Common use of Investment Company Status; Margin Regulations Clause in Contracts

Investment Company Status; Margin Regulations. None of the Obligors is required to register under and none of the Obligors is subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. No Borrower is engaged and no Borrower will engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock, in each case in violation of such Regulation U. Each U.S. Broker-Dealer Subsidiary is a broker-dealer subject to Regulation T. Neither the making of any Loan hereunder, nor the use of proceeds thereof, will violate or be inconsistent with the provisions of Regulation T, U or X.