Common use of No Improper Practices Clause in Contracts

No Improper Practices. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, (i) no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any affiliate, on the one hand, and the directors, officers and stockholders of the Company on the other hand, that is required by the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that is not so described; (ii) no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any affiliate, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders or directors of the Company, on the other hand, that is required by the rules of FINRA to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that is not so described; (iii) except as described in the Prospectus, there are no material outstanding loans or advances or material guarantees of indebtedness by the Company to or for the benefit of any of its officers or directors or any of the members of the families of any of them; (iv) the Company has not offered, or caused any placement agent to offer, Common Stock to any person with the intent to influence unlawfully (A) a customer or supplier of the Company to alter the customer’s or supplier’s level or type of business with the Company or (B) a trade journalist or publication to write or publish favorable information about the Company or any of its products or services, and, (v) neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any employee or agent of the Company has made any payment of funds of the Company or received or retained any funds in violation of any law, rule or regulation (including, without limitation, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977), which payment, receipt or retention of funds is of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus.

No Improper Practices. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, (i) no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any affiliate, on the one hand, and the directors, officers and stockholders of the Company on the other hand, that is required by the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that is not so described; (ii) no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any affiliate, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders or directors of the Company, on the other hand, that is required by the rules of FINRA to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that is not so described; (iii) except as described in the Prospectus, there are no material outstanding loans or advances or material guarantees of indebtedness by the Company to or for the benefit of any of its officers or directors or any of the members of the families of any of them; (iv) the Company has not offered, or caused any placement agent to offer, Common Stock to any person with the intent to influence unlawfully (A) a customer or supplier of the Company to alter the customer’s or supplier’s level or type of business with the Company or (B) a trade journalist or publication to write or publish favorable information about the Company or any of its products or services, and, (v) neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any employee or agent of the Company has made any payment of funds of the Company or received or retained any funds in violation of any law, rule or regulation (including, without limitation, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977), which payment, receipt or retention of funds is of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus.

No Improper Practices. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement or the ProspectusProspectus or as contemplated by this Agreement, (i) no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any affiliate, on the one hand, and the directors, officers and stockholders of the Company on the other hand, that is required by the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that is not so described; (ii) no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any affiliate, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders or directors of the Company, on the other hand, that is required by the rules of FINRA to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that is not so described; (iii) except as described in the Prospectus, there are no material outstanding loans or advances or material guarantees of indebtedness by the Company to or for the benefit of any of its officers or directors or any of the members of the families of any of them; (iviii) the Company has not offered, or caused any placement agent to offer, Common Stock to any person with the intent to influence unlawfully (A) a customer or supplier of the Company to alter the customer’s or supplier’s level or type of business with the Company or (B) a trade journalist or publication to write or publish favorable information about the Company or any of its products or services, and, (viv) neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any employee or agent of the Company has made any payment of funds of the Company or received or retained any funds in violation of any law, rule or regulation (including, without limitation, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977), which payment, receipt or retention of funds is of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus.

No Improper Practices. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (i) no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any affiliate, on the one hand, and the directors, officers and stockholders of the Company on the other hand, hand that is required by the Securities 1933 Act to be described in the Registration Statement and the Statement, Disclosure Package or Prospectus that is not no so described; (ii) no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any affiliate, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders or directors of the Company, on the other hand, that is required by the rules of FINRA to be described in the Registration Statement and the Statement, Disclosure Package or Prospectus that is not so described; (iii) except as described in the Prospectus, there are no material outstanding loans or advances or material guarantees of indebtedness by the Company to or for the benefit of any of its officers or directors or any of the members of the families of any of them; (iv) the Company has not offered, or caused any placement agent Underwriter to offer, Common Stock Shares to any person with the intent to influence unlawfully (A) a customer or supplier of the Company to alter the customer’s or supplier’s level or type of business with the Company or (B) a trade journalist or publication to write or publish favorable information about the Company or any of its products or services, and, (v) neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any employee or agent of the Company has made any payment of funds of the Company or received or retained any funds in violation of any law, rule or regulation (including, without limitation, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977), which payment, receipt or retention of funds is of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement Statement, Disclosure Package or the Prospectus.

No Improper Practices. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement or the ProspectusProspectus or as contemplated by this Agreement, (i) no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any affiliate, on the one hand, and the directors, officers and stockholders of the Company on the other hand, that is required by the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that is not so described; (ii) no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any affiliate, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders or directors of the Company, on the other hand, that is required by the rules of FINRA to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that is not so described; (iii) except as described in the Prospectus, there are no material outstanding loans or advances or material guarantees of indebtedness by the Company to or for the benefit of any of its officers or directors or any of the members of the families of any of them; (iviii) the Company has not offered, or caused any placement agent to offer, Common Stock to any person with the intent to influence unlawfully (A) a customer or supplier of the Company to alter the customer’s or supplier’s level or type of business with the Company or (B) a trade journalist or publication to write or publish favorable information about the Company or any of its products or services, and, and (viv) neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any employee or agent of the Company has made any payment of funds of the Company or received or retained any funds in violation of any law, rule or regulation (including, without limitation, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977), which payment, receipt or retention of funds is of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus.

No Improper Practices. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, (i) no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any affiliate, on the one hand, and the directors, officers and stockholders of the Company on the other hand, that is required by the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that is not so described; described; (ii) no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any affiliate, on the one hand, hand and the directors, officers, stockholders or directors of the Company, on the other hand, that is required by the rules of FINRA to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that is not so described; described; (iii) except as described in the Prospectus, there are no material outstanding loans or advances or material guarantees of indebtedness by the Company to or for the benefit of any of its officers or directors or any of the members of the families of any of them; them; (iv) the Company has not offered, or caused any placement agent to offer, Common Stock to any person with the intent to influence unlawfully (A) a customer or supplier of the Company to alter the customer’s or supplier’s level or type of business with the Company or (B) a trade journalist or publication to write or publish favorable information about the Company or any of its products or services, and, (v) neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any employee or agent of the Company has made any payment of funds of the Company or received or retained any funds in violation of any law, rule or regulation (including, without limitation, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977), which payment, receipt or retention of funds is of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus.

No Improper Practices. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, (i) no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any affiliate, on the one hand, and the directors, officers and stockholders of the Company on the other hand, that is required by the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that is not so described; (ii) no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any affiliate, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders or directors of the Company, on the other hand, that is required by the rules of FINRA to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that is not so described; (iii) except as described in the Prospectus, there are no material outstanding loans or advances or material guarantees of indebtedness by the Company to or for the benefit of any of its officers or directors or any of the members of the families of any of them; (iv) the Company has not offered, or caused any placement agent to offer, Common Stock to any person with the intent to influence unlawfully (A) a customer or supplier of the Company to alter the customer’s or supplier’s level or type of business with the Company or (B) a trade journalist or publication to write or publish favorable information about the Company or any of its products or services, ; and, (v) neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any employee or agent of the Company has made any payment of funds of the Company or received or retained any funds in violation of any law, rule or regulation (including, without limitation, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977), which payment, receipt or retention of funds is of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus.

No Improper Practices. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, (i) no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any affiliate, on the one hand, and the directors, officers and stockholders of the Company on the other hand, that is required by the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that is not so described; (ii) no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or or, to the Company’s knowledge, any affiliate, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders or directors of the Company, on the other hand, that is required by the rules of FINRA to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that is not so described; (iii) except as described in the Prospectus, there are no material outstanding loans or advances or material guarantees of indebtedness by the Company to or for the benefit of any of its officers or directors or any of the members of the families of any of them; (iv) the Company has not offered, or caused any placement agent to offer, Common Stock to any person with the intent to influence unlawfully (A) a customer or supplier of the Company to alter the customer’s or supplier’s level or type of business with the Company or (B) a trade journalist or publication to write or publish favorable information about the Company or any of its products or services, and, (v) neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any employee or agent of the Company has made any payment of funds of the Company or received or retained any funds in violation of any law, rule or regulation (including, without limitation, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977), which payment, receipt or retention of funds is of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus.

No Improper Practices. Except as set forth (i) Neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its respective executive officers, directors or employees has, in the Registration Statement past five years, made any unlawful contributions to any candidate for any political office (or failed fully to disclose any contribution in violation of law) or made any contribution or other payment to any official of, or candidate for, any federal, state, municipal, or foreign office or other person charged with similar public or quasi-public duty in violation of any law or of the character required to be disclosed in the Prospectus, ; (iii) no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any affiliateaffiliate of any of them, on the one hand, and the directors, officers and stockholders of the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, on the other hand, that is required by the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that is not so described; (iiiii) no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any affiliateaffiliate of it, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders or directors of the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, on the other hand, that is required by the rules of FINRA the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that is not so described; (iiiiv) except as described in the Prospectus, there are no material outstanding loans or advances or material guarantees of indebtedness by the Company to or for the benefit of any of its officers or directors or any of the members of the families of any of them; and (ivv) the Company has not offered, or caused any placement agent to offer, Common Stock to any person with the intent to influence unlawfully (A) a customer or supplier of the Company to alter the customer’s or supplier’s level or type of business with the Company or (B) a trade journalist or publication to write or publish favorable information about the Company or any of its respective products or services, and, (vvi) neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any no employee or agent of the Company has made any payment of funds of the Company or received or retained any funds in violation of any law, rule or regulation (including, without limitation, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977), which payment, receipt or retention of funds is of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus.

No Improper Practices. Except as set forth (i) Neither the Company nor the Subsidiaries, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person acting on behalf of the Company or the Subsidiaries, has, in the Registration Statement past five years, used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds, violated or is in violation of any provision of the ProspectusForeign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder; or made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment; (iii) no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company’s knowledge, the Subsidiaries or any affiliateaffiliate of either of them, on the one hand, and and, to the knowledge of the Company, the directors, officers and stockholders (or analogous interest holders) of the Company or the Subsidiaries, on the other hand, that is required by the Securities Act or by the rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that is not so described; (ii) no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any affiliate, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders or directors of the Company, on the other hand, that is required by the rules of FINRA to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that is not so described; (iii) except as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there are no material outstanding loans or advances or material guarantees of indebtedness by the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, the Subsidiaries to or for the benefit of any of its their respective officers or directors or any of the members of the families of any of them; (iv) the Company has not offered, or caused any placement agent to offer, Common Stock to any person with the intent to influence unlawfully (A) a customer or supplier of the Company to alter the customer’s or supplier’s level or type of business with the Company or (B) a trade journalist or publication to write or publish favorable information about the Company or any of its products or services, and, (v) neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any employee or agent of the Company has made any payment of funds of the Company or received or retained any funds in violation of any law, rule or regulation (including, without limitation, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977), which payment, receipt or retention of funds is of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus.

No Improper Practices. Except as set forth (i) Neither the Company nor the Subsidiaries, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person acting on behalf of the Company or the Subsidiaries, has, in the Registration Statement past five years, used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds, violated or is in violation of any provision of the ProspectusForeign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment; (iii) no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company’s knowledge, the Subsidiaries or any affiliateaffiliate of either of them, on the one hand, and and, to the knowledge of the Company, the directors, officers and stockholders of the Company or the Subsidiaries, on the other hand, that is required by the Securities Act or by the rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that is not so described; (ii) no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any affiliate, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders or directors of the Company, on the other hand, that is required by the rules of FINRA to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that is not so described; (iii) except as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there are no material outstanding loans or advances or material guarantees of indebtedness by the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, the Subsidiaries to or for the benefit of any of its their respective officers or directors or any of the members of the families of any of them; (iv) the Company has not offered, or caused any placement agent to offer, Common Stock to any person with the intent to influence unlawfully (A) a customer or supplier of the Company to alter the customer’s or supplier’s level or type of business with the Company or (B) a trade journalist or publication to write or publish favorable information about the Company or any of its products or services, and, (v) neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any employee or agent of the Company has made any payment of funds of the Company or received or retained any funds in violation of any law, rule or regulation (including, without limitation, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977), which payment, receipt or retention of funds is of a character required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus.