Compliance with Sanctions (i) The Company represents that neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, employee, agent, affiliate or representative of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, is an individual or entity (“Person”) that is, or is owned or controlled by a Person that is:
(A) the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), the United Nations Security Council (“UNSC”), the European Union (“EU”), Her Majesty’s Treasury (“HMT”), or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), or
(B) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions (including, without limitation, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria).
(ii) The Company represents and covenants that neither it nor any of its subsidiaries will, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person:
(A) to fund or facilitate any activities or business of or with any Person or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject of Sanctions;
(B) to fund or facilitate, directly or indirectly, any transaction that is prohibited under the Bribery Act; or
(C) in any other manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise).
(iii) The Company represents and covenants that, for the past 5 years, neither it nor any of its subsidiaries has knowingly engaged in, is now knowingly engaged in, or will engage in, any dealings or transactions with any Person, or in any country or territory, that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject of Sanctions.
Compliance with Sanctions Laws (a) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor any of their respective current directors, officers or employees nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any Relevant Person is a person or entity (i) that is listed or designated by the United Nations, United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, or any Governmental Agency of any of the foregoing, including, without limitation, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the U.S. Department of State, the Bureau of Industry and Security of the U.S. Department of Commerce, Her Majesty’s Treasury, or the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills of the United Kingdom (a “Sanctions Authority”) as being the target of Sanctions (whether designated by name or by reason of being included in a class of persons), to the extent transactions with such person or entity are prohibited by Sanctions, (ii) that is located in or incorporated under the laws of a country or territory that is the target of country-wide or territory-wide Sanctions (which, as of the date of this Agreement, includes Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria and Crimea) (with respect to a person being “located in” such country or territory, only to the extent that transactions with a person located in that country or territory are prohibited by Sanctions), or (iii) in which a 50% or greater ownership interest is directly or indirectly held by, or is otherwise directly or indirectly controlled by, or acting on behalf of, one or more persons referred to in (i) or (ii) above, to the extent transactions with such person or entity are prohibited by Sanctions (such person or entity referenced in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii), being a “Sanctioned Party”) or acting directly or indirectly for the benefit of a Sanctioned Party, (b) neither the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective current directors, officers or employees nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any Relevant Person is acting directly or indirectly for the benefit of a person with whom any Investor would be prohibited by any trade, financial or economic sanctions laws, regulations, embargoes and orders (including executive orders) imposed, administered, enacted or enforced by a Sanctions Authority (“Sanctions”) from engaging in the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (c) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor any of their respective current directors, officers or employees nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any Relevant Person is designated as a denied person by the U.S. Commerce Department Bureau of Industry and Security or as a debarred party by the U.S. State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Control. In this Section 3(gg), the phrase “directors, officers or employees” shall mean such persons acting in their capacity as a director, officer or employee, respectively, of the Company or its subsidiaries.
(a) The Company, each of its subsidiaries, their respective current directors, officers or employees and, to the Knowledge of the Company, the Relevant Persons, comply with all Sanctions, (b) since the date five (5) years prior to the date of this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor their respective current directors, officers or employees, nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any of their respective former directors, officers or employees, nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any Relevant Person has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation of Sanctions, (c) since the date five (5) years prior to the date of this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor their respective current directors, officers or employees nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any of their respective former directors officers or employees, nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any Relevant Person engaged directly or indirectly in transactions connected with any of North Korea, Cuba, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Syria or Crimea (at a time prior to the date of this Agreement, to the extent that country/territory-wide Sanctions were in force for such country or territory during that period), (d) since the date five (5) years prior to the date of this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor their respective current directors, officers or employees nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any of their respective former directors, officers or employees, nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any Relevant Person has received written notice that it has been or is the subject of any Legal Proceeding (including any action relating to any alleged or actual breach of any Sanctions) by any Governmental Authority, and (e) to the Knowledge of the Company, no Legal Proceeding (including relating to Sanctions) involving the Company, any of its subsidiaries, their respective current or former directors, officers or employees or any Relevant Person has been commenced or taken by any person since the date five (5) years prior to the date of this Agreement, or is likely to be commenced or taken. There is no dispute, allegation, request for information, notice of potential liability, or any other action regarding any actual or possible violation by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, their respective current or former directors, officers or employees or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any Relevant Person of any Sanctions pending or threatened against the Company or any of its subsidiaries, their respective current or former directors, officers or employees or any Relevant Person.
(iii) The Company and its subsidiaries have implemented and maintain policies, procedures and controls reasonably designed to ensure compliance by each of the Company and each of its subsidiaries, their respective directors, officers or employees and their Relevant Persons with Sanctions.
(iv) Since the date five (5) years prior to the date of this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any Relevant Person has in the course of their actions for, or on behalf of, the Company or any of its subsidiaries exported or re-exported (including deemed exportation or re-exportation) (x) any merchandise, software or technology or other item subject to U.S. export controls in violation of the Export Administration Regulations, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, or any other export control laws of the U.S. or (y) any merchandise, software or technology or other item subject to export control laws of another jurisdiction in violation of the laws of such other jurisdiction.
(v) Since the date five (5) years prior to the date of this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any Relevant Person have in the course of their actions for, or on behalf of, the Company or any of its subsidiaries taken any actions, refused to take any actions, or furnished any information in violation of the U.S. anti-boycott laws, including anti-boycott laws administered by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Department of Treasury.
(vi) The Company will not directly or indirectly use or make available the proceeds of the Rights Offering, or lend, invest, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of any Sanctioned Party or otherwise in a manner or for a purpose prohibited by Sanctions or if to do so would cause a violation of any Sanctions by any Investor
(vii) The Company will not repay or permit the repayment of amounts due under this Agreement directly or, to the Knowledge of the Company, indirectly from funds sourced from a Sanctioned Party or from any proceeds of any business directly or, to the Knowledge of the Company, indirectly with any Sanctioned Party or otherwise in violation of Sanctions.
