Warranties and Guaranties 10 3.8 Insurance..................................................................................... 10 3.9
Guaranties, Etc Assume, guaranty, endorse, or otherwise be or become directly or contingently responsible or liable, or permit any Subsidiary to assume, guaranty, endorse, or otherwise be or become directly or contingently responsible or liable (including, but not limited to, an agreement to purchase any obligation, stock, assets, goods, or services, or to supply or advance any funds, assets, goods, or services, or an agreement to maintain or cause such Person to maintain a minimum working capital or net worth, or otherwise to assure the creditors of any Person against loss) for obligations of any Person, except guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business.
Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Company The Company represents, warrants and agrees that:
(a) A registration statement on Form S-1 relating to the Stock has (i) been prepared by the Company in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the rules and regulations (the “Rules and Regulations”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) thereunder; (ii) been filed with the Commission under the Securities Act; and (iii) become effective under the Securities Act. Copies of such registration statement and any amendment thereto have been delivered by the Company to you as the representatives (the “Representatives”) of the Underwriters. As used in this Agreement:
Warranties and Guarantees The Contractor warrants and guarantees that:
(a) all information provided, and all representations made by Contractor as a part of the Proposal Checklist or application, if any, submitted to NYSERDA in order to obtain this Agreement were, to the best of Contractor’s knowledge, complete, true and accurate when provided or made;
(b) as of the Effective Date, it is financially and technically qualified to perform the Work, and is qualified to do business and is in good standing in all jurisdictions necessary for Contractor to perform its obligations under this Agreement;
(c) it is familiar with and will comply with all general and special Federal, State, municipal and local laws, ordinances and regulations, if any, that may in any way affect the performance of this Agreement;
(d) the design, supervision and workmanship furnished with respect to performance of the Work shall be in accordance with sound and currently accepted scientific standards and engineering practices;
(e) all materials, equipment and workmanship furnished by it and by Subcontractors in performance of the Work or any portion thereof shall be free of defects in design, material and workmanship, and all such materials and equipment shall be of first-class quality, shall conform with all applicable codes, specifications, standards and ordinances and shall have service lives and maintenance characteristics suitable for their intended purposes in accordance with sound and currently accepted scientific standards and engineering practices;
(f) neither the Contractor nor any of its employees, agents, representatives or servants has actual knowledge of any patent issued under the laws of the United States or any other matter which could constitute a basis for any claim that the performance of the Work or any part thereof infringes any patent or otherwise interferes with any other right of any Person;
(g) to the best of Contractor’s knowledge, there are no existing undisclosed or threatened legal actions, claims, or encumbrances, or liabilities that may adversely affect the Work or NYSERDA’s rights hereunder;
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF BORROWER In order to induce Silicon to enter into this Agreement and to make Loans, Borrower represents and warrants to Silicon as follows, and Borrower covenants that the following representations will continue to be true, and that Borrower will at all times comply with all of the following covenants, throughout the term of this Agreement and until all Obligations have been paid and performed in full:
WARRANTIES AND UNDERTAKINGS 18.1 Each Party warrants to the other that:
(a) subject to Clause 18.2, it has obtained and will maintain at all times during the Term all licences, authorisations, permits, consents and other approvals necessary to enter into this Agreement and to enable it to fulfil its obligations under this Agreement;
(b) it has negotiated, entered into and executed this Agreement as principal (and not as agent or in any other capacity, fiduciary or otherwise); and
(c) it is and will remain a party to the Network Code for the duration of the Term.
18.2 Where the Service Provider does not hold a gas shipper licence, the Service Provider warrants that it shall use the shipping services of the licensed gas shipper whose Shipper Short Code is specified in Schedule 1 for the purpose of fulfilling its obligations under this Agreement. The Service Provider warrants that such licensed gas shipper has and will continue to hold throughout the Term a licence permitting it to ship gas on the NTS, and will ship Natural Gas on the NTS on behalf of the Service Provider for the purposes of the Service Provider’s performance of this Agreement.
18.3 The Service Provider acknowledges that the Customer requires the services provided under this Agreement (and in particular the withdrawal service) to comply with the Gas Safety (Management) Regulations 1996, and that the Customer requires a physical flow of Natural Gas from the Facility at least equal to its Nominated Withdrawal Quantity. Accordingly, the Service Provider warrants to the Customer, subject to Clauses 7, 13 and 14, that it shall ensure that:
(a) the physical flow of Natural Gas from the Facility to the NTS on any Day in respect of which the Customer has submitted a Withdrawal Nomination is not less than the Nominated Withdrawal Quantity plus the Reallocation Quantity (if any) plus the quantity of Natural Gas nominated for withdrawal by other users of the Facility less the quantity of Natural Gas nominated for injection by the Customer and other users of the Facility; and
(b) the Service Provider shall not knowingly or deliberately do anything that would put the Customer in breach of the Gas Safety (Management) Regulations 1996 and shall fully co-operate with the Customer insofar as such co-operation is required to ensure that the Customer complies with its obligations under the Gas Safety (Management) Regulations 1996. The Service Provider acknowledges and agrees that the provision of the Service is in accordance with its obligation pursuant to Regulation 6(6) of the Gas Safety (Management) Regulations 1996.
18.4 The Service Provider warrants to the Customer that, at the Gas Delivery Point, Natural Gas to be withdrawn shall be free from lien, charge, encumbrance or adverse claim (as to title or otherwise) including any claim for any Tax, royalty or other charge arising on or before withdrawal. The Service Provider shall indemnify the Customer and hold it harmless against any loss, liability, damage, claim, action, proceeding, cost, and expense suffered or incurred by or made or brought against the Customer in consequence of a breach of this warranty.
18.5 The Customer warrants to the Service Provider that, at the Gas Delivery Point, Natural Gas to be injected shall be free from lien, charge, encumbrance or adverse claim (as to title or otherwise) including any claim for any Tax, royalty or other charge arising on or before injection. The Customer shall indemnify the Service Provider and hold it harmless against any loss, liability, damage, claim, action, proceeding, cost, and expense suffered or incurred by or made or brought against the Service Provider in consequence of a breach of this warranty.
18.6 The Service Provider acknowledges and agrees that nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Customer from complying with any Legal Requirement and in such regard the Customer shall be able to take any action that it considers to be necessary to comply with any Legal Requirement.
18.7 The Customer warrants to the Service Provider that it is entering into this Agreement for Operating Margins Purposes and in accordance with the requirements of its gas transporter license.
Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Corporation The Corporation represents, warrants, covenants and agrees that:
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE PLEDGORS Each Pledgor represents, warrants and covenants that:
(i) it is the legal, beneficial and record owner of, and has good and marketable title to, all Collateral pledged by such Pledgor hereunder and that it has sufficient interest in all Collateral pledged by such Pledgor hereunder in which a security interest is purported to be created hereunder for such security interest to attach (subject, in each case, to no pledge, lien, mortgage, hypothecation, security interest, charge, option, Adverse Claim or other encumbrance whatsoever, except the liens and security interests created by this Agreement and Permitted Liens (as defined in the Credit Agreements));
(ii) it has the corporate, limited partnership or limited liability company power and authority, as the case may be, to pledge all the Collateral pledged by it pursuant to this Agreement;
(iii) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Pledgor and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Pledgor enforceable against such Pledgor in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that the enforceability hereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws generally affecting creditors’ rights and by equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law);
(iv) except to the extent already obtained or made, or, in the case of any filings or recordings of the Security Documents (as defined in the Credit Agreements) (other than the Collateral Vessel Mortgages) executed on or before the Restatement Effective Date, to be made within 10 days of the Restatement Effective Date, no consent of any other party (including, without limitation, any stockholder, partner, member or creditor of such Pledgor or any of its Subsidiaries (as defined in the Credit Agreements)) and no consent, license, permit, approval or authorization of, exemption by, notice or report to, or registration, filing or declaration with, any governmental authority is required to be obtained by such Pledgor in connection with (a) the execution, delivery or performance by such Pledgor of this Agreement, (b) the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of this Agreement, (c) the perfection or enforceability of the Pledgee’s security interest in the Collateral pledged by such Pledgor hereunder or (d) except for compliance with or as may be required by applicable securities laws, the exercise by the Pledgee of any of its rights or remedies provided herein;
(v) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement will not violate any provision of any applicable law or regulation or of any order, judgment, writ, award or decree of any court, arbitrator or governmental authority, U.S. or non-U.S., applicable to such Pledgor, or of the certificate or articles of incorporation, certificate of formation, operating agreement, limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement or by-laws of such Pledgor, as applicable, or of any securities issued by such Pledgor or any of its Subsidiaries (as defined in the Credit Agreements), or of any mortgage, deed of trust, indenture, lease, loan agreement, credit agreement or other material contract, agreement or instrument or undertaking to which such Pledgor or any of its Subsidiaries (as defined in the Credit Agreements) is a party or which purports to be binding upon such Pledgor or any of its Subsidiaries or upon any of their respective assets and will not result in the creation or imposition of (or the obligation to create or impose) any lien or encumbrance on any of the assets of such Pledgor or any of its Subsidiaries (as defined in the Credit Agreements) which are Credit Parties (as defined in the Credit Agreements), except as contemplated by this Agreement or the Credit Agreements; and
Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Company The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, Subscriber that:
Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Subadviser The Subadviser represents, warrants and agrees that:
A. It is registered as an “investment adviser” under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (“Advisers Act”).
B. It will maintain, keep current and preserve on behalf of the Fund, in the manner required or permitted by the Act and the Rules thereunder including the records identified in Schedule B (as Schedule B may be amended from time to time). The Subadviser agrees that such records are the property of the Fund, and shall be surrendered to the Fund or to the Adviser as agent of the Fund promptly upon request of either. The Fund acknowledges that Subadviser may retain copies of all records required to meet the record retention requirements imposed by law and regulation.
C. It shall maintain a written code of ethics (the “Code of Ethics”) complying with the requirements of Rule 204A-1 under the Advisers Act and Rule 17j-l under the Act and shall provide the Fund and the Adviser with a copy of the Code of Ethics and evidence of its adoption. It shall institute procedures reasonably necessary to prevent Access Persons (as defined in Rule 17j-1) from violating its Code of Ethics. The Subadviser acknowledges receipt of the written code of ethics adopted by and on behalf of the Fund. Each calendar quarter while this Agreement is in effect, a duly authorized compliance officer of the Subadviser shall certify to the Fund and to the Adviser that the Subadviser has complied with the requirements of Rules 204A-1 and 17j-l during the previous calendar quarter and that there has been no material violation of its Code of Ethics, or of Rule 17j-1(b), or that any persons covered under its Code of Ethics has divulged or acted upon any material, non-public information, as such term is defined under relevant securities laws, and if such a violation has occurred or the code of ethics of the Fund, or if such a violation of its Code of Ethics has occurred, that appropriate action was taken in response to such violation. Annually, the Subadviser shall furnish to the Fund and the Adviser a written report which complies with the requirements of Rule 17j-1 concerning the Subadviser’s Code of Ethics. The Subadviser shall permit the Fund and the Adviser to examine the reports required to be made by the Subadviser under Rules 204A-1(b) and 17j-l(d)(1) and this subparagraph.
D. It has adopted and implemented, and throughout the term of this Agreement shall maintain in effect and implement, policies and procedures reasonably designed to prevent, detect and correct violations by the Subadviser and its supervised persons, and, to the extent the activities of the Subadviser in respect of the Fund could affect the Fund, by the Fund, of “federal securities laws” (as defined in Rule 38a-1 under the Act), and that the Subadviser has provided the Fund with true and complete copies of its policies and procedures (or summaries thereof) and related information reasonably requested by the Fund and/or the Adviser. The Subadviser agrees to cooperate with periodic reviews by the Fund’s and/or the Adviser’s compliance personnel of the Subadviser’s policies and procedures, their operation and implementation and other compliance matters and to provide to the Fund and/or the Adviser from time to time such additional information and certifications in respect of the Subadviser’s policies and procedures, compliance by the Subadviser with federal securities laws and related matters as the Fund’s and/or the Adviser’s compliance personnel may reasonably request. The Subadviser agrees to promptly notify the Adviser of any compliance violations which affect the Designated Series.
E. The Subadviser will immediately notify the Fund and the Adviser of the occurrence of any event which would disqualify the Subadviser from serving as an investment adviser of an investment company pursuant to Section 9 of the Act or otherwise. The Subadviser will also immediately notify the Fund and the Adviser if it is served or otherwise receives notice of any action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation, at law or in equity, before or by any court, public board or body, involving the affairs of the Designated Series.
