Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Xxxxxxxx Parties.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Williams Partners L.P.), Underwriting Agreement (Williams Partners L.P.), Underwriting Agreement (Williams Partners L.P.)
Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Xxxxxxxx Parties. The Xxxxxxxx Parties jointly and severally represent, warrant and agree that:
(a) An “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations (as defined below) on Form S-3 (File No. 333-162713) with respect to the Units has (i) been prepared by the Partnership 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 have been delivered by the Partnership to the Representatives. The Commission has not issued any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, and no proceeding or examination for such purpose has been instituted or threatened by the Commission. The Commission has not notified the Partnership of any objection to the use of the form of Registration Statement.
(b) (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement, (ii) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), if any, (iii) at the time the Partnership or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c)) made any offer relating to the Units in reliance on the exemption in Rule 163 and
(iv) as of the date hereof, the Partnership was or is (as the case may be) a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations. The Partnership was not at the earliest time after the initial filing of the Registration Statement that the Partnership or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the Rules and Regulations) of the Units, is not on the date hereof and will not be on the applicable Delivery Date (as defined in Section 4) an “ineligible issuer” (as defined in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations). The Partnership has been since the time of initial filing of the Registration Statement and continues to be eligible to use Form S-3 for the offering of the Units.
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