Relations with Governments The COMPANY has not made, offered or agreed to offer anything of value to any governmental official, political party or candidate for government office nor has it otherwise taken any action which would cause the COMPANY to be in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any law of similar effect.
Corrupt Practices Neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company, including without limitation any director, officer, agent or employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries has, directly or indirectly, while acting on behalf of the Company or its Subsidiaries (i) used any corporate funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) violated any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended or (iv) made any other unlawful payment.
Reports to Government Entities Nothing in this Agreement restricts or prohibits the Participant from initiating communications directly with, responding to any inquiries from, providing testimony before, providing confidential information to, reporting possible violations of law or regulation to, or from filing a claim or assisting with an investigation directly with a self-regulatory authority or a government agency or entity, including the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Department of Labor, the National Labor Relations Board, the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Congress, and any agency Inspector General (collectively, the “Regulators”), or from making other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of state or federal law or regulation. However, to the maximum extent permitted by law, the Participant hereby waives the Participant’s right to receive any individual monetary relief from the Entities resulting from such claims or conduct, regardless of whether the Participant or another party has filed them, and in the event the Participant obtains such monetary relief, the Entities will be entitled to an offset against the award underlying this Agreement. This Agreement does not limit the Participant’s right to receive an award from any Regulator that provides awards for providing information relating to a potential violation of law. The Participant does not need the prior authorization of the Company to engage in conduct protected by this Section, and the Participant does not need to notify the Company that the Participant has engaged in such conduct. The Participant is hereby notified that federal law provides criminal and civil immunity to federal and state claims for trade secret misappropriation to individuals who disclose a trade secret to their attorney, a court, or a government official in certain, confidential circumstances that are set forth at 18 U.S.C. §§ 1833(b)(1) and 1833(b)(2), related to the reporting or investigation of a suspected violation of the law, or in connection with a lawsuit for retaliation for reporting a suspected violation of the law. Pursuant to the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, the Participant will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of the trade secrets of any of the Entities that is made by the Participant (i) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, and solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law, or (ii) in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal.
No Government Funding No funding, facilities, resources or personnel of any Governmental Entity or any university, college, other educational institution, multi-national, bi-national or international organization or research center was used in connection with the development or creation, in whole or in part, of any Company Owned Intellectual Property or Company Technology.
No Governmental Prohibition No order, statute, rule, regulation, executive order, injunction, stay, decree, judgment or restraining order shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or enforced by any court or governmental or regulatory authority or instrumentality which prohibits the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
Compliance with Government Regulations The Company covenants that if any share of Common Stock required to be reserved for purposes of exercise or conversion of Warrants require, under any federal or state law or applicable governing rule or regulation of any national securities exchange, registration with or approval of any governmental authority, or listing on any such national securities exchange, before such shares may be issued upon exercise, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such shares to be duly registered, approved or listed on the relevant national securities exchange, as the case may be.
OFAC; Sanctions; Anti-Corruption Laws; Anti-Money Laundering Laws No Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any Sanctions. No Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of such Loan Party, any director, officer, employee, agent or Affiliate of such Loan Party or such Subsidiary (a) is a Sanctioned Person or a Sanctioned Entity, (b) has any assets located in Sanctioned Entities, or (c) derives revenues from investments in, or transactions with Sanctioned Persons or Sanctioned Entities. Each of the Loan Parties and its Subsidiaries has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance with all Sanctions, Anti-Corruption Laws and Anti-Money Laundering Laws. Each of the Loan Parties and its Subsidiaries, and to the knowledge of each such Loan Party, each director, officer, employee, agent and Affiliate of each such Loan Party and each such Subsidiary, is in compliance with all Sanctions, Anti-Corruption Laws and Anti-Money Laundering Laws. No proceeds of any Loan made or Letter of Credit issued hereunder will be used to fund any operations in, finance any investments or activities in, or make any payments to, a Sanctioned Person or a Sanctioned Entity, or otherwise used in any manner that would result in a violation of any Sanction, Anti-Corruption Law or Anti-Money Laundering Law by any Person (including any Lender, Bank Product Provider, or other individual or entity participating in any transaction).
Foreign Corrupt Practices and International Trade Sanctions Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary, nor any of their respective directors, officers, agents, employees or any other persons acting on their behalf (i) has violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. § 78dd-1 et seq., as amended, or any other similar applicable foreign, federal, or state legal requirement, (ii) has made or provided, or caused to be made or provided, directly or indirectly, any payment or thing of value to a foreign official, foreign political party, candidate for office or any other person knowing that the person will pay or offer to pay the foreign official, party or candidate, for the purpose of influencing a decision, inducing an official to violate their lawful duty, securing any improper advantage, or inducing a foreign official to use their influence to affect a governmental decision, (iii) has paid, accepted or received any unlawful contributions, payments, expenditures or gifts, (iv) has violated or operated in noncompliance with any export restrictions, money laundering law, anti-terrorism law or regulation, anti-boycott regulations or embargo regulations, or (v) is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department.
Compliance with Anti-Terrorism, Embargo, Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Laws Each Borrower and Operating Lessee shall comply with all Legal Requirements relating to money laundering, anti-terrorism, trade embargoes and economic sanctions, now or hereafter in effect. Upon Lender’s request from time to time during the term of the Loan, each Borrower and Operating Lessee shall certify in writing to Lender that such Borrower’s or Operating Lessee’s, as applicable, representations, warranties and obligations under Section 4.1(NN) and this Section remain true and correct and have not been breached. Each Borrower and Operating Lessee shall immediately notify Lender in writing if any representations, warranties or covenants are no longer true or have been breached or if such Borrower or Operating Lessee has a reasonable basis to believe that they may no longer be true or have been breached. In connection with such an event, such Borrower or Operating Lessee shall comply with all Legal Requirements and directives of Governmental Authorities and, at Lender’s request, provide to Lender copies of all notices, reports and other communications exchanged with, or received from, Governmental Authorities relating to such an event. Borrowers and Operating Lessee shall also promptly reimburse to Lender any and all costs and expenses incurred by Lender in evaluating the effect of such an event on the Loan and Lender’s interest in the collateral for the Loan, in obtaining any necessary license from Governmental Authorities as may be necessary for Lender to enforce its rights under the Loan Documents, and in complying with all Legal Requirements applicable to Lender as the result of the existence of such an event and for any penalties or fines imposed upon Lender as a result thereof.
Sanctions; Anti-Corruption None of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any director, officer, agent, Affiliate or employee of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is currently (i) the subject of any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department or the U.S. State Department (“Sanctions”) or (ii) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is, or whose government is, the subject of any Sanctions. None of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any director, officer, agent, Affiliate or employee of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation in any material respect by any such Person of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (“FCPA”) or of any other anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws, rules, regulations legally applicable to such Persons (collectively, “Anti-Corruption Laws”). The Borrower will not use the proceeds of the Loans, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds (a) to any Subsidiary, Affiliate, joint venture partner or other Person or entity, to fund the activities of any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is, or whose government is, the subject of any Sanctions, or (b) directly, or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the FCPA or of any Anti-Corruption Laws.
