REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SHAREHOLDERS The Shareholders, individually and separately, represent and warrant as follows:
Representations and Warranties of the Shareholder The Shareholder represents and warrants to Purchaser as follows:
Representations and Warranties of the Stockholders Each Stockholder hereby represents and warrants to Parent as follows:
Representations and Warranties of the Stockholder The Stockholder hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows:
Additional Representations and Warranties of the Seller The Seller shall be deemed to represent to the Purchaser and to any Depositor, as of the date on which information is first provided to the Purchaser or any Depositor under Subsection 34.03 that, except as disclosed in writing to the Purchaser or such Depositor prior to such date: (i) the Seller is not aware and has not received notice that any default, early amortization or other performance triggering event has occurred as to any other securitization due to any act or failure to act of the Seller; (ii) the Interim Servicer has not been terminated as servicer in a residential mortgage loan securitization, either due to a servicing default or to application of a servicing performance test or trigger; (iii) no material noncompliance with the applicable servicing criteria with respect to other securitizations of residential mortgage loans involving the Interim Servicer as servicer has been disclosed or reported by the Seller; (iv) no material changes to the Interim Servicer's policies or procedures with respect to the servicing function it will perform under the Interim Servicing Agreement and any Reconstitution Agreement for mortgage loans of a type similar to the Mortgage Loans have occurred during the three-year period immediately preceding the related Securitization Transaction; (v) there are no aspects of the Interim Servicer's financial condition that could have a material adverse effect on the performance by the Interim Servicer of its servicing obligations under the Interim Servicing Agreement or any Reconstitution Agreement; (vi) there are no material legal or governmental proceedings pending (or known to be contemplated) against the Seller, Interim Servicer, any Subservicer or any Third-Party Originator; and (vii) there are no affiliations, relationships or transactions relating to the Seller, Interim Servicer, any Subservicer or any Third-Party Originator with respect to any Securitization Transaction and any party thereto identified by the related Depositor of a type described in Item 1119 of Regulation AB.
Representations and Warranties of the Sub-Adviser The Sub-Adviser hereby represents and warrants to the Fund and MassMutual that: (a) The Sub-Adviser has obtained all required governmental and regulatory licenses, registrations and approvals required by law as may be necessary to perform its obligations under this Sub-Advisory Agreement and to act as contemplated by the Trust Documents and the Disclosure Documents, including without limitation registration as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act, and will maintain and renew any required licenses, registrations, approvals and memberships during the term of this Sub-Advisory Agreement. (b) There is no pending, or to the best of its knowledge, threatened or contemplated action, suit or proceeding before or by any court, governmental, administrative or self-regulatory body or arbitration panel to which the Sub-Adviser or any of its principals or affiliates is a party, or to which any of the assets of the Sub-Adviser is subject, which reasonably might be expected to (i) result in any material adverse change in the Sub-Adviser’s condition (financial or otherwise), business or prospects, (ii) affect adversely in any material respect any of the Sub-Adviser’s assets, (iii) materially impair the Sub-Adviser’s ability to discharge its obligations under this Sub-Advisory Agreement, or (iv) result in a matter which would require an amendment to the Sub-Adviser’s Form ADV, Part II; and the Sub-Adviser has not received any notice of an investigation by the Commission or any state regarding U.S. federal or state securities laws, regulations or rules. (c) All references in the Disclosure Documents concerning the Sub-Adviser and its affiliates and the controlling persons, affiliates, stockholders, directors, officers and employees of any of the foregoing provided to MassMutual by the Sub-Adviser or approved by the Sub-Adviser for use in the Disclosure Documents, as well as all performance information provided to MassMutual by the Sub-Adviser or approved by the Sub-Adviser for use by MassMutual, are accurate in all material respects and do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make such information not misleading. (d) Subject to adequate assurances of confidentiality, the Sub-Adviser has supplied to, or made available for review by, MassMutual (and if requested by MassMutual to its designated auditor) all documents, statements, agreements and workpapers reasonably requested by it relating to accounts covered by the Sub-Adviser’s performance results and which are in the Sub-Adviser’s possession or to which it has access. The foregoing representations and warranties shall be continuing during the term of this Sub-Advisory Agreement.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLERS Each of the Sellers, jointly and severally, represents and warrants to the Buyer as follows:
Additional Representations and Warranties of the Company (i) The Company shall be deemed to represent to the Purchaser and to any Depositor, as of the date on which information is first provided to the Purchaser or any Depositor under Section 2(c) and as of the Closing Date of each related Securitization Transaction that, except as disclosed in writing to the Purchaser or such Depositor prior to such date: (i) the Company is not aware and has not received notice that any default, early amortization or other performance triggering event has occurred as to any other securitization due to any act or failure to act of the Company; (ii) the Company has not been terminated as servicer in a residential mortgage loan securitization, either due to a servicing default or to application of a servicing performance test or trigger; (iii) no material noncompliance with the applicable servicing criteria with respect to other securitizations of residential mortgage loans involving the Company as servicer has been disclosed or reported by the Company; (iv) no material changes to the Company’s policies or procedures with respect to the servicing function it will perform under this Agreement and any Reconstitution Agreement for mortgage loans of a type similar to the Mortgage Loans have occurred during the three-year period immediately preceding the related Securitization Transaction; (v) there are no aspects of the Company’s financial condition that could have a material adverse effect on the performance by the Company of its servicing obligations under this Agreement or any Reconstitution Agreement; (vi) there are no material legal or governmental proceedings pending (or known to be contemplated) against the Company, any Subservicer or any Third-Party Originator; and (vii) there are no affiliations, relationships or transactions relating to the Company, any Subservicer or any Third-Party Originator with respect to any Securitization Transaction and any party thereto identified by the related Depositor of a type described in Item 1119 of Regulation AB. (ii) If so requested by the Purchaser or any Depositor on any date following the date on which information is first provided to the Purchaser or any Depositor under Section 2(c), the Company shall make reasonable best efforts within five Business Days but in no event later than ten Business Days following such request, confirm in writing the accuracy of the representations and warranties set forth in paragraph (i) of this Section or, if any such representation and warranty is not accurate as of the date of such request, provide reasonably adequate disclosure of the pertinent facts, in writing, to the requesting party.
Representations and Warranties of the Selling Shareholders Each of the Selling Shareholders represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company and each Underwriter as set forth below in this Section 2. (a) Each Selling Shareholder is duly incorporated and organized and is validly existing under the laws of the Province of Alberta and has all requisite corporate power and authority to own or lease its properties and assets, to carry on its business and to sell and deliver the Offered Shares to be sold by it hereunder. (b) Neither Selling Shareholder is selling the Offered Shares to be sold by it hereunder based on information that it holds that has not otherwise been made publicly available, which, if such information was made publicly available, could reasonably have a material impact on the price or value of the Common Shares. (c) Each Selling Shareholder has the corporate power and capacity to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Share Purchase Agreement. This Agreement and the Share Purchase Agreement have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each Selling Shareholder and constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of each Selling Shareholder enforceable against them in accordance with their respective terms, except as enforcement hereof or thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and except as limited by the application of equitable principles when equitable remedies are sought and subject to the fact that rights of indemnity and contribution may be limited by applicable law. (d) Neither the sale or delivery of the Offered Shares, nor the consummation of the Reorganization Transaction, the Repurchase Transaction or any other of the transactions contemplated herein, nor the fulfilment of the terms hereof will (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which either Selling Shareholder or any of their respective subsidiaries is a party or by which either Selling Shareholder or any of their respective subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of either Selling Shareholder or any of their respective subsidiaries is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the articles, by-laws or other constating documents of either Selling Shareholder, (iii) contravene any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any Governmental Agency having jurisdiction over either Selling Shareholder or any of their respective subsidiaries or over the properties or assets of either Selling Shareholder or their respective subsidiaries; and no Governmental Authorization of or with any such Governmental Agency is required for the issue and sale of the Offered Shares or the consummation by the Selling Shareholders of the Reorganization Transaction, the Repurchase Transaction or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for the filing of the Prospectuses in respect of the Offered Shares under Canadian Securities Laws and the Repurchase Relief to be granted under Canadian Securities Laws, the registration under the Act of the Offered Shares and such Governmental Authorizations as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Offered Shares by the Underwriters. (e) (A) Each Selling Shareholder, directly or indirectly, has, and on the Closing Date, will directly have, valid marketable title to a number of Common Shares equivalent to the number of Offered Shares to be sold by it, free and clear of any hypothec, lien, charge, claim, encumbrance, pledge, security interest, defect or other restriction on transfer of any kind; (B) each Selling Shareholder has the full right, power and authority to sell, assign and transfer a number of Common Shares equivalent to the number of Offered Shares to be sold by it to the Underwriters; and (C) upon the delivery of the Offered Shares, the holders thereof will obtain good and marketable title to such Offered Shares, free and clear of any hypothec, lien, charge, claim, encumbrance, pledge, security interest, defect or other restriction on transfer of any kind. (f) Neither Selling Shareholder nor any of their respective subsidiaries has taken, directly or indirectly, any action which was designed to or which has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company or, except as permitted by this Agreement, facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Shares. (g) Neither Selling Shareholder nor any of their respective subsidiaries has conducted any transactions with the government of any Prohibited Country or with any person or entity located in any of the Prohibited Countries. The net proceeds from the sale of the Offered Shares (as described in the Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds”) have not been and will not be, directly or indirectly, invested in or committed to any business activities in any of the Prohibited Countries. (h) Other than as contemplated by this Agreement, there is no broker, finder, agent or other party that is entitled to receive from either Selling Shareholder any brokerage or finder’s fee or other fee or commission as a result of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and in the event that any such person acting for and on behalf of or representing a Selling Shareholder would be entitled to receive any such fee from the Underwriters by operation of law, the Selling Shareholders jointly and severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter from such fee and as well as from any costs and expenses reasonably incurred in respect thereof. (i) The information relating to NOVA and its subsidiaries contained in the Prospectuses and any Supplementary Material, together with any amendments or supplements thereto, on its date and, on the Closing Date, constituted and will constitute full, true and plain disclosure of all material facts relating thereto and did not and will not include any misrepresentation, and did not and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading. Neither the Registration Statement, nor any amendment or supplement thereto when they will have become effective and on the Closing Date, will contain an untrue statement of a material fact relating to NOVA and its subsidiaries or omit to state a material fact relating thereto required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading. (j) No withholding tax imposed under the federal laws of Canada or the laws of the Province of Alberta will be payable in respect of the payment of the Underwriting Fee by the Selling Shareholders to an Underwriter that is not resident in Canada for the purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada), provided that such Underwriter deals at arm’s length with the Selling Shareholders (as such term is understood for the purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada)), such Underwriting Fee is payable in respect of services rendered by such Underwriter wholly outside of Canada that are performed in the ordinary course of business carried on by the Underwriter that includes the performance of such services for a fee and the amount of such Underwriting Fee is reasonable in the circumstances. (k) No goods and services tax imposed under the federal laws of Canada will be payable by a Selling Shareholder in respect of the payment of the Underwriting Fee to an Underwriter that is not resident in Canada, provided that such Underwriting Fee is in respect of services performed by such Underwriter wholly outside of Canada. (l) No stamp duty, documentary taxes or similar taxes are payable by the Company under the federal laws of Canada or the laws of the Province of Alberta in connection with the sale and delivery of the Offered Shares pursuant to this Agreement by either Selling Shareholder. Any certificate signed by any officer of a Selling Shareholder and delivered to the Representatives or to the Company or counsel for the Underwriters or for the Company in connection with the offering of the Offered Shares shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Selling Shareholder, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter or to the Company, as the case may be.
Representations and Warranties of the Subadviser The Subadviser hereby represents and warrants to the Fund and MML Advisers that: (a) The Subadviser (i) is registered as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act and will continue to be so registered for so long as this Subadvisory Agreement remains in effect; (ii) is not prohibited by the Act or the Advisers Act from performing the services contemplated by this Subadvisory Agreement; (iii) has appointed a Chief Compliance Officer under Rule 206(4)-7 under the Advisers Act; (iv) has adopted written policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to prevent violations of the Advisers Act from occurring, detect violations that have occurred and correct promptly any violations that have occurred, and will provide prompt notice of any material violations relating to the Fund to MML Advisers; (v) has met and will seek to continue to meet for so long as this Subadvisory Agreement remains in effect, any other applicable federal or state requirements, or the applicable requirements of any regulatory or industry self-regulatory agency; (vi) has the authority to enter into and perform the services contemplated by this Subadvisory Agreement; and (vii) will promptly notify MML Advisers of the occurrence of any event that would disqualify the Subadviser from serving as an investment adviser of an investment company pursuant to Section 9(a) of the Act or otherwise. (b) The Subadviser has adopted a written code of ethics complying with the requirements of Rule 17j-1 under the Act and will provide MML Advisers with a copy of the code of ethics. Within 60 days of the end of the last calendar quarter of each year that this Subadvisory Agreement is in effect, a duly authorized officer of the Subadviser shall certify to MML Advisers that the Subadviser has complied with the requirements of Rule 17j-1 during the previous year and that there has been no material violation of the Subadviser’s code of ethics or, if such a violation has occurred, that appropriate action was taken in response to such violation. (c) The Subadviser has provided MML Advisers with a copy of its Form ADV Part 2, which as of the date of this Subadvisory Agreement is its Form ADV Part 2 as most recently deemed to be filed with the Commission (“SEC”), and promptly will furnish a copy of all amendments thereto to MML Advisers. The Subadviser will promptly notify MML Advisers of any changes in its key personnel who are either the portfolio manager(s) responsible for the Portfolio or the Subadviser’s Chief Executive Officer or President, or if there is otherwise an actual or expected change in control or management of the Subadviser. (d) There is no pending, or to the best of its knowledge, threatened or contemplated action, suit or proceeding before or by any court, governmental, administrative or self-regulatory body or arbitration panel to which the Subadviser or any of its principals or affiliates is a party, or to which any of the assets of the Subadviser is subject, which reasonably might be expected to (i) result in any material adverse change in the Subadviser’s condition (financial or otherwise), business or prospects; (ii) affect adversely in any material respect any of the Subadviser’s assets; (iii) materially impair the Subadviser’s ability to discharge its obligations under this Subadvisory Agreement; or (iv) result in a matter which would require an amendment to the Subadviser’s Form ADV Part 2; and the Subadviser has not received any notice of an investigation by the Commission or any state regarding U.S. federal or state securities laws, regulations or rules which would materially impair the Subadviser’s ability to discharge its obligations under this Subadvisory Agreement. (e) All references in the Disclosure Documents concerning the Subadviser and its affiliates and the controlling persons, affiliates, stockholders, directors, officers and employees of any of the foregoing provided to MML Advisers by the Subadviser or approved by the Subadviser for use in the Disclosure Documents, as well as all performance information provided to MML Advisers by the Subadviser or approved by the Subadviser for use by MML Advisers, are accurate in all material respects and do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make such information not misleading. The foregoing representations and warranties shall be continuing and be deemed repeated at and as of all times during the term of this Subadvisory Agreement.