Common use of Registration Statement and Final Prospectus Clause in Contracts

Registration Statement and Final Prospectus. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has been received by the Issuer or the Guarantor. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Issuer or the Guarantor or related to the offering has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Trust Indenture Act”), and did not and will 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 not misleading; and as of the date of the Final Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus will 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 the Issuer and the Guarantor make no representation and warranty with respect to (i) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act or (ii) any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Issuer or the Guarantor in writing by any Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto.

Registration Statement and Final Prospectus. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 As of the Securities Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of , when the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto Final Prospectus is first filed pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2424(b) under the Securities Act has been received by Act, when, prior to the Issuer or the Guarantor. No order suspending the effectiveness of Closing Date (as hereinafter defined), any amendment to the Registration Statement has been issued becomes effective (including the filing of any document incorporated by reference in the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Issuer or the Guarantor or related Registration Statement), when any supplement to the offering has been initiated or threatened by Final Prospectus is filed with the Commission; SEC and at the Closing Date, (i) the Registration Statement, as amended as of any such time, and the applicable effective date Final Prospectus, as amended or supplemented as of the Registration Statement and any amendment theretosuch time, the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Exchange Act of 1939and the respective rules thereunder, (ii) the Registration Statement, as amendedamended as of any such time, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Trust Indenture Act”), and did does not and or will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; , and (iii) the Final Prospectus, as amended or supplemented as of the date of the Final Prospectus and any amendment such time, does not or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a any 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 provided, however, that the Issuer and Company makes no representations or warranties as to the Guarantor make no representation and warranty with respect to (i) that part of information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement that constitutes or the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act Final Prospectus or (ii) any statements amendment thereof or omissions made supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Issuer Company by or the Guarantor in writing by on behalf of any Underwriter expressly through the Representative specifically for use in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (it being understood and agreed that the only such information contained in the Registration Statement or Final Prospectus furnished by any amendment or supplement theretoUnderwriter consists of such information described as such in a letter dated the Closing Date (the “Blood Letter”) delivered by the Representative to the Company).

Registration Statement and Final Prospectus. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has been received by the Issuer or the Guarantor. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Issuer or the Guarantor or related to the offering has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Trust Indenture Act”), and did not and will 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 not misleading; and as of the date of the Final Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus will 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 the Issuer and the Guarantor make no representation and warranty with respect to (i) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act or (ii) any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Issuer or the Guarantor in writing by any Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement and or the Final Prospectus and (or any amendment or supplement thereto).

Registration Statement and Final Prospectus. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has been received by the Issuer or the GuarantorIssuer. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Issuer or the Guarantor or related to the offering has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Trust Indenture Act”), and did not and will 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 not misleading; and as of the date of the Final Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus will 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 the Issuer and the Guarantor make makes no representation and warranty with respect to (i) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act or (ii) any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Issuer or the Guarantor in writing by any Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement and or the Final Prospectus and (or any amendment or supplement thereto).

Registration Statement and Final Prospectus. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 As of the Securities Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of , when the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto Final Prospectus is first filed pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2424(b) under the Securities Act has been received by Act, when, prior to the Issuer or the Guarantor. No order suspending the effectiveness of Closing Date (as hereinafter defined), any amendment to the Registration Statement has been issued becomes effective (including the filing of any document incorporated by reference in the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Issuer or the Guarantor or related Registration Statement), when any supplement to the offering has been initiated or threatened by Final Prospectus is filed with the Commission; SEC and at the Closing Date, (i) the Registration Statement, as amended as of any such time, and the applicable effective date Final Prospectus, as amended or supplemented as of the Registration Statement and any amendment theretosuch time, the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Exchange Act of 1939and the respective rules thereunder, (ii) the Registration Statement, as amendedamended as of any such time, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Trust Indenture Act”), and did does not and or will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; , and (iii) the Final Prospectus, as amended or supplemented as of the date of the Final Prospectus and any amendment such time, does not or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a any 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 provided, however, that the Issuer and Company makes no representations or warranties as to the Guarantor make no representation and warranty with respect to (i) that part of information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement that constitutes or the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act Final Prospectus or (ii) any statements amendment thereof or omissions made supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Issuer Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Guarantor in writing Representative or directly by any Underwriter expressly specifically for use in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (it being understood and agreed that the only such information contained in the Registration Statement or Final Prospectus furnished by any amendment Underwriter consists of such information described as such in one or supplement theretomore letters, each dated the Closing Date (each an “Underwriter Blood Letter” and collectively, the “Underwriter Blood Letters”) delivered to the Company by the Representative, on behalf of the Underwriters, or individually by any Underwriter.

Registration Statement and Final Prospectus. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has been received by the Issuer or the Guarantor. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued declared effective by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of SEC. At the Securities Act against the Issuer or the Guarantor or related to the offering has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of time the Registration Statement was filed and any amendment theretoat the time the Registration Statement became effective, the Registration Statement complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. As of the date hereof, when the Final Prospectus is first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, when, prior to the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined), any amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective (including the filing of any document incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement), when any supplement to the Final Prospectus is filed with the SEC and at the Closing Date, (i) the Registration Statement, as amended as of any such time, and the Final Prospectus, as amended or supplemented as of any such time, will comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Exchange Act of 1939and the respective rules thereunder, (ii) the Registration Statement, as amendedamended as of any such time, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Trust Indenture Act”), and did does not and or will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; , and (iii) the Final Prospectus, as amended or supplemented as of the date of the Final Prospectus and any amendment such time, does not or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a any 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 provided, however, that the Issuer and Company makes no representations or warranties as to the Guarantor make no representation and warranty with respect to (i) that part of information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement that constitutes or the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act Final Prospectus or (ii) any statements amendment thereof or omissions made supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Issuer Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Guarantor in writing Representative or directly by any Underwriter expressly specifically for use in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (it being understood and agreed that the only such information contained in the Registration Statement or Final Prospectus furnished by any amendment Underwriter consists of such information described as such in one or supplement theretomore letters, each dated the Closing Date (each an “Underwriter Blood Letter” and collectively, the “Underwriter Blood Letters”) delivered to the Company by the Representative, on behalf of the Underwriters, or individually by any Underwriter).

Registration Statement and Final Prospectus. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that Company has been prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission not earlier than three years prior to (the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such “Commission”) a registration statement or any poston Form S-3 (File No. 333-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2224230) under the Securities Act has been received by the Issuer or the Guarantor. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Issuer or the Guarantor or related to the offering has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 19391933, as amended, amended (the “Securities Act”) and the rules and regulations (the “Rules and Regulations”) of the Commission thereunder thereunder, and such amendments to such registration statement (collectivelyincluding post effective amendments) as may have been required to the date of this Agreement. Such registration statement, as amended (including any post effective amendments), has been declared effective by the Commission. Such registration statement, as amended (including post effective amendments thereto), the exhibits and any schedules thereto and the documents and information otherwise incorporated by reference therein, deemed to be a part thereof or included therein by the Securities Act or otherwise pursuant to the Rules and Regulations, is herein called the “Registration Statement.” If the Company has filed or files an abbreviated registration statement in connection with the Shares pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (the “Rule 462 Registration Statement”), then any reference herein to the term Registration Statement shall include such Rule 462 Registration Statement. The Company will file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 430B and Rule 424 under the Securities Act a final prospectus supplement relating to the Shares to the form of prospectus included in the Registration Statement. The prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the time it was declared effective by the Commission is herein referred to as the “Base Prospectus.” The Company has filed or proposes to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act a preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the Shares (along with the Base Prospectus, the “Trust Indenture ActPreliminary Prospectus Supplement”) and a final prospectus supplement relating to the Shares (the “Final Prospectus Supplement”). The Final Prospectus Supplement together with the Base Prospectus is hereinafter referred to as the “Final Prospectus.” The Preliminary Prospectus Supplement together with the Base Prospectus is hereinafter called a “Prospectus.” Any reference herein to the Base Prospectus, and did not and will not contain any untrue statement the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, the Final Prospectus Supplement, the Final Prospectus or a Prospectus shall be deemed to include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make Form S-3 under the statements therein not misleading; and Securities Act as of the date of such Prospectus. For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, the Rule 462 Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, any Prospectus and or any amendment or supplement thereto and as to any of the Closing Dateforegoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system or its Interactive Data Electronic Applications system. All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which is “described,” “contained,” “included” or “stated” in the Registration Statement, the Rule 462 Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Final Prospectus will not contain or any untrue statement Prospectus (or other references of a material fact like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements, pro forma financial information and schedules and other information which is incorporated by reference in or omit to state a material fact required otherwise deemed by the Rules and Regulations 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 the Issuer and the Guarantor make no representation and warranty with respect to (i) that a part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act or (ii) any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Issuer or the Guarantor in writing by any Underwriter expressly for use included in the Registration Statement and Statement, the Rule 462 Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any Prospectus, as the case may be; and all references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, the Rule 462 Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any amendment Prospectus shall be deemed to mean and include the subsequent filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that is deemed to be incorporated therein by reference or supplement theretootherwise deemed by the Rules and Regulations to be a part thereof.

Registration Statement and Final Prospectus. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has been received by the Issuer or the GuarantorIssuer. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Issuer or the Guarantor or related to the offering has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Trust Indenture Act”), and did not and will 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 not misleading; and as of the date of the Final Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus will 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 the Issuer and the Guarantor make makes no representation and warranty with respect to (i) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act or (ii) any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Issuer or the Guarantor in writing by any Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto.

Registration Statement and Final Prospectus. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that Company has been prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission not earlier than three years prior to (the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such “Commission”) a registration statement or any poston Form S-3 (File No. 333-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2196880) under the Securities Act has been received by of 1933 (the Issuer or the Guarantor. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the “Securities Act against the Issuer or the Guarantor or related to the offering has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, Act”) and the rules and regulations (the “Rules and Regulations”) of the Commission thereunder thereunder, and such amendments to such registration statement (collectivelyincluding post effective amendments) as may have been required to the date of this Agreement. Such registration statement, as amended (including any post effective amendments), has been declared effective by the Commission. Such registration statement, as amended (including post effective amendments thereto), the exhibits and any schedules thereto and the documents and information otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or included therein by the Securities Act or otherwise pursuant to the Rules and Regulations, is herein called the “Trust Indenture Registration Statement.” If the Company has filed or files an abbreviated registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (the “Rule 462 Registration Statement”), then any reference herein to the term Registration Statement shall include such Rule 462 Registration Statement. The Company will file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act a prospectus supplement relating to the Securities to the form of prospectus included in the Registration Statement. Such prospectus in the form in which it appears in the Registration Statement is hereinafter called the “Base Prospectus,” and the final prospectus supplement as filed, along with the Base Prospectus, is hereinafter called the “Final Prospectus.” For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, the Rule 462 Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Interactive Data Electronic Applications system. All references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, the Rule 462 Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to mean and include the subsequent filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required that is deemed to be stated incorporated therein by reference therein or necessary in order to make otherwise deemed by the statements therein not misleading; Rules and as of the date of the Final Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required Regulations 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 the Issuer and the Guarantor make no representation and warranty with respect to (i) that a part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act or (ii) any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Issuer or the Guarantor in writing by any Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus and any amendment or supplement theretothereof.

Registration Statement and Final Prospectus. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that Company has been prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission not earlier than three years prior to (the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such “Commission”) a registration statement or any poston Form S-3 (File No. 333-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2193718) under the Securities Act has been received by of 1933 (the Issuer or the Guarantor. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the “Securities Act against the Issuer or the Guarantor or related to the offering has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, Act”) and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectivelythe “Rules and Regulations”), and such amendments to such registration statement (including post effective amendments) as may have been required to the date of this Agreement, registering the Units, the Common Stock, the Warrants, and the Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (the “Trust Indenture Warrant Shares”). Such registration statement, as amended (including any post effective amendments), has been declared effective by the Commission. Such registration statement, as amended (including post effective amendments thereto), the exhibits and any schedules thereto and the documents and information otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or incorporated by reference therein by the Securities Act or otherwise pursuant to the Rules and Regulations, is herein called the “Registration Statement.” If the Company has filed or files an abbreviated registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (the “Rule 462 Registration Statement”), then any reference herein to the term Registration Statement shall include such Rule 462 Registration Statement. The Company will file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act a preliminary and a final prospectus supplement relating to the Units. The prospectus in the form in which it appears in the Registration Statement is hereinafter called the “Base Prospectus,” and the final prospectus supplement as filed, along with the Base Prospectus, is hereinafter called the “Final Prospectus.” For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, the Rule 462 Registration Statement, if any, the Base Prospectus, the preliminary prospectus supplement, the Final Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Interactive Data Electronic Applications system. All references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, the Rule 462 Registration Statement, if any, the Base Prospectus, the preliminary prospectus supplement, or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to mean and include the subsequent filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required that is deemed to be stated incorporated therein by reference or necessary in order to make otherwise deemed by the statements therein not misleading; Rules and as of the date of the Final Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required Regulations 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 the Issuer and the Guarantor make no representation and warranty with respect to (i) that a part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act or (ii) any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Issuer or the Guarantor in writing by any Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus and any amendment or supplement theretothereof.

Registration Statement and Final Prospectus. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that Company has been prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission not earlier than three years prior to (the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such “Commission”) a registration statement or any poston Form S-3 (File No. 333-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2158256) under the Securities Act has been received by the Issuer or the Guarantor. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Issuer or the Guarantor or related to the offering has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 19391933, as amendedamended (the “Securities Act”), and the rules and regulations (the “Rules and Regulations”) of the Commission thereunder thereunder, and such amendments to such registration statement (collectivelyincluding any post-effective amendments) as may have been required to the date of this Agreement. Such registration statement, as amended (including any post-effective amendments), has been declared effective by the Commission. Such registration statement, as amended (including any post-effective amendments), the exhibits and any schedules thereto and the documents and information otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or included therein by the Securities Act or otherwise pursuant to the Rules and Regulations, is herein called the “Trust Indenture Registration Statement.” If the Company has filed or files an abbreviated registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (the “Rule 462 Registration Statement”), then any reference herein to the term Registration Statement shall include such Rule 462 Registration Statement. The Company will file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act a prospectus supplement relating to the Shares to the form of prospectus included in the Registration Statement. Such prospectus in the form in which it appears in the Registration Statement is hereinafter called the “Base Prospectus,” and the final prospectus supplement as filed, along with the Base Prospectus, is hereinafter called the “Final Prospectus.” For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, the Rule 462 Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Interactive Data Electronic Applications system. All references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, the Rule 462 Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to mean and include the subsequent filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required that is deemed to be stated incorporated therein by reference or necessary in order to make otherwise deemed by the statements therein not misleading; Rules and as of the date of the Final Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required Regulations 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 the Issuer and the Guarantor make no representation and warranty with respect to (i) that a part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act or (ii) any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Issuer or the Guarantor in writing by any Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus and any amendment or supplement theretothereof.

Registration Statement and Final Prospectus. The Registration Statement Company is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior eligible to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) Form N-2 under the Securities Act Act, and the Registration Statement has been received declared effective by the Issuer or the GuarantorCommission. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and Commission, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Issuer or the Guarantor Company or related to the offering of the Shares has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, the Registration Statement and any such post-effective amendment complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act Act, the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and the Trust Indenture Investment Company Act of 19391940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder promulgated in connection therewith (collectively, the “Trust Indenture Investment Company Act”), and did not and will 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 not misleading; and as of the date of the Final Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto will 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 the Issuer and the Guarantor make Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to (i) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act or (ii) any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Issuer or the Guarantor Company in writing by any such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto., it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof;

Registration Statement and Final Prospectus. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that Company has been prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission not earlier than three years prior to (the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such “Commission”) a registration statement or any poston Form S-3 (File No. 333-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2199510) under the Securities Act has been received by the Issuer or the Guarantor. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Issuer or the Guarantor or related to the offering has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 19391933, as amended, amended (the “Securities Act”) and the rules and regulations (the “Rules and Regulations”) of the Commission thereunder thereunder, and such amendments to such registration statement (collectivelyincluding post effective amendments) as may have been required to the date of this Agreement. Such registration statement, as amended (including any post effective amendments), has been declared effective by the Commission. Such registration statement, as amended (including post effective amendments thereto), the exhibits and any schedules thereto and the documents and information otherwise incorporated by reference therein, deemed to be a part thereof or included therein by the Securities Act or otherwise pursuant to the Rules and Regulations, is herein called the “Registration Statement.” If the Company has filed or files an abbreviated registration statement in connection with the Shares pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (the “Rule 462 Registration Statement”), then any reference herein to the term Registration Statement shall include such Rule 462 Registration Statement. The Company will file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 430B and Rule 424 under the Securities Act a final prospectus supplement relating to the Shares to the form of prospectus included in the Registration Statement. The prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the time it was declared effective by the Commission is herein referred to as the “Base Prospectus.” The Company has filed or proposes to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act a preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the Shares (along with the Base Prospectus, the “Trust Indenture ActPreliminary Prospectus Supplement”) and a final prospectus supplement relating to the Shares (the “Final Prospectus Supplement”). The Final Prospectus Supplement together with the Base Prospectus is hereinafter referred to as the “Final Prospectus.” The Preliminary Prospectus Supplement together with the Base Prospectus is hereinafter called a “Prospectus.” Any reference herein to the Base Prospectus, and did not and will not contain any untrue statement the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, the Final Prospectus Supplement, the Final Prospectus or a Prospectus shall be deemed to include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make Form S-3 under the statements therein not misleading; and Securities Act as of the date of such Prospectus. For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, the Rule 462 Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, any Prospectus and or any amendment or supplement thereto and as to any of the Closing Dateforegoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system or its Interactive Data Electronic Applications system. All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which is “described,” “contained,” “included” or “stated” in the Registration Statement, the Rule 462 Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Final Prospectus will not contain or any untrue statement Prospectus (or other references of a material fact like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements, pro forma financial information and schedules and other information which is incorporated by reference in or omit to state a material fact required otherwise deemed by the Rules and Regulations 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 the Issuer and the Guarantor make no representation and warranty with respect to (i) that a part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act or (ii) any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Issuer or the Guarantor in writing by any Underwriter expressly for use included in the Registration Statement and Statement, the Rule 462 Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any Prospectus, as the case may be; and all references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, the Rule 462 Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any amendment Prospectus shall be deemed to mean and include the subsequent filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that is deemed to be incorporated therein by reference or supplement theretootherwise deemed by the Rules and Regulations to be a part thereof.

Registration Statement and Final Prospectus. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has been received by the Issuer or the Guarantor. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued declared effective by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of SEC. At the Securities Act against the Issuer or the Guarantor or related to the offering has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of time the Registration Statement was filed and any amendment theretoat the time the Registration Statement became effective, the Registration Statement complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. As of the date hereof, when the Final Prospectus is first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, when, prior to the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined), any amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective (including the filing of any document incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement), when any supplement to the Final Prospectus is filed with the SEC and at the Closing Date, (i) the Registration Statement, as amended as of any such time, and the Final Prospectus, as amended or supplemented as of any such time, will comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Exchange Act of 1939and the respective rules thereunder, (ii) the Registration Statement, as amendedamended as of any such time, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Trust Indenture Act”), and did does not and or will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; , and (iii) the Final Prospectus, as amended or supplemented as of the date of the Final Prospectus and any amendment such time, does not or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a any 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 provided, however, that the Issuer and Company makes no representations or warranties as to the Guarantor make no representation and warranty with respect to (i) that part of information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement that constitutes or the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act Final Prospectus or (ii) any statements amendment thereof or omissions made supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Issuer Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Guarantor in writing Representative or directly by any Underwriter expressly specifically for use in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (it being understood and agreed that the only such information contained in the Registration Statement or Final Prospectus furnished by any amendment Underwriter consists of such information described as such in one or supplement theretomore letters, each dated the Closing Date (each an “Underwriter Blood Letter” and collectively, the “Underwriter Blood Letters”) delivered to the Company by the Representative, on behalf of the Underwriters, or individually by any Underwriter.

Registration Statement and Final Prospectus. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has been received by the Issuer or the Guarantor. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Issuer or the Guarantor or related to the offering has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Trust Indenture Act”), and did not and will 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 not misleading; and as of the date of the Final Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus will 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 the Issuer and the Guarantor make no representation and warranty with respect to (i) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act or (ii) any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Issuer or the Guarantor in writing by any the Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto.

Registration Statement and Final Prospectus. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that Company has been prepared and filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission not earlier than three years prior to (the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such “Commission”) a registration statement or any postcovering the Shares on Form S-3 (File No. 333-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2261706) under the Securities Act has been received by the Issuer or the Guarantor. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Issuer or the Guarantor or related to the offering has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 19391933, as amendedamended (the “Securities Act”), and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectivelythe “Rules and Regulations”), and such amendments to such registration statement (including post-effective amendments) as may have been required to the date of this Agreement. Such registration statement (including any post-effective amendments), has been declared effective by the Commission. Such registration statement, as amended (including post-effective amendments thereto) and all documents and information deemed to be a part of such registration statement through incorporation by reference or otherwise at the time of effectiveness thereof (the “Effective Time”), the exhibits and any schedules thereto at the Effective Time or thereafter during the period of effectiveness and the documents and information otherwise incorporated by reference or included therein by the Securities Act or otherwise pursuant to the Rules and Regulations at the Effective Time or thereafter during the period of effectiveness, including all information retroactively deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B(e) promulgated under the Securities Act or, retroactively, deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B(f) promulgated under the Securities Act (the “Trust Indenture 430B Information”) and information deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430C promulgated under the Securities Act (the “430C Information”), that in any case has not been superseded or modified, is herein called the “Registration Statement.” If the Company has filed or files an abbreviated registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (the “Rule 462 Registration Statement”), then any reference herein to the term Registration Statement shall include such Rule 462 Registration Statement. The term “Preliminary Prospectus” means any preliminary prospectus supplement, subject to completion, relating to the offering and sale of the Shares, filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations (“Rule 424(b)”) for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares, together with the Base Prospectus (as defined herein) attached to or used with such preliminary prospectus supplement, including any documents incorporated therein by reference, and any 430B Information or 430C Information with respect to the Registration Statement. The term “Base Prospectus” means the prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the Effective Time, including any documents incorporated therein by reference. The term “Statutory Prospectus” means the Preliminary Prospectus, if any, and the Base Prospectus, each as amended and supplemented immediately prior to the Time of Sale (as defined in Section 2(a)), including any document incorporated by reference therein, and any prospectus supplement. For purposes of the foregoing definition, 430B Information shall be considered to be included in the Statutory Prospectus only as of the actual time that form of prospectus is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and not retroactively. The Company is filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act a final prospectus supplement to the Base Prospectus relating to the offering and sale of the Shares that discloses the public offering price, and other final terms of the offering and sale of the Shares. Such final prospectus supplement, as so filed, along with the Base Prospectus, including any documents incorporated therein by reference, and any 430B Information or 430C Information, is hereinafter called the “Final Prospectus.” The Final Prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus and any Preliminary Prospectus in the form in which they were included in the Registration Statement or filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act is each hereinafter called a “Prospectus.” All references made herein to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus or to the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents incorporated by reference therein and any reference to any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any document filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and did not the Rules and will not contain Regulations, incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any untrue statement of a material fact Preliminary Prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and as of the date of the Final Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and Prospectus, as of the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus will 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 the Issuer and the Guarantor make no representation and warranty with respect to (i) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act or (ii) any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Issuer or the Guarantor in writing by any Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus and any amendment or supplement theretocase may be.

Registration Statement and Final Prospectus. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has been received by the Issuer or the Guarantor. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Issuer or the Guarantor Company or related to the offering has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective on each date of and time that the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment theretoor amendments thereto became or becomes effective (each an “Effective Date”), the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act Act, and on each Effective Date and at the Trust Indenture Act of 1939Execution Time, the Registration Statement did not and, as amendedamended or supplemented, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectivelyif applicable, the “Trust Indenture Act”), and did not and will 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 not misleading; as of the date when the Final Prospectus is first filed in accordance with Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act and on the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus (and any supplement thereto) will, comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act; and as of the date of the Final Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus will 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 the Issuer and the Guarantor make Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to (i) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act or (ii) any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Underwriter furnished to the Issuer or the Guarantor Company in writing by any the Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto.

Registration Statement and Final Prospectus. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf effective registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; such registration statement, and any post-effective amendment thereto, became effective on filing and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has been received by the Issuer or the GuarantorCompany. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Issuer or the Guarantor Company or related to the offering has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Trust Indenture Exchange Act”), and did not and will 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 not misleading; and as of the date of the Final Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date, Date the Final Prospectus will 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 the Issuer and the Guarantor make Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to (i) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act or (ii) any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Underwriter furnished to the Issuer or the Guarantor Company in writing by any Underwriter it expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto.

Registration Statement and Final Prospectus. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has been received by the Issuer or the Guarantor. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Issuer or the Guarantor Company or related to the offering has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective on each date of and time that the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment theretoor amendments thereto became or becomes effective (each an “Effective Date”), the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act Act, and on each Effective Date and at the Trust Indenture Act of 1939Execution Time, the Registration Statement did not and, as amendedamended or supplemented, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectivelyif applicable, the “Trust Indenture Act”), and did not and will 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 not misleading; as of the date when the Final Prospectus is first filed in accordance with Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act and on the Closing Date and the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Final Prospectus (and any supplement thereto) will, comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act; and as of the date of the Final Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Final Prospectus will 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 the Issuer and the Guarantor make Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to (i) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act or (ii) any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Issuer or the Guarantor Company in writing by any such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto.

Registration Statement and Final Prospectus. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 As of the Securities Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of , when the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto Final Prospectus is first filed pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2424(b) under the Securities Act has been received by Act, when, prior to the Issuer or the Guarantor. No order suspending the effectiveness of Closing Date (as hereinafter defined), any amendment to the Registration Statement has been issued becomes effective (including the filing of any document incorporated by reference in the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Issuer or the Guarantor or related Registration Statement), when any supplement to the offering has been initiated or threatened by Final Prospectus is filed with the Commission; SEC and at the Closing Date, (i) the Registration Statement, as amended as of any such time, and the applicable effective date Final Prospectus, as amended or supplemented as of the Registration Statement and any amendment theretosuch time, the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Exchange Act of 1939and the respective rules thereunder, (ii) the Registration Statement, as amendedamended as of any such time, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Trust Indenture Act”), and did does not and or will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; , and (iii) the Final Prospectus, as amended or supplemented as of the date of the Final Prospectus and any amendment such time, does not or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a any 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 provided, however, that the Issuer and Company makes no representations or warranties as to the Guarantor make no representation and warranty with respect to (i) that part of information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement that constitutes or the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act Final Prospectus or (ii) any statements amendment thereof or omissions made supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Issuer Company by or the Guarantor in writing by on behalf of any Underwriter expressly through the Representative specifically for use in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (it being understood and agreed that the only such information contained in the Registration Statement or Final Prospectus furnished by any amendment or supplement theretoUnderwriter consists of such information described as such in a letter dated the Closing Date (the “Underwriter Blood Letter”) delivered by the Representative to the Company, a letter dated the Closing Date delivered by Banca IMI S.p.A. (the “Banca IMI Blood Letter”) and a letter dated the Closing Date delivered by National Australia Bank Limited (the “National Australia Bank Blood Letter,” together with the Underwriter Blood Letter and the Banca IMI Blood Letter, the “Blood Letters”)).

Registration Statement and Final Prospectus. The Registration Statement Company is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior eligible to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) Form N-2 under the Securities Act Act, and the Registration Statement has been received declared effective by the Issuer or the GuarantorCommission. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and Commission, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Issuer or the Guarantor Company or related to the offering of the Shares has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, the Registration Statement and any such post-effective amendment complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and Act, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectivelythereunder, and the “Trust Indenture Investment Company Act”), and did not and will 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 not misleading; and as of the date of the Final Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto will 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 the Issuer and the Guarantor make Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to (i) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act or (ii) any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Issuer or the Guarantor Company in writing by any such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto., it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof;

Registration Statement and Final Prospectus. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that Company has been prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission not earlier than three years prior to (the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such “Commission”) a registration statement or any poston Form S-3 (File No. 333-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2187075) under the Securities Act has been received by of 1933 (the Issuer or the Guarantor. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the “Securities Act against the Issuer or the Guarantor or related to the offering has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, Act”) and the rules and regulations (the “Rules and Regulations”) of the Commission thereunder thereunder, and such amendments to such registration statement (collectivelyincluding post effective amendments) as may have been required to the date of this Agreement. Such registration statement, as amended (including any post effective amendments), has been declared effective by the Commission. Such registration statement, as amended (including post effective amendments thereto), the exhibits and any schedules thereto and the documents and information otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or included therein by the Securities Act or otherwise pursuant to the Rules and Regulations, is herein called the “Trust Indenture Registration Statement.” If the Company has filed or files an abbreviated registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (the “Rule 462 Registration Statement”), then any reference herein to the term Registration Statement shall include such Rule 462 Registration Statement. The Company will file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act a prospectus supplements relating to the Securities to the form of prospectus included in the Registration Statement. Such prospectus in the form in which it appears in the Registration Statement is hereinafter called the “Base Prospectus,” and the final prospectus supplement as filed, along with the Base Prospectus, is hereinafter called the “Final Prospectus.” For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, the Rule 462 Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Interactive Data Electronic Applications system. Any reference to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein. All references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, the Rule 462 Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to mean and include the subsequent filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required that is deemed to be stated incorporated therein by reference therein or necessary in order to make otherwise deemed by the statements therein not misleading; Rules and as of the date of the Final Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required Regulations 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 the Issuer and the Guarantor make no representation and warranty with respect to (i) that a part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act or (ii) any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Issuer or the Guarantor in writing by any Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus and any amendment or supplement theretothereof.

Registration Statement and Final Prospectus. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has been received by the Issuer or the GuarantorIssuer. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Issuer or the Guarantor or related to the offering has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Trust Indenture Act”), and did not and will 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 not misleading; and as of the date of the Final Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus will 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 the Issuer and the Guarantor make makes no representation and warranty with respect to (i) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act or (ii) any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Issuer or the Guarantor in writing by any the Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto.

Registration Statement and Final Prospectus. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; such Registration Statement became effective upon filing with the Commission under the Securities Act and is effective; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has been received by the Issuer or the GuarantorCompany. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Issuer or the Guarantor Company or related to the offering has been initiated or or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, the Registration Statement and any such post-effective amendment complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Trust Indenture Act”), and did not and will 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 not misleading; and as of the date of the Final Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Final Prospectus will 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 the Issuer Company and the Guarantor Guarantors make no representation and warranty with respect to (i) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act or (ii) any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Issuer or the Guarantor Company in writing by any such Underwriter through the Representative expressly for use in the Registration Statement Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by the Underwriter as of the date of this Agreement consists of the information described as such in Section 1(b) hereof.