Anticorruption (a) No Company Representative has in the past three years violated any Anticorruption Laws, nor has the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company nor any Company Representative offered, paid, promised to pay, or authorized the payment of any money, or offered, given, promised to give, or authorized the giving of anything of value, to any Government Official or to any Person under circumstances where the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or the Company Representative knew or ought reasonably to have known (after due and proper inquiry) that all or a portion of such money or thing of value would be offered, given, or promised, directly or indirectly, to a Person: (1) for the purpose of: (i) influencing any act or decision of a Government Official in their official capacity; (ii) inducing a Government Official to do or omit to do any act in violation of their lawful duties; (iii) securing any improper advantage; (iv) inducing a Government Official to influence or affect any act or decision of any Governmental Entity; or (v) assisting the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, or any Company Representative in obtaining or retaining business for or with, or directing business to, the Company, a Subsidiary of the Company, or any Company Representative; (2) in a manner which would constitute or have the purpose or effect of public or commercial bribery, acceptance of, or acquiescence in extortion, kickbacks, or other unlawful or improper means of obtaining business or any improper advantage. For the avoidance of doubt, any rebates or other incentives offered to business partners of the Company and paid to business partners by the Company when certain thresholds (such as, by way of example, total amounts of products purchased by such business partners in a given period) are achieved do not breach Anticorruption Laws, and all such payments have been properly recorded in the books and records, including the financial statements of the Company. (b) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company has conducted or initiated any internal investigation or made a voluntary, directed, or involuntary disclosure to any Governmental Entity or similar agency with respect to any alleged act or omission arising under or relating to any noncompliance with any Anticorruption Law. None of the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, or any Company Representative has received any notice, request, or citation for any actual or potential noncompliance with any of the foregoing. (c) No Officer or employee of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company is a Government Official. (d) No Government Official or Governmental Entity presently owns a direct interest in the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or has any legal or beneficial interest in the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or to payments made to the Company by the Purchaser hereunder. (e) The Company and each Subsidiary of the Company have maintained complete and accurate books and records, including records of payments to any agents, consultants, representatives, third parties, and Government Officials in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles of Japan. (f) The Company is not, and has not been, in conflict with or in violation or breach of or in default under (i) the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, (ii) the UK Bribery Act or (iii) any internal policies or regulations relating thereto, and the Company has not received any Claims or notices alleging any such conflict, violation, breach or default. There are, and has been, no corruption issues relating to the Company, including facilitation payments, and, to the Knowledge of the Seller Group, no threats of the occurrence thereof. The Company does not conduct business in any of the following countries or areas: the Balkans, Belarus, Cote d’Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Myanmar (Burma), North Korea, Somalia, the Republic of the Sudan, the Republic of South Sudan, Syria or Zimbabwe. The Company is not conducting, and has not conducted, business with any individuals on the Specially Designated Nations List, and having conducted reasonably sufficient due diligence, has no reason to believe that it is or could unknowingly be conducting business with any such individuals. The Company does not, and has not supported any boycott not sanctioned by the U.S. government.
Corruption 24.1.3.1 The Purchaser prohibits all unlawful payments and practices and is fully committed to the elimination of corruption in its business transactions. In addition, the Purchaser prohibitsfacilitation payments. The Supplier shall complywith all applicable laws and regulations on corruption, bribery, unlawful business activities and extortion. The Supplier shall never make or approve an unlawful payment to anyone under any circumstances.
Fraud and Corruption We hereby certify that we have taken steps to ensure that no person acting for us or on our behalf engages in any type of Fraud and Corruption.
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Bribery Grantee certifies that it has not been convicted of bribery or attempting to bribe an officer or employee of the State of Illinois, nor made an admission of guilt of such conduct which is a matter of record (30 ILCS 500/50-5).