Sale of the Notes to the Initial Purchaser. The sale of the Notes to the Initial Purchaser will be made without registration of the Notes under the Securities Act, in reliance upon the exemption therefrom provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act. (a) The Company, the Initial Purchaser and the Trust Depositor hereby agree that the Notes will be offered and sold only in transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act. The Company, the Initial Purchaser and the Trust Depositor will each reasonably believe at the time of the sale of the Notes by the Trust to the Initial Purchaser and the initial resale of the Notes by the Initial Purchaser (i) that either (A) each purchaser of the Notes is an institutional investor that is (1) a QIB who is a Qualified Purchaser purchasing for its own account (or for the accounts of QIBs who are Qualified Purchasers to whom notice has been given that the resale, pledge or other transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A) in transactions meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, or (2) an Institutional Accredited Investor who is a Qualified Purchaser who purchases for its own account or the account of other Institutional Accredited Investors that are not QIBs and provides the Initial Purchaser with a written certification in substantially the form of Exhibit D-1 to the Indenture, or (B) each purchaser that is a non-U.S. person is acquiring the Notes in an offshore transaction meeting the requirements of Regulation S and is a Qualified Purchaser, and (ii) that the offering of the Notes will be made in a manner that will enable the offer and sale of the Notes to be exempt from registration under state securities or Blue Sky laws; and each such party understands that no action has been taken to permit a public offering in any jurisdiction where action would be required for such purpose. The Company, the Initial Purchaser and the Trust Depositor each further agrees not to (i) engage (and represents that it has not engaged) in any activity that would constitute a public offering of the Notes within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act or (ii) offer, sell or exchange the Notes by (and represents that it has not engaged in) any form of general solicitation or general advertising (as those terms are used in Regulation D), including the methods described in Rule 502(c) of Regulation D, in connection with any offer or sale of the Notes. (b) The Initial Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to and agrees with the Company, that (i) for resale purposes only, it is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act and a Qualified Purchaser and (ii) it will offer the Notes only (A) to persons who it reasonably believes are QIBs who are Qualified Purchasers in transactions meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, (B) to institutional investors who it reasonably believes are Institutional Accredited Investors who are Qualified Purchasers or (C) to non-United States persons it reasonably believes are Qualified Purchasers in offshore transactions in accordance with Regulation S. The Initial Purchaser further agrees that (i) it will deliver to each purchaser of the Notes, at or prior to the Time of Sale, a copy of the Time of Sale Information, as then amended or supplemented, (ii) prior to any sale of the Notes to an Institutional Accredited Investor who is a Qualified Purchaser that it does not reasonably believe is a QIB, it will receive from such Institutional Accredited Investor a written certification in substantially the form attached as Exhibit D-2 to the Indenture and (iii) prior to any sale of the Notes to an investor in a denomination of less than $250,000, it will receive an Initial Transferee Certification in the form agreed upon on the date hereof. (c) The Initial Purchaser hereby represents that it is duly authorized and possesses the requisite limited liability company power to enter into this Agreement. (d) The Initial Purchaser hereby represents and agrees that all offers and sales of the Notes by it to non-United States persons, prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, will be made only in accordance with the provisions of Rule 903 or Rule 904 of Regulation S (except to the extent of any beneficial owners thereof who acquired an interest therein pursuant to another exemption from registration under the Securities Act and who will take delivery of a beneficial ownership interest in a Global Note, as contemplated in the Indenture) and only upon receipt of certification of beneficial ownership of the securities by a non-United States person in the form provided in the Indenture. For this purpose, the term “Distribution Compliance Period” is defined as such term is defined in Regulation S and the term “United States person” is defined as such term is defined for purposes of Treas. Reg. §1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D).
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Samples: Note Purchase Agreement (Horizon Technology Finance Corp), Note Purchase Agreement (Hercules Technology Growth Capital Inc)
Sale of the Notes to the Initial Purchaser. The sale of the Notes to the Initial Purchaser will be made without registration of the Notes under the Securities Act, in reliance upon the exemption therefrom provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.
(a) The CompanyOriginator, the Initial Purchaser Purchaser, the Trust Depositor, the Servicer and the Trust Depositor Issuer hereby agree that the Notes will be offered and sold only in transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act. The CompanyOriginator, the Initial Purchaser and Purchaser, the Trust Depositor Depositor, the Servicer and Issuer will each reasonably believe at the time Time of the sale of the Notes by the Trust to the Initial Purchaser Sale and the initial resale of the Notes by the Initial Purchaser (i) that either (A) each purchaser of the Notes is an institutional investor that is (1) a QIB who is a Qualified Purchaser purchasing for its own account (or for the accounts of QIBs who are Qualified Purchasers to whom notice has been given that the resale, pledge or other transfer sale is being made in reliance on Rule 144A) in transactions meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, or (2) an Institutional Accredited Investor who is a Qualified Purchaser who purchases for its own account or the account of other Institutional Accredited Investors that are not QIBs and provides the Initial Purchaser with a written certification in substantially the form of Exhibit D-1 to the Indenture, or (B) each purchaser that is a non-U.S. person is acquiring the Notes in an offshore transaction meeting the requirements of Regulation S and is a Qualified Purchaser, and (ii) that the offering of the Notes will be made in a manner that will enable the offer and sale of the Notes to be exempt from registration under state securities or Blue Sky laws; and each such party understands that no action has been taken to permit a public offering in any jurisdiction where action would be required for such purpose. The CompanyOriginator, the Initial Purchaser Purchaser, the Trust Depositor, the Servicer and the Trust Depositor Issuer each further agrees not to (i) engage (and represents that it has not engaged) in any activity that would constitute a public offering of the Notes within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act or (ii) offer, sell or exchange the Notes by (and represents that it has not engaged in) any form of general solicitation or general advertising (as those terms are used in Regulation D), including the methods described in Rule 502(c) of Regulation D, in connection with any offer or sale of the NotesAct.
(b) The Initial Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to and agrees with the CompanyOriginator, that (i) for resale purposes only, it is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act and a Qualified Purchaser and (ii) it will offer the Notes only (A) to persons who it reasonably believes are QIBs who are Qualified Purchasers in transactions meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, or (B) to institutional investors who it reasonably believes are Institutional Accredited Investors who are Qualified Purchasers or (C) to non-United States persons it reasonably believes are Qualified Purchasers in offshore transactions in accordance with Regulation S. The Initial Purchaser further agrees that (i) it will deliver to each purchaser of the Notes, at or prior to the Time of Sale, a copy of the Time of Sale Information, as then amended or supplemented, ; (ii) prior to any sale it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the Notes Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000, as amended (the “FSMA”) with respect to an Institutional Accredited Investor who is a Qualified Purchaser that anything done by it does not reasonably believe is a QIB, it will receive from such Institutional Accredited Investor a written certification in substantially the form attached as Exhibit D-2 relation to the Indenture Notes in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom; and (iii) prior it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and it will only communicate or cause to be communicated any invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the FSMA) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of any of the Notes in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to an investor in a denomination of less than $250,000, it will receive an Initial Transferee Certification in the form agreed upon on the date hereofIssuer.
(c) The Initial Purchaser hereby represents that it is duly authorized and possesses the requisite limited liability company power to enter into this Agreement.
(d) The Initial Purchaser hereby represents and agrees that all offers and sales of the Notes by it to non-United States persons, prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, will be made only in accordance with the provisions of Rule 903 or Rule 904 of Regulation S (except to the extent of any beneficial owners thereof who acquired an interest therein pursuant to another exemption from registration under the Securities Act and who will take delivery of a beneficial ownership interest in a Global Note, as contemplated in the Indenture) and only upon receipt of certification of beneficial ownership of the securities by a non-United States person in the form provided in the Indenture. For this purpose, the term “Distribution Compliance Period” is defined as such term is defined in Regulation S and the term “United States person” is defined as such term is defined for purposes of Treas. Reg. §1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D).
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Samples: Note Purchase Agreement (Hercules Capital, Inc.), Note Purchase Agreement (Hercules Capital, Inc.)
Sale of the Notes to the Initial Purchaser. The sale of the Notes to the Initial Purchaser will be made without registration of the Notes under the Securities Act, in reliance upon the exemption therefrom provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.
(a) The Company, the Initial Purchaser and the Trust Depositor hereby agree that the Notes will be offered and sold only in transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act. The Company, the Initial Purchaser and the Trust Depositor will each reasonably believe at the time of the sale of the Notes by the Trust to the Initial Purchaser and the initial resale of the Notes by the Initial Purchaser (i) that either (A) each purchaser of the Notes is an institutional investor that is (1) a QIB who is a Qualified Purchaser purchasing for its own account (or for the accounts of QIBs who are Qualified Purchasers to whom notice has been given that the resale, pledge or other transfer sale is being made in reliance on Rule 144A) in transactions meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, or (2) an Institutional Accredited Investor who is a Qualified Purchaser who purchases for its own account or the account of other Institutional Accredited Investors that are not QIBs and provides the Initial Purchaser with a written certification in substantially the form of Exhibit D-1 to the Indenture, or (B) each purchaser that is a non-U.S. person is acquiring the Notes in an offshore transaction meeting the requirements of Regulation S and is a Qualified Purchaser, and (ii) that the offering of the Notes will be made in a manner that will enable the offer and sale of the Notes to be exempt from registration under state securities or Blue Sky laws; and each such party understands that no action has been taken to permit a public offering in any jurisdiction where action would be required for such purpose. The Company, the Initial Purchaser and the Trust Depositor each further agrees not to (i) engage (and represents that it has not engaged) in any activity that would constitute a public offering of the Notes within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act or (ii) offer, sell or exchange the Notes by (and represents that it has not engaged in) any form of general solicitation or general advertising (as those terms are used in Regulation D), including the methods described in Rule 502(c) of Regulation D, in connection with any offer or sale of the Notes.
(b) The Initial Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to and agrees with the Company, that (i) for resale purposes only, it is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act and a Qualified Purchaser and (ii) it will offer the Notes only (A) to persons who it reasonably believes are QIBs who are Qualified Purchasers in transactions meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, (B) to institutional investors who it reasonably believes are Institutional Accredited Investors who are Qualified Purchasers or (C) to non-United States persons it reasonably believes are Qualified Purchasers in offshore transactions in accordance with Regulation S. The Initial Purchaser further agrees that (i) it will deliver to each purchaser of the Notes, at or prior to the Time of Sale, a copy of the Time of Sale Information, as then amended or supplemented, (ii) prior to any sale of the Notes to an Institutional Accredited Investor who is a Qualified Purchaser that it does not reasonably believe is a QIB, it will receive from such Institutional Accredited Investor a written certification in substantially the form attached as Exhibit D-2 to the Indenture and (iii) prior to any sale of the Notes to an investor in a denomination of less than $250,000, it will receive an Initial Transferee Certification in the form agreed upon on the date hereof.
(c) The Initial Purchaser hereby represents that it is duly authorized and possesses the requisite limited liability company power to enter into this Agreement.
(d) The Initial Purchaser hereby represents and agrees that all offers and sales of the Notes by it to non-United States persons, prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, will be made only in accordance with the provisions of Rule 903 or Rule 904 of Regulation S (except to the extent of any beneficial owners thereof who acquired an interest therein pursuant to another exemption from registration under the Securities Act and who will take delivery of a beneficial ownership interest in a Global Note, as contemplated in the Indenture) and only upon receipt of certification of beneficial ownership of the securities by a non-United States person in the form provided in the Indenture. For this purpose, the term “Distribution Compliance Period” is defined as such term is defined in Regulation S and the term “United States person” is defined as such term is defined for purposes of Treas. Reg. §1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D).
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Samples: Note Purchase Agreement (Hercules Technology Growth Capital Inc)