Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Money Laundering Laws. (i) The Company (including its directors or officers, and, to the Company’s knowledge, its employees or agents), has not taken or failed to take any action that would cause it to be in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (the “FCPA”), any rules or regulations thereunder, or any other applicable anti-corruption or anti-kickback law, including without limitation: (A) the making of any offer or promise to pay, payment of, or authorization of payment of, directly or indirectly, money or anything of value to any Official, for the purpose of influencing an official act or decision, inducing the doing or omission of any act in violation of a lawful duty, or securing an improper advantage; (B) use of any corporate funds for any illegal contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (C) establishment or maintenance of any unlawful fund of corporate monies or other properties; and (D) making of any bribe, unlawful rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment of any nature. For purposes of this Agreement, (i) an “Official” shall include any appointed or elected official, any government employee, any political party, party official, or candidate for political office, or any officer, director or employee of any Governmental Authority or employees of state-owned or state-controlled businesses and (ii) a “Governmental Authority” shall include any transnational, national, federal, state, provincial, county, municipal or local government, foreign or domestic, or the government of any political subdivision of any of the foregoing, or any entity, authority, agency, ministry or other similar body exercising executive, legislative, judicial (including any court), regulatory, or administrative authority or functions of or pertaining to government, including any authority or other quasi-governmental entity established to perform any of such functions. (ii) The Company has in place adequate controls and systems designed to ensure compliance with applicable laws pertaining to anti-corruption, including the FCPA, in each of the jurisdictions in which the Company currently does or in the past has done business, either directly or indirectly. The Company has not undergone or is not undergoing, any audit, review, inspection, investigation, survey or examination by a Governmental Authority relating to the FCPA, anti-corruption, or anti-kickback activity. To the knowledge of the Company, there are no threatened claims, nor presently existing facts or circumstances that would constitute a reasonable basis for any future claims, with respect the FCPA, anti-corruption, or anti-kickback activity by the Company.
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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Money Laundering Laws. (iA) The Company (including its directors or officers, and, to the Company’s knowledge, its employees or agents), has not taken or failed to take any action that would cause it to be in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (the “FCPA”), any rules or regulations thereunder, or any other applicable anti-corruption or anti-kickback law, including without limitation: (A) the making of any offer or promise to pay, payment of, or authorization of payment of, directly or indirectly, money or anything of value to any Official, for the purpose of influencing an official act or decision, inducing the doing or omission of any act in violation of a lawful duty, or securing an improper advantage; (B) use of any corporate funds for any illegal contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (C) establishment or maintenance of any unlawful fund of corporate monies or other properties; and (D) making of any bribe, unlawful rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment of any nature. For purposes of this Agreement, (i) an “Official” shall include any appointed or elected official, any government employee, any political party, party official, or candidate for political office, or any officer, director or employee of any Governmental Authority or employees of state-owned or state-controlled businesses and (ii) a “Governmental Authority” shall include any transnational, national, federal, state, provincial, county, municipal or local government, foreign or domestic, or the government of any political subdivision of any of the foregoing, or any entity, authority, agency, ministry or other similar body exercising executive, legislative, judicial (including any court), regulatory, or administrative authority or functions of or pertaining to government, including any authority or other quasi-governmental entity established to perform any of such functions.
(iiB) The Company has in place adequate controls and systems designed to ensure compliance with applicable laws pertaining to anti-corruption, including the FCPA, in each of the jurisdictions in which the Company currently does or in the past has done business, either directly or indirectly. The Company has not undergone or is not undergoing, any audit, review, inspection, investigation, survey or examination by a Governmental Authority relating to the FCPA, anti-corruption, or anti-kickback activity. To the knowledge of the Company, there are no threatened claims, nor presently existing facts or circumstances that would constitute a reasonable basis for any future claims, with respect the FCPA, anti-corruption, or anti-kickback activity by the Company.
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