Compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions Maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.
Compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws Neither the Company nor any of its Controlled Entities or their respective affiliates, nor any director, officer or employee thereof nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any agent or representative of the Company or of any of its Controlled Entities or their respective affiliates, has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) taken or will take any action in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization or approval of the payment, giving or receipt of money, property, gifts or anything else of value, directly or indirectly, to any “government official” (including any officer, director or employee of a government or government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office) to induce such government official to do or omit to do any act in violation of his lawful duties, influence official action or secure, obtain or retain business or any other improper advantage; (iii) made, offered, agreed, requested or taken an act in furtherance of any unlawful bribe or other unlawful benefit, including, without limitation, any rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful or improper payment or benefit; or (iv) will use, directly or indirectly, the proceeds of the offering in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any person in violation of any applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws, in each case as amended from time to time, (collectively, the “Anti-Corruption Laws”); and the Company and its Controlled Entities and affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and have instituted, maintained and enforced, and will continue to maintain and enforce, policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws and with the representations and warranties contained herein; no investigation, action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its Controlled Entities with respect to the Anti-Corruption Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company after due and careful inquiry, threatened.
Compliance with Applicable Anti-Terrorism and Anti-Money Laundering Regulations In order to comply with laws, rules and regulations applicable to banking institutions, including those relating to the funding of terrorist activities and money laundering, the Indenture Trustee is required to obtain, verify and record certain information relating to individuals and entities which maintain a business relationship with the Indenture Trustee. Accordingly, each of the parties hereto agrees to provide to the Indenture Trustee upon its request from time to time such identifying information and documentation as may be available for such party in order to enable the Indenture Trustee to comply with applicable law.
Compliance with Legislation Should any term of this Agreement fail to comply with a mandatory minimum standard or requirement imposed by applicable legislation, then the minimum standard or requirement shall apply in place of the offending term of this Agreement, and shall constitute the rights and obligations of the Parties in that respect.
Sanctions and Anti-Corruption Laws The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, request any Loan or Letter of Credit or, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of any Loan or any Letter of Credit, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person (i) to fund any activities or business of or with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is, or whose government is, the subject of Sanctions, (ii) in any other manner that would result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the Loans or Letters of Credit, whether as an Arranger, the Administrative Agent, any Lender (including a Swingline Lender), any Issuing Bank, underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise), or (iii) in furtherance of an offer, payment , promise to pay or authorization of the payment or giving of money or anything else of value to any Person in violation of applicable Anti-Corruption Laws.
Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Laws (i) The Loan Parties are in compliance with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (the “FCPA”), and the anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws of those jurisdictions in which they do business (collectively, the “Anti-Corruption Laws”). (ii) None of the Loan Parties has at any time: (A) offered, promised, paid, given, or authorized the payment or giving of any money, gift or other thing of value, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of any employee, official, representative, or other person acting on behalf of any foreign (i.e., non-U.S.) Governmental Authority thereof, or of any public international organization, or any foreign political party or official thereof, or candidate for foreign political office (collectively, “Foreign Official”), for the purpose of: (1) influencing any act or decision of such Foreign Official in his, her, or its official capacity; or (2) inducing such Foreign Official to do, or omit to do, an act in violation of the lawful duty of such Foreign Official, or (3) securing any improper advantage, in order to obtain or retain business for, or with, or to direct business to, any Person; or (B) acted or attempted to act in any manner which would subject any of the Loan Parties to liability under any Anti-Corruption Law. (iii) To the knowledge of the Loan Parties, there are, and have been, no allegations, investigations or inquiries with regard to a potential violation of any Anti-Corruption Law by any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective current or former directors, officers, employees, stockholders or agents, or other persons acting or purporting to act on their behalf. (iv) The Loan Parties have adopted, implemented and maintain anti-bribery and anti-corruption policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to ensure compliance with the Anti-Corruption Laws.
Anti-Corruption Laws; Sanctions Conduct its business in compliance in all material respects with the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the UK Bribery Act 2010 and other applicable anti-corruption legislation in other jurisdictions and with all applicable Sanctions, and maintain policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws and Sanctions.
Sanctions Concerns and Anti Corruption Laws (a) No Loan Party, nor any Subsidiary, nor, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, any director, officer, employee, agent, affiliate or representative thereof, is an individual or entity that is, or is owned or controlled by any individual or entity that is (i) currently the subject or target of any Sanctions, (ii) included on OFAC’s List of Specially Designated Nationals, HMT’s Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets and the Investment Ban List, or any similar list enforced by any other relevant sanctions authority or (iii) located, organized or resident in a Designated Jurisdiction. (b) The Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries have conducted their business in compliance with the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the UK Bxxxxxx Xxx 0000 and other similar anti-corruption legislation in other jurisdictions, and have instituted and maintained policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws and applicable Sanctions, and to the knowledge of the Borrower, the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries are in compliance with such anti-corruption laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects.
Anti-Corruption and Anti-Bribery Laws Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor any director, officer, or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any agent, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has, in the course of its actions for, or on behalf of, the Company or any of its subsidiaries (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (ii) made or taken any act in furtherance of an offer, promise, or authorization of any direct or indirect unlawful payment or benefit to any foreign or domestic government official or employee, including of any government-owned or controlled entity or public international organization, or any political party, party official, or candidate for political office; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (the “FCPA”), the UK Xxxxxxx Xxx 0000, or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law; or (iv) made, offered, authorized, requested, or taken an act in furtherance of any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment or benefit. The Company and its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, the Company’s affiliates have conducted their respective businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.
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.