Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Dealer Manager. Dealer Manager represents, warrants and covenants that: (a) it has full legal right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform the transactions contemplated hereby, except to the extent that the enforceability of the indemnity and/or contribution provisions contained in Section 8 of this Agreement may be limited under applicable securities laws; no consent, approval, authorization or other order of any governmental authority is required in connection with the execution or delivery by the Dealer Manager of this Agreement, except such as may be required under the 1933 Act and the Rules and Regulations, by FINRA, or applicable state securities laws; (b) it is registered as a broker-dealer with the SEC under the 1934 Act and a member of FINRA, and it and its representatives have all required licenses and registrations to act under this Agreement; (c) it is and will continue to be in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations aimed at the prevention and detection of money laundering and/or the financing of terrorism activities including Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by USA PATRIOT Act, U.S. Treasury Department, including the Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”), Financial Crimes and Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) and the SEC (collectively, “Money Laundering Laws”) in its duties as a Dealer Manager under this Agreement, provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, such duties and corresponding compliance with Money Laundering Laws may be delegated or otherwise carried out by placement agents, financial intermediaries, the Company’s administrator or the Company’s transfer agent pursuant to separate agreements between such party and the Company or Dealer Manager; (d) it shall comply, and require in the Selling Agent Agreements (as defined below) that the Intermediaries (as defined below) comply, with the following: (i) the privacy standards and requirements of the Xxxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Act of 1999 (the “GLB Act”); (ii) the privacy standards and requirements of any other applicable federal or state law; and (iii) its own internal privacy policies and procedures, each as may be amended from time to time; (e) it has an anti-money laundering program (“AML Program”), that at minimum includes, (i) an AML compliance officer designated to administer and oversee the AML Program, (ii) ongoing training for appropriate personnel, (iii) internal controls and procedures reasonably designed to prevent and detect suspicious activity monitoring and terrorist financing activities; (iv) appropriate risk-based procedures for conducting ongoing customer due diligence, including: (a) understanding the nature and purpose of customer relationships for the purpose of developing a customer risk profile and (b) conducting ongoing monitoring to identify and report suspicious transactions and, on a risk basis, to maintain and update customer information (including beneficial ownership information of legal entity customers); and (v) appropriate record keeping procedures; (f) it shall not give any information or make any representations other than those contained in the current Private Placement Memorandum or other material that may be prepared by or on behalf of the Company for the Dealer Manager’s use. The Dealer Manager may prepare and distribute sales literature and other material as it may deem appropriate, provided that such literature and materials have been prepared in accordance with applicable rules and regulations; and provided further, that the Company has previously approved such material; (g) it will offer Shares, and in its agreements with Intermediaries (as defined below) will require that the Intermediaries offer Shares, only to those persons who meet the suitability standards set forth in the Private Placement Memorandum or in any suitability letter or memorandum sent by the Company (including, for the avoidance of doubt, only from investors each of which, together with any other investor for which such investor is acting as a trustee or other fiduciary, the Dealer Manager or Intermediary making such offering of Shares, shall reasonably believe (a) is an “accredited investor” with respect to the Shares within the meaning of Regulation D under the 1933 Act; or (b) is not a United States person within the meaning of Rule 902 under the 1933 Act) and will only make offers to persons in the jurisdictions in which it is advised in writing that the Shares are qualified for sale or that such qualification is not required. Notwithstanding the qualification of the Shares for sale in any respective jurisdiction (or the exemption therefrom), the Dealer Manager represents, warrants and covenants that it will not offer Shares and will not permit any of its registered representatives to offer Shares in any jurisdiction unless both the Dealer Manager and such registered representative are duly licensed to transact securities business in such jurisdiction. In offering Shares, the Dealer Manager will comply, and in its agreements with Intermediaries, the Dealer Manager will require that the Intermediaries comply, with the provisions of the FINRA Rules, as well as all other applicable rules and regulations relating to suitability of investors; (h) it, and any person associated with the Dealer Manager, will not offer or sell Shares, and, in its agreements with Intermediaries (as defined below), will require that the Intermediaries will not offer or sell Shares in any jurisdiction except to investors who satisfy the investor suitability standards and minimum investment requirements under the most restrictive of the following: (a) applicable provisions described in the Private Placement Memorandum, including status as an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D under the 1933 Act, minimum income and net worth standards; (b) applicable laws of the jurisdiction of which such investor is a resident; or (c) applicable FINRA Rules. In the case of sales to fiduciary accounts, the suitability standards must be met by the person who directly or indirectly supplied the funds for the purchase of the Shares or by the beneficiary of such fiduciary account; and the purchaser of Shares has a substantive pre-existing relationship with the Dealer Manager or the Intermediary (as defined below), as applicable, pursuant to Regulation D under the 1933 Act. The Dealer Manager further represents, warrants and covenants that the Dealer Manager, in its agreements with Intermediaries, will require that the Intermediaries make every reasonable effort to determine the suitability and appropriateness of an investment in Shares of each proposed investor by reviewing documents and records disclosing the basis upon which the determination as to suitability was reached as to each purchaser of Shares pursuant to a subscription solicited by the Intermediaries, whether such documents and records relate to accounts which have been closed, accounts which are currently maintained or accounts hereafter established. The Dealer Manager agrees and, in its agreements with Intermediaries, will require that the Intermediaries agree to retain its records in compliance with applicable law and make available a record of the information obtained to determine that an investor meets the suitability standards imposed on the offer or sale of Shares at the time of the initial purchase of Shares to (i) the Company and (ii) representatives of the SEC, FINRA and applicable state or non-U.S. securities administrators upon the Dealer Manager’s receipt of an appropriate document subpoena or other appropriate request for documents from any such agency for a period of at least six years following the termination of this Agreement. In addition, at the Company’s reasonable written request, which shall be no later than the six year anniversary of the date of termination of this Agreement, and at the Company’s sole expense, the Dealer Manager agrees to retain such records for a reasonable period of time beyond the six year anniversary of the date of termination of this Agreement. The Dealer Manager shall not purchase any Shares for a discretionary account without obtaining the prior written approval of the Dealer Manager’s customer and his or her signature on a subscription agreement. In selling Shares, the Dealer Manager will comply, and in its agreements with Intermediaries, the Dealer Manager will require that the Intermediaries comply, with the provisions of the FINRA Rules, as well as all other applicable rules and regulations relating to suitability of investors; (i) neither the Dealer Manager nor any of its directors, executive officers, general partners, managing members or other officers participating in the offering, nor any of the directors, executive officers or other officers participating in the offering of any such general partner or managing member, nor any other officers, employees or associated persons of the Dealer Manager or any such general partner or managing member that have been or will be paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration for solicitation of purchasers in connection with the offer and sale of Shares (each, a “Dealer Manager Covered Person” and, together, “Dealer Manager Covered Persons”), is subject to any of the “Bad Actor” disqualifications (“Disqualification Events”) set forth in Rule 506(d) of Regulation D under the 1933 Act applicable to the Dealer Manager except for a Disqualification Event contemplated by Rule 506(d)(2) of the 1933 Act, a description of which has been furnished in writing to the Company prior to the date hereof. The “Bad Actor” disqualifications include, among other things: (1) criminal convictions and court injunctions and restraining orders issued in connection with the purchase or sale of a security or false filings with the SEC; (2) final orders from the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, federal banking agencies and certain other regulators that bar a person from associating with a regulated entity or engaging in the business of securities, insurance or banking or that are based on certain fraudulent conduct; (3) SEC disciplinary orders relating to investment advisers, brokers, dealers and their associated persons; (4) SEC cease-and-desist orders relating to violations of certain anti-fraud provisions and registration requirements of the federal securities laws; (5) suspensions or expulsions from membership in a self-regulatory organization (“SRO”) or from association with an SRO member; and (6) U.S. Postal Service false representation orders. To the extent permitted by applicable law and without disclosing any non-public personal information regarding any Dealer Manager Covered Person, the Dealer Manager will promptly notify the Company if it becomes aware of a Dealer Manager Covered Person who is or becomes the subject of a Disqualifying Event or determines that the Company’s exemption under Rule 506 is no longer available as a result of any Disqualifying Event; and (j) in its agreements with Intermediaries (defined below), the Dealer Manager will require the Intermediaries to represent that: (i) it has exercised reasonable care, in accordance with section (e) of Rule 506, in making a factual inquiry into whether any Disqualifying Event exists with respect to the Intermediary or any of its Covered Person; (ii) it shall make periodic factual inquiry as to the occurrence or existence of any Disqualifying Events with respect to itself and its Covered Persons, and shall conduct such factual inquiry with reasonable care in accordance with subsection (d)(2)(iv) of Rule 506; (iii) to the extent permitted by applicable law, it will promptly notify the Company if it is or becomes subject to a Disqualifying Event or if it becomes aware that any of its Covered Persons is or becomes the subject of a Disqualifying Event; and (iv) if a Disqualifying Event occurs with respect to any of its Covered Persons, the Company shall have the right to terminate the Selling Agent Agreement (defined below) with effect from the date of the occurrence of the Disqualifying Event.
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Samples: Dealer Manager Agreement (Apollo Asset Backed Credit Co LLC), Dealer Manager Agreement (Apollo Asset Backed Credit Co LLC)
Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Dealer Manager. Dealer Dealer-Manager represents, warrants and covenants that:
(a) it has full legal rightpower, power right and authority to enter into execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, except to ; the extent that the enforceability of the indemnity and/or contribution provisions contained in Section 8 execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly approved by all requisite actions on its part, and no other proceedings on its part are necessary to approve this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by it; this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited under by applicable securities laws; no consentbankruptcy, approval, authorization insolvency or other order of any governmental authority is required in connection with the execution similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or delivery by the Dealer Manager of this Agreement, except such as may be required under the 1933 Act and the Rules and Regulations, by FINRA, or applicable state securities lawsequitable principles relating to enforceability;
(b) it is registered as a broker-dealer with the SEC under the 1934 Act and a member of FINRA, and it and its representatives have all required licenses and registrations to act under this Agreement;
(c) it is and will continue to be in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations aimed at the prevention and detection of money laundering and/or the financing of terrorism activities including Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by USA PATRIOT Act, U.S. Treasury Department, including the Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”), Financial Crimes and Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) and the SEC (collectively, “Money Laundering Laws”) in its duties as a Dealer Dealer-Manager under this Agreement, provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, such duties and corresponding compliance with Money Laundering Laws may be delegated or otherwise carried out by placement agents, financial intermediaries, the Company’s administrator or the Company’s transfer agent pursuant to separate agreements between such party and the Company or Dealer Dealer-Manager;
(d) it shall comply, and require in the Selling Agent Agreements (as defined below) that the Intermediaries (as defined below) comply, with the following: (i) the privacy standards and requirements of the Xxxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Act of 1999 (the “GLB Act”); (ii) the privacy standards and requirements of any other applicable federal or state law; and (iii) its own internal privacy policies and procedures, each as may be amended from time to time;
(e) it has an anti-money laundering program (“AML Program”), that at minimum includes, (i) an AML compliance officer designated to administer and oversee the AML Program, (ii) ongoing training for appropriate personnel, (iii) internal controls and procedures reasonably designed to prevent and detect suspicious activity monitoring and terrorist financing activities; (iv) appropriate risk-based procedures for conducting ongoing customer due diligence, including: (a) understanding the nature and purpose of customer relationships for the purpose of developing a customer risk profile and (b) conducting ongoing monitoring to identify and report suspicious transactions and, on a risk basis, to maintain and update customer information (including beneficial ownership information of legal entity customers); and (v) appropriate record keeping procedures;
(fe) it shall not give any information or make any representations other than those contained in the current Private Placement Memorandum or contained in shareholder reports or other material that may be prepared by or on behalf of the Company for the Dealer Dealer-Manager’s use. The Dealer Dealer-Manager may prepare and distribute sales literature and other material as it may deem appropriate, provided that such literature and materials have been prepared in accordance with applicable rules and regulations; and provided further, that the Company has previously approved such material;
(gf) it will offer Shares, and in its agreements with Intermediaries (as defined below) will require that the Intermediaries offer Shares, only to those persons who meet the suitability standards set forth in the Private Placement Memorandum or in any suitability letter or memorandum sent by the Company (including, for the avoidance of doubt, only from investors each of which, together with any other investor for which such investor is acting as a trustee or other fiduciary, the Dealer Dealer-Manager or Intermediary making such offering of Shares, shall reasonably believe (a) is an “accredited investor” with respect to the Shares within the meaning of Regulation D under the 1933 Act; or (b) is not a United States person within the meaning of Rule 902 under the 1933 Act) and will only make offers to persons in the jurisdictions in which it is advised in writing that the Shares are qualified for sale or that such qualification is not required. Notwithstanding the qualification of the Shares for sale in any respective jurisdiction (or the exemption therefrom), the Dealer Dealer-Manager represents, warrants and covenants that it will not offer Shares and will not permit any of its registered representatives to offer Shares in any jurisdiction unless both the Dealer Dealer-Manager and such registered representative are duly licensed to transact securities business in such jurisdiction. In offering Shares, the Dealer Dealer-Manager will comply, and in its agreements with Intermediaries, the Dealer Dealer-Manager will require that the Intermediaries comply, with the provisions of the FINRA Rules, Regulation Best Interest under the 1934 Act, as well as all other applicable rules and regulations relating to suitability of investors;
(hg) neither it, and nor any person associated with the Dealer Manager, will not Dealer-Manager shall offer or sell Shares, and, (nor will the Dealer-Manager in its agreements with Intermediaries (as defined below), will require that permit the Intermediaries will not to offer or sell sell) Shares in any jurisdiction except to investors who satisfy the investor suitability standards and minimum investment requirements under the most restrictive of the following: (a) applicable provisions described in the Private Placement Memorandum, including status as an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D under the 1933 Act, minimum income and net worth standards; (b) applicable laws of the jurisdiction of which such investor is a resident; or (c) applicable FINRA Rules. The Dealer-Manager agrees to ensure that, in recommending the purchase, sale or exchange of Shares to an investor, the Dealer-Manager, or a person associated with the Dealer-Manager, shall have reasonable grounds to believe, on the basis of information obtained from the investor (and thereafter maintained in the manner and for the period required by the SEC, any state securities commission, any applicable non-U.S. jurisdiction, FINRA or the Company) concerning his or her age, investment objectives, other investments, financial situation and needs and any other information known to the Dealer-Manager, or person associated with the Dealer-Manager, that (i) the investor can reasonably benefit from an investment in the Shares based on the investor’s overall investment objectives and portfolio structure, (ii) the investor is able to bear the economic risk of the investment based on the investor’s overall financial situation and (iii) the investor has an apparent understanding of (A) the fundamental risks of the investment, (B) the risk that the investor may lose his or her entire investment in the Shares, (C) the lack of liquidity of the Shares, (D) the background and qualifications of the Manager or the persons responsible for directing and managing the Company and (E) the tax consequences of an investment in the Shares. In the case of sales to fiduciary accounts, the suitability standards must be met by the person who directly or indirectly supplied the funds for the purchase of the Shares or by the beneficiary of such fiduciary account; and the purchaser of Shares has a substantive pre-existing relationship with the Dealer Dealer-Manager or the Intermediary (as defined below), as applicable, pursuant to Regulation D under the 1933 Act. The Dealer Dealer-Manager further represents, warrants and covenants that the Dealer Dealer-Manager, in its agreements or a person associated with Intermediariesthe Dealer-Manager, will require that the Intermediaries make every reasonable effort to determine the suitability and appropriateness of an investment in Shares of each proposed investor by reviewing documents and records disclosing the basis upon which the determination as to suitability was reached as to each purchaser of Shares pursuant to a subscription solicited by the IntermediariesDealer-Manager, whether such documents and records relate to accounts which have been closed, accounts which are currently maintained or accounts hereafter established. The Dealer Dealer-Manager agrees and, in its agreements with Intermediaries, will require that the Intermediaries agree to retain its records in compliance with applicable law and make available a record of the information obtained to determine that an investor meets the suitability standards imposed on the offer or sale of Shares at the time of the initial purchase of Shares to (i) the Company and (ii) representatives of the SEC, FINRA and applicable state or non-U.S. securities administrators upon the Dealer Dealer-Manager’s receipt of an appropriate document subpoena or other appropriate request for documents from any such agency for a period of at least six years following the termination of this Agreement. In addition, at the Company’s reasonable written request, which shall be no later than the six year anniversary of the date of termination of this Agreement, and at the Company’s sole expense, the Dealer Dealer-Manager agrees to retain such records for a reasonable period of time beyond the six year anniversary of the date of termination of this Agreement. The Dealer Dealer-Manager shall not purchase any Shares for a discretionary account without obtaining the prior written approval of the Dealer Dealer-Manager’s customer and his or her signature on a subscription agreement. In selling Shares, the Dealer Dealer-Manager will comply, and in its agreements with Intermediaries, the Dealer Dealer-Manager will require that the Intermediaries comply, with the provisions of the FINRA Rules, Regulation Best Interest under the 1934 Act, as well as all other applicable rules and regulations relating to suitability of investors;
(ih) neither the Dealer Dealer-Manager nor any of its directors, executive officers, general partners, managing members or other officers participating in the offering, nor any of the directors, executive officers or other officers participating in the offering of any such general partner or managing member, nor any other officers, employees or associated persons of the Dealer Dealer-Manager or any such general partner or managing member that have been or will be paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration for solicitation of purchasers in connection with the offer and sale of Shares (each, a “Dealer Dealer-Manager Covered Person” and, together, “Dealer Dealer-Manager Covered Persons”), is subject to any of the “Bad Actor” disqualifications (“Disqualification Events”) set forth in Rule 506(d) of Regulation D under the 1933 Securities Act applicable to the Dealer Dealer-Manager except for a Disqualification Event contemplated by Rule 506(d)(2) of the 1933 Securities Act, a description of which has been furnished in writing to the Company prior to the date hereof. The “Bad Actor” disqualifications include, among other things: (1) criminal convictions and court injunctions and restraining orders issued in connection with the purchase or sale of a security or false filings with the SEC; (2) final orders from the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, federal banking agencies and certain other regulators that bar a person from associating with a regulated entity or engaging in the business of securities, insurance or banking or that are based on certain fraudulent conduct; (3) SEC disciplinary orders relating to investment advisers, brokers, dealers and their associated persons; (4) SEC cease-and-desist orders relating to violations of certain anti-fraud provisions and registration requirements of the federal securities laws; (5) suspensions or expulsions from membership in a self-regulatory organization (“SRO”) or from association with an SRO member; and (6) U.S. Postal Service false representation orders. To the extent permitted by applicable law and without disclosing any non-public personal information regarding any Dealer Dealer-Manager Covered Person, the Dealer Dealer-Manager will promptly notify the Company if it becomes aware of a Dealer Dealer-Manager Covered Person who is or becomes the subject of a Disqualifying Event or determines that the Company’s exemption under Rule 506 is no longer available as a result of any Disqualifying Event; and.
(ji) in its agreements with Intermediaries (defined below)Intermediaries, the Dealer Dealer-Manager will require the Intermediaries to represent that:
(iA) it has exercised reasonable care, in accordance with section (e) of Rule 506, in making a factual inquiry into whether any Disqualifying Event exists with respect to the Intermediary or any of its Covered PersonPersons;
(iiB) it shall make periodic factual inquiry as to the occurrence or existence of any Disqualifying Events with respect to itself and its directors, executive officers, general partners, managing members or other officers participating in the offering, and any of the directors, executive officers or other officers participating in the offering of any such general partner or managing member, and any other officers, employees or associated persons of the Intermediary or any such general partner or managing member that have been or will be paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration for solicitation of purchasers in connection with the offer and sale of Shares (each, an “Intermediary Covered PersonsPerson”), and shall conduct such factual inquiry with reasonable care in accordance with subsection (d)(2)(iv) of Rule 506;
(iiiC) to the extent permitted by applicable law, it will promptly notify the Company if it is or becomes subject to a Disqualifying Event or if it becomes aware that any of its Intermediary Covered Persons is or becomes the subject of a Disqualifying Event; and
(ivD) if a Disqualifying Event occurs with respect to any of its Intermediary Covered Persons, the Company shall have the right to terminate the Selling Agent Agreement (defined below) with effect from the date of the occurrence of the Disqualifying Event.
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Samples: Dealer Manager Agreement (EQT Infrastructure Co LLC), Dealer Manager Agreement (EQT Private Equity Co LLC)
Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Dealer Manager. Dealer Dealer-Manager represents, warrants and covenants that:
(a) it has full legal rightpower, power right and authority to enter into execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, except to ; the extent that the enforceability of the indemnity and/or contribution provisions contained in Section 8 execution and delivery of this Agreement may be limited under applicable securities laws; no consent, approval, authorization or other order of any governmental authority is required in connection with the execution or delivery by the Dealer Manager of this Agreement, except such as may be required under the 1933 Act and the Rules consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and Regulationsvalidly approved by all requisite actions on its part, and no other proceedings on its part are necessary to approve this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by FINRAit; this Agreement constitutes a legal, or applicable state securities lawsvalid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms;
(b) it is registered as a broker-dealer with the SEC under the 1934 Act and a member of FINRA, and it and its representatives have all required licenses and registrations to act under this Agreement;
(c) it is and will continue to be in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations aimed at the prevention and detection of money laundering and/or the financing of terrorism activities including Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by USA PATRIOT Act, U.S. Treasury Department, including the Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”), Financial Crimes and Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) and the SEC (collectively, “Money Laundering Laws”) in its duties as a Dealer Dealer-Manager under this Agreement, provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, such duties and corresponding compliance with Money Laundering Laws may be delegated or otherwise carried out by placement agents, financial intermediaries, the Company’s administrator or the Company’s transfer agent pursuant to separate agreements between such party and the Company or Dealer Dealer-Manager;
(d) it shall comply, and require in the Selling Agent Agreements (as defined below) that the Intermediaries (as defined below) comply, with the following: (i) the privacy standards and requirements of the Xxxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Act of 1999 (the “GLB Act”); (ii) the privacy standards and requirements of any other applicable federal or state law; and (iii) its own internal privacy policies and procedures, each as may be amended from time to time;
(e) it has an anti-money laundering program (“AML Program”), that at minimum includes, (i) an AML compliance officer designated to administer and oversee the AML Program, (ii) ongoing training for appropriate personnel, (iii) internal controls and procedures reasonably designed to prevent and detect suspicious activity monitoring and terrorist financing activities; (iv) appropriate risk-based procedures for conducting ongoing customer due diligence, including: (a) understanding the nature and purpose of customer relationships for the purpose of developing a customer risk profile and (b) conducting ongoing monitoring to identify and report suspicious transactions and, on a risk basis, to maintain and update customer information (including beneficial ownership information of legal entity customers); and (v) appropriate record keeping procedures;
(fe) it shall not give any information or make any representations other than those contained in the current Private Placement Memorandum or contained in shareholder reports or other material that may be prepared by or on behalf of the Company for the Dealer Dealer-Manager’s use. The Dealer Dealer-Manager may prepare and distribute sales literature and other material as it may deem appropriate, provided that such literature and materials have been prepared in accordance with applicable rules and regulations; and provided further, that the Company has previously approved such material;
(gf) it will offer Shares, and in its agreements with Intermediaries (as defined below) will require that the Intermediaries offer Shares, only to those persons who meet the suitability standards set forth in the Private Placement Memorandum or in any suitability letter or memorandum sent by the Company (including, for the avoidance of doubt, only from investors each of which, together with any other investor for which such investor is acting as a trustee or other fiduciary, the Dealer Dealer-Manager or Intermediary making such offering of Shares, shall reasonably believe (a) is an “accredited investor” with respect to the Shares within the meaning of Regulation D under the 1933 Act; or (b) is not a United States person within the meaning of Rule 902 under the 1933 Act) and will only make offers to persons in the jurisdictions in which it is advised in writing that the Shares are qualified for sale or that such qualification is not required. Notwithstanding the qualification of the Shares for sale in any respective jurisdiction (or the exemption therefrom), the Dealer Dealer-Manager represents, warrants and covenants that it will not offer Shares and will not permit any of its registered representatives to offer Shares in any jurisdiction unless both the Dealer Dealer-Manager and such registered representative are duly licensed to transact securities business in such jurisdiction. In offering Shares, the Dealer Dealer-Manager will comply, and in its agreements with Intermediaries, the Dealer Dealer-Manager will require that the Intermediaries comply, with the provisions of the FINRA Rules, Regulation Best Interest under the 1934 Act, as well as all other applicable rules and regulations relating to suitability of investors;
(hg) neither it, and nor any person associated with the Dealer Manager, will not Dealer-Manager shall offer or sell Shares, and, (nor will the Dealer-Manager in its agreements with Intermediaries (as defined below), will require that ) permit the Intermediaries will not to offer or sell sell) Shares in any jurisdiction except to investors who satisfy the investor suitability standards and minimum investment requirements under the most restrictive of the following: (a) applicable provisions described in the Private Placement Memorandum, including status as an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D under the 1933 Act, minimum income and net worth standards; (b) applicable laws of the jurisdiction of which such investor is a resident; or (c) applicable FINRA Rules. The Dealer-Manager agrees to ensure that, in recommending the purchase, sale or exchange of Shares to an investor, the Dealer-Manager, or a person associated with the Dealer-Manager, shall have reasonable grounds to believe, on the basis of information obtained from the investor (and thereafter maintained in the manner and for the period required by the SEC, any state securities commission, any applicable non-U.S. jurisdiction, FINRA or the Company) concerning his or her age, investment objectives, other investments, financial situation and needs and any other information known to the Dealer-Manager, or person associated with the Dealer-Manager, that (i) the investor can reasonably benefit from an investment in the Shares based on the investor’s overall investment objectives and portfolio structure, (ii) the investor is able to bear the economic risk of the investment based on the investor’s overall financial situation and (iii) the investor has an apparent understanding of (A) the fundamental risks of the investment, (B) the risk that the investor may lose his or her entire investment in the Shares, (C) the lack of liquidity of the Shares, (D) the background and qualifications of the Manager or the persons responsible for directing and managing the Company and (E) the tax consequences of an investment in the Shares. In the case of sales to fiduciary accounts, the suitability standards must be met by the person who directly or indirectly supplied the funds for the purchase of the Shares or by the beneficiary of such fiduciary account; and the purchaser of Shares has a substantive pre-existing relationship with the Dealer Dealer-Manager or the Intermediary (as defined below), as applicable, pursuant to Regulation D under the 1933 Act. The Dealer Dealer-Manager further represents, warrants and covenants that the Dealer Dealer-Manager, in its agreements or a person associated with Intermediariesthe Dealer-Manager, will require that the Intermediaries make every reasonable effort to determine the suitability and appropriateness of an investment in Shares of each proposed investor by reviewing documents and records disclosing the basis upon which the determination as to suitability was reached as to each purchaser of Shares pursuant to a subscription solicited by the IntermediariesDealer-Manager, whether such documents and records relate to accounts which have been closed, accounts which are currently maintained or accounts hereafter established. The Dealer Dealer-Manager agrees and, in its agreements with Intermediaries, will require that the Intermediaries agree to retain its records in compliance with applicable law and make available a record of the information obtained to determine that an investor meets the suitability standards imposed on the offer or sale of Shares at the time of the initial purchase of Shares to (i) the Company and (ii) representatives of the SEC, FINRA and applicable state or non-U.S. securities administrators upon the Dealer Dealer-Manager’s receipt of an appropriate document subpoena or other appropriate request for documents from any such agency for a period of at least six years following the termination of this Agreement. In addition, at the Company’s reasonable written request, which shall be no later than the six year anniversary of the date of termination of this Agreement, and at the Company’s sole expense, the Dealer Dealer-Manager agrees to retain such records for a reasonable period of time beyond the six year anniversary of the date of termination of this Agreement. The Dealer Dealer-Manager shall not purchase any Shares for a discretionary account without obtaining the prior written approval of the Dealer Dealer-Manager’s customer and his or her signature on a subscription agreement. In selling Shares, the Dealer Dealer-Manager will comply, and in its agreements with Intermediaries, the Dealer Dealer-Manager will require that the Intermediaries comply, with the provisions of the FINRA Rules, Regulation Best Interest under the 1934 Act, as well as all other applicable rules and regulations relating to suitability of investors;
(ih) neither the Dealer Dealer-Manager nor any of its directors, executive officers, general partners, managing members or other officers participating in the offering, nor any of the directors, executive officers or other officers participating in the offering of any such general partner or managing member, nor any other officers, employees or associated persons of the Dealer Dealer-Manager or any such general partner or managing member that have been or will be paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration for solicitation of purchasers in connection with the offer and sale of Shares (each, a “Dealer Dealer-Manager Covered Person” and, together, “Dealer Dealer-Manager Covered Persons”), is subject to any of the “Bad Actor” disqualifications (“Disqualification Events”) set forth in Rule 506(d) of Regulation D under the 1933 Securities Act applicable to the Dealer Dealer-Manager except for a Disqualification Event contemplated by Rule 506(d)(2) of the 1933 Securities Act, a description of which has been furnished in writing to the Company prior to the date hereof. The “Bad Actor” disqualifications include, among other things: (1) criminal convictions and court injunctions and restraining orders issued in connection with the purchase or sale of a security or false filings with the SEC; (2) final orders from the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, federal banking agencies and certain other regulators that bar a person from associating with a regulated entity or engaging in the business of securities, insurance or banking or that are based on certain fraudulent conduct; (3) SEC disciplinary orders relating to investment advisers, brokers, dealers and their associated persons; (4) SEC cease-and-desist orders relating to violations of certain anti-fraud provisions and registration requirements of the federal securities laws; (5) suspensions or expulsions from membership in a self-regulatory organization (“SRO”) or from association with an SRO member; and (6) U.S. Postal Service false representation orders. To the extent permitted by applicable law and without disclosing any non-public personal information regarding any Dealer Dealer-Manager Covered Person, the Dealer Dealer-Manager will promptly notify the Company if it becomes aware of a Dealer Dealer-Manager Covered Person who is or becomes the subject of a Disqualifying Event or determines that the Company’s exemption under Rule 506 is no longer available as a result of any Disqualifying Event; and.
(ji) in its agreements with Intermediaries (defined below), the Dealer Dealer-Manager will require the Intermediaries to represent that:
(i) it has exercised reasonable care, in accordance with section (e) of Rule 506, in making a factual inquiry into whether any Disqualifying Event exists with respect to the Intermediary or any of its Covered PersonPersons;
(ii) it shall make periodic factual inquiry as to the occurrence or existence of any Disqualifying Events with respect to itself and its Covered Persons, and shall conduct such factual inquiry with reasonable care in accordance with subsection (d)(2)(iv) of Rule 506;
(iii) to the extent permitted by applicable law, it will promptly notify the Company if it is or becomes subject to a Disqualifying Event or if it becomes aware that any of its Covered Persons is or becomes the subject of a Disqualifying Event; and
(iv) if a Disqualifying Event occurs with respect to any of its Covered Persons, the Company shall have the right to terminate the Selling Agent Agreement (defined below) with effect from the date of the occurrence of the Disqualifying Event.
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Samples: Dealer Manager Agreement (KKR Private Equity Conglomerate LLC), Dealer Manager Agreement (KKR Private Equity Conglomerate LLC)
Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Dealer Manager. Dealer Manager represents, warrants and covenants that:
(a) it has full legal right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform the transactions contemplated hereby, except to the extent that the enforceability of the indemnity and/or contribution provisions contained in Section 8 of this Agreement may be limited under applicable securities laws; no consent, approval, authorization or other order of any governmental authority is required in connection with the execution or delivery by the Dealer Manager of this Agreement, except such as may be required under the 1933 Act and the Rules and Regulations, by FINRA, or applicable state securities laws;
(b) it is registered as a broker-dealer with the SEC under the 1934 Act and a member of FINRA, and it and its representatives have all required licenses and registrations to act under this Agreement;
(c) it is and will continue to be in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations aimed at the prevention and detection of money laundering and/or the financing of terrorism activities including Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by USA PATRIOT Act, U.S. Treasury Department, including the Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”), Financial Crimes and Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) and the SEC (collectively, “Money Laundering Laws”) in its duties as a Dealer Manager under this Agreement, provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, such duties and corresponding compliance with Money Laundering Laws may be delegated or otherwise carried out by placement agents, financial intermediaries, the Company’s administrator or the Company’s transfer agent pursuant to separate agreements between such party and the Company or Dealer Manager;
(d) it shall comply, and require in the Selling Agent Agreements (as defined below) that the Intermediaries (as defined below) comply, with the following: (i) the privacy standards and requirements of the Xxxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Act of 1999 (the “GLB Act”); (ii) the privacy standards and requirements of any other applicable federal or state law; and (iii) its own internal privacy policies and procedures, each as may be amended from time to time;
(e) it has an anti-money laundering program (“AML Program”), that at minimum includes, (i) an AML compliance officer designated to administer and oversee the AML Program, (ii) ongoing training for appropriate personnel, (iii) internal controls and procedures reasonably designed to prevent and detect suspicious activity monitoring and terrorist financing activities; (iv) appropriate risk-based procedures for conducting ongoing customer due diligence, including: (a) understanding the nature and purpose of customer relationships for the purpose of developing a customer risk profile and (b) conducting ongoing monitoring to identify and report suspicious transactions and, on a risk basis, to maintain and update customer information (including beneficial ownership information of legal entity customers); and (v) appropriate record keeping procedures;
(f) it shall not give any information or make any representations other than those contained in the current Private Placement Memorandum or other material that may be prepared by or on behalf of the Company for the Dealer Manager’s use. The Dealer Manager may prepare and distribute sales literature and other material as it may deem appropriate, provided that such literature and materials have been prepared in accordance with applicable rules and regulations; and provided further, that the Company has previously approved such material;
(g) it will offer Shares, and in its agreements with Intermediaries (as defined below) will require that the Intermediaries offer Shares, only to those persons who meet the suitability standards set forth in the Private Placement Memorandum or in any suitability letter or memorandum sent by the Company (including, for the avoidance of doubt, only from investors each of which, together with any other investor for which such investor is acting as a trustee or other fiduciary, the Dealer Manager or Intermediary making such offering of Shares, shall reasonably believe (a) is an “accredited investor” with respect to the Shares within the meaning of Regulation D under the 1933 Act; or (b) is not a United States person within the meaning of Rule 902 under the 1933 Act) and will only make offers to persons in the jurisdictions in which it is advised in writing that the Shares are qualified for sale or that such qualification is not required. Notwithstanding the qualification of the Shares for sale in any respective jurisdiction (or the exemption therefrom), the Dealer Manager represents, warrants and covenants that it will not offer Shares and will not permit any of its registered representatives to offer Shares in any jurisdiction unless both the Dealer Manager and such registered representative are duly licensed to transact securities business in such jurisdiction. In offering Shares, the Dealer Manager will comply, and in its agreements with Intermediaries, the Dealer Manager will require that the Intermediaries comply, with the provisions of the FINRA Rules, as well as all other applicable rules and regulations relating to suitability of investors;
(h) it, and any person associated with the Dealer Manager, will not offer or sell Shares, and, in its agreements with Intermediaries (as defined below), will require that the Intermediaries will not offer or sell Shares in any jurisdiction except to investors who satisfy the investor suitability standards and minimum investment requirements under the most restrictive of the following: (a) applicable provisions described in the Private Placement Memorandum, including status as an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D under the 1933 Act, minimum income and net worth standards; (b) applicable laws of the jurisdiction of which such investor is a resident; or (c) applicable FINRA Rules. In the case of sales to fiduciary accounts, the suitability standards must be met by the person who directly or indirectly supplied the funds for the purchase of the Shares or by the beneficiary of such fiduciary account; and the purchaser of Shares has a substantive pre-existing relationship with the Dealer Manager or the Intermediary (as defined below), as applicable, pursuant to Regulation D under the 1933 Act. The Dealer Manager further represents, warrants and covenants that the Dealer Manager, in its agreements with Intermediaries, will require that the Intermediaries make every reasonable effort to determine the suitability and appropriateness of an investment in Shares of each proposed investor by reviewing documents and records disclosing the basis upon which the determination as to suitability was reached as to each purchaser of Shares pursuant to a subscription solicited by the Intermediaries, whether such documents and records relate to accounts which have been closed, accounts which are currently maintained or accounts hereafter established. The Dealer Manager agrees and, in its agreements with Intermediaries, will require that the Intermediaries agree to retain its records in compliance with applicable law and make available a record of the information obtained to determine that an investor meets the suitability standards imposed on the offer or sale of Shares at the time of the initial purchase of Shares to (i) the Company and and
(ii) representatives of the SEC, FINRA and applicable state or non-U.S. securities administrators upon the Dealer Manager’s receipt of an appropriate document subpoena or other appropriate request for documents from any such agency for a period of at least six years following the termination of this Agreement. In addition, at the Company’s reasonable written request, which shall be no later than the six year anniversary of the date of termination of this Agreement, and at the Company’s sole expense, the Dealer Manager agrees to retain such records for a reasonable period of time beyond the six year anniversary of the date of termination of this Agreement. The Dealer Manager shall not purchase any Shares for a discretionary account without obtaining the prior written approval of the Dealer Manager’s customer and his or her signature on a subscription agreement. In selling Shares, the Dealer Manager will comply, and in its agreements with Intermediaries, the Dealer Manager will require that the Intermediaries comply, with the provisions of the FINRA Rules, as well as all other applicable rules and regulations relating to suitability of investors;
(i) neither the Dealer Manager nor any of its directors, executive officers, general partners, managing members or other officers participating in the offering, nor any of the directors, executive officers or other officers participating in the offering of any such general partner or managing member, nor any other officers, employees or associated persons of the Dealer Manager or any such general partner or managing member that have been or will be paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration for solicitation of purchasers in connection with the offer and sale of Shares (each, a “Dealer Manager Covered Person” and, together, “Dealer Manager Covered Persons”), is subject to any of the “Bad Actor” disqualifications (“Disqualification Events”) set forth in Rule 506(d) of Regulation D under the 1933 Act applicable to the Dealer Manager except for a Disqualification Event contemplated by Rule 506(d)(2) of the 1933 Act, a description of which has been furnished in writing to the Company prior to the date hereof. The “Bad Actor” disqualifications include, among other things: (1) criminal convictions and court injunctions and restraining orders issued in connection with the purchase or sale of a security or false filings with the SEC; (2) final orders from the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, federal banking agencies and certain other regulators that bar a person from associating with a regulated entity or engaging in the business of securities, insurance or banking or that are based on certain fraudulent conduct; (3) SEC disciplinary orders relating to investment advisers, brokers, dealers and their associated persons; (4) SEC cease-and-desist orders relating to violations of certain anti-fraud provisions and registration requirements of the federal securities laws; (5) suspensions or expulsions from membership in a self-regulatory organization (“SRO”) or from association with an SRO member; and (6) U.S. Postal Service false representation orders. To the extent permitted by applicable law and without disclosing any non-public personal information regarding any Dealer Manager Covered Person, the Dealer Manager will promptly notify the Company if it becomes aware of a Dealer Manager Covered Person who is or becomes the subject of a Disqualifying Event or determines that the Company’s exemption under Rule 506 is no longer available as a result of any Disqualifying Event; and
(j) in its agreements with Intermediaries (defined below), the Dealer Manager will require the Intermediaries to represent that:
(i) it has exercised reasonable care, in accordance with section (e) of Rule 506, in making a factual inquiry into whether any Disqualifying Event exists with respect to the Intermediary or any of its Covered Person;
(ii) it shall make periodic factual inquiry as to the occurrence or existence of any Disqualifying Events with respect to itself and its Covered Persons, and shall conduct such factual inquiry with reasonable care in accordance with subsection (d)(2)(iv) of Rule 506;
(iii) to the extent permitted by applicable law, it will promptly notify the Company if it is or becomes subject to a Disqualifying Event or if it becomes aware that any of its Covered Persons is or becomes the subject of a Disqualifying Event; and
(iv) if a Disqualifying Event occurs with respect to any of its Covered Persons, the Company shall have the right to terminate the Selling Agent Agreement (defined below) with effect from the date of the occurrence of the Disqualifying Event.
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Samples: Dealer Manager Agreement (Apollo Infrastructure Co LLC)
Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Dealer Manager. Dealer Dealer-Manager represents, warrants and covenants that:
(a) it has full legal rightpower, power right and authority to enter into execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, except to ; the extent that the enforceability of the indemnity and/or contribution provisions contained in Section 8 execution and delivery of this Agreement may be limited under applicable securities laws; no consent, approval, authorization or other order of any governmental authority is required in connection with the execution or delivery by the Dealer Manager of this Agreement, except such as may be required under the 1933 Act and the Rules consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and Regulationsvalidly approved by all requisite actions on its part, and no other proceedings on its part are necessary to approve this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by FINRAit; this Agreement constitutes a legal, or applicable state securities lawsvalid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms;
(b) it is registered as a broker-dealer with the SEC under the 1934 Act and a member of FINRA, and it and its representatives have all required licenses and registrations to act under this Agreement;
(c) it is and will continue to be in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations aimed at the prevention and detection of money laundering and/or the financing of terrorism activities including Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by USA PATRIOT Act, U.S. Treasury Department, including the Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”), Financial Crimes and Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) and the SEC (collectively, “Money Laundering Laws”) in its duties as a Dealer Dealer-Manager under this Agreement, provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, such duties and corresponding compliance with Money Laundering Laws may be delegated or otherwise carried out by placement agents, financial intermediaries, the Company’s administrator or the Company’s transfer agent pursuant to separate agreements between such party and the Company or Dealer Dealer-Manager;
(d) it shall comply, and require in the Selling Agent Agreements (as defined below) that the Intermediaries (as defined below) comply, with the following: (i) the privacy standards and requirements of the Xxxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Act of 1999 (the “GLB Act”); (ii) the privacy standards and requirements of any other applicable federal or state law; and (iii) its own internal privacy policies and procedures, each as may be amended from time to time;
(e) it has an anti-money laundering program (“AML Program”), that at minimum includes, (i) an AML compliance officer designated to administer and oversee the AML Program, (ii) ongoing training for appropriate personnel, (iii) internal controls and procedures reasonably designed to prevent and detect suspicious activity monitoring and terrorist financing activities; (iv) appropriate risk-based procedures for conducting ongoing customer due diligence, including: (a) understanding the nature and purpose of customer relationships for the purpose of developing a customer risk profile and (b) conducting ongoing monitoring to identify and report suspicious transactions and, on a risk basis, to maintain and update customer information (including beneficial ownership information of legal entity customers); and (v) appropriate record keeping procedures;
(fe) it shall not give any information or make any representations other than those contained in the current Private Placement Memorandum or contained in shareholder reports or other material that may be prepared by or on behalf of the Company for the Dealer Dealer-Manager’s use. The Dealer Dealer-Manager may prepare and distribute sales literature and other material as it may deem appropriate, provided that such literature and materials have been prepared in accordance with applicable rules and regulations; and provided further, that the Company has previously approved such material;
(gf) it will offer Shares, and in its agreements with Intermediaries (as defined below) will require that the Intermediaries offer Shares, only to those persons who meet the suitability standards set forth in the Private Placement Memorandum or in any suitability letter or memorandum sent by the Company (including, for the avoidance of doubt, only from investors each of which, together with any other investor for which such investor is acting as a trustee or other fiduciary, the Dealer Dealer-Manager or Intermediary making such offering of Shares, shall reasonably believe (a) is an “accredited investor” with respect to the Shares within the meaning of Regulation D under the 1933 Act; or (b) is not a United States person within the meaning of Rule 902 under the 1933 Act) and will only make offers to persons in the jurisdictions in which it is advised in writing that the Shares are qualified for sale or that such qualification is not required. Notwithstanding the qualification of the Shares for sale in any respective jurisdiction (or the exemption therefrom), the Dealer Dealer-Manager represents, warrants and covenants that it will not offer Shares and will not permit any of its registered representatives to offer Shares in any jurisdiction unless both the Dealer Dealer-Manager and such registered representative are duly licensed to transact securities business in such jurisdiction. In offering Shares, the Dealer Dealer-Manager will comply, and in its agreements with Intermediaries, the Dealer Dealer-Manager will require that the Intermediaries comply, with the provisions of the FINRA Rules, Regulation Best Interest under the 1934 Act, as well as all other applicable rules and regulations relating to suitability of investors;
(hg) neither it, and nor any person associated with the Dealer Manager, will not Dealer-Manager shall offer or sell Shares, and, (nor will the Dealer-Manager in its agreements with Intermediaries (as defined below), will require that ) permit the Intermediaries will not to offer or sell sell) Shares in any jurisdiction except to investors who satisfy the investor suitability standards and minimum investment requirements under the most restrictive of the following: (a) applicable provisions described in the Private Placement Memorandum, including status as an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D under the 1933 Act, minimum income and net worth standards; (b) applicable laws of the jurisdiction of which such investor is a resident; or (c) applicable FINRA Rules. The Dealer-Manager agrees to ensure that, in recommending the purchase, sale or exchange of Shares to an investor, the Dealer-Manager, or a person associated with the Dealer-Manager, shall have reasonable grounds to believe, on the basis of information obtained from the investor (and thereafter maintained in the manner and for the period required by the SEC, any state securities commission, any applicable non-U.S. jurisdiction, FINRA or the Company) concerning his or her age, investment objectives, other investments, financial situation and needs and any other information known to the Dealer-Manager, or person associated with the Dealer-Manager, that (i) the investor can reasonably benefit from an investment in the Shares based on the investor’s overall investment objectives and portfolio structure, (ii) the investor is able to bear the economic risk of the investment based on the investor’s overall financial situation and (iii) the investor has an apparent understanding of (A) the fundamental risks of the investment, (B) the risk that the investor may lose his or her entire investment in the Shares, (C) the lack of liquidity of the Shares, (D) the background and qualifications of the Manager or the persons responsible for directing and managing the Company and (E) the tax consequences of an investment in the Shares. In the case of sales to fiduciary accounts, the suitability standards must be met by the person who directly or indirectly supplied the funds for the purchase of the Shares or by the beneficiary of such fiduciary account; and the purchaser of Shares has a substantive pre-existing relationship with the Dealer Dealer-Manager or the Intermediary (as defined below), as applicable, pursuant to Regulation D under the 1933 Act. The Dealer Dealer-Manager further represents, warrants and covenants that the Dealer Dealer-Manager, in its agreements or a person associated with Intermediariesthe Dealer-Manager, will require that the Intermediaries make every reasonable effort to determine the suitability and appropriateness of an investment in Shares of each proposed investor by reviewing documents and records disclosing the basis upon which the determination as to suitability was reached as to each purchaser of Shares pursuant to a subscription solicited by the IntermediariesDealer-Manager, whether such documents and records relate to accounts which have been closed, accounts which are currently maintained or accounts hereafter established. The Dealer Dealer-Manager agrees and, in its agreements with Intermediaries, will require that the Intermediaries agree to retain its records in compliance with applicable law and make available a record of the information obtained to determine that an investor meets the suitability standards imposed on the offer or sale of Shares at the time of the initial purchase of Shares to (i) the Company and (ii) representatives of the SEC, FINRA and applicable state or non-U.S. securities administrators upon the Dealer Dealer-Manager’s receipt of an appropriate document subpoena or other appropriate request for documents from any such agency for a period of at least six years following the termination of this Agreement. In addition, at the Company’s reasonable written request, which shall be no later than the six year anniversary of the date of termination of this Agreement, and at the Company’s sole expense, the Dealer Dealer-Manager agrees to retain such records for a reasonable period of time beyond the six year anniversary of the date of termination of this Agreement. The Dealer Dealer-Manager shall not purchase any Shares for a discretionary account without obtaining the prior written approval of the Dealer Dealer-Manager’s customer and his or her signature on a subscription agreement. In selling Shares, the Dealer Dealer-Manager will comply, and in its agreements with Intermediaries, the Dealer Dealer-Manager will require that the Intermediaries comply, with the provisions of the FINRA Rules, Regulation Best Interest under the 1934 Act, as well as all other applicable rules and regulations relating to suitability of investors;
(ih) neither the Dealer Dealer-Manager nor any of its directors, executive officers, general partners, managing members or other officers participating in the offering, nor any of the directors, executive officers or other officers participating in the offering of any such general partner or managing member, nor any other officers, employees or associated persons of the Dealer Dealer-Manager or any such general partner or managing member that have been or will be paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration for solicitation of purchasers in connection with the offer and sale of Shares (each, a “Dealer Dealer-Manager Covered Person” and, together, “Dealer Dealer-Manager Covered Persons”), is subject to any of the “Bad Actor” disqualifications (“Disqualification Events”) set forth in Rule 506(d) of Regulation D under the 1933 Securities Act applicable to the Dealer Dealer-Manager except for a Disqualification Event contemplated by Rule 506(d)(2) of the 1933 Securities Act, a description of which has been furnished in writing to the Company prior to the date hereof. The “Bad Actor” disqualifications include, among other things: (1) criminal convictions and court injunctions and restraining orders issued in connection with the purchase or sale of a security or false filings with the SEC; (2) final orders from the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, federal banking agencies and certain other regulators that bar a person from associating with a regulated entity or engaging in the business of securities, insurance or banking or that are based on certain fraudulent conduct; (3) SEC disciplinary orders relating to investment advisers, brokers, dealers and their associated persons; (4) SEC cease-and-desist orders relating to violations of certain anti-fraud provisions and registration requirements of the federal securities laws; (5) suspensions or expulsions from membership in a self-regulatory organization (“SRO”) or from association with an SRO member; and (6) U.S. Postal Service false representation orders. To the extent permitted by applicable law and without disclosing any non-public personal information regarding any Dealer Dealer-Manager Covered Person, the Dealer Dealer-Manager will promptly notify the Company if it becomes aware of a Dealer Dealer-Manager Covered Person who is or becomes the subject of a Disqualifying Event or determines that the Company’s exemption under Rule 506 is no longer available as a result of any Disqualifying Event; and;
(ji) in its agreements with Intermediaries (defined below), the Dealer Dealer-Manager will require the Intermediaries to represent that:
(i) it has exercised reasonable care, in accordance with section (e) of Rule 506, in making a factual inquiry into whether any Disqualifying Event exists with respect to the Intermediary or any of its Covered PersonPersons;
(ii) it shall make periodic factual inquiry as to the occurrence or existence of any Disqualifying Events with respect to itself and its Covered Persons, and shall conduct such factual inquiry with reasonable care in accordance with subsection (d)(2)(iv) of Rule 506;
(iii) to the extent permitted by applicable law, it will promptly notify the Company if it is or becomes subject to a Disqualifying Event or if it becomes aware that any of its Covered Persons is or becomes the subject of a Disqualifying Event; and
(iv) if a Disqualifying Event occurs with respect to any of its Covered Persons, the Company shall have the right to terminate the Selling Agent Agreement (defined below) with effect from the date of the occurrence of the Disqualifying Event.
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Samples: Dealer Manager Agreement (KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC)
Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Dealer Manager. Dealer Dealer-Manager represents, warrants and covenants that:
(a) it has full legal rightpower, power right and authority to enter into execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, except to ; the extent that the enforceability of the indemnity and/or contribution provisions contained in Section 8 execution and delivery of this Agreement may be limited under applicable securities laws; no consent, approval, authorization or other order of any governmental authority is required in connection with the execution or delivery by the Dealer Manager of this Agreement, except such as may be required under the 1933 Act and the Rules consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and Regulationsvalidly approved by all requisite actions on its part, and no other proceedings on its part are necessary to approve this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by FINRAit; this Agreement constitutes a legal, or applicable state securities lawsvalid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms;
(b) it is registered as a broker-dealer with the SEC under the 1934 Act and a member of FINRA, and it and its representatives have all required licenses and registrations to act under this Agreement;
(c) it is and will continue to be in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations aimed at the prevention and detection of money laundering and/or the financing of terrorism activities including Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by USA PATRIOT Act, U.S. Treasury Department, including the Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”), Financial Crimes and Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) and the SEC (collectively, “Money Laundering Laws”) in its duties as a Dealer Dealer-Manager under this Agreement, provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, such duties and corresponding compliance with Money Laundering Laws may be delegated or otherwise carried out by placement agents, financial intermediaries, the Company’s administrator or the Company’s transfer agent pursuant to separate agreements between such party and the Company or Dealer Dealer-Manager;
(d) it shall comply, and require in the Selling Agent Agreements (as defined below) that the Intermediaries (as defined below) comply, with the following: (i) the privacy standards and requirements of the Xxxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Act of 1999 (the “GLB Act”); (ii) the privacy standards and requirements of any other applicable federal or state law; and (iii) its own internal privacy policies and procedures, each as may be amended from time to time;
(e) it has an anti-money laundering program (“AML Program”), that at minimum includes, (i) an AML compliance officer designated to administer and oversee the AML Program, (ii) ongoing training for appropriate personnel, (iii) internal controls and procedures reasonably designed to prevent and detect suspicious activity monitoring and terrorist financing activities; (iv) appropriate risk-based procedures for conducting ongoing customer due diligence, including: (a) understanding the nature and purpose of customer relationships for the purpose of developing a customer risk profile and (b) conducting ongoing monitoring to identify and report suspicious transactions and, on a risk basis, to maintain and update customer information (including beneficial ownership information of legal entity customers); and (v) appropriate record keeping procedures;
(fe) it shall not give any information or make any representations other than those contained in the current Private Placement Memorandum or contained in shareholder reports or other material that may be prepared by or on behalf of the Company for the Dealer Dealer-Manager’s use. The Dealer Dealer-Manager may prepare and distribute sales literature and other material as it may deem appropriate, provided that such literature and materials have been prepared in accordance with applicable rules and regulations; and provided further, that the Company has previously approved such material;
(gf) it will offer Shares, and in its agreements with Intermediaries (as defined below) will require that the Intermediaries offer Shares, only to those persons who meet the suitability standards set forth in the Private Placement Memorandum or in any suitability letter or memorandum sent by the Company (including, for the avoidance of doubt, only from investors each of which, together with any other investor for which such investor is acting as a trustee or other fiduciary, the Dealer Dealer-Manager or Intermediary making such offering of Shares, shall reasonably believe (a) is an “accredited investor” with respect to the Shares within the meaning of Regulation D under the 1933 Act; or (b) is not a United States person within the meaning of Rule 902 under the 1933 Act) and will only make offers to persons in the jurisdictions in which it is advised in writing that the Shares are qualified for sale or that such qualification is not required. Notwithstanding the qualification of the Shares for sale in any respective jurisdiction (or the exemption therefrom), the Dealer Dealer-Manager represents, warrants and covenants that it will not offer Shares and will not permit any of its registered representatives to offer Shares in any jurisdiction unless both the Dealer Dealer-Manager and such registered representative are duly licensed to transact securities business in such jurisdiction. In offering Shares, the Dealer Dealer-Manager will comply, and in its agreements with Intermediaries, the Dealer Dealer-Manager will require that the Intermediaries comply, with the provisions of the FINRA Rules, Regulation Best Interest under the 1934 Act, as well as all other applicable rules and regulations relating to suitability of investors;
(hg) neither it, and nor any person associated with the Dealer Manager, will not Dealer-Manager shall offer or sell Shares, and, (nor will the Dealer-Manager in its agreements with Intermediaries (as defined below), will require that ) permit the Intermediaries will not to offer or sell sell) Shares in any jurisdiction except to investors who satisfy the investor suitability standards and minimum investment requirements under the most restrictive of the following: (a) applicable provisions described in the Private Placement Memorandum, including status as an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D under the 1933 Act, minimum income and net worth standards; (b) applicable laws of the jurisdiction of which such investor is a resident; or (c) applicable FINRA Rules. The Dealer-Manager agrees to ensure that, in recommending the purchase, sale or exchange of Shares to an investor, the Dealer-Manager, or a person associated with the Dealer-Manager, shall have reasonable grounds to believe, on the basis of information obtained from the investor (and thereafter maintained in the manner and for the period required by the SEC, any state securities commission, any applicable non-U.S. jurisdiction, FINRA or the Company) concerning his or her age, investment objectives, other investments, financial situation and needs and any other information known to the Dealer-Manager, or person associated with the Dealer-Manager, that (i) the investor can reasonably benefit from an investment in the Shares based on the investor’s overall investment objectives and portfolio structure, (ii) the investor is able to bear the economic risk of the investment based on the investor’s overall financial situation and (iii) the investor has an apparent understanding of (A) the fundamental risks of the investment, (B) the risk that the investor may lose his or her entire investment in the Shares, (C) the lack of liquidity of the Shares, (D) the background and qualifications of the Manager or the persons responsible for directing and managing the Company and (E) the tax consequences of an investment in the Shares. In the case of sales to fiduciary accounts, the suitability standards must be met by the person who directly or indirectly supplied the funds for the purchase of the Shares or by the beneficiary of such fiduciary account; and the purchaser of Shares has a substantive pre-existing relationship with the Dealer Dealer-Manager or the Intermediary (as defined below), as applicable, pursuant to Regulation D under the 1933 Act. The Dealer Dealer-Manager further represents, warrants and covenants that the Dealer Dealer-Manager, in its agreements or a person associated with Intermediariesthe Dealer-Manager, will require that the Intermediaries make every reasonable effort to determine the suitability and appropriateness of an investment in Shares of each proposed investor by reviewing documents and records disclosing the basis upon which the determination as to suitability was reached as to each purchaser of Shares pursuant to a subscription solicited by the IntermediariesDealer-Manager, whether such documents and records relate to accounts which have been closed, accounts which are currently maintained or accounts hereafter established. The Dealer Dealer-Manager agrees and, in its agreements with Intermediaries, will require that the Intermediaries agree to retain its records in compliance with applicable law and make available a record of the information obtained to determine that an investor meets the suitability standards imposed on the offer or sale of Shares at the time of the initial purchase of Shares to (i) the Company and (ii) representatives of the SEC, FINRA and applicable state or non-U.S. securities administrators upon the Dealer Dealer-Manager’s receipt of an appropriate document subpoena or other appropriate request for documents from any such agency for a period of at least six years following the termination of this Agreement. In addition, at the Company’s reasonable written request, which shall be no later than the six year anniversary of the date of termination of this Agreement, and at the Company’s sole expense, the Dealer Dealer-Manager agrees to retain such records for a reasonable period of time beyond the six year anniversary of the date of termination of this Agreement. The Dealer Dealer-Manager shall not purchase any Shares for a discretionary account without obtaining the prior written approval of the Dealer Dealer-Manager’s customer and his or her signature on a subscription agreement. In selling Shares, the Dealer Dealer-Manager will comply, and in its agreements with Intermediaries, the Dealer Dealer-Manager will require that the Intermediaries comply, with the provisions of the FINRA Rules, Regulation Best Interest under the 1934 Act, as well as all other applicable rules and regulations relating to suitability of investors;
(ih) neither the Dealer Dealer-Manager nor any of its directors, executive officers, general partners, managing members or other officers participating in the offering, nor any of the directors, executive officers or other officers participating in the offering of any such general partner or managing member, nor any other officers, employees or associated persons of the Dealer Dealer-Manager or any such general partner or managing member that have been or will be paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration for solicitation of purchasers in connection with the offer and sale of Shares (each, a “Dealer Dealer-Manager Covered Person” and, together, “Dealer Dealer-Manager Covered Persons”), is subject to any of the “Bad Actor” disqualifications (“Disqualification Events”) set forth in Rule 506(d) of Regulation D under the 1933 Securities Act applicable to the Dealer Dealer-Manager except for a Disqualification Event contemplated by Rule 506(d)(2) of the 1933 Securities Act, a description of which has been furnished in writing to the Company prior to the date hereof. The “Bad Actor” disqualifications include, among other things: (1) criminal convictions and court injunctions and restraining orders issued in connection with the purchase or sale of a security or false filings with the SEC; (2) final orders from the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, federal banking agencies and certain other regulators that bar a person from associating with a regulated entity or engaging in the business of securities, insurance or banking or that are based on certain fraudulent conduct; (3) SEC disciplinary orders relating to investment advisers, brokers, dealers and their associated persons; (4) SEC cease-and-desist orders relating to violations of certain anti-fraud provisions and registration requirements of the federal securities laws; (5) suspensions or expulsions from membership in a self-regulatory organization (“SRO”) or from association with an SRO member; and (6) U.S. Postal Service false representation orders. To the extent permitted by applicable law and without disclosing any non-public personal information regarding any Dealer Dealer-Manager Covered Person, the Dealer Dealer-Manager will promptly notify the Company if it becomes aware of a Dealer Dealer- Manager Covered Person who is or becomes the subject of a Disqualifying Event or determines that the Company’s exemption under Rule 506 is no longer available as a result of any Disqualifying Event; and
(ji) in its agreements with Intermediaries (defined below), the Dealer Dealer-Manager will require the Intermediaries to represent that:
(i) it has exercised reasonable care, in accordance with section (e) of Rule 506, in making a factual inquiry into whether any Disqualifying Event exists with respect to the Intermediary or any of its Covered PersonPersons;
(ii) it shall make periodic factual inquiry as to the occurrence or existence of any Disqualifying Events with respect to itself and its Covered Persons, and shall conduct such factual inquiry with reasonable care in accordance with subsection (d)(2)(iv) of Rule 506;
(iii) to the extent permitted by applicable law, it will promptly notify the Company if it is or becomes subject to a Disqualifying Event or if it becomes aware that any of its Covered Persons is or becomes the subject of a Disqualifying Event; and
(iv) if a Disqualifying Event occurs with respect to any of its Covered Persons, the Company shall have the right to terminate the Selling Agent Agreement (defined below) with effect from the date of the occurrence of the Disqualifying Event.
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Samples: Dealer Manager Agreement (KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC)
Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Dealer Manager. Dealer Manager represents, warrants and covenants that:
(a) it has full legal right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform the transactions contemplated hereby, except to the extent that the enforceability of the indemnity and/or contribution provisions contained in Section 8 of this Agreement may be limited under applicable securities laws; no consent, approval, authorization or other order of any governmental authority is required in connection with the execution or delivery by the Dealer Manager of this Agreement, except such as may be required under the 1933 Act and the Rules and Regulations, by FINRA, or applicable state securities laws;
(b) it is registered as a broker-dealer with the SEC under the 1934 Act and a member of FINRA, and it and its representatives have all required licenses and registrations to act under this Agreement;
(c) it is and will continue to be in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations aimed at the prevention and detection of money laundering and/or the financing of terrorism activities including Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by USA PATRIOT Act, U.S. Treasury Department, including the Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”), Financial Crimes and Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) and the SEC (collectively, “Money Laundering Laws”) in its duties as a Dealer Manager under this Agreement, provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, such duties and corresponding compliance with Money Laundering Laws may be delegated or otherwise carried out by placement agents, financial intermediaries, the Company’s administrator or the Company’s transfer agent pursuant to separate agreements between such party and the Company or Dealer Manager;
(d) it shall comply, and require in the Selling Agent Agreements (as defined below) that the Intermediaries (as defined below) comply, with the following: (i) the privacy standards and requirements of the XxxxxGxxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Act of 1999 (the “GLB Act”); (ii) the privacy standards and requirements of any other applicable federal or state law; and (iii) its own internal privacy policies and procedures, each as may be amended from time to time;
(e) it has an anti-money laundering program (“AML Program”), that at minimum includes, (i) an AML compliance officer designated to administer and oversee the AML Program, (ii) ongoing training for appropriate personnel, (iii) internal controls and procedures reasonably designed to prevent and detect suspicious activity monitoring and terrorist financing activities; (iv) appropriate risk-based procedures for conducting ongoing customer due diligence, including: (a) understanding the nature and purpose of customer relationships for the purpose of developing a customer risk profile and (b) conducting ongoing monitoring to identify and report suspicious transactions and, on a risk basis, to maintain and update customer information (including beneficial ownership information of legal entity customers); and (v) appropriate record keeping procedures;
(f) it shall not give any information or make any representations other than those contained in the current Private Placement Memorandum or other material that may be prepared by or on behalf of the Company for the Dealer Manager’s use. The Dealer Manager may prepare and distribute sales literature and other material as it may deem appropriate, provided that such literature and materials have been prepared in accordance with applicable rules and regulations; and provided further, that the Company has previously approved such material;
(g) it will offer Shares, and in its agreements with Intermediaries (as defined below) will require that the Intermediaries offer Shares, only to those persons who meet the suitability standards set forth in the Private Placement Memorandum or in any suitability letter or memorandum sent by the Company (including, for the avoidance of doubt, only from investors each of which, together with any other investor for which such investor is acting as a trustee or other fiduciary, the Dealer Manager or Intermediary making such offering of Shares, shall reasonably believe (a) is an “accredited investor” with respect to the Shares within the meaning of Regulation D under the 1933 Act; or (b) is not a United States person within the meaning of Rule 902 under the 1933 Act) and will only make offers to persons in the jurisdictions in which it is advised in writing that the Shares are qualified for sale or that such qualification is not required. Notwithstanding the qualification of the Shares for sale in any respective jurisdiction (or the exemption therefrom), the Dealer Manager represents, warrants and covenants that it will not offer Shares and will not permit any of its registered representatives to offer Shares in any jurisdiction unless both the Dealer Manager and such registered representative are duly licensed to transact securities business in such jurisdiction. In offering Shares, the Dealer Manager will comply, and in its agreements with Intermediaries, the Dealer Manager will require that the Intermediaries comply, with the provisions of the FINRA Rules, as well as all other applicable rules and regulations relating to suitability of investors;
(h) it, and any person associated with the Dealer Manager, will not offer or sell Shares, and, in its agreements with Intermediaries (as defined below), will require that the Intermediaries will not offer or sell Shares in any jurisdiction except to investors who satisfy the investor suitability standards and minimum investment requirements under the most restrictive of the following: (a) applicable provisions described in the Private Placement Memorandum, including status as an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D under the 1933 Act, minimum income and net worth standards; (b) applicable laws of the jurisdiction of which such investor is a resident; or (c) applicable FINRA Rules. In the case of sales to fiduciary accounts, the suitability standards must be met by the person who directly or indirectly supplied the funds for the purchase of the Shares or by the beneficiary of such fiduciary account; and the purchaser of Shares has a substantive pre-existing relationship with the Dealer Manager or the Intermediary (as defined below), as applicable, pursuant to Regulation D under the 1933 Act. The Dealer Manager further represents, warrants and covenants that the Dealer Manager, in its agreements with Intermediaries, will require that the Intermediaries make every reasonable effort to determine the suitability and appropriateness of an investment in Shares of each proposed investor by reviewing documents and records disclosing the basis upon which the determination as to suitability was reached as to each purchaser of Shares pursuant to a subscription solicited by the Intermediaries, whether such documents and records relate to accounts which have been closed, accounts which are currently maintained or accounts hereafter established. The Dealer Manager agrees and, in its agreements with Intermediaries, will require that the Intermediaries agree to retain its records in compliance with applicable law and make available a record of the information obtained to determine that an investor meets the suitability standards imposed on the offer or sale of Shares at the time of the initial purchase of Shares to (i) the Company and (ii) representatives of the SEC, FINRA and applicable state or non-U.S. securities administrators upon the Dealer Manager’s receipt of an appropriate document subpoena or other appropriate request for documents from any such agency for a period of at least six years following the termination of this Agreement. In addition, at the Company’s reasonable written request, which shall be no later than the six year anniversary of the date of termination of this Agreement, and at the Company’s sole expense, the Dealer Manager agrees to retain such records for a reasonable period of time beyond the six year anniversary of the date of termination of this Agreement. The Dealer Manager shall not purchase any Shares for a discretionary account without obtaining the prior written approval of the Dealer Manager’s customer and his or her signature on a subscription agreement. In selling Shares, the Dealer Manager will comply, and in its agreements with Intermediaries, the Dealer Manager will require that the Intermediaries comply, with the provisions of the FINRA Rules, as well as all other applicable rules and regulations relating to suitability of investors;
(i) neither the Dealer Manager nor any of its directors, executive officers, general partners, managing members or other officers participating in the offering, nor any of the directors, executive officers or other officers participating in the offering of any such general partner or managing member, nor any other officers, employees or associated persons of the Dealer Manager or any such general partner or managing member that have been or will be paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration for solicitation of purchasers in connection with the offer and sale of Shares (each, a “Dealer Manager Covered Person” and, together, “Dealer Manager Covered Persons”), is subject to any of the “Bad Actor” disqualifications (“Disqualification Events”) set forth in Rule 506(d) of Regulation D under the 1933 Act applicable to the Dealer Manager except for a Disqualification Event contemplated by Rule 506(d)(2) of the 1933 Act, a description of which has been furnished in writing to the Company prior to the date hereof. The “Bad Actor” disqualifications include, among other things: (1) criminal convictions and court injunctions and restraining orders issued in connection with the purchase or sale of a security or false filings with the SEC; (2) final orders from the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, federal banking agencies and certain other regulators that bar a person from associating with a regulated entity or engaging in the business of securities, insurance or banking or that are based on certain fraudulent conduct; (3) SEC disciplinary orders relating to investment advisers, brokers, dealers and their associated persons; (4) SEC cease-and-desist orders relating to violations of certain anti-fraud provisions and registration requirements of the federal securities laws; (5) suspensions or expulsions from membership in a self-regulatory organization (“SRO”) or from association with an SRO member; and (6) U.S. Postal Service false representation orders. To the extent permitted by applicable law and without disclosing any non-public personal information regarding any Dealer Manager Covered Person, the Dealer Manager will promptly notify the Company if it becomes aware of a Dealer Manager Covered Person who is or becomes the subject of a Disqualifying Event or determines that the Company’s exemption under Rule 506 is no longer available as a result of any Disqualifying Event; and
(j) in its agreements with Intermediaries (defined below), the Dealer Manager will require the Intermediaries to represent that:
(i) it has exercised reasonable care, in accordance with section (e) of Rule 506, in making a factual inquiry into whether any Disqualifying Event exists with respect to the Intermediary or any of its Covered Person;
(ii) it shall make periodic factual inquiry as to the occurrence or existence of any Disqualifying Events with respect to itself and its Covered Persons, and shall conduct such factual inquiry with reasonable care in accordance with subsection (d)(2)(iv) of Rule 506;
(iii) to the extent permitted by applicable law, it will promptly notify the Company if it is or becomes subject to a Disqualifying Event or if it becomes aware that any of its Covered Persons is or becomes the subject of a Disqualifying Event; and
(iv) if a Disqualifying Event occurs with respect to any of its Covered Persons, the Company shall have the right to terminate the Selling Agent Agreement (defined below) with effect from the date of the occurrence of the Disqualifying Event.
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Samples: Dealer Manager Agreement (Apollo Asset Backed Credit Co LLC)
Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Dealer Manager. Dealer Dealer-Manager represents, warrants and covenants that:
(a) it has full legal rightpower, power right and authority to enter into execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, except to ; the extent that the enforceability of the indemnity and/or contribution provisions contained in Section 8 execution and delivery of this Agreement may be limited under applicable securities laws; no consent, approval, authorization or other order of any governmental authority is required in connection with the execution or delivery by the Dealer Manager of this Agreement, except such as may be required under the 1933 Act and the Rules consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and Regulationsvalidly approved by all requisite actions on its part, and no other proceedings on its part are necessary to approve this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by FINRAit; this Agreement constitutes a legal, or applicable state securities lawsvalid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms;
(b) it is registered as a broker-dealer with the SEC under the 1934 Act and a member of FINRA, and it and its representatives have all required licenses and registrations to act under this Agreement;
(c) it is and will continue to be in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations aimed at the prevention and detection of money laundering and/or the financing of terrorism activities including Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by USA PATRIOT Act, U.S. Treasury Department, including the Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”), Financial Crimes and Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) and the SEC (collectively, “Money Laundering Laws”) in its duties as a Dealer Dealer-Manager under this Agreement, provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, such duties and corresponding compliance with Money Laundering Laws may be delegated or otherwise carried out by placement agents, financial intermediaries, the Company’s administrator or the Company’s transfer agent pursuant to separate agreements between such party and the Company or Dealer Dealer-Manager;
(d) it shall comply, and require in the Selling Agent Agreements (as defined below) that the Intermediaries (as defined below) comply, with the following: (i) the privacy standards and requirements of the Xxxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Act of 1999 (the “GLB Act”); (ii) the privacy standards and requirements of any other applicable federal or state law; and (iii) its own internal privacy policies and procedures, each as may be amended from time to time;
(e) it has an anti-money laundering program (“AML Program”), that at minimum includes, (i) an AML compliance officer designated to administer and oversee the AML Program, (ii) ongoing training for appropriate personnel, (iii) internal controls and procedures reasonably designed to prevent and detect suspicious activity monitoring and terrorist financing activities; (iv) appropriate risk-based procedures for conducting ongoing customer due diligence, including: (a) understanding the nature and purpose of customer relationships for the purpose of developing a customer risk profile and (b) conducting ongoing monitoring to identify and report suspicious transactions and, on a risk basis, to maintain and update customer information (including beneficial ownership information of legal entity customers); and (v) appropriate record keeping procedures;
(fe) it shall not give any information or make any representations other than those contained in the current Private Placement Memorandum or contained in shareholder reports or other material that may be prepared by or on behalf of the Company for the Dealer Dealer-Manager’s use. The Dealer Dealer-Manager may prepare and distribute sales literature and other material as it may deem appropriate, provided that such literature and materials have been prepared in accordance with applicable rules and regulations; and provided further, that the Company has previously approved such material;
(gf) it will offer Shares, and in its agreements with Intermediaries (as defined below) will require that the Intermediaries offer Shares, only to those persons who meet the suitability standards set forth in the Private Placement Memorandum or in any suitability letter or memorandum sent by the Company (including, for the avoidance of doubt, only from investors each of which, together with any other investor for which such investor is acting as a trustee or other fiduciary, the Dealer Dealer-Manager or Intermediary making such offering of Shares, shall reasonably believe (a) is an “accredited investor” with respect to the Shares within the meaning of Regulation D under the 1933 Act; or (b) is not a United States person within the meaning of Rule 902 under the 1933 Act) and will only make offers to persons in the jurisdictions in which it is advised in writing that the Shares are qualified for sale or that such qualification is not required. Notwithstanding the qualification of the Shares for sale in any respective jurisdiction (or the exemption therefrom), the Dealer Dealer-Manager represents, warrants and covenants that it will not offer Shares and will not permit any of its registered representatives to offer Shares in any jurisdiction unless both the Dealer Dealer-Manager and such registered representative are duly licensed to transact securities business in such jurisdiction. In offering Shares, the Dealer Dealer-Manager will comply, and in its agreements with Intermediaries, the Dealer Dealer-Manager will require that the Intermediaries comply, with the provisions of the FINRA Rules, Regulation Best Interest under the 1934 Act, as well as all other applicable rules and regulations relating to suitability of investors;.
(hg) neither it, and nor any person associated with the Dealer Manager, will not Dealer-Manager shall offer or sell Shares, and, (nor will the Dealer-Manager in its agreements with Intermediaries (as defined below), will require that ) permit the Intermediaries will not to offer or sell sell) Shares in any jurisdiction except to investors who satisfy the investor suitability standards and minimum investment requirements under the most restrictive of the following: (a) applicable provisions described in the Private Placement Memorandum, including status as an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D under the 1933 Act, minimum income and net worth standards; (b) applicable laws of the jurisdiction of which such investor is a resident; or (c) applicable FINRA Rules. The Dealer-Manager agrees to ensure that, in recommending the purchase, sale or exchange of Shares to an investor, the Dealer-Manager, or a person associated with the Dealer-Manager, shall have reasonable grounds to believe, on the basis of information obtained from the investor (and thereafter maintained in the manner and for the period required by the SEC, any state securities commission, any applicable non-U.S. jurisdiction, FINRA or the Company) concerning his or her age, investment objectives, other investments, financial situation and needs and any other information known to the Dealer-Manager, or person associated with the Dealer-Manager, that (i) the investor can reasonably benefit from an investment in the Shares based on the investor’s overall investment objectives and portfolio structure, (ii) the investor is able to bear the economic risk of the investment based on the investor’s overall financial situation and (iii) the investor has an apparent understanding of (A) the fundamental risks of the investment, (B) the risk that the investor may lose his or her entire investment in the Shares, (C) the lack of liquidity of the Shares, (D) the background and qualifications of the Manager or the persons responsible for directing and managing the Company and (E) the tax consequences of an investment in the Shares. In the case of sales to fiduciary accounts, the suitability standards must be met by the person who directly or indirectly supplied the funds for the purchase of the Shares or by the beneficiary of such fiduciary account; and the purchaser of Shares has a substantive pre-existing relationship with the Dealer Dealer-Manager or the Intermediary (as defined below), as applicable, pursuant to Regulation D under the 1933 Act. The Dealer Dealer-Manager further represents, warrants and covenants that the Dealer Dealer-Manager, in its agreements or a person associated with Intermediariesthe Dealer-Manager, will require that the Intermediaries make every reasonable effort to determine the suitability and appropriateness of an investment in Shares of each proposed investor by reviewing documents and records disclosing the basis upon which the determination as to suitability was reached as to each purchaser of Shares pursuant to a subscription solicited by the IntermediariesDealer-Manager, whether such documents and records relate to accounts which have been closed, accounts which are currently maintained or accounts hereafter established. The Dealer Dealer-Manager agrees and, in its agreements with Intermediaries, will require that the Intermediaries agree to retain its records in compliance with applicable law and make available a record of the information obtained to determine that an investor meets the suitability standards imposed on the offer or sale of Shares at the time of the initial purchase of Shares to (i) the Company and (ii) representatives of the SEC, FINRA and applicable state or non-U.S. securities administrators upon the Dealer Dealer-Manager’s receipt of an appropriate document subpoena or other appropriate request for documents from any such agency for a period of at least six years following the termination of this Agreement. In addition, at the Company’s reasonable written request, which shall be no later than the six year anniversary of the date of termination of this Agreement, and at the Company’s sole expense, the Dealer Dealer-Manager agrees to retain such records for a reasonable period of time beyond the six year anniversary of the date of termination of this Agreement. The Dealer Dealer-Manager shall not purchase any Shares for a discretionary account without obtaining the prior written approval of the Dealer Dealer-Manager’s customer and his or her signature on a subscription agreement. In selling Shares, the Dealer Dealer-Manager will comply, and in its agreements with Intermediaries, the Dealer Dealer-Manager will require that the Intermediaries comply, with the provisions of the FINRA Rules, Regulation Best Interest under the 1934 Act, as well as all other applicable rules and regulations relating to suitability of investors;
(i) neither the Dealer Manager nor any of its directors, executive officers, general partners, managing members or other officers participating in the offering, nor any of the directors, executive officers or other officers participating in the offering of any such general partner or managing member, nor any other officers, employees or associated persons of the Dealer Manager or any such general partner or managing member that have been or will be paid (directly or indirectly) remuneration for solicitation of purchasers in connection with the offer and sale of Shares (each, a “Dealer Manager Covered Person” and, together, “Dealer Manager Covered Persons”), is subject to any of the “Bad Actor” disqualifications (“Disqualification Events”) set forth in Rule 506(d) of Regulation D under the 1933 Act applicable to the Dealer Manager except for a Disqualification Event contemplated by Rule 506(d)(2) of the 1933 Act, a description of which has been furnished in writing to the Company prior to the date hereof. The “Bad Actor” disqualifications include, among other things: (1) criminal convictions and court injunctions and restraining orders issued in connection with the purchase or sale of a security or false filings with the SEC; (2) final orders from the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, federal banking agencies and certain other regulators that bar a person from associating with a regulated entity or engaging in the business of securities, insurance or banking or that are based on certain fraudulent conduct; (3) SEC disciplinary orders relating to investment advisers, brokers, dealers and their associated persons; (4) SEC cease-and-desist orders relating to violations of certain anti-fraud provisions and registration requirements of the federal securities laws; (5) suspensions or expulsions from membership in a self-regulatory organization (“SRO”) or from association with an SRO member; and (6) U.S. Postal Service false representation orders. To the extent permitted by applicable law and without disclosing any non-public personal information regarding any Dealer Manager Covered Person, the Dealer Manager will promptly notify the Company if it becomes aware of a Dealer Manager Covered Person who is or becomes the subject of a Disqualifying Event or determines that the Company’s exemption under Rule 506 is no longer available as a result of any Disqualifying Event; and
(j) in its agreements with Intermediaries (defined below), the Dealer Manager will require the Intermediaries to represent that:
(i) it has exercised reasonable care, in accordance with section (e) of Rule 506, in making a factual inquiry into whether any Disqualifying Event exists with respect to the Intermediary or any of its Covered Person;
(ii) it shall make periodic factual inquiry as to the occurrence or existence of any Disqualifying Events with respect to itself and its Covered Persons, and shall conduct such factual inquiry with reasonable care in accordance with subsection (d)(2)(iv) of Rule 506;
(iii) to the extent permitted by applicable law, it will promptly notify the Company if it is or becomes subject to a Disqualifying Event or if it becomes aware that any of its Covered Persons is or becomes the subject of a Disqualifying Event; and
(iv) if a Disqualifying Event occurs with respect to any of its Covered Persons, the Company shall have the right to terminate the Selling Agent Agreement (defined below) with effect from the date of the occurrence of the Disqualifying Event.
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Samples: Dealer Manager Agreement (KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC)