Common use of Registration Statement Effective Clause in Contracts

Registration Statement Effective. The Company and the Guarantor meet the requirements for use of Form F-3 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”) and have filed with the Commission an automatic shelf registration statement, as defined in Rule 405 (No. 333-[ ]) on Form F-3, including a related Base Prospectus, for registration under the Securities Act of the offering and sale from time to time of certain debt securities, including the Securities. Such Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto filed prior to the Execution Time, became effective upon filing. The Company and the Guarantor may have filed with the Commission, as part of an amendment to the Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 424(b), one or more preliminary prospectus supplements relating to the Securities, each of which will have previously been furnished to you. The Company and the Guarantor will file with the Commission a final prospectus supplement relating to the Securities in accordance with Rule 424(b). As filed, such final prospectus supplement shall contain all information required by the Securities Act, and, except to the extent the Representatives shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or, to the extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in the Base Prospectus and any Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company and the Guarantor have advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made therein. The Registration Statement, at the Execution Time, meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x). No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Guarantor, threatened by the Commission.

Registration Statement Effective. The Company and the Guarantor meet the requirements for use of Form F-3 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”) and have filed with the Commission an automatic shelf a registration statement, as defined in Rule 405 statement (No. 333-[ ]) on Form F-3, including a related Base Prospectus, for registration under the Securities Act of the offering and sale from time to time of certain debt securities, including the Securities. Such Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto filed prior to the Execution Time, became has been declared effective upon filingunder the Securities Act on or prior to the Execution Time. The Company and the Guarantor may have filed with the Commission, as part of an amendment to the Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 424(b), one or more preliminary prospectus supplements relating to the Securities, each of which will have previously been furnished to you. The Company and the Guarantor will file with the Commission a final prospectus supplement relating to the Securities in accordance with Rule 424(b). As filed, such final prospectus supplement shall contain all information required by the Securities Act, and, except to the extent the Representatives shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or, to the extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in the Base Prospectus and any Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company and the Guarantor have advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made therein. The Registration Statement, at the Execution Time, meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x). No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Guarantor, threatened by the Commission.

Registration Statement Effective. The Company and the Guarantor meet the requirements for use of Form F-3 An “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder amended (collectively, the “Securities Act”), on Form S-3 (File No. 333-148023) and have in respect of the Offered Securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission an automatic shelf (the “Commission”); such registration statement, as defined in Rule 405 (No. 333-[ ]) on Form F-3, including a related Base Prospectus, for registration under the Securities Act of the offering and sale from time to time of certain debt securities, including the Securities. Such Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto filed prior to the Execution Timepost-effective amendment thereto, became effective upon on filing. The Company ; and the Guarantor may have filed with the Commission, as part of an amendment to the Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 424(b), one or more preliminary prospectus supplements relating to the Securities, each of which will have previously been furnished to you. The Company and the Guarantor will file with the Commission a final prospectus supplement relating to the Securities in accordance with Rule 424(b). As filed, such final prospectus supplement shall contain all information required by the Securities Act, and, except to the extent the Representatives shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or, to the extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in the Base Prospectus and any Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company and the Guarantor have advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made therein. The Registration Statement, at the Execution Time, meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x). No no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement such registration statement or any part thereof has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted orinitiated or threatened by the Commission (the base prospectus filed as part of the Registration Statement, in the form in which it has been most recently filed with the Commission on or prior to the knowledge date of any Terms Agreement referred to in Section 3, is hereinafter called the “Base Prospectus”; any preliminary prospectus (including any preliminary prospectus supplement) relating to the Offered Securities filed with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act prior to the filing of the Prospectus is hereinafter called a “Preliminary Prospectus”; the various parts of such registration statement, including all exhibits thereto but excluding the Form T-1 and including any information in a prospectus or prospectus supplement relating to the Offered Securities that is filed with the Commission and deemed or retroactively deemed by virtue of Rule 430B under the Securities Act to be part of such registration statement (“430B Information”), each as amended at the time such part of the registration statement became effective, are hereinafter collectively called the “Registration Statement”; the Base Prospectus, as amended and supplemented (including by a Preliminary Prospectus) immediately prior to the Applicable Time (as defined in any Terms Agreement referred to in Section 3), is hereinafter called the “Statutory Prospectus”; the form of the final prospectus relating to the Offered Securities that discloses the public offering price and other 430B Information and other final terms of the Offered Securities and otherwise satisfies the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act, filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof is hereinafter called the “Prospectus”; any reference herein to the Base Prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act, as of the date of such prospectus; any reference to any amendment or supplement to the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, any prospectus supplement relating to the Offered Securities filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act and any documents filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and incorporated therein, in each case after the date of the Base Prospectus, such Preliminary Prospectus, or the Prospectus, as the case may be; any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual report of the Company filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the GuarantorExchange Act after the effective date of the Registration Statement that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement; any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors, threatened as evidenced by its being so specified in Schedule B to the CommissionTerms Agreement is hereinafter referred to as a “General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”; any “issuer free writing prospectus”, as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act, relating to the Offered Securities in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g) under the Securities Act is hereinafter referred to as a “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”; and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not a General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is hereinafter referred to as a “Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”.

Registration Statement Effective. The Company and the Guarantor meet meets the requirements for use of Form F-3 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”) and have has filed with the Commission an automatic shelf a registration statement, as defined in Rule 405 statement (No. 333-[ ]) on Form F-3, including a related Base Prospectus, for registration under the Securities Act of the offering and sale from time to time of certain debt securities, including the Securities. Such Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto filed prior to the Execution Time, became has been declared effective upon filingunder the Securities Act on or prior to the Execution Time. The Company and the Guarantor may have filed with the Commission, as part of an amendment to the Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 424(b), one or more preliminary prospectus supplements relating to the Securities, each of which will have previously been furnished to you. The Company and the Guarantor will file with the Commission a final prospectus supplement relating to the Securities in accordance with Rule 424(b). As filed, such final prospectus supplement shall contain all information required by the Securities Act, and, except to the extent the Representatives shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or, to the extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in the Base Prospectus and any Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company and the Guarantor have has advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made therein. The Registration Statement, at the Execution Time, meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x). No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or the GuarantorCompany, threatened by the Commission.

Registration Statement Effective. The Company and the Guarantor meet meets the requirements for use of Form F-3 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”) and have has filed with the Commission an automatic shelf registration statement, as defined in Rule 405 (No. 333-[ ]) on Form F-3, including a related Base Prospectus, for registration under the Securities Act of the offering and sale from time to time of Table of Contents certain debt securities, including the Securities. Such Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto filed prior to the Execution Time, became effective upon filing. The Company and the Guarantor may have filed with the Commission, as part of an amendment to the Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 424(b), one or more preliminary prospectus supplements relating to the Securities, each of which will have previously been furnished to you. The Company and the Guarantor will file with the Commission a final prospectus supplement relating to the Securities in accordance with Rule 424(b). As filed, such final prospectus supplement shall contain all information required by the Securities Act, and, except to the extent the Representatives shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or, to the extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in the Base Prospectus and any Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company and the Guarantor have has advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made therein. The Registration Statement, at the Execution Time, meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x). No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or the GuarantorCompany, threatened by the Commission.

Registration Statement Effective. The Company and the Guarantor meet meets the requirements for use of Form F-3 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”) and have has filed with the Commission an automatic shelf registration statement, as defined in Rule 405 (No. 333-[ ]) on Form F-3, including a related Base Prospectus, for registration under the Securities Act of the offering and sale from time to time of certain debt securities, including the Securities. Such Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto filed prior to the Execution Time, became effective upon filing. The Company and the Guarantor may have filed with the Commission, as part of an amendment to the Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 424(b), one or more preliminary prospectus supplements relating to the Securities, each of which will have previously been furnished to you. The Company and the Guarantor will file with the Commission a final prospectus supplement relating to the Securities in accordance with Rule 424(b). As filed, such final prospectus supplement shall contain all information required by the Securities Act, and, except to the extent the Representatives shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or, to the extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in the Base Prospectus and any Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company and the Guarantor have has advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made therein. The Registration Statement, at the Execution Time, meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x). No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or the GuarantorCompany, threatened by the Commission.

Registration Statement Effective. The Company and the Guarantor meet the requirements for use of Form F-3 An “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder amended (collectively, the “Securities Act”), on Form S-3 (File No. 333-189696) and have in respect of the Offered Securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission an automatic shelf (the “Commission”); such registration statement, as defined in Rule 405 (No. 333-[ ]) on Form F-3, including a related Base Prospectus, for registration under the Securities Act of the offering and sale from time to time of certain debt securities, including the Securities. Such Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto filed prior to the Execution Timepost-effective amendment thereto, became effective upon on filing. The Company ; and the Guarantor may have filed with the Commission, as part of an amendment to the Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 424(b), one or more preliminary prospectus supplements relating to the Securities, each of which will have previously been furnished to you. The Company and the Guarantor will file with the Commission a final prospectus supplement relating to the Securities in accordance with Rule 424(b). As filed, such final prospectus supplement shall contain all information required by the Securities Act, and, except to the extent the Representatives shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or, to the extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in the Base Prospectus and any Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company and the Guarantor have advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made therein. The Registration Statement, at the Execution Time, meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x). No no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement such registration statement or any part thereof has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted orinitiated or threatened by the Commission (the base prospectus filed as part of the Registration Statement, in the form in which it has been most recently filed with the Commission on or prior to the knowledge date of any Terms Agreement referred to in Section 3, is hereinafter called the “Base Prospectus”; any preliminary prospectus (including any preliminary prospectus supplement) relating to the Offered Securities filed with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act prior to the filing of the Prospectus is hereinafter called a “Preliminary Prospectus”; the various parts of such registration statement, including all exhibits thereto but excluding the Form T-1 and including any information in a prospectus or prospectus supplement relating to the Offered Securities that is filed with the Commission and deemed or retroactively deemed by virtue of Rule 430B under the Securities Act to be part of such registration statement (“430B Information”), each as amended at the time such part of the registration statement became effective, are hereinafter collectively called the “Registration Statement”; the Base Prospectus, as amended and supplemented (including by a Preliminary Prospectus) immediately prior to the Applicable Time (as defined in any Terms Agreement referred to in Section 3), is hereinafter called the “Statutory Prospectus”; the form of the final prospectus relating to the Offered Securities that discloses the public offering price and other 430B Information and other final terms of the Offered Securities and otherwise satisfies the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act, filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof is hereinafter called the “Prospectus”; any reference herein to the Base Prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act, as of the date of such prospectus; any reference to any amendment or supplement to the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, any prospectus supplement relating to the Offered Securities filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act and any documents filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and incorporated therein, in each case after the date of the Base Prospectus, such Preliminary Prospectus, or the Prospectus, as the case may be; any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual report of the Company filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the GuarantorExchange Act after the effective date of the Registration Statement that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement; any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors, threatened as evidenced by its being so specified in Schedule B to the CommissionTerms Agreement is hereinafter referred to as a “General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”; any “issuer free writing prospectus”, as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act, relating to the Offered Securities in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g) under the Securities Act is hereinafter referred to as a “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”; and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not a General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is hereinafter referred to as a “Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”.

Registration Statement Effective. The Company and the Guarantor meet the requirements for use of Form F-3 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”) and have filed with the Commission an automatic shelf registration statement, as defined in Rule 405 (No. 333-[ [___]) on Form F-3, including a related Base Prospectus, for registration under the Securities Act of the offering and sale from time to time of certain debt securities, including the Securities. Such Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto filed prior to the Execution Time, became effective upon filing. The Company and the Guarantor may have filed with the Commission, as part of an amendment to the Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 424(b), one or more preliminary prospectus supplements relating to the Securities, each of which will have previously been furnished to you. The Company and the Guarantor will file with the Commission a final prospectus supplement relating to the Securities in accordance with Rule 424(b). As filed, such final prospectus supplement shall contain all information required by the Securities Act, and, except to the extent the Representatives shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or, to the extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in the Base Prospectus and any Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company and the Guarantor have advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made therein. The Registration Statement, at the Execution Time, meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x). No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Guarantor, threatened by the Commission.

Registration Statement Effective. The Company and the Guarantor meet the requirements for use of Form F-3 An “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder amended (collectively, the “Securities Act”), on Form S-3 (File No. 333-167833) and have in respect of the Offered Securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission an automatic shelf (the “Commission”); such registration statement, as defined in Rule 405 (No. 333-[ ]) on Form F-3, including a related Base Prospectus, for registration under the Securities Act of the offering and sale from time to time of certain debt securities, including the Securities. Such Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto filed prior to the Execution Timepost-effective amendment thereto, became effective upon on filing. The Company ; and the Guarantor may have filed with the Commission, as part of an amendment to the Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 424(b), one or more preliminary prospectus supplements relating to the Securities, each of which will have previously been furnished to you. The Company and the Guarantor will file with the Commission a final prospectus supplement relating to the Securities in accordance with Rule 424(b). As filed, such final prospectus supplement shall contain all information required by the Securities Act, and, except to the extent the Representatives shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or, to the extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in the Base Prospectus and any Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company and the Guarantor have advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made therein. The Registration Statement, at the Execution Time, meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x). No no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement such registration statement or any part thereof has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted orinitiated or threatened by the Commission (the base prospectus filed as part of the Registration Statement, in the form in which it has been most recently filed with the Commission on or prior to the knowledge date of any Terms Agreement referred to in Section 3, is hereinafter called the “Base Prospectus”; any preliminary prospectus (including any preliminary prospectus supplement) relating to the Offered Securities filed with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act prior to the filing of the Prospectus is hereinafter called a “Preliminary Prospectus”; the various parts of such registration statement, including all exhibits thereto but excluding the Form T-1 and including any information in a prospectus or prospectus supplement relating to the Offered Securities that is filed with the Commission and deemed or retroactively deemed by virtue of Rule 430B under the Securities Act to be part of such registration statement (“430B Information”), each as amended at the time such part of the registration statement became effective, are hereinafter collectively called the “Registration Statement”; the Base Prospectus, as amended and supplemented (including by a Preliminary Prospectus) immediately prior to the Applicable Time (as defined in any Terms Agreement referred to in Section 3), is hereinafter called the “Statutory Prospectus”; the form of the final prospectus relating to the Offered Securities that discloses the public offering price and other 430B Information and other final terms of the Offered Securities and otherwise satisfies the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act, filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof is hereinafter called the “Prospectus”; any reference herein to the Base Prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act, as of the date of such prospectus; any reference to any amendment or supplement to the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, any prospectus supplement relating to the Offered Securities filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act and any documents filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and incorporated therein, in each case after the date of the Base Prospectus, such Preliminary Prospectus, or the Prospectus, as the case may be; any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual report of the Company filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the GuarantorExchange Act after the effective date of the Registration Statement that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement; any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors, threatened as evidenced by its being so specified in Schedule B to the CommissionTerms Agreement is hereinafter referred to as a “General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”; any “issuer free writing prospectus”, as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act, relating to the Offered Securities in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g) under the Securities Act is hereinafter referred to as a “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”; and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not a General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is hereinafter referred to as a “Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”.

Registration Statement Effective. The Company and the Guarantor meet the requirements for use of Form F-3 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”) and have filed with the Commission an automatic shelf registration statement, as defined in Rule 405 (NoNos. 333-[ ]333-172621 and 333-172621-02) on Form F-3, including a related Base Prospectus, for registration under the Securities Act of the offering and sale from time to time of certain debt securities, including the Securities. Such Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto filed prior to the Execution Time, became effective upon filing. The Company and the Guarantor may have filed with the Commission, as part of an amendment to the Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 424(b), one or more preliminary prospectus supplements relating to the Securities, each of which will have previously been furnished to you. The Company and the Guarantor will file with the Commission a final prospectus supplement relating to the Securities in accordance with Rule 424(b). As filed, such final prospectus supplement shall contain all information required by the Securities Act, and, except to the extent the Representatives shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or, to the extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in the Base Prospectus and any Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company and the Guarantor have advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made therein. The Registration Statement, at the Execution Time, meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x). No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Guarantor, threatened by the Commission.

Registration Statement Effective. The Company and the Guarantor meet meets the requirements for use of Form F-3 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”) and have has filed with the Commission an automatic shelf registration statement, as defined in Rule 405 (No. 333-[ [___]) on Form F-3, including a related Base Prospectus, for registration under the Securities Act of the offering and sale from time to time of certain debt securities, including the Securities. Such Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto filed prior to the Execution Time, became effective upon filing. The Company and the Guarantor may have filed with the Commission, as part of an amendment to the Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 424(b), one or more preliminary prospectus supplements relating to the Securities, each of which will have previously been furnished to you. The Company and the Guarantor will file with the Commission a final prospectus supplement relating to the Securities in accordance with Rule 424(b). As filed, such final prospectus supplement shall contain all information required by the Securities Act, and, except to the extent the Representatives shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or, to the extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in the Base Prospectus and any Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company and the Guarantor have has advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made therein. The Registration Statement, at the Execution Time, meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x). No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or the GuarantorCompany, threatened by the Commission.

Registration Statement Effective. The Company and the Guarantor meet the requirements for use of Form F-3 Registration Statement has been declared effective under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended1933 Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”) and have filed with the Commission an automatic shelf registration statement, as defined in Rule 405 (No. 333-[ ]) on Form F-3, including a related Base Prospectus, for registration under the Securities Act of the offering and sale from time to time of certain debt securities, including the Securities. Such Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto filed prior to the Execution Time, became no post-effective upon filing. The Company and the Guarantor may have filed with the Commission, as part of an amendment to the Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 424(b), one or more preliminary prospectus supplements relating to the Securities, each of which will have previously has been furnished to you. The Company and the Guarantor will file filed with the Commission a final prospectus supplement relating to as of the Securities in accordance with Rule 424(b). As filed, such final prospectus supplement shall contain all information required by the Securities Act, and, except to the extent the Representatives shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or, to the extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in the Base Prospectus and any Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company and the Guarantor have advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made therein. The Registration Statement, at the Execution Time, meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x)date of this Agreement. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or the GuarantorCompany’s knowledge, threatened by the Commission.. At the Effective Date and at all times subsequent thereto, up to and including the Closing Date and, if applicable, the Option Closing Date, the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto (A) complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations and the Trust Indenture Act (and the rules and regulations thereunder) and (B) did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, not misleading. At the Effective Date and at all times when the Prospectus is required to be delivered in connection with offers and sales of Designated Preferred Securities, including, without limitation, the Closing Date and, if applicable, the Option Closing Date, the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, (A) complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and the Trust Indenture Act (and the rules and regulations thereunder) and (B) did not contain and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty does not apply to Underwriter’s Information. As of the date that the Registration Statement was filed with the Commission, no event has or will have occurred which should have been set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement which has not then been set forth in the Registration Statement or such an amendment or supplement. The Registration Statement will be identical to the electronically transmitted copy thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to its XXXXX system, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

Registration Statement Effective. The Company and the Guarantor meet the requirements for use of Form F-3 An “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 (“Rule 405”) under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder amended (collectively, the “Securities Act”), on Form S-3 (File No. 333-212301) and have in respect of the Offered Securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission an automatic shelf (the “Commission”); such registration statement, as defined in Rule 405 (No. 333-[ ]) on Form F-3, including a related Base Prospectus, for registration under the Securities Act of the offering and sale from time to time of certain debt securities, including the Securities. Such Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto filed prior to the Execution Timepost-effective amendment thereto, became effective upon on filing. The Company ; and the Guarantor may have filed with the Commission, as part of an amendment to the Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 424(b), one or more preliminary prospectus supplements relating to the Securities, each of which will have previously been furnished to you. The Company and the Guarantor will file with the Commission a final prospectus supplement relating to the Securities in accordance with Rule 424(b). As filed, such final prospectus supplement shall contain all information required by the Securities Act, and, except to the extent the Representatives shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or, to the extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in the Base Prospectus and any Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company and the Guarantor have advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made therein. The Registration Statement, at the Execution Time, meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x). No no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement such registration statement or any part thereof has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted orinitiated or threatened by the Commission (the base prospectus filed as part of the Registration Statement, in the form in which it has been most recently filed with the Commission on or prior to the knowledge date of any Terms Agreement referred to in Section 3, is hereinafter called the “Base Prospectus”; any preliminary prospectus (including any preliminary prospectus supplement) relating to the Offered Securities filed with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act prior to the filing of the Prospectus is hereinafter called a “Preliminary Prospectus”; the various parts of such registration statement, including all exhibits thereto but excluding the Form T-1 and including any information in a prospectus or prospectus supplement relating to the Offered Securities that is filed with the Commission and deemed or retroactively deemed by virtue of Rule 430B under the Securities Act to be part of such registration statement (“430B Information”), each as amended at the time such part of the registration statement became effective, are hereinafter collectively called the “Registration Statement”; the Base Prospectus, as amended and supplemented (including by a Preliminary Prospectus) immediately prior to the Applicable Time (as defined in any Terms Agreement referred to in Section 3), is hereinafter called the “Statutory Prospectus”; the form of the final prospectus relating to the Offered Securities that discloses the public offering price and other 430B Information and other final terms of the Offered Securities and otherwise satisfies the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act, filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof is hereinafter called the “Prospectus”; any reference herein to the Base Prospectus, the Statutory Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act, as of the date of such prospectus; any reference to any amendment or supplement to the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, any prospectus supplement relating to the Offered Securities filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act and any documents filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and incorporated therein, in each case after the date of the Base Prospectus, such Preliminary Prospectus, or the Prospectus, as the case may be; any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual report of the Company filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the GuarantorExchange Act after the effective date of the Registration Statement that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement; any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors, threatened as evidenced by its being so specified in Schedule B to the CommissionTerms Agreement is hereinafter referred to as a “General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”; any “issuer free writing prospectus”, as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act, relating to the Offered Securities in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g) under the Securities Act is hereinafter referred to as a “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”; and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not a General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is hereinafter referred to as a “Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”.

Registration Statement Effective. The Company (i) if Buyer shall furnish to the Seller and the Guarantor meet Employee Plan Employees a certificate signed by the requirements for use of Form F-3 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations President of the Commission thereunder (collectively, Buyer stating that in the “Securities Act”) and have filed with the Commission an automatic shelf registration statement, as defined in Rule 405 (No. 333-[ ]) on Form F-3, including a related Base Prospectus, for registration under the Securities Act reasonable good faith judgment of the offering and sale from time to time Board of certain debt securitiesDirectors of the Buyer, including the Securities. Such Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto filed prior it would be seriously detrimental to the Execution TimeBuyer and its stockholders for such Registration Statement to be effected or to be kept effective at such time, became effective upon filing. The Company and in which event the Guarantor may Buyer shall have filed with the Commission, as part right to defer the filing of an amendment to the Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 424(b), one or more preliminary prospectus supplements relating to the Securities, each of which will have previously been furnished to you. The Company and the Guarantor will file with the Commission a final prospectus supplement relating to the Securities in accordance with Rule 424(b). As filed, such final prospectus supplement shall contain all information required by the Securities Act, and, except to the extent the Representatives shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or, to the extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in the Base Prospectus and any Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company and the Guarantor have advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made therein. The Registration Statement, at the Execution Time, meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x). No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement for a period of not more than 90 days following the date of such certificate; provided, however, that the Buyer shall not utilize this right more than once in any 12-month period, (ii) if the Buyer ceases to be subject to the periodic reporting requirements under Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, or (iii) shares of the Buyer’s capital stock are no longer traded on a securities exchange or The Nasdaq National Market or actively traded over the counter. In the event that Buyer is no longer obligated to effect any such Registration Statement or to keep such Registration Statement effective as a result of clause (ii) or clause (iii) of the preceding sentence or no Registration Statement has been issued declared effective and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted orremains effective 180 days following the date of this Agreement, the Transfer Restrictions in Section 4.2 hereof shall not apply and the Seller hereby agrees to the knowledge following alternative transfer restriction: Seller agrees that it will not offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise dispose of any of the Company Securities, except that Seller may sell such Securities (a) if it sells such shares to purchasers that are “accredited investors” as that term is defined under Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act in a transaction or transactions exempt from the Guarantorregistration requirements of the Securities Act and obtains an opinion of counsel, threatened in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer, that registration is not required under the Securities Act (each such transferee a “Permitted Transferee”), provided, that the Seller may not sell such Securities to more than 10 Permitted Transferees without the prior written consent of the Buyer, and (b) pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (if accompanied by a legal opinion reasonably requested by the CommissionBuyer).

Registration Statement Effective. The Company and the Guarantor meet the requirements for use of Form F-3 Registration Statement has been declared effective under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended1933 Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”) and have filed with the Commission an automatic shelf registration statement, as defined in Rule 405 (No. 333-[ ]) on Form F-3, including a related Base Prospectus, for registration under the Securities Act of the offering and sale from time to time of certain debt securities, including the Securities. Such Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto filed prior to the Execution Time, became no post-effective upon filing. The Company and the Guarantor may have filed with the Commission, as part of an amendment to the Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 424(b), one or more preliminary prospectus supplements relating to the Securities, each of which will have previously has been furnished to you. The Company and the Guarantor will file filed with the Commission a final prospectus supplement relating to as of the Securities in accordance with Rule 424(b). As filed, such final prospectus supplement shall contain all information required by the Securities Act, and, except to the extent the Representatives shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or, to the extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in the Base Prospectus and any Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company and the Guarantor have advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made therein. The Registration Statement, at the Execution Time, meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x)date of this Agreement. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or the GuarantorCompany's knowledge, threatened by the Commission.. At the Effective Date and at all times subsequent thereto, up to and including the Closing Date and, if applicable, the Option Closing Date, the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto (A) complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations and the Trust Indenture Act (and the rules and regulations thereunder) and (B) did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, not misleading. At the Effective Date and at all times when the Prospectus is required to be delivered in connection with offers and sales of Designated Preferred Securities, including, without limitation, the Closing Date and, if applicable, the Option Closing Date, the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, (A) complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and the Trust Indenture Act (and the rules and regulations thereunder) and (B) did not contain and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty does not apply to Underwriter's Information. As of the date that the Registration Statement was filed with the Commission, no event has or will have occurred which should have been set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement which has not then been set forth in the Registration Statement or such an amendment or supplement. The Registration Statement will be identical to the electronically transmitted copy thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to its XXXXX system, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.