumbrance or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offeredrestriction on transfer; (viii5) To the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as knowledge of such terms are defined in counsel based on communications with representatives of the Investment Company Act of 1940Commission, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became and all post-effective amendments thereto have become effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base ProspectusAct, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectusand, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatenedare pending or contemplated under the Act, and all filings required by Rule 424 and Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations have been made; and (x) the Registration Statement Statement, the Prospectus, and the Final Prospectus each amendment or supplement thereto (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, except for the financial statements and other statistical or financial and statistical information contained therein, data included therein as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunderRules and Regulations; such counsel has participated in the preparation of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus during the course of which, among other things, such counsel has examined various documents and other papers and participated in conferences with representatives of the Company, with representatives of the Company's independent public accountants, and with your representatives and your counsel, at which conferences the contents of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and related matters were discussed. Such counsel shall also state On the basis of the information that that nothing has was developed in the course of such counsel's participation, no facts have come to their the attention that caused them of such counsel which lead it to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in either the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed any such amendment or supplement, as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became of their respective effective or were filed with the Commissionissue dates, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and misleading or that the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, as of the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which made (vii) all descriptions except for the financial statements and other statistical or financial data included therein as to which such counsel expresses no opinion or belief). In this regard, to counsel's knowledge, there are no material number of outstanding options, warrants, or other rights of any description, contractual or otherwise, entitling any person to receive any class of security from the Company, except as set as forth in the Prospectus. To such counsel's knowledge after reasonable investigation, there are no amendments to the Registration Statement required to be filed or any legal or governmental proceedings pending, or threatened, that are required to be described in the Registration StatementStatement that are not described as required, nor are there any contracts or documents of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described or filed as required; (6) The Company has full power and authority (corporate and other) to execute, deliver, and perform this Agreement and to issue, sell, and deliver the Shares to be sold by it to the Underwriter as provided herein; this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed, and delivered by the Company, and constitutes a legal, valid, and binding obligation of the Company and is enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except that rights to indemnity or contribution may be limited by applicable laws and except as enforceability of this Agreement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally, and by equitable principles limiting the right to specific performance or other equitable relief; no consent, approval, filing, authorization, registration, qualification or order is necessary in connection with the issue or sale of the Shares by the Company or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (other than such as has been heretofore obtained and such as may be required under the Act, the Disclosure Package Exchange Act, applicable Blue Sky Laws, and the Final Prospectus rules of contracts the NASD); (7) Neither the Company nor the Bank is, or with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both would be, in violation or breach of, or in default under, nor will the execution or delivery of, or performance and consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the offer, sale or delivery of the Shares) conflict with, or result in a violation or breach of, or constitute a default under, any provision of the Articles of Incorporation, bylaws (as amended or restated), or other governing documents of the Company or the Bank or any provision of any material agreement, contract, mortgage, deed of trust, lease, loan agreement, indenture, note, bond, other evidence of indebtedness, or any other material agreement or instrument known to such counsel after reasonable investigation to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries the Bank is a party are accurate in all material respects; and or by which any of them is bound, or to which any of their properties is subject, nor will the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder violate any statute, rule, regulation, order, or decree applicable to the best Company or the Bank of such counsel’s knowledgeany court or any regulatory body, there administrative agency, or other governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company, the Bank or any of their respective properties, or any order of any court or governmental agency or authority entered in any proceeding to which the Company or the Bank was or is now a party or by which it is bound, except those, if any, described in the Prospectus or which would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (8) There are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases holders of shares of Common Stock or other instruments required securities of the Company having rights to be described or referred to have such securities included for registration in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii9) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any No consent, approval, filing, authorization, registration registration, qualification, or qualification order of or with any court or governmental authority agency or body (including any bank regulatory agency) is required for the issue and sale of the United States Shares or in connection with the State consummation of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Acttransactions contemplated in this Agreement, in each case, that in other than as such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected made, except the registration of the Shares under the Act Act, and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations, or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws)Laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriter and the clearance of such offering by the NASD as to which counsel does not express an opinion; (10) The Bank is the only subsidiary of the Company and the Company does not own any equity interest in any other corporation, joint venture, proprietorship, or (b) result other commercial entity or organization except as described in a violation the Registration Statement; and, to the knowledge of such counsel after reasonable investigation, the Company owns beneficially and of record all of the organizational documents outstanding capital stock of the Bank free and clear of any Domestic Selling Stockholderclaim, lien, encumbrance, or security interest; (c11) result The Company and the Bank have and hold, and are in substantial compliance within all material respects, all permits required under all laws, rules, and regulations in connection with their respective businesses, and all of such Permits are in full force and effect; and there is no pending proceeding, and neither the Company nor the Bank has received notice of any threatened proceeding, relating to the revocation or modification of any such Permit. Neither the Company nor the Bank is or has been (by virtue of any action, omission to act, contract to which it is a party or by which it is bound, or any occurrence or state of facts whatsoever) in violation of any United States federal applicable federal, state, municipal, or New York State law local statutes, laws, ordinances, rules, regulations, and/or orders issued pursuant to foreign, federal, state, municipal, or published rule local statutes, laws, ordinances, rules, or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance regulations (but such counsel need not express any opinion including those relating to any aspect of banking, bank holding companies, environmental protection, occupational safety and health, and equal employment practices) heretofore or currently in effect, including, without limitation, the United States federal securities laws KDFI Order, the FDIC Order, and the Federal Reserve Board Approval, all as described in Section 2(f) above, except any such violation that has been fully cured or any state securities satisfied without recourse or Blue Sky laws).that is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; (e12) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, Company is not an "investment company" or a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable tcompany "controlled" by an "investme

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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Citizens First Corp)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities Stock shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Execution Time and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have has been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any other material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; the Company has paid the fees required by the Commission relating to the Stock within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r); and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre W▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ P▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ and D▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto. (c) The Underwriter shall have received from Sidley Austin LLP, counsel for the Underwriter, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Stock, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Underwriter may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. (d) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter a certificate of the Company, signed by the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signer of such certificate has carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Disclosure Package and any supplements or amendments thereto, and this Agreement and that: (i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date and the Company has been duly incorporated complied with all the agreements and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under satisfied all the laws of conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final ProspectusClosing Date; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act have been instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened; (iii) the Company has not received any notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or threatenedany post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act; and (xiv) since the Registration Statement and date of the Final Prospectus (other than the documents most recent financial statements included or incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light Prospectus (exclusive of the circumstances under which they were madeany supplement thereto), not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a there has been no material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, adverse change in the light of the circumstances under which they were madecondition (financial or otherwise), not misleading (in each caseearnings, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained thereinbusiness, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware properties or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers prospects of the Company and public officials. References to its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the Final ordinary course of business or otherwise, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include exclusive of any supplements thereto at the Closing Datesupplement thereto). (ce) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, furnished to the Underwriter the opinion or opinions of S▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished the Company’s General Counsel (or such other in-house legal officer or officers acceptable to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is requiredUnderwriter), whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned signed by the CompanyGeneral Counsel or such counsel or counsels, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists set forth in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the UnderwriterExhibit C hereto. (f) The Selling Stockholders Company shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh Deloitte & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, Touche LLP to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated Underwriter, at the Execution Time and at the Closing Date Date, letters, (which may refer to letters previously delivered to the Underwriter), dated respectively as of the Execution Time and addressed as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Base Prospectus, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. (g) Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the Disclosure Package (exclusive of any supplement thereto) and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), there shall not have been (i) any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (f) of this Section 6 or (ii) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business or otherwise, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto) the effect of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the sole judgment of the Underwriter, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Stock as contemplated by the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the Disclosure Package (exclusive of any supplement thereto) and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto). (h) Subsequent to the Execution Time, there shall not have been any decrease in the rating of any of the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Act) or any notice given of any intended or potential decrease in any such rating or of a possible change in any such rating that does not indicate the direction of the possible change. (i) The New York Stock Exchange shall have approved the Stock for listing, subject only to official notice of issuance. (j) The Lock-Up Agreements between the Underwriter and the officers of the Company set forth on Schedule II, delivered to the Underwriter on or before the date of this Agreement, shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date. All opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably acceptable tsatisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter.

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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Dean Foods Co)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations obligation of the Underwriter to purchase and pay for the Securities shall Certificates will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company Bank herein on the date hereof and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of officers of the Company and the Selling Stockholders Bank made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders Bank of their respective its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditionsconditions precedent: (a) On or prior to the date hereof the Underwriter shall have received a letter (a "Procedures Letter"), dated the date of this Agreement of each of Price Waterhouse LLP and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ verifying the accuracy of such financial and statistical data contained in the Prospectus as the Underwriter shall deem reasonably advisable. In addition, if any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus made after the date hereof contains financial or statistical data, the Underwriter shall have received a letter dated the Closing Date confirming each Procedures Letter and providing additional comfort on such new data; (b) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, Prospectus Supplement shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b)) of the Rules and Regulations; and any material required prior to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the ActClosing Date, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened.; (bc) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting particularly the business or properties of the Bank, Chase or The Chase Manhattan Corporation which, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter, materially impairs the investment quality of the Certificates or makes it impractical to market the Certificates; (ii) any suspension or material limitation of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, or any setting of minimum prices for trading on such exchange, or any suspension of trading of any securities of the Bank, Chase or The Chase Manhattan Corporation on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market by such exchange or over-the-counter market or by the Commission; (iii) any banking moratorium declared by Federal or New York authorities; or (iv) any outbreak or material escalation of major hostilities or any other substantial national or international calamity or emergency if, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter, the effect of any such outbreak, escalation, calamity or emergency on the United States financial markets makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the sale of and any payment for the Certificates; (d) The Company Underwriter shall have requested received opinions, dated the Closing Date and caused Faegre reasonably satisfactory, when taken together, in form and substance to the Underwriter, of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP& ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, special counsel to the Bank, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Finger, special counsel to the Trust, and such other counsel otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter, with respect to such matters as are customary for the Companytype of transaction contemplated by this Agreement; (e) The Underwriter shall have received an opinion or opinions of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished special counsel to the Underwriter their opinionBank, dated the Closing Date and addressed satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter, with respect to certain matters relating to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws transfers of the State Receivables from the Bank to the Trust and with respect to a grant of Delawarea security interest in the Receivables to the Indenture Trustee, and an opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Finger, Special Counsel to the Trust, with power respect to the perfection of the Trust's and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described the Indenture Trustee's interests in the Disclosure Package and the Final ProspectusReceivables; (iif) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuancesThe Underwriter shall have received from ▇▇▇▇▇▇, if any▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant counsel to the exercise of options Underwriter, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and except for repurchases satisfactory in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly form and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders substance to the Underwriters pursuant Underwriter, with respect to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or Certificates, the legal authority Registration Statement, the Prospectus and other related matters as the Underwriter may require, and the Bank shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters; (g) The Underwriter shall have received an opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, special tax counsel to the Company Bank, dated the Closing Date and reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to comply the Underwriter, with respect to such matters as are customary for the Securities or type of transaction contemplated by this Agreement; (viih) no consentThe Underwriter shall have received an opinion of counsel to the Indenture Trustee, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or dated the Closing Date and satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter with any court or any respect to such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company matters as are customary for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by Agreement; In rendering such opinions, counsel to the Company with Indenture Trustee may rely on the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws opinion of the various statesoffice of the general counsel to the Indenture Trustee. (i) The Underwriter shall have received an opinion of counsel to the Owner Trustee, and such other counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Act Underwriter and its counsel, dated the securities laws Closing Date and satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter, with respect to such matters as are customary for the type of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offeredtransaction contemplated by this Agreement; (viiij) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled The Certificates have been rated "A+" by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940Standard & Poor's, as amendedA2 by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ and "A+" by Fitch; (ixk) The Underwriter shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of an attorney-in-fact, a Vice President or more senior officer of the Bank in which such person, to the best of his or her knowledge after reasonable investigation, shall state that (i) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing representations and warranties of the Base ProspectusBank in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date, any Preliminary Prospectus (ii) that the Bank 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, (iii) the representations and warranties of the Bank, as Seller and Servicer, in the Sale and Servicing Agreement and, as Depositor, in the Trust Agreement, are true and correct as of the dates specified in the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Final ProspectusTrust Agreement, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b(iv) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, that no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and are threatened by the Commission, (xv) that, subsequent to the date of the Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change in the financial position or results of operation of the Bank's automotive finance business except as set forth in or contemplated by the Prospectus or as described in such certificate and (vi) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading; (l) On the Closing Date, all of the Notes shall have been issued and sold pursuant to the Note Underwriting Agreement; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (dm) The Selling Stockholders Class A-1 Notes shall have requested and caused been rated "A-1+" by Standard & Poor's, P-1 by ▇▇▇▇▇'and "F-1+" by Fitch. The Class A-2 Notes, Class A-3 Notes, Class A-4 Notes and Class A-5 Notes shall have been rated "AAA" by Standard & Poor's, Aaa by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇'▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to "AAA" by Fitch. The Bank will furnish the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) or cause the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice to be furnished, with such number of any adverse claim (within the meaning conformed copies of Section 8-105 of the UCC)such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws)reasonably requests. (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t

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Sources: Certificate Underwriting Agreement (Chase Manhattan Bank Usa)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities, as the case may be, shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and Execution Time, the Closing DateDate and any settlement date pursuant to Section 3, hereof, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ London LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinionits opinions dated the Closing Date and any settlement date, as applicable, and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, Cayman Islands counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter its opinions dated the Closing Date and any settlement date, as applicable, and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (d) The Underwriter shall have received from Skadden, Arps, Slate, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇ (UK) LLP, counsel for the Underwriter, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and any settlement date, as applicable, and addressed to the Underwriter, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities, the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus, the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Underwriter may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. (e) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter a certificate of the Company, signed by the Chief Executive Officer and the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date and any settlement date, as applicable, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, and each “road show” as defined in Rule 433(h) of the Act used in connection with the Offering and this Agreement and that: (i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of such date with the same effect as if made on such date and the Company has been duly incorporated complied with all the agreements and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under satisfied all the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority conditions on its part to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectusbe performed or satisfied at or prior to such date; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened; and (xiii) since the Registration Statement date of the most recent financial statements included in the Statutory Prospectus and the Final Prospectus (other than exclusive of any supplement thereto), there has been no Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act Statutory Prospectus and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that Prospectus (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws exclusive of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Datesupplement thereto). (cf) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel▇▇▇▇▇▇ to have furnished to the Underwriter, at the Execution Time and at the Closing Date and any settlement date, as applicable, letters, dated respectively as of the Execution Time and as of the Closing Date and any settlement date, as applicable, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter. (g) Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), there shall not have been (i) any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (f) of this Section 6 or (ii) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the earnings, business, management, properties, assets, rights, operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto) the effect of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the sole judgment of the Underwriter, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the Statutory Prospectus and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto). (h) Prior to the Closing Date and any settlement date, as applicable, the Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter such further information, certificates and documents as the Underwriter may reasonably request. (i) FINRA shall not have raised any objection with respect to the fairness or reasonableness of the underwriting or other arrangements of the transactions contemplated hereby. (j) The Securities shall be duly listed subject to notice of issuance on the Nasdaq Capital Market, satisfactory evidence of which shall have been provided to the Underwriter. (k) On the Effective Date, the Company shall have delivered to the Underwriter executed copies of the Trust Agreement, the Warrant Agreement, the Founder’s Subscription Agreement, the Founder’s Purchase Agreement, the Forward Purchase Agreements, the Warrant Subscription Agreement, the Insider Letters, the Registration and Shareholder Rights Agreement and the Administrative Services Agreement. (l) At least one Business Day prior to the Closing Date or a settlement date, as applicable, the Sponsor shall have caused the purchase price for the Private Placement Warrants to be deposited into the Trust Account such that the cumulative amount deposited into the Trust Account as of such Closing Date or such settlement date, as applicable, shall equal the product of the number of Units issued in the Offering as of such Closing Date or such settlement date, as applicable, and the public offering price per Unit as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus. (m) No order preventing or suspending the sale of the Units in any jurisdiction designated by the Underwriter pursuant to Section 5(hh) hereof shall have been issued as of the Closing Date, and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or shall have been threatened. If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriter hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Underwriter. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing. The documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 and, if applicable, the last sentence of Section 3 shall be delivered at the office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇ (UK) LLP, counsel for the Underwriter, at ▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required▇▇▇▇▇▇, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings▇▇▇, L.P.unless otherwise indicated herein, and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated on the Closing Date and addressed to or the Underwriterapplicable settlement date, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriteras applicable. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Target Global Acquisition I Corp.)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities Offered Certificates shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time date hereof, as of the date of the effectiveness of any amendment to the Registration Statement filed prior to the Closing Date (including the filing of any document incorporated by reference therein) and as of the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final ProspectusUnderwriter shall have received from Deloitte & Touche LLP a letter, dated the date hereof, confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Act and any supplement thereto, the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter and counsel to the Underwriter. (b) All actions required to be taken and all filings required to be made by the Company under the Act prior to the sale of the Offered Certificates shall have been filed with duly taken and made. At and prior to the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the ActClosing Date, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted instituted, or threatenedto the knowledge of the Company or the Underwriter, shall have been contemplated by the Commission. (bc) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting particularly the business or properties of the Company or the Servicer which, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter, materially impairs the investment quality of the Offered Certificates; (ii) any downgrading in the rating of the Servicer by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Act), or any public announcement that any such organization has under surveillance or review its ratings of the Servicer (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating); (iii) any suspension or limitation of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, or any setting of minimum prices for trading on such exchange; (iv) any banking moratorium declared by federal, North Carolina or New York authorities; or (v) any outbreak or escalation of major hostilities in which the United States is involved, any declaration of war by Congress or any other substantial national or international calamity or emergency if, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter, the effects of any such outbreak, escalation, declaration, calamity or emergency makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the sale of and payment for the Offered Certificates. (d) On or before the Closing Date, the Underwriter shall have received evidence satisfactory to it that each class of Offered Certificates has been given the ratings set forth on Schedule I hereto. (e) The Company Underwriter shall have requested and caused Faegre received a favorable opinion of H▇▇▇▇▇ & W▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, a special tax counsel for the Company, to have furnished addressed to the Underwriter their opinionand dated the Closing Date and reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and counsel to the Underwriter. (f) The Underwriter shall have received a favorable opinion of H▇▇▇▇▇ & W▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, special counsel for the Company, addressed to the Underwriter and dated the Closing Date and reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter, with respect to the validity of the Certificates, ERISA matters and such other related matters as the Underwriter shall require, and the Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to such counsel such documents as they may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. (g) The Underwriter shall have received copies of any opinions of counsel for the Company that the Company is required to deliver to any Rating Agency. Any such opinions shall be dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, Underwriter or accompanied by reliance letters addressed to the effect that:Underwriter. (h) The Underwriter shall have received an opinion of counsel to the Trustee, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter and its counsel. (i) The Underwriter shall have received a certificate dated the Closing Date of the President, any Vice President or the Secretary of the Company has been duly incorporated in which the officer shall state that, to the best of his or her knowledge after reasonable investigation, (i) the representations and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws warranties of the State of DelawareCompany with respect to the Mortgage Loans contained in any Basic Document are true and correct, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the representations and warranties of the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package this Agreement are true and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuancescorrect, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder by at or prior to the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; Closing Date, (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and issued, (v) no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; andare contemplated by the Commission, and (vi) there has been no amendment or other document filed affecting the Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws of the Company, and no such amendment has been authorized. (xj) At the Registration Statement Closing Date, the Certificates and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form Pooling Agreement will conform in all material respects with to the applicable requirements of descriptions thereof contained in the Act Final Prospectus. (k) The Underwriter shall not have discovered and disclosed to the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state Company on or prior to the Closing Date that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on Statement or the Effective Date, contained Final Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted omits to state any a fact which, in the opinion of counsel to the Underwriter, is material fact and is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. (l) The Underwriter shall have received from Hunton & W▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, special counsel for the Underwriter, a letter dated the Closing Date with respect to the Final Prospectus, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter. (m) All corporate proceedings and other legal matters relating to the authorization, form and validity of this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Certificates, the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus, and all other legal matters relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, shall be reasonably satisfactory in all respects to counsel for the Underwriter, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel all documents and information that they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters. (n) The Underwriter shall have received a certificate (upon which H▇▇▇▇▇ & W▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP shall be entitled to rely in rendering its opinions and letters under the Basic Documents) dated the Closing Date of an officer of the Trustee in which such officer shall state that, to the best of such officer’s knowledge after reasonable investigation: (i) the Trustee is not an affiliate of any other entity listed as a transaction party in the Prospectus Supplement (ii) the information in the Prospectus Supplement related to the Trustee (the “Trustee Disclosure”) includes (a) the Trustee’s correct name and form of organization and (b) a discussion of the Trustee’s experience serving as trustee for asset-backed securities transactions involving mortgage loans; and (iii) the Trustee Disclosure Package, as amended is true and correct in all material respects and nothing has come to his or supplemented at her attention that that would lead such officer to believe that the Applicable Time, contained Trustee Disclosure contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, therein not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Datemisleading. (co) The Company Underwriter shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, received a certificate (upon which H▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. & W▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇ LLP shall be entitled to have furnished to rely in rendering its opinions and letters under the Underwriter his opinion Basic Documents) dated the Closing Date and addressed of an officer of Option One Mortgage Corporation (the “Originator”) in which such officer shall state that, to the Underwriter to the effect that: best of such officer’s knowledge after reasonable investigation: (i) except as disclosed in the Company Prospectus Supplement, the Originator is duly qualified not an affiliate of any other entity listed as a foreign corporation to transact business and is transaction party in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; Prospectus Supplement; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described information in the Disclosure Package Prospectus Supplement related to the Originator (the “Originator Disclosure”) includes the Originator’s correct name, form of organization and the Final Prospectuslength of time originating mortgage loans; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all description of the issued Originator’s origination program includes (a) experience in originating mortgage loans, (b) size and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest composition of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issuedthe Originator’s origination portfolio, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except c) the Originator’s credit-granting or underwriting criteria for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; mortgage loans; (iv) neither except as set forth in the sale Originator Disclosure, no additional information regarding the Originator’s origination program could have a material adverse affect on the performance of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities Mortgage Loans or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; Offered Certificates; and (v) there the Originator Disclosure is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package true and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed correct in all material respects and nothing has come to his or her attention that that would lead such officer to believe that the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an Originator Disclosure contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (dp) The Selling Stockholders Underwriters shall have requested and caused ▇received a certificate (upon which H▇▇▇▇▇ & W▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for LLP shall be entitled to rely in rendering its opinions and letters under the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion Basic Documents) dated the Closing Date and addressed to of an officer of the UnderwriterServicer in which such officer shall state that, to the effect that: best of such officer’s knowledge after reasonable investigation: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing andexcept as disclosed, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdictionProspectus Supplement, the Servicer is not an affiliate of any other entity listed as a transaction party in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; Prospectus Supplement; (ii) the execution and delivery of information in the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of Prospectus Supplement related to the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and Servicer (the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii“Servicer Disclosure”) assuming that includes (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) the Servicer’s correct name and form of the UCCorganization, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest correct length of time that the Servicer has been servicing mortgage loans; and (c) a discussion of the Servicer’s experience in servicing mortgage loans; (iii) except as set forth in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will notServicer Disclosure, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration there are no other servicers responsible for calculating or qualification of or with any governmental authority making distributions to the holders of the United States Offered Certificates, performing work-outs or foreclosures, or any other material aspect of servicing the mortgage loans, (b) there have been no material changes to the Servicer’s servicing policies and procedures during the last three years, (c) no additional information regarding the Servicer’s financial condition could have a material affect on performance of the Mortgage Loans or the State Offered Certificates, (d) no commingling of New York or pursuant to funds on deposit in collection accounts will be permitted by the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company ActServicer, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities (e) no additional information with respect to such sale any special or performance, except such as unique factors involved in servicing the mortgage loans could have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation material affect on performance of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling StockholderOffered Certificates, or and (cf) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities no additional information with respect to such sale the Servicer’s process for handling delinquencies, losses, bankruptcies and recoveries could have a material affect on performance of the Offered Certificates; (iv) for the Servicer identified in the Prospectus Supplement as responsible for calculating or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating making distributions to the United States federal securities laws holders of the Offered Certificates, performing work-outs or foreclosures, or any other material aspect of servicing the mortgage loans, the certifications in clauses (ii) and (iii) above are made with respect to the Servicer; and (v) the Servicer Disclosure is true and correct in all material respects and nothing has come to his or her attention that that would lead such officer to believe that the Servicer Disclosure contains any untrue statement of material fact or omits to state securities a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The Company will provide or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, cause to have furnished be provided to the Underwriter their opinions dated such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as the Underwriter may reasonably request. All opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter. If any condition specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by the Underwriter by notice to the Company at any time at or prior to the Closing Date Date, and addressed such termination shall be without liability of any party to the Underwriter, any other party except as provided in the forms reasonably acceptable to the UnderwriterSection 7. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t

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Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase offer the Securities Shares for sale on a best efforts basis pursuant hereto shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time date hereof, as of the date of each Final Prospectus, as of the date of the effectiveness of any amendment to the Registration Statement filed prior to the first time of purchase occurring hereunder (including the filing of any document incorporated by reference therein) and the Closing Dateas of each time of purchase occurring hereunder, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting Statement, as amended from time to its use time, shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened; and any Final Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission within the time period prescribed by the Commission. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ furnished to the Underwriter the opinion of White & Case LLP, counsel for the Company, to dated the first time of purchase occurring hereunder substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. (c) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter their opinionthe opinion of White & Case LLP, counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date and addressed first time of purchase occurring hereunder, as to certain intellectual property matters. (d) The Representatives shall have received from counsel for the Underwriter, such opinion or opinions, dated the first time of purchase occurring hereunder, with respect to the Underwriterissuance and sale of the Shares, the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus and other related matters as the Underwriter may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. (e) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter a certificate of the Company, signed by the President and Chief Executive Officer or a Senior Vice President and the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the first time of purchase occurring hereunder, to the effect thatthat the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus and this Agreement and that to the best of their knowledge: (i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the first time of purchase occurring hereunder with the same effect as if made on such date and the Company has been duly incorporated complied with all the agreements and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under satisfied all the laws conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the first time of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectuspurchase occurring hereunder; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use Statement, as amended, has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (xiii) since the date of the most recent financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Final Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change in the condition (financial or other), earnings, business or properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Final Prospectus. (f) At the first time of purchase occurring hereunder, Ernst & Young LLP shall have furnished to the Underwriter a letter or letters (which may refer to letters previously delivered to the Underwriter, either as a representative of other underwriters or as an underwriter represented by another representative), dated as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter. (g) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference thereinProspectus, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel there shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that not have been (i) any change or decrease specified in the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement letter or letters referred to in paragraph (f) of a material fact this Section 6 or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Packageany change, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of development involving a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements thereinprospective change, in or affecting the light of the circumstances under which they were madeearnings, not misleading business or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers properties of the Company and public officials. References its subsidiaries the effect of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or the delivery of the Shares as contemplated by the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing DateProspectus. (ch) The Prior to the first time of purchase occurring hereunder, the Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date such further information, certificates and addressed to documents as the Underwriter to the effect that:may reasonably request. (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason [Intentionally Omitted] If any of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be conditions specified in good standing would this Section 6 shall not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed fulfilled in all material respects to the requirements when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the Act opinions and certificates mentioned above or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; respects reasonably satisfactory in form and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished substance to the Underwriter their opinion dated and its counsel, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriter hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date and addressed by the Underwriter. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists Company in the relevant jurisdiction, writing or by telephone or telegraph confirmed in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws)writing. (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t

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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Aphton Corp)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter Underwriter's obligation to purchase the Securities Notes shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no 6.1 No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued be in effect, and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counselthe Company, threatened actionby the Commission; and the Prospectus Supplement shall have been filed or transmitted for filing by means reasonably calculated to result in a filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act. 6.2 Since [________] [__], suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving 200[__] there shall have been no material adverse change (not in the ordinary course of business) in the condition of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their propertyResidential Funding. 6.3 The Company shall have delivered to you a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of the President, a character required Senior Vice President or a Vice President of the Company to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in effect that the Disclosure Package and signer of such certificate has examined this Agreement, the Final Approved Offering Materials, the Prospectus, andthe Servicing Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Indenture and various other closing documents, and that, to the best of his or her knowledge after reasonable investigation: (a) the representations and warranties of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described the Company in this Agreement and in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package Indenture are true and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate correct in all material respects; and (b) the Company has, in all material respects, complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date. 6.4 Residential Funding shall have delivered to you a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of the President, a Managing Director, a Director or an Associate of Residential Funding to the effect that the signer of such certificate has examined the Trust Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the Indenture and this Agreement and that, to the best of such counsel’s knowledgehis or her knowledge after reasonable investigation, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to the representations and warranties of Residential Funding contained in the Registration StatementServicing Agreement and in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects. 6.5 You shall have received the opinions of [Mayer, the Disclosure Package Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP] [Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP], ▇▇eci▇▇ ▇▇uns▇▇ ▇or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇Compan▇ ▇▇▇ Res▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇und▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ed the Closing Date and substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibits A-1, A-2 and A-3, and the opinion of [__________], associate counsel for the Company and Residential Funding, dated the Closing Date and substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit B. 6.6 You shall have received a negative assurance letter regarding the Prospectus from [Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP] [Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LL▇], ▇pec▇▇& ▇oun▇▇▇ for the Compan▇ ▇▇▇ Res▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP▇undi▇▇, counsel for ▇▇ ▇▇rm satisfactory to you. 6.7 The Underwriter shall have received from [___________], certified public accountants, (a) a letter dated the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished date hereof and satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter's counsel, to the effect that: (i) each that they have performed certain specified procedures, all of which have been agreed to by the Underwriter, as a result of which they determined that certain information of an accounting, financial or statistical nature set forth in the Prospectus Supplement under the captions "Description of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing andMortgage Pool", to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery "Description of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each Agreements", "Description of the Domestic Selling StockholdersSecurities", "Certain Yield and Prepayment Considerations" and "Annex II Home Loan Statistical Information" agrees with the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) records of the UCC, Company and Residential Funding excluding any questions of legal interpretation and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor letter prepared pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws4.4(e). (e) 6.8 The Selling Stockholders Class A Notes shall have requested been rated "AAA" by [Fitch Ratings, ("Fitch")] and caused AAA by [Standard & Poor's ("S&P")]. 6.9 You shall have received the opinion of [_________], counsel to the Trustee, dated the Closing Date, substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit C. 6.10 [You shall have received the opinion of Faegre & Benson, LLP, special Minnesota tax counsel for the Co▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇d▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdingsthe Closing Date, L.P.substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit D]. 6.11 You shall have received from [_________], and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fundassociate counsel to the Company, L.P.a reliance letter with respect to any opinions delivered to the rating agencies, certain or you shall have been listed as an addressee on any such opinions. The Company will furnish you with conformed copies of the Selling Stockholdersabove opinions, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date certificates, letters and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms documents as you reasonably acceptable to the Underwriterrequest. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter Underwriter's obligation to purchase the Securities Certificates shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no 6.1. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued be in effect, and no proceedings for that purpose shall be pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission; and the Prospectus Supplement shall have been instituted filed or threatenedtransmitted for filing, by means reasonably calculated to result in a filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act. 6.2. Since _________ 1, ____ there shall have been no material adverse change (not in the ordinary course of business) in the condition of the Company. 6.3. The Company shall have delivered to you a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of the President, a Senior Vice President or a Vice President of the Company to the effect that the signer of such certificate has examined this Agreement, the Prospectus, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and various other closing documents, and that, to the best of his or her knowledge after reasonable investigation: (a) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are true and correct in all material respects; and (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarizehas, in all material respects, complied with all the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither agreements and satisfied all the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 conditions on its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required part to be obtained performed or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company 6.4. You shall have requested received the opinions of Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP, counsel for the Company and caused its General Counsel, the Master S▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇he ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLPing Date and substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit A-1 and Exhibit A-2, and the opinion of [counsel to Master Servicer], dated the Closing Date and substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit B. 6.5. You shall have received from ________________________, counsel for the Selling StockholdersUnderwriter, to have furnished to the Underwriter their an opinion dated the Closing Date in form and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable substance satisfactory to the Underwriter. (f) 6.6. The Selling Stockholders Underwriter shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partnersreceived from ________________________, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KGcertified public accountants, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished letter dated the date hereof and satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter their opinion dated and the Closing Date and addressed Underwriter's counsel, to the effect that they have performed certain specified procedures, all of which have been agreed to by the Underwriter, as a result of which they determined that certain information of an accounting, financial or statistical nature set forth in a form reasonably acceptable tthe Prospectus Supplement under the captions "Description of the Mortgage Pool", "Pooling

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Underwriting Agreement (New Century Mortgage Securities LLC)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities Units shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders Partnership Parties contained herein as of the Applicable Time and Execution Time, the Closing DateDate pursuant to Section 3 hereof, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders Partnership Parties made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders Partnership Parties of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company Partnership pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company Partnership shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (New York) LLP, special Republic of Liberia and Republic of The ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Islands counsel for the Partnership Entities, to have furnished to the Underwriter its written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to you, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit C-1. (c) The Partnership shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇ L.L.P., U.S. counsel to the Partnership Entities, to have furnished to the Underwriter its written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to you, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit C-2. (d) The Partnership shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Westwood & Riegels, special British Virgin Islands counsel to the Partnership Entities, to have furnished to the Underwriter its written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to you, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit C-3. (e) The Partnership shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Redo ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Advogados, special Brazilian counsel to the Partnership Entities, to have furnished to the Underwriter its written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to you, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit C-4. (f) The Partnership shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ (UK) LLP, special United Kingdom counsel for the Partnership Entities, to have furnished to the Underwriter its written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to you, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit C-5. (g) The Partnership shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Asia Practice LLP, special Singapore counsel to the Partnership Entities, to have furnished to the Underwriter its written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to you, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit C-6. (h) The Partnership shall have requested and caused Hanafiah Ponggawa & Partners, special Indonesian counsel to the Partnership Entities, to have furnished to the Underwriter its written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to you, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit C-7. (i) The Underwriter shall have received from ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the CompanyUnderwriter, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinionsuch opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, with respect to the sale of the Units, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Underwriter may reasonably require, and the Partnership Entities shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. (j) The Partnership shall have furnished to the Underwriter a certificate of the Partnership, signed on behalf of the Partnership by the Principal Executive Officer and the Principal Financial Officer, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as well as each bona fide electronic road show used in connection with the offering of the Units, and this Agreement and that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated representations and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws warranties of the State Partnership Parties in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of Delawarethe Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date, and each of the Partnership Parties have complied with power all of the agreements and authority satisfied all of the conditions on its part to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Disclosure Package and the Final ProspectusClosing Date; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued issued, and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or or, to the Partnership’s knowledge, threatened; and (xiii) since the Registration Statement and date of the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the most recent financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is requiredProspectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a there has been no Material Adverse Effect; (iii) , except as otherwise disclosed set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final ProspectusProspectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto). (k) The Partnership Parties shall have requested and caused PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to have furnished to the Underwriter, all at the Execution Time and at the Closing Date, letters, dated respectively as of the issued Execution Time and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest as of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized the Closing Date, in form and validly issuedsubstance satisfactory to the Underwriter, is fully paid (i) confirming that they are an independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the Act and non-assessable the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder, adopted by the Commission and the PCAOB, and (except for shares necessary ii) stating their conclusions and findings with respect to qualify directors or the financial information and other matters ordinarily covered by accountants’ “comfort letters” to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by underwriters in connection with registered public offerings in the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity;United States. (ivl) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders Subsequent to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending Execution Time or, to if earlier, the knowledge dates as of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed which information is given in the Registration Statement which is (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), there shall not adequately disclosed have been (i) any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (i) of this Section 6 or (ii) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business or properties of the Partnership Entities taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final ProspectusProspectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto) the effect of which, andin any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, to the knowledge of such counselis, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statementsole judgment of the Underwriter, the Disclosure Package so material and adverse as to make it impractical or Final Prospectus, or inadvisable to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed proceed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements offering or delivery of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in Units as contemplated by the Registration StatementStatement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of contracts any amendment or supplement thereto). (m) Prior to the Closing Date, the Partnership Entities shall have furnished to the Underwriter such further information, certificates and other documents as the Underwriter may reasonably request. (n) Subsequent to which the Company Execution Time, there shall not have been any decrease in the rating of any of the Partnership Entities’ debt securities, if any such securities are outstanding, by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Act) or any notice given of its subsidiaries is any intended or potential decrease in any such rating or of a party are accurate possible change in all material respects; any such rating that does not indicate the direction of the possible change. (o) The Units shall have been listed and admitted and authorized for trading on the Nasdaq Global Market, subject to official notice of issuance, and reasonably satisfactory evidence of such actions shall have been provided to the best Underwriter. (p) At the Execution Time, the Partnership Entities shall have furnished to the Underwriter a letter substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto from each of the persons listed on Schedule III hereto. (q) At the date of this Agreement and at the Closing Date, the Underwriter shall have received from the Partnership a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto and signed by the Principal Financial Officer of the Partnership. If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriter hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Underwriter. Notice of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases cancellation shall be given to the Partnership in writing or other instruments by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing. The documents required to be described or referred to in delivered by this Section 6 shall be delivered at the Registration Statementoffices of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇ L.L.P., the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇BMET Investors Offshore Holdings▇▇▇▇, L.P.▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated on the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the UnderwriterDate. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Golar LNG Partners LP)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations obligation ------------------------------------------------ of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time date hereof, as of the date of the effectiveness of any amendment to the Registration Statement filed prior to the Closing Date (including the filing of any document incorporated by reference therein) and as of the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting Statement, as amended from time to its use time, shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened; and the Final Prospectus shall have been filed or mailed for filing with the Commission within the time period prescribed by the Commission. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre furnished to the Underwriter the opinion of [Cadwalader, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇] [▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP& ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, L.L.P.], counsel for the Company, to have furnished dated the Closing Date, to the Underwriter their opinioneffect of paragraphs (iv), (vii), (viii), (x) and (xiv) below, and the opinion of [ ] special counsel to the Company, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the UnderwriterDate, to the effect thatof paragraphs (i), (ii), (iii), (v), (vi), (ix), (xi), (xii) and (xiii) below: (i) the Company has been is a duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with has the corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectuscurrently conducted; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans)no subsidiaries; (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessableCompany is not required to be qualified or licensed to do business as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction; (iv) assuming that the Securities are rating at the time of transfer to the Underwriter in one of the two highest rating categories by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization, each such Security at such time will be a "mortgage related security" as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(41) of the Exchange Act; (v) the Pooling Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (vi) the Securities have been duly authorized by the Company; (vii) upon due authorization, execution and delivery by the parties thereto, the Pooling Agreement will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium, receivership or other laws relating to creditors' rights generally, and 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 the enforcement of rights with respect to indemnification and contribution obligations may be limited by applicable law; (viii) the Securities, when duly executed, authenticated and delivered in the manner contemplated in the Pooling Agreement and paid for by the Underwriter pursuant to this Agreement, will be validly issued and outstanding and entitled to the benefits of the Pooling Agreement; (ix) to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no legal or governmental action, investigation or proceeding pending or threatened against the Company (a) asserting the invalidity of this Agreement, the Pooling Agreement or the Certificates, (b) seeking to prevent the issuance of the Certificates or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or (c) which would materially and adversely affect the performance by the Company of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Agreement, the Pooling Agreement or the Certificates; (x) the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act; to the knowledge of such counsel (a) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement with respect to the Securities has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or are threatened under the Act; and (b) the Registration Statement, as of its effective date, and the Final Prospectus, as of the date thereof, and each revision or amendment thereof or supplement thereto relating to the Securities, as of its effective date, appeared on their respective faces to be appropriately responsive in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder applicable to such documents as of such respective dates; and, as of the date of the Final Prospectus, the statements set forth in the Final Prospectus under the headings "ERISA Considerations" and "Federal Income Tax Consequences" were, to the extent that they summarize matters of federal law or legal conclusions, correct in all material respects; (xi) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (vxii) no consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the statements in each consummation of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus transactions contemplated herein, except such as have been obtained under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents Act and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts such as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present purchase and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale distribution of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to Underwriter and such other approvals (specified in such opinion) as have been obtained; (xiii) neither the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreementissue and sale of the Securities, nor the consummation by the Company of any other of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or imposition constitute a default under the certificate of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter incorporation or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to the best knowledge of such counsel’s knowledge, the terms of any judgmentindenture or other agreement or instrument known to such counsel and to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound, or any order or decree regulation known to such counsel to be applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority arbitrator having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement;Company; and (viixiv) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company Pooling Agreement is not required to be obtained or made by qualified under the Company for the sale Trust Indenture Act of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof1939, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act amended and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company Trust Fund is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;. Such opinion may express its reliance as to factual matters on the representations and warranties made by, and on certificates or other documents furnished by officers of, the parties to this Agreement and the Pooling Agreement. Such opinion may be qualified as an opinion only on the laws of the State of New York, the laws of each state in which the writer of the opinion is admitted to practice law and the Federal law of the United States. To the extent that such counsel relies upon the opinion of other counsel in rendering any portion of its opinion, the opinion of such other counsel shall be attached to and delivered with the opinion of such firm that is delivered to the Underwriter. (ixc) The Company shall have furnished to the Registration Statement became effective under Underwriter a letter, dated the Act upon filing with Closing Date, of [Cadwalader, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇] [▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, L.L.P.], counsel to the Commission; any required filing of Company, to the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made effect that in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge course of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness 's review of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than and discussion of the documents incorporated by reference thereinsame with certain officers of the Company and its auditors, no facts came to the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which attention of such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them such counsel to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on as of its effective date, or the Effective DateFinal Prospectus, as of the date, or any revision or amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as of its effective date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading misleading, or (iii) that the Final Prospectus, or any revision or amendment thereof or supplement thereto filed prior to the date of such opinion, as of its the date and on the Closing Dateof such opinion, included or includes contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which misleading; it being understood that such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) opinion as to matters involving any financial statements or other financial, numerical or statistical data contained in the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware Registration Statement or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus or any material incorporated by reference in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing DateRegistration Statement or the Prospectus. (cd) The Underwriter shall have received copies, addressed to it or on which it is entitled to rely, of opinions of counsel furnished to the rating agencies rating the Securities as set forth on Schedule I hereto (the "Rating Agencies"). --------------- (e) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion a certificate of the Company, signed by an authorized officer thereof, and dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter Date, to the effect thatthat the signer(s) of such certificate has carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus and this Agreement and that to the best of his or her knowledge: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business representations and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason warranties of the ownership or leasing Company in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of property or the conduct of business, except where Closing Date with the failure to so qualify or same effect as if made on the Closing Date and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effectperformed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, as amended, has been duly incorporated issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or organized and threatened; and (iii) since the respective dates as of which information is validly existing given in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact , there has been no material adverse change in the condition (financial or other), earnings, business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is requiredor properties of the Company, whether by reason of or not arising from transactions in the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct ordinary course of business, except where the failure to so qualify as set forth in or to be contemplated in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (df) The Selling Stockholders On the date hereof, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and/or any other firm of certified independent public accountants acceptable to the Underwriter shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion a letter, dated the Closing Date date hereof, in form and addressed substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming confirming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (they are independent accountants within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws)and the respective applicable published rules and regulations thereunder, or (b) result and stating in a violation effect that using the assumptions and methodology used by the Company, all of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that which shall be described in such counsel’s experience normally would letter, they have recalculated such numbers and percentages set forth in the Final Prospectus as the Underwriter may reasonably request and as are agreed to by such accountants, compared the results of their calculations to the corresponding items in the Final Prospectus, and found each such number and percentage set forth in the Final Prospectus to be applicable to general business entities in agreement with the results of such calculations. To the extent historical financial information with respect to the Company and/or historical financial, delinquency or related information with respect to one or more servicers is included in the Final Prospectus, such sale letter or performance (but letters shall also relate to such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws)information. (eg) The Selling Stockholders Securities shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calderreceived the rating or ratings from the Rating Agencies as set forth on Schedule I hereto. (h) Prior to the Closing Date, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter their such further information, certificates, opinions dated and documents as the Underwriter may reasonably request. If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled in all material respects when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be in all material respects reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and its counsel, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriter hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date and addressed by the Underwriter. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the UnderwriterCompany in writing, or by telephone or telegraph and confirmed in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriterwriting. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t

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Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter Underwriter's obligation to purchase the Securities Certificates shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no 6.1 No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued be in effect, and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counselthe Company, threatened actionby the Commission; and the Prospectus Supplement shall have been filed or transmitted for filing, suit by means reasonably calculated to result in a filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act. 6.2 Since _________ 1, ____ there shall have been no material adverse change (not in the ordinary course of business) in the condition of the Company. 6.3 The Company shall have delivered to you a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of the President, a Senior Vice President or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving a Vice President of the Company or any to the effect that the signer of its subsidiaries or its or their propertysuch certificate has examined this Agreement, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, andthe Pooling and Servicing Agreement and various other closing documents, and that, to the best of his or her knowledge after reasonable investigation: (a) the representations and warranties of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described the Company in this Agreement and in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package Pooling and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act Servicing Agreement are true and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate correct in all material respects; and (b) the Company has, in all material respects, complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to thereinClosing Date. (d) The Selling Stockholders 6.4 You shall have requested and caused received the opinions of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling StockholdersCompany and the Master Servicer, to have furnished dated the Closing Date and substantially to the Underwriter their effect set forth in Exhibit A-1 and Exhibit A-2, and the opinion of [counsel to Master Servicer], dated the Closing Date and substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit B. 6.5 You shall have received from ________________________, counsel for the Underwriter, an opinion dated the Closing Date in form and addressed substance satisfactory to the Underwriter. 6.6 The Underwriter shall have received from ________________________, certified public accountants, a letter dated the date hereof and satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and the Underwriter's counsel, to the effect that: (i) each that they have performed certain specified procedures, all of which have been agreed to by the Underwriter, as a result of which they determined that certain information of an accounting, financial or statistical nature set forth in the Prospectus Supplement under the captions "Description of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (Mortgage Pool", "Pooling and Servicing Agreement", "Description of the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing andCertificates" and "Certain Yield and Prepayment Considerations" agrees with the records of the Company excluding any questions of legal interpreta tion. 6.7 The Certificates shall have been rated "AAA" by [Standard & Poor's Ratings Services] and [Fitch, Inc.] 6.8 You shall have received the opinion of [Trustee's Counsel], dated the Closing Date, substantially to the extent such concept exists effect set forth in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization;Exhibit C. (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders 6.9 You shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for received from ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇BMET Investors Offshore Holdings& ▇▇▇▇, L.P.counsel to the Company, reliance letters with respect to any opinions delivered to [Standard & Poor's Ratings Services and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore FundFitch, L.P., certain Inc.] The Company will furnish you with conformed copies of the Selling Stockholdersabove opinions, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date certificates, letters and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms documents as you reasonably acceptable to the Underwriterrequest. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t

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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Cendant Mortgage Capital LLC)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and Execution Time, the Closing DateDate pursuant to Section 3 hereof, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to that would prevent its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, U.S. counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company Orient-Express Hotels Inc. has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to owneach of Charleston Center LLC and Windsor Court Hotel LLC has been duly formed and is validly existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. (ii) To the best of such counsel’s knowledge, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business except as may be described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) , there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or threatened in the United States to which the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any of its or their properties is subject and which are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and or the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise Item 103 of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans);Regulation S-K. (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder (a) The execution and delivery by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each Company of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor (b) the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement, and its compliance with its obligations thereunder, (c) the consummation of the offering, sale and delivery by the Company of the Securities and the Rights associated therewith, and (d) the consummation of the other transactions herein contemplated nor by this Agreement specifically referring to the fulfillment Company, including the issuance and delivery by the Company of the terms hereof Preferred Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Rights (assuming that the Preferred Shares were issued on the date of this opinion), each do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice, the passage of time, or both, conflict withwith or constitute a breach of or default under, result in a breach or violation by the Company of any of the terms or provisions of, or result in a change of control with respect to the Company or a default by the Company under, or result in the creation or imposition of any tax, lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to under, (A) the charter any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or by-laws of the Company any other agreement or instrument listed in a schedule to such opinion, or (B) any applicable United States federal or Indiana New York statute, lawrule or regulation, ruleor any decree, regulation judgment or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”)order, or, known to such counsel’s knowledge, of any judgment, order United States federal or decree New York court or governmental agency or body specifically applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or to any of its or their properties, which conflictexcept for such breaches, breachviolations, violationdefaults, lienliens, charge charges or encumbranceencumbrances that would not have a Material Adverse Effect. (iv) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or registration or qualification or filing of or with, any United States federal or New York governmental agency or body or, to the best of our knowledge, any United States federal or New York court is required for the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or and the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; Rights associated therewith, (viia) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be as have been obtained or made by under the Company for Act and (b) such as may be required under state securities laws in connection with the sale purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to Underwriter, and except in the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company case of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by Preferred Shares issuable upon the Company exercise of the Rights associated with the applicable provisions thereofSecurities, except (a) such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by under the Act or the Exchange Act, and (b) such as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the issuance of the various states, Preferred Shares upon the Act and the securities laws exercise of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered;such Rights. (viiiv) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the The Registration Statement became has become effective under the Act upon filing with the CommissionAct; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule Rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to that would prevent its use has been issued and issued, no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) , and the Registration Statement Statement, Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express expresses no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act and the respective rules thereunder. Such ; and such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them no reason to believe that (i) the Registration StatementStatement or any amendment thereto, on at the Effective Date, time such Registration Statement or any such amendment became effective (including the information deemed to be part of the Registration Statement at the time it became effective pursuant to Rule 430B under the Act) contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) that the Final Prospectus, Prospectus as of its date and on the Closing Date, Date included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no beliefopinion). (vi) Such counsel has no reason to believe that the documents and information specified in a schedule to such counsel’s letter, consisting of those included in the Disclosure Package and the information specified on such schedule and, taken together as a whole, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. (vii) Each document incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, at the time such document was initially filed with the Commission, complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules of the Commission thereunder. (viii) The descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus of those contracts and other legal documents, United States federal and New York statutes, and legal and governmental proceedings in the United States that are listed in a schedule to such opinion, are accurate summaries in all material respects, and fairly present the information required to be given. (ix) The information included in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under “Material Tax Considerations — Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations” accurately describes in all material respects the United States federal income tax consequences that generally will apply to purchasers of Securities under currently applicable law. (x) To the best of our knowledge, there are no contracts or documents required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, or required to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement, or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, which are not described or filed or incorporated by reference as required, it being understood that we express no opinion as to the financial statements and related notes and schedule or schedules or other financial information and statistical data in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus. (xi) The Class A Common Shares and the Rights are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. (xii) The Company is eligible to use Form S-3 for the registration under the Act of the offer and sale of the Securities as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus. (xiii) The Company’s submission (pursuant to Section 16 of the Underwriting Agreement) to the personal jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York in the County of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York with respect to any action or proceeding arising out of, or based on, the Underwriting Agreement is valid and enforceable against the Company, and the Company’s appointment of Orient-Express Hotels Inc. and Corporation Service Company as its designee, appointee and agent upon whom process may be served in any such action or proceeding is also valid and enforceable against the Company. However, the enforceability of such submission and appointment is subject to, and may be limited by, (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, receivership, moratorium, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of the rights of creditors, (ii) general principles of equity, and (iii) the discretion of United States federal or New York State courts with respect to venue, as provided in 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) and New York CPLR § 510, respectively. (xiv) The Company is not an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, Bermuda counsel for the Selling StockholdersCompany, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each Each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV Company and Orient-Express Holdings I Ltd. (the “Domestic Selling StockholdersSubsidiary”) is an exempted company duly incorporated with limited liability, validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization;Bermuda. (ii) The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority under its Constitutional Documents to own, lease, manage and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the execution Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and delivery the Final Prospectus, and the Company has all requisite power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under the Underwriting Agreement. (iii) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes valid and binding obligations of the Underwriting Company enforceable against it in accordance with its terms. (iv) The authorized and issued share capital of the Company is as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the caption “Description of the Common Shares”. All of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; and none of the outstanding Common Shares of the Company were issued in violation of any pre-emptive or other similar rights of any security holder of the Company pursuant to the Company’s constitutional documents. (v) The Securities to be purchased by the Underwriter from the Company have been duly authorized for issuance by the Company and have been validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and no holder of the Securities is or will be subject to personal liability with respect to the debts or obligations of the Company solely by reason of being such a holder. (vi) The Rights Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, the Rights have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling StockholdersCompany, the Rights attached to the Securities are validly issued, and the Underwriting Agreement has Preferred Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Rights have been duly executed authorized by the Company for issuance upon the exercise of the Rights and, when issued upon such exercise in accordance with the terms of the Rights Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and delivered by each Selling Stockholder;non-assessable. (iiivii) assuming that (a) DTC Based solely on the results of such counsel’s litigation search there is not pending or threatened any action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation in Bermuda, to which the Company or the Subsidiary is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) party, or to which the property of the UCCCompany or the Subsidiary is subject, before or brought by any court or governmental agency or body, in Bermuda, which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or which could reasonably be expected to materially and (b) adversely affect the Underwriter acquires its interest in properties or assets thereof or the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 consummation of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the transactions contemplated in this Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and or the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder. (viii) The information in the Registration Statement and the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under “Description of the Common Shares”, “Material Tax Considerations—Material Bermuda Tax Considerations”, “Risk Factors — Risks of Owning and Selling Stockholders Class A Common Shares” and in the Registration Statement under Items 14 and 15 to the extent that it constitutes matters of Bermuda law, or legal conclusions with respect thereto, are accurate in all material respects. (ix) Neither the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement, the performance by the Company of, or its compliance with, its obligations under this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement or in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, including the sale and delivery by the Company of the Securities, the Rights and the Preferred Shares issuable upon the exercise of such Rights (assuming such Preferred Shares were issued on the date of this opinion), do not and will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any tax, lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company under, (i) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or any other agreement or instrument which is described or referred to in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, or is filed or incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, and to which the Company or the Subsidiary is a party or by which they are bound or to which any of their obligations in property or assets are subject (except for such breaches, violations, defaults, liens, charges or encumbrances that would not have a Material Adverse Effect), or (ii) any requirement of any law or any regulation of Bermuda or (iii) the Agreement will not, Company’s constitutional documents. (ax) require any No consent, approval, authorizationauthorization or order of, or registration or qualification or filing of or with with, any Bermuda governmental authority agency or Bermuda governmental body or, to the best of our knowledge, any Bermuda court is required for the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Underwriting Agreement, except the consent of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant Bermuda Monetary Authority to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or issue by the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or Securities (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky lawswhich consent has been obtained). (exi) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain choice of the Selling Stockholders, laws of the state of New York as the proper law to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date govern this Agreement is a valid and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable tbinding choice of law u

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Orient Express Hotels LTD)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Execution Time and the Closing DateDate pursuant to Section 3 hereof, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their its opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date.Exhibit B. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Young, PLLC, regulatory counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion its opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is set forth in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein.Exhibit C. (d) The Certain Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused Milbank, Tweed, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for OCM Spirit Holdings III-A, LLC, POF Sprit Domestic Holdings, LLC and POF Spirit Foreign Holdings, LLC to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions, dated the Closing Date for the Securities and addressed to the Underwriter as set forth in Exhibit D. (e) The Underwriter shall have received from ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling StockholdersUnderwriter, to have furnished to the Underwriter their such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, with respect to the sale of the Securities, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus (together with any amendment or supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Underwriter may reasonably require, and the Company and each Selling Stockholder shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. (f) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter a certificate of the Company, executed on its behalf by the Chairman of the Board or the President and the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that: (i) each the representations and warranties of the Selling Stockholders listed Company in this Agreement are true and correct on Schedule IV (and as of the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organizationClosing Date; (ii) no stop order suspending the execution and delivery effectiveness of the Underwriting Agreement Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been duly authorized by each of instituted or, to the Domestic Selling StockholdersCompany’s knowledge, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder;threatened; and (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) since the date of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest most recent financial statements included in the Securities it has purchased without notice Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCCsupplement thereto), there has been no Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, Disclosure Package and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, Final Prospectus (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents exclusive of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky lawssupplement thereto). (eg) Each Selling Stockholder shall have furnished to the Underwriter a certificate, signed by the Chairman of the Board or the President and the principal financial or accounting officer of such Selling Stockholder, if applicable, or an attorney-in-fact on behalf of such Selling Stockholder, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the representations and warranties of such Selling Stockholder in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date and that such Selling Stockholder has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date. (h) The Selling Stockholders Company shall have requested and caused Ernst & Young LLP to have furnished to the Underwriter at the Execution Time and at the Closing Date, letters, dated respectively as of the Execution Time and as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, to the effect set forth in Exhibit E. (i) Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), there shall not have been (i) any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (h) of this Section 6 or (ii) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business or properties of the Company, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto) the effect of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the sole judgment of the Underwriter, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto). (j) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have furnished to the Underwriter such further information, certificates and documents as the Underwriter may reasonably request. If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriter hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Underwriter. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company and each Selling Stockholder in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing. The documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 shall be delivered at the office of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings& ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to counsel for the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partnersat ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, a Selling Stockholder▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated on the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable tDate.

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Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase accept delivery of and pay for the Securities Bonds on the Closing Date shall be subject subject, at the option of the Underwriter, to the accuracy in all material respects of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders Community Facilities District contained herein herein, as of the Applicable Time date hereof and as of the Closing Date, to the accuracy in all material respects of the statements of the Company officers and other officials of the Selling Stockholders Community Facilities District made in any certificates or other documents furnished pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and Community Facilities District of its obligations to be performed hereunder at or prior to the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder Closing Date, and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final ProspectusAt the Closing Date, the Community Facilities District Documents shall be in full force and effect, and any supplement theretoshall not have been amended, modified or supplemented, except as may have been agreed to in writing by the Underwriter, and there shall have been filed taken in connection therewith, with the Commission issuance of the Bonds and with the transactions contemplated thereby and by this Bond Purchase Agreement, all such actions as, in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Actopinion of Bond Counsel, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; be necessary and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened.appropriate; (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLPinformation contained in the Official Statement will, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated as of the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State date of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, any supplement or amendment thereto pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options Section 3(i) hereof, be true, correct and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form complete in all material respects with the applicable requirements and will not, as of the Act and Closing Date or as of the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come date of any supplement or amendment thereto pursuant to their attention that caused them to believe that (iSection 3(i) the Registration Statementhereof, on the Effective Date, contained contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted omit to state any a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading misleading; (c) Between the date hereof and the Closing Date, the market price or marketability of the Bonds at the initial offering prices set forth in each casethe Official Statement or the ability of the Underwriter to enforce contracts for the sale of the Bonds, other than shall not have been materially adversely affected, in the financial statements judgment of the Underwriter (evidenced by a written notice to the Community Facilities District terminating the obligation of the Underwriter to accept delivery of and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (Apay for the Bonds) as to matters involving the application of laws by reason of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State following: (1) legislation introduced in or enacted (or resolution passed) by the Congress of Delaware the United States of America or recommended to the Federal laws Congress by the President of the United States, the Department of the Treasury, the Internal Revenue Service, or any member of Congress, or favorably reported for passage to either House of Congress by any committee of such House to which such legislation had been referred for consideration or a decision rendered by a court established under Article III of the Constitution of the United States of America or by the Tax Court of the United States of America, or an order, ruling, regulation (final, temporary or proposed), press release or other form of notice issued or made by or on behalf of the Treasury Department or the Internal Revenue Service of the United States of America, with the purpose or effect, directly or indirectly, of imposing federal income taxation upon the interest that would be received by the holders of the Bonds beyond the extent they deem proper to which such interest is subject to taxation as of the date hereof; (2) legislation introduced in or enacted (or resolution passed) by the Congress of the United States of America, or an order, decree or injunction issued by any court of competent jurisdiction, or an order, ruling, regulation (final, temporary or proposed), press release or other form of notice issued or made by or on behalf of the Securities and as specified in such opinionExchange Commission (the “SEC”), upon or any other governmental agency having jurisdiction of the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of factsubject matter, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers effect that obligations of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason general character of the ownership or leasing of property Bonds, or the conduct Bonds, including any or all underlying arrangements, are not exempt from registration under, or from the other requirements of, the Securities Act of business1933, except where as amended, or that the failure to so qualify Resolution is not exempt from qualification under, or to from the other requirements of, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, or that the issuance, offering or sale of obligations of the general character of the Bonds, or of the Bonds, including any or all underwriting arrangements, as contemplated hereby or by the Official Statement or otherwise is or would be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effectviolation of the federal securities laws, rules or regulations as amended and then in effect; (ii3) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated any amendment to the federal or organized and is validly existing in good standing under California Constitution or action by any federal or California court, legislative body, regulatory body or other authority materially adversely affecting the laws tax status of the jurisdiction Community Facilities District, its property, income, securities (or interest thereon), the validity or enforceability of its organization, with power and authority the Special Tax or the ability of the Community Facilities District to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business construct or acquire the improvements as contemplated by the Community Facilities District Documents or the Official Statement or the right of any owner of the property within the Community Facilities District to develop such property in the manner described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse EffectOfficial Statement; (iii4) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof will conflict with, result in a breach or violation ofevent occurring, or imposition of any lieninformation becoming known, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrancewhich, in the case judgment of clause (B)the Underwriter, would, individually makes untrue in any material respect any statement or information contained in the aggregateOfficial Statement, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed results in the Registration Official Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an containing any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted omitting to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; andor (vii5) all descriptions the declaration of war or the escalation of, or engagement in, military hostilities by the United States or the occurrence of any other national or international emergency or calamity relating to the effective operation of the government of, or the financial community in, the United States; or (6) the declaration of a general banking moratorium by federal, State of New York or State of California authorities, or the general suspension of trading on any national securities exchange or minimum or maximum prices for trading shall have been fixed and be in force, or maximum ranges for prices for securities shall have been required and be in force on the New York Stock Exchange or other national securities exchange, whether by virtue of determination by that exchange or by order of the SEC or any other governmental authority having jurisdiction; or (7) the imposition by the New York Stock Exchange or other national securities exchange, or any governmental authority, of any material restrictions not now in force with respect to the Bonds or obligations of the general character of the Bonds or securities generally, or the material increase of any such restrictions now in force, including those relating to the extension of credit by, or the charge to the net capital requirements of, the Underwriter; or (8) the entry of an order by a court of competent jurisdiction which order, in the Registration reasonable opinion of the Underwriter, materially and adversely affects proposed development of property within the Community Facilities District; or (9) a material disruption in securities settlement, payment or clearance services affecting the Bonds shall have occurred; or (10) there shall have been any material adverse change in the affairs of the Community Facilities District or County that in the Underwriter’s reasonable judgment will materially adversely affect the market for the Bonds or the ability of the Underwriter to enforce contracts for the sale of the Bonds; or (11) there shall be established any new restriction on transactions in securities materially affecting the free market for securities (including the imposition of any limitation on interest rates) or the extension of credit by, or a change to the net capital requirements of, underwriters established by the New York Stock Exchange, the SEC, any other federal or State agency or the Congress of the United States, or by Executive Order; or (12) a stop order, release, regulation, or no-action letter by or on behalf of the SEC or any other governmental agency having jurisdiction of the subject matter shall have been issued or made to the effect that the issuance, offering, or sale of the Bonds, including all the underlying obligations as contemplated hereby or by the Official Statement, or any document relating to the Disclosure Package issuance, offering or sale of the Bonds is or would be in violation of any provision of the federal securities laws at the Closing Date, including the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, and the Final Prospectus Trust Indenture Act of contracts 1939, as amended; or (13) the commencement of any action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation, at law or in equity, before or by any court, regulatory agency, public board or body described in Section 3(k). (d) On the Closing Date, the Underwriter shall have received counterpart originals or certified copies of the following documents, in each case satisfactory in form and other documents substance to which the Company or any Underwriter: (1) The Community Facilities District Documents, together with a certificate dated as of its subsidiaries the Closing Date of the Clerk of the Board to the effect that each such document is a party true, correct and complete copy of the one duly approved by the Board; (2) The Official Statement, duly executed by the Community Facilities District; (3) The opinion of Bond Counsel, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Community Facilities District, in substantially the form attached to the Preliminary Official Statement as Appendix C, and a reliance letter from such firm, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that such approving opinion addressed to the Community Facilities District may be relied upon by the Underwriter to the same extent as if such opinion were addressed to them; (4) The supplemental opinion of Bond Counsel, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that (i) this Bond Purchase Agreement, and the Community Facilities District Continuing Disclosure Certificate have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Community Facilities District, and, in the case of the Bond Purchase Agreement, assuming such agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the respective other parties thereto, constitute the legally valid and binding obligations of the Community Facilities District enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, moratorium, insolvency or other laws affecting creditor’s rights or remedies and is subject to general principles of equity and to the exercise of judicial discretion in appropriate cases; (ii) the Bonds are not subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Indenture is exempt from qualification pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended; and (iii) the statements contained in the Official Statement under the captions “THE BONDS,” “SOURCES OF PAYMENT FOR THE BONDS,” “TAX MATTERS,” and in Appendices C, E, F and G, insofar as such statements expressly summarize certain provisions of the Bonds, the Indenture, the other agreements and the opinion of such firm concerning the exclusion from gross income for federal income tax purposes and exemption from State of California personal income taxes of interest on the Bonds, are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein.; (d5) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused letter of ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP& ▇▇▇▇▇, a Professional Corporation, as disclosure counsel for (“Disclosure Counsel”) dated the Selling StockholdersClosing Date and addressed to the Community Facilities District and to the Underwriter, to have furnished the effect that, without having undertaken to determine independently the accuracy or completeness of the statements contained in the Official Statement, but on the basis of their participation in conferences with representatives of the Community Facilities District, the Special Tax Consultant and others, and their examination of certain documents, nothing has come to their attention which has led them to believe that the Official Statement, as of its date contained, or as of the Closing Date contains, any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (except that no view need be expressed with respect to (i) the expressions of opinion, the assumptions, the projections, estimates and forecasts, the charts, the financial statements or other financial, numerical, economic, demographic or statistical data, assessed or appraised valuations, absorption schedules, or archeological or environmental matters contained in the Official Statement; (ii) any CUSIP numbers or information relating thereto; (iii) any information with respect to The Depository Trust Company and its book-entry system; (iv) any information contained in the Appendices to the Official Statement; (v) any information incorporated by reference into the Official Statement; and (vi) any information with respect to the Underwriter their opinion or underwriting matters with respect to the Bonds, including but not limited to information under the caption “UNDERWRITING”); (6) A certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by an authorized representative of the Community Facilities District, ratifying the use and distribution by the Underwriter of the Preliminary Official Statement and the Official Statement in connection with the offering and sale of the Bonds and certifying that (i) the representations and warranties of the Community Facilities District contained in Section 3 hereof are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date; (ii) to the best of his or her knowledge, no event has occurred since the date of the Official Statement affecting the matters contained therein which should be disclosed in the Official Statement for the purposes for which it is to be used in order to make the statements and information contained in the Official Statement not misleading in any material respect, and the Bonds and the Community Facilities District Documents conform as to form and tenor to the descriptions thereof contained in the Official Statement; and (iii) the Community Facilities District has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied under the Community Facilities District Documents at or prior to the Closing Date; (7) An opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, of the office of County Counsel, to the effect that: that (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) County was duly organized and is validly existing and, to as a division of the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing State under the Constitution and laws of its jurisdiction the State of organization;California, (ii) the execution Board adopted the resolutions and delivery ordinances forming the Community Facilities District, confirming the Special Tax, approving the Community Facilities District Documents and authorizing the sale and issuance of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each Bonds at meetings of the Domestic Selling StockholdersBoard which were held pursuant to law, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that to its current actual knowledge, there are no actions, suits, proceedings, inquiries, or investigations, at law or in equity, before or by any California court, governmental agency, public board, or body, pending (anotice of which has been served on the County) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined or, threatened in Section 8-102(a)(5) writing against the County or the Community Facilities District, for which the County or the Community Facilities District has been served, to restrain or enjoin the issuance of the UCCBonds, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 collection or application of the UCC)Special Tax, or the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered payment of principal of and interest on the date hereof to DTCBonds, made payment therefor pursuant to or in any way contesting the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account validity of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States Bonds or the State of New York Community Facilities District Documents or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable tthis Bond Purchase Agreement;

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Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities, as the case may be, shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and Execution Time, the Closing DateDate and any settlement date pursuant to Section 3 hereof, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Canadian Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission Canadian Qualifying Authorities within the applicable time period prescribed by and in accordance with the Canadian Shelf Procedures, all other steps or proceedings shall have been taken that may be necessary in order to qualify the Securities for distribution to the public in each of the Qualifying Provinces; and no order suspending the distribution of the Securities has been issued by any of the Canadian Qualifying Authorities and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The U.S. Final Prospectus, or any supplement thereto will be filed in the manner and within the time period thereby required by Rule 424(b)General Instruction II.L. of Form F-10; the final term sheet contemplated by Section 5(b) hereto and any other material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433433 under the Act; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to that would prevent its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (bc) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, United States counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of Alaska Gold Company, NovaGold Resources Alaska, Inc. and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Creek LLC (each a “U.S. Subsidiary” and collectively the Company “U.S. Subsidiaries”) has been duly incorporated or formed, as applicable, and is validly existing as a corporation or limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the State of Delawarejurisdiction in which it is chartered or organized, with full corporate power and authority to ownown or lease, lease as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus, and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation or limited liability company and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such qualification; (ii) all the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus shares of capital stock of each of U.S. Subsidiary (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iiiother than ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Creek LLC) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly authorized and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, and NovaGold (Bermuda) Alaska Limited is the sole registered holder of the capital stock of each U.S. Subsidiary (other than ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Creek LLC) and, to the knowledge of such counsel, such capital stock is held by NovaGold (Bermuda) Alaska Limited free and clear of any security interest, claim, lien or encumbrance; (iii) the membership interests of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Creek LLC have been duly authorized and validly issued, and NovaGold Resources Alaska Inc. is the registered holder of 50% of the membership interests in ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Creek LLC and, to the knowledge of such counsel, such membership interests are held by NovaGold Resources Alaska Inc. free and clear of any security interest, claim, lien or encumbrance other than a security interest in favour of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Gold, US Inc.; (iv) the Underlying Securities are duly listed, and admitted and authorized for trading, subject to official notice of issuance, on the American Stock Exchange; (v) to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement which is not filed as required; (vi) the statements included or incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Prospectuses and Final Prospectuses under the headings “Certain Income Tax Considerations for U.S. Holders - United States Federal Income Tax Considerations” and “Risk Factors – We believe we are a “passive foreign investment company”...” insofar as such statements summarize legal matters discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries of such legal matters in all material respects; (vii) the statements included or incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Prospectuses and Final Prospectuses under the headings “Description of Debt Securities” and “Description of Notes”, insofar as such statements purport to summarize certain provisions of the Securities and the Indenture, provide a fair summary of such provisions; (viii) the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, the Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and the Form F-X was filed with the Commission prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement; the filing of the U.S. Preliminary Prospectus, the U.S. Final Prospectus and any supplements thereto, has been made in the manner and within the time periods required by Form F-10 and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission; to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice that would prevent its use has been issued, no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened, and the Registration Statement, the U.S. Preliminary Prospectus and the U.S. Final Prospectus (other than the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein as to which such counsel need express no opinion) and the Form F-X comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the respective rules thereunder; (ix) 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 U.S. Final Prospectus, will not be an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (x) assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement under the laws of the Provinces of British Columbia and Nova Scotia and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein, this Agreement (to the extent that execution and delivery are governed by the laws of the State of New York) has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (vxi) assuming the statements in each due authorization, execution and delivery of the Disclosure Package Indenture under the laws of the Provinces of British Columbia and Nova Scotia and the Final Prospectus under federal laws of Canada applicable therein, the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents Indenture has been duly executed and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” delivered by the Company to the extent such execution and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as delivery are governed by the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary laws of the legal mattersState of New York and, documents or proceedings referred assuming due execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee, constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms (subject to therein, fairly present customary exceptions) and summarize, the Securities will be convertible into the Underlying Securities in accordance with their terms; and the Indenture conforms in all material respectsrespects with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission applicable to an indenture that is qualified thereunder; (xii) assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Securities under the laws of the Provinces of British Columbia and Nova Scotia and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein, the matters referred Securities have been duly executed and delivered by the Company to therein.the extent such execution and delivery are governed by the laws of the State of New York and, when duly authenticated as provided in the Indenture and paid for as provided in this Agreement, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms (subject to customary exceptions) and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture; (vixiii) neither under the sale laws of the State of New York relating to submission of personal jurisdiction, the Company has, pursuant to Section 16 of this Agreement and pursuant to Section 113 of the Indenture, validly (i) submitted to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any federal or state court in the City, County and State of New York, in any action based on or under this Agreement and the Indenture, and (ii) appointed CT Corporation as its authorized agent for the purposes described in Section 16 of this Agreement and pursuant to Section 113 of the Indenture; (xiv) no consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any U.S. court or governmental agency or body is required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Indenture, except such as have been obtained under the Act and 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 Selling Stockholders to Underwriter in the Underwriters pursuant to manner contemplated in this Agreement, in the U.S. Preliminary Prospectus and the U.S. Final Prospectus and such other approvals (specified in such opinion) as have been obtained; (xv) neither the execution and delivery of the Indenture, the issue and sale of the Securities, nor the consummation by the Company of any other of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof (including the issuance of the Underlying Securities upon conversion of the Securities) 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana U.S. statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”)regulation, or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement;; and (viixvi) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness holders of securities of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting Company have rights to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which registration of such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) securities under the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State States of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware York and Alaska or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References In addition to rendering the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) opinions set forth above, such counsel shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter a statement to the effect that: (i) that such counsel has participated in the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason preparation of the ownership or leasing of property or Registration Statement, the conduct of businessDisclosure Package, except where the failure to so qualify or to be U.S. Final Prospectus and in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized conferences with officers and is validly existing in good standing under the laws other representatives of the jurisdiction Company, Canadian counsel for the Company, representatives of its organizationthe independent accountants for the Company, with power counsel for the Underwriter and authority to ownrepresentatives of the Underwriter at which the contents of the Registration Statement, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the U.S. Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business Prospectus and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which related matters were discussed and although such qualification is requiredcounsel has not independently verified, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary as to qualify directors or those matters and to maintain any minimum number the extent set forth in the opinions referred to in subsection (vi) of shareholders required by lawthis Section 6(c)) is owned by not passing upon and does not assume any responsibility for, the Companyfactual accuracy, directly completeness or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale fairness of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or and the U.S. Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) on the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none basis of such documents participation, no facts have come to such counsel’s attention which have caused such counsel to believe that (i) on the Effective Date, the Registration Statement contained an any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and , (viiii) all descriptions the documents specified in the Registration Statementa schedule to such counsel’s letter, consisting of those included in the Disclosure Package as of the Execution Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or (iii) as of the date of the U.S. Final Prospectus and as of the Closing Date, the U.S. Final Prospectus included an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial and statistical information, and the information derived from the reports of or attributed to persons named in the U.S. Preliminary Prospectus and the U.S. Final Prospectus under the heading “Interest of contracts and other documents Experts”, included or incorporated by reference therein, as to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and such counsel need express no belief). References to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the U.S. Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to thereinin this paragraph (c) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (d) The Selling Stockholders Company shall have requested and caused Blake, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, Canadian counsel for the Selling StockholdersCompany, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV Company, NovaGold Canada Inc., Galore Creek Mining Corporation, Galore Creek Partnership and NovaGreenPower Inc. (together with NovaGold Canada Inc., the “Domestic Selling StockholdersCanadian Subsidiaries”) has been duly incorporated or formed, as the case may be, and is validly existing andas a corporation or partnership, as the case may be, in good standing with respect to the extent such concept exists filing of returns under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is chartered or organized, with all necessary corporate (where applicable) power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the relevant jurisdictionPreliminary Prospectuses and the Final Prospectuses, and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation or partnership, as the case may be, and is in good standing under the laws of its each jurisdiction of organizationwhich requires such qualification; (ii) Other than Galore Creek Mining Corporation and Galore Creek Partnership, all the execution and delivery outstanding shares of capital stock of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each Canadian Subsidiaries as reflected in the securities register of the Domestic Selling StockholdersCanadian Subsidiaries are registered in the name of the Company, and or, in the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholdercase of certain preferred shares of NovaGold Canada Inc., in the name of Coast Mountain Hydro Corp. All the outstanding shares of capital stock of Coast Mountain Hydro Corp. as reflected in the securities register of such company are registered in the name of NovaGreenPower Inc. All the outstanding shares of capital stock of NovaGreenPower Inc. as reflected in the securities register of such company are registered in the name of the Company. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of Galore Creek Mining Corporation as reflected in the securities register of Galore Creek Mining Corporation are registered in the name of Galore Creek Partnership. NovaGold Canada Inc. is shown as the holder of a fifty percent partnership interest in Galore Creek Partnership as reflected in the partnership register of Galore Creek Partnership; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC the Company’s authorized equity capitalization is a “clearing corporation” as defined set forth in Section 8-102(a)(5) the Preliminary Prospectuses and the Final Prospectuses; the share capital of the UCC, and (b) Company conforms in all material respects to the Underwriter acquires its interest description thereof contained in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within Preliminary Prospectuses and the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlementFinal Prospectuses; and (iv) the sale of the Securities have been duly and validly authorized and allotted, and, when issued and delivered to and paid for by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to this Agreement, will be fully paid and nonassessable; the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as Underlying Securities have been obtained or effected under conditionally approved for listing on the Act and Toronto Stock Exchange; the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable tUnderlying S

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Novagold Resources Inc)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase accept delivery of and pay for the Securities Bonds on the Closing Date shall be subject subject, at the option of the Underwriter, to the accuracy in all material respects of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders City contained herein herein, as of the Applicable Time date hereof and as of the Closing Date, to the accuracy in all material respects of the statements of the Company officers and other officials of the Selling Stockholders City made in any certificates or other documents furnished pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and City of its obligations to be performed hereunder at or prior to the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder Closing Date and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final ProspectusAt the Closing Date, the Formation Documents and the District Documents shall be in full force and effect, and any supplement theretoshall not have been amended, modified or supplemented, except as may have been agreed to in writing by the Underwriter, and there shall have been filed taken in connection therewith, with the Commission issuance of the Bonds and with the transactions contemplated thereby and by this Purchase Agreement, all such actions as, in the manner opinion of Bond Counsel, and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP& ▇▇▇▇▇ LLP (“▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇”), counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinionUnderwriter, dated shall be necessary and appropriate; (b) The information contained in the Official Statement will, as of the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State date of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, any supplement or amendment thereto pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options Section 3(g) hereof, be true and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form correct in all material respects with the applicable requirements and will not, as of the Act and Closing Date or as of the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come date of any supplement or amendment thereto pursuant to their attention that caused them to believe that (iSection 3(g) the Registration Statementhereof, on the Effective Date, contained contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted omit to state any a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading misleading; (c) Between the date hereof and the Closing Date, the market price or marketability of the Bonds at the initial offering prices set forth in each casethe Official Statement shall not have been materially adversely affected, other than in the financial statements judgment of the Underwriter (evidenced by a written notice to the City terminating the obligation of the Underwriter to accept delivery of and other financial information contained thereinpay for the Bonds), as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws by reason of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State following: (1) legislation introduced in or enacted (or resolution passed) by the Congress of Delaware the United States of America or recommended to the Federal laws Congress by the President of the United States, the Department of the Treasury, the Internal Revenue Service, or any member of Congress, or favorably reported for passage to either House of Congress by any committee of such House to which such legislation had been referred for consideration or a decision rendered by a court established under Article III of the Constitution of the United States of America or by the Tax Court of the United States of America, or an order, ruling, regulation (final, temporary or proposed), press release or other form of notice issued or made by or on behalf of the Treasury Department or the Internal Revenue Service of the United States of America, with the purpose or effect, directly or indirectly, of imposing federal income taxation upon the interest that would be received by the owners of the Bonds beyond the extent they deem proper to which such interest is subject to taxation as of the date hereof; (2) legislation introduced in or enacted (or resolution passed) by the Congress of the United States of America, or an order, decree or injunction issued by any court of competent jurisdiction, or an order, ruling, regulation (final, temporary or proposed), press release or other form of notice issued or made by or on behalf of the Securities and as specified in such opinionExchange Commission (the “SEC”), upon or any other governmental agency having jurisdiction of the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of factsubject matter, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers effect that obligations of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason general character of the ownership or leasing of property Bonds, or the conduct Bonds are not exempt from registration under or other requirements of businessthe Securities Act of 1933, except where as amended, or that the failure to so qualify Fiscal Agent Agreement is not exempt from qualification under or to other requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, or that the issuance, offering or sale of obligations of the general character of the Bonds, or of the Bonds, as contemplated hereby or by the Official Statement or otherwise is or would be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effectviolation of the federal securities laws, rules or regulations as amended and then in effect; (ii3) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated any amendment to the federal or organized and is validly existing in good standing under California Constitution or action by any federal or California court, legislative body, regulatory body or other authority materially adversely affecting the laws tax status of the jurisdiction of its organizationCity or the District, with power and authority to owntheir property, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in income or securities (or interest thereon), the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason validity or enforceability of the ownership or leasing of property Special Tax as contemplated by the Formation Documents, the District Documents or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse EffectOfficial Statement; (iii4) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof will conflict with, result in a breach or violation ofevent occurring, or imposition of any lieninformation becoming known, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrancewhich, in the case judgment of clause (B)the Underwriter, would, individually makes untrue in any material respect any statement or information contained in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities Preliminary Official Statement or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending orOfficial Statement, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed results in the Registration Preliminary Official Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an Official Statement containing any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted omitting to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and; (vii5) all descriptions the declaration of war or the escalation of, or engagement in, military hostilities by the United States or the occurrence of any other national or international emergency or calamity relating to the effective operation of the government of, or the financial community in, the United States which, in the Registration judgment of the Underwriter, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or the delivery of the Bonds on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Preliminary Official Statement or the Official Statement; (6) the declaration of a general banking moratorium by federal, State of New York or State of California authorities, or the general suspension of trading on any national securities exchange or minimum or maximum prices for trading shall have been fixed and be in force, or maximum ranges for prices for securities shall have been required and be in force on the New York Stock Exchange or other national securities exchange, whether by virtue of determination by that exchange or by order of the SEC or any other governmental authority having jurisdiction that, in the Underwriter’s reasonable judgment, makes it impracticable for the Underwriter to market the Bonds or enforce contracts for the sale of the Bonds; (7) the imposition by the New York Stock Exchange or other national securities exchange, or any governmental authority, of any material restrictions not now in force with respect to the Bonds or obligations of the general character of the Bonds or securities generally, or the material increase of any such restrictions now in force, including those relating to the extension of credit by, or the charge to the net capital requirements of, the Underwriter; (8) the entry of an order by a court of competent jurisdiction which enjoins or restrains the City from issuing permits, licenses or entitlements within the District or which order, in the reasonable opinion of the Underwriter, otherwise materially and adversely affects proposed development of property within the District; (9) a material disruption in securities settlement, payment or clearance services affecting the Bonds shall have occurred; (10) there shall have been any material adverse change in the affairs of the City that in the Underwriter’s reasonable judgment will materially adversely affect the market for the Bonds or the ability of the Underwriter to enforce contracts for the sale of the Bonds; (11) there shall be established any new restriction on transactions in securities materially affecting the free market for securities (including the imposition of any limitation on interest rates) or the extension of credit by, or a change to the net capital requirements of, underwriters established by the New York Stock Exchange, the SEC, any other federal or State agency or the Congress of the United States, or by Executive Order; (12) a stop order, release, regulation, or no-action letter by or on behalf of the SEC or any other governmental agency having jurisdiction of the subject matter shall have been issued or made to the effect that the issuance, offering, or sale of the Bonds, including all the underlying obligations as contemplated hereby or by the Official Statement, or any document relating to the Disclosure Package issuance, offering or sale of the Bonds is or would be in violation of any provision of the federal securities laws at the Closing Date, including the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, and the Final Prospectus Trust Indenture Act of contracts and other documents to which 1939, as amended; or (13) filing of or threat of litigation of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate type described in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to thereinSection 2(i) hereof. (d) The Selling Stockholders On the Closing Date, the Underwriter shall have requested received counterpart originals or certified copies of the following documents, in each case satisfactory in form and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLPsubstance to the Underwriter: (1) The Formation Documents and the District Documents, counsel together with a certificate dated as of the Closing Date of the City Clerk of the City to the effect that each Formation Document is a true, correct and complete copy of the one duly adopted by the City Council; (2) The Official Statement; (3) An approving opinion for the Selling StockholdersBonds, to have furnished dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter their opinion City, of Bond Counsel, in the form attached to the Preliminary Official Statement as Appendix E, and an unqualified letter of such counsel, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, that such approving opinion addressed to the City may be relied upon by the Underwriter to the same extent as if such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organizationopinion was addressed to it; (ii4) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling StockholdersA supplemental opinion, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, of Bond Counsel, to the effect that (i) this Purchase Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the City, and, assuming such agreements constitute a valid and binding obligation of the other respective parties thereto, constitutes the legally valid and binding agreements of the City for the District enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, moratorium, insolvency or other laws affecting creditor’s rights or remedies and may be subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in equity or at law); (ii) the Bonds are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Fiscal Agent Agreement is exempt from qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended; and (iii) the information contained in the forms reasonably acceptable Official Statement on the cover and under the captions “INTRODUCTION,” “THE 2024 BONDS” (other than information relating to DTC and its Book-Entry Only System), “SECURITY FOR THE 2024 BONDS” (other than information under the Underwriter.section entitled “Rate and Method”), “TAX MATTERS” and Appendices D and E thereof, insofar as such information purports to describe certain provisions of the Law, the Bonds and the Fiscal Agent Agreement and the exclusion from gross income for federal income tax purposes and exemption from State of California personal income taxes of interest on the Bonds, present a fair and accurate summary of the provisions thereof; (f5) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + PartnersAn opinion, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, as counsel for the Underwriter, in form and substance acceptable to the Underwriter; (6) A certificate or certificates, dated the Closing Date and signed by an authorized officer of the City, ratifying the use and distribution by the Underwriter of the Preliminary Official Statement and the Official Statement in connection with the offering and sale of the Bonds; and certifying that (i) the representations and warranties of the City contained in Section 3 hereof are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date; (ii) to the best of his or her knowledge, no event has occurred since the date of the Official Statement affecting the matters contained therein which should be disclosed in the Official Statement for the purposes for which it is to be used in order to make the statements and information contained in the Official Statement not misleading in any material respect, and the Bonds, the Formation Documents and the District Documents conform as to form and tenor to the descriptions thereof contained in the Official Statement; and (iii) the City has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied under the Formation Documents, the District Documents and the Official Statement at or prior to the Closing Date; (7) An opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, of the City Attorney, to the effect that (i) to the best of his or her knowledge and except as disclosed in the Official Statement, no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation, at law or in equity, before or by any court, regulatory agency, public board or body is pending with respect to which the City has been served with process or is known to such counsel to be threatened, as to which the City is or would be a form reasonably acceptable tparty, which would materially adversely affect the ability of the City or the District to perform their obligations under the Bonds, the Formation Documents or the District Documents, or which seeks to restrain or enjoin the issuance, sale and delivery of the Bonds or exclusion from gross income for federal income tax purposes or State of California personal income taxes of interest on the Bonds, or the application of the proceeds thereof in accordance with the Fiscal Agent Agreement, or the collection or application of the Special Tax to pay the principal of and interest on the Bonds, or which in any way contests or affects the validity or enforceability of the Bonds, the Formation Documents or the District Documents or the accuracy of the Official Statement, or any action of the City contemplated by any of said documents or the development of property within the District; (ii) the City is duly organized and validly existing as a municipal corporation under the laws of the State of California and the City’s Charter, and the District is duly organized and validly existing as a community facilities district under the laws of the State of California, and the City has full legal right, power and authority to issue the Bonds and to perform all of its obligations under the Formation Documents and the District Documents; (iii) the City has obtained all approvals, consents, authorizations, elections and orders of or filings or registrations with any State governmental authority, board, agency or commission having jurisdiction which constitute a condition precedent to the levy of the Special Tax, the issuance of the Bonds or the performance by the City of its obligations thereunder or under the Fiscal Agent Agreement, except that no opinion need be expressed regarding compliance with blue sky or other securities laws or regulations, whatsoever; (iv) the City Council has duly and validly adopted the Formation Documents at meetings of the City Council which were called and held pursuant to law and with all public notice required by law and at which a quorum was present and acting throughout, and the Formation Documents are now in full force and effect and have not been amended; and

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Bond Purchase Agreement

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities shall be hereunder are subject to the accuracy accuracy, when made and on the Closing Date, of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company Issuer and Charter contained herein, in the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of Servicing Agreement, the Applicable Time Seller Contribution and Sale Agreement, the Closing DateTransferor Contribution and Sale Agreement and in Indenture, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company Issuer and the Selling Stockholders Charter made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company Issuer and the Selling Stockholders Charter of their respective obligations hereunder and to each of the following additional terms and conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 in the manner and within the applicable time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings filing by Rule 433; the rules and no stop order suspending the effectiveness regulations of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued Commission under the Securities Act and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (bin accordance with Section 5(a) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLPof this Underwriting Agreement; and, counsel for the Company, to have furnished prior to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counselDate, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has part thereof shall have been issued and no proceedings for that such purpose shall have been instituted initiated or threatenedthreatened by the Commission; and (x) and all requests for additional information from the Commission with respect to the Registration Statement shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Underwriter. (i) All corporate proceedings and other legal matters incident to the authorization, form and validity of this Underwriting Agreement, the Transaction Agreements, the Notes, the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus (Prospectus, and all other than legal matters relating to such agreements and the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements transactions contemplated hereby and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form thereby shall be reasonably satisfactory in all material respects to counsel for the Underwriter, and the Issuer shall have furnished to such counsel all documents and information that they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters and (ii) prior to or contemporaneously with the applicable requirements purchase of Notes hereunder, all transactions contemplated to be consummated under such Transaction Agreements on the Closing Date (including, without limitation, the issuance and placement of any subordinated, privately-placed securities) shall have been so consummated to the reasonable satisfaction of the Act Underwriter. (c) ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP shall have furnished to the Underwriter their written opinion, as U.S. counsel to the Issuer and Charter, addressed to the rules thereunder. Such Underwriter and dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter and its counsel shall also state that that nothing has come with respect to, or to their attention that caused them to believe that the effect that: (i) the Registration StatementNotes have been duly authorized, on executed and delivered by the Effective DateIssuer and constitute the legal, contained any untrue statement valid and binding obligations of a material fact or omitted the Issuer, enforceable in accordance with their terms (subject to state any material fact required customary exceptions as to be stated therein or necessary bankruptcy and laws affecting creditors' rights) and are entitled to make the statements therein not misleading, benefits of the Indenture; (ii) there is no legal or governmental proceeding pending or, to the Disclosure Packagebest of such counsel's knowledge, as amended threatened against the Issuer or supplemented at Charter which (A) asserts the Applicable Timeinvalidity of this Underwriting Agreement, contained any untrue statement of the Transaction Agreements or the Notes, (B) would have a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make adverse effect on the statements therein, in the light issuance of the circumstances under which they were madeNotes or the tax characteristics of the Notes, not misleading or (C) would have a material adverse effect on the consummation of, or any of Charter's, the Transferor's or the Issuer's performance under, any of the transactions contemplated by this Underwriting Agreement or the Transaction Agreements; (iii) each of this Underwriting Agreement and the Final ProspectusTransaction Agreements are the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuer, the Transferor and Charter, as applicable, enforceable against each of them in accordance with its date terms (subject to customary exceptions relating to bankruptcy and laws affecting creditors' rights); (iv) assuming no prior financing statements covering the Leases are in effect based on a review of certain UCC searches, that financing statements covering the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements Leases and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely naming (A) Charter as to matters involving debtor and the application Transferor as secured party, (B) the Issuer as secured party and Transferor as debtor and (C) the Issuer as debtor and the Trustee as secured party are being filed in the appropriate filing offices of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, and assuming that the corporate law Trustee has taken possession of the State Leases, the Trustee has a first priority perfected security interest in all right, title and interest of Delaware or Charter, the Federal laws of Transferor and the United States, to Issuer in the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and Leases; (Bv) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed the Registration Statement is effective, and, that to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge best of such counsel's knowledge no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued or is threatened, threatened actionand that although such counsel is not passing on the factual accuracy, suit completeness or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving fairness of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed statements contained in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, nothing came to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required 's attention that leads such counsel to be described in believe that either the Registration Statement, Statement or the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed Prospectus (as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act Effective Date or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations date of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents Prospectus) contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and (vi) the Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; (vii) all descriptions the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Agreements by the parties thereto do not require compliance with any "bulk sales" laws; (viii) the Notes will be classified as indebtedness for tax purposes; (ix) none of Charter, the Transferor or the Issuer are, or will be as a result of the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Agreements, an "investment company" or a company "controlled by" an "investment company", in each case within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (x) the tax and ERISA sections in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to fairly present the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments information required to be described shown therein; and (x) such other matters as the Underwriter shall reasonably request. In rendering such opinion, counsel may rely, to the extent deemed proper and as stated therein, as to matters of fact on certificates of responsible officers of the Issuer or referred Charter and public officials and as to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus matters of state law of jurisdictions other than those described or referred the jurisdictions in which such counsel is admitted to thereinpractice, on opinions of local counsel satisfactory to the Underwriter. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall have furnished to the Underwriter his written opinion, as General Counsel to Charter, addressed to the Underwriter and dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter and its counsel with respect to, or to the effect that: (i) the due formation and qualification of each of the Issuer, the Transferor and Charter and that the Issuer, the Transferor and Charter, as applicable, have the requisite power and authority to perform their respective obligations under this Underwriting Agreement and the Transaction Agreements and the transactions contemplated herein and therein; (ii) the due authorization, execution, delivery and enforceability of this Underwriting Agreement and the Transaction Agreements applicable, by the Issuer, the Transferor and Charter; and (iii) the issuance and sale of the Notes by the Issuer, the performance of this Underwriting Agreement by the Issuer and Charter and the compliance by the Issuer, the Transferor and Charter with the terms of the Transactions Agreements, as applicable, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and therein will not conflict with the organizational documents of the Issuer, the Transferor or Charter, or any other contracts to which the Issuer, the Transferor or Charter is a party or by which any of them is bound. (e) The Underwriter shall have received from Cadwalader, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling StockholdersUnderwriter, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date, with respect to such matters as the Underwriter may require, and the Issuer shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they reasonably request for enabling them to pass upon such matters. (f) [___________________] shall have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion written opinion, as counsel to the Trustee, addressed to the Underwriter and dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdictionDate, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution form and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms substance reasonably acceptable satisfactory to the Underwriter. (fg) The Selling Stockholders Each of the Issuer and Charter shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion a certificate, dated the Closing Date Date, of any of its Chairman of the Board, President or Vice President and addressed its chief financial officer stating that (i) such officers have carefully examined the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, (ii) the Prospectus does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (provided that each of the Issuer and Charter may exclude the Underwriter's Information (as defined in Section 10(d) herein) from such representation), (iii) the representations and warranties of Charter or the Issuer, as the case may be, contained in this Underwriting Agreement and the Transaction Agreements are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date, (iv) Charter or the Issuer, as the case may be, has complied in all material respects with all agreements and satisfied in all material respects all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder and under such agreements at or prior to the Closing Date, (v) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and is outstanding and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted and not terminated or, to the best of his or her knowledge, are contemplated by the Commission, and (vi) since the date of its most recent financial statements, there has been no material adverse change in the financial position or results of operations of Charter or the Issuer, as applicable, or any change, or any development including a prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations or business of Charter or the Issuer except as set forth in or contemplated by the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. (h) Subsequent to the date of this Underwriting Agreement, there shall not have occurred any of the following events: (i) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting particularly the business or properties of the Issuer or Charter which materially impairs the investment quality of the Notes; (ii) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the over-the-counter market shall have been suspended or limited, or minimum prices shall have been established on either of such exchanges or such market by the Commission, by such exchange or by any other regulatory body or governmental authority having jurisdiction, or trading in securities of the Issuer or Charter on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market shall have been suspended or (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by Federal or New York State authorities or (iv) an outbreak or escalation of hostilities or a declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war or such a material adverse change in general economic, political or financial conditions (or the effect of international conditions on the financial markets in the United States shall be such) as to make it, in the judgment of the Underwriter, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Notes on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus. (i) The Underwriter shall have received from independent accountants of the Issuer and Charter, one or two letters, one such letter dated the date of the Prospectus relating to the Notes and satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter, and a second letter, if necessary, dated the Closing Date, as to such matters as the Underwriter may reasonably request in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter and counsel to the Underwriter, provided by the Issuer and Charter. (j) The Underwriter shall receive evidence satisfactory to them that, on or before the Closing Date, UCC-1 financing statements have been or are being filed in each office in each jurisdiction in which such financing statements are required to perfect the first priority security interests created by the Transferor Contribution and Sale Agreement reflecting the interest of the Issuer in the Leases and the proceeds thereof. (k) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Underwriting Agreement, there shall not have occurred any (i) downgrade, withdrawal or qualification shall have occurred with respect to the rating accorded the Notes or any of the Issuer's other debt securities by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization", as that term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) of the Securities Act and (ii) public announcement by any such organization that it has under surveillance or review (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading), its rating of the Notes or any of the Issuer's other debt securities. All opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Underwriting Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably acceptable tsatisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter.

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Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities Bonds shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company Issuer and Atmos Energy contained in this Underwriting Agreement, on the Selling Stockholders part of Atmos Energy contained herein in Article III of the Sale Agreement, and on the part of Atmos Energy contained in Section 6.01 of the Servicing Agreement as of the Applicable Time and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company Issuer and the Selling Stockholders Atmos Energy made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company Issuer and the Selling Stockholders Atmos Energy of their respective obligations hereunder hereunder, and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission in pursuant to Rule 424 under the manner and within Securities Act prior to 5:30 P.M., New York time, on the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any second business day after the date of this Underwriting Agreement. In addition, all material required to be filed by the Company Issuer or Atmos Energy pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, Securities Act that was prepared by either of them or that was prepared by any Underwriter and timely provided to the Issuer or Atmos Energy shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods period prescribed for such filings filing by such Rule 433; and no 433(d) under the Securities Act. (b) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued be in effect, and no proceedings for that purpose shall be pending before, or threatened by, the Commission on the Closing Date; and the Underwriter shall have been instituted received one or threatenedmore certificates, dated the Closing Date and signed by an officer of Atmos Energy and the Issuer, as appropriate, to the effect that no such stop order is in effect and that no proceedings for such purpose are pending before, or to the knowledge of Atmos Energy or the Issuer, as the case may be, threatened by, the Commission. (bc) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, as Counsel for the Underwriter, shall have furnished to the Underwriter their written opinion, dated the Closing Date, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Bonds, the Indenture, the other Issuer Documents, the Registration Statement and other related matters; and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters. (d) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇, P.A., Delaware counsel for the Issuer, shall have furnished to the Underwriter their written opinion, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, dated the Closing Date, regarding the filing of a voluntary bankruptcy petition. (e) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇, P.A., Delaware counsel for the Issuer, shall have furnished to the Underwriter their written opinion, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, dated the Closing Date, regarding certain Delaware Uniform Commercial Code matters. (f) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇, P.A., Delaware counsel for the Issuer, shall have furnished to the Underwriter their written opinion, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, dated the Closing Date, regarding other corporate matters. (g) ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the CompanyIssuer and Atmos Energy, shall have furnished to the Underwriter their written opinion, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, regarding securities laws and other matters. (h) ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Issuer and Atmos Energy, shall have furnished to the Underwriter their written opinion, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, dated the Closing Date, regarding certain bankruptcy and creditors rights issues relating to the Issuer. (i) ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Issuer and Atmos Energy, shall have furnished to the Underwriter their written opinion, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, dated the Closing Date, as to certain Federal constitutional matters relating to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property. (j) ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Issuer and Atmos Energy, shall have furnished to the Underwriter their written opinion, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, dated the Closing Date, with respect to additional corporate, creditors rights and federal income tax matters relating to the Issuer and the Bonds. (k) Husch ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, Kansas constitutional law counsel for the Issuer and Atmos Energy, shall have furnished to the Underwriter their written opinion, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, regarding certain Kansas constitutional matters relating to the Securitized Utility Tariff Property. (l) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇, Kansas regulatory for the Issuer and Atmos Energy, shall have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date in form and addressed substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on dated the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Dateregarding certain Kansas regulatory issues. (cm) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇, to Kansas regulatory counsel for Atmos Energy and the Issuer, shall have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion their written opinion, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, dated the Closing Date and addressed Date, with respect to the Underwriter characterization of the transfer of the Securitized Utility Tariff Property by Atmos Energy to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified Issuer as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except “true sale” for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to thereinKansas law purposes. (dn) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇, Kansas regulatory counsel for Atmos Energy and the Issuer shall have furnished to the Underwriter their written opinion, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, regarding various issues, including enforceability, certain Kansas regulatory law matters, including security interest creation, perfection and priority issues under the Securitization Law and the Kansas UCC. (o) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Indenture Trustee, shall have furnished to the Underwriter their written opinion, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, dated the Closing Date, regarding certain matters relating to the Indenture Trustee. (p) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP▇▇, LLC, special Kansas tax counsel for the Selling StockholdersIssuer and Atmos Energy, to shall have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date written opinion, in form and addressed substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, to dated the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing andClosing Date, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws)regarding certain Kansas income tax matters. (eq) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for Hunton ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore HoldingsLLP, L.P.in its limited capacity as special Virginia counsel to Atmos Energy, and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to shall have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions written opinion, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, dated the Closing Date Date, regarding certain corporate matters relating to Atmos Energy. (r) On or before the date of this Underwriting Agreement and addressed on or before the Closing Date, a nationally recognized accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter shall have furnished to the Underwriter one or more reports regarding certain calculations and computations relating to the Bonds, in form or substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, in each case in respect of which the forms Underwriter shall have made specific requests therefor and shall have provided acknowledgment or similar letters to such firm reasonably acceptable necessary in order for such firm to issue such reports. (s) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in each of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, there shall not have been any change specified in the certificates required by subsection (w) of this Section 9 which is, in the judgment of the Underwriter, so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or the delivery of the Bonds as contemplated by the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. (t) The LLC Agreement, the Administration Agreement, the Sale Agreement, the Servicing Agreement and the Indenture and any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall have been executed and delivered. (u) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in each of the Registration Statement and in the Preliminary Prospectus and as of the Closing Date there shall have been no (i) material adverse change in the business, property or financial condition of Atmos Energy and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not in the ordinary course of business, or of the Issuer or (ii) adverse development concerning the business or assets of Atmos Energy and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or of the Issuer which would be reasonably likely to result in an Atmos Energy Material Adverse Effect or Issuer Material Adverse Effect, as the case may be, or (iii) development which would be reasonably likely to result in a material adverse change, in the Securitized Utility Tariff Property, the Bonds or the Financing Order. (v) At the Closing Date, (i) the Bonds shall be rated at least the ratings set forth in the Pricing Term Sheet by Fitch Ratings, Inc. (“Fitch”) and ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), respectively, and the Issuer shall have delivered to the Underwriter a letter from each such rating agency, or other evidence satisfactory to the Underwriter, confirming that the Bonds have such ratings, and (ii) none of Fitch and Moody’s shall have, since the date of this Underwriting Agreement, downgraded or publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its ratings of the Bonds. (fw) The Selling Stockholders Issuer and Atmos Energy shall have requested and furnished or caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have be furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated at the Closing Date certificates of officers of Atmos Energy and addressed the Issuer, reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Issuer and Atmos Energy herein, in the Sale Agreement, Servicing Agreement and the Indenture at and as of the Closing Date, as to the performance by the Issuer and Atmos Energy of all of their obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to such Closing Date, as to the matters set forth in subsections (b) and (v) of this Section and as to such other matters as the Underwriter may reasonably request. (x) An issuance advice letter, in a form consistent with the provisions of the Financing Order, shall have been filed with the KCC and shall have become effective. (y) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Issuer shall have delivered to the Underwriter evidence, in form and substance reasonably acceptable tsatisfactory to the Underwriter, that appropriate filings have been or are being made in accordance with Kansas Utility Financing and Securitization Act, codified at K.S.A. §§ 66-1,240 - 66-1,253, the Financing Order and other applicable law reflecting the grant of a security interest by the Issuer in the collateral relating to the Bonds to the Indenture Trustee, including the filing of the requisite financing statements in the UCC records of the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Kansas. (z) On or prior to the Closing Date, Atmos Energy shall have funded the capital subaccount of the Issuer with cash in an amount equal to $475,000. (aa) The Issuer and Atmos Energy shall have furnished or caused to be furnished or agree to furnish to the Rating Agencies at the Closing Date such opinions and certificates as the Rating Agencies shall have reasonably requested prior to the Closing Date. Any opinion letters delivered on the Closing Date to the Rating Agencies beyond those being delivered to the Underwriter above shall either (x) include the Underwriter as addressee or (y) be accompanied by reliance letters addressed to the Underwriter referencing such letters. If any of the conditions specified in this Section 9 shall not have been fulfilled when and as provided in this Underwriting Agreement, or if any of the opinion letters and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Underwriting Agreement shall not be in all material respects reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and Counsel for the Underwriter, all obligations of the Underwriter hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Underwriter. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Issuer in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing.

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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Atmos Energy Kansas Securitization I, LLC)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations Underwriter hereby enters into this Purchase Contract in reliance upon the representations and warranties of the Underwriter Authority and the City contained herein and the representations and warranties of the Authority and the City to purchase be contained in the Securities documents and instruments to be delivered on or prior to the Closing Date and upon the performance by the Authority and the City of their obligations both on and as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date. Accordingly, the Underwriter’s obligations under this Purchase Contract to purchase, to accept delivery of and to pay for the Bonds shall be subject subject, at the option of the Underwriter, to the accuracy in all material respects of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company Authority and the Selling Stockholders City contained herein as of the Applicable Time date hereof and as of the Closing Date, to the accuracy in all material respects of the statements of the Company officers and other officials of the Authority and the Selling Stockholders City made in any certificates certificate or other document furnished pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company Authority and the Selling Stockholders City of their respective obligations to be performed hereunder and under such documents and instruments at or prior to the Closing Date, and also shall be subject to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final ProspectusUnderwriter shall receive, within seven (7) business days of the date hereof and at least in sufficient time to accompany any orders or confirmations that request payment from any customer, copies of the Official Statement (including all information previously permitted to have been omitted by Rule 15c2-12 and any supplement theretoamendments or supplements as have been approved by the Underwriter), in such quantity as the Underwriter shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company requested pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened.Section 3 hereof; (b) The Company representations and warranties of the Authority and the City contained herein shall be true and correct on the date hereof and on the Closing Date, as if made on and at the Closing Date; (c) As of the Closing Date, the Financing Documents shall have requested been duly authorized, executed and caused Faegre delivered by the respective parties thereto, and the Official Statement shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Authority, all in substantially the forms heretofore submitted to the Underwriter, with only such changes as shall have been agreed to in writing by the Underwriter, and such Financing Documents shall be in full force and effect and shall not have been amended, modified or supplemented and the Official Statement shall not have been supplemented or amended, except in any such case as may have been agreed to by the Underwriter; and there shall be in full force and effect such resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Authority and the City Council of the City as, in the opinion of Bond Counsel, shall be necessary or appropriate in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby; (d) Between the date hereof and the Closing Date, the market price or marketability, at the initial public offering prices set forth in the Official Statement, of the Bonds shall not have been materially adversely affected, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter (evidenced by a written notice to the Authority terminating the obligation of the Underwriter to accept delivery of and make any payment for the Bonds), by reason of any of the following: (1) an amendment to the Constitution of the United States or the State of California shall have been passed or legislation shall have been introduced in or enacted by the Congress of the United States or the legislature of any state having jurisdiction of the subject matter or legislation pending in the Congress of the United States shall have been amended or legislation shall have been recommended to the Congress of the United States or to any state having jurisdiction of the subject matter or otherwise endorsed for passage (by press release, other form of notice or otherwise) by the President of the United States, the Treasury Department of the United States, the Internal Revenue Service or the Chairman or ranking minority member of the Committee on Finance of the United States Senate or the Committee on Ways and Means of the United States House of Representatives, or legislation shall have been proposed for consideration by either such Committee by any member thereof or presented as an option for consideration by either such Committee by the staff of such Committee or by the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation of the Congress of the United States, or legislation shall have been favorably reported for passage to either House of the Congress of the United States by a Committee of such House to which such legislation has been referred for consideration, or a decision shall have been rendered by a court of the United States or of the State of California or the Tax Court of the United States, or a ruling shall have been made or a regulation or temporary regulation shall have been proposed or made or any other release or announcement shall have been made by the Treasury Department of the United States, the Internal Revenue Service or other federal or State of California authority, with respect to federal or State of California taxation upon revenues or other income of the general character to be derived by the Authority or upon interest received on obligations of the general character of the Bonds which may have the purpose or effect, directly or indirectly, of affecting the tax status of the Authority, its property or income, its securities (including the Bonds) or the interest thereon, or (with respect to the Bonds) any tax exemption granted or authorized by State of California legislation or materially and adversely affecting the market for the Bonds or the market price generally of obligations of the general character of the Bonds; (2) legislation enacted, introduced in the Congress or recommended for passage by the President of the United States, or a decision rendered by a court established under Article III of the Constitution of the United States or by the Tax Court of the United States, or an order, ruling, regulation (final, temporary or proposed) or official statement issued or made by or on behalf of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other governmental agency having jurisdiction of the subject matter shall have been made or issued to the effect that obligations of the general character of the Bonds, or the Bonds, including any or all underlying arrangements, are not exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or that the Trust Indenture is not exempt from qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended; (3) the outbreak or escalation in military hostilities or declaration by the United States of a national or international emergency or war or other calamity or crisis, or escalation thereof, the effect of which on the financial markets is such as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Bonds as contemplated hereby or by the Official Statement; (4) the declaration of a general banking moratorium by federal, New York or California authorities, or the general suspension of trading on any national securities exchange, or a major financial crisis or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearances services shall have occurred; (5) the imposition by the New York Stock Exchange or other national securities exchange, or any governmental authority, of any material restrictions not now in force with respect to the Bonds or obligations of the general character of the Bonds or securities generally, or the material increase of any such restrictions now in force, including those relating to the extension of credit by, or the charge to the net capital requirements of, the Underwriter; (6) an order, decree or injunction of any court of competent jurisdiction, or order, ruling, regulation or official statement by the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other governmental agency having jurisdiction of the subject matter, issued or made to the effect that the issuance, offering or sale of obligations of the general character of the Bonds, or the issuance, offering or sale of the Bonds, including any or all underlying obligations, as contemplated hereby or by the Official Statement, is or would be in violation of the federal securities laws as amended and then in effect; (7) the withdrawal or downgrading of any rating of the Bonds or any other outstanding debt of the City’s Water System by S&P Global Ratings or Fitch, Inc. or ratings on the Bonds shall have been placed on credit watch with a “Negative Outlook” by S&P Global Ratings Services or Fitch, Inc.; or (8) an event shall occur or be discovered which makes untrue or incorrect in any material respect, as of the time of such event, any statement or information contained in the Official Statement or which is not reflected in the Official Statement but should be reflected therein in order to make the statements contained therein not misleading in any material respect and requires an amendment of or supplement to the Official Statement. (e) At or prior to the Closing Date, the Underwriter shall have received the following documents, in each case satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter: (1) The Official Statement and each supplement or amendment, if any, thereto, executed by the Authority and approved by the City. (2) Copies of each of the Financing Documents, each duly executed and delivered by the respective parties thereto. (3) The unqualified approving opinion of Bond Counsel, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Authority, in substantially the form attached to the Official Statement as Appendix F thereto. (4) The supplemental opinion of Bond Counsel dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. (5) The opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ US LLP as disclosure counsel dated the Closing Date and addressed to the City, the Authority and the Underwriter in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B. (6) The opinion of the City Attorney of the City, as counsel for the Authority, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C. (7) The opinion of the City Attorney of the City, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D. (8) The opinion of counsel to the Trustee, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Authority, the City and the Underwriter, to the effect that (i) the Trustee has duly authorized, executed and delivered the Trust Indenture and the Continuing Disclosure Agreement and duly authenticated and delivered the Bonds on the Closing Date; and (ii) the Trust Indenture and the Continuing Disclosure Agreement constitute the legally valid and binding obligations of the Trustee, enforceable against the Trustee in accordance with their terms, except that the enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws in effect from time to time affecting the rights of creditors generally and except to the extent that the enforceability thereof may be limited by the application of general principles of equity. (9) The opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP& ▇▇▇▇▇, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinionLLP (“Underwriter’s Counsel”), dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein Bonds are not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, subject to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale registration requirements of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company Act of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission1933, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholdersamended, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC Trust Indenture is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities exempt from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor qualification pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account Trust Indenture Act of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities1939, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable tamended,

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Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations obligation of the Underwriter to purchase accept delivery of and pay for the Securities Initial Series 2005A Bonds on the Date of Issuance shall be subject subject, at the option of the Underwriter, to the accuracy in all material respects of the representations representations, warranties and warranties agreements on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders Issuer contained herein as of the Applicable Time date hereof and as of the Closing DateDate of Issuance, to the accuracy in all material respects of the statements of the officers and other officials of the Trustee, the Bank, the Company and the Selling Stockholders Issuer made in any certificates or other documents furnished pursuant to the provisions hereof, and to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders Issuer of their respective obligations obligations, as applicable, to be performed hereunder at or prior to the Date of Issuance and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final ProspectusOn the Date of Issuance, the Initial Series 2005A Bonds, the Initial Series 2005B Bonds, the Indenture, the Lease Agreement, the Series 2005B Purchase Agreement, the Remarketing Agreement, the Credit Agreement and any supplement thereto, the Letter of Credit shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;respective parties thereto, in substantially the forms heretofore submitted to the Underwriter with any such changes as shall have been agreed to in writing by the Underwriter, and said agreements shall not have been amended, modified or supplemented, except as may have been agreed to in writing by the Underwriter, and there shall have been taken in connection therewith, with the issuance of the Initial Series 2005A Bonds and with the transactions contemplated thereby and by this Bond Purchase Agreement, all such actions as Bond Counsel or Underwriter’s Counsel shall deem to be necessary and appropriate. (vb) the statements in The representations and warranties of each of the Disclosure Package Company and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents Issuer contained in this Bond Purchase Agreement shall be true, correct and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form complete in all material respects on the date hereof and on the Date of Issuance, as if made again on the Date of Issuance, and the Official Statement (as the same may be supplemented or amended with the applicable requirements written approval of the Act Underwriter) shall be true, correct and the rules thereunder. Such counsel complete in all material respects and shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they such statements were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Datemisleading. (c) The Company There shall have requested occurred no material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company between the date hereof and caused its General the Date of Issuance. (d) The Underwriter shall be paid the amount set forth in Section 4(a) on the Date of Issuance. (e) At or prior to the Date of Issuance, the Underwriter shall have received the following documents, in each case satisfactory in form, scope and substance to the Underwriter: (i) copies of the Indenture, the Lease Agreement, the Series 2005B Purchase Agreement, the Remarketing Agreement, and the Credit Agreement, duly executed and delivered by the respective parties thereto, with such amendments, modifications or supplements as may have been agreed to in writing by the Underwriter, the Official Statement duly approved by the Issuer and the Company, and a copy of the Letter of Credit as executed by the Bank; (ii) a final opinion of Bond Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇dated the Date of Issuance, to have furnished in the form attached to the Underwriter his opinion Official Statement, and a letter of Bond Counsel, dated the Closing Date of Issuance and addressed to the Underwriter, the Trustee, the Bank and the Company, to the effect that its opinion addressed to the Issuer may be relied upon by such parties to the same extent as if such opinion were addressed to each of them; (iii) an opinion of counsel to the Bank dated the Date of Issuance and addressed to the Issuer, the Company, the Rating Agency rating the Initial Series 2005A Bonds, the Trustee and the Underwriter to the effect that: (i1) the Bank is a national banking association, validly existing under the laws of the United States of America, and is empowered under such laws to issue the Letter of Credit and to take all actions required or permitted on its part to be taken, under the Letter of Credit; (2) the Letter of Credit constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Bank, enforceable against the Bank in accordance with its terms, except (A) as limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights and remedies generally; and (B) general principles of equity; and (3) the Letter of Credit is exempt from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act; (iv) one or more opinions of counsel to the Company, dated the Date of Issuance and addressed to the Issuer, the Bank, the Trustee and the Underwriter, to the effect, among other things, that: (1) the Company is duly qualified possessed of full power and authority to conduct its business as a foreign corporation to transact business presently conducted and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or as contemplated to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effectconducted by the Company Documents; (ii2) each Significant Subsidiary has been the Company is a corporation duly incorporated or organized and is organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction Commonwealth of its organization, with Virginia and is duly qualified to do business in the State of New Mexico; (3) the Company has full power and authority to ownexecute and deliver the Company Documents; the Company Documents have been duly authorized, lease executed and operate delivered on its properties behalf and conduct its business as described in when executed by the Disclosure Package other parties thereto will be the legal, valid and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason binding obligations of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of businessCompany, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except where as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or similar laws or by legal or equitable principles relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally or public policy as to the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would enforcement of certain provisions, such as indemnification provisions; (4) the execution and delivery of the Company Documents and compliance by the Company with the provisions thereof will not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, a breach of, or imposition a default under the articles of any lien, charge incorporation or encumbrance upon any property or assets bylaws of the Company or its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any statute, indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan other agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries property is bound, or any order, rule or regulation of any court or other governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company which breach might have a party are accurate materially adverse effect on the ability of the Company to perform under the Company Documents; (5) no authorization, approval, consent or order of any governmental agency or any other person or entity is required for the valid authorization, execution and delivery of the Company Documents on behalf of the Company that has not been obtained except that no opinion will be rendered by it concerning Blue Sky compliance or federal securities law registration exemption; (6) to the best of counsel to the Company’s knowledge, there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation by or before any court, governmental agency, public board or body pending or threatened against or affecting the Company which, if determined adversely to it, would have a material adverse effect upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Company Documents or the financial condition or assets of the Company; and (7) to the best of counsel to the Company’s knowledge, the information contained in the Official Statement describing the Company, the use of the proceeds of the Bonds and the Project is true and correct in all material respects; , and such information does not contain any untrue or misleading statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make statements therein, in light of the best of such counsel’s knowledgecircumstances under which they were made, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein.not misleading; (dv) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for a certificate of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion Company dated the Closing Date and addressed to of Issuance, signed by the UnderwriterCompany, confirming the representations set forth in Section 6 hereof as if given on the Date of Issuance; (vi) a certificate of the Trustee dated the Date of Issuance, signed by a duly authorized officer of the Trustee, to the effect that: (i1) each such officer is a duly authorized officer of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV Trustee; (2) the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) Trustee is a national banking association duly organized, validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, and in good standing under the laws of the United States of America, is authorized to carry out corporate trust powers in the State of New Mexico and has all necessary power and authority to enter into and perform its jurisdiction duties under the Indenture and upon the execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee, the Indenture shall constitute a legally valid and binding obligation of organizationthe Trustee, enforceable in accordance with its terms; (ii3) the duties and obligations of the Trustee under the Indenture have been duly accepted by the Trustee; (4) the Trustee is duly authorized to authenticate and deliver the Series 2005A Bonds to the Underwriter under instruction by the Issuer pursuant to the terms of the Indenture; (5) to the best knowledge of such officer, the acceptance by the Trustee of the duties and obligations under the Indenture and the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized Indenture and compliance with the provisions thereof, will not conflict with, or constitute a breach of or default under, any law, administrative regulation, court decree, resolution, charter, bylaw or other agreement to which the Trustee is subject or by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholderwhich it is bound; (iii6) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) the representations and warranties of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest Trustee in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 Indenture are true, complete and correct in all material respects as of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account Date of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlementIssuance; and (iv7) the sale Initial Bonds have been validly authenticated, registered and delivered by the Trustee; (vii) a certificate of the Securities Issuer, dated the Date of Issuance, signed by such officer as is acceptable to the Selling Stockholders Underwriter, to the effect that the representations of the Issuer contained in this Bond Purchase Agreement are true and correct in all material respects as of the Date of Issuance; (viii) a certificate of the Bank, dated the Date of Issuance, signed by an authorized representative of the Bank to the effect that: (1) all conditions precedent to the issuance of the Letter of Credit, including those specified in the Credit Agreement, have been satisfied or have been waived; (2) to the actual knowledge of such authorized representative of the Bank, there is no action, suit, litigation, proceeding, inquiry or investigation at law or in equity or by or before any judicial or administrative court, agency, body or other entity, pending or threatened against the Bank or any of its properties, where an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding (i) would adversely affect the validity or enforceability of the Letter of Credit or (ii) would otherwise adversely affect the legal ability of the Bank to comply with its obligations under the Letter of Credit; and (3) the information contained in the Official Statement describing the Bank is true and correct in all material respects; (ix) an opinion of Underwriter’s Counsel dated the Date of Issuance and addressed to the Issuer, the Trustee, the Bank, the Underwriter and the Company substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto; (x) an opinion of Underwriter’s Counsel dated the Date of Issuance and addressed to the Underwriter pursuant substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto; (xi) evidence satisfactory to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant Underwriter to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act effect that the Initial Series 2005A Bonds have received a rating of “AA/A-1+” or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Actbetter from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation division of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇-▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore HoldingsCompanies, L.P.Inc., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain which rating remains in effect on the Date of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished Issuance; (xii) evidence satisfactory to the Underwriter their opinions dated that the Series 2005B Bond Purchaser has purchased $17,975,000 aggregate principal amount of Initial Series 2005B Bonds for its own account on the Initial Closing Date Date; and (xiii) such additional legal opinions, certificates, proceedings, instruments and addressed to other documents as the Underwriter, in Bond Counsel or Underwriter’s Counsel may reasonably request to evidence compliance by the forms reasonably acceptable Issuer, the Company, the Bank and the Trustee with legal requirements, the truth and accuracy, as of the Date of Issuance, of the representations of the Issuer, the Company, the Bank and the Trustee, and the due performance or satisfaction by the Issuer, the Company, the Bank and the Trustee at or prior to such time of all agreements then to be performed and all conditions then to be satisfied by the UnderwriterIssuer, the Company, the Bank and the Trustee. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t

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Sources: Bond Purchase Agreement (Tempur Pedic International Inc)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase accept delivery of and pay for the Securities Bonds on the Closing Date shall be subject subject, at the option of the Underwriter, to the accuracy in all material respects of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders Community Facilities District contained herein herein, as of the Applicable Time date hereof and as of the Closing Date, to the accuracy in all material respects of the statements of the Company officers and other officials of the Selling Stockholders Community Facilities District made in any certificates or other documents furnished pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and Community Facilities District of its obligations to be performed hereunder at or prior to the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder Closing Date, and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final ProspectusAt the Closing Date, the Community Facilities District Documents shall be in full force and effect, and any supplement theretoshall not have been amended, modified or supplemented, except as may have been agreed to in writing by the Underwriter, and there shall have been filed taken in connection therewith, with the Commission issuance of the Bonds and with the transactions contemplated thereby and by this Bond Purchase Agreement, all such actions as, in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Actopinion of Bond Counsel, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; be necessary and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened.appropriate; (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLPinformation contained in the Official Statement will, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated as of the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State date of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, any supplement or amendment thereto pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options Section 3(i) hereof, be true, correct and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form complete in all material respects with the applicable requirements and will not, as of the Act and Closing Date or as of the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come date of any supplement or amendment thereto pursuant to their attention that caused them to believe that (iSection 3(i) the Registration Statementhereof, on the Effective Date, contained contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted omit to state any a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading misleading; (c) Between the date hereof and the Closing Date, the market price or marketability of the Bonds at the initial offering prices set forth in each casethe Official Statement or the ability of the Underwriter to enforce contracts for the sale of the Bonds, other than shall not have been materially adversely affected, in the financial statements judgment of the Underwriter (evidenced by a written notice to the Community Facilities District terminating the obligation of the Underwriter to accept delivery of and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (Apay for the Bonds) as to matters involving the application of laws by reason of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State following: (1) legislation introduced in or enacted (or resolution passed) by the Congress of Delaware the United States of America or recommended to the Federal laws Congress by the President of the United States, the Department of the Treasury, the Internal Revenue Service, or any member of Congress, or favorably reported for passage to either House of Congress by any committee of such House to which such legislation had been referred for consideration or a decision rendered by a court established under Article III of the Constitution of the United States of America or by the Tax Court of the United States of America, or an order, ruling, regulation (final, temporary or proposed), press release or other form of notice issued or made by or on behalf of the Treasury Department or the Internal Revenue Service of the United States of America, with the purpose or effect, directly or indirectly, of imposing federal income taxation upon the interest that would be received by the holders of the Bonds beyond the extent they deem proper to which such interest is subject to taxation as of the date hereof; (2) legislation introduced in or enacted (or resolution passed) by the Congress of the United States of America, or an order, decree or injunction issued by any court of competent jurisdiction, or an order, ruling, regulation (final, temporary or proposed), press release or other form of notice issued or made by or on behalf of the Securities and as specified in such opinionExchange Commission (the “SEC”), upon or any other governmental agency having jurisdiction of the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of factsubject matter, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers effect that obligations of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason general character of the ownership or leasing of property Bonds, or the conduct Bonds, including any or all underlying arrangements, are not exempt from registration under, or from the other requirements of, the Securities Act of business1933, except where as amended, or that the failure to so qualify Resolution is not exempt from qualification under, or to from the other requirements of, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, or that the issuance, offering or sale of obligations of the general character of the Bonds, or of the Bonds, including any or all underwriting arrangements, as contemplated hereby or by the Official Statement or otherwise is or would be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effectviolation of the federal securities laws, rules or regulations as amended and then in effect; (ii3) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated any amendment to the federal or organized and is validly existing in good standing under California Constitution or action by any federal or California court, legislative body, regulatory body or other authority materially adversely affecting the laws tax status of the jurisdiction Community Facilities District, its property, income, securities (or interest thereon), the validity or enforceability of its organization, with power and authority the Special Tax or the ability of the Community Facilities District to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business construct or acquire the improvements as contemplated by the Community Facilities District Documents or the Official Statement or the right of any owner of the property within the Community Facilities District to develop such property in the manner described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse EffectOfficial Statement; (iii4) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof will conflict with, result in a breach or violation ofevent occurring, or imposition of any lieninformation becoming known, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrancewhich, in the case judgment of clause (B)the Underwriter, would, individually makes untrue in any material respect any statement or information contained in the aggregateOfficial Statement, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed results in the Registration Official Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an containing any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted omitting to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; andor (vii5) all descriptions the declaration of war or the escalation of, or engagement in, military hostilities by the United States or the occurrence of any other national or international emergency or calamity relating to the effective operation of the government of, or the financial community in, the United States; or (6) the declaration of a general banking moratorium by federal, State of New York or State of California authorities, or the general suspension of trading on any national securities exchange or minimum or maximum prices for trading shall have been fixed and be in force, or maximum ranges for prices for securities shall have been required and be in force on the New York Stock Exchange or other national securities exchange, whether by virtue of determination by that exchange or by order of the SEC or any other governmental authority having jurisdiction; or (7) the imposition by the New York Stock Exchange or other national securities exchange, or any governmental authority, of any material restrictions not now in force with respect to the Bonds or obligations of the general character of the Bonds or securities generally, or the material increase of any such restrictions now in force, including those relating to the extension of credit by, or the charge to the net capital requirements of, the Underwriter; or (8) the entry of an order by a court of competent jurisdiction which order, in the Registration reasonable opinion of the Underwriter, materially and adversely affects proposed development of property within the Community Facilities District; or (9) a material disruption in securities settlement, payment or clearance services affecting the Bonds shall have occurred; or (10) there shall have been any material adverse change in the affairs of the Community Facilities District or County that in the Underwriter’s reasonable judgment will materially adversely affect the market for the Bonds or the ability of the Underwriter to enforce contracts for the sale of the Bonds; or (11) there shall be established any new restriction on transactions in securities materially affecting the free market for securities (including the imposition of any limitation on interest rates) or the extension of credit by, or a change to the net capital requirements of, underwriters established by the New York Stock Exchange, the SEC, any other federal or State agency or the Congress of the United States, or by Executive Order; or (12) a stop order, release, regulation, or no-action letter by or on behalf of the SEC or any other governmental agency having jurisdiction of the subject matter shall have been issued or made to the effect that the issuance, offering, or sale of the Bonds, including all the underlying obligations as contemplated hereby or by the Official Statement, or any document relating to the Disclosure Package issuance, offering or sale of the Bonds is or would be in violation of any provision of the federal securities laws at the Closing Date, including the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, and the Final Prospectus Trust Indenture Act of contracts 1939, as amended; or (13) the commencement of any action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation, at law or in equity, before or by any court, regulatory agency, public board or body described in Section 3(k). (d) On the Closing Date, the Underwriter shall have received counterpart originals or certified copies of the following documents, in each case satisfactory in form and other documents substance to which the Company or any Underwriter: (1) The Community Facilities District Documents, together with a certificate dated as of its subsidiaries the Closing Date of the Clerk of the Board to the effect that each such document is a party true, correct and complete copy of the one duly approved by the Board; (2) The Official Statement, duly executed by the Community Facilities District; (3) The opinion of Bond Counsel, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Community Facilities District, in substantially the form attached to the Preliminary Official Statement as Appendix D, and a reliance letter from such firm, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that such approving opinion addressed to the Community Facilities District may be relied upon by the Underwriter to the same extent as if such opinion were addressed to them; (4) The supplemental opinion of Bond Counsel, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that (i) this Bond Purchase Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, and the Community Facilities District Continuing Disclosure Certificate have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Community Facilities District, and, in the case of the Bond Purchase Agreement and Escrow Agreement, assuming such agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the respective other parties thereto, constitute the legally valid and binding obligations of the Community Facilities District enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, moratorium, insolvency or other laws affecting creditor’s rights or remedies and is subject to general principles of equity and to the exercise of judicial discretion in appropriate cases; (ii) the Bonds are not subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Resolution is exempt from qualification pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended; and (iii) the statements contained in the Official Statement under the captions “THE 2023 BONDS,” “SECURITY AND SOURCES OF PAYMENT FOR THE BONDS,” “LEGAL MATTERS – Tax Exemption,” and in Appendices B, C, D and F, insofar as such statements expressly summarize certain provisions of the Bonds, the Resolution, the Escrow Agreement, and the other agreements and the opinion of such firm concerning the exclusion from gross income for federal income tax purposes and exemption from State of California personal income taxes of interest on the Bonds, are accurate in all material respects; ; (5) An opinion of Bond Counsel dated the Closing Date and addressed to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there Underwriter in form and substance acceptable to the Underwriter that the Prior Bonds have been defeased and are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein.longer outstanding; (d6) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused letter of ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP& ▇▇▇▇▇, a Professional Corporation, as disclosure counsel for (“Disclosure Counsel”) dated the Selling StockholdersClosing Date and addressed to the Community Facilities District and to the Underwriter, to have furnished the effect that, without having undertaken to determine independently the accuracy or completeness of the statements contained in the Official Statement, but on the basis of their participation in conferences with representatives of the Community Facilities District, the Special Tax Consultant and others, and their examination of certain documents, nothing has come to their attention which has led them to believe that the Official Statement, as of its date contained, or as of the Closing Date contains, any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (except that no view need be expressed with respect to (i) the expressions of opinion, the assumptions, the projections, estimates and forecasts, the charts, the financial statements or other financial, numerical, economic, demographic or statistical data, assessed or appraised valuations, absorption schedules, or archeological or environmental matters contained in the Official Statement; (ii) any CUSIP numbers or information relating thereto; (iii) any information with respect to The Depository Trust Company and its book-entry system; (iv) any information contained in the Appendices to the Official Statement; (v) any information incorporated by reference into the Official Statement; and (vi) any information with respect to the Underwriter their opinion or underwriting matters with respect to the Bonds, including but not limited to information under the caption “UNDERWRITING”); (7) A certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by an authorized representative of the Community Facilities District, ratifying the use and distribution by the Underwriter of the Preliminary Official Statement and the Official Statement in connection with the offering and sale of the Bonds and certifying that (i) the representations and warranties of the Community Facilities District contained in Section 3 hereof are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date; (ii) to the best of his or her knowledge, no event has occurred since the date of the Official Statement affecting the matters contained therein which should be disclosed in the Official Statement for the purposes for which it is to be used in order to make the statements and information contained in the Official Statement not misleading in any material respect, and the Bonds and the Community Facilities District Documents conform as to form and tenor to the descriptions thereof contained in the Official Statement; and (iii) the Community Facilities District has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied under the Community Facilities District Documents at or prior to the Closing Date; (8) An opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, of the office of County Counsel, to the effect that: that (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) County was duly organized and is validly existing and, to as a division of the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing State under the Constitution and laws of its jurisdiction the State of organization;California, (ii) the execution Board adopted the resolutions and delivery ordinances forming the Community Facilities District, confirming the Special Tax, approving the Community Facilities District Documents and authorizing the sale and issuance of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each Bonds at meetings of the Domestic Selling StockholdersBoard which were held pursuant to law, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that to its current actual knowledge, there are no actions, suits, proceedings, inquiries, or investigations, at law or in equity, before or by any California court, governmental agency, public board, or body, pending (anotice of which has been served on the County) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined or, threatened in Section 8-102(a)(5) writing against the County or the Community Facilities District, for which the County or the Community Facilities District has been served, to restrain or enjoin the issuance of the UCCBonds, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 collection or application of the UCC)Special Tax, or the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered payment of principal of and interest on the date hereof to DTCBonds, made payment therefor pursuant to or in any way contesting the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account validity of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States Bonds or the State of New York Community Facilities District Documents or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable tthis Bond Purchase Agreement;

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Bond Purchase Agreement

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter Underwriter's obligation to purchase the Securities Certificates shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no 6.1 No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued be in effect, and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counselthe Company, threatened actionby the Commission; and the Prospectus Supplement shall have been filed or transmitted for filing, suit by means reasonably calculated to result in a filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act. 6.2 Since __________, 200_ there shall have been no material adverse change (not in the ordinary course of business) in the condition of the Company. 6.3 The Company shall have delivered to you a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of the President, a Senior Vice President or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving a Vice President of the Company or any to the effect that the signer of its subsidiaries or its or their propertysuch certificate has examined this Agreement, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, andthe Pooling and Servicing Agreement and various other closing documents, and that, to the best of his or her knowledge after reasonable investigation: (a) the representations and warranties of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described the Company in this Agreement and in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package Pooling and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act Servicing Agreement are true and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate correct in all material respects; and (b) the Company has, in all material respects, complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to thereinClosing Date. (d) The Selling Stockholders 6.4 You shall have requested and caused received the opinions of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, special counsel for the Selling StockholdersCompany, to have furnished dated the Closing Date and substantially to the Underwriter their effect set forth in Exhibit A and Exhibit B. 6.5 You shall have received from counsel for the Underwriter, an opinion dated the Closing Date in form and addressed substance satisfactory to the Underwriter. 6.6 The Underwriter shall have received from certified public accountants, a letter dated the date hereof and satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and the Underwriter's counsel, to the effect that: (i) each that they have performed certain specified procedures, all of which have been agreed to by the Underwriter, as a result of which they determined that certain information of an accounting, financial or statistical nature set forth in the Prospectus Supplement under the captions "Description of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing andMortgage Pool", to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction"Pooling and Servicing Agreement", in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery "Description of the Underwriting Agreement Certificates" and "Certain Yield and Prepayment Considerations" agrees with the records of the Company excluding any questions of legal interpretation. 6.7 The Certificates shall have been duly authorized rated "AAA" by [each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, of] [Standard & Poor's Ratings Services] and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed [Fitch Ratings] and delivered "Aaa" by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused [▇▇▇▇▇'and CalderInvestors Service, counsel for Inc.]. 6.8 You shall have received the opinion of [Trustee's Counsel], dated the Closing Date, substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit C. 6.9 You shall have received from ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇BMET Investors Offshore Holdings& ▇▇▇▇ LLP, L.P.special counsel to the Company, and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fundfrom in-house counsel to the Company, L.P.reliance letters with respect to any opinions delivered to [Standard & Poor's Ratings Services] and [Fitch Ratings] and [▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, certain Inc.]. The Company will furnish you with conformed copies of the Selling Stockholdersabove opinions, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date certificates, letters and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms documents as you reasonably acceptable to the Underwriterrequest. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t

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Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter Underwriter’s obligation to purchase the Securities Notes shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no 6.1 No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued be in effect, and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counselthe Company, threatened actionby the Commission; and the Prospectus Supplement shall have been filed or transmitted for filing by means reasonably calculated to result in a filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act. 6.2 Since [DATE], suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving there shall have been no material adverse change (not in the ordinary course of business) in the condition of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their propertyMaster Servicer. 6.3 The Company shall have delivered to you a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of the President, a character required Senior Vice President or a Vice President of the Company to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in effect that the Disclosure Package and signer of such certificate has examined this Agreement, the Final Approved Offering Materials, the Prospectus, andthe Servicing Agreement, the Trust Agreement and various other closing documents, and that, to the best of his or her knowledge after reasonable investigation: (a) the representations and warranties of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described the Company in this Agreement and in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package Indenture are true and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate correct in all material respects; and (b) the Company has, in all material respects, complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date. 6.4 Master Servicer shall have delivered to you a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of the President, a Managing Director or a Director of Master Servicer to the effect that the signer of such certificate has examined the Trust Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the Indenture and this Agreement and that, to the best of such counsel’s knowledgehis or her knowledge after reasonable investigation, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to the representations and warranties of Master Servicer contained in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to thereinServicing Agreement and in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects. (d) The Selling Stockholders 6.5 You shall have requested and caused ▇▇received the opinion of Mayer, Brown, ▇▇▇▇ & Maw LLP, special counsel for the Company and the opinions of [ ], Special Counsel for Master Servicer, each dated the Closing Date and substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibits A-1 and A-2, and the opinion of [NAME], [TITLE] for the Company and the opinion of [NAME], [TITLE] for Master Servicer, dated the Closing Date and substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibits B-1 and B-2. 6.6 You shall have received from Mayer, Brown, ▇▇▇▇ & Maw LLP, counsel for the Underwriter, an opinion dated the Closing Date in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter. 6.7 You shall have received from [ACCOUNTING FIRM], certified public accountants, (a) a letter dated the date hereof and satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and your counsel, to the effect that they have performed certain specified procedures, all of which have been agreed to by you, as a result of which they determined that certain information of an accounting, financial or statistical nature set forth in the Prospectus Supplement under the captions “Description of the Home Loan Pool,” “Servicing Agreement,” “Description of the Notes” and “Yield and Prepayment Considerations” agrees with the records of the Company and Master Servicer excluding any questions of legal interpretation and (b) the letter prepared pursuant to Section 5.9 hereof. 6.8 The Notes shall have each been rated [“AAA”] by Standard & Poor’s, a division of The ▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ Companies, Inc. (“Standard & Poor’s”) and [“Aaa”] by ▇▇▇▇’▇ Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”). 6.9 You shall have received the opinion of [COUNSEL], counsel to the Trustee, dated the Closing Date, substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit C. 6.10 You shall have received from Mayer, Brown, ▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Maw LLP, special counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the UnderwriterCompany, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter reliance letters with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale any opinions delivered to Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s. The Company will furnish you with conformed copies of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does notabove opinions, Notes, letters and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such documents as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws)you reasonably request. (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t

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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (SG Mortgage Securities, LLC)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities Registered Certificates shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time date hereof, as of the date of the effectiveness of any amendment to the Registration Statement filed prior to the Closing Date and as of the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting Statement, as amended from time to its use time, shall have been issued and not withdrawn and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened; and the Final Prospectus shall have been filed or transmitted for filing with the Commission in accordance with Rule 424 under the ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for delivered to you a certificate of the Company, to have furnished to signed by the Underwriter their opinion, President or a vice president or an assistant vice president of the Company and dated the Closing Date and addressed to the UnderwriterDate, to the effect that: that the signer of such certificate has carefully examined the Registration Statement, Final Prospectus and this Agreement and that (i) the Company has been duly incorporated representations and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws warranties of the State Company in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects at and as of Delawarethe Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarizehas, in all material respects, complied with all the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither agreements and satisfied all the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 conditions on its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is part that are required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations to be performed or qualifications as may be required by the securities satisfied at or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); prior to the knowledge of such counselClosing Date, (iii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened; and , (xiv) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their the attention of such officer that caused them would lead such officer to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained Final Prospectus contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or and (iiiv) subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes there has not been any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, adverse change in the light general affairs, capitalization, financial condition or results of operations of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing DateCompany. (c) The Company Underwriter shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, received from ▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLPllp, counsel for the Selling StockholdersCompany and the Seller, a favorable opinion, dated the Closing Date and satisfactory in form and substance to counsel for the Underwriter. (d) The Representative shall have received from Deloitte & Touche, certified public accountants, a letter, dated the date hereof and satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriter, to the effect that they have furnished performed certain specified procedures as a result of which they determined that certain information of an accounting, financial or statistical nature set forth in each respective Final Prospectus under the captions “Summary of Prospectus Supplement—The Mortgage Loans,” “Risk Factors” (to the extent of information regarding the Mortgage Loans therein) “The Mortgage Pool” “Yield on the Certificates” and “Description of the Certificates” agrees with the records of the Seller. (e) The Certificates shall have been given the ratings set forth in Schedule I hereto by the Rating Agency. (f) The Representative shall have received, from counsel for the Trustee, a favorable opinion, dated the Closing Date, and in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative and its counsel, to the effect that the Pooling and Servicing Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Trustee and constitutes the legal, valid and binding agreement of the Trustee, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights in general and by general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, and as to such other matters as may be agreed upon by the Trustee and the Representative. (g) The Representative shall have received from the Seller, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter: (i) An officer’s certificate stating that on the Closing Date the representations and warranties of the Seller under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement will be true and correct and no event has occurred that would constitute a default thereunder; and (ii) An officer’s certificate relating to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and the obligations of the Seller thereunder, as Seller or otherwise, together with copies of the certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the Seller and a certificate of good standing of the Seller under the laws of the State of New York; (h) The Representative shall have received from the Master Servicer, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter: (i) An officer’s certificate stating that on the Closing Date the representations and warranties of the Master Servicer contained in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement will be true and correct and no event has occurred with respect to the Master Servicer that would constitute an Event of Default thereunder; and (ii) An officer’s certificate relating to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the obligations of the Master Servicer thereunder, as Master Servicer or otherwise, and attached thereto the Articles of Association of the Master Servicer, together with copies of the charter and by-laws of the Master Servicer and a certificate of good standing of the Master Servicer issued by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency of the United States of America. (i) The Representative shall have received from counsel to the Master Servicer, a favorable opinion, dated the Closing Date and satisfactory in form and substance to counsel for the Underwriter. (j) The Underwriter their opinion shall have received copies of any opinions of counsel to the Company, the Seller, each Underlying Seller and the Master Servicer supplied to the Rating Agency or the Trustee relating to certain matters with respect to the Certificates. Any such opinions shall be dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter or accompanied by the reliance letters to the Underwriter or shall state that the Underwriter may rely upon them. (k) All proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and all documents incident hereto shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriter, and the Representative and counsel for the Underwriter shall have received such other information, certificates and documents as they may reasonably request. (l) All documents required under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement have been provided to the appropriate parties. If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled in all material respects when and as provided in this Agreement, if the Company is in breach of any covenants or agreements contained herein or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be in all material respects reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriter, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriter hereunder may be cancelled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Representative. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing, or by telephone or telegraph confirmed in writing. (m) The Representative shall have received, from counsel for the Paying Agent, a favorable opinion, dated the Closing Date, and in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative and its counsel, to the effect that: (i) each of that the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution Pooling and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Servicing Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) the Paying Agent and constitutes the legal, valid and binding agreement of the UCCPaying Agent, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights in general and by general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) as to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim other matters as may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities agreed upon by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, Paying Agent and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws)Representative. (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t

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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-Ar1)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations obligation of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders Shareholders contained herein as of the Applicable Execution Time and the Closing DateDate pursuant to Section 4 hereof, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders Shareholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders Shareholders of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any other material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued, no order or any notice objecting to its preventing or suspending the use shall have of the Base Prospectus or the Final Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall any of those purposes have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇& Bockius LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished furnish to the Underwriter their its opinion and 10b-5 statement, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in substantially the form of Annex A-1 and Annex A-2 hereto. (c) TPG shall have requested and caused its counsel to furnish to the Underwriter an opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in substantially the forms of Annex B-1 and B-2 hereto, and the Trust shall have requested and caused its counsel to furnish to the effect that: (i) Underwriter an opinion, dated the Company has been duly incorporated Closing Date and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant addressed to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarizeUnderwriter, in all material respects, substantially the matters referred to thereinform of Annex B-3 hereto. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (cd) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, General Counsel of the Company, to have furnished furnish to the Underwriter his opinion opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbranceUnderwriter, in substantially the case form of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to thereinAnnex C hereto. (de) The Selling Stockholders Underwriter shall have requested and caused received from Fried, Frank, Harris, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, as counsel for the Selling StockholdersUnderwriter, to have furnished to the Underwriter their such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, with respect to the sale of the Securities, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Underwriter may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. (f) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter a certificate of the Company, signed by (x) the Chief Executive Officer and (y) the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect thatthat the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus and any supplements or amendments thereto, and this Agreement and that to the best of their knowledge: (i) each the representations and warranties of the Selling Stockholders listed Company in this Agreement are true and correct on Schedule IV (and as of the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing andClosing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date, and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organizationClosing Date; (ii) no stop order suspending the execution and delivery effectiveness of the Underwriting Agreement Registration Statement has been issued, no order or any notice preventing or suspending the use of the Base Prospectus or the Final Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been duly authorized by each of instituted or, to the Domestic Selling StockholdersCompany’s knowledge, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder;are threatened; and (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) since the date of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest most recent financial statements included in the Securities it has purchased without notice Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCCsupplement thereto), there has been no Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, Disclosure Package and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, Final Prospectus (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents exclusive of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky lawssupplement thereto). (eg) The Selling Stockholders At the Execution Time and at the Closing Date, the Company shall have requested and caused KPMG LLP to furnish to the Underwriter letters, dated respectively as of the Execution Time and as of the Closing Date with respect to the Company and the Worthington ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., Venture in form and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable substance satisfactory to the Underwriter. (fh) The Each Selling Stockholders Shareholder shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion a certificate of such Selling Shareholder, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the representations and warranties of such Selling Shareholder in this Agreement are true and correct with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date and addressed such Selling Shareholder has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed are satisfied hereunder prior to the Closing Date. (i) Subsequent to the Execution Time, there shall not have been 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 that does not indicate the direction of the possible change. (j) At the Closing Date, the Securities shall continue to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. (k) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter such further information, certificates and documents as the Underwriter may reasonably request. If any of the conditions specified in this Section 7 shall not have been fulfilled when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriter hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Underwriter. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in a form reasonably acceptable twriting or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing. The documents required to be delivered by this Section 7 shall be delivered at the office of the Underwriter’s counsel set forth in this Agreement, on the Closing Date.

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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Armstrong World Industries Inc)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations obligation of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities shall be Units hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, All filings required by Rule 424 and any supplement thereto, Rule 430B of the Rules and Regulations shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any made. All material required to be filed by the Company Partnership pursuant to Rule 433(d) under of the Act, Rules and Regulations shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods period prescribed for such filings filing by Rule 433; 433 of the Rules and no Regulations. No stop order (i) suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or (ii) suspending or preventing the use of the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any notice objecting to its use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been issued and no proceedings proceeding for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Partnership or threatenedthe Underwriter, threatened by the Commission, and any request of the Commission for additional information (to be included in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or otherwise) shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Underwriter. (b) Subsequent to the Applicable Time, there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development involving a prospective change that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, not contemplated by the Prospectus, which in the Underwriter’s opinion, would materially adversely affect the market for the Units or (ii) any event or development relating to or involving any of the Partnership Group Entities or any executive officer or director of any of such entities that makes any statement made in the Prospectus untrue or which, in the opinion of the Partnership and its counsel or the Underwriter and its counsel, requires the making of any addition to or change in the Prospectus in order to state a material fact required by the Securities Act or any other law to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, if amending or supplementing the Prospectus to reflect such event or development would, in the Underwriter’s opinion, materially adversely affect the market for the Units. (c) The Company Underwriter shall have requested and caused Faegre received on the Delivery Date, an opinion of V▇▇▇▇▇ & E▇▇▇▇ L.L.P., counsel for the Partnership, dated as of the Delivery Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B hereto. (d) The Underwriter shall have received on the Delivery Date an opinion of the general counsel for the General Partner, dated as of the Delivery Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit C hereto. (e) The Underwriter shall have received on the Delivery Date, an opinion of special internal Canadian counsel of the Partnership with respect to the Provinces of Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan and the federal laws of Canada, dated as of the Delivery Date and addressed to the Underwriter, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit D hereto. (f) The Underwriter shall have received on the Delivery Date, an opinion of L▇▇▇▇▇ & W▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinionSelling Unitholder, dated as of the Closing Delivery Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit E hereto. (g) The Underwriter shall have received on the Delivery Date an opinion of B▇▇▇▇ B▇▇▇▇ L.L.P., counsel for the Underwriter, dated as of the Delivery Date and addressed to the Underwriter, with respect to the offering and sale of the Units, the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus (together with any amendment or supplement thereto) and other related matters the Underwriter may reasonably require. (h) At the time of the execution of this Agreement, the Underwriter shall have received from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent public accountants, a letter dated as of such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; provided that the cut-off date for the procedures performed by such accountant and described in such letter shall be a date not more than three business days prior to the date of such letter. (i) On the Delivery Date, the Underwriter shall have received from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP a letter, dated as of the Delivery Date, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to paragraph (h) of this Section 8, except that the date referred to in the proviso in Section 8(h) hereof shall be a date not more than three business days prior to each such Delivery Date. (j) The Partnership shall have furnished to the Underwriter as of the Delivery Date a certificate of the Partnership, signed on behalf of the Partnership by the President or any Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer of the General Partner, dated as of the Delivery Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have examined the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, and this Agreement and that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated representations and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws warranties of the State Partnership in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of Delaware, the Delivery Date with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business the same effect as described in if made on the Disclosure Package Delivery Date and the Final ProspectusPartnership has complied in all material respects with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Delivery Date; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or or, to the Partnership’s knowledge, threatened; and (xiii) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (iA) the Registration Statement, on as of the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (iiB) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Delivery Date, included or includes and (C) the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, did not and do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, and did not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would do not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements statement therein (except in the case of the Registration Statement, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading; and. (viik) all descriptions The NYSE shall have approved the Units for listing, subject only to official notice of issuance and evidence of satisfactory distribution. (l) At the time of the execution of this Agreement, the Underwriter shall have received from the Partnership a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto and signed by the chief accounting officer of the General Partner. (m) The Selling Unitholder shall have furnished to the Underwriter a certificate, signed by or on behalf of the Selling Unitholder, dated the Delivery Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have examined the Selling Unitholder Information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package Package, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplements or amendments thereto, and that the Final Prospectus representations and warranties of contracts the Selling Unitholder in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Delivery Date to the same effect as if made on the Delivery Date. All such opinions, certificates, letters and other documents referred to which in this Section 8 will be in compliance with the Company or provisions hereof only if they are reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter. The Partnership shall furnish to the Underwriter conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and other documents in such number as they shall reasonably request. If any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate the conditions specified in this Section 8 shall not have been fulfilled in all material respects; respects when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be in all material respects reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested Underwriter and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the this Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account all obligations of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim hereunder may be asserted against cancelled at, or at any time prior to, the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities Delivery Date by the Selling Stockholders Underwriter. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance Partnership in writing or by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations telephone or facsimile confirmed in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws)writing. (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Plains All American Pipeline Lp)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The Underwriter has entered into this Purchase Agreement in reliance upon the representations and warranties of the City contained herein. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase accept delivery of and pay for the Securities Bonds on the date of the Closing shall be subject to subject, at the accuracy option of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and the Closing DateUnderwriter, to the accuracy in all respects of the statements of the Company officers and other officials of the City, as well as authorized representatives of the City Attorney, Bond Counsel, ▇▇▇▇▇ Peabody LLP, as disclosure counsel (“Disclosure Counsel”) and the Selling Stockholders Trustee made in any certificates or other documents furnished pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and City of its obligations to be performed hereunder at or prior to the Selling Stockholders date of their respective obligations hereunder the Closing, and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectusrepresentations, warranties and covenants of the City contained herein shall be true, complete and correct at the date hereof and at the time of the Closing, as if made on the date of the Closing; (b) At the time of Closing, the Legal Documents shall be in full force and effect as valid and binding agreements between or among the various parties thereto, and the Legal Documents and the Preliminary Official Statement and the Official Statement shall not have been amended, modified or supplemented except as may have been agreed to in writing by the Underwriter, and all such reasonable actions as, in the opinion of Bond Counsel, shall reasonably deem necessary in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby; (c) At the time of the Closing, no default shall have occurred or be existing under the Legal Documents, or any other agreement or document pursuant to which any of the City’s financial obligations were executed and delivered, and the City shall not be in default in the payment of principal or interest with respect to any of its financial obligations, which default would result in any material adverse change to the financial condition of the City or adversely impact its ability to make payment of principal or redemption price of and interest on the Bonds when due; (d) In recognition of the desire of the City and the Underwriter to effect a successful public offering of the Bonds, and in view of the potential adverse impact of any of the following events on such a public offering, this Purchase Agreement shall be subject to termination in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter by notification, in writing, to the City prior to delivery of and payment for the Bonds, if at any time prior to such time: (i) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, declaration by the United States of America of a national emergency or war or other calamity or crisis the effect of which on financial markets is materially adverse such as to make it, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter, impractical to proceed with the purchase or delivery of the Bonds as contemplated by the Official Statement (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto, ); or (ii) a general banking moratorium shall have been filed with declared by federal, State or New York authorities, or the Commission general suspension of trading on any national securities exchange; or (iii) an event occurs which in the manner reasonable opinion of the Underwriter requires a supplement or amendment to the Official Statement and: (i) the City refuses to prepare and furnish such supplement or amendment; or (ii) in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter, the occurrence of such event materially and adversely affects the marketability of the Bonds or the ability of the Underwriter to enforce contracts for the sale of the Bonds; or (iv) any legislation, ordinance, rule or regulation shall be introduced in, or be enacted by any governmental body, department or agency of the State, or a decision by any court of competent jurisdiction within the time period required State shall be rendered which materially adversely affects the market price of the Bonds; or (v) the marketability of the Bonds or the market price thereof, in the reasonable opinion of the Underwriter, has been materially adversely affected by Rule 424(b); and an amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America or by any material required to be filed legislation in or by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness Congress of the Registration Statement United States of America or by the State, or the amendment of legislation pending as of the date of this Purchase Agreement in the Congress of the United States of America, or the recommendation to Congress or endorsement for passage (by press release, other form of notice or otherwise) of legislation by the President of the United States of America, the Treasury Department of the United States of America, the Internal Revenue Service or the Chairman or ranking minority member of the Committee on Finance of the United States Senate or the Committee on Ways and Means of the United States House of Representatives, or the proposal for consideration of legislation by either such Committee or by any notice objecting member thereof, or the presentment of legislation for consideration as an option by either such Committee, or by the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation of the Congress of the United States of America, or the favorable reporting for passage of legislation to its use either House of the Congress of the United States of America by a Committee of such House to which such legislation has been referred for consideration; or (vi) an order, decree or injunction shall have been issued by any court of competent jurisdiction, or order, ruling, regulation (final, temporary or proposed), official statement or other form of notice or communication issued or made by or on behalf of the Securities and no proceedings for Exchange Commission, or any other governmental agency having jurisdiction of the subject matter, to the effect that: (i) obligations of the general character of the Bonds, or the Bonds, including any or all underlying arrangements, are not exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or that the Trust Agreement is not exempt from qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939; or (ii) the issuance, offering or sale of obligations of the general character of the Bonds, or the issuance, offering or sale of the Bonds, including any or all underlying obligations, as contemplated hereby or by the Preliminary Official Statement and the Official Statement, is or would be in violation of the federal securities laws as amended and then in effect; or (vii) legislation shall be introduced, by amendment or otherwise, or be enacted by the House of Representatives or the Senate of the Congress of the United States of America, or a decision by a court of the United States of America shall be rendered, or a stop order, ruling, regulation or official statement by or on behalf of the Securities and Exchange Commission or other governmental agency having jurisdiction of the subject matter shall be made or proposed, to the effect that the issuance, offering or sale of obligations of the general character of the Bonds, as contemplated hereby or by the Preliminary Official Statement and the Official Statement, is or would be in violation of any provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and as then in effect, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and as then in effect, or the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended and as then in effect, or with the purpose or effect of otherwise prohibiting the issuance, offering or sale of the Bonds or obligations of the general character of the Bonds, as contemplated hereby or by the Preliminary Official Statement and the Official Statement; or (viii) additional material restrictions not in force as of the date hereof shall have been instituted imposed upon trading in securities generally by any governmental authority or threatenedby any national securities exchange, which, in the Underwriter’s reasonable opinion, materially adversely affects the marketability or market price of the Bonds; or (ix) the Comptroller of the Currency, the New York Stock Exchange, or other national securities exchange or association or any governmental authority, shall impose as to the Bonds, or obligations of the general character of the Bonds, any material restrictions not now in force, or increase materially those now in force, with respect to the extension of credit by or the charge to the net capital requirements or financial responsibility requirements of broker dealers; or (x) trading in securities on the New York Stock Exchange or other major exchange shall have been suspended or limited or minimum prices have been established on either such exchange which, in the Underwriter’s reasonable judgment, materially adversely affects the marketability or market price of the Bonds; or (xi) any rating of the Bonds or the rating of any securities of the City shall have been downgraded, withdrawn or placed on negative watch by a national rating service, which, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter, materially adversely affects the market price of the Bonds; or (xii) any action shall have been taken by any government in respect of its monetary affairs which, in the reasonable opinion of the Underwriter, has a material adverse effect on the United States securities market, rendering the marketing and sale of the Bonds, or enforcement of sale contracts with respect thereto impracticable; or (xiii) the commencement of any action, suit or proceeding described in Section 6(m); or (xiv) any change, which in the reasonable opinion of the Underwriter, materially adversely affects the marketability of the Bonds or, the financial condition of the City. (be) The Company at or prior to the Closing, the Underwriter shall receive or have requested received the following documents, in each case to the reasonable satisfaction, in form and caused Faegre substance, of the Underwriter and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the CompanyA Professional Law Corporation, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the California (“Underwriter, to the effect that:’s Counsel”): (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws copy of the State default judgment, dated , 2020, entered in favor of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases City in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each City of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable tCoachella v.

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Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities Certificates shall be subject to the accuracy in all respects of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders Depositor contained herein as of the Applicable Time date hereof and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders Depositor made in any Officers’ certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders Depositor of their respective its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇LLP, counsel for the Company, to & ▇▇▇▇ LLP shall have furnished to the Underwriter their opinionopinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed Date, substantially to the Underwritereffect set forth in Exhibit A. (b) The Depositor shall have furnished to the Underwriter a certificate of the Depositor, signed by the President, Senior Vice President or any Vice President, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signer of such certificate has carefully examined the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated The representations and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws warranties of the State Depositor in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of Delawarethe Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final ProspectusDepositor has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or or, to his knowledge, threatened; and (xiii) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing Nothing has come to their his attention that caused them would lead him to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on as of the Effective Closing Date, contained contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) or that the Disclosure PackageProspectus, as amended or supplemented at of the Applicable TimeClosing Date, contained contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Datemisleading. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to Deloitte & Touche LLP will have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion a letter, dated as of the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbranceDate, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package form and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each that they have performed certain specified procedures as a result of which they have determined that such information as the Underwriter may reasonably request of an accounting, financial or statistical nature set forth in the Definitive Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement under the caption “The Initial Mortgage Loans” and elsewhere therein agrees with the accounting records of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing Depositor and, to where applicable, the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery Mortgage Loan files of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each Depositor, excluding any questions of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws)legal interpretation. (ed) The Selling Stockholders Depositor’s Home Equity Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2006-4, Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-3 Certificates shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calderbeen rated “AAA” by Standard & Poor’s, counsel for a division of The ▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇Companies, Inc. (“S&P”), “AAA” by Fitch Ratings, Inc. (“Fitch”), “AAA” by Dominion Bond Rating Service (“DBRS”) and “Aaa” by ▇▇▇▇▇’BMET Investors Offshore HoldingsService, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. Inc. (f) “Moody’s”). The Selling Stockholders Class M-1 Certificates shall have requested been rated “AA+” by S&P, “AA+” by Fitch, “AA (high)” by DBRS and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners“Aa1” by Moody’s. The Class M-2 Certificates shall have been rated “AA” by S&P, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG“AA+” by Fitch, a Selling Stockholder“AA” by DBRS and “Aa2” by Moody’s. The Class M-3 Certificates shall have been rated “AA-” by S&P, to “AA-” by Fitch, “AA (low)” by DBRS and “Aa3” by Moody’s. The Class M-4 Certificates shall have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date been rated “A+” by S&P, “A+” by Fitch, “A (high)” by DBRS and addressed to the Underwriter“A1” by Moody’s. The Class M-5 Certificates shall have been rated “A” by S&P, in a form reasonably acceptable t“A+” by Fitch, “A” by DBRS and “A2” by Moody’s. The Class M-6 Certificates shall have been rated “A-” by S&P, “A” by Fitch, “A” by DBRS and “A3” by Moody’s. The Class M-7 Certificates shall have been rated “BBB+” by S&P, “A-” by Fitch, “A (low)” by DBRS and “Baa1” by Moody’s. The Class M-8 Certificates shall have been rated “BBB” by S&P, “BBB+” by Fitch, “BBB (high)” by DBRS and “Baa2” by Moody’s. The Class M-9 Certificates shall have been rated “BBB” by Fitch, “BBB” by DBRS and “Baa3” by Moody’s. The Class B-1 Certificates shall have been rated “BB+” by S&P, “BBB-“ by Fitch, “BBB (low)” by DBRS and “Ba1” by Moody’s. The Class A-R Certificates shall have been rated “AAA” by S&P.

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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Home Equity Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-4)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders Stockholder contained herein as of the Applicable Execution Time and the Closing DateDate pursuant to Section 3 hereof, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders Stockholder made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders Stockholder of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any other material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre Wachtell, Lipton, ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinionits opinion and negative assurance letters, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described substantially in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization form attached hereto as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date.Exhibit B. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇., General Counsel to the Company, shall have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is requiredUnderwriter, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described substantially in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except form attached hereto as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein.Exhibit C. (d) The Selling Stockholders Stockholder shall have requested and caused caused, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter its opinion dated the Closing Date, addressed to the Underwriter and substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D. (e) The Underwriter shall have received from ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling StockholdersUnderwriter, to have furnished to the Underwriter their such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, with respect to the sale of the Securities, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Underwriter may reasonably require, and the Company and the Selling Stockholder shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. (f) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter a certificate of the Company, signed by the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer and the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that: (i) each the representations and warranties of the Selling Stockholders listed Company in this Agreement are true and correct on Schedule IV (and as of the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organizationClosing Date; (ii) no stop order suspending the execution and delivery effectiveness of the Underwriting Agreement Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been duly authorized by each of instituted or, to the Domestic Selling StockholdersCompany’s knowledge, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder;threatened; and (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) since the date of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest most recent financial statements included in the Securities it has purchased without notice Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCCsupplement thereto), there has been no Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, Disclosure Package and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, Prospectus (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents exclusive of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky lawssupplement thereto). (eg) The Selling Stockholders Stockholder shall have furnished to the Underwriter a certificate, signed by an authorized representative of the Selling Stockholder reasonably acceptable to counsel to the Underwriter dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the representations and warranties of the Selling Stockholder in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date to the same effect as if made on the Closing Date. (h) The Company shall have requested and caused Deloitte & Touche LLP to have furnished to the Underwriter at the Execution Time and at the Closing Date, letters, dated respectively as of the Execution Time and as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, to the effect set forth in Exhibit E. (i) Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), there shall not have been (i) any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (h) of this Section 6 or (ii) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the management, condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business or properties of the Company or its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto) the effect of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the sole judgment of the Underwriter, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto). (j) Subsequent to the Execution Time, there shall not have been any decrease in the rating of any of the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 3(a)(62) under 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 that does not indicate the direction of the possible change. (k) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company and the Selling Stockholder shall have furnished to the Underwriter such further information, certificates and documents as the Underwriter may reasonably request. (l) The Securities shall have been listed and admitted and authorized for trading on the New York Stock Exchange, and satisfactory evidence of such actions shall have been provided to the Underwriter. (m) At the Execution Time, the Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter a letter substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto from each party listed on Exhibit A-2 addressed to the Underwriter. If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriter hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Underwriter. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company and the Selling Stockholder in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing. The documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 shall be delivered at the office of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings& ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to counsel for the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, a Selling Stockholder▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated on the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable tDate.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc.)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase accept delivery of and pay for the Securities Bonds on the Closing Date shall be subject subject, at the option of the Underwriter, to the accuracy in all material respects of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders County contained herein herein, as of the Applicable Time date hereof and as of the Closing Date, to the accuracy in all material respects of the statements of the Company officers and other officials of the County and the Selling Stockholders Developer made in any certificates or other documents furnished pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and County of its obligations to be performed hereunder at or prior to the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder Closing Date and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final ProspectusAt the Closing Date, the County Documents shall be in full force and effect, and any supplement theretoshall not have been amended, modified or supplemented, except as may have been agreed to in writing by the Underwriter, and there shall have been filed taken in connection therewith, with the Commission issuance of the Bonds and with the transactions contemplated thereby and by this Bond Purchase Agreement, all such actions as, in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness opinion of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇Norton ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇LLP, counsel US LLP Bond Counsel for the CompanyCounty, to shall be necessary and appropriate; (b) Between the date hereof and the Closing Date, the market price or marketability of the Bonds at the initial offering prices set forth in the Official Statement shall not have furnished been materially adversely affected, in the judgment of the Underwriter (evidenced by a written notice to the County terminating the obligation of the Underwriter their opinionto accept delivery of and pay for the Bonds), dated the Closing Date and addressed which judgment shall be formed (to the Underwritermaximum extent reasonably practicable under the circumstances) only after consultation with the County’s financial advisor, by reason of any of the following: (1) legislation introduced in or enacted (or resolution passed) by the Congress of the United States of America or recommended to the Congress by the President of the United States, the Department of the Treasury, the Internal Revenue Service, or any member of Congress, or favorably reported for passage to either House of Congress by any committee of such House to which such legislation had been referred for consideration or a decision rendered by a court established under Article III of the Constitution of the United States of America or by the Tax Court of the United States of America, or an order, ruling, regulation (final, temporary or proposed), press release or other form of notice issued or made by or on behalf of the Treasury Department or the Internal Revenue Service of the United States of America, with the purpose or effect, directly or indirectly, of imposing federal income taxation upon the interest that would be received by the holders of the Bonds beyond the extent to which such interest is subject to taxation as of the date hereof; (2) legislation introduced in or enacted (or resolution passed) by the Congress of the United States of America, or an order, decree or injunction issued by any court of competent jurisdiction, or an order, ruling, regulation (final, temporary or proposed), press release or other form of notice issued or made by or on behalf of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other governmental agency having jurisdiction of the subject matter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws that obligations of the State general character of Delawarethe Bonds, with power or the Bonds, including any or all underlying arrangements, are not exempt from registration under or other requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or that the Indenture is not exempt from qualification under or other requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, or that the issuance, offering or sale of obligations of the general character of the Bonds, or of the Bonds, including any or all underwriting arrangements, as contemplated hereby or by the Official Statement or otherwise is or would be in violation of the federal securities laws, rules or regulations as amended and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described then in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectuseffect; (ii3) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant any amendment to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation California Constitution or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, action by any judgment, order federal or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana California court, regulatory legislative body, administrative agency, governmental regulatory body or other authority materially adversely affecting the validity or enforceability of the Reassessments; (4) the declaration of war or the escalation of, or engagement in, military hostilities by the United States or the occurrence of any other national or international emergency or calamity relating to the effective operation of the government of, or the financial community in, the United States the effect of which is such as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the remarketing and redelivery of the Bonds as contemplated hereby or by the Official Statement; (5) the declaration of a general banking moratorium by federal, State of New York, or State of California authorities, or the general suspension of trading on any national securities exchange; (6) the imposition by the New York Stock Exchange or other national securities exchange, or any governmental authority, of any material restrictions not now in force with respect to the Bonds or obligations of the general character of the Bonds or securities generally, or the material increase of any such restrictions now in force, including those relating to the extension of credit by, or the charge to the net capital requirements of, the Underwriter; (7) an order, decree or injunction of any court of competent jurisdiction, or order, ruling, regulation or official statement by the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other governmental agency having jurisdiction over of the Company subject matter, issued or its subsidiaries made to the effect that the issuance, offering or sale of obligations of the general character of the Bonds, or the remarketing, reoffering or redelivery of the Bonds, as contemplated hereby or by the Official Statement, is or would be in violation of the federal securities laws as amended and then in effect; or (8) any of its event occurring, or their propertiesinformation becoming known, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrancewhich, in the case judgment of clause (B)the Underwriter, would, individually makes untrue in any material respect any statement or information contained in the aggregateOfficial Statement, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body results in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Official Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained containing any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted omitting to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (dc) On the Closing Date, the Underwriter shall have received counterpart originals or certified copies of the following documents, in each case satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter: (1) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested County Documents, together with a certificate dated as of the Closing Date of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to the effect that each such document is a true, correct and caused ▇▇complete copy of the one duly approved by the Board of Supervisors; (2) The Official Statement, duly executed by the County; (3) Unqualified approving opinion for the Bonds, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the County, of Norton ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ US LLP, counsel Bond Counsel for the Selling StockholdersCounty, in the form attached to the Preliminary Official Statement as Appendix D, and a reliance letter dated the Closing Date addressed to the Underwriter, to have furnished the effect that such approving opinion addressed to the County may be relied upon by the Underwriter their to the same extent as if such opinion was addressed to them; (4) A supplemental opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇Norton ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇BMET Investors Offshore HoldingsUS LLP, L.P.Bond Counsel for the County, to the effect that (i) this Bond Purchase Agreement, the Indenture, the Escrow Agreement and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fundthe Continuing Disclosure Certificate have been duly authorized, L.P.executed and delivered by the County, certain and, assuming such agreements constitute valid and binding obligations of the Selling Stockholdersother parties thereto, constitute the legally valid and binding agreements of the County enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, moratorium, insolvency or other laws affecting creditor’s rights or remedies and is subject to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable tgeneral principles of equity;

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Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter Underwriter's obligation to purchase the Securities Certificates shall be subject to the accuracy following conditions: 6.1 No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the representations Registration Statement shall be in effect, and warranties on no proceedings for that purpose shall be pending or, to the part knowledge of the Company Company, threatened by the Commission; and the Selling Stockholders contained herein Prospectus Supplement shall have been filed or transmitted for filing, by means reasonably calculated to result in a filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act. 6.2 Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Applicable Time Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there shall not have been any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the business or properties of the Company, the Seller or any of their respective affiliates the effect of which, in any case, is, in that Underwriter's reasonable judgment, so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or the delivery of the Certificates as contemplated by the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. All actions required to be taken and all filings required to be made by the Issuer under the Act and the Exchange Act prior to the sale of the Certificates shall have been duly taken or made. 6.3 The Company shall have delivered to you a certificate, dated the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements President, or the Executive Vice President of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereofeffect that the signer of such certificate has examined this Agreement, the Prospectus, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and various other closing documents, and that, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders best of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditionshis or her knowledge after reasonable investigation: (a) The Final Prospectus, the representations and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with warranties of the Commission Company in this Agreement and in the manner Pooling and within Servicing Agreement are true and correct in all material respects; and (b) the time period required by Rule 424(b); Company has, in all material respects, complied with all the agreements and any material required satisfied all the conditions on its part to be filed by performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Company pursuant to Rule 433(dClosing Date. (c) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; andare contemplated; (xd) subsequent to the Registration Statement respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus, and except as set forth or contemplated in the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference thereinProspectus, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing there has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state not been any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, adverse change in the light general affairs, business, key personnel, capitalization, financial condition or results of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers operations of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse EffectSeller; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iiie) except as otherwise disclosed stated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock there are no actions, suits or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving or, to their knowledge, threatened, against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of the Seller that could reasonably have a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; material adverse affect on (vii) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act Company or the Exchange Act and Seller or (ii) the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleadingtransactions contemplated by this Agreement; and (viif) all descriptions attached thereto are true and correct copies of a letter or letters from one or more nationally recognized statistical rating agencies confirming that the Certificates have been rated in one of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best four highest grades by each of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in agencies rating that class of Certificates and that such rating has not been lowered since the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to thereindate of such letter. (d) The Selling Stockholders 6.4 You shall have requested and caused received the opinions of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, special counsel for the Selling StockholdersCompany, to have furnished dated the Closing Date and substantially to the Underwriter their effect set forth in Exhibit A and Exhibit B. 6.5 You shall have received from counsel for the Underwriter, an opinion dated the Closing Date in form and addressed substance satisfactory to the Underwriter. 6.6 The Underwriter shall have received from certified public accountants, a letter dated the date hereof and satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and the Underwriter's counsel, to the effect that: (i) each that they have performed certain specified procedures, all of which have been agreed to by the Underwriter, as a result of which they determined that certain information of an accounting, financial or statistical nature set forth in the Definitive Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement under the captions "Description of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing andMortgage Pool", to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction"Pooling and Servicing Agreement", in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery "Description of the Underwriting Agreement Certificates" and "Certain Yield and Prepayment Considerations" agrees with the records of the Company excluding any questions of legal interpretation. 6.7 The Certificates shall have been duly authorized rated "AAA" by [each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, of] [Standard & Poor's Ratings Services] and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed [Fitch Ratings] and delivered "Aaa" by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused [▇▇▇▇▇'and CalderInvestors Service, counsel for Inc.]. 6.8 You shall have received the opinion of [Trustee's Counsel], dated the Closing Date, substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit C. 6.9 You shall have received from ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇BMET Investors Offshore Holdings& ▇▇▇▇ LLP, L.P.special counsel to the Company, and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fundfrom in-house counsel to the Company, L.P.reliance letters with respect to any opinions delivered to [Standard & Poor's Ratings Services] and [Fitch Ratings] and [▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, certain Inc.]. The Company will furnish you with conformed copies of the Selling Stockholdersabove opinions, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date certificates, letters and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms documents as you reasonably acceptable to the Underwriterrequest. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t

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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (American Home Mortgage Securities LLC)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities shall be hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders Depositor of their respective its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material if a post-effective amendment is required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, such post-effective amendment shall have been filed with become effective, not later than 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433date hereof; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use post-effective amendment shall have been issued be in effect, and no proceedings for that such purpose shall be pending before or threatened by the Commission; the Prospectus shall have been instituted or threatened.filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by the rules and regulations under the Securities Act and in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof; and all requests for additional information shall have been complied with to the satisfaction of the Underwriter; (b) The Company the representations and warranties of the Depositor contained herein are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date as if made on and as of the Closing Date and the representations and warranties of the Depositor and the Master Servicer in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement will be true and correct on the Closing Date; and the Depositor shall have complied with all agreements and all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder and under the Basic Documents at or prior to the Closing Date; (c) the Underwriter shall have received on and as of the Closing Date a certificate of an executive officer of the Depositor satisfactory to the Underwriter to the effect set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this Section; (d) on the date hereof and also on the Closing Date, [ ] shall have furnished to you letters to the effect that they have performed certain specified procedures requested by the Underwriter with respect to the information set forth in the Prospectus (including any Static Pool Data referred to therein), dated the respective dates of delivery thereof, in form and caused Faegre substance satisfactory to you; (e) the Underwriter shall have received on and as of the Closing Date an opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for to the CompanyDepositor and the Underwriter, with respect to the validity of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Certificates, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and other related matters as the Underwriter may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters; (f) the Underwriter shall have received a letter or letters from each counsel delivering any written opinion to any Rating Agency in connection with the transaction described herein which is not otherwise described in this Agreement allowing the Underwriter to rely on such opinion as if it were addressed to the Underwriter; (g) the Underwriter shall have received copies of letters from Dominion Bond Rating Service, ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Investors Service, Inc. and Fitch Ratings (the “Rating Agencies”) stating that the Certificates shall have been rated as set forth on Schedule I hereto by the Rating Agencies; and (h) on or prior to the Closing Date the Depositor shall have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date such further certificates and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to thereinUnderwriter shall reasonably request. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Bond Securitization LLC)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations obligation of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and date hereof, as of the Closing Date, date of the effectiveness of any amendment to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant Registration Statement filed prior to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:the (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting Statement, as amended from time to its use time, shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened; and the Final Prospectus shall have been filed or mailed for filing with the Commission within the time period prescribed by the Commission. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇furnished to the Underwriter the opinion of [Cadwalader, Wick▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP& ▇aft] [▇unt▇▇ & Will▇▇▇▇], counsel ▇ounsel for the Company, to have furnished to Company and the Underwriter their opinionUnderwriter, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the UnderwriterDate, to the effect thatof paragraphs (iii), (vi), (vii), (ix) and (xiii) below, and the opinion of Robe▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇., ▇▇ecial counsel to the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect of paragraphs (i), (ii), (iv), (v), (viii), (x), (xi) and (xii) below: (i) the Company has been is a duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with has the corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization no subsidiaries and is not required to be qualified or licensed to do business as set forth a foreign corporation in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans)any jurisdiction; (iii) assuming that the Securities being sold hereunder are rating at the time of transfer to the Underwriter in one of the two highest rating categories by a nationally recognize statistical rating organization, each such Security at such time will be a "mortgage related security" as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(41) of the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessableExchange Act;] (iv) this the Pooling Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of Securities have been duly authorized by the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein.Company; (vi) neither upon due authorization, execution and delivery by the sale parties thereto, the Pooling Agreement will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Securities Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium, receivership or other laws relating to creditors' rights generally, and 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 (vii) the Securities, when duly executed, authenticated and delivered in the manner contemplated in the Pooling Agreement and paid for by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters Underwriter pursuant to this Agreement, nor will be validly issued and outstanding and entitled to the consummation by the Company benefits of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Pooling Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) to the best knowledge of such counsel, there is no pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined adequately disclosed in the Investment Company Act Final Prospectus, and there is no franchise, contract or other document of 1940a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as amendedan exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (ix) the Registration Statement became has become effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b)Act; to the best knowledge of such counsel, counsel (a) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting with respect to its use the Securities has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatenedare pending or are threatened under the Act; and (b) the Registration Statement, as of its effective date, and the Final Prospectus, as of the date thereof, and each revision or amendment thereof or supplement thereto relating to the Securities, as of its effective date, appeared on their respective faces to be appropriately responsive in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder applicable to such documents as of such respective dates; and, as of the date of the Final Prospectus, the statements set forth in the Final Prospectus under the headings "ERISA Considerations" and "Federal Income Tax Consequences" were, to the extent that they summarize matters of federal law or legal conclusions, correct in all material respects; (x) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (xi) no consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, except such as have been obtained under the Act and 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 Underwriter and such other approvals (specified in such opinion) as have been obtained; (xii) neither the issue and sale of the Securities, nor the consummation of any other of the transactions herein contemplated nor the 8 fulfillment of the terms hereof will conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute a default under the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or, to the best knowledge of such counsel, the terms of any indenture or other agreement or instrument known to such counsel and to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound, or any order or regulation known to such counsel to be applicable to the Company of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or arbitrator having jurisdiction over the Company; (xiii) the Pooling Agreement is not required to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended and the Trust Fund is not required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Such opinion may express its reliance as to factual matters on the representations and warranties made by, and on certificates or other documents furnished by officer of, the parties to this Agreement and the Pooling Agreement. Such opinion may be qualified as an opinion only on the laws of the State of New York, the laws of each state in which the writer of the opinion is admitted to practice law and the Federal law of the United States. To the extent that such firm relies upon the opinion of other counsel in rendering any portion of its opinion, the opinion of such other counsel shall be attached to and delivered with the opinion of such firm that is delivered to the Underwriter. (c) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter a letter, dated the Closing Date, of [Cadwalader, Wick▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇aft] [▇unt▇▇ & ▇ill▇▇▇▇], ▇ounsel to the Company, to the effect that in the course of such counsel's review of the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than and discussion of the documents incorporated by reference thereinsame with certain officers of the Company and its auditors, no facts came to the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which attention of such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them such counsel to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on as of its effective date, or the Effective DateFinal Prospectus, as of the date, or any revision or amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as of its effective date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) misleading, or that the Final Prospectus, or any revision or amendment thereof or supplement thereto filed prior to the date of such opinion, as of its the date and on the Closing Dateof such opinion, included or includes contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which misleading; it being understood that such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) opinion as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock financial statements or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issuedfinancial, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors numerical or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed statistical data contained in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and or the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract Prospectus or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents any material incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act Registration Statement or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to thereinProspectus. (d) The Selling Stockholders Underwriter shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLPreceived copies, addressed to it or on which it is entitled to rely, of opinions of counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated rating agencies rating the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed Securities as set forth on Schedule IV I hereto (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws"Rating Agencies"). (e) The Selling Stockholders Company shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions a certificate of the Company, signed by an authorized officer thereof, and dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signer(s) of such certificate has carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus and this Agreement and that to the best of his or her knowledge: (i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date and addressed the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the UnderwriterClosing Date; (ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, as amended, has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (iii) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the forms reasonably acceptable to Final Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change in the Underwritercondition (financial or other), earnings, business or properties of the Company, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Final Prospectus. (f) The Selling Stockholders On the date hereof, Price Waterhouse, LLP and/or any other firm of certified independent public accountants acceptable to the Underwriter shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion a letter, dated the Closing Date date hereof, in form and addressed substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, confirming that they are independent accountants within the meaning of the Act and the Exchange Act and the respective applicable published rules and regulations thereunder, and stating in a effect that using the assumptions and methodology used by the Company, all of which shall be described in such letter, they have recalculated such numbers and percentages set forth in the Final Prospectus as the Underwriter may reasonably request and as are agreed to by such accountants, compared the results of their calculations to the corresponding items in the Final Prospectus, and found each such number and percentage set forth in the Final Prospectus to be in agreement with the results of such calculations. To the extent historical financial information with respect to the Company and/or historical financial, delinquency or related information with respect to one or more servicers is included in the Final Prospectus, such letter or letters shall also relate to such information. (g) The Securities shall have received the rating or ratings from the Rating Agencies as set forth on Schedule I hereto. (h) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter such further information, certificates, opinions and documents as the Underwriter may reasonably request. If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled in all material respects when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be in all material respects reasonably satisfactory in form reasonably acceptable tand substance to the Underwriter and its counsel, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriter hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Underwriter. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing, or by telephone or telegraph and confirmed in writing.

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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Nations Asset Securities Inc)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter Your obligation ------------------------------------------------ hereunder to purchase the Securities Designated Notes shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders Sponsor contained herein as of the Applicable Time date hereof, as of the date of the effectiveness of any amendment to the Registration Statement filed prior to the Closing Date and as of the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders Sponsor made in any certificates delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders Sponsor of their respective its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; become effective and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting Statement, as amended from time to its use time, shall have been issued and not withdrawn and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened; and the Final Prospectus shall have been filed or transmitted for filing with the Commission in accordance with Rule 424 under the 1933 Act. Any request of the Commission for inclusion of additional information in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall have been complied with. (b) The Company You shall have requested and caused Faegre received from ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Companyyour counsel, to have furnished to the Underwriter their a favorable opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the UnderwriterDate, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the The Registration Statement became has become effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b)1933 Act; to the best knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and not withdrawn, no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatenedthreatened and not terminated; and (x) and the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus Prospectus, as of their respective effective or issue dates (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply ), complied as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and the rules thereunderRules and Regulations; (ii) To the best knowledge of such counsel, there are no material contracts, indentures or other documents of a character required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement other than those described or referred to therein or filed or incorporated by reference as exhibits thereto; (iii) The statements in the Basic Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, as the case may be, under the headings "Certain Federal Income Tax Consequences", "ERISA Considerations" and "Legal Investment", to the extent that they constitute matters of New York or federal law or legal conclusions with respect thereto, have been reviewed by such counsel and constitute a fair and accurate summary with respect to those consequences or aspects that are discussed; (iv) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered, has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, and constitutes a legal, valid and binding instrument enforceable against the Sponsor in accordance with its terms (subject as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other law affecting creditors' rights generally from time to time in effect); and the Designated Notes have been duly authorized and, when executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriter pursuant to this Agreement will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Sponsor entitled to the benefits of the Indenture. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their its attention that caused them would lead it to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, Statement (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need not express no beliefan opinion). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counseltime it became effective, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that the Final Prospectus (other than (i) the financial and statistical information contained therein or (ii) the information contained in the Prospectus Supplement under the headings "DESCRIPTION OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS" and "SERVICING OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS", as of its date, and on the date hereof, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Such counsel may: (1) express its reliance as to factual matters on the representations and warranties made by, and on certificates or other documents furnished by officers of, the parties to this Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Indenture, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Purchase Agreement and the Indemnification and Contribution Agreement; and(2) assume the due authorization, execution and delivery of the instruments and documents referred to therein by the parties thereto other than the Company; (3) qualify such opinion only as to the federal laws of the United States of America, the laws of the State of New York and the general corporation law of the State of Delaware. Such counsel shall also confirm that you may rely, on and as of the Closing Date, on any opinion or opinions of such counsel submitted to the rating agency or agencies rating the Designated Notes as if addressed to you and dated the Closing Date. (viic) all descriptions in You shall have received a certificate, signed by the president, a senior vice president or a vice president of the Company and the Sponsor, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signer of such certificate has carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package Purchase Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Indenture, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indemnification and Contribution Agreement, and this Agreement and that, to the best of his or her knowledge based upon reasonable investigation: a. the representations and warranties of the Company and the Final Prospectus Sponsor in this Agreement, as of contracts the Closing Date, and other documents to which in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, and the Indemnification and Contribution Agreement and in all related agreements, as of the date specified in such agreements, are true and correct, and the Company and the Sponsor has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or any of its subsidiaries is a party satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date; b. there are accurate in all material respects; and no actions, suits or proceedings pending, or to the best of such counsel’s officer's knowledge, there are threatened against or affecting the Company or the Sponsor which if adversely determined, individually or in the aggregate, would be reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company's or the Sponsor's obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indemnification and Contribution Agreement, the Purchase Agreement or this Agreement in any material way or the Sponsor's obligations under the Trust Agreement in any material way; and no contractsmerger, indenturesliquidation, mortgagesdissolution or bankruptcy of the Company or the Sponsor is pending or contemplated; c. the information contained in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus relating to the Company and the Sponsor, loan agreements, notes, leases the Mortgage Loans or other instruments the servicing procedures of it or its affiliates or subservicer is true and accurate in all material respects and nothing has come to his or her attention that would lead such officer to believe that the Registration Statement or Final Prospectus includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; d. the information set forth in the Schedule of Mortgage Loans required to be described furnished pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and the Sale and Servicing Agreement is true and correct in all material respects; e. there has been no amendment or referred other document filed affecting the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the Company or the Sponsor since December 31, 1997, and no such amendment has been authorized. No event has occurred since December 31, 1997, which has affected the good standing of the Company under the laws of the State of California or the good standing of the Sponsor under the laws of the State of Delaware; f. there has not occurred any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Company, the Sponsor and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from December 31, 1997. g. on or prior to the Closing Date, there has been no downgrading, nor has any notice been given of (A) any intended or potential downgrading or (B) any review or possible changes in rating the direction of which has not been indicated, in the rating, if any, accorded the Company or its affiliates or in any rating accorded any securities of the Company, if any, by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization," as such term is defined for purposes of the 1933 Act; h. each person who, as an officer or representative of the Company or the Sponsor, signed or signs the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Indemnification and Contribution Agreement, this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement or any other document delivered pursuant hereto, on the date of such execution, or on the Closing Date, as the case may be, in connection with the transactions described in the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Indemnification and Contribution Agreement, the Purchase Agreement and this Agreement was, at the respective times of such signing and delivery, and is now, duly elected or appointed, qualified and acting as such officer or representative, and the signatures of such persons appearing on such documents are their genuine signatures; and i. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the Company's or the Final Prospectus other than those described Sponsor's knowledge, threatened. The Company and the Sponsor shall attach to such certificate a true and correct copy of its certificate or referred articles of incorporation, as appropriate, and bylaws which are in full force and effect on the date of such certificate and a certified true copy of the resolutions of its Board of Directors with respect to thereinthe transactions contemplated herein. (d) The Selling Stockholders You shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ received from ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion Company, an opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the UnderwriterDate, to the effect that: (i) each Each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (Company and the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) Sponsor has been duly organized and is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, as a corporation in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction state of organizationincorporation and is qualified to do business in each state necessary to enable it to perform its obligations under the Sale and Servicing Agreement, this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the Trust Agreement and the Indemnification and Contribution Agreement and has all corporate power and authority necessary to own or hold its properties and to conduct its business as now conducted by it and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Purchase Agreement and the Indemnification and Contribution Agreement; (ii) To the execution best knowledge of such counsel, there are no actions, proceedings or investigations pending or threatened against or affecting the Company or the Sponsor before or by any court, arbitrator, administrative agency or other governmental authority reasonably likely to be adversely determined that would materially and delivery adversely affect the ability of the Underwriting Company or the Sponsor to carry out the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Purchase Agreement have been duly authorized by each of or the Domestic Selling Stockholders, Indemnification and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling StockholderContribution Agreement; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing or registration with, any state or federal court or governmental agency or body is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) required for the consummation by the Company or the Sponsor of the UCCtransactions contemplated herein, and (b) except such as may be required under the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice blue sky laws of any adverse claim (within jurisdiction in connection with the meaning of Section 8-105 purchase and distribution of the UCC), Designated Notes and except any recordation of the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from assignments of the Selling Stockholders delivered on Mortgage Loans to the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement that have not yet been completed; (iv) Each of the Company and the Sponsor is not in violation of its certificate of incorporation or by-laws or in default under any agreement, indenture or instrument the effect of which violation or default would be material to the Company or the Sponsor, and neither the issuance and sale of the Designated Notes, nor the execution or delivery of or performance under this Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Purchase Agreement or the Indemnification and Contribution Agreement, nor the consummation of any other of the transactions contemplated herein or therein will conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any term or provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which with the passing of time or notification, or both, would constitute a default) under, the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or the Sponsor, or, to the knowledge of such counsel, any indenture or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or the Sponsor or any of its affiliates is a party or by which it or any of them is bound, or any New York or federal statute or regulation applicable to the Company or the Sponsor or any of its affiliates or, to the knowledge of such counsel, any order of any New York or federal court, regulatory body, administrative agency or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company or the Sponsor or any of its affiliates; (v) The Sale and Servicing Agreement, this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account the Indemnification and Contribution Agreement have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Sponsor and constitute legal, valid and binding agreements of the Underwriter maintained Company and the Sponsor, enforceable against the Company and the Sponsor in accordance with DTC will have acquired its terms, subject, as to enforceability, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and to general principles of equity, regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a securities entitlement proceeding in equity or at law; (within vi) The Trust Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) Sponsor and constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of the UCCSponsor enforceable against the Sponsor in accordance with its terms, subject as to enforceability, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and to general principles or equity, regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law; (vii) The direction by the Sponsor to such Securitiesthe Indenture Trustee to execute, authenticate and deliver the Designated Notes has been duly authorized by the Sponsor, and no action based on an adverse claim may the Designated Notes, when executed and authenticated in the manner contemplated in the Indenture, will be asserted against validly issued and outstanding and entitled to the Underwriter with respect benefits of the Indenture; (viii) The Designated Notes and the Indenture conform in all material respects to such security entitlementthe descriptions thereof contained in the Final Prospectus; and (ivix) Neither the transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Trust, the pledge of the Mortgage Loans, the issuance or sale of the Securities by Designated Notes nor the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does notexecution, and the delivery or performance by the Selling Stockholders Company and the Sponsor of their obligations in this Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Indemnification and Contribution Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York Purchase Agreement (A) conflicts or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act will conflict with or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale results or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) will result in a violation breach of, or constitutes or will constitute a default under, (i) any term or provision of the organizational documents certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Company or the Sponsor; (ii) any term or provision of any Domestic Selling Stockholdermaterial agreement, contract, instrument or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder indenture, to which the Company or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act Sponsor is a party or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable tis bound and

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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Headlands Mortgage Securities Inc)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities Offered Certificates shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time date hereof, as of the date of the effectiveness of any amendment to the Registration Statement filed prior to the Closing Date (including the filing of any document incorporated by reference therein) and as of the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final ProspectusUnderwriter shall have received from Deloitte & Touche LLP (i) a letter, dated the date hereof, confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Act and any supplement theretothe rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter and counsel to the Underwriter and (ii) if requested by the Underwriter, a letter dated the Closing Date, updating the letter referred to in clause (i) above, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter. (b) All actions required to be taken and all filings required to be made by the Company under the Act prior to the sale of the Offered Certificates shall have been filed with duly taken and made. At and prior to the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the ActClosing Date, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted instituted, or threatenedto the knowledge of the Company or the Underwriter, shall have been contemplated by the Commission. (bc) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting particularly the business or properties of the Company or the Servicer which, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter, materially impairs the investment quality of the Offered Certificates; (ii) any downgrading in the ratings of the securities of the Servicer by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization" (as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Act), or any public announcement that any such organization has under surveillance or review its ratings of any securities of the Servicer (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating); (iii) any suspension or limitation of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, or any setting of minimum prices for trading on such exchange; (iv) any banking moratorium declared by federal, North Carolina or New York authorities; or (v) any outbreak or escalation of major hostilities in which the United States is involved, any declaration of war by Congress or any other substantial national or international calamity or emergency if, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter, the effects of any such outbreak, escalation, declaration, calamity or emergency makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the sale of and payment for the Offered Certificates. (d) The Company Underwriter shall have requested received a certificate dated the Closing Date of an executive officer of the Company in which such officer shall state that, to the best of such officer's knowledge after reasonable inspection, (i) the representations and caused Faegre warranties of the Company contained in the Basic Documents are true and correct with the same force and effect as if made on the Closing Date and (ii) 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. (e) The Underwriter shall have received an opinion of reasonably acceptable counsel to the Trustee, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter. (f) The Underwriter shall have received an opinion of Hunton & ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, special counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinionCompany and Bank of America, National Association, dated the Closing Date Date, in form and addressed substance satisfactory to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vig) neither the sale The Underwriter shall have received copies of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by any opinions of counsel for the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over that the Company is required to deliver to any Rating Agency. Any such opinions shall be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter or accompanied by reliance letters addressed to the effect that:Underwriter. (ih) The Underwriter shall have received from Hunton & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, special counsel to the Company is duly qualified as Underwriter, a foreign corporation letter addressed to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or Underwriter dated the conduct of business, except where the failure Closing Date with respect to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all substantially to the effect that no facts have come to such counsel's attention in the course of its review of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary Final Prospectus which causes it to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and believe that the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act date of the Prospectus Supplement or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunderClosing Date, and none of such documents contained an any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions it being understood that such counsel need not express any view as to any information incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus or as to the adequacy or accuracy of contracts the financial, numerical, statistical or quantitative information included in the Final Prospectus. (i) On or before the Closing Date, the Underwriter shall have received evidence satisfactory to it that each class of Offered Certificates has been given the ratings set forth on Schedule I hereto. (j) At the Closing Date, the Certificates and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate Pooling and Servicing Agreement will conform in all material respects; and respects to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to descriptions thereof contained in the Final Prospectus. (k) The Underwriter shall not have discovered and disclosed to the Company on or prior to the Closing Date that the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package Statement or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred any amendment or supplement thereto contains an untrue statement of a fact or omits to thereinstate a fact which, in the opinion of counsel to the Underwriter, is material and is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. (dl) All corporate proceedings and other legal matters relating to the authorization, form and validity of this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Certificates, the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus, and all other legal matters relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, shall be reasonably satisfactory in all respects to counsel for the Underwriter, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel all documents and information that they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters. (m) The Selling Stockholders Underwriter shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ received a certificate (upon which Hunton & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for LLP shall be entitled to rely in rendering its opinions and letters under the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion Basic Documents) dated the Closing Date and addressed to of an officer of the UnderwriterCustodian in which such officer shall state that, to the effect that: best of such officer's knowledge after reasonable investigation: (i) each the Custodian is not an affiliate of the Selling Stockholders any other entity listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists as a transaction party in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; Prospectus Supplement; (ii) the execution and delivery of information in the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of Prospectus Supplement related to the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and Custodian (the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii"Custodian Disclosure") assuming that includes (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) the Custodian's correct name and form of the UCC, organization and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 a discussion of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement Custodian's procedures for safekeeping and has had such Securities credited to a securities account preservation of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement mortgage loans; and (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iviii) the sale Custodian Disclosure is true and correct in all material respects and nothing has come to his or her attention that that would lead such officer to believe that the Custodian Disclosure contains any untrue statement of material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need statements therein not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws)misleading. (en) The Selling Stockholders Underwriter shall have requested and caused received a certificate (upon which Hunton & ▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., LLP shall be entitled to rely in rendering its opinions and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of letters under the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions Basic Documents) dated the Closing Date and addressed of an officer of the Trustee in which such officer shall state that, to the Underwriter, best of such officer's knowledge after reasonable investigation: (i) the Trustee is not an affiliate of any other entity listed as a transaction party in the forms reasonably acceptable Prospectus Supplement (ii) the information in the Prospectus Supplement related to the Underwriter. Trustee (fthe "Trustee Disclosure") includes (a) the Trustee's correct name and form of organization and (b) a discussion of the Trustee's experience serving as trustee for asset-backed securities transactions involving mortgage loans; and (iii) the Trustee Disclosure is true and correct in all material respects and nothing has come to his or her attention that that would lead such officer to believe that the Trustee Disclosure contains any untrue statement of material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, Company will provide or cause to have furnished be provided to the Underwriter their opinion dated such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as the Underwriter may reasonably request. All opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter. If any condition specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by the Underwriter by notice to the Company at any time at or prior to the Closing Date Date, and addressed such termination shall be without liability of any party to the Underwriter, any other party except as provided in a form reasonably acceptable tSection 7.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Banc of America Funding 2006-G Trust)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations obligation of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities Offered Certificates shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time date hereof, as of the date of the effectiveness of any amendment to the Registration Statement filed prior to the Closing Date (including the filing of any document incorporated by reference therein) and as of the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final ProspectusUnderwriter shall have received from Deloitte & Touche LLP a letter, dated the date hereof, confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Act and any supplement thereto, the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter and counsel to the Underwriter. (b) All actions required to be taken and all filings required to be made by the Company under the Act prior to the sale of the Offered Certificates shall have been filed with duly taken and made. At and prior to the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the ActClosing Date, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted instituted, or threatenedto the knowledge of the Company or the Underwriter, shall have been contemplated by the Commission. (bc) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting particularly the business or properties of the Company or the Servicer which, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter, materially impairs the investment quality of the Offered Certificates; (ii) any downgrading in the rating of the Servicer by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization" (as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Act), or any public announcement that any such organization has under surveillance or review its rating of the Servicer (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating); (iii) any suspension or limitation of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, or any setting of minimum prices for trading on such exchange; (iv) any banking moratorium declared by federal, North Carolina or New York authorities; or (v) any outbreak or escalation of major hostilities in which the United States is involved, any declaration of war by Congress or any other substantial national or international calamity or emergency if, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter, the effects of any such outbreak, escalation, declaration, calamity or emergency makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the sale of and payment for the Offered Certificates. (d) On or before the Closing Date, the Underwriter shall have received evidence satisfactory to it that each class of Offered Certificates has been given the ratings set forth on Schedule I hereto. (e) The Company Underwriter shall have requested and caused Faegre received a favorable opinion of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, special tax counsel for the Compan▇, ▇▇dr▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇he ▇▇▇▇rwriter and dated the Closing Date and reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and counsel to the Underwriter. (f) The Underwriter shall have received a favorable opinion of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, special counsel for the Company, ▇▇▇▇▇▇seLLP▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇nde▇▇▇▇ter and dated the Closing Date and reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter, with respect to the validity of the Certificates, ERISA matters and such other related matters as the Underwriter shall require, and the Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to such counsel such documents as they may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. (g) The Underwriter shall have received copies of any opinions of counsel for the Company, Company that the Company is required to have furnished deliver to the Underwriter their opinion, any Rating Agency. Any such opinions shall be dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, Underwriter or accompanied by reliance letters addressed to the effect that:Underwriter. (h) The Underwriter shall have received an opinion of counsel to the Trustee, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter and its counsel. (i) The Underwriter shall have received a certificate dated the Closing Date of the President, any Vice President or the Secretary of the Company has been duly incorporated in which the officer shall state that, to the best of his or her knowledge after reasonable investigation, (i) the representations and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws warranties of the State of DelawareCompany with respect to the Mortgage Loans contained in any Basic Document are true and correct, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the representations and warranties of the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package this Agreement are true and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuancescorrect, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder by at or prior to the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; Closing Date, (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and issued, (v) no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; andare contemplated by the Commission, and (vi) there has been no amendment or other document filed affecting the Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws of the Company, and no such amendment has been authorized. (xj) At the Registration Statement Closing Date, the Certificates and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form Pooling Agreement will conform in all material respects with to the applicable requirements of descriptions thereof contained in the Act Final Prospectus. (k) The Underwriter shall not have discovered and disclosed to the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state Company on or prior to the Closing Date that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on Statement or the Effective Date, contained Final Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted omits to state any a fact which, in the opinion of counsel to the Underwriter, is material fact and is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. (l) The Underwriter shall have received from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, special counsel for the Underwriter, a le▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ the Clo▇▇▇▇ Date with respect to the Final Prospectus, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter. (m) All corporate proceedings and other legal matters relating to the authorization, form and validity of this Agreement, the Pooling Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Certificates, the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus, and all other legal matters relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, shall be reasonably satisfactory in all respects to counsel for the Underwriter, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel all documents and information that they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters. (n) The Underwriter shall have received a certificate (upon which Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP shall be entitled to rely in rendering its ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇ters under the Basic Documents) dated the Closing Date of an officer of the Trustee in which such officer shall state that, to the best of such officer's knowledge after reasonable investigation: (i) the Trustee is not an affiliate of any other entity listed as a transaction party in the Prospectus Supplement, (ii) the information in the Prospectus Supplement related to the Trustee (the "Trustee Disclosure") includes (a) the Trustee's correct name and form of organization and (b) a discussion of the Trustee's experience serving as trustee for asset-backed securities transactions involving mortgage loans; and (iii) the Trustee Disclosure Package, as amended is true and correct in all material respects and nothing has come to his or supplemented at her attention that that would lead such officer to believe that the Applicable Time, contained Trustee Disclosure contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, therein not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Datemisleading. (co) The Company Underwriter shall have requested and caused received a certificate (upon which Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP shall be entitled to rely in rendering its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to ▇▇ and ▇▇▇ters under the Underwriter his opinion Basic Documents) dated the Closing Date and addressed of an officer of Option One Mortgage Corporation (the "Originator") in which such officer shall state that, to the Underwriter to the effect that: best of such officer's knowledge after reasonable investigation: (i) except as disclosed, the Company Originator is duly qualified not an affiliate of any other entity listed as a foreign corporation to transact business and is transaction party in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; Prospectus Supplement; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described information in the Disclosure Package Prospectus Supplement related to the Originator (the "Originator Disclosure") includes the Originator's correct name, form of organization and the Final Prospectuslength of time originating mortgage loans; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all description of the issued Originator's origination program includes (a) experience in originating mortgage loans, (b) size and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest composition of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issuedthe Originator's origination portfolio, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except c) the Originator's credit-granting or underwriting criteria for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; mortgage loans; (iv) neither except as set forth in the sale Originator Disclosure, no additional information regarding the Originator's origination program could have a material adverse affect in the performance of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or pool assets of the Company or its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; Offered Certificates; and (v) there the Originator Disclosure is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package true and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed correct in all material respects and nothing has come to his or her attention that that would lead such officer to believe that the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an Originator Disclosure contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (dp) The Selling Stockholders Underwriter shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ received a certificate (upon which Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP shall be entitled to rely in rendering its ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for ters under the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion Basic Documents) dated the Closing Date and addressed to of an officer of the UnderwriterServicer in which such officer shall state that, to the effect that: best of such officer's knowledge after reasonable investigation: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists except as disclosed in the relevant jurisdictionProspectus Supplement, the Servicer is not an affiliate of any other entity listed as a transaction party in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; Prospectus Supplement; (ii) the execution and delivery of information in the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of Prospectus Supplement related to the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and Servicer (the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii"Servicer Disclosure") assuming that includes (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) the Servicer's correct name and form of the UCCorganization, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest correct length of time that the Servicer has been servicing mortgage loans; and (c) a discussion of the Servicer's experience in servicing mortgage loans; (iii) except as set forth in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim Servicer Disclosure, (within a) there are no other servicers responsible for calculating or making distributions to the meaning of Section 8-105 holders of the UCC)Offered Certificates, performing work-outs or foreclosures, or any other material aspect of servicing the mortgage loans, (b) there have been no material changes to the Servicer's servicing policies and procedures during the last three years, (c) no additional information regarding the Servicer's financial condition could have a material affect on performance of the Mortgage Loans or the Offered Certificates, (d) no commingling of funds on deposit in collection accounts will be permitted by the Servicer, (e) no additional information with respect to any special or unique factors involved in servicing the mortgage loans could have a material affect on performance of the Offered Certificates, and (f) no additional information with respect to the Servicer's process for handling delinquencies, losses, bankruptcies and recoveries could have a material affect on performance of the Offered Certificates; (iv) for each other servicer identified in the Prospectus Supplement as responsible for calculating or making distributions to the holders of the Offered Certificates, performing work-outs or foreclosures, or any other material aspect of servicing the mortgage loans, the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, certifications in clauses (ii) and (iii) above are made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlementservicer; and and (ivv) the sale Servicer Disclosure is true and correct in all material respects and nothing has come to his or her attention that that would lead such officer to believe that the Servicer Disclosure contains any untrue statement of material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the Securities by the Selling Stockholders statements therein not misleading. The Company will provide or cause to be provided to the Underwriter pursuant such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as the Underwriter may reasonably request. All opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter. If any condition specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by the Underwriter by notice to the Agreement does notCompany at any time at or prior to the Closing Date, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders such termination shall be without liability of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating party to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result other party except as provided in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws)Section 7. (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t

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Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities Securities, as the case may be, shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Execution Time and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinionopinion and negative assurance letter, each dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package Exhibit B-1 and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing DateExhibit B-2 hereto. (c) The Company Underwriter shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. received on the Closing Date an opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company, dated the Closing Date, to have furnished the effect set forth in Exhibit C. Such opinion shall be rendered to the Underwriter his opinion dated at the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets request of the Company or its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to shall so state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇Skadden, Arps, Slate, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists set forth in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws)Exhibit D-1. (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, Cayman Island counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter. In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter, and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of authorized officers of the Selling Stockholders and public officials. (f) The Underwriter shall have received from Shearman & Sterling LLP, counsel for the Underwriter, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Underwriter may reasonably require, and the Company and each Selling Stockholder shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. (g) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter a certificate of the Company, signed by a principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, on behalf of the Company and not in his or her individual capacity, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus and any supplements or amendments thereto, used in connection with the offering of the Securities, and this Agreement and that: (i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent already qualified by materiality, in which case such representations and warranties are true and correct in all respects) on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date; (ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened; and (iii) since the date of the most recent financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus. (h) Each Selling Stockholder shall have furnished to the Underwriter a certificate, signed by one or more authorized officers of such Selling Stockholder, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have reviewed the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplements or amendments thereto with respect to the Selling Stockholder Information and this Agreement, and that the representations and warranties of such Selling Stockholder in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date to the same effect as if made on the Closing Date. (i) The Underwriter shall have received from each of KPMG, the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company, and Ernst & Young, the independent registered public accounting firm for Diversey Holdings, a “comfort letter” dated the date hereof addressed to the Underwriter, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, covering the relevant financial information in the Disclosure Package and other customary matters. In addition, on the Closing Date, the Underwriter shall have received from each such accountants a “bring-down comfort letter” dated the Closing Date addressed to the Underwriter, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, in the form of the “comfort letter” delivered on the date hereof, except that (i) it shall cover the relevant financial information in the Final Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and (ii) procedures shall be brought down to a date no more than 3 days prior to the Closing Date. (j) Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), there shall not have been (i) any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (p) of this Section 6 or (ii) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto) the effect of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the sole judgment of the Underwriter, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto). (k) Subsequent to the Execution Time, there shall not have been any decrease in the rating of any of the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Act) or any notice given of any intended or potential decrease in any such rating or of a possible change in any such rating that does not indicate the direction of the possible change. (l) The Securities shall have been listed and admitted and authorized for trading on the New York Stock Exchange, and satisfactory evidence of such actions shall have been provided to the Underwriter. (m) At the Execution Time, the Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter a letter substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto from each officer and director of the Company and the Company’s stockholders listed in Schedule V hereto, addressed to the Underwriter. If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be reasonably acceptable tsatisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriter hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Underwriter. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company and each Selling Stockholder in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing. The documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 shall be delivered at the office of Shearman & Sterling LLP, counsel for the Underwriter, at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, or at such other location as determined in accordance with Section 3 of this Agreement, on the Closing Date.

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Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities, as the case may be, shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and Execution Time, the Closing DateDate and any settlement date pursuant to Section 3 hereof, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, shall have been will be filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Company and its subsidiaries, including the Partnership, has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing as a corporation or other organization in good standing under the laws of the State of Delawarejurisdiction in which it is chartered or organized, with full corporate power and authority to ownown or lease, lease as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing under the Final Prospectuslaws of each jurisdiction which requires such qualification and is subject to no material liability or disability by reason of the failure to be so qualified in any jurisdiction; (ii) all the outstanding shares of capital stock or partnership interests of each subsidiary of the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, and, except as otherwise set forth on Exhibit A or in the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, all outstanding shares of capital stock or partnership interests of such subsidiaries are owned by the Company either directly or through wholly owned subsidiaries free and clear of any perfected security interest and, to the knowledge of such counsel, after due inquiry, any other security interest, claim, lien or encumbrance; (iii) the Company’s authorized equity capitalization is as set forth in the Prospectus; the capital stock of the Company conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus; the outstanding shares of Common Stock, including the Securities, have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; the Hedge Securities have been duly and validly authorized and, when issued and delivered to and paid for by the Forward Counterparty pursuant to the Forward Purchase Contract, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable; the Securities are duly listed, and admitted and authorized for trading, on the New York Stock Exchange; the certificates for the Securities are in valid and sufficient form; the holders of outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are not entitled to preemptive or other rights to subscribe for the Securities or the Hedge Securities arising by operation of law or the Company’s articles of incorporation or By-laws, or, to the knowledge of such counsel, under any agreement by which the Company is bound; and, except as set forth in the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, to the knowledge of such counsel, no options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue, or rights to convert any obligations into or exchange any securities for, shares of capital stock of or ownership interests in the Company are outstanding; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreementknowledge of such counsel, nor the consummation there is no pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof will conflict withor before any court or governmental agency, result in a breach authority or violation of, body or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant or its or their property of a character required to (A) be disclosed in the charter Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Prospectus, and there is no franchise, contract or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable other document relating to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federala character required to be described in the Registration Statement or Prospectus, Delaware or Indiana courtto be filed as an exhibit thereto, regulatory bodywhich is not described or filed as required; and the statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus under the headings “Capital Stock” and “Description of Common Stock”, administrative agencyinsofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Securities, governmental body and the statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus under the headings “Plan of Distribution” and “Certain Federal Income Tax Considerations” and in the prospectus supplement under the headings “Recent Federal Tax Legislation” and “Underwriting” (other authority having jurisdiction over than the information furnished in writing to the Company by or its subsidiaries or any on behalf of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (BUnderwriter), wouldinsofar as such statements summarize legal matters, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected agreements to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of which the Company to comply with the Securities is a party, documents or this Agreementproceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries of such terms, legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ixv) the Registration Statement became has become effective under the Act upon filing with the CommissionAct; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any amendments or supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule Rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and issued, no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) threatened and the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) ), each as amended or supplemented, comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act and the respective rules thereunder. Such ; and although counsel shall also state that that nothing assumes no responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of statements made therein except to the extent set forth in paragraph (iv) above, such counsel has come to their attention that caused them no reason to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, Date or the date the Registration Statement was last deemed amended the Registration Statement contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) that the Final Prospectus, Prospectus as of its date and or on the Closing Date, Date included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained and statistical informationcontained therein, as to which such counsel need express no beliefopinion); (vi) this Agreement and the Forward Purchase Contract have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; the Forward Purchase Contract constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement, 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 Forward Purchase Contract conforms in all material respects to the description thereof in the Prospectus; (vii) the Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities, the issuance of the Hedge Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Prospectus, will not be an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act; (viii) no consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required to be obtained by the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated herein and in the Forward Purchase Contract, except such as have been obtained under the Act and 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 Underwriter in the manner contemplated in this Agreement and in the Prospectus and such other approvals (specified in such opinion) as have been obtained; (ix) the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the Forward Purchase Contract, its compliance with all of the provisions hereof and thereof and the consummation by the Company of any of the transactions herein and therein contemplated, including the issuance of the Hedge Securities, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, the sale of the Securities being sold by Forward Counterparty and the consummation by the parties other than the Company of any of the transactions herein and therein contemplated, will not 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to, (i) the charter or by-laws of the Company or its subsidiaries, (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument known to such counsel and to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries (including the Partnership) is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree known to such counsel to be applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries (including the Partnership) of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), such breaches or violation which, if determined adversely to the Company, would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the current or future consolidated financial position, shareholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or on the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein; (x) to such counsel’s knowledge no holders of securities of the Company have rights to the registration of such securities under the Registration Statement; and (xi) The Company has qualified to be taxed as a real estate investment trust pursuant to Sections 856 through 860 of the Code for each taxable year since its inception through the most recently completed fiscal year, and based on assumptions set forth in the Prospectus and certain representations of the Company set forth in an officer’s certificate, the Company’s present and contemplated organization, ownership, method of operation, assets and income, taking into account the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and in the Forward Purchase Contract, are such that the Company is in a position under present law to so qualify for the current fiscal year and in the future. In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware Florida or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any amendments or supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company Underwriter shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, received from ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling StockholdersUnderwriter, to have furnished to the Underwriter their such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, with respect to the sale of the Securities, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (together with any amendment or supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Underwriter may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. (d) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter and the Forward Counterparty a certificate of the Company, signed by the Chairman of the Board or the President and the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company or two other authorized signatories, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any amendments or supplements to the Prospectus and this Agreement and that: (i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date; (ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened; and (iii) since the date of the most recent financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), there has been no material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto). (e) The Company shall have requested and caused KPMG LLP to have furnished to the Underwriter, at the Execution Time and at the Closing Date, letters, dated respectively as of the Execution Time and as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, confirming that they are independent accountants within the meaning of the Act and the Exchange Act and the respective applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission thereunder and stating in effect that: (i) each of in their opinion the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists audited financial statements and financial statement schedules included or incorporated by reference in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, Registration Statement and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed Prospectus and delivered reported on by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” them comply as defined to form in Section 8-102(a)(5) all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act and the related rules and regulations adopted by the Commission; (ii) on the basis of a reading of the latest unaudited financial statements made available by the Company and its subsidiaries; carrying out certain specified procedures (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (ban examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards) result in a violation which would not necessarily reveal matters of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities significance with respect to the comments set forth in such sale or performance letter; a reading of the minutes of the meetings of the stockholders, directors and the executive, audit and investment committees of the Company and its subsidiaries; and inquiries of certain officials of the Company who have responsibility for financial and accounting matters of the Company and its subsidiaries as to transactions and events subsequent to December 31, 2004, nothing came to their attention which caused them to believe that: (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating 1) with respect to the United States federal securities laws or period subsequent to December 31, 2004, there were any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calderchanges, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain at a specified date not more than five days prior to the date of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriterletter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. consolidated capital stock (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested other than issuances of capital stock in connection with dividend reinvestment plans, upon exercise of options and caused P+P Pöllath + Partnersstock appreciation rights, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date upon earn-outs of performance shares and addressed to the Underwriterupon conversions of convertible securities, in a form reasonably acceptable teach case which were outstanding on the date of the latest balance sheet included or incorporat

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Regency Centers Corp)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations obligation of the Underwriter hereunder to purchase the Securities Certificates shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time date hereof, as of the date of the effectiveness of any amendment to the Registration Statement filed prior to the Closing Date, as of the date the Prospectus Supplement or any supplement thereto is filed with the Commission and as of the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective its obligations hereunder and to satisfaction, as of the Closing Date, of the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; become effective and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting Statement, as amended from time to its use time, shall have been issued and not withdrawn and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the Company's knowledge, threatened; and the Prospectus Supplement shall have been filed or threatenedtransmitted for filing with the Commission in accordance with Rule 424 under the ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇. (b) The Company shall have requested delivered to the Underwriter a certificate of the Company, signed by an authorized officer of the Company and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLPdated the Closing Date, to the effect that: (i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects at and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date; and (ii) the Company has in all material respects complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part that are required hereby to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date. (c) The Underwriter shall have received with respect to the Company a good standing certificate from the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, dated not earlier than 30 days prior to the Closing Date. (d) The Underwriter shall have received from the Secretary or an assistant secretary of the Company, in his individual capacity, a certificate, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that: (i) each individual who, as an officer or representative of the Company, signed this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other document or certificate delivered on or before the Closing Date in connection with the transactions contemplated herein or in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, was at the respective times of such signing and delivery, and is as of the Closing Date, duly elected or appointed, qualified and acting as such officer or representative, and the signatures of such persons appearing on such documents and certificates are their genuine signatures; and (ii) no event (including, without limitation, any act or omission on the part of the Company) has occurred since the date of the good standing certificate referred to in paragraph (c) above which has affected the good standing of the Company under the laws of the State of Delaware. Such certificate shall be accompanied by true and complete copies (certified as such by the Secretary or an assistant secretary of the Company) of the certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the Company, as in effect on the Closing Date, and of the resolutions of the Company and any required shareholder consent relating to the transactions contemplated in this Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. (e) You shall have received from Sidley & Austin, special counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their a favorable opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed satisfactory in form and substance to you and counsel for the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated The Registration Statement and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing any post-effective amendments thereto have become effective under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus;1933 Act. (ii) To the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the best knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and not withdrawn, and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; andthreatened and not terminated. (xiii) The Registration Statement, each post-effective amendment thereto (if any), the Registration Statement Basic Prospectus and the Final Prospectus Supplement, as of their respective effective or issue dates (other than the documents incorporated by reference thereinfinancial statements, the financial statements schedules and other financial and statistical information contained thereintherein or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply ), complied as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither To the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the best knowledge of such counsel, there is are no franchisematerial contracts, contract indentures or other document documents relating to the Certificates of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus Supplement or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to thereintherein or filed or incorporated by reference as exhibits thereto. (dv) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested Pooling and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLPServicing Agreement constitutes a valid, counsel for legal, binding and enforceable agreement of the Selling StockholdersCompany, subject, as to enforceability, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriterbankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally, to general principles of equity regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law and public policy considerations underlying the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing andsecurities laws, to the extent that such concept exists in public policy considerations limit the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery enforceability of the Underwriting provisions of this Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant Pooling and Servicing Agreement that purport to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state provide indemnification from securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws)liabilities. (evi) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested Certificates, when duly and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ validly executed and Calderauthenticated in the manner contemplated in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and delivered and paid for by the Underwriter as provided herein, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., will be duly and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain validly issued and outstanding and entitled to the benefits of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date Pooling and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the UnderwriterServicing Agreement. (fvii) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested statements set forth in the Prospectus Supplement under the headings "Description of the Certificates" and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners"Servicing of the Mortgage Loans" and in the Basic Prospectus under the headings "Description of the Securities", counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG"Servicing of Mortgage Loans" and "The Trust Agreement", insofar as such statements purport to summarize certain material provisions of the Certificates and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, provide a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date fair and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable taccurate summary of such provisions.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Structured Asset Securities Corp)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Selling Stockholder to sell the Shares to the Underwriter and the several obligations of the Underwriter to purchase and pay for the Securities Shares shall be subject to the accuracy in all material respects of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Selling Stockholder contained herein that are not qualified by materiality and to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders Stockholder contained herein as of that are qualified by materiality at the Applicable Time and date hereof or the Closing Date, as the case may be, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders Stockholder made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders Stockholder of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre (i) S▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & B▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished furnish to the Underwriter their opinionopinion and negative assurance statement, each dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated Underwriter and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described substantially in the Disclosure Package form of Exhibits A and the Final Prospectus; B hereto; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, R▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, General Counsel of the Company, to have furnished furnish to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described substantially in the Disclosure Package form of Exhibit C hereto; and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final ProspectusSkadden, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issuedArps, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except Slate, M▇▇▇▇▇▇ & F▇▇▇ LLP, special environmental counsel for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to furnish to the Underwriters pursuant Underwriter their negative assurance letter as to this Agreement, nor certain specified environmental disclosure dated the consummation by Closing and addressed to the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, Underwriter and substantially in the case form of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to thereinExhibit D hereto. (db) The Selling Stockholders Stockholder shall have requested and caused S▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & B▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling StockholdersStockholder, to have furnished furnish to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter and substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. (c) The Underwriter shall have received from Shearman & Sterling LLP, counsel for the Underwriter, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, with respect to the offer and sale of the Shares, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus and Registration Statement and other related matters as the Underwriter may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. (d) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter a certificate of the Company, signed by (x) the Chairman of the Board or the President and (y) the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus and Registration Statement, any amendment or supplement to the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus and Registration Statement and this Agreement and that: (i) each the representations and warranties of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists Company in the relevant jurisdiction, this Agreement that are not qualified by materiality are true and correct in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholdersall material respects, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed representations and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) warranties of the UCC, Company in this agreement that are qualified by materiality are true and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Actcorrect, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities on and as of the Closing Date, with respect to such sale or performancethe same effect as if made on the Closing Date, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date; and (but such counsel need not express ii) since the date of the most recent financial statements included in the Prospectus and the Registration Statement (exclusive of any opinion relating to any state securities amendment or Blue Sky lawssupplement thereto), there has been no material adverse change in the condition, financial or (b) result otherwise, or in a violation the earnings, business, properties or results of operations of the organizational documents Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus (exclusive of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, amendments or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating supplements thereto subsequent to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky lawsdate of this Agreement). (e) The Selling Stockholders Stockholder shall have furnished to the Underwriter a certificate, signed by an executive officer of the Selling Stockholder, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the representations and warranties of such Selling Stockholder in this Agreement that are not qualified by materiality are true and correct in all material respects and the representations and warranties of the Selling Stockholder that are qualified by materiality are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date and the Selling Stockholder has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date. (f) Prior to the Closing Date and at the Closing Date, the Company shall have requested and caused PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to furnish to the Underwriter a “comfort” letter, dated as of the date thereof, and a bring-down “comfort” letter on and dated as of the Closing Date, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, confirming that it is an independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the Exchange Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder and confirming certain matters with respect to the audited and unaudited financial statements and other financial and accounting information contained in the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus and Registration Statement; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a “cut-off” date no more than three days prior to the date of such letter. All references in this Section 9(f) to the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus and Registration Statement include any amendment or supplement thereto at the date of the applicable letter. (g) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date: (i) there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of any intended or potential downgrading or of any review for a possible change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded any of the Company’s securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act; and (ii) there shall not have occurred any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business, properties or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus (exclusive of any amendments or supplements thereto subsequent to the date of this Agreement) that, in your judgment, is material and adverse and that makes it, in your judgment, impracticable to market the Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus. (h) Prior to the Closing Date the Company and/or the Selling Stockholder shall have furnished to the Underwriter such further information, certificates and documents as the Underwriter may reasonably request. (i) The Shares shall have been listed on the New York Stock Exchange. (j) On the Closing Date, the Registration Statement shall be effective; 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. (k) No Underwriter shall have notice of an adverse claim on the Shares within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC. If any of the conditions specified in this Section 9 shall not have been fulfilled when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above in this Section 9 shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriter hereunder may be cancelled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date, by the Underwriter. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing. The documents required to be delivered by this Section 9 will be delivered at the office of counsel for the Underwriter, at 5▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇BMET Investors Offshore Holdings▇▇▇▇, L.P.▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated on the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the UnderwriterDate. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t

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Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities Underwritten Units and the Option Units, as the case may be, shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and Execution Time, the Closing DateDate and any Option Closing Date pursuant to Section 3 hereof, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); the final term sheet contemplated by Section 5(b) hereto, and any other material required to be filed by the Company Partnership pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; 433 and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to that would prevent its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company Partnership shall have requested and caused Faegre B▇▇▇▇ B▇▇▇▇ L.L.P., counsel to the M▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLPParties, counsel for the CompanyPrism Gas and Waskom, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) Each of the Company Partnership and the Operating Partnership has been duly incorporated formed and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing as a limited partnership under the Delaware LP Act with all necessary limited partnership power and authority to own or lease its properties and to conduct its business as presently conducted and as described in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus, in each case in all material respects. Each of the Partnership and the Operating Partnership has been duly registered or qualified as a foreign limited partnership for the transaction of business under the laws of each jurisdiction in which the State character of Delawarethe business conducted by it or the nature or location of the properties owned or leased by it makes such registration or qualification necessary, except where the failure to so register or qualify does not have a Material Adverse Effect. (ii) Each of M▇▇▇▇▇ LLC, the General Partner and Operating GP has been duly formed and is validly existing in good standing as a limited liability company under the Delaware LLC Act with all necessary limited liability company power and authority to own, own or lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as presently conducted and as described in the Disclosure Package Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus;, in each case in all material respects. The General Partner has all necessary limited liability company power and authority to act as general partner of the Partnership. Operating GP has all necessary limited liability company power and authority to act as general partner of the Operating Partnership. Each of M▇▇▇▇▇ LLC, the General Partner and Operating GP has been duly registered or qualified as a foreign limited liability company for the transaction of business under the laws of each jurisdiction in which the character of the business conducted by it or the nature or location of the properties owned or leased by it makes such registration or qualification necessary, except where the failure to so register or qualify does not have a Material Adverse Effect. (iiiii) The General Partner is the Company sole general partner of the Partnership with a 2% general partner interest in the Partnership; such general partner interest has an outstanding capitalization been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Partnership Agreement; and the General Partner owns such general partner interest free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, security interests, charges or claims (A) in respect of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Delaware naming the General Partner as debtor is on file in the office of the Secretary of State of Delaware or (B) otherwise known to such counsel, without independent investigation, in each case other than those created by or arising under the Delaware LP Act, Permitted Liens, applicable securities laws and any restrictions set forth in the Disclosure Package governing documents of the Partnership Entities. (iv) The General Partner owns all of the Incentive Distribution Rights, MPS owns 926,279 Subordinated Units and 1,548,973 Common Units, Midstream owns 372,386 Subordinated Units and 248,258 Common Units and M▇▇▇▇▇ LLC owns 1,253,353 Subordinated Units and 835,568 Common Units; all of such Subordinated Units and Common Units and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to limited partner interests represented thereby and the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders Incentive Distribution Rights have been duly authorized and validly authorized and issued in accordance with the Partnership Agreement, and are fully paid (to the extent required under the Partnership Agreement) and nonassessable; nonassessable (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered except as such nonassessability may be affected by the Company; (v) the statements in each Section 17-607 of the Disclosure Package Delaware LP Act and as otherwise described in the Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus under the captions caption Description The Partnership Agreement—Limited Liability”); and the General Partner, MPS, Midstream and M▇▇▇▇▇ LLC own their respective Subordinated Units, Common Units and Incentive Distribution Rights free and clear of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”all liens, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay encumbrances, security interests, charges or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to claims (A) the charter or by-laws in respect of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction financing statement under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Delaware naming the General Partner, MPS, Midstream or M▇▇▇▇▇ LLC as debtor is on file in the Federal laws office of the United StatesSecretary of State of Delaware or (B) otherwise known to such counsel, without independent investigation, in each case other than those created by or arising under the Delaware LP Act, Permitted Liens, applicable securities laws, any restrictions set forth in the governing documents of the Partnership Entities and, with respect to the Incentive Distribution Rights, any restrictions on transferability set forth in the governing documents of the Partnership Entities. (v) The Units to be issued and sold to the Underwriter by the Partnership pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and the limited partner interests represented thereby have been duly authorized by the Partnership Agreement and all necessary corporate, partnership and limited liability company action of the M▇▇▇▇▇ Parties and, when issued and delivered to the Underwriter against payment therefore in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid (to the extent they deem proper required under the Partnership Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Section 17-303 or Section 17-607 of the Delaware LP Act and as specified otherwise described in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable Preliminary Final Prospectus and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto under the caption “The Partnership Agreement—Limited Liability”); and other than the Sponsor Units and the Incentive Distribution Rights, the Units are the only class of limited partner interests of the Partnership issued and outstanding at the Closing Date. (cvi) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, MRMC is the sole member of M▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. LLC with a 100% member interest in M▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which ▇ LLC; such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity member interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, issued in accordance with the M▇▇▇▇▇ LLC Agreement and is fully paid (to the extent required under the M▇▇▇▇▇ LLC Agreement) and non-assessable and nonassessable (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number as such nonassessability may be affected by Section 18-607 of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, Delaware LLC Act); and MRMC owns such member interest free and clear of any all liens, encumbrances, security interestinterests, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim charges or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to claims (A) in respect of which a financing statement under the charter or by-laws Uniform Commercial Code of any Significant Subsidiary the State of Delaware naming MRMC as debtor is on file in the office of the Secretary of State of Delaware or (B) otherwise known to such counsel, without independent investigation, in each case other than those created by or arising under the terms Delaware LLC Act, Permitted Liens, applicable securities laws and any restrictions set forth in the governing documents of the Partnership Entities. (vii) The Partnership is the sole member of Operating GP with a 100% member interest in Operating GP; such member interest has been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Operating GP Agreement and is fully paid (to the extent required under the Operating GP Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Section 18-607 of the Delaware LLC Act and as otherwise described in the Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus under the caption “The Partnership Agreement—Limited Liability”); and the Partnership owns such member interest free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, security interests, charges or claims (A) in respect of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Delaware naming the Partnership as debtor is on file in the office of the Secretary of State of Delaware or (B) otherwise known to such counsel, without independent investigation, in each case other than those created by or arising under the Delaware LLC Act, Permitted Liens, applicable securities laws and any indenturerestrictions set forth in the governing documents of the Partnership Entities. (viii) Operating GP is the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership with a 0.1% general partner interest in the Operating Partnership; such general partner interest has been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Operating Partnership Agreement, contractand is fully paid (to the extent required under the Operating GP Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Section 17-303 or Section 17-607 of the Delaware LP Act and as otherwise described in the Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus under the caption “The Partnership Agreement—Limited Liability”), leaseand Operating GP owns such general partner interest free and clear of all liens, mortgageencumbrances, deed security interests, charges or claims (A) in respect of trustwhich a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Delaware naming Operating GP as debtor is on file in the office of the Secretary of State of Delaware or (B) otherwise known to such counsel, note agreementwithout independent investigation, loan in each case other than those created by or arising under the Delaware LP Act, Permitted Liens, applicable securities laws and any restrictions set forth in the governing documents of the Partnership Entities. (ix) The Partnership is the sole limited partner of the Operating Partnership with a 99.9% limited partner interest in the Operating Partnership; such limited partner interest has been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Operating Partnership Agreement and is fully paid (to the extent required under the Operating Partnership Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 17-303 and 17-607 of the Delaware LP Act); and the Partnership owns such limited partner interest free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, security interests, charges or claims (A) in respect of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Delaware naming the Partnership as debtor is on file in the office of the Secretary of State of Delaware or (B) otherwise known to such counsel, without independent investigation, in each case other than those created by or arising under the Delaware LP Act, Permitted Liens, applicable securities laws and any restrictions set forth in the governing documents of the Partnership Entities. (x) M▇▇▇▇▇ LLC is the sole member of the General Partner with a 100% member interest in the General Partner; such member interest has been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the General Partner LLC Agreement and is fully paid (to the extent required under the General Partner LLC Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Section 18-607 of the Delaware LLC Act); and M▇▇▇▇▇ LLC owns such member interest free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, security interests, charges or claims (A) in respect of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Delaware naming M▇▇▇▇▇ LLC as debtor is on file in the office of the Secretary of State of Delaware or (B) otherwise known to such counsel, without independent investigation, in each case other than those created by or arising under the Delaware LLC Act, Permitted Liens, applicable securities laws and any restrictions set forth in the governing documents of the Partnership Entities. (xi) The Operating Partnership is the sole limited partner of Prism Gas with an aggregate 99% limited partner interest in Prism Gas, and PGSGP is the sole general partner of Prism Gas with a 1% general partner interest in Prism Gas; and the Operating Partnership owns such limited partner interest and PGSGP owns such general partner interest free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, security interests, charges or claims (A) in respect of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Texas naming the Operating Partnership or PGSGP as debtor is on file in the office of the Secretary of State of Texas or (B) otherwise known to such counsel, without independent investigation, in each case other than those created by or arising under the Texas LP Act, applicable securities laws and any restrictions set forth in the governing documents of the Partnership Entities. (xii) Prism Gas is a general partner of Waskom with a 50% general partner interest in Waskom; and Prism Gas owns such partner interest free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, security interests, charges or claims (A) in respect of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Texas naming Prism Gas as debtor is on file in the office of the Secretary of State of Texas or (B) otherwise known to such counsel, without independent investigation, in each case other than those created by or arising under the Texas Partnership Act, applicable securities laws and any restrictions set forth in the governing documents of the Partnership Entities. (xiii) Except for rights described in the Final Prospectus, or for rights that have been waived, there are no preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase, nor any restriction upon the voting or transfer of, any partnership or member interests in the Partnership Entities, in each case pursuant to the organizational documents or any agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument listed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement to which the Company or its subsidiaries any Partnership Entity is a party or bound or to by which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case any of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably them may be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of bound. To such counsel’s knowledge, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving neither the Company or any filing of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed nor the offering or sale of the Units as contemplated by this Agreement gives rise to any rights for or relating to the registration of any Units or other securities of any Partnership Entity, except for rights described in the Disclosure Package Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus or for such rights that have been waived. To such counsel’s knowledge, except as described in the Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, andthere are no outstanding options or warrants to purchase partnership or member interests in any Partnership Entity. (xiv) The Partnership has all necessary limited partnership power and authority to issue, to sell and deliver the knowledge of such counselUnits, there is no franchisein accordance with and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Partnership Agreement, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package Statement and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (dxv) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested This Agreement has been duly authorized and caused ▇validly executed and delivered by each of the M▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇Parties. (xvi) Each of the Operative Agreements to which any of the M▇▇▇▇▇ Parties is a party has been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the M▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇Parties that are parties thereto. Assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by each party other than a M▇▇▇▇▇ LLPParty, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV Operative Agreements (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”other than any Operative Agreement governed by law other than Texas law) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery which any of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇M▇▇▇▇▇ Parties is a party constitutes a valid and Calder, counsel for ▇▇legally binding obligation of the M▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore HoldingsParties that are parties thereto, L.P.enforceable against each such party in accordance with its terms, and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, subject to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (fA) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable tbankr

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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Martin Midstream Partners Lp)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations obligation of the Underwriter to purchase accept delivery of and pay for the Securities Bonds on the Closing Date shall be subject subject, at the option of the Underwriter, to the accuracy in all material respects of the representations representations, warranties and warranties agreements on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders Successor Agency contained herein as of the Applicable Time date hereof and as of the Closing Date, to the accuracy in all material respects of the statements of the Company officers and other officials of the Selling Stockholders Successor Agency made in any certificates or other documents furnished pursuant to the provisions hereof, and to the performance by the Company and Successor Agency of its obligations to be performed hereunder at or prior to the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder Closing Date and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final ProspectusAt the Closing Date, the Official Statement, the Indenture, the Escrow Agreement, this Bond Purchase Agreement and the Disclosure Certificate shall be in full force and effect in the form heretofore submitted to the Underwriter, with only such changes as shall be agreed to in writing by the Underwriter, and any supplement thereto, there shall have been filed taken in connection with the Commission issuance of the Bonds and with the transactions contemplated thereby and by this Bond Purchase Agreement, all such actions as, in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Actopinion of Bond Counsel, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; be necessary and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened.appropriate; (b) The Company At the Closing Date, the Official Statement, the Indenture, the Escrow Agreement, this Bond Purchase Agreement and the Disclosure Certificate shall not have requested been amended, modified or supplemented, except as may have been agreed to in writing by the Underwriter; (c) Between the date hereof and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLPthe Closing Date, counsel the market price or marketability, at the initial public offering prices set forth in the Official Statement, of the Bonds shall not have been materially adversely affected, in the judgment of the Underwriter (evidenced by a written notice to the Successor Agency terminating the obligation of the Underwriter to accept delivery of and make any payment for the CompanyBonds), to have furnished to by reason of any of the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect thatfollowing: (i1) an amendment to the Company Constitution of the United States or the State of California shall have been passed or legislation shall have been introduced in or enacted by the Congress of the United States or the legislature of any state having jurisdiction of the subject matter or legislation pending in the Congress of the United States shall have been amended or legislation shall have been recommended to the Congress of the United States or to any state having jurisdiction of the subject matter or otherwise endorsed for passage (by press release, other form of notice or otherwise) by the President of the United States, the Treasury Department of the United States, the Internal Revenue Service or the Chairman or ranking minority member of the Committee on Finance of the United States Senate or the Committee on Ways and Means of the United States House of Representatives, or legislation shall have been proposed for consideration by either such Committee by any member thereof or presented as an option for consideration by either such Committee by the staff of such Committee or by the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation of the Congress of the United States, or legislation shall have been favorably reported for passage to either House of the Congress of the United States by a Committee of such House to which such legislation has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as referred for consideration, or a corporation in good standing under decision shall have been rendered by a court of the laws United States or of the State of DelawareCalifornia or the Tax Court of the United States, or a ruling shall have been made or a regulation or temporary regulation shall have been proposed or made or any other release or announcement shall have been made by the Treasury Department of the United States, the Internal Revenue Service or other federal or State of California authority, with power respect to federal or State of California taxation upon revenues or other income of the general character to be derived by the Authority or upon interest received on obligations of the general character of the Bonds which may have the purpose or effect, directly or indirectly, of affecting the tax status of the Authority, its property or income, its securities (including the Bonds) or the interest thereon, or any tax exemption granted or authorized by State of California legislation or materially and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in adversely affecting the Disclosure Package and market for the Final ProspectusBonds or the market price generally of obligations of the general character of the Bonds; (ii2) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth legislation enacted, introduced in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except Congress or recommended for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder passage by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorizedPresident of the United States, executed and delivered or a decision rendered by a court established under Article III of the Constitution of the United States or by the Company; (v) the statements in each Tax Court of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”United States, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated an order, ruling, regulation (final, temporary or proposed) or official statement issued or made by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale on behalf of the Securities by and Exchange Commission, or any other governmental agency having jurisdiction of the Selling Stockholders subject matter shall have been made or issued to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company effect that obligations of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company general character of the terms hereof will conflict with, result in a breach or violation ofBonds, or imposition of the Bonds, including any lienor all underlying arrangements, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of are not exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or that the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or Indenture is not exempt from qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Trust Indenture Act of 19401939, as amended; (ix3) any legislation, ordinance, rule or regulation shall be introduced in, or be enacted by any governmental body, department or agency of the State of California, or a decision by any court of competent jurisdiction within the State of California or any court of the United States of America shall be rendered which, in the reasonable opinion of the Underwriter, materially adversely affects the market price of the Bonds; (4) the Registration Statement became effective under escalation in military hostilities or declaration by the Act upon filing United States of a national emergency or war, or other calamity or crisis or escalation thereof; (5) the declaration of a general banking moratorium by federal, New York or California authorities, or the general suspension of trading on any national securities exchange; (6) the imposition by the New York Stock Exchange or other national securities exchange, or any governmental authority, of any material restrictions not now in force with respect to the Commission; any required filing Bonds or obligations of the Base Prospectusgeneral character of the Bonds or securities generally, or the material increase of any Preliminary Prospectus such restrictions now in force, including those relating to the extension of credit by, or the charge to the net capital requirements of, the Underwriter; (7) an order, decree or injunction of any court of competent jurisdiction, or order, ruling, regulation or official statement by the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other governmental agency having jurisdiction of the Final Prospectussubject matter, issued or made to the effect that the issuance, offering or sale of obligations of the general character of the Bonds, or the issuance, offering or sale of the Bonds, including any or all underlying obligations, as contemplated hereby or by the Official Statement, is or would be in violation of the federal securities laws as amended and then in effect; (8) any supplements theretolitigation shall be instituted, pursuant pending or threatened to Rule 424(brestrain or enjoin the issuance or sale of the Bonds or in any way contesting the validity of the Bonds or the Financing Documents, or the existence or powers of the Successor Agency; (9) has been made any event occurring, or information becoming known that, in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness judgment of the Registration Underwriter, makes untrue in any material respect any statement or information contained in the Official Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for the effect that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Official Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted omits to state any a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effectmisleading; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Bond Purchase Agreement

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations obligation of the Underwriter to purchase accept delivery of and pay for the Securities Certificates on the Closing Date shall be subject subject, at the option of the Underwriter, to the accuracy in all material respects of the representations representations, warranties and warranties agreements on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders District contained herein as of the Applicable Time date hereof and as of the Closing Date, to the accuracy in all material respects of the statements of the Company officers and other officials of the District, the Corporation and the Selling Stockholders Trustee made in any certificates or other documents furnished pursuant to the provisions hereofhereof or the Certificate Documents, and to the performance by the Company District, the Corporation, the Insurer and the Selling Stockholders Trustee of their respective obligations to be performed hereunder and under the Certificate Documents at or prior to the Closing Date, and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final ProspectusAt the Closing Date, the Certificates, the Certificate Documents and any supplement thereto, the Official Statement shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Companyrespective parties thereto, in substantially the forms heretofore submitted to the Underwriter with only such changes as shall have been agreed to by the Underwriter, and said documents shall not have been amended, modified or supplemented, except as may have been agreed to by the Underwriter, and there shall have been taken in connection therewith, with the execution and delivery of the Certificates and with the transactions contemplated thereby and by this Purchase Agreement, all such actions as Special Counsel, shall deem to be necessary and appropriate; (vb) the statements in each The representations and warranties of the Disclosure Package District contained in this Purchase Agreement shall be true, correct and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form complete in all material respects on the date hereof and on the Closing Date, as if made again on the Closing Date, and the Official Statement (as the same may be supplemented or amended with the applicable requirements written approval of the Act Underwriter) shall be true, correct and the rules thereunder. Such counsel complete in all material respects and such information shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) relating to the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements thereinDistrict, in the light of the circumstances under which they such statements were made, not misleading or misleading; (iiic) Between the Final Prospectus, as of its date hereof and on the Closing Date, included neither the market price nor marketability, or includes the ability of the Underwriter to enforce contracts for the sale of the Certificates, at the initial offering prices set forth in Exhibit A hereto and in the Official Statement, of the Certificates shall have been materially adversely affected, in the judgment of the Underwriter, by reason of any of the following: (1) legislation enacted or introduced in the Congress or recommended for passage by the President of the United States, or a decision rendered by a court established under Article III of the Constitution of the United States or by the Tax Court of the United States, or an order, ruling, regulation (final, temporary or proposed) or official statement issued or made: (i) by or on behalf of the Treasury Department of the United States or the Internal Revenue Service with the purpose or effect, directly or indirectly (except as described in the Official Statement), of imposing federal income taxation upon such interest as would be received by the owners of the Certificates, or (ii) by or on behalf of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other governmental entity having jurisdiction of the subject matter, to the effect that obligations of the general character of the Certificates, or the Certificates, including any or all underlying arrangements, are not exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or that the Trust Agreement is not exempt from qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended; (2) the declaration of war or engagement in or escalation of major military hostilities by the United States or the occurrence of any other national emergency or calamity relating to the effective operation of the government or of the financial community in the United States; (3) the declaration of a general banking moratorium by federal, New York or California authorities, or the general suspension of trading on any national securities exchange; (4) the imposition by the New York Stock Exchange or other national securities exchange, or any governmental entity, of any material restrictions not now in force with respect to the Certificates or obligations of the general character of the Certificates or securities generally, or the material increase of any such restrictions now in force, including those relating to the extension of credit by, or the charge to the net capital requirements of, the Underwriter; (5) an order, decree or injunction of any court of competent jurisdiction, or order, filing, regulation or official statement by the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other governmental entity having jurisdiction of the subject matter, issued or made to the effect that the issuance, offering or sale of obligations of the general character of the Certificates, or the execution, delivery, offering or sale of the Certificates, including any or all underlying obligations, as contemplated hereby or by the Official Statement, is or would be in violation of the federal securities laws as then in effect; (6) the occurrence of any adverse change of a material nature of the financial condition, results of operation or properties of the District; (7) any event occurring, or information becoming known which, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter, makes untrue in any material adverse respect any statement or information contained in the Official Statement, or has the effect that the Official Statement contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading misleading; (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws 8) there shall have occurred or any notices shall have been given of any jurisdiction other than intended downgrading, suspension, withdrawal, or negative change in credit watch by any national rating service to any of the District's obligations (without regard to any credit enhancement thereto); (9) there shall have occurred or any notices shall have been given of any withdrawal, downgrading or placement on negative credit watch of any rating of the Insurer; (10) the suspension by the Securities and Exchange Commission of trading in the outstanding securities of the District; or (11) legislation enacted by or introduced in the legislature of the State, or favorably reported out of committee or a decision rendered by a court of the State, or a ruling, order, or regulation (final or temporary) made by State authority, which would have the effect of changing, directly or indirectly, the State tax consequences of New York, the corporate law interest on obligations of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws general character of the United States, to Certificates in the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers hands of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Dateholders thereof. (c1) The Company shall the Official Statement and each Certificate Document, duly executed and delivered by the respective parties thereto, with such amendments, modifications or supplements as may have requested and caused its General Counselbeen agreed to by the Underwriter; (2) an unqualified approving opinion, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the District, of Special Counsel, in substantially the form attached to the Official Statement as Appendix D, and a letter of such counsel, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that such opinion may be relied upon by the Underwriter to the same extent as of such opinion were addressed to it; (3) the supplemental opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, of Special Counsel, substantially to the effect that (i) this (4) an opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, of ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, A Professional Law Corporation, as disclosure counsel (“Disclosure Counsel”), substantially to the effect that: (i) , based upon its participation in the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason preparation of the ownership Preliminary Official Statement and the Official Statement and without having undertaken to determine independently the fairness, accuracy or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws completeness of the jurisdiction statements contained in the Official Statement, Disclosure Counsel has no reason to believe that, as of its organizationdate and as of the date of the Closing, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package Preliminary Official Statement and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified Official Statement (excluding therefrom the reports, financial and statistical data and forecasts therein, the information included in Appendices B, C, F, G and H thereto, information relating to transact business DTC and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package its book-entry system and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders information relating to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 Insurer and its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument insurance policy and debt service reserve policy as to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably no opinion need be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (vexpressed) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before contains any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and; (vii5) all descriptions in a certificate of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion Trustee dated the Closing Date and addressed to Date, signed by a duly authorized officer of the UnderwriterTrustee, to the effect that: that (i) each the Trustee is a national banking association organized and existing under and by virtue of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of the United States of America, having the full power and being qualified to enter into and perform its jurisdiction of organization; duties under the Trust Agreement and the Assignment Agreement and to execute and deliver the Certificates to the Underwriter pursuant to the Trust Agreement, (ii) when delivered to and paid for by the Underwriter on the Closing Date, the Certificates will have been duly executed and delivered by the Trustee, (iii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Trust Agreement have been duly authorized by each and the Assignment Agreement and compliance with the provisions on the Trustee’s part contained therein, will not conflict with or constitute a breach of or default under any law, administrative regulation, judgment, decree, loan agreement, indenture, bond, note, resolution, agreement or other instrument to which the Trustee is a party or is otherwise subject (except that no representation, warranty or agreement is made with respect to any federal or state securities or blue sky laws or regulations), nor will any such execution, delivery, adoption or compliance result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or other security interest or encumbrance of any nature whatsoever upon any of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and properties or assets held by the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor Trustee pursuant to the lien created by the Trust Agreement and has had under the terms of any such Securities credited to a securities account of law, administrative regulation, judgment, decree, loan agreement, indenture, bond, note, resolution, agreement or other instrument, except as provided by the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such SecuritiesTrust Agreement, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation, at law or in equity, before or by any court, governmental or public entity pending or, to the sale best knowledge of the Securities by Trustee, threatened against the Selling Stockholders Trustee, affecting the existence of the Trustee, or the titles of its officers to their respective offices or seeking to prohibit, restrain or enjoin the Underwriter pursuant to execution and delivery of the Certificates, or in any way contesting or affecting the validity or enforceability of the Trust Agreement does not, and the performance by Assignment Agreement or contesting the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority powers of the United States Trustee or its Corporation to enter into, adopt or perform its obligations under any of the foregoing to which it is a party, wherein an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding would materially adversely affect the validity or enforceability of the Trust Agreement or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act Assignment Agreement or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation ability of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable Trustee to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable tperform its obligations thereunder;

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Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations obligation of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time time of the execution of this Agreement and the Closing DateTime, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates delivered by the Company to the Underwriter pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, Registration Statement has become effective and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with at the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and Closing Time no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued under the 1933 Act or proceedings therefor initiated or threatened by the Commission, and no proceedings any request on the part of the Commission for that purpose additional information from the Company shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished complied with to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed reasonable satisfaction of counsel to the Underwriter, to . A prospectus containing the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders Rule 430B Information shall have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply filed with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made Commission in the manner and within the time period required by rule Rule 424(b); to the knowledge of ) without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) (or a post-effective amendment providing such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose information shall have been instituted or threatened; andfiled and become effective in accordance with the requirements of Rule 430B). (xb) At the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference thereinClosing Time, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel Underwriter shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that have received (i) the Registration Statementfavorable opinion, on dated as of the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Closing Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇ L.L.P., counsel for the statements thereinCompany, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date form and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of factUnderwriter, to the extent they deem propereffect set forth in Exhibit A-2 hereto and to such further effect as counsel to the Underwriter may reasonably request, on certificates and (ii) the favorable opinion, dated as of responsible officers the Closing Time, of the General Counsel of the Company, with responsibility for the legal affairs of the Company and public officials. References its subsidiaries, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter, to the Final Prospectus effect set forth in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at Exhibit A-3 hereto and to such further effect as counsel to the Closing DateUnderwriter may reasonably request. (c) The Company At the Closing Time, the Underwriter shall have requested and caused its General Counselreceived the favorable opinion, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated as of the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their propertyTime, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling StockholdersUnderwriter, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date in form and addressed substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter. In giving such opinion such counsel may rely, as to all matters governed by the laws of jurisdictions other than the law of the State of New York and the federal law of the United States and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, upon the opinions of counsel satisfactory to the Underwriter. Such counsel may also state that, insofar as such opinion involves factual matters, they have relied, to the extent they deem proper, upon certificates of officers of the Company and its subsidiaries and certificates of public officials. (d) The Underwriter shall have received a certificate of the President or a Vice President of the Company and of the chief financial or chief accounting officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Time, to the effect that (i) there has been no Material Adverse Change since the date hereof, (ii) the representations and warranties in Section 1 hereof are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the Closing Time, (iii) the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Time, and (iv) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or are contemplated by the Commission. (e) At the Closing Time, the Underwriter shall have received from Ernst & Young LLP a letter, dated as of the Closing Time, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to the Underwriter with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. (f) [RESERVED] (g) At the Closing Time, there shall not have been, since the date hereof or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package, any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business, prospects, properties or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, that:, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter, makes it impracticable to market the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus. (h) At the Closing Time, the Securities shall have been approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange, subject only to official notice of issuance. (i) The Underwriter shall have received each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV signed Lock-Up Agreements referred to in Section 5(j) hereof, and each such Lock-Up Agreement shall be in full force and effect at the Closing Time. (j) [RESERVED] (k) At the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing andClosing Time, counsel for the Underwriter shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the extent such concept exists in Underwriter and counsel for the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization;Underwriter. (iil) If any condition specified in this Section shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by the Underwriter by notice to the Company at any time at or prior to the Closing Time and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 5(n) and except that Sections 1, 7, 8, 9 and 11 shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect. (m) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Underwriting Agreement Closing Date there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been duly authorized by each given of any intended or potential downgrading or of any surveillance or review for a possible change with negative implications or that does not indicate the direction of the Domestic Selling Stockholderspossible change, and in the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and rating accorded the Company or any of the securities of the Company or in the rating outlook for the Company by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act. The documents required to be delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in this Section 8-102(a)(5) 6 will be delivered at the office of counsel for the UCCUnderwriter, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused at ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings& ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, L.P.▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, L.P.▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated on the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the UnderwriterTime. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t

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Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of ------------------------------------------------ the Underwriter to purchase the Securities Securities, shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company Company, the Operating Partnership and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Execution Time and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company Company, the Operating Partnership and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company Company, the Operating Partnership and the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final If the Registration Statement has not become effective prior to the Execution Time, unless the Underwriter agrees in writing to a later time, the Registration Statement will become effective not later than (i) 6:00 PM New York City time on the date of determination of the public offering price, if such determination occurred at or prior to 3:00 PM New York City time on such date or (ii) 9:30 AM on the Business Day following the day on which the public offering price was determined, if such determination occurred after 3:00 PM New York City time on such date; if filing of the Prospectus, or any supplement thereto, is required pursuant to Rule 424(b), the Prospectus, and any supplement theretosuch supplement, shall have been will be filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (ii) each subsidiary of the Company has been duly organized, is validly existing as a corporation, limited or general partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has the power and authority to own and lease its property and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (iii) the outstanding shares of Common Stock (including the Securities), Class A Preferred Stock and Class B Preferred Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and none of such shares was issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights; (iv) the outstanding Ownership Interests in each subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and (except for general partnership interests) non-assessable; all of the outstanding limited partnership interests in the Operating Partnership are owned (except as otherwise set forth in the Prospectus) directly by the Company, all of the outstanding general partnership interests in the Operating Partnership are owned directly by the Company, and all of the Company's Ownership Interests in each of the other subsidiaries are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, except for liens created by the Pledge Agreement; (v) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Operating Partnership; (vi) the execution and delivery by the Company and the Operating Partnership of, and the performance by the Company and the Operating Partnership of their respective obligations under, this Agreement will not (A) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, the Credit Agreement, any Senior Note Document or, to the best of such counsel's knowledge, any other agreement or instrument binding upon the Company or any of its subsidiaries that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (B) result in a breach or violation of or default under any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries; and no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any Maryland or Delaware governmental body or agency having jurisdiction over the Company or the Operating Partnership is required under the laws of the State of Maryland or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the "Partnership Act") for the offering, issuance or sale of the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement, except such as may be required by Maryland securities laws; (vii) the statements (A) in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999 (the "1999 10-K") under the captions "Business and Properties--Environmental and Regulatory Matters," "Business and Properties--The Leases," "Business and Properties--The Management Agreements" and "Business and Properties--Non-Competition Agreements," (B) in the 1999 10-K under the caption "Legal Proceedings," as supplemented by the information in note (14) to the financial statements included in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 8, 2000 and (C) in the Company's Proxy Statement dated April 17, 2000 under the caption "Certain Relationships and Related Transactions," in each case insofar as such statements constitute summaries of legal matters, documents or proceedings, are accurate in all material respects; (viii) to the best of such counsel's knowledge, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or threatened to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any of the properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and are not so described or of any statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described or filed as required; (ix) the Company and its subsidiaries (A) are in compliance with any and all applicable Environmental Laws, (B) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (C) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except where such noncompliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and (x) each document filed pursuant to the Exchange Act and incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act (except for financial statements and schedules and other financial and statistical data, as to which such counsel need not express any opinion) complied when so filed as to form in all material respects with the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. In passing upon compliance as to form of such documents, such counsel may assume that the statements made and incorporated by reference therein are correct and complete. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ L.L.P., counsel for the Company and the Operating Partnership, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect as set forth in Schedule III. (d) In addition to the opinions set forth above in Sections 6(b) and 6(c), respectively, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ L.L.P., will each also state that such counsel has participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company, representatives of the independent public accountants for the Company, and representatives of the Underwriter, at which the contents of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and related matters were discussed and, although such counsel may state that such counsel is not passing upon, and does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of, the statements contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and such counsel has not made any independent check or verification thereof (except as set forth in Section 6(b)(vii) and (c) and (g) of Schedule III, respectively), during the course of such participation, no facts came to such counsel's attention that have caused such counsel to believe that the Registration Statement, at the time it became effective, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or that the Prospectus, as of its date or as of the date of such opinion, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that such counsel may state that they express no belief with respect to the financial statements, schedules and other financial and statistical data included or incorporated by reference in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus. The opinions of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ L.L.P. described in Sections 6(b) and 6(c) above shall state, solely in the case of those opinions of counsel which refer to subsidiaries of the Company, that all references in such opinions to "subsidiaries" of the Company include, without limitation, the Operating Partnership and the Non- Controlled Subsidiaries. In addition, the opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall state that it covers matters arising under the laws of the State of Maryland, the general corporation law of the State of Delaware (the "DGCL"), the Partnership Act, the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act and the federal laws of the United States, and shall further state that, to the extent that the opinion set forth in Section 6(b)(vi) relates to any instrument or agreement which is governed by the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Maryland, such counsel has assumed that the laws of such other jurisdiction are in all relevant respects identical to the laws of the State of Maryland; the opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ L.L.P. shall state that it covers matters arising under the laws of the State of New York, the State of Maryland, the Partnership Act and the federal laws of the United States. (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP& ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, counsel for the CompanySelling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) Each Selling Stockholder is the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws sole registered owner of the State of DelawareSecurities to be sold by such Selling Stockholder; each Selling Stockholder has full partnership or corporate power, with power right and authority to ownsell such Securities and upon payment for and delivery of the Securities in accordance with this Agreement, lease the Underwriter will acquire a security entitlement (within the meaning of the UCC) with respect to the Securities and operate its properties and conduct its business as described will also acquire their interest in the Disclosure Package Securities free of any adverse claim (within the meaning of the UCC), assuming that the Underwriter does not have notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of the UCC) to the Securities and assuming further that the Final Prospectus;transfer agent for the Company's Common Stock properly performs the instructions provided by the Selling Stockholders and delivers the Securities by book-entry transfer to the Underwriter. (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in or on behalf of each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to thereinSelling Stockholder. (viiii) neither the The sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to and the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation compliance by the Company Selling Stockholders with all of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company provisions of the terms hereof this Agreement will conflict with, not breach or result in a breach default under any indenture or violation of, other agreement or imposition instrument identified on a schedule annexed to such opinion furnished to such counsel by the Selling Stockholders and which each Selling Stockholder has represented lists all material instruments to which such Selling Stockholder is a party or by which such Selling Stockholder is bound or to which any of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any the property or assets of such Selling Stockholder is subject, nor will such action violate the Company constituting documents of any Selling Stockholder or its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter any Federal or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation New York statute or the Delaware General Corporation Law (or the “Covered Laws”), or, Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or any rule or regulation issued pursuant to any Federal or New York statute or the Delaware General Corporation Law or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or any order known to such counsel’s knowledge, counsel issued pursuant to any judgment, order Federal or decree applicable to New York statute or the Company Delaware General Corporation Law or its subsidiaries of the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act by any federal, Delaware court or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental agency or body or other authority court having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries any Selling Stockholder or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement;. (viiiv) no No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any Federal or New York governmental agency or body or any Delaware governmental agency or body acting pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or, to our knowledge, any Federal or New York court or any such regulatory authority Delaware court acting pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to and the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company Selling Stockholders with all of the applicable provisions thereofof this Agreement, except for the registration under the Act of the Securities, and such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the under state securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing connection with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus purchase and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale distribution of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to thereinUnderwriter. (df) The Selling Stockholders Underwriter shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ received from ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Wood LLP, counsel for the Selling StockholdersUnderwriter, to have furnished to the Underwriter their such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, with respect to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Underwriter may reasonably require, and the Company and each Selling Stockholder shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. (g) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter and to the Selling Stockholders a certificate of the Company, signed by an executive officer and the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, in their capacity as executive officers of the Company and in their capacity as executive officers of the general partner of the Operating Partnership, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any supplements to the Prospectus and this Agreement and that: (i) each the representations and warranties of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, Company and the Underwriting Operating Partnership in this Agreement has been duly executed are true and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” correct on and as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to with the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable tsame effec

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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Host Marriott Corp/)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities Firm Units and the Option Units, if any, shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders Partnership Parties contained herein as of the Applicable Time and Execution Time, the Closing DateDate and any settlement date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and General Partner or the Selling Stockholders Partnership made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders Partnership Parties of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company Partnership pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company Partnership shall have requested and caused Faegre Holland & ▇▇▇▇ LLP, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Finger P.A. and ▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, special counsel for the Partnership, and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, general counsel for to the CompanyGeneral Partner, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinionrespective legal opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the effect that:Underwriter, substantially in the form set forth on Exhibits ▇-▇, ▇-▇, ▇-▇ and B-4 hereto. (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New YorkAlabama, the corporate law of the State of Delaware Colorado or the Federal State of Texas, the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company General Partner and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company Underwriter shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, received from ▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling StockholdersUnderwriter, to have furnished to the Underwriter their such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Units, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Underwriter may reasonably require, and the Partnership shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. (d) The General Partner shall have furnished to the Underwriter a certificate of the officers of the General Partner, signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the President and the principal financial or accounting officer of the General Partner, dated the Closing Date to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and any supplements or amendments thereto, as well as each electronic road show used in connection with the offering of the Units, and this Agreement and that: (i) each the representations and warranties of the Selling Stockholders listed Partnership Parties in this Agreement are true and correct on Schedule IV (and as of the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date and the Partnership Parties have complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organizationClosing Date; (ii) no stop order suspending the execution and delivery effectiveness of the Underwriting Agreement Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been duly authorized by each of instituted or, to the Domestic Selling StockholdersPartnership’s knowledge, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder;threatened; and (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) since the date of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest most recent financial statements included in the Securities it has purchased without notice Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCCsupplement thereto), there has been no Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, Disclosure Package and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, Prospectus (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents exclusive of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky lawssupplement thereto). (e) The Selling Stockholders Underwriter shall have requested received from each of (i) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP customary comfort letters dated respectively as of the Execution Time and caused as of the Closing Date, and addressed to the Underwriter in the forms satisfactory to the Underwriter, which letters shall cover, without limitation, the Partnership Financial Statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectuses, the Prospectus and each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus; (ii) UHY LLP customary comfort letters dated respectively as of the Execution Time and as of the Closing Date, and addressed to the Underwriter in the forms satisfactory to the Underwriter, which letters shall cover, without limitation, the High Point System Financial Statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectuses, the Prospectus and each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus and (iii) MaloneBailey, LLP customary comfort letters dated respectively as of the Execution Time and as of the Closing Date, and addressed to the Underwriter in the forms satisfactory to the Underwriter, which letters shall cover, without limitation, the Blackwater Financial Statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectuses, the Prospectus and each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus. References to the Prospectus in this paragraph (e) include any supplement thereto at the date of the letter. (f) Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), there shall not have been (i) any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (e) of this Section 6 or (ii) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business or properties of the Partnership Entities taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto) the effect of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the sole judgment of the Underwriter, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Units as contemplated by the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto). (g) Subsequent to the Execution Time, there shall not have been any decrease in the rating of any of the Partnership’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Act) or any notice given of any intended or potential decrease in any such rating or of a possible change in any such rating that does not indicate the direction of the possible change. (h) Prior to the Closing Date, the Partnership shall have furnished to the Underwriter such further information, certificates and documents as the Underwriter may reasonably request. (i) The Firm Units and the Option Units, if any, shall have been approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange, subject only to official notice of issuance. (j) At the Execution Time, the parties set forth on Schedule IV hereto shall have furnished to the Underwriter a letter substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriter hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Underwriter. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Partnership in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing. The documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 shall be delivered at the office of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder& ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Underwriter, at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇BMET Investors Offshore Holdings▇▇▇▇▇, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated on the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the UnderwriterDate. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t

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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (American Midstream Partners, LP)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter Underwriter’s obligation to purchase the Securities Certificates shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no 6.1 No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued be in effect, and no proceedings for that purpose shall be pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission; and the Prospectus Supplement shall have been instituted filed or threatenedtransmitted for filing by means reasonably calculated to result in a filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act. 6.2 Since [_________], 201[_] there shall have been no material adverse change (not in the ordinary course of business) in the condition of the Company or [_______________]. 6.3 The Company shall have delivered to you a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of the President, a Senior Vice President or a Vice President of the Company to the effect that the signer of such certificate has examined this Agreement, the Approved Offering Materials, the Prospectus, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and various other closing documents, and that, to the best of his or her knowledge after reasonable investigation: (a) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are true and correct in all material respects; and (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarizehas, in all material respects, complied with all the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither agreements and satisfied all the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 conditions on its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required part to be obtained performed or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company 6.4 [_______________] shall have requested delivered to you a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of the President, a Managing Director, a Director or an Associate of [_______________] to the effect that the signer of such certificate has examined the Pooling and caused its General CounselServicing Agreement and this Agreement and that, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. to the best of his or her knowledge after reasonable investigation, the representations and warranties of [_______________] contained in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects. 6.5 [[_______________] shall have delivered to you a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of the President, a Managing Director, a Director or an Associate of [_______________] to the effect that the signer of such certificate has examined the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and this Agreement and that, to the best of his or her knowledge after reasonable investigation, the representations and warranties of [_______________] contained in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects.] 6.6 You shall have received the opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, special counsel for the Selling StockholdersCompany and [_______________], to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit A, and the opinion of [_________], associate counsel for the Company and [_______________], dated the Closing Date and substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit B. 6.7 You shall have received a negative assurance letter regarding the Preliminary Prospectus and Prospectus from [__________], counsel for the Underwriter and [_______________], in form satisfactory to you. 6.8 The Underwriter shall have received from [________], certified public accountants, (a) a letter dated the date hereof and satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and the Underwriter’s counsel, to the effect that: that they have performed certain specified procedures, all of which have been agreed to by the Underwriter, as a result of which they determined that certain information of an accounting, financial or statistical nature set forth (ior incorporated by reference) each in the Prospectus Supplement under the captions “Description of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the Mortgage Pool”, Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution Pooling and delivery Servicing Agreement,” “Description of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each Certificates” and “Yield and Prepayment Considerations” agrees with the records of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, Company and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) [_______________] excluding any questions of the UCC, legal interpretation and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor letter prepared pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws4.4(f). (e) 6.9 The Selling Stockholders Class A Certificates shall have requested and caused been rated “AAA” by [Fitch Ratings, (“Fitch”)], “AAA” by [Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”)], “Aaa” by [▇▇▇▇▇Investor Service (“Moody’s”)] and Calder“AAA” by [DBRS, Inc. (“DBRS”)]. 6.10 You shall have received the opinion of [____________], counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions Trustee, dated the Closing Date and addressed Date, substantially to the Underwritereffect set forth in Exhibit C. 6.11 You shall have received from [_________], in the forms reasonably acceptable associate counsel to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders Company, a reliance letter with respect to any opinions delivered to any rating agency that is hired by the Company or [_____________] to rate the Certificates, or you shall have requested been listed as an addressee on any such opinions. The Company will furnish you with conformed copies of the above opinions, certificates, letters and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form documents as you may reasonably acceptable trequest.

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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Phoenix Residential Securities, LLC)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations obligation of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities Offered Certificates shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time date hereof, as of the date of the effectiveness of any amendment to the Registration Statement filed prior to the Closing Date (including the filing of any document incorporated by reference therein) and as of the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final ProspectusUnderwriter shall have received from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (i) a letter, dated the date hereof, confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Act and any supplement theretothe rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter and counsel to the Underwriter and (ii) if requested by the Underwriter, a letter dated the Closing Date, updating the letter referred to in clause (i) above, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter. (b) All actions required to be taken and all filings required to be made by the Company under the Act prior to the sale of the Offered Certificates shall have been filed with duly taken and made. At and prior to the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the ActClosing Date, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted instituted, or threatenedto the knowledge of the Company or the Underwriter, shall have been contemplated by the Commission. (bc) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting particularly the business or properties of the Company or the Servicer which, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter, materially impairs the investment quality of the Offered Certificates; (ii) any downgrading in the rating of the Servicer by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization" (as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Act), or any public announcement that any such organization has under surveillance or review its rating of the Servicer (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating); (iii) any suspension or limitation of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, or any setting of minimum prices for trading on such exchange; (iv) any banking moratorium declared by federal, North Carolina or New York authorities; or (v) any outbreak or escalation of major hostilities in which the United States is involved, any declaration of war by Congress or any other substantial national or international calamity or emergency if, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter, the effects of any such outbreak, escalation, declaration, calamity or emergency makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the sale of and payment for the Offered Certificates. (d) The Company Underwriter shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, received a certificate dated the Closing Date and addressed to of an executive officer of the UnderwriterCompany in which such officer shall state that, to the effect that: best of such officer's knowledge after reasonable inspection, (i) the Company has been duly incorporated representations and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws warranties of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described Company contained in the Disclosure Package Basic Documents are true and correct with the Final Prospectus; same force and effect as if made on the Closing Date and (ii) 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. (e) The Underwriter shall have received an outstanding capitalization opinion of counsel for the Company, which may be an opinion of in-house counsel to the Company, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter. (f) The Underwriter shall have received a certificate of an executive officer of BANA, dated as set forth of the Closing Date, to the effect that, to t▇▇ ▇est of such officer's knowledge, (i) the representations and warranties contained in the Disclosure Package Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement are true and correct with the same force and effect as though made on and as of the Closing Date and (ii) such officer has reviewed the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment as amended or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant supplemented to the exercise of options Closing Date and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their such officer's attention that caused them would lead such officer to believe that (i) the Registration StatementFinal Prospectus as amended or supplemented, on insofar as it relates to BANA or the Effective DateMortgage Loans originated or acquired by BANA, contained contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or misleading. (iiig) the Final ProspectusThe Underwriter shall have received an opinion of counsel for BANA, as which may be an opinion of its date and on in-house counsel to BANA, dated the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements form and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, substance satisfac▇▇▇▇ to the extent they deem proper Underwriter and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing DateUnderwriter. (ch) The Company Underwriter shall have requested and caused its General Counselreceived an opinion of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, special counsel to the Company, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ch ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇ay ▇▇▇▇ on, to have furnished and assume the accuracy of, the opinions described in paragraphs (e) and (g) above, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter his opinion and counsel for the Underwriter. (i) The Underwriter shall have received copies of any opinions of counsel for the Company that the Company is required to deliver to any Rating Agency. Any such opinions shall be dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter or accompanied by reliance letters addressed to the effect that:Underwriter. (ij) The Underwriter shall have received from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, special counsel for the Company is duly qualified as Underwriter, a foreign corporation letter ▇ate▇ ▇▇e Closing Date with respect to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all substantially to the effect that nothing has come to such counsel's attention in the course of its review of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary Final Prospectus which causes it to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and believe that the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act date of the Prospectus Supplement or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunderClosing Date, and none of such documents contained an any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming it being understood that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating view as to any state securities information incorporated by reference in the Final Prospectus or Blue Sky laws), as to the adequacy or (b) result in a violation accuracy of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholderfinancial, numerical, statistical or (c) result quantitative information included in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws)Final Prospectus. (ek) The Selling Stockholders Underwriter shall have requested received an opinion of reasonably acceptable counsel to the Trustee, dated the Closing Date, in form and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished substance satisfactory to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to counsel for the Underwriter. (fl) On or before the Closing Date, the Underwriter shall have received evidence satisfactory to it that each class of Offered Certificates has been given the ratings set forth on Schedule I hereto. (m) At the Closing Date, the Certificates and the Pooling Agreement will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Final Prospectus. (n) The Selling Stockholders Underwriter shall not have requested discovered and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished disclosed to the Underwriter their opinion dated Company on or prior to the Closing Date and addressed that the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto contains an untrue statement of a fact or omits to state a fact which, in the opinion of counsel to the Underwriter, is material and is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. (o) All corporate proceedings and other legal matters relating to the authorization, form and validity of this Agreement, the Pooling Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Certificates, the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus, and all other legal matters relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, shall be reasonably satisfactory in a all respects to counsel for the Underwriter, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel all documents and information that they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters. The Company will provide or cause to be provided to the Underwriter such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as the Underwriter may reasonably request. All opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably acceptable tsatisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter. If any condition specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by the Underwriter by notice to the Company at any time at or prior to the Closing Date, and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 7.

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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Banc of America Alternative Loan Trust 2006-6)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Underwritten Securities shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and Execution Time, the Closing DateDate and any settlement date pursuant to Section 3 hereof (except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to a specific earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such specified earlier date)), to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to that would prevent its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇B▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇B▇▇▇▇ LLPL.L.P. , counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) The Company and each of its subsidiaries listed on Schedule III of the Company has been duly incorporated Agreement (individually a “Subsidiary” and is collectively the “Subsidiaries”) are validly existing as a corporation and in good standing under the laws of the State their respective jurisdictions of Delawareorganization. The Company and its Subsidiaries have all corporate, with partnership or limited liability company power and authority necessary to own, lease and operate its own or hold their respective properties and to conduct its business their respective businesses as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) All the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary of the Company has an outstanding capitalization have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid (in the case of limited partnership or limited liability company interests, to the extent required under the respective partnership or limited liability company agreements) and non-assessable (in the case of limited partnership or limited liability company interests, except as such non-assessability may be limited by the limited partnership or limited liability company statute of the jurisdiction of organization of such entity), and, except as otherwise set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuancesor as set forth in or permitted by the Senior Credit Facility, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Subsidiaries are owned by the Company either directly or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise through wholly owned subsidiaries free and clear of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans)any perfected security interest; (iii) The Company’s authorized equity capitalization is contained in the Securities being sold hereunder by Disclosure Package and set forth in the Selling Stockholders Final Prospectus; the capital stock of the Company conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Final Prospectus; the outstanding shares of Common Stock have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; the Securities have been duly and validly authorized, and, when issued and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriter pursuant to this Agreement, will be fully paid and nonassessable; the holders of outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are not entitled to preemptive or other rights to subscribe for the Securities under the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the Delaware General Corporation Law; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorizedTo the knowledge of such counsel, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements except as described in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory investigations, actions, suits or proceedings pending to which the captions “Description Company or any of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay its subsidiaries is or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, a party or to which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its subsidiaries is or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in may be the case of clause (B), wouldsubject which, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect Effect; and to the knowledge of such counsel, no such investigations, actions, suits or affect the validity of the Securities proceedings are threatened or the legal contemplated by any governmental or regulatory authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreementthreatened by others; (viiv) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration The statements included or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body incorporated by reference in the United States having jurisdiction Final Prospectus under the Covered Laws over heading “Description of Capital Stock” and in the Company is required Registration Statement in Item 15, insofar as such statements purport to be obtained or made by summarize the Company for provisions of law and documents referred to therein fairly summarize in all material respects the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offereddocuments described therein; (viiivi) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the The Registration Statement became has become effective under the Act upon filing with the CommissionAct; any required filing of the Base Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule Rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to that would prevent its use has been issued and issued, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; (vii) The Company has the corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform all of its obligations thereunder (including the use of proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus); and all action required to be taken by the Company for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby (including the use of proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus) have been duly and validly taken; (viii) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (ix) 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 Final Prospectus, will not be an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (x) No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or governmental or regulatory authority of the United States of America, the State of Delaware (solely with respect to the Delaware General Corporation Law) or the State of Texas is required in connection with the transactions contemplated herein, except such as have been obtained under the Act and 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 Underwriter in the manner contemplated in this Agreement and in the Final Prospectus and such other approvals (specified in such opinion) as have been obtained; (xi) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Securities being delivered on the Closing Date, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the use of proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in the Final Prospectus) will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any agreement set forth on Exhibit A to such counsel’s opinion (to be limited to material contracts included in the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 and any filings since such Form 10-K made by the Company with the Commission, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (iii) result in the violation of any U.S. federal or Texas law or statute, the Delaware General Corporation Law or any judgment, order or regulation of any U.S. or Texas court or governmental or regulatory authority except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for such conflicts, breaches or violations, liens, charges or encumbrances that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and (xxii) To such counsel’s knowledge, except as have been waived, there are no persons with registration or similar rights to have any securities of the Company registered pursuant to the Registration Statement (xiii) The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto made by the Company prior to the Closing Date, (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and related schedules, other financial data and statistical information contained oil and gas reserve and production data therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion), when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; (xiv) The Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than (a) the financial statements (including the notes thereto and the auditors’ reports thereon), (b) the other financial and statistical information contained therein, (c) the estimated oil and natural gas reserve evaluations and related calculations of M▇▇▇▇▇ and L▇▇▇▇, Ltd., independent petroleum engineers, and (d) the exhibits thereto, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) appear on their face to comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunderExchange Act. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) they have participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company, with representatives of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm and independent petroleum engineer and with you and your counsel, at which the contents of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus and related matters were discussed, and although they did not independently verify the information in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, and are not passing upon and do not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except in opinion (v) above) such counsel shall advise you that, on the basis of the foregoing (relying to a limited extent with respect to materiality upon statements by officers and other representatives of the Company), no facts have come to the attention of such counsel to lead such counsel to believe (1) that on the Effective DateDate the Registration Statement (other than (a) the financial statements, including the notes thereto and the auditors’ reports thereon, contained or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom, (b) the other financial and statistical information contained or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom, (c) the estimated oil and natural gas reserve evaluations and related calculations of M▇▇▇▇▇ and L▇▇▇▇, Ltd., independent petroleum engineers contained or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom, and (d) any statement or representation in any exhibits included or incorporated by reference therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii2) that the Final Prospectus (other than (a) the Disclosure Packagefinancial statements, including the notes thereto and the auditors’ reports thereon, contained or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom, (b) the other financial and statistical information contained or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom, and (c) the estimated oil and natural gas reserve evaluations and related calculations of M▇▇▇▇▇ and L▇▇▇▇, Ltd., independent petroleum engineers, contained or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iiisuch counsel need express no opinion) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, Date included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (in each case3) that the Disclosure Package, together with the price to the public, the number of Underwritten Securities and the underwriting discount on the cover page of the Final Prospectus (other than (a) the financial statements statements, including the notes thereto and the auditors’ reports thereon, contained or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom, (b) the other financial and statistical information contained or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom therein, and (c) the estimated oil and natural gas reserve evaluations and related calculations of M▇▇▇▇▇ and L▇▇▇▇, Ltd., independent petroleum engineers, contained or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel need express no belief)opinion) when taken together as a whole, as of the Execution Time contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. In rendering such opinionopinions, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware Texas or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company Underwriter shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (received from A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling StockholdersUnderwriter, to have furnished to the Underwriter their such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Underwriter may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. (d) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter a certificate of the Company, signed by the Chairman of the Board or the President and the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus, the Disclosure Package and any supplements or amendments thereto and this Agreement and that: (i) each the representations and warranties of the Selling Stockholders listed Company in this Agreement are true and correct on Schedule IV and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, except to the extent such concept exists representations and warranties expressly relate to a specific earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such specified earlier date)), and the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under Company has complied with all the laws of agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its jurisdiction of organizationpart to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date; (ii) no stop order suspending the execution and delivery effectiveness of the Underwriting Agreement Registration Statement or any notice that would prevent its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been duly authorized by each of instituted or, to the Domestic Selling StockholdersCompany’s knowledge, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder;threatened; and (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) since the date of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable tmost recent financial statement

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Encore Acquisition Co)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations Underwriter hereby enters into this Purchase Agreement in reliance upon the representations and warranties of the Underwriter Agency and the City contained herein, the representations and warranties of the Agency and the City to purchase be contained in the Securities documents and instruments to be delivered on or prior to the Closing Date and the performance by the Agency and the City of their obligations both on and as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date. Accordingly, the Underwriter’s obligations under this Purchase Agreement to purchase, to accept delivery of and to pay for the Bonds shall be subject subject, at the option of the Underwriter, to the accuracy in all material respects of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company Agency and the Selling Stockholders City contained herein as of the Applicable Time date hereof and as of the Closing Date, to the accuracy in all material respects of the statements of the Company officers and other officials of the Agency and the Selling Stockholders City made in any certificates certificate or other document furnished pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company Agency and the Selling Stockholders City of their respective obligations to be performed hereunder and under the Legal Documents and the City’s Legal Documents, as the case may be, at or prior to the Closing Date, and also shall be subject to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final ProspectusUnderwriter shall receive, within seven (7) business days of the date hereof and in any event not later than two (2) business days prior to the Closing Date, copies of the Official Statement (including all information previously permitted to have been omitted by Rule 15c2-12 and any supplement theretoamendments or supplements as have been approved by the Underwriter), in such quantity as the Underwriter shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company requested pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened.Section 2 hereof; (b) The Company As of the Closing Date, the Legal Documents and the City’s Legal Documents shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Companyrespective parties thereto, and the Official Statement shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Agency, all in substantially the forms heretofore submitted to the Underwriter, with only such changes as shall have been agreed to in writing by the Underwriter. The Legal Documents and City’s Legal Documents shall be in full force and effect and shall not have been amended, modified or supplemented, and the Official Statement shall not have been supplemented or amended, except in any such case as may have been agreed to by the Underwriter; and there shall be in full force and effect such resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Agency and the City Council of the City as, in the opinion of Bond Counsel, shall be necessary or appropriate in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby; (vc) On the statements in each Closing Date all necessary action of the Disclosure Package Agency and the Final Prospectus under City relating to the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents issuance and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this AgreementBonds will have been taken and will be in full force and effect and will not have been amended, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof will conflict with, result in a breach modified or violation of, or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreementsupplemented; (viid) no consentBetween the date hereof and the Closing Date, approvalthe market price or marketability, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body at the initial public offering prices set forth in the United States having jurisdiction under Official Statement, of the Covered Laws over Bonds, or the Company is required ability of the Underwriter to be obtained or made by the Company enforce contracts for the sale of Bonds, shall not have been materially adversely affected, in the Securities judgment of the Underwriter (evidenced by the Selling Stockholders written notice to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or Agency and the consummation by City terminating the Company obligation of the other transactions contemplated Underwriter to accept delivery of and make any payment for the Bonds), by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws reason of any of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered;following: (viii1) the Company is not an “investment company” Any event or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined circumstance occurs or information becomes known, which, in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing professional judgment of the Base ProspectusUnderwriter, makes untrue any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact set forth in the Preliminary Official Statement or omitted the Official Statement or results in an omission to state any a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or misleading; (iii2) an amendment to the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light Constitution of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than United States or the State of New YorkCalifornia shall have been passed, legislation shall have been introduced in or enacted by the corporate law Congress of the State of Delaware United States or the Federal laws legislature of any state having jurisdiction in the subject matter, legislation pending in the Congress of the United States shall have been amended, legislation shall have been recommended to the Congress of the United States or to any state having jurisdiction in the subject matter or otherwise endorsed for passage (by press release, other form of notice or otherwise) by the President of the United States, the Treasury Department of the United States, the Internal Revenue Service or the Chairman or ranking minority member of the Committee on Finance of the United States Senate or the Committee on Ways and Means of the United States House of Representatives, or legislation shall have been proposed for consideration by either such Committee by any member thereof or presented as an option for consideration by either such Committee by the staff of such Committee or by the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation of the Congress of the United States, legislation shall have been favorably reported for passage to either House of the Congress of the United States by a Committee of such House to which such legislation has been referred for consideration, a decision shall have been rendered by a court of the United States or of the State of California or the Tax Court of the United States, or a ruling shall have been made or a regulation or temporary regulation shall have been proposed or made or any other release or announcement shall have been made by the Treasury Department of the United States, the Internal Revenue Service or other federal or State of California authority, with respect to State of California taxation upon revenues or other income of the general character to be derived by the Agency or the City or upon interest received on obligations of the general character of the Bonds which may have the purpose or effect, directly or indirectly, of affecting the tax status of the Agency or the City, their property or income, their securities (including the Bonds), the interest thereon, or any tax exemption granted or authorized by State of California legislation or materially and adversely affecting the market for the Bonds or the market price generally of obligations of the general character of the Bonds; (3) legislation shall have been enacted, introduced in the Congress or recommended for passage by the President of the United States, a decision shall have been rendered by a court established under Article III of the Constitution of the United States or by the Tax Court of the United States or an order, ruling, regulation (final, temporary or proposed) or official statement shall have been issued or made by or on behalf of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other governmental agency having jurisdiction in the subject matter to the extent they deem proper effect that obligations of the general character of the Bonds, or the Bonds, including any or all underlying arrangements, are not exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or that the Indenture is not exempt from qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended; (4) an order, decree or injunction of any court of competent jurisdiction, or order, ruling, regulation or official statement by the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other governmental agency having jurisdiction in the subject matter shall have been issued or made to the effect that the issuance, offering or sale of obligations of the general character of the Bonds, or the issuance, offering or sale of the Bonds, including any or all underlying obligations, as specified contemplated hereby or by the Official Statement, is or would be in violation of the federal securities laws as amended and then in effect; (5) the escalation in military hostilities or declaration by the United States of a national emergency, war or other calamity or crisis the effect of which on the financial markets is such opinionas to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Bonds as contemplated hereby or by the Official Statement; (6) the declaration of a general banking moratorium by federal, upon State of New York or State of California authorities, the general suspension of trading on any national securities exchange or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearances services; (7) the imposition by the New York Stock Exchange or other national securities exchange, or any governmental authority, of any material restrictions not now in force with respect to the Bonds or obligations of the general character of the Bonds or securities generally, or the material increase of any such restrictions now in force, including those relating to the extension of credit by, or the charge to the net capital requirements of, the Underwriter; (8) the withdrawal, downgrading or placement on “credit watch” or “negative outlook” of any rating of the Bonds or any lease obligations payable from the City’s General Fund by a national rating agency; (9) any litigation shall be instituted or be pending on the Closing Date to restrain or enjoin the issuance, sale or delivery of the Bonds, or in any way contesting or affecting any authority for or the validity of the proceedings authorizing and approving the City Resolution, the Agency Resolution, the Bonds, the City Documents, the Agency Documents or the existence or powers of the City, the Agency or the Trustee with respect to their obligations under the City Documents, the Agency Documents or the Bonds; or (10) An material adverse event has occurred affecting the financial condition or operation of the Agency or the City which, in the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of factUnderwriter, requires or has required a supplement or amendment to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References Official Statement (e) On or prior to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date., the Underwriter shall have received the following documents, in each case satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter: (c1) The Company shall have requested the Preliminary Official Statement, the Official Statement and caused its General each supplement or amendment, if any, thereto, executed by the Agency and approved by the City; (2) copies of this Purchase Agreement, the Legal Documents and the City’s Legal Documents, each duly executed and delivered by the respective parties thereto; (3) the approving opinion of Bond Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Agency, in substantially the form attached to have furnished the Official Statement as Appendix E thereto, and a letter of such counsel, dated the Closing Date, and addressed to the Underwriter his to the effect that such opinion may be relied upon by the Underwriter to the same extent as if such opinion were addressed to the Underwriter; (4) the supplemental opinion of Bond Counsel, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to in substantially the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified form attached hereto as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse EffectExhibit A; (ii5) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws opinion of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason City Attorney of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the CommissionCity, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling StockholdersAgency, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in substantially the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter.form attached hereto as Exhibit B; (f6) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partnersthe opinion of the City Attorney of the City, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C; (7) the opinion of counsel to the Trustee, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Agency, the City and the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Trustee has duly authorized, executed and delivered the Indenture and has duly authenticated and delivered the Bonds on the Closing Date; and (ii) the Indenture constitutes the legally valid and binding obligations of the Trustee, enforceable against the Trustee in accordance with its terms, except that the enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws in effect from time to time affecting the rights of creditors generally and the application of general principles of equity; (8) the opinion of Underwriter’s Counsel, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter; (9) a certificate or certificates, dated the Closing Date, signed by a duly authorized official of the Agency satisfactory to the Underwriter, in form reasonably acceptable tand substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the representations and warranties of the Agency contained in this Purchase Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date; (ii) there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation pending or, to the best knowledge of such official, threatened: (A) to restrain or enjoin the execution, sale or delivery of any of the Bonds; (B) in any way affecting the validity of the Bonds or the Legal Documents; or (C) in any way contesting the existence or powers of the Agency; and (iii) no event affecting the Agency has occurred since the date of the Official Statement which either makes untrue or incorrect in any material respect as of the Closing Date any statement or information contained in the Official Statement relating to the Agency or is not reflected in the Official Statement but should be reflected therein in order to make the statements and information therein relating to the Agency not misleading in any material respect; (10) a certificate or certificates, dated the Closing Date, signed by a duly authorized official of the City satisfactory to the Underwriter, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the representations and warranties of the City contained in the City’s Legal Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date; (ii) there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation pending or, to the best knowledge of such official, threatened: (A) to restrain or enjoin the payment of the Lease Payments or the execution and delivery of the City’s Legal Documents; (B) in any way contesting or affecting the validity of the City’s Legal Documents; or

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Bond Purchase Agreement

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities Underwritten Units and the Option Units, as the case may be, shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders Partnership contained herein as of the Applicable Time and Execution Time, the Closing DateDate and any Option Closing Date pursuant to Section 3 hereof, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders Partnership made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders Partnership of their respective its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); the final term sheet contemplated by Section 5(b) hereto, and any other material required to be filed by the Company Partnership pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; 433 and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to that would prevent its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company Partnership shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP, counsel for to the CompanyPartnership Entities and Waskom, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) Each of the Company Partnership and the Operating Partnership has been duly incorporated formed and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing as a limited partnership under the laws of the State of Delaware, Delaware LP Act with all necessary limited partnership power and authority to own, own or lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as presently conducted and as described in the Registration Statement, Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus;, in each case in all material respects. Each of the Partnership and the Operating Partnership has been duly registered or qualified as a foreign limited partnership for the transaction of business under the laws of each jurisdiction in which the character of the business conducted by it or the nature or location of the properties owned or leased by it makes such registration or qualification necessary, except where the failure to so register or qualify does not have a Material Adverse Effect. (ii) Each of the Company General Partner and Operating GP has an outstanding capitalization been duly formed and is validly existing in good standing as set forth a limited liability company under the Delaware LLC Act with all necessary limited liability company power and authority to own or lease its properties and to conduct its business as presently conducted and as described in the Registration Statement, Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (Prospectus, in each case in all material respects. The General Partner has all necessary limited liability company power and authority to act as general partner of the Partnership. Operating GP has all necessary limited liability company power and authority to act as general partner of the Operating Partnership. Each of the General Partner and Operating GP has been duly registered or qualified as a foreign limited liability company for the transaction of business under the laws of each jurisdiction in which the character of the business conducted by it or the nature or location of the properties owned or leased by it makes such registration or qualification necessary, except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant where the failure to dividend reinvestment so register or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans);qualify does not have a Material Adverse Effect. (iii) The General Partner is the Securities being sold hereunder sole general partner of the Partnership with a 2% general partner interest in the Partnership; such general partner interest has been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Partnership Agreement; and the General Partner owns such general partner interest free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, security interests, charges or claims (A) in respect of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Delaware naming the General Partner as debtor is on file in the office of the Secretary of State of Delaware or (B) otherwise known to such counsel, without independent investigation, in each case other than those created by or arising under the Selling Stockholders Delaware LP Act, Permitted Liens, applicable securities laws and any restrictions set forth in the governing documents of the Partnership Entities. (iv) The General Partner owns all of the Incentive Distribution Rights, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Resource LLC owns 5,899,102 Common Units and Cross owns 889,444 Subordinated Units and 804,721 Common Units, all of such Subordinated Units and Common Units and the limited partner interests represented thereby and the Incentive Distribution Rights have been duly authorized and validly authorized and issued in accordance with the Partnership Agreement, and are fully paid (to the extent required under the Partnership Agreement) and nonassessable; nonassessable (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered except as such nonassessability may be affected by the Company; (v) the statements in each Section 17-607 of the Disclosure Package Delaware LP Act and as otherwise described in the Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus under the captions caption Description The Partnership Agreement—Limited Liability”); and the General Partner, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Resource LLC and Cross own their respective Subordinated Units, Common Units and Incentive Distribution Rights free and clear of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”all liens, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay encumbrances, security interests, charges or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to claims (A) the charter or by-laws in respect of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction financing statement under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Delaware naming the General Partner, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Resource LLC or Cross as debtor is on file in the Federal laws office of the United StatesSecretary of State of Delaware or (B) otherwise known to such counsel, without independent investigation, in each case other than those created by or arising under the Delaware LP Act, Permitted Liens, applicable securities laws, any restrictions set forth in the governing documents of the Partnership Entities and, with respect to the Incentive Distribution Rights, any restrictions on transferability set forth in the governing documents of the Partnership Entities. (v) The Units to be issued and sold to the Underwriter by the Partnership pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and the limited partner interests represented thereby have been duly authorized by the Partnership Agreement and all necessary partnership and limited liability company action of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Parties and, when issued and delivered to the Underwriter against payment therefore in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid (to the extent they deem proper required under the Partnership Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Section 17-303 or Section 17-607 of the Delaware LP Act and as specified otherwise described in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable Preliminary Final Prospectus and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto under the caption “The Partnership Agreement—Limited Liability”); and other than the Sponsor Units and the Incentive Distribution Rights, the Common Units are the only class of limited partner interests of the Partnership issued and outstanding at the Closing Date. (cvi) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to Partnership is the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as sole member of Operating GP with a foreign corporation to transact business and is 100% limited liability company interest in good standing in each jurisdiction in which Operating GP; such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary limited liability company interest has been duly incorporated or organized authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Operating GP Agreement and is validly existing in good standing fully paid (to the extent required under the laws Operating Partnership Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Section 18-607 of the jurisdiction Delaware LLC Act and as otherwise described in the Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus under the caption “The Partnership Agreement—Limited Liability”); and the Partnership owns such limited liability company interest free and clear of its organizationall liens, encumbrances, security interests, charges or claims (A) in respect of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Delaware naming the Partnership as debtor is on file in the office of the Secretary of State of Delaware or (B) otherwise known to such counsel, without independent investigation, in each case other than those created by or arising under the Delaware LLC Act, Permitted Liens, applicable securities laws and any restrictions set forth in the governing documents of the Partnership Entities. (vii) Operating GP is the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership with a 0.1% general partner interest in the Operating Partnership; such general partner interest has been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Operating Partnership Agreement, and is fully paid (to the extent required under the Operating GP Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Section 17-303 or Section 17-607 of the Delaware LP Act and as otherwise described in the Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus under the caption “The Partnership Agreement—Limited Liability”), and Operating GP owns such general partner interest free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, security interests, charges or claims (A) in respect of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Delaware naming Operating GP as debtor is on file in the office of the Secretary of State of Delaware or (B) otherwise known to such counsel, without independent investigation, in each case other than those created by or arising under the Delaware LP Act, Permitted Liens, applicable securities laws and any restrictions set forth in the governing documents of the Partnership Entities. (viii) The Partnership is the sole limited partner of the Operating Partnership with a 99.9% limited partner interest in the Operating Partnership; such limited partner interest has been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Operating Partnership Agreement and is fully paid (to the extent required under the Operating Partnership Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 17-303 and 17-607 of the Delaware LP Act); and the Partnership owns such limited partner interest free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, security interests, charges or claims (A) in respect of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Delaware naming the Partnership as debtor is on file in the office of the Secretary of State of Delaware or (B) otherwise known to such counsel, without independent investigation, in each case other than those created by or arising under the Delaware LP Act, Permitted Liens, applicable securities laws and any restrictions set forth in the governing documents of the Partnership Entities. (ix) The Operating Partnership is the sole limited partner of Prism Gas with an aggregate 99% limited partner interest in Prism Gas, and PGSGP is the sole general partner of Prism Gas with a 1% general partner interest in Prism Gas; and the Operating Partnership owns such limited partner interest and PGSGP owns such general partner interest free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, security interests, charges or claims (A) in respect of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Texas naming the Operating Partnership or PGSGP as debtor is on file in the office of the Secretary of State of Texas or (B) otherwise known to such counsel, without independent investigation, in each case other than those created by or arising under the Texas LP Act, Permitted Liens, applicable securities laws and any restrictions set forth in the governing documents of the Partnership Entities. (x) Prism Gas is a general partner of Waskom with a 50% general partner interest in Waskom; and Prism Gas owns such partner interest free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, security interests, charges or claims (A) in respect of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Texas naming Prism Gas as debtor is on file in the office of the Secretary of State of Texas or (B) otherwise known to such counsel, without independent investigation, in each case other than those created by or arising under the Texas Partnership Act, Permitted Liens, applicable securities laws and any restrictions set forth in the governing documents of the Partnership Entities. (xi) Except for rights described in the Final Prospectus, or for rights that have been waived, there are no preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase, nor any restriction upon the voting or transfer of, any partnership or limited liability company interests in the Partnership Entities, in each case pursuant to the organizational documents or any agreement or other instrument listed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement to which any Partnership Entity is a party or by which any of them may be bound. To such counsel’s knowledge, neither the filing of the Registration Statement nor the offering or sale of the Units as contemplated by this Agreement gives rise to any rights for or relating to the registration of any Units or other securities of any Partnership Entity, except for rights described in the Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus or for such rights that have been waived. To such counsel’s knowledge, except as described in the Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, there are no outstanding options or warrants to purchase partnership or limited liability company interests in any Partnership Entity. (xii) The Partnership has all necessary limited partnership power and authority to ownissue, lease sell and operate its properties deliver the Units, in accordance with and conduct its business as described upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Partnership Agreement, the Registration Statement, Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; . (xiii) This Agreement has been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Parties. (xiv) Each of the Operative Agreements to which any of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Parties is a party has been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Parties that are parties thereto. Assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by each party other than a ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Party, each of the Operative Agreements (other than any Operative Agreement governed by law other than Texas law) to which any of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Parties is a party constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Parties that are parties thereto, enforceable against each such party in accordance with its terms, subject to (A) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and similar laws relating to or leasing affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of property or the conduct equity (regardless of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result whether such enforceability is considered in a Material Adverse Effect;proceeding in equity or at law) and (B) public policy, applicable law relating to fiduciary duties and indemnification and contribution and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. (iiixv) except Except as otherwise disclosed described in the Registration Statement, Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchiseaction, contract suit, inquiry, proceeding or investigation by or before any court or governmental or other document regulatory or administrative agency or commission pending or threatened, against or involving any of a character the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Parties, or to which any of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Parties or their properties are subject that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package Statement or the Final Prospectus other than those that are not described or referred to as required therein. (dxvi) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested None of the offering, issuance and caused sale of the Units by the Partnership, the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇Parties, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (A) conflicts with or will conflict with or constitutes or will constitute a breach or violation of, or a default under, the certificate or agreement of limited partnership, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement (or other organizational documents) of any of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLPParties or Prism Gas, counsel for the Selling Stockholders(B) constitutes or will constitute a breach or violation of, to have furnished or a default (or an event that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default) under, any Operative Agreement or any other agreement filed as an exhibit to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will notRegistration Statement, (aC) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration violates or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) will result in a any violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be assuming compliance with all applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable tsecu

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Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations Underwriter hereby enters into this Purchase Agreement in reliance upon the representations and warranties of the Underwriter Authority and the Corporation contained herein and the representations and warranties of the Authority and the Corporation to purchase be contained in the Securities documents and instruments to be delivered at the Closing and upon the performance by the Authority and the Corporation of their obligations both on and as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date. Accordingly, the Underwriter’s obligations under this Purchase Agreement to purchase, to accept delivery of and to pay for the Series 2017 Bonds shall be subject subject, at the option of the Underwriter, to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company Authority and the Selling Stockholders Corporation contained herein as of the Applicable Time date hereof and as of the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company officers and other officials of the Corporation and the Selling Stockholders Authority made in any certificates certificate or other document furnished pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company Authority and the Selling Stockholders Corporation of their respective obligations to be performed hereunder and under the Financing Documents at or prior to the Closing Date, and also shall be subject to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final ProspectusUnderwriter shall receive, within seven Business Days of the date hereof, copies of the Official Statement (including all information previously permitted to have been omitted by Rule 15c2-12 and any supplement theretoamendments or supplements as have been approved by the Underwriter), in such reasonable quantity as the Underwriter shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened.requested; (b) The Company At the Closing, the Financing Documents shall have requested been duly authorized, executed and caused Faegre delivered by the respective parties thereto, and the Official Statement shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Authority and the Corporation, all in substantially the forms heretofore submitted to the Underwriter, with only such changes as shall have been agreed to in writing by the Underwriter, and shall be in full force and effect; and there shall be in full force and effect such resolution or resolutions of the Governing Board of the Authority and the Board of Directors of the Corporation as, in the opinion of Bond Counsel, shall be necessary or appropriate in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby; (c) The Underwriter shall have the right to terminate this Purchase Agreement by notification to the Authority and Corporation from the Underwriter of the election of the Underwriter to do so if, after the execution hereof and prior to the Closing: (i) an event shall occur which makes untrue or incorrect in any material respect, as of the time of such event, any statement or information contained in the Official Statement or which is not reflected in the Official Statement but should be reflected therein in order to make the statements contained therein not misleading in any material respect and, in either such event, (a) the Authority refuses to permit the Official Statement to be supplemented to supply such statement or information in a manner satisfactory to the Underwriter or the effect of the Official Statement as so supplements, in the judgment of the Underwriter, would materially adversely affect the market price or marketability of the Series 2017 Bonds or the sale, at the contemplated offering prices or yields, by the Underwriter of the Series 2017 Bonds; or (ii) legislation shall be introduced in, enacted by, reported out of committee, or recommended for passage by State, either House of the Congress of the United States of America, or recommended to the Congress or otherwise endorsed for passage (by press release, other form of notice or otherwise) by the President of the United States of America, the Treasury Department of the United States of America, the Internal Revenue Service or the Chairman or ranking minority member of the Committee on Finance of the United States Senate or the Committee on Ways and Means of the United States House of Representatives, or legislation is proposed for consideration by either such committee by any member thereof or presented as an option for consideration by either such committee by the staff or such committee or by the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation of the Congress of the United States, or a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code (which, if enacted, would be effective as of a date prior to the Closing) shall be filed in either House of Congress, or a decision by a court of competent jurisdiction shall be rendered, or a regulation or filing shall be issued or proposed by or on behalf of the Department of the Treasury or the Internal Revenue Service of the United States of America, or other agency of the federal government, or a release or official statement shall be issued by the President, the Department of the Treasury or the Internal Revenue Service of the United States of America, in any such case with respect to or affecting (directly or indirectly) the taxation of interest received on obligations of the general character of the Series 2017 Bonds which, in the opinion of the Underwriter, materially adversely affects the market price or marketability of the Series 2017 Bonds or the sale, at the contemplated offering prices or yields, by the Underwriter of the Series 2017 Bonds; or (iii) a stop order, ruling, regulation, proposed regulation or statement by or on behalf of the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other governmental agency having jurisdiction of the subject matter shall be issued or made to the effect that the issuance, offering, sale or distribution of obligations of the general character of the Series 2017 Bonds is in violation or would be in violation of any provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”); or (iv) legislation introduced in or enacted (or resolution passed) by the Congress or an order, decree, or injunction issued by any court of competent jurisdiction, or an order, ruling, regulation (final, temporary, or proposed), press release or other form of notice issued or made by or on behalf of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other governmental agency having jurisdiction of the subject matter, to the effect that obligations of the general character of the Series 2017 Bonds, including any or all underlying arrangements, are not exempt from registration under or other requirements of the Securities Act, or that the Indenture is not exempt from qualification under or other requirements of the Trust Indenture Act, or that the issuance, offering, or sale of obligations of the general character of the Series 2017 Bonds, including any or all underlying arrangements, as contemplated hereby or by the Official Statement or otherwise, is or would be in violation of the federal securities law as amended and then in effect; (v) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, declaration by the United States of America of a national or international emergency or war or other calamity or crisis, including, without limitation, a downgrade of the sovereign debt rating of the United States of America by any major credit rating agency or payment default on United States Treasury obligations, or a default with respect to the debt obligations of, or the institution of proceedings under any federal bankruptcy laws by or against any state of the United States of America or any city, county or other political subdivision located in the United States of America having a population of over 1,000,000, the effect of which on financial markets is to, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter, materially adversely affect the market price or marketability of the Series 2017 Bonds or the sale, at the contemplated offering prices or yields, by the Underwriter of the Series 2017 Bonds as contemplated in the Official Statement; or (vi) there shall have occurred a general suspension of trading, minimum or maximum prices for trading shall have been fixed and be in force or maximum ranges or prices for securities shall have been required on the New York Stock Exchange or other national stock exchange whether by virtue of a determination by that Exchange or by order of the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other governmental agency having jurisdiction or any national securities exchange shall have: (i) imposed additional material restrictions not in force as of the date hereof with respect to trading in securities generally, or to the Series 2017 Bonds or similar obligations; or (ii) materially increased restrictions now in force with respect to the extension of credit by or the charge to the net capital requirements of underwriters or broker-dealers such as to, in the judgment of the Underwriter, materially adversely affect the market price or marketability of the Series 2017 Bonds or the sale, at the contemplated offering prices or yields, by the Underwriter of the Series 2017 Bonds as contemplated in the Official Statement; or (vii) a general banking moratorium shall have been declared by federal or New York or State authorities or a major financial crisis or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearances services shall have occurred such as to make it, in the judgment of the Underwriter, impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering of the Series 2017 Bonds as contemplated in the Official Statement; or (viii) a downgrading or suspension of any rating (without regard to credit enhancement) by ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”), or Fitch Ratings (“Fitch”) of any debt securities issued by the Authority or the County or a County controlled entity, or (ii) there shall have been any official statement as to a possible downgrading (such as being placed on “credit watch” or “negative outlook” or any similar qualification) of any rating by Moody’s, S&P or Fitch of any debt securities issued by the Authority or the County or a County controlled entity, including the Series 2017 Bonds; (ix) the commencement of any action, suit or proceeding described in Section 2(f) or Section 3(f) of this Purchase Agreement; or (x) a material adverse change in the affairs of the Authority, the Corporation or the County. (d) At or prior to the Closing Date, the Underwriter shall have received the following documents, in each case satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter: (1) A copy of each of the Financing Documents, each duly executed and delivered by the respective parties thereto; (2) The unqualified approving opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Authority and the County, of Bond Counsel in substantially the form attached to the Official Statement as APPENDIX E, and a letter of such counsel, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that such opinion may be relied upon by the Underwriter to the same extent as if such opinion were addressed to them; (3) The supplemental opinion of Bond Counsel, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, substantially to the effect that (i) this Purchase Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Authority and the County and is the valid and binding agreement of the Authority and the County, (ii) the Series 2017 Bonds are not subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and the Indenture is exempt from qualification pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act; and (iii) the statements contained in the Preliminary Official Statement and in the Official Statement under the captions “INTRODUCTION - General,” “-The Corporation,” and “- Security for the Bonds,” “THE BONDS,” “SECURITY AND SOURCES OF PAYMENT FOR THE BONDS,” “TAX MATTERS,” APPENDIX C – “SUMMARY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF PRINCIPAL LEGAL DOCUMENTS,” excluding any material that may be treated as included under such captions by cross reference or reference to other documents or sources, insofar as such statements expressly summarize certain provisions of the Series 2017 Bonds, the Indenture, the Loan Agreement, the Facility Lease, the Ground Lease and Bond Counsel’s opinion concerning certain federal tax matters relating to the Series 2017 Bonds, are accurate in all material respects; (4) The opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, APLC as counsel for the CompanyAuthority, to have furnished dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter their opinionUnderwriter, in form and substance acceptable to Bond Counsel and the Underwriter; (5) The opinion of counsel to the Trustee, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, the Authority and the County to the effect that: (i) the Trustee has been duly organized and is validly existing in good standing as a national banking association under the laws of the United States of America with trust powers and full corporate power to undertake the trust of the Indenture; (ii) the Trustee has duly authorized, executed and delivered the Indenture and by all proper corporate action has authorized the acceptance of the duties and obligations of the Trustee under the Indenture; and (iii) the Indenture constitutes the legally valid and binding agreement of the Trustee, enforceable against the Trustee in accordance with its terms; (6) The opinion of counsel to the County, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: that (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and County is a political subdivision of the State, validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the Constitution and laws of the State; (ii) the Ordinance adopted on County Ordinance, unless the failure to obtain such authorizations, approvals, consents or orders would not have a material adverse effect on the due performance by the County of such obligations, provided that no opinion is rendered as to any approvals, consents and orders as may be required under Federal law or the Blue Sky laws or securities laws of any other state in connection with such performance; and (vi) except as disclosed in the Official Statement, the execution and delivery of the Financing Documents to which the County is a party and the Letter of Representations do not materially conflict or constitute a material breach or default under any State of Delawarelaw, with power and authority administrative regulation or other agreement to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business which the County is a party or to which it is bound; (vii) except as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuancesOfficial Statement, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), no litigation is pending or, to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, threatened in any judgment, order State or decree applicable federal court (1) challenging the titles of the officials of the County signatory to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its the Financing Documents to which the County is a party to their respective offices; (2) contesting or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect affecting the validity of the Securities Financing Documents to which the County is a party or the legal authority County Ordinance; (3) in any way contesting the power of the Company County to comply with approve, execute and deliver the Securities Financing Documents to which the County is a party or this Agreement; to adopt the County Ordinance; (vii4) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration to restrain or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in enjoin the United States having jurisdiction Base Rental Payments under the Covered Laws over Facility Lease; or (5) asserting that the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement Preliminary Official Statement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations Official Statement contained or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effectmisleading; (ii7) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws The opinion of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders counsel to the Underwriters pursuant to this AgreementCorporation, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: that (i) each the Corporation is a nonprofit public benefit corporation of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is State, validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the Constitution and laws of its jurisdiction of organization; the State; (ii) the Corporation Resolution authorizing the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of Financing Documents to which the Domestic Selling Stockholders, Corporation is a party and the Underwriting this Purchase Agreement has been duly executed adopted at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Corporation which was called and delivered held pursuant to law and with all public notice required by each Selling Stockholder; law and at which a quorum was present and acting throughout, and has not been amended, modified or rescinded; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC the Corporation has full legal right, power and authority to enter into and carry out the transactions contemplated of it by the Financing Documents to which the Corporation is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, party and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlementthis Purchase Agreement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders Financing Documents to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable twhic

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Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations obligation of the Underwriter hereunder to purchase the Securities Certificates shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time date hereof, as of the date of the effectiveness of any amendment to the Registration Statement filed prior to the Closing Date, as of the date the Prospectus Supplement or any supplement thereto is filed with the Commission and as of the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective its obligations hereunder and to satisfaction, as of the Closing Date, of the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; become effective and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting Statement, as amended from time to its use time, shall have been issued and not withdrawn and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the Company's knowledge, threatened; and the Prospectus Supplement shall have been filed or threatenedtransmitted for filing with the Commission in accordance with Rule 424 under the ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇. (b) The Company shall have requested delivered to the Underwriter a certificate of the Company, signed by an authorized officer of the Company and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLPdated the Closing Date, to the effect that: (i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects at and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date; and (ii) the Company has in all material respects complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part that are required hereby to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date. (c) The Underwriter shall have received with respect to the Company a good standing certificate from the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, dated not earlier than 30 days prior to the Closing Date. (d) The Underwriter shall have received from the Secretary or an assistant secretary of the Company, in his individual capacity, a certificate, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that: (i) each individual who, as an officer or representative of the Company, signed this Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other document or certificate delivered on or before the Closing Date in connection with the transactions contemplated herein or in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, was at the respective times of such signing and delivery, and is as of the Closing Date, duly elected or appointed, qualified and acting as such officer or representative, and the signatures of such persons appearing on such documents and certificates are their genuine signatures; and (ii) no event (including, without limitation, any act or omission on the part of the Company) has occurred since the date of the good standing certificate referred to in paragraph (c) above which has affected the good standing of the Company under the laws of the State of Delaware. Such certificate shall be accompanied by true and complete copies (certified as such by the Secretary or an assistant secretary of the Company) of the certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the Company, as in effect on the Closing Date, and of the resolutions of the Company and any required shareholder consent relating to the transactions contemplated in this Agreement and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. (e) You shall have received from Sidley & Austin, special counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their a favorable opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed satisfactory in form and substance to you and counsel for the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated The Registration Statement and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing any post-effective amendments thereto have become effective under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus;1933 Act. (ii) To the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the best knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and not withdrawn, and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; andthreatened and not terminated. (xiii) The Registration Statement, each post-effective amendment thereto (if any), the Registration Statement Basic Prospectus and the Final Prospectus Supplement, as of their respective effective or issue dates (other than the documents incorporated by reference thereinfinancial statements, the financial statements schedules and other financial and statistical information contained thereintherein or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply ), complied as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither To the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the best knowledge of such counsel, there is are no franchisematerial contracts, contract indentures or other document documents relating to the Certificates of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus Supplement or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to thereintherein or filed or incorporated by reference as exhibits thereto. (dv) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested Pooling and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLPServicing Agreement constitutes a valid, counsel for legal, binding and enforceable agreement of the Selling StockholdersCompany, subject, as to enforceability, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriterbankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally, to general principles of equity regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law and public policy considerations underlying the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing andsecurities laws, to the extent that such concept exists in public policy considerations limit the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery enforceability of the Underwriting provisions of this Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant Pooling and Servicing Agreement that purport to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state provide indemnification from securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws)liabilities. (evi) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested Certificates, when duly and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ validly executed, authenticated and Calderdelivered in the manner contemplated in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., will be duly and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain validly issued and outstanding and entitled to the benefits of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date Pooling and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the UnderwriterServicing Agreement. (fvii) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested statements set forth in the Prospectus Supplement under the headings "Description of the Offered Certificates" and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners"Servicing of the Mortgage Loans" and in the Basic Prospectus under the headings "Description of the Securities", counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG"Servicing of Mortgage Loans" and "The Trust Agreement", insofar as such statements purport to summarize certain material provisions of the Certificates and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, provide a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date fair and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable taccurate summary of such provisions.

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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Commercial Mort Pass Thru Cert Series 1998-C4)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations obligation of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities shall be Shares hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, All filings required by Rule 424 and any supplement thereto, Rule 430B of the Rules and Regulations shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any made. All material required to be filed by the Company Partnership pursuant to Rule 433(d) under of the Act, Rules and Regulations shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods period prescribed for such filings filing by Rule 433; 433 of the Rules and no Regulations. No stop order (i) suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or (ii) suspending or preventing the use of the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any notice objecting to its use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been issued and no proceedings proceeding for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Partnership or threatenedthe Underwriter, threatened by the Commission, and any request of the Commission for additional information (to be included in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or otherwise) shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Underwriter. (b) Subsequent to the Applicable Time, there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development involving a prospective change that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, not contemplated by the Prospectus, which in the Underwriter’s opinion, would materially adversely affect the market for the Shares or (ii) any event or development relating to or involving any of the Partnership Group Entities or any executive officer or director of any of such entities that makes any statement made in the Prospectus untrue or which, in the opinion of the Partnership and its counsel or the Underwriter and its counsel, requires the making of any addition to or change in the Prospectus in order to state a material fact required by the Securities Act or any other law to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, if amending or supplementing the Prospectus to reflect such event or development would, in the Underwriter’s opinion, materially adversely affect the market for the Shares. (c) The Company Underwriter shall have requested and caused Faegre received on the Delivery Date, an opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇ L.L.P., counsel for the Partnership, dated as of the Delivery Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B hereto. (d) The Underwriter shall have received on the Delivery Date an opinion of the general counsel for the General Partner, dated as of the Delivery Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit C hereto. (e) The Underwriter shall have received on the Delivery Date, an opinion of special internal Canadian counsel of the Partnership with respect to the Provinces of Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan and the federal laws of Canada, dated as of the Delivery Date and addressed to the Underwriter, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit D hereto. (f) The Underwriter shall have received on the Delivery Date, an opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinionSelling Shareholder, dated as of the Closing Delivery Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit E hereto. (g) The Underwriter shall have received on the Delivery Date an opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ L.L.P., counsel for the Underwriter, dated as of the Delivery Date and addressed to the Underwriter, with respect to the offering and sale of the Shares, the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus (together with any amendment or supplement thereto) and other related matters the Underwriter may reasonably require. (h) At the time of the execution of this Agreement, the Underwriter shall have received from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent public accountants, a letter dated as of such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; provided that the cut-off date for the procedures performed by such accountant and described in such letter shall be a date not more than three business days prior to the date of such letter. (i) On the Delivery Date, the Underwriter shall have received from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP a letter, dated as of the Delivery Date, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to paragraph (h) of this Section 8, except that the date referred to in the proviso in Section 8(h) hereof shall be a date not more than three business days prior to each such Delivery Date. (j) The Partnership Parties shall have furnished to the Underwriter as of the Delivery Date a certificate of the Partnership, signed on behalf of the Partnership by the President or any Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer of the General Partner, dated as of the Delivery Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have examined the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, and this Agreement and that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated representations and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws warranties of the State Partnership Parties in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of Delaware, the Delivery Date with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business the same effect as described in if made on the Disclosure Package Delivery Date and the Final ProspectusPartnership Parties have complied in all material respects with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Delivery Date; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or or, to the Partnership Parties’ knowledge, threatened; and (xiii) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (iA) the Registration Statement, on as of the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (iiB) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Delivery Date, included or includes and (C) the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, did not and do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, and did not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would do not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements statement therein (except in the case of the Registration Statement, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading; and. (viik) all descriptions The NYSE shall have approved the Shares for listing, subject only to official notice of issuance and evidence of satisfactory distribution. (l) At the time of the execution of this Agreement, the Underwriter shall have received from the Partnership a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto and signed by the chief accounting officer of the General Partner. (m) The Selling Shareholder shall have furnished to the Underwriter a certificate, signed by or on behalf of the Selling Shareholder, dated the Delivery Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have examined the Selling Shareholder Information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package Package, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplements or amendments thereto, and that the Final Prospectus representations and warranties of contracts the Selling Shareholder in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Delivery Date to the same effect as if made on the Delivery Date. All such opinions, certificates, letters and other documents referred to which in this Section 8 will be in compliance with the Company or provisions hereof only if they are reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter. The Partnership shall furnish to the Underwriter conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and other documents in such number as they shall reasonably request. If any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate the conditions specified in this Section 8 shall not have been fulfilled in all material respects; respects when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be in all material respects reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested Underwriter and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the this Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account all obligations of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim hereunder may be asserted against cancelled at, or at any time prior to, the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities Delivery Date by the Selling Stockholders Underwriter. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance Partnership in writing or by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations telephone or facsimile confirmed in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws)writing. (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Plains Gp Holdings Lp)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations obligation of the Underwriter to purchase and pay for the Securities shall Certificates will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company Bank herein on the date hereof and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of officers of the Company and the Selling Stockholders Bank made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders Bank of their respective its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditionsconditions precedent: (a) On or prior to the date hereof the Underwriter shall have received a letter (a "Procedures Letter"), dated the date of this Agreement of each of Price Waterhouse LLP and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ verifying the accuracy of such financial and statistical data contained in the Prospectus as the Underwriter shall deem reasonably advisable. In addition, if any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus made after the date hereof contains financial or statistical data, the Underwriter shall have received a letter dated the Closing Date confirming the Procedures Letter and providing additional comfort on such new data; (b) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, Prospectus Supplement shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b)) of the Rules and Regulations; and any material required prior to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the ActClosing Date, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened.; (bc) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting particularly the business or properties of the Bank, The Chase Manhattan Bank or The Chase Manhattan Corporation which, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter, materially impairs the investment quality of the Certificates or makes it impractical to market the Certificates; (ii) any suspension or material limitation of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, or any setting of minimum prices for trading on such exchange, or any suspension of trading of any securities of the Bank, The Chase Manhattan Bank or The Chase Manhattan Corporation on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market by such exchange or over-the-counter market or by the Commission; (iii) any banking moratorium declared by Federal or New York authorities; or (iv) any outbreak or material escalation of major hostilities or any other substantial national or international calamity or emergency if, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter, the effect of any such outbreak, escalation, calamity or emergency on the United States financial markets makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the sale of and any payment for the Certificates; (d) The Company Underwriter shall have requested received opinions, dated the Closing Date and caused Faegre reasonably satisfactory, when taken together, in form and substance to the Underwriter, of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP& ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, special counsel to the Bank, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Finger, special counsel to the Trust, and such other counsel otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter, with respect to such matters as are customary for the Companytype of transaction contemplated by this Agreement; (e) The Underwriter shall have received an opinion or opinions of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished special counsel to the Underwriter their opinionBank, dated the Closing Date and addressed satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter, with respect to certain matters relating to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws transfers of the State Receivables from the Bank to the Trust and with respect to a grant of Delawarea security interest in the Receivables to the Indenture Trustee, and an opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Finger, Special Counsel to the Trust, with power respect to the perfection of the Trust's and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described the Indenture Trustee's interests in the Disclosure Package and the Final ProspectusReceivables; (iif) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuancesThe Underwriter shall have received from ▇▇▇▇▇▇, if any▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant counsel to the exercise of options Underwriter, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and except for repurchases satisfactory in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly form and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders substance to the Underwriters pursuant Underwriter, with respect to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or Certificates, the legal authority Registration Statement, the Prospectus and other related matters as the Underwriter may require, and the Bank shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters; (g) The Underwriter shall have received an opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, special tax counsel to the Company Bank, dated the Closing Date and reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to comply the Underwriter, with respect to such matters as are customary for the Securities or type of transaction contemplated by this Agreement; (viih) no consentThe Underwriter shall have received an opinion of counsel to the Indenture Trustee, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or dated the Closing Date and satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter with any court or any respect to such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company matters as are customary for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by Agreement; In rendering such opinions, counsel to the Company with Indenture Trustee may rely on the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws opinion of the various statesoffice of the general counsel to the Indenture Trustee. (i) The Underwriter shall have received an opinion of counsel to the Owner Trustee, and such other counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Act Underwriter and its counsel, dated the securities laws Closing Date and satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter, with respect to such matters as are customary for the type of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offeredtransaction contemplated by this Agreement; (viiij) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled The Certificates have been rated "A+" by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940Standard & Poor's, as amendedA2 by Moody's and "A1" by Fitch; (ixk) The Underwriter shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of an attorney-in-fact, a Vice President or more senior officer of the Bank in which such person, to the best of his or her knowledge after reasonable investigation, shall state that (i) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing representations and warranties of the Base ProspectusBank in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date, any Preliminary Prospectus (ii) that the Bank 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, (iii) the representations and warranties of the Bank, as Seller and Servicer, in the Sale and Servicing Agreement and, as Depositor, in the Trust Agreement, are true and correct as of the dates specified in the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Final ProspectusTrust Agreement, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b(iv) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, that no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and are threatened by the Commission, (xv) that, subsequent to the date of the Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change in the financial position or results of operation of the Bank's automotive finance business except as set forth in or contemplated by the Prospectus or as described in such certificate and (vi) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading; (l) On the Closing Date, all of the Notes shall have been issued and sold pursuant to the Note Underwriting Agreement; and (viim) all descriptions in the Registration StatementThe Class A-1 Notes shall have been rated "A- 1+" by Standard & Poor's, the Disclosure Package "P-1" by Moody's and "F-1+" by Fitch, and the Final Prospectus of contracts Class A-2 Notes, Class A-3 Notes, Class A-4 Notes and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders Class A-5 Notes shall have requested been rated "AAA" by Standard & Poor's, Aaa by Moody's and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to "AAA" by Fitch. The Bank will furnish the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) or cause the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice to be furnished, with such number of any adverse claim (within the meaning conformed copies of Section 8-105 of the UCC)such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws)reasonably requests. (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t

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Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations obligation of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities Offered Certificates shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time date hereof, as of the date of the effectiveness of any amendment to the Registration Statement filed prior to the Closing Date (including the filing of any document incorporated by reference therein) and as of the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final ProspectusUnderwriter shall have received from [________________] a letter, dated the date hereof, confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Act and any supplement thereto, the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter and counsel to the Underwriter. (b) All actions required to be taken and all filings required to be made by the Company under the Act prior to the sale of the Offered Certificates shall have been filed with duly taken and made. At and prior to the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the ActClosing Date, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted instituted, or threatenedto the knowledge of the Company or the Underwriter, shall have been contemplated by the Commission. (bc) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting particularly the business or properties of the Company or the Servicer which, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter, materially impairs the investment quality of the Offered Certificates; (ii) any downgrading in the rating of the Servicer by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization" (as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Act), or any public announcement that any such organization has under surveillance or review its rating of the Servicer (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating); (iii) any suspension or limitation of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, or any setting of minimum prices for trading on such exchange; (iv) any banking moratorium declared by federal, North Carolina or New York authorities; or (v) any outbreak or escalation of major hostilities in which the United States is involved, any declaration of war by Congress or any other substantial national or international calamity or emergency if, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter, the effects of any such outbreak, escalation, declaration, calamity or emergency makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the sale of and payment for the Offered Certificates. (d) On or before the Closing Date, the Underwriter shall have received evidence satisfactory to it that each class of Offered Certificates has been given the ratings set forth on Schedule I hereto. (e) The Company Underwriter shall have requested and caused Faegre received a favorable opinion of [Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP] [Hunton & Williams LLP], special t▇▇ ▇ou▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇he ▇▇▇▇any, ad▇▇▇▇▇▇d t▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇derwriter and dated the Closing Date and reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and counsel to the Underwriter. (f) The Underwriter shall have received a favorable opinion of [Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP] [Hunton & Williams LLP], special ▇▇▇▇▇el ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇omp▇▇▇, addres▇▇▇ ▇▇ th▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLPriter and dated the Closing Date and reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter, with respect to the validity of the Certificates, ERISA matters and such other related matters as the Underwriter shall require, and the Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to such counsel such documents as they may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. (g) The Underwriter shall have received copies of any opinions of counsel for the Company, Company that the Company is required to have furnished deliver to the Underwriter their opinion, any Rating Agency. Any such opinions shall be dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, Underwriter or accompanied by reliance letters addressed to the effect that:Underwriter. (h) The Underwriter shall have received an opinion of counsel to the Trustee, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter and its counsel. (i) The Underwriter shall have received a certificate dated the Closing Date of the President, any Vice President or the Secretary of the Company has been duly incorporated in which the officer shall state that, to the best of his or her knowledge after reasonable investigation, (i) the representations and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws warranties of the State of DelawareCompany with respect to the Mortgage Loans contained in any Basic Document are true and correct, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the representations and warranties of the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package this Agreement are true and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuancescorrect, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder by at or prior to the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; Closing Date, (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and issued, (v) no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; andare contemplated by the Commission, and (vi) there has been no amendment or other document filed affecting the Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws of the Company, and no such amendment has been authorized. (xj) At the Registration Statement Closing Date, the Certificates and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form Pooling Agreement will conform in all material respects with to the applicable requirements of descriptions thereof contained in the Act Final Prospectus. (k) The Underwriter shall not have discovered and disclosed to the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state Company on or prior to the Closing Date that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on Statement or the Effective Date, contained Final Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted omits to state any a fact which, in the opinion of counsel to the Underwriter, is material fact and is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. (l) The Underwriter shall have received from [Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP] [Hunton & Williams LLP], spe▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇el ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇nderwrite▇, a ▇▇▇▇▇▇ da▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ Closing Date with respect to the Final Prospectus, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter. (m) All corporate proceedings and other legal matters relating to the authorization, form and validity of this Agreement, the Pooling Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Certificates, the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus, and all other legal matters relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, shall be reasonably satisfactory in all respects to counsel for the Underwriter, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel all documents and information that they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters. (n) The Underwriter shall have received a certificate (upon which [Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP] [Hunton & Williams LLP] shall be entitle▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ in ▇▇▇▇ering i▇▇ ▇▇▇nio▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇etters under the Basic Documents) dated the Closing Date of an officer of the Trustee in which such officer shall state that, to the best of such officer's knowledge after reasonable investigation: (i) the Trustee is not an affiliate of any other entity listed as a transaction party in the Prospectus Supplement, (ii) the information in the Prospectus Supplement related to the Trustee (the "Trustee Disclosure") includes (a) the Trustee's correct name and form of organization and (b) a discussion of the Trustee's experience serving as trustee for asset-backed securities transactions involving mortgage loans; and (iii) the Trustee Disclosure Package, as amended is true and correct in all material respects and nothing has come to his or supplemented at her attention that that would lead such officer to believe that the Applicable Time, contained Trustee Disclosure contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, therein not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Datemisleading. (co) The Company Underwriter shall have requested and caused its General Counselreceived a certificate (upon which [Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP] [Hunton & Williams LLP] shall be entitle▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. in ▇▇▇▇ering i▇▇ ▇▇, to have furnished to ▇nio▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇etters under the Underwriter his opinion Basic Documents) dated the Closing Date and addressed of an officer of [_________________] (the "Originator") in which such officer shall state that, to the Underwriter to the effect that: best of such officer's knowledge after reasonable investigation: (i) except as disclosed, the Company Originator is duly qualified not an affiliate of any other entity listed as a foreign corporation to transact business and is transaction party in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; Prospectus Supplement; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described information in the Disclosure Package Prospectus Supplement related to the Originator (the "Originator Disclosure") includes the Originator's correct name, form of organization and the Final Prospectuslength of time originating mortgage loans; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all description of the issued Originator's origination program includes (a) experience in originating mortgage loans, (b) size and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest composition of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issuedthe Originator's origination portfolio, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except c) the Originator's credit-granting or underwriting criteria for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; mortgage loans; (iv) neither except as set forth in the sale Originator Disclosure, no additional information regarding the Originator's origination program could have a material adverse affect in the performance of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof will conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or pool assets of the Company or its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; Offered Certificates; and (v) there the Originator Disclosure is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package true and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed correct in all material respects and nothing has come to his or her attention that that would lead such officer to believe that the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an Originator Disclosure contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and. (viip) all descriptions The Underwriter shall have received a certificate (upon which [Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP] [Hunton & Williams LLP] shall be entitle▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ in ▇▇▇▇ering i▇▇ ▇▇▇nio▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇etters under the Registration StatementBasic Documents) dated the Closing Date of an officer of the Servicer in which such officer shall state that, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: officer's knowledge after reasonable investigation: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists except as disclosed in the relevant jurisdictionProspectus Supplement, the Servicer is not an affiliate of any other entity listed as a transaction party in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; Prospectus Supplement; (ii) the execution and delivery of information in the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of Prospectus Supplement related to the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and Servicer (the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii"Servicer Disclosure") assuming that includes (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) the Servicer's correct name and form of the UCCorganization, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest correct length of time that the Servicer has been servicing mortgage loans; and (c) a discussion of the Servicer's experience in servicing mortgage loans; (iii) except as set forth in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim Servicer Disclosure, (within a) there are no other servicers responsible for calculating or making distributions to the meaning of Section 8-105 holders of the UCC)Offered Certificates, performing work-outs or foreclosures, or any other material aspect of servicing the mortgage loans, (b) there have been no material changes to the Servicer's servicing policies and procedures during the last three years, (c) no additional information regarding the Servicer's financial condition could have a material affect on performance of the Mortgage Loans or the Offered Certificates, (d) no commingling of funds on deposit in collection accounts will be permitted by the Servicer, (e) no additional information with respect to any special or unique factors involved in servicing the mortgage loans could have a material affect on performance of the Offered Certificates, and (f) no additional information with respect to the Servicer's process for handling delinquencies, losses, bankruptcies and recoveries could have a material affect on performance of the Offered Certificates; (iv) for each other servicer identified in the Prospectus Supplement as responsible for calculating or making distributions to the holders of the Offered Certificates, performing work-outs or foreclosures, or any other material aspect of servicing the mortgage loans, the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, certifications in clauses (ii) and (iii) above are made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlementservicer; and and (ivv) the sale Servicer Disclosure is true and correct in all material respects and nothing has come to his or her attention that that would lead such officer to believe that the Servicer Disclosure contains any untrue statement of material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the Securities by the Selling Stockholders statements therein not misleading. The Company will provide or cause to be provided to the Underwriter pursuant such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as the Underwriter may reasonably request. All opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter. If any condition specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by the Underwriter by notice to the Agreement does notCompany at any time at or prior to the Closing Date, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders such termination shall be without liability of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating party to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result other party except as provided in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws)Section 7. (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t

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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Asset Backed Funding Corp)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities shall be hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Underwriter shall have received a letter, dated as of the date of the Final Preliminary Prospectus, with respect to the Final Preliminary Prospectus, and a letter, dated as of the Closing Date with respect to the Final Prospectus, each of which is from Deloitte & Touche LLP in form and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with substance reasonably acceptable to the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(dUnderwriter. (b) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued be in effect, and no proceedings for that such purpose shall be pending before or threatened by the Commission and there shall have been instituted no material adverse change (not in the ordinary course of business) in the condition of the Depositor and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in (i) the Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time and (ii) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus; and the Underwriter shall have received, on the Closing Date, a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by an executive officer of the Depositor, to the foregoing effect. The officer signing such certificate may rely on the best of his/her knowledge as to proceedings pending or threatened. (bc) The Company Underwriter shall have requested received on the Closing Date an opinion of the General Counsel of the Depositor, dated the Closing Date, in form and caused Faegre substance reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (d) The Underwriter shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of (i) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, special counsel to the Depositor, and in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter, and (ii) VanCott, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, Cornwall & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Utah special counsel for Ally Bank, and in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter, each dated the Closing Date. (e) The Underwriter shall have received a negative assurance letter with respect to the Disclosure Package as of the date hereof and with respect to the Final Prospectus, as of the date thereof and as of the Closing Date, of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, special counsel to the Depositor. (f) The Underwriter shall have received a negative assurance letter with respect to the Disclosure Package as of the date hereof and with respect to the Final Prospectus, as of the date thereof and as of the Closing Date, of ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to Underwriter. (g) The Underwriter shall have furnished to received a certificate signed by an executive officer or officers of the Underwriter their opinionDepositor, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the UnderwriterDate, in which such officer or officers, to the effect that: (i) best of their knowledge after reasonable investigation, shall state that the Company has been duly incorporated representations and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws warranties of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described Depositor in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Company of Trust Agreement, and the transactions herein contemplated nor Pooling and Servicing Agreement are true and correct and that the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 Depositor has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required part to be obtained performed or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement satisfied hereunder or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations thereunder at or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at before the Closing Date. (ch) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Depositor shall not offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any additional similar asset-backed securities (which shall not affect the Depositor’s right to offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of the Class A-1 Notes, the Class B Notes, the Class C Notes or the Certificates) with respect to the assets of the Trust without the Underwriter’s prior written consent. (i) The Company Underwriter shall have requested received on the Closing Date an opinion or opinions of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, special counsel to Ally Bank and caused its General Counselthe Depositor, dated the Closing Date, and with respect to certain matters regarding Ally Bank set forth in clause (iii) below, an opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, General Counsel to have furnished Ally Bank, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: Underwriter, (i) with respect to the Company is duly qualified characterization of the transfer of the Receivables by Ally Bank to the Depositor as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is requiredsale or contribution, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated concluding that a court having jurisdiction over the conservatorship or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws receivership of the jurisdiction of its organizationFederal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) over Ally Bank would not, with power under applicable federal conservatorship or receivership law, (A) hold that the rights, titles, powers and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason privileges of the ownership FDIC as conservator or leasing receiver of property Ally Bank would extend to the Receivables, (B) hold that the FDIC would be able to recover the Receivables using the repudiation power or (C) apply the conduct doctrine of businesssubstantive consolidation to consolidate the assets and liabilities of the Depositor with the assets and liabilities of Ally Bank, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; and (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all concluding that none of the issued and outstanding capital stock following matters conflicts with, or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain results in any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear breach of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof will conflict with, result in a breach or violation and provisions of, or imposition constitutes (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under, or results in the creation of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of the Company Depositor or its subsidiaries Ally Bank pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of of, any indenture, contract, leaseagreement, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement trust or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company Depositor or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property Ally Bank is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge : the issue or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity delivery of the Securities or Offered Notes, the legal authority consummation of the Company to comply with this transactions contemplated by the Trust Sale and Servicing Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Custodian Agreement or an administration agreement, to be dated as of the knowledge Closing Date, among Ally Bank, the Trust and the Indenture Trustee, nor the fulfillment of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or terms of any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to thereinforegoing. (dj) On the Closing Date, the Class A-1 Notes, the Class B Notes, the Class C Notes and the Certificates shall have been issued by the Trust. (k) The Selling Stockholders Depositor shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for received the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished ratings letters that assign the ratings to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists Offered Notes specified in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC Ratings Free Writing Prospectus. The Depositor will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against furnish the Underwriter with respect to conformed copies of such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to further opinions, certificates, letters and documents as the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws)reasonably requests. (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t

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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Ally Auto Receivables Trust 2010-5)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities, as the case may be, shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and Execution Time, the Closing DateDate and any Settlement Date pursuant to Section 3 hereof, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been will be filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to that would prevent its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre Skadden, Arps, Slate, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter its opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, substantially in the forms attached hereto as Exhibits B and C, and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, General Counsel of the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter her opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused (i) ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇ LLP▇▇▇▇▇, special regulatory counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described substantially in the Disclosure Package form attached hereto as Exhibit E and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ P.C., and (B) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, special intellectual property counsels for BML and the Company, respectively, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion their opinions, each dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is requiredUnderwriter, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described substantially in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except form attached hereto as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein.Exhibit F. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇, Esq., Kleinberg, Kaplan, ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇ and Skadden, Arps, Slate, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇ LLP and such other counsel to the Selling Stockholders as are reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter, to have furnished to the Underwriter their respective opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, covering the matters specified in Exhibit G. (e) The Underwriter shall have received from Debevoise & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling StockholdersUnderwriter, to have furnished to the Underwriter their such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Underwriter may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. (f) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter a certificate of the Company, signed by the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Disclosure Package and any supplements or amendments thereto and this Agreement and that: (i) each the representations and warranties of the Selling Stockholders listed Company in this Agreement are true and correct on Schedule IV (and as of the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organizationClosing Date; (ii) no stop order suspending the execution and delivery effectiveness of the Underwriting Agreement Registration Statement or any notice that would prevent its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been duly authorized by each of instituted or, to the Domestic Selling StockholdersCompany’s knowledge, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder;threatened; and (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) since the date of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest most recent financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Securities it has purchased without notice Prospectus (exclusive of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCCsupplement thereto), the Underwriter that there has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and been no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws)Material Adverse Effect. (eg) The Selling Stockholders shall have furnished to the Underwriter a certificate, signed on behalf of the Selling Stockholders and delivered pursuant to the Custody Agreement, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the representations and warranties of the Selling Stockholders in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date. (h) The Company shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, Deloitte & Touche LLP to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated letters, at the Execution Time and at the Closing Date Date, dated respectively as of the Execution Time and addressed as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, substantially in the forms same form and substance as the letters furnished by them in connection with the October 2005 offering of common stock by certain selling stockholders of the Company, updated accordingly to cover periods subsequent to such offering to the satisfaction of the Underwriter. The letter so furnished at the Closing Date shall contain “negative assurance” comfort as of and through November 30, 2005 and as of and through January 23, 2006, substantially in the form of the letter delivered to you prior to the Execution Time. (i) Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), there shall not have been (i) any change or decrease specified in the letters referred to in paragraph (h) of this Section 6 or (ii) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business or properties of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto) the effect of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the sole judgment of the Underwriter, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto). (j) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have furnished to the Underwriter such further information, customary closing and secretary certificates and documents as the Underwriter may reasonably acceptable request, including, without limitation, Forms W-8 or W-9, as required, from the Selling Stockholders. (k) The Securities shall have been duly approved for quotation on the Nasdaq National Market, and satisfactory evidence of such actions shall have been provided to the Underwriter. (fl) The Selling Stockholders As soon as practicable following the Execution Time and prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated a letter substantially in the Closing Date form of Exhibit A hereto from Endo Pharma LLC and each executive officer and director of the Company, addressed to the Underwriter. If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled in all material respects when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in a this Agreement shall not be in all material respects reasonably satisfactory in form reasonably acceptable tand substance to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriter hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Underwriter. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company and the Selling Stockholders in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing. The documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 shall be delivered at the Skadden offices on the Closing Date.

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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase and pay for the Securities Class B Certificates pursuant to this Agreement shall be subject to the accuracy of and compliance with the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time date hereof and as of the Closing DateTime, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders Company’s officers made in any certificates furnished pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its covenants and the Selling Stockholders of their respective other obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final ProspectusAt the Closing Time, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued under the Securities Act and no proceedings for that purpose therefor shall have been instituted or threatenedthreatened by the Commission. (b) The Company At the Closing Time, the Underwriter shall have requested received: (1) Opinions and caused Faegre a negative assurance letter, each dated as of the Closing Date, of ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, as counsel for the Company, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter. (2) An opinion, dated as of the Closing Date, from ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for WTC, individually, and as Subordination Agent, Trustee and Loan Trustee, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter and substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. (3) An opinion, dated as of the Closing Date, from Pillsbury ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, special New York counsel for the CompanyLiquidity Provider, to have furnished in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter their and substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto. (4) An opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to from in-house counsel for the Liquidity Provider, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter and substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto. (B5) An opinion and a negative assurance letter, each dated as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, from Milbank, Tweed, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution form and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms substance reasonably acceptable satisfactory to the Underwriter. (c) At the Closing Date, there shall not have been, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, and you shall have received a certificate of the President, an Executive Vice President, a Senior Vice President or a Vice President of the Company, dated as of such Closing Time, to the effect that (i) there has been no such material adverse change, (ii) the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 1(a) hereof are true and correct with the same force and effect as though made at such Closing Time and (iii) the Company has complied in all material respects with all of the agreements and satisfied in all material respects all of the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder on or before the Closing Date. (d) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Time, neither ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Investors Service, a division of ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Corp. nor Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business shall have downgraded the rating accorded any of the Company’s securities (except for any pass through certificates) or announced that any probable downgrading of such rating is about to occur in the near future. (e) Promptly after the execution of this Agreement and also at the Closing Time, the Underwriter shall have received from KPMG LLP a letter or letters, dated as of the respective dates of delivery thereof, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to certain financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus. (f) The Selling Stockholders At the Closing Time, each of the Intercreditor Agreement, the Liquidity Facility, the Class B Trust Agreement, the Participation Agreements and the Note Purchase Agreement shall have requested been executed and caused P+P Pöllath + Partnersdelivered by each party thereto; the representations and warranties of the Company contained in such agreements shall be accurate as of the Closing Time and the Underwriter shall have received a certificate of the President, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KGan Executive Vice President, a Selling StockholderSenior Vice President or a Vice President of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to such effect. (g) Promptly after the execution of this Agreement and also at the Closing Time, each of the Appraisers shall have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and a letter from such Appraiser, addressed to the Company and dated the respective date of delivery thereof, confirming that such Appraiser and each of its directors and officers (i) is not an affiliate of the Company or any of its affiliates, (ii) does not have any substantial interest, direct or indirect, in the Company or any of its affiliates and (iii) is not connected with the Company or any of its affiliates as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person performing similar functions. (h) The Class B Certificates shall have received ratings equal to or higher than the ratings indicated in the free writing prospectus identified as Item 2 in Schedule A hereto from the nationally recognized statistical rating organizations named therein. (i) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter and its counsel, in form and substance satisfactory to them, such other documents, certificates and opinions as such counsel may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling such counsel to pass upon the matters referred to in subsection (b)(5) of this Section 4 and in order to evidence the accuracy and completeness of any of the representations, warranties or statements, the performance of any covenant by the Company theretofore to be performed, or the compliance with any of the conditions herein contained. (j) The Company shall have obtained a Ratings Confirmation (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) in respect of the Class AA Certificates and the Class A Certificates. All such opinions, certificates, letters and documents shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in all respects satisfactory to the Underwriter and its counsel. If any condition specified in this Section 4 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, other than by reason of any default by the Underwriter, such failure to fulfill a condition may be waived by the Underwriter, or this Agreement may be terminated by the Underwriter by notice to the Company at any time at or prior to the Closing Time, and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party, except as provided in a form reasonably acceptable tSections 5, 6 and 8 hereof, which provisions shall remain in effect notwithstanding such termination.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Underwriting Agreement (American Airlines Inc)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations obligation of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities Offered Certificates shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time date hereof, as of the date of the effectiveness of any amendment to the Registration Statement filed prior to the Closing Date (including the filing of any document incorporated by reference therein) and as of the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final ProspectusUnderwriter shall have received from Deloitte & Touche LLP a letter, dated the date hereof, confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Act and any supplement thereto, the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter and counsel to the Underwriter. (b) All actions required to be taken and all filings required to be made by the Company under the Act prior to the sale of the Offered Certificates shall have been filed with duly taken and made. At and prior to the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the ActClosing Date, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted instituted, or threatenedto the knowledge of the Company or the Underwriter, shall have been contemplated by the Commission. (bc) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting particularly the business or properties of the Company or the Servicer which, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter, materially impairs the investment quality of the Offered Certificates; (ii) any downgrading in the rating of the Servicer by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization" (as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Act), or any public announcement that any such organization has under surveillance or review its rating of the Servicer (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating); (iii) any suspension or limitation of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, or any setting of minimum prices for trading on such exchange; (iv) any banking moratorium declared by federal, North Carolina or New York authorities; or (v) any outbreak or escalation of major hostilities in which the United States is involved, any declaration of war by Congress or any other substantial national or international calamity or emergency if, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter, the effects of any such outbreak, escalation, declaration, calamity or emergency makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the sale of and payment for the Offered Certificates. (d) On or before the Closing Date, the Underwriter shall have received evidence satisfactory to it that each class of Offered Certificates has been given the ratings set forth on Schedule I hereto. (e) The Company Underwriter shall have requested and caused Faegre received a favorable opinion of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, special tax counsel for the Compan▇, ▇dd▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ the ▇▇▇erwriter and dated the Closing Date and reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and counsel to the Underwriter. (f) The Underwriter shall have received a favorable opinion of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, special counsel for the Company, ▇▇▇▇▇ss▇LLP▇▇ ▇▇▇ Und▇▇▇▇iter and dated the Closing Date and reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter, with respect to the validity of the Certificates, ERISA matters and such other related matters as the Underwriter shall require, and the Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to such counsel such documents as they may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. (g) The Underwriter shall have received copies of any opinions of counsel for the Company, Company that the Company is required to have furnished deliver to the Underwriter their opinion, any Rating Agency. Any such opinions shall be dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, Underwriter or accompanied by reliance letters addressed to the effect that:Underwriter. (h) The Underwriter shall have received opinion of counsel to the Trustee, Wells Fargo and the Servicer, each dated the Closing Date, in f▇▇▇ ▇nd substance satisfactory to the Underwriter and its counsel. (i) The Underwriter shall have received a certificate dated the Closing Date of the President, any Vice President or the Secretary of the Company has been duly incorporated in which the officer shall state that, to the best of his or her knowledge after reasonable investigation, (i) the representations and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws warranties of the State of DelawareCompany with respect to the Mortgage Loans contained in any Basic Document are true and correct, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the representations and warranties of the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package this Agreement are true and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuancescorrect, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder by at or prior to the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; Closing Date, (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and issued, (v) no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; andare contemplated by the Commission, and (vi) there has been no amendment or other document filed affecting the Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws of the Company, and no such amendment has been authorized. (xj) At the Registration Statement Closing Date, the Certificates and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form Pooling Agreement will conform in all material respects with to the applicable requirements of descriptions thereof contained in the Act Final Prospectus. (k) The Underwriter shall not have discovered and disclosed to the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state Company on or prior to the Closing Date that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on Statement or the Effective Date, contained Final Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted omits to state any a fact which, in the opinion of counsel to the Underwriter, is material fact and is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. (l) The Underwriter shall have received from Cadwalader, (ii) the Disclosure PackageWickersham & Taft LLP, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to special counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of factUnderwriter, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇l▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇d the ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing losing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company ActFinal Prospectus, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act form and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable substance satisfactory to the Underwriter. (fm) The Selling Stockholders All corporate proceedings and other legal matters relating to the authorization, form and validity of this Agreement, the Pooling Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Certificates, the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus, and all other legal matters relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, be reasonably satisfactory in all respects to counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KGthe Underwriter, a Selling Stockholder, to and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel all documents and information that they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters. The Company will provide or cause to be provided to the Underwriter their opinion dated such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as the Underwriter may reasonably request. All opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter. If any condition specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by the Underwriter by notice to the Company at any time at or prior to the Closing Date Date, and addressed such termination shall be without liability of any party to the Underwriter, any other party except as provided in a form reasonably acceptable tSection 7.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Underwriting Agreement (ABFC 2007-Wmc1 Trust)

Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities Securities, as the case may be, shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders Stockholder contained herein as of the Applicable Execution Time and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders Stockholder made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders Stockholder of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre Skadden, Arps, Slate, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇& ▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinionopinions and negative assurance letter, each dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, substantially consistent with the forms set forth in Exhibit B-1, Exhibit B-2 and Exhibit B-3 hereto. (c) The Underwriter shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇., Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company, dated the Closing Date, substantially consistent with the form set forth set forth in Exhibit C. Such opinion shall be rendered to the Underwriter at the request of the Company and shall so state therein. (d) The Selling Stockholder shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇, P.A., counsel for the Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, substantially consistent with the form set forth in Exhibit D. (e) The Underwriter shall have received from Shearman & Sterling LLP, counsel for the Underwriter, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, with respect to the offer and sale of the Securities, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Underwriter may reasonably require, and the Company and the Selling Stockholder shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. (f) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter a certificate of the Company, signed by a principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, on behalf of the Company and not in his or her individual capacity, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signer of such certificate has carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus and any supplements or amendments thereto, used in connection with the offering of the Securities, and this Agreement and that: (i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent already qualified by materiality, in which case such representations and warranties are true and correct in all respects) on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date (other than those representations and warranties which are made as of a specific date) and the Company has been duly incorporated complied with all the agreements and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under satisfied all the laws of conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final ProspectusClosing Date; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened; and (xiii) since the Registration Statement and date of the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the most recent financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing Date. (c) The Company shall have requested and caused its General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, to have furnished to the Underwriter his opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of shareholders required by law) is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof 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 its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, which such conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect the validity of the Securities or the legal authority of the Company to comply with this Agreement; (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective there has been no material adverse change in the condition (financial or were filed otherwise), earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus. (g) The Selling Stockholder shall have furnished to the Underwriter a certificate, signed by one or more authorized representatives of the Selling Stockholder in such authorized representatives’ capacity as such and not in a personal capacity, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signer(s) of such certificate have reviewed (i) the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplements or amendments thereto with respect to the CommissionSelling Stockholder Information and (ii) this Agreement, as and that the case may be, conformed representations and warranties of the Selling Stockholder in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date to the requirements same effect as if made on the Closing Date. (h) The Underwriter shall have received from KPMG, the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company, a “comfort letter” dated the date hereof addressed to the Underwriter, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, covering the relevant financial information in the Disclosure Package and other customary matters. In addition, on the Closing Date, the Underwriter shall have received from such accountant a “bring-down comfort letter” dated the Closing Date addressed to the Underwriter, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, in the form of the Act “comfort letter” delivered on the date hereof, except that (i) it shall cover the relevant financial information in the Final Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and (ii) procedures shall be brought down to a date no more than 3 days prior to the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; andClosing Date. (viii) all descriptions Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Registration StatementStatement (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), there shall not have been (i) any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (h) of this Section 6 or (ii) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto) the effect of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the sole judgment of the Underwriter, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of contracts any amendment or supplement thereto). (j) Subsequent to the Execution Time, there shall not have been any decrease in the rating of any of the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Section 3(a)(62) under the Act) or any notice given of any intended or potential decrease in any such rating or of a possible change in any such rating that does not indicate the direction of the possible change. (k) The Securities shall have been listed and other documents admitted and authorized for trading on the New York Stock Exchange, and satisfactory evidence of such actions shall have been provided to which the Underwriter. (l) At the Execution Time, the Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter a letter substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto from each officer and director of the Company and the Company’s stockholders listed in Schedule V hereto, addressed to the Underwriter. (m) At the Execution Time and the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Underwriter a certificate of the Company, signed by a principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, on behalf of the Company and not in his or her individual capacity, dated the Execution Time or the Closing Date, as the case may be, with respect to the Proxy Statement of the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Schedule 14A on April 11, 2014, in form and substance satisfactory to the counsel for the Underwriter. If any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate the conditions specified in all material respects; this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the best Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriter hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Underwriter. Notice of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases cancellation shall be given to the Company and the Selling Stockholder in writing or other instruments by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing. The documents required to be described or referred to in delivered by this Section 6 shall be delivered at the Registration Statementoffice of Shearman & Sterling LLP, counsel for the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused Underwriter, at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (ii) the execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇BMET Investors Offshore Holdings▇▇▇▇▇, L.P.or at such other location as determined in accordance with Section 3 of this Agreement, and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated on the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the UnderwriterDate. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable t

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Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the Securities shall be Firm Units and the Option Units, as the case may be, hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Selling Stockholders contained herein as of the Applicable Time and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company and the Selling Stockholders made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Selling Stockholders of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions: (a) The Final Prospectus, All filings required by Rule 424 and any supplement thereto, Rule 430B of the Rules and Regulations shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and any made. All material required to be filed by the Company Partnership pursuant to Rule 433(d) under of the Act, Rules and Regulations shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods period prescribed for such filings filing by Rule 433; 433 of the Rules and no Regulations. No stop order (i) suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or (ii) suspending or preventing the use of the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any notice objecting to its use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been issued and no proceedings proceeding for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Partnership or threatenedthe Underwriter, threatened by the Commission, and any request of the Commission for additional information (to be included in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or otherwise) shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Representative. (b) The Company shall have requested and caused Faegre ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Company, to have furnished Subsequent to the Underwriter their opinionApplicable Time, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: there shall not have occurred (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; (ii) the Company has an outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to dividend reinvestment or director or employee stock purchase or benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise of options and except for repurchases in connection with open market repurchase plans); (iii) the Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; (iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; (v) the statements in each of the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Important Provisions of Our Governing Documents and Delaware Law”, “Risk Factors—Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents could delay or prevent a change of control” and “Risk Factors—Our Restated By-Laws designate certain Delaware courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees”, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. (vi) neither the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company of the terms hereof will conflict with, result in a breach or violation ofany change, or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of the Company or (B) any applicable federal or Indiana statute, law, rule, regulation or the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Covered Laws”), or, to such counsel’s knowledge, any judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries of any federal, Delaware or Indiana court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, which conflict, breach, violation, lien, charge or encumbrance, in the case of clause (B), would, individually or in the aggregate, development involving a prospective change that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or Effect, not contemplated by the Prospectus, which in the Representative’s opinion, would materially adversely affect the validity market for the Units, or (ii) any event or development relating to or involving any of the Securities Plains Entities or any executive officer or director of any of such entities that makes any statement made in the Prospectus untrue or which, in the opinion of the Partnership and its counsel or the legal authority Underwriter and its counsel, requires the making of the Company any addition to comply with the Securities or this Agreement; (vii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or any such regulatory authority or other governmental body change in the United States having jurisdiction under the Covered Laws over the Company is required Prospectus in order to be obtained or made by the Company for the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement nor compliance by the Company with the applicable provisions thereof, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be state a material fact required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states, the Securities Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered; (viii) the Company is not an “investment company” or an entity controlled by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; (ix) the Registration Statement became effective under the Act upon filing with the Commission; any required filing of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required by rule 424(b); to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened; and (x) the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein, the financial statements and other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder. Such counsel shall also state that that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, on the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required law to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented at the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading misleading, if amending or (iii) supplementing the Final Prospectus, as of its date and on the Closing Date, included Prospectus to reflect such event or includes any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements thereindevelopment would, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief). In rendering such Representative’s opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters involving materially adversely affect the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the corporate law of the State of Delaware or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and as specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel market for the Underwriter and (B) as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) shall also include any supplements thereto at the Closing DateUnits. (c) The Company Representative shall have requested and caused its General Counselreceived on each applicable Delivery Date, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. an opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇ L.L.P., to have furnished to counsel for the Underwriter his opinion Partnership, dated the Closing applicable Delivery Date and addressed to the Underwriter Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason Each of the ownership or leasing of property or Partnership, the conduct of business, except where GP Entities and the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) each Significant Subsidiary Domestic Subsidiaries has been duly formed or incorporated or organized and is validly existing in good standing as a limited partnership, limited liability company or corporation under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of formation or incorporation with full corporate, limited partnership or limited liability company power and authority, as the case may be, to own or lease its properties and to conduct its business, in each case in all material respects. (ii) Each Domestic Subsidiary or GP Entity that serves as a general partner of another Domestic Subsidiary or GP Entity has full corporate or limited liability company power and authority, as the case may be, to serve as general partner of such Domestic Subsidiary or GP Entity, in each case in all material respects. (iii) The GP Entities hold the general partner and membership interests described in the Registration Statement; all of such interests have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with their respective limited partnership or limited liability company agreement, as applicable, and all the membership interests in the General Partner are fully paid (to the extent required under the General Partner LLC Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such assessability may be affected by Sections 18-607 and 18-804 of the Delaware LLC Act). (iv) All of the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests (other than general partner interests) of each Domestic Subsidiary (a) have been duly authorized and validly issued (in the case of an interest in a limited partnership or limited liability company, in accordance with the Organizational Documents of such Domestic Subsidiary), are fully paid (in the case of an interest in a limited partnership or limited liability company, to the extent required under the Organizational Documents of such Domestic Subsidiary) and nonassessable (except (i) in the case of an interest in a Delaware limited partnership or Delaware limited liability company, as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 17-607 and 17-804 of the Delaware LP Act or Sections 18-607 and 18-804 of the Delaware LLC Act, as applicable and (ii) in the case of an interest in a limited partnership or limited liability company formed under the laws of another domestic state, as such nonassessability may be affected by similar provisions of such state’s limited partnership or limited liability company statute, as applicable) and (b) are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Partnership, free and clear of all Liens (A) in respect of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the States of Delaware or Texas naming the Partnership as debtor or, in the case of capital stock or other equity interests of a Domestic Subsidiary owned directly by one or more other Domestic Subsidiary, naming any such other Domestic Subsidiary as debtor(s), is on file in the office of the Secretary of State of the States of Delaware or Texas or (B) otherwise known to such counsel, without independent investigation, other than those created by or arising under the corporate, limited liability company or partnership laws of the jurisdiction of its organizationformation or incorporation of the respective Domestic Subsidiary, as the case may be. (v) All outstanding general partner interests in each Domestic Subsidiary that is a partnership have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Organizational Documents of such Domestic Subsidiary and are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Partnership, free and clear of all Liens (A) in respect of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the States of Delaware or Texas naming the Partnership as debtor or, in the case of general partner interests of a Domestic Subsidiary owned directly by one or more other Domestic Subsidiary, naming any such other Domestic Subsidiary as debtor(s), is on file in the office of the Secretary of State of the States of Delaware or Texas or (B) otherwise known to such counsel, without independent investigation, other than those created by or arising under the partnership laws of the jurisdiction of formation of the respective Domestic Subsidiary, as the case may be. (vi) The Firm Units (and/or Option Units, as applicable) to be issued and sold to the Underwriter by the Partnership pursuant to this Agreement and the limited partner interests represented thereby have been duly authorized by the Partnership Agreement and, when issued and delivered against payment therefor as provided in this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid (to the extent required under the Partnership Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 17-607 and 17-804 of the Delaware LP Act). (vii) Except as have been waived or satisfied, there are no preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase, nor any restriction upon the voting or transfer of, any interests in the Partnership pursuant to the Organizational Documents of the Partnership or any of the Incorporated Documents to which the Partnership is a party or by which the Partnership may be bound. Neither the filing of the Registration Statement nor the offering or sale of the Units as contemplated by this Agreement gives rise to any rights for or relating to the registration of any Units or other securities of the Partnership pursuant to any of the documents or agreements included as exhibits to any of the Incorporated Documents, except such rights as have been waived or satisfied. (viii) The Partnership has all requisite power and authority to ownissue, lease sell and operate its properties deliver the Units, in accordance with and conduct its business as described upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Partnership Agreement and the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect;. (iiiix) except as otherwise disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interest of each Significant Subsidiary This Agreement has been duly authorized and validly issuedexecuted and delivered by the Partnership. (x) At or before each applicable Delivery Date, the partnership agreement or limited liability company agreement, as applicable, of each of the Partnership, the Domestic Subsidiaries and the GP Entities has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto and is fully paid a valid and non-assessable legally binding agreement of such parties thereto, enforceable against the parties thereto in accordance with their respective terms; provided, that, with respect to each such agreement, the enforceability thereof may be limited by (A) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws from time to time in effect affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such principles are considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (except for shares necessary B) public policy, applicable law relating to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number fiduciary duties and indemnification and an implied covenant of shareholders required by lawgood faith and fair dealing. (xi) is owned None of (A) the offering, issuance and sale by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity; (iv) neither the sale Partnership of the Securities Units, (B) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, nor Partnership or (C) the consummation by the Company of the transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment by the Company this Agreement (1) constitutes or will constitute a violation of the terms hereof Organizational Documents of the Partnership or any of the Domestic Subsidiaries or the GP Entities, (2) conflicts or will conflict with, result in with or constitutes or will constitute a breach or violation of, a change of control or a default under (or an event that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such an event) any document or agreement filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or any Incorporated Document (excluding for this purpose, (i) the Hedged Inventory Facility, (ii) the Credit Agreement dated as of August 19, 2011, as amended, by and among the Partnership, certain subsidiaries of the Partnership from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and the other lenders party thereto (the “PAA Facility”), (iii) the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated September 26, 2013, as amended, by and among Plains AAP, Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto (the “Plains AAP Facility”) and (iv) the 364-Day Credit Agreement dated January 16, 2015 (the “364-Day Facility”), by and among the Partnership, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto, (3) results or will result in any violation of the Delaware LP Act, the Delaware LLC Act, the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), the laws of the State of Texas or federal law, or (4) results or will result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance Lien upon any property or assets of any of the Company Partnership, the Domestic Subsidiaries or its subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the charter or by-laws of any Significant Subsidiary or (B) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other financial agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subjectGP Entities, which such conflictconflicts, breachbreaches, violation, lien, charge violations or encumbrance, defaults in the case of clause clauses (B2), would, individually (3) or in the aggregate, (4) would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or affect materially impair the validity ability of the Securities Partnership to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, it being understood that such counsel need not express an opinion in clause (3) of this paragraph (xi) with respect to any securities or other anti-fraud law. (xii) No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any federal, Delaware or Texas court, governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Partnership, the GP Entities, the Domestic Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties is required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Partnership and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except (A) such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction or the legal authority by-laws and rules of FINRA in connection with the purchase and distribution by the Underwriter of the Company Units in the manner contemplated herein and in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (as to comply with which such counsel need not express any opinion), (B) such that the failure to obtain would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or materially impair the ability of the Partnership to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;Agreement and (C) such other that have been obtained or taken and are in full force and effect. (vxiii) there The statements in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the captions “Description of Our Common Units,” “Cash Distribution Policy” and “Description of Our Partnership Agreement,” insofar as such statements purport to summarize certain provisions of documents and legal matters referred to therein, are accurate in all material respects, subject to the qualifications and assumptions stated therein; and the Units, the Common Units and the Incentive Distribution Rights conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. (xiv) The opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇ L.L.P. that is no pending orfiled as Exhibit 8.1 to the Registration Statement is confirmed and the Underwriter may rely upon such opinion as if it were addressed to them. (xv) The Registration Statement became effective under the Securities Act upon its filing on September 27, 2012; to the knowledge of such counsel, threatened action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving no stop order suspending the Company or any effectiveness of its subsidiaries or its or their property, of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened by the Commission; and any required filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations has been made in the manner and within the time period required by such Rule. (xvi) The Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and, to Prospectus (except for the knowledge of such counsel, there is no franchise, contract financial statements and the notes and the schedules thereto and the other financial information included or other document of a character required to be described incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or Final the Prospectus, or as to be filed which such counsel need not express an opinion) comply as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required; (vi) the documents incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed to form in all material respects to with the requirements of the Securities Act or and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. (xvii) None of the Commission thereunderPlains Entities is now, and after sale of the Units to be sold by the Partnership hereunder and application of the net proceeds from such sale as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds,” none of the Plains Entities will be, an “investment company” as such documents term is defined in the Investment Company Act. In addition, such counsel shall state that they have participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of GP LLC and the Partnership, representatives of the independent public accountants of GP LLC and the Partnership and the Underwriter’s representatives and counsel, at which the contents of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and related matters were discussed, and although such counsel has not independently verified, is not passing on, and is not assuming any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in, the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (except to the extent specified in opinion (xiii) above), on the basis of the foregoing, no facts have come to the attention of such counsel that lead them to believe that: (A) the Registration Statement, as of the most recent Effective Date, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and (vii) all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus of contracts and other documents to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party are accurate in all material respects; and to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus other than those described or referred to therein. (d) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that: (i) each of the Selling Stockholders listed on Schedule IV (the “Domestic Selling Stockholders”) is validly existing and, to the extent such concept exists in the relevant jurisdiction, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization; (iiB) the execution and delivery Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by each Applicable Time, included an untrue statement of the Domestic Selling Stockholders, and the Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Selling Stockholder; (iii) assuming that (a) DTC is a “clearing corporation” as defined material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC, and (b) the Underwriter acquires its interest in the Securities it has purchased without notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC), the Underwriter that has purchased Securities from the Selling Stockholders delivered on the date hereof to DTC, made payment therefor pursuant to the Agreement and has had such Securities credited to a securities account of the Underwriter maintained with DTC will have acquired a securities entitlement (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Securities, and no action based on an adverse claim may be asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; and (iv) the sale of the Securities by the Selling Stockholders to the Underwriter pursuant to the Agreement does not, and the performance by the Selling Stockholders of their obligations in the Agreement will not, (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, registration or qualification of or with any governmental authority of the United States or the State of New York or pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, in each case, that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance, except such as have been obtained or effected under the Act and the Exchange Act (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to any state securities or Blue Sky laws), or (b) result in a violation of the organizational documents of any Domestic Selling Stockholder, or (c) result in a violation of any United States federal or New York State law or published rule or regulation thereunder or the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that in such counsel’s experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such sale or performance (but such counsel need not express any opinion relating to the United States federal securities laws or any state securities or Blue Sky laws). (e) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Calder, counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ BMET Investors Offshore Holdings, L.P., and GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P., certain of the Selling Stockholders, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinions dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in the forms reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. (f) The Selling Stockholders shall have requested and caused P+P Pöllath + Partners, counsel for GS Capital Partners VI Gmbh & Co. KG, a Selling Stockholder, to have furnished to the Underwriter their opinion dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in a form reasonably acceptable torde

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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Plains All American Pipeline Lp)